How 'Backrooms' Used Blender and Practical Locations to Build a Horrifying World on the Big Screen

In 2022, we ran an article on _Backrooms_ , the viral short film that was sweeping the internet. It was made by a then 16-year-old Kane Parsons, who had shaken up the horror world and who was quickly becoming a YouTuber to Hollywood success story.

Now, just four years later, we're about to get the big screen debut of _Backrooms_ , now an A24 movie inspired by that short and still directed by…

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Blender Portable LTS 4.5.10 (3D modeling, animation, rendering) Released

A new version of Blender Portable LTS has been released. Blender LTS is the Long Term Support branch of Blender open source software for 3D modelling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback packaged as a portable app, so you can do your rendering on the go. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And…

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Blender Portable 5.1.2 (3D modeling, animation, rendering) Released

A new version of Blender Portable has been released. Blender Portable is the popular Blender open source software for 3D modelling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback packaged as a portable app, so you can do your rendering on the go. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source…

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Blender Portable LTS 4.5.9 (3D modeling, animation, rendering) Released

A new version of Blender Portable LTS has been released. Blender LTS is the Long Term Support branch of Blender open source software for 3D modelling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback packaged as a portable app, so you can do your rendering on the go. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And…

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Blender Portable 5.1.1 (3D modeling, animation, rendering) Released

A new version of Blender Portable has been released. Blender Portable is the popular Blender open source software for 3D modelling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback packaged as a portable app, so you can do your rendering on the go. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source…

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Blender Conference North America 2026

Contributed by Michu Benaim S

_**Source: bconna.org **Kyle Unzicker. License: All Rights Reserved. _

Perfora in use for the Blender Conference 2026 in Austin, Texas (Blender as in the open-source 3D software, not the kitchen appliance.) The identity was designed by Autotroph, a company with a focus on Blender and the host of the Blender Conference North America (the original branch…

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Claudeが創作ソフト9本に対応、AdobeやBlenderと連携

創作ソフト9本にClaudeがガチで乗り込んできた。お、これは制作現場が地味に騒がしくなりそうです。Anthropicが「Claude for Creative Work」を発表し、Adobe、Blender、Autodesk、Ableton、Spliceなど、プロの定番ソフト向...

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The Agentic AI Revolution is Here: Anthropic Announces Partnerships With Adobe, Autodesk, Blender, and More

In this age of AI, it sure feels like every month or so, there’s once-in-a-lifetime-level news to share. This week’s existential crisis is brought to us by Anthropic, which has just announced the formation of a coalition of partners willing to let its AI model, Claude, connect to their creative tools.

As we saw with a corresponding announcement from Adobe, this coalition is set to include…

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GIMP @ Libre Graphics Meeting 2026

The Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) is the annual meeting on Free and Open Source Software (FLOSS) for graphics. It aims at gathering both developers, artists and other creative people.

This year, it will be held in Nuremberg (Nürnberg), Germany, from April 22nd to 25th of 2026.

_Logo of Libre Graphics Meeting 2026_

As every year since the event was born in 2006 (co-founded by early GIMP team…

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Agenda du Libre pour la semaine 14 de l’année 2026

Calendrier Web, regroupant des événements liés au Libre (logiciel, salon, atelier, install party , conférence), annoncés par leurs organisateurs. Voici un récapitulatif de la semaine à venir. Le détail de chacun de ces 58 événements (France: 54, Internet: 3, Québec: 1) est en seconde partie de dépêche.

  • lien nᵒ 1 : April
  • lien nᵒ 2 : Agenda du Libre
  • lien nᵒ 3 : Carte des événements
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Blender Portable LTS 4.5.8 (3D modeling, animation, rendering) Released

A new version of Blender Portable LTS has been released. Blender LTS is the Long Term Support branch of Blender open source software for 3D modelling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback packaged as a portable app, so you can do your rendering on the go. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And…

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Blender Portable 5.1.0 (3D modeling, animation, rendering) Released

A new version of Blender Portable has been released. Blender Portable is the popular Blender open source software for 3D modelling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback packaged as a portable app, so you can do your rendering on the go. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source…

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Blender iPad App Development Halted as Android Tablets Get Priority

Blender's work on a native iPad version of its open source 3D creation suite has been shelved, according to the development team.

Back in July, Blender revealed that it was developing for iPad, with an iPad Pro version of its desktop software coming first, complete with a fully-featured multitouch interface and support for Apple Pencil Pro. No release date was announced at the time.

Now it…

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Grafik Labor 2026 – Appel à conférenciers et à stands

Création graphique, artistique et outils libres

GrafikLabor revient le samedi 4 avril 2026 à Rennes, dans les locaux d’Activdesign, pour sa huitième édition dédiée aux logiciels libres, aux pratiques créatives ouvertes et aux artistes, designers et développeurs qui les utilisent au quotidien. Issu du LibreGraphicsMeeting, l’esprit se veut ouvert aux diverses pratiques créatives, aux…

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