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Check out the changes to the sculpting, retopology and painting tools - including a complete new node-based texturing system.

Production renderer gets new BSDF nodes for toon shading and new Accelerated Viewport mode for Maya users. See all the changes.

Sizeable update makes it possible to import, edit, relight and render 3DGS data inside the 3D software. Check out its other new features.

New 'Bring Your Own Data' feature lets studios train models for Maya's MotionMaker system using their own keyframe or mocap data.

Neat tool provides an interactive guide-based workflow for creating grooms for use in apps like Blender, Maya and UE5. For commercial use.

New AI-based plugin propagates roto splines across a shot, speeding up roto 'up to 4x'. See how it differs from AI matte-generation tools.

Versus has announced the appointment of Nico Puertollano as Executive Creative Director. As part of the move, Rezonate’s commercial client portfolio will transition to Versus, further expanding the studio’s creative capabilities across design, animation, storytelling, and brand experiences. Puertollano founded Rezonate, an award-winning creative studio recognized for its work across animation, Motion Design, brand storytelling,... Read more »

New features in the Blender edition of the renderer include a quick caustics system, UDIM support, and conversion of Cycles to V-Ray lights.

Inexpensive cross-platform Photoshop alternative gets new 32-bit pipeline, Crytomatte support and new compositing nodes.

Photogrammetry software now generates 3D Gaussian Splats from source images or video, as well as point clouds and 3D meshes.

Every week, hundreds of artists share their work on the Blender Artists forum. I’m putting some of the best work in the spotlight in a weekly post here on BlenderNation.

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Here’s an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Lead Concept Artist Principal Rendering Technical Artist Principal Technical Artist – Tools Blender Artists/Animators that KNOW the MSFS 2024 SDK Senior 3D Environment Artist Senior 3D Character Artist [FULL-TIME][ON SITE SAN FRANCISCO, CA] Now Hiring: Full Stack VFX Artist For […]

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Base edition of Poly Hammer's Blender add-on for importing and exporting MetaHuman .dna files is now a free download.

New open-source add-ons provide a long-overdue free way to import glTF files into 3ds Max, backed by the creator of the format.