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