SHAPES for Blender is live to explore 🎬 An advanced shape key editor for character and facial rigging. Major features are now playable right in your browser, no install. Click and try it. Sign up for 20% off at launch in Q3: braverabbit.com/shapes-blender/ #b3d #Blender

#SHAPES is now available for #Maya 2027. Includes important updates/changes and supports weightDriver 5.0 (check for compatibility). New licensing. Existing licenses can update for free. Download at: braverabbit.com/shapes #maya3d #rigtip #rigging #animation

#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 19 Obviously something which can be very important: Creating shape keys for multiple related and even overlapping objects. Select once - edit always! In pose with all the standard tools SHAPES has to offer. #b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation

We're thrilled to present the new face of #SHAPES - meet Liv! She will demo all the powerful tools which come with the shape key editor for #Blender. Development is almost wrapped with a ton of features. Time for testing/tutorials. Stay tuned! #b3d #character #rigging #animation

Looks like we eventually got a teen tiny bit of big screen fame with one of our #F1 stock clips appearing in #F1TheMovie. Whoever put it there - well done and thanks a lot! Even though an old one, but it fits nicely!

#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 18 A highly valuable tool to help with creating smooth, consistent shape keys, avoiding bad deformation. Similar to Smooth Corrective modifier but with various advantages (next post)! #b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation

#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 17 Splitting complex sculpted expressions into any number of shape keys is a crucial step in many production pipelines. The Influence Map feature makes this process easy and reliable! #b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation

#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 16 Full shape-key based support for #RBF Nodes. The wish for a high-level editor has been expressed early on, including mirroring of RBF setups. Create, edit, refine. All in one tool! (Result in next post) #b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation

Our #addons for #blender3d are ready for Blender 5. Everything has been updated and polished. And the release of #SHAPES is getting closer! tinyurl.com/59mp4arx #b3d #rigtip #3d

Very happy with #RBF and #SHAPES performance. - 4 Solvers - 96 shapes (about 500 verts each) - Mesh > 17k verts Runs with over 40fps (mind screen recording). If hiding all editors/panels it matches target of 60 fps. Test system: Mac Studio M4 Max. #b3d #Blender3D #rigging

#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 15 Edit Propagation for Combos saves time by automatically applying edits from driver shapes to all related combo targets, even split shapes, minimizing the need for manual follow-up fixes. #b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation

#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 14 Combination shapes are a solid and fast solution to fix deformation issues when two or more active shapes interact. SHAPES provides a solid workflow for creating and managing combos. #b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation

Had a great chat with the Purple Puppet team purplepuppet.com about the upcoming #SHAPES shape-key editor for #blender3d today. Thanks for the great feedback. SHAPES is currently in beta and looking incredible! #b3d #rigging #character #3danimation

#SHAPES for #Blender3d: Quick Tip 13 Easily overlooked: Blend Preview! Shape keys aren’t just about shape, but also about motion. A shape may look fine, but animation can show bad vertex movement. Repeated tweaks/checks are required 'til the deformation is final. #b3d #rigtip #3danimation

🔥📣Just finished: - Full integration of #RBFNodes into SHAPES for #Blender3d - RBFNodes working with constraints. - Mirroring of a complete RBFNodes setup with all shape keys. - RBFNodes working with only two poses. Thanks for sharing! #b3d #blender #rigging #animation

Thanks for the shout out! And it will even get better because the upcoming version supports constrained driver objects and and scene linking. This will be a huge step forward!

My Landing Gear Rigging Tutorial is out now! 🚨 If you'd like to learn five rigging concepts in one video, you better watch this one 🦾 Wether it's IKs, springs or pistons, this includes all of them 😉 ▶️ Watch it here: youtu.be/AJmtljO4iXM

#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 12 Easily remove partial shape key data to clean up shapes or remove unwanted influences. Makes use of selecting vertices which are affected by the shape key. #b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation

Breakdown for the explainer animation for HANGAR A Express Delivery Network! We simplified a complex logistics system into a clean, punchy animation. We had a fun time bringing this one to life! Final video: vimeo.com/1091857254 #Explainer #Animation #3D #Logistics #DeliveryNetwork #MotionDesign

#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 11 Filter by Value is a highly useful and powerful, yet underrated feature. You can easily filter either partial or full values. This helps to find currently active channels when dealing with large rigs. #b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip

Making some good progress with the core functions of #SHAPES for #Blender Doesn't look like much but these pretty important for many workflows. #b3d #Blender3D #rigtip #animation #rigging

🔥 #SHAPES is coming to #Blender! 🔥 The industry-proven shape key editor, built by artists, for artists, is now in development for Blender. Watch the teaser and get a first glimpse of what's coming. #b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #animation #cgi youtu.be/i3m95N6tRNM

The decision has been made: There is a new side-project! #SHAPES #Blender #b3d #animation #animation3d #rigging #rigtip #3d #3dart

My next film 'The Ballad of Pale Blue Dot' will be released later this summer. I'll be posting sneak peeks and behind the scenes stuff over the next few months! #animation #shortfilm #geometrynodes #b3d #climatecrisis #earth

🚨 Content Creators, Beware! 🚨 The YouTube channel VSTProStudio (www.youtube.com/@VSTProStudi...) appears to have uploaded numerous allegedly stolen tutorial videos—and has even falsely claimed copyright on some of our content. Stay vigilant and protect your work! ⚠️ #CopyrightInfringement #YouTube

Hey #Blender users. How about graphing all direct and upstream users of a data block, for example an image texture? Makes it very easy to see where data is used and shared. #LinkView #addon to the rescue! #3d #b3d #nodes #exploreYourScene

If you are working on #macOS using #DaVinci #Resolve and struggle with getting your output match what you see in Resolve you might want to check these settings. Also make sure that your Output Color Space and Gamma is set to 'Use timeline'.

This week I wrote developer guidelines for Blender & add-on devs, on how to work with the Slotted Actions that'll be introduced in Blender 4.4. developer.blender.org/docs/feature... #b3d #blender3d #developers #guidelines #devfund

The #LinkView #addon for #Blender is now ready to support Action Slots, new in Blender 4.4. #3d #b3d #rigtip #nodes #rigging #animation

The #LinkView #addon for #Blender will have the ability to find and display invalid drivers. Very helpful to reveal deleted data blocks and renamed properties. #3d #b3d #rigtip #nodes #rigging #animation

#artvsartist2024 I made a few things this year. I made a course (two courses to be precise) I made some projects (I need more) I was laid off I'm looking for a new job Hoping 2025 will be more kind Please like and share if you like my work

Recently I had the pleasure of being invited to the VFX Process podcast and talk about my work. It was so much fun! Watch the whole episode here: youtu.be/_UfFEMBx5eQ #b3d #podcast #vfx

What's up with the memes? Here is an update from Francesco on the Blender Development Fund donation campaign donation campaign. #b3d #devfund #jointhetwopercent fund.blender.org www.youtube.com/shorts/-v7Uh...

🤗Another breakdown from an older project made for @landsofnoara.bsky.social . It was one of my first 2D VFX on a shot and a great project to direct and work on. I also made the motion design. Animated by the fantastic @makadam.bsky.social #blender #animation #3D #p2design

The #LinkView #addon for #Blender will have the ability to find and display object and collection pointers inside #GeometryNodes. Here's a short preview of how it might be helpful. #3d #b3d #rigtip #nodes #rigging #animation

The good thing about writing add-ons is that you'll learn the software even better and explore new territory. Yesterday it was the Bone Armature constraint in #Blender, which I didn't know before. Now it works nicely in #LinkView. #3d #b3d #rigtip #nodes #rigging #animation

Working on the final touches for #LinkView for #Blender. Here's a collection of link types which are currently supported. Not sure if something important is missing. Take a look. #3d #b3d #rigtip #nodes #rigging #animation

Making some good progress with #LinkView for #Blender. It's finally coming together. 🙌 Here's a sample of testing with a random rig in full (even though a complete graph is not really useful 👀) #3d #b3d #rigtip #nodes #rigging #animation

Here's a quick preview of a very useful #addon for #Blender we're currently working on. It let's you easily find driver links and target objects between the related data blocks and displays them in a node tree. #3d #b3d #rigtip #nodes #rigging #animation

Kicking off this account with speed and style! Hit full screen and turn up the volume! 🔊 Enjoy! 🔥 youtu.be/PwmWrPxFYwk #racing #3d #3dcg #CGI #animation #stock #blender #b3d