Blender 3D is a program that is consistently being improved to become more powerful and user-friendly to 3D artists and hobbyists alike. As part of its open-source nature, Blender also makes available test versions of the software that product test new tools and workflows before adding them to the stable release. To download a test … Read more
Unlike Maya and Cinema 4D, Blender is the product of a not-for-profit charitable organization in the form of the Blender foundation. Yet somehow the software seems to develop at a much faster rate than the competition even from highly reputable companies like Autodesk. So where does Blender get all of its money from? Blender 3D … Read more
I am sure this has happened to you before, you work on your project’s material library so that you can then apply those materials to other objects that you create. You close Blender down for the day and then come back to your project the next day only to find half of your materials are … Read more
If you have reached the point where you are able to create more advanced materials, then you will have also reached the point where your node trees are becoming more difficult to read even for the artist that creates them. There are different ways to improve the visual appearance of your node tree though. Reroutes … Read more
The more you learn about nodes the larger your node trees can become, and the more complex your materials. But even if you know what a specific node is used for when you create it, that does not mean you won’t forget later on. And there are a lot of nodes to remember for those … Read more
Learning to create materials is a daunting process, especially when you watch tutorials on complex materials for huge node trees that have very little organization. For a beginner, you need to know exactly what each node is responsible for, and one way to help with this is to use labels. To add a label to … Read more
