Blender 4.0 is here

A milestone release two years in the making. Big features include:

• Improved realism with AgX color and improved Principled BSDF
• Long awaited light linking
• Node tools, which will shake up modelling pipelines everywhere
• Quality of life snapping improvements
• A Hydra engine for USD
• …and way, way more

Watch the release video, read more and download it here.

Blender 4.0 for complete beginners

The forth version of my donut tutorial, completely remade for Blender 4.0’s interface and features. Part 1 and 2 are up now, and subsequent parts will be released daily. Already use Blender? Send it to someone who doesn’t ??

Wait, are CG crowds banned now?

Part of the new SAG-AFTRA agreement includes the terms: “Replicas must not be used to meet the background counts for the day. Replicas will not be used to avoid the engagement of background actors.” Originally intended to prevent misuse of actor's likeness, this statement is vague enough to also apply to CG crowd work - a staple of VFX for at least two decades. No one seems to know for sure, but VFX artists are alarmed.?

Know of a Black Friday sale?

Since it was popular last year, I’m creating a database of all the CG related Black Friday sales. So if you know of one submit it here. I’ll send the final list next week.

That’s all folks! Follow me on twitter for other discoveries.

Regards,

Andrew Price

PS. Poliigon is building an asset browser for 3D artists and we're currently looking for volunteers for testing and interviews. If you're interested in participating, you can register your interest here.