Is it a coincidence that Autodesk is courting indie users with new licensing and Blender is getting more structured and looking more professional? We don't think so. Last summer, Autodesk reached out to indie content creators with a pilot licensing program for 3ds Max and Maya. The deal recognizes that many independent artists will find the price for Max and Maya to be a … [Read more...] about Autodesk & Blender: courting creatives
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Blender Foundation thanks contributors and developers for Blender 2.82 release
The Blender Foundation has released the latest version of its free, open source 3D creation software, Blender. Blender 2.82 has support for UDIM (a tile-based UV mapping system for creating and editing textures on surfaces) and USD (Pixar’s Universal Scene Description file format), MantaFlow fluids and smoke simulation, AI denoising, GPencil improvements, etc. You can … [Read more...] about Blender Foundation thanks contributors and developers for Blender 2.82 release
AMD’s holiday gift to the Blender community
AMD to release an updated Radeon ProRender plug-in for Blender 2.81. AMD’s Radeon ProRender is a physically-based rendering engine that is built on Radeon Rays technology, which, AMD says, is a scalable ray tracing engine that uses open industry standards to harness GPU and CPU performance for swift, impressive results. Built on industry-standards, Radeon ProRender … [Read more...] about AMD’s holiday gift to the Blender community
Remesh your models in two new ways with Blender 2.81
The Blender Foundation has released the latest version of Blender. Blender 2.81 offers sculpting tools overhaul, support for Nvidia RTX ray tracing in cycles, Intel Open Image denoising, and user interface improvements. Read more… … [Read more...] about Remesh your models in two new ways with Blender 2.81
Ton Roosendaal wins the JPR Technology Advancement Award
It’s been a big year for the Blender organization for several reasons. First, 2019 is the 25th anniversary of the Blender 3D software application, which Ton Roosendaal began developing in 1993. He had the first version of Blender running on January 2, 1994. Also this year, Ton and Blender were recognized for the ASIFA-Hollywood Ub Iwerks Award, the Blender Foundation has won a … [Read more...] about Ton Roosendaal wins the JPR Technology Advancement Award
Blender celebrates its 25th birthday
New versions, new members, new enthusiasm The path of Blender as a company and an organization has never been straight. As it has gained new supporters and users, the Blender’s features have multiplied along with new add-ons. As the Blender community celebrates its 25th anniversary, Blender shows signs of growing up. As Blender celebrates its 25th anniversary, it’s worth … [Read more...] about Blender celebrates its 25th birthday
AMD offers Radeon ProRender for Blender and SolidWorks
Is this exciting news? AMD has announced its free ray-tracing engine ProRender will run within Blender, as well as Maya, 3ds Max, and SolidWorks. AMD says ProRender uses a physically-based workflow, which allows multiple materials to be expressed in a single, lighting-independent shader, making it easy to color objects and have them usable in any sensible … [Read more...] about AMD offers Radeon ProRender for Blender and SolidWorks
Blender Institute strikes again with cult comic Agent 327
A three-minute teaser is out for a forthcoming feature film based on the work of Dutch artist Martin Lodewijk's classic comics. By Amina Saeed After producing many award-winning shorts and raising over a million dollars in crowdfunding for 3D application development, Blender Institute introduces its new project, based on the work of Dutch artist Martin Lodewijk and his … [Read more...] about Blender Institute strikes again with cult comic Agent 327
Blender stuffs the toy box in new release
Everybody’s favorite free 3D creation suite adds spherical stereo, improves the rendering, rewrites the Grease Pencil feature and more. The Blender Foundation has released a significant update to Blender, the free and open source 3D creation suite. Used by individuals and small studios across the globe, Blender is the only professional-grade software product that supports the … [Read more...] about Blender stuffs the toy box in new release
Blender Institute releases pilot of open source animation Cosmos Laundromat
“First Cycle” is the first 10 minutes of the free and open source episodic film. Blender Institute has released the first segment in a new episodic open source animation feature film. “Cosmos Laundromat: First Cycle” tells the story of Franck, a suicidal sheep who lives on a desolate island. He meets his fate in a quirky salesman, who offers him the gift of a lifetime. Little … [Read more...] about Blender Institute releases pilot of open source animation Cosmos Laundromat