Notices by Blender (blender@mastodon.social)

Have you already experienced SINGULARITY? The new open movie by the Blender Studio is now online for the whole world to see!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5OZu-IrXpw

#b3d #OpenMovie #BlenderStudio #Singularity

Get your tickets for Blender Conference 2026!

The largest gathering of Blender artists, developers and contributors is back on September 23-25 in the heart of Amsterdam. 🌷

Early bird discount available! https://conference.blender.org/2026/ #b3d #BCON26

We hear your concerns around how Blender relates to AI topics.

Here is an update regarding upcoming Blender Development Fund and AI Policies: https://www.blender.org/news/upcoming-blender-development-fund-and-ai-policies/

#b3d #DevFund

The recent announcement about Anthropic joining the Blender Development Fund as a Corporate Patron member has raised concerns from the community around how we engage with AI topics.

This is how we plan to address the issue: https://www.blender.org/news/upcoming-blender-development-fund-and-ai-policies/

#b3d #DevFund

Make sure to check out the full message on https://www.blender.org/press/anthropic-joins-the-blender-development-fund-as-corporate-patron/ and the funding policy at https://fund.blender.org/funding-policy/ to get the complete picture.

Note: partially reworded the social media announcement so it sounds less tone-deaf about the controversial nature of the membership.

Today Anthropic joins the Blender Development Fund as corporate sponsor. This support will be dedicated towards general Blender core development. More details at https://www.blender.org/press/anthropic-joins-the-blender-development-fund-as-corporate-patron/

#b3d #DevFund

Welcome Arrowhead Game Studios as a Corporate Gold sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! https://fund.blender.org

#b3d #DevFund

Blender Foundation and the online developer community proudly present Blender 5.0!

ACES, Adaptive Subdivision, HDR, Storyboarding, Geometry Nodes, 588 bugs fixed, and so much more.

📖Changelog & Download: https://blender.org/download/releases/5-0/

📺 Video Recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wEqD-jK0DU #b3d

Blender 5.0 has entered Release Candidate stage! 🚀

Please take some time to try it, test your add-ons, files (backup first!), and report any bugs you find.

⬇️ Download: https://builder.blender.org/download/daily/
📖 What's New: https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/5.0/
🐞 Report: Help→Report a Bug

#b3d

Blender Foundation and the online developers community proudly present Blender 4.4! 🚀

A massive milestone in stability, with over 700 issues fixed and packed with features. Ready for production.

✨ What's new: https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-4/
🧡 Donate: https://fund.blender.org/ #b3d

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Congratulations to Gints Zilbalodis and the entire Flow film crew for the Academy Award win!

Flow is the manifestation of Blender’s mission, where a small independent team is able to create a story that moves audiences worldwide.

Thank you for the shout out! 🧡 #b3d

It's time to update your Blender LTS! 🚀

🔸 Blender 4.2.7 LTS → 18 fixes
🔹 Blender 3.6.21 LTS → 3 fixes

Download and read the changelog at https://blender.org/lts

#b3d #DevFund

Meet the splash for the upcoming Blender 4.4!

Featuring Flow, a film by Gints Zilbalodis. Golden Globe-winning film and 2025 Oscar nominee for Best Animated Feature Film and Best International Feature Film 🐈⬛ #b3d

Flow –the animated sensation of the year– was created in Blender! Francesco had a chat with director Gints Zilbalodis to discuss his experience working on the film. The interview covers topics such as learning Blender, working with a team (actually multiple small teams), using add-ons, and single-handedly lighting and rendering the film. Enjoy: https://www.blender.org/user-stories/making-flow-an-interview-with-director-gints-zilbalodis/ #b3d

fund.blender.org - last day #b3d #DevFund #jointhetwopercent

fund.blender.org #b3d #devfund #jointhetwopercent

Flamenco v3.6 is released!

It adds support for pausing jobs, submitting files from Blender via Python, and more. And of course a bunch of bugfixes.

https://flamenco.blender.org/download/

Flamenco is Blender's render farm software. Free & Open Source, of course!

#b3d #blender3d #RenderFarm #devfund

fund.blender.org #b3d