Today is the day! Blender 5.3 has entered Beta.
What’s next?
🔸 Download 5.3 Beta and test if your files work correctly.
🔸 Report bugs and help make this release stable for everyone.
🔸 Be first to try features the community will be talking about soon.
⬇️ Download: builder.blender.org/download…
#b3d
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Behind the scenes of The Passenger: youtu.be/n5TgdD2yLcQ
youtu.be/n5TgdD2yLcQ
Blenderheads Episode 13: "The future of Blender" is now live. It explores the gradual transition from Ton to Francesco in leading Blender, and how the new leadership team finds its way.
Watch: youtu.be/pTHmtHXwVKY
#b3d
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In Blenders Shader Nodes you now have access to the Switch node, Index Switch node and various string nodes. All of these got ported over from #GeometryNodes and are useful when building higher level shader assets. #b3d #devfund
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In Blender 5.2 LTS we released the first version of a new hair and cloth dynamics system powered by Geometry Nodes. Read about the current state of things and our feature plans on the Blender Developers Blog: code.blender.org/2026/07/geo…
#b3d #geometrynodes
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New in Mastodon 4.6: Newsletters 📬
Mastodon servers now support email newsletters, which allow people without a social web account to subscribe to your posts via email. This feature is opt-in at the server level.
We're building Mastodon for people and institutions that want independence from corporate-controlled social networks, so they can reach their audience directly wherever those people are.
Explore Mastodon 4.6's other new features: blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/0…
AI knows more about you than any other technology.
Most AIs mine your data to train their models and profile your behavior, which later gets sold to advertisers.
Lumo doesn’t. And it just got a massive upgrade.
Here’s Lumo 2.0, the world’s most-private AI ⬇️
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Today is the day! Blender 5.2 LTS has entered Beta.
What’s next?
🔸 Download 5.2 LTS Beta and test if your files work correctly.
🔸 Report bugs and help make this release stable for everyone.
🔸 Be first to try features the community will be talking about soon.
⬇️ Download: builder.blender.org/download…
#b3d
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Huge new first implementation of "Bevel node" in #Blender 5.2 alpha.
by Howard Trickey
projects.blender.org/blender…
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3D Gaussian Splat support for Blender is finally in development projects.blender.org/blender… 💪
How to Simulate Explosions in Blender!
Elevate your creative workflow with ProArt : asus.click/CGGeekIG Get exclusive ProArt deals, access to ProArt Masters Talks sessions, and enter the giveaway to win ProArt creator hardware.
@ASUS @ProArt #b3d #vfxtutorial
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The Scene Time node was added to the Shader Editor in Blender 5.2 #b3d
It took 42 changed files (and a lot of help) but it was worth it.
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🏖️ Saltwater Skies 🌅
70 new beach HDRIs are now available in early access 🎉
👉 Browse the vault: polyhaven.com/vaults/beach
All available right now for a $3 donation. Every new patron brings them closer to a public release. Support open-source, get exclusive content, and help release them for everyone❤️
Read more about the project: patreon.com/posts/70-new-bea…
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SINGULARITY, the painterly space adventure and newest open movie by Blender Studio is now released!
Watch in on Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=l5OZu-Ir…
#b3d #OpenMovie #BlenderStudio #singularity
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#GeometryNodes will have a new Sample Sound Frequencies node in Blender 5.2. It allows creating animations and simulations based on audio data without having to use non-procedural workarounds. #b3d #devfund
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: blender.org/download/release…
📺Watch Recap: youtube.com/watch?v=8r3xoRww… #b3d #DevFund
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Don't let AI service providers dilute the meaning of "local". If it can't run offline on compute and data you actually own, it's not a Personal Computer.



























