jayanam writes: Here are some Blender tips & tricks that you might not know like rotate with proportional editing, aligning new objects to the 3d cursor or shortcuts for repeating the last operation or setting properties back to their default values.

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Hizkia Subiyantoro writes: Hey, I want to show the trailer of my short animation film (Story & directed by me) was made with awesome feature of Blender 2.8, that is Grease Pencil. The film duration 22 minutes, produced in 4 months, with 20 peoples involved. I opted 2.5 D (hybrid) techniques due to it's easy [...]

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mrcheebs writes: I use this method to create tons of quick effects in blender! I use this for things like impacts, explosions, and the like.

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YanSculpts writes: Dug up some of my oldest work from 2012 and made a video on my art progress from 2016 to 2019! While showing my work I talk about each year and what I learned from each one, enjoy!

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of Nodes and Noodles writes: Featuring bricks, tiles, cobblestones, chain mail, woven fabric, woven straps, leather, wood, and various pixelation styles, my latest pack of procedural textures and nodes, including a library of example materials, has just gone live on the Blendermarket. Pick it up here. Happy Blending!

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Widhi Muttaqien writes: Assalamualaikum. Hi guys! My name is Widhi Muttaqien from Expose Academy. Blender 2.81 brings tons of cool new features. One of them is the ability to transform the origin directly. With this feature, it is now possible to straighten tilted objects easily and quickly without the need for a secondary object or [...]

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Chris Lee writes: Hey Blender Heads, For the last meet up of the year we will be discussing Blender 2.81 features and Nodevember. If you have experience with any node set ups in Blender please come and show off what you can do. If you have any work you would like to discuss then bring [...]

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OnlineRender writes: Sometimes the best things in life are free, today I take a quick overview of the native add-on called Btracer and use it's animated grow curve function.

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Hi, Blender heads! My name is Quy, I live in Vietnam, and I’m currently working as a freelance 3D artist. I approached 3D art when I was 14 years old, but then a couple of years later, I stopped to focus on my high school studies and then University. After graduating from HCM University of [...]

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Andrew Price is celebrating reaching ONE MILLION (😱) followers on YouTube with a new Donut tutorial :)

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forward audio has updated faIRmageddon (Early Access) to version 0.97.009. It's the last free update before entering the paid early access and includes some major performance and convenience...

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Here's an overview of the Blender community events around the world for the next week. Here's an overview of upcoming community events around the world: Dec 11 ,CG Boost Reindeer Challenge Deadline - This art challenge is for all 3d artists wanting to improve their skills and get the chance to win great prizes! Dec [...]

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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. Sci fi environment concept Farm Environment Thomas “Big Tom” Castellano Cabin in the Snow Master Room G&O Desert City Jade - Backyard House Digital Sets [...]

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Vilem Duha writes: BlenderKit's set of short tutorials, covering the basics, has a new addition. Watch this video and discover Why to Bevel your 3d models. Subscribe to our channel to see the next part, coming in about a week - How to bevel your models correctly.

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Aniket writes: BlendShell is now released. It makes the job of creating 3D printable models easier. The models are strong, cost less and print quickly. BlendShell is free and open sourced.

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Dprestino writes: Hand paint a rock seamless texture in Krita for your game https://youtu.be/tjXao0HP2y4

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Simonsanchezart writes: Moving the origin point is extremely useful to make, for example, modular pieces for an environment, or to set a pivot of rotation for a door, a chest, and a bunch of other stuff, with this new version of Blender you can easily move the origin point just like any other object.

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Andrew Peel writes: Here is a new add-on I developed to quickly open different editor spaces. It is completely customizable allowing you to determine what spaces show up in the menu, and how each space will split the interface. The Add-on is free and open source. You can download the add-on from here. This add-on [...]

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CWITEC has announced the update of TX16Wx Software Sampler and TX16Wx Professional to version 3.3.

This is a minor update, but adds some significant features.

Version...

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Pablo Dobarro shared this preview of Sculpt Mode - a way to post models without having rig your models. It automatically adds IK bones as needed 😱. Pablo writes: The new Pose Brush with IK also has an alternative mode that controls the roll rotation of the bones. The brush falloff defines how much rotation [...]

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