From a default cube to boiling simulations – a 60-day journey in Blender 🏋‍♀️ How much can you achieve in Blender if you only have two months? Let's say you start with the default cube and don't have any experience with the tool. MugenPictures has been learning Blender, a free and open-source 3D software, every day and chronicled their entire journey through a series of daily posts. The result of the 60th day, as you can see, is this neat boiling simulation. #blender3d #b3d #blender #3dart #gamedev #indiedev

Blender weighting add-on 👗 Check out Easy Envelope by 3D Artist oimoyu, an add-on for Blender that expands the capabilities of the software's Envelope Weights and lets artists easily weight meshes with complex structures, such as cloaks, multi-layered skirts, hair composed of meshes, and such. #3dart #blender3d #b3d #blender #animation #rigging #3dmodeling

Adobe has released Substance 3D add-on for Blender 2.0, the latest version of its plugin for editing Substance materials natively inside the open-source software. https://substance3d.adobe.com/plugins/substance-in-blender/

V-Ray for Blender could be due for its first update in five years. In today's Chaos Unboxed livestream, Chaos announced that it working on the integration between its V-Ray renderer and the open-source 3D software 'right now'.

Nyjo FX tested JangaFX's real-time fluid simulation software LiquiGen on a dinosaur animation, and the result looks amazing. There are missing features in the alpha, #LiquiGen #embergen #simulation #gamedevelopment #3D #animation #3danimation

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial Design Futuristic Architecture Using Blender sets out a complete 2D-to-3D concept design workflow based around the open-source 3D software https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVDMp6WOnaI

iClone Unreal Live Link 1.3 is out. Check out the new features in Reallusion's plugin live-linking its iClone animation software to UE5 for rendering, including the option to bake a complete crowd simulation into a single Unreal Engine sequence.

What is #OpenUSD - #tutorial by @Shawn Olson For anyone who didn't get a chance to see our live webinar Cracking the Case on OpenUSD, here is a recording. I showed #3dsmax, #maya, #houdini and #unreal working together via USD in a live demo. Learn about the history of OpenUSD and see a technical demo of it in action to understand how you can start using it in your creative workflows. By the end of this session, you'll be able to answer: - What is OpenUSD and where did it come from? - How is OpenUSD being utilized in the M&E industry? - Why are open standards important for the industry? - How can I get started with OpenUSD? - What role will OpenUSD play in Autodesk Flow? CORRECTION: At 17:03, we mention LookdevX being in a preview stage in the Maya 2024 version. It was in the preview stage as of Maya 2024.1. Have you heard the term "OpenUSD" floating around, but couldn't quite grasp what it was? Well, you're definitely not alone! Technology is constantly evolving, and it's easy to feel left behind when new innovations emerge. But fear not, because OpenUSD is here to help! OpenUSD stands for Open Universal Scene Description, and it's an open-source initiative. What does that mean? It means that OpenUSD is being developed in a transparent and collaborative way, without any single organization claiming ownership. Instead, multiple organizations are coming together with a shared vision. So, what's the vision? It's simple: a world where sharing production assets among different creative software is consistent, reliable, and easy.