The video you see above is the result of a four-hour session between me, Claude, and Blender. I used Claude Opus 5.5 in low effort mode. The entire thing used around 26% of my current session usage, ...

Using Mix Shader and Emission, along with the Fresnel factor set up, the artist quickly creates the material for the hexagons on the sphere. By adding in Color Ramp and adjusting its settings, he can ...

For years, the push in 3D art has been toward greater realism. Advances in lighting, materials, and rendering have made it possible to create images nearly indistinguishable from photographs. Yet, ...

Blender 5.0 has been trying to earn something for years now. Not market share, not awards, but the trust — the specific, hard-won trust of the production pipeline, where color space mismatches cost ...

Nominations for the 78th Emmy Awards were announced today from the Wolf Theatre in the Saban Media Center. The live ceremony was hosted by Emmy winner Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear) and Emmy winner Jeff ...

We will see how to prepare and export Blender Actions as animations in Unreal Engine. This page of for skeletal animations. First you need a skeletal mesh in Unreal Engine that can handle the ...

The best blenders can help you unlock your inner home chef. Even though takeout can almost always hit the spot, whipping up a meal from scratch can be one of the most rewarding (and delicious) ...

Anthropic is positioning its Claude AI as a tool for creative production, with a new set of features designed to support animation and design workflows alongside established software pipelines in some ...

Blender is shaping modern creative pipelines as 3D animation software becomes faster and more specialized. In 2026, many tools deliver stronger viewport performance optimization, handling massive ...

It feels churlish, in this day and age, to come on the internet and celebrate Disney. Less a movie studio and more a terrifying global monopoly, the Walt Disney Corporation has grown so worryingly ...

The animation industry has always been labor-intensive, blending artistry, innovation, and technology to bring stories to life. Now, a new technological shift, generative AI (genAI), is sparking ...