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[Video] Blender 3.0 Release Date! (And Other Cool Updates)

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Blender 3.0 is coming at the beginning of December, so in this video I just want to quickly talk about it and share some other cool things...

[Video] How to Paint with Light in Blender!

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In this video, I show you you can use texture-painted surfaces as light sources in a Blender scene. With a creative use of this techniq...

[Video] Create a Beautiful Screen Effect in Blender!

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I've just released a video where I show you how to project video data across multiple objects in a scene without having to set up any U...

[Video] AMAZING New Animation Course for Blender - Alive!

Pierrick Picaut has been working for a long time on a new animation course that was just released today. We've spoken on call occasional...

[Video] Create Amazing Materials from Simple Images in Blender!

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I've just released a video where I demonstrate a way that you can create visually-complex materials from simple non-seamless textures by m...

[Video] The BEST Way to Learn Motion Graphics for Blender!

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I've just released this video sharing a variety of resources that will help you learn how to produce motion graphics f...

[Video] This Video Should Not Exist! (Project Updates and More)

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I've been working on a variety of projects recently, both artistic and technical, however for this week's video I couldn't decide on just ...

[Video] The Easiest Way to Make Addons for Blender! (Serpens + EasyBPY)

Recently I've been experimenting with easier ways to create Python addons for Blender. The new visual script tool called Serpens uses a really well desig...

[Video] Blender's Amazing Upcoming Asset Browser!

I've just released this video talking about the asset browser currently in development for Blender. It has a lot of potential and I'm quite excited to se...

[Video] Cool New Tools, Updates and Courses for Blender!

The Blender community has been very busy recently with lots of people working on cool new tools, educational content and resources. In this video I wante...

[Video] How to Make a Cinematic with Unreal Engine 5 and Blender!

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I've just released a video where I show you how to export meshes from Blender to Unreal Engine 5 and make a camera animation. There are...

[Video] Beautiful Procedural Moss for Blender!

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I've recently been working with Charan from J...

[Video] Blender 2.93 - 21 Years in the Making!

Since Blender 2.93 LTS has been released, I thought I'd take a moment to give my take on the new features. There's lots of exciting new things to play wi...

[Video] Unreal Engine 5 is Amazing!

I've been quite excited to try out the new Nanite and Lumen features of Unreal Engine 5 and I'm happy to say that their implementation is super impressiv...

[Video] Breakdown of the 'Epoch' Animated Short in Blender (EEVEE)

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I've just put out a breakdown video for the Epoch animated short, providing a collection of tips for volumetrics, lighting, particles,...

[Video] Epoch - Blender EEVEE Short

I've just released a two-minute music short made with EEVEE in Blender. Patrons have been included in the credits as a thanks for your support!

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[Video] Is University Worth It?

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I've just put out a new discussion video sharing my thoughts on whether it's worth going to university, especially in relation to 3D a...

[Video] The Best Places to Find Blender Tips!

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I've recently put out a video compiling some of the best places to find useful collections of Blender tips. There's a mix of free and ...

[Video] BY-GEN V8 - Now Available for Blender!

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I have just released version 8 of the BY-GEN addon for Blender (2.92/2.93), along with 2021-05-08 12:55:06 +0000 UTC View Post

[Video] 6 Useful Rendering Tips for Cycles in Blender!

To accompany my recent artwork, I have put together this 10 minute video s...

[Video] Building the BlenderNest Community

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I've just released a new video to my personal podcast channel (Holtcast) talking about the thought process behind the BlenderNest channel...

5 Amazing New Blender YouTubers!

Hi Patrons! Given that I've been hard at work on community building this past week (as you would have heard in our 2021-04-17 19:36:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Modular Architecture and the Benefits of Procrastination

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I've released two new videos recently, one on the main channel and one on the secondary podcast channel.

Making Modular Architecture in Blender!

2021-04-09 09:50:26 +0000 UTC View Post

Minecraft Art and New Podcast Episode

I've just released a video where I show some experiments of rendering Minecraft art in Blender, taking a look at a couple of tools available to help peop...

Baking Procedural Materials to Textures (Blender and Unity)

I've just released a video showing how you can bake the results of procedural materials into texture maps which can be used in other software (such as ga...

Podcast: What School Doesn't Teach You (Holtcast #3)

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I'm just writing this post to let you know that the next episode of the Holtcast is available to listen to on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon,...