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Render Control – Remote Blender Addon

Community Reporter — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:00:27 +0000

Monitor, preview, and control Blender renders from a phone or browser, from anywhere. A Blender add-on plus Android / web companion apps. Everything is handled on the server, so there’s no port forwarding, no VPN, and no static IP. Pair by scanning a code; everything is end-to-end encrypted. Render Control is purpose-built for one problem, […]

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Blender 5.2 LTS: Physics Just Got Insane!

Bart — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:16:49 +0000

Blender 5.2 LTS is about to drop and it contains a LOT of updates! The full list of changes is available here, but let’s zoom in on the changes in the physics: new cloth and hair options, effectors (like colliders and force) and the big one: the XPBD Solver that drives the new cloth and […]

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Blender 5.2 Grease Pencil: 16+ New Features Breakdown

Mumu Mundo — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:58:01 +0000

Blender 5.2 Beta brings one of the biggest Grease Pencil updates since 3.0. This video covers 16+ major improvements, including a new Delaunay fill solver, faster material rendering with dots and squares, Bézier/NURBS/Catmull-Rom curve support, and 23 free textured brushes. Mumu Mundo takes us on a tour. What’s covered New Delaunay Fill Solver (fixes gaps) […]

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Best of Blender Artists: 2026-27

Bart — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:30:36 +0000

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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Blender Jobs for July 3, 2026

Bart — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Here’s an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Blender – Simulator Airport, City, Logistics, Industrial 3D Modeler [PAID] 3D Model Cleanup for 3D Printing – GLB File Touch-Up | $40–$80 Production-Ready Stylized Cartoon Character for CC5/iClone Animation Installation artist is lookig for 3d visualization for an upcoming project […]

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Free Download: Blend Project Packer

Community Reporter — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:31:46 +0000

This free add-on makes Blender projects self-contained for sharing in one click. JohnnyCake writes: I released a free Blender extension called Blend Project Packer. It packages a saved Blender project into a self-contained folder or zip, making it easier to move, share, archive, or render on another machine without paths and dependencies breaking. A .blend […]

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Starfighter Modeling Tutorial

Community Reporter — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:44:49 +0000

Let’s use basic tools and texturing tricks to quickly create a stylized starfighter in Blender!

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Mixos – browser-based 3D texture painting with one-click PBR export

Community Reporter — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:17:24 +0000

Mixos is a browser-based 3D texture painter that drops neatly into a Blender workflow. Export your model from Blender as OBJ, FBX or glTF/GLB, paint and layer PBR materials on it in a single browser tab, then bring the maps straight back into Blender’s Principled BSDF. No install, no license. Why it might be useful […]

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Behind the Scenes: Somnus

Bart — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:00:20 +0000

Do you know what 8 days without sleep does to a person? Somnus is a haunting movie by Zane Olson, describing the mysterious arrival of giants and the loss of sleep everywhere on earth. First and foremost this project wouldn’t have been worth the effort has it not been for Håvard Dalen‘s LensSim addon. I […]

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Blender Developers Meeting Notes: 22 June 2026

n8n — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:00:26 +0000

Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Welcomes Le Gia Bao receives a development fund grant to help the EEVEE & Viewport team. Modules & Projects 2026-06-16 Nodes & Physics Module Meeting 2026-06-16 Animation & Rigging module meeting 2026-06-17 Pipeline & I/O Module Meeting 2026-06-17 User Interface Meeting 2026-06-19 Project Updates meeting 2026-06-19 […]

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