Blender

Abhi

Blender calls itself a 3D modeler but it is a lot more than that. From 2D animation to VFX and video editing there is a lot of skills bundled in this smart, free, open source software.

The latest news from Blender camp is that version 2.9 stable is released to public

You can find the full story about v 2.9 here

Abhi

All features in Blender 2.90 explained in less than 5 minutes

It is really interesting to just watch the video.

admin

The more you get to know Blender, the better. Once you know how to do the basics, it is easy. Let me contribute something to this thread. If you want to add gradient to an object, check the settings below. It is very easy to. If you are new, simply imitate it

Abhi

A good resource for free textures

https://cc0textures.com/

Abhi

Another free resource for excellent, high quality, free textures

https://texturehaven.com/

All textures are licenced as CC0 and can be downloaded instantly, giving you complete freedom.

admin

I found a grass-ground texture in one of them. Very neatly done. I know this a software capable of movie grade graphic effects. But beginners can do a lot as well.

Abhi

Yes, you can make a football field in a few clicks. I saw a interesting plugin too, which come inbuilt. It allows texturing easy. All you have to do is use CTRL + Shift + T.

Abhi

Interested in some tools for 3D to photo ?

https://www.meshlab.net/

Abhi

A bit of addon goodness. Make shapes like this inside Blender

paradox toolkit blender addon

create 3D optical illusions of impossible geometry in Blender 2.8.

Github repo

Abhi

A new crash killer update is available

Blender LTS 2.83.7 is now ready for download!

This update includes 9 bug fixes, 4 of which are crashes related to baking and undo.

Abhi

Generate Texture components like Displacement, Normal, Specular, Ambient Occlusion etc by uploading basic texture image through this website

https://cpetry.github.io/NormalMap-Online/

It is super helpful once you know what it does.

Abhi

Happy wala birthday Sir ji

Happy 27th birthday to Blender!

admin

Blender is a very interesting software. I am glad they survived and improved a lot through years. Now they are funded by tech giants. And a fun fact, all employees are paid in Blender - unlike many other open source projects.

Abhi

Blender 2.92 beta released to the public

Free Download