SINGULARITY, the painterly space adventure and newest open movie by Blender Studio is now released!

Watch in on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5OZu-IrXpw

#b3d #OpenMovie #BlenderStudio #singularity

Free* update to your Blender LTS! 📣

🔶 Blender 4.5.9 LTS fixes 16 issues from the previous version.
🔹 Blender 4.2.20 LTS fixes 5 issues.

👉 Download and read the changelog at blender.org/lts
As usual, updating is highly recommended.

*as in freedom.

#b3d #DevFund

Testing needed! 📣

Blender 5.1.1 Release Candidate is now available for download, addressing around 70 issues found in the initial release.

If you experienced issues in Blender 5.1.0, please give it a try. Thank you!

👉 Download Blender 5.1.1 RC: https://builder.blender.org/download/daily/ #b3d

FreeCAD Version 1.1 Released

After an enormous amount of work and dedication from FreeCAD contributors we are delighted to announce that FreeCAD Version 1.1 is now released and available for download. There are significant amounts of improvements and new features.

https://blog.freecad.org/2026/03/25/freecad-version-1-1-released/

#FreeCAD #CAD #CAM #BIM #opensource #fc3d

We just released Krita 5.3 and 6.0!

https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-5.3.0-released/

Blender Foundation and the online community proudly present Blender 5.1! 🎉

Rock solid, feature-packed, and a performance beast on all fronts, from animation to modeling and compositing.

🎁What's New: https://www.blender.org/download/releases/5-1/

📺Watch Recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r3xoRwwN6I

#b3d #DevFund

New job opening! 📣 Blender is looking for a Communications Lead to join the team. Help share exciting news about Blender development, Blender Studio productions, and everything happening around the Blender project and its community.🧡

Read more and apply at https://www.blender.org/jobs/communications-lead/ #b3d #jobs

Hey everyone, new tutorial! How to Light 3D Portraits in Blender. Full article and a video. 4 levels of difficulty: from one light to full cinematic rig. Many lighting theory nuggets to be found. #b3d #blender3d #mastoArt

https://www.creativeshrimp.com/character-lighting-techniques.html

Huge thanks to Yaw Onyina for the permission to use his astonishing Tribal Character 3D model (more precisely, .blend file) for this lighting tutorial.
https://www.artstation.com/yaw_cg

Your Blender LTS just got better! 🚀

🔶 Blender 4.5.7 LTS fixes 19 issues present in the previous version.
🔹 Blender 4.2.18 LTS fixes 4 issues.

As usual, updating is highly recommended. Download and read the changelog at blender.org/lts

#b3d #DevFund