Engine for Cycles Rendering
Blender's Cycles path-tracer engine offers ultra-realistic rendering with stunning unbiased path-tracing.
- A real-time preview of the viewport
- Rendering on CPU and GPU
- HDR lighting and PBR shaders
- Support for VR rendering
Modeling, Sculpting, UV
The comprehensive set of modeling tools in Blender makes it easy to create, transform, and edit your models.
- Full N-Gon support
- Slides, insets, grids, and bridge fills
- Sculpting tools and brushes of the highest quality
- Subdivision at multiple resolutions and in a dynamic manner
- Painting in 3D with textured brushes and masking
- Custom tools and add-ons using Python scripts
VFX
"Probably the best tracker on the market", say VFX professionals. Production-ready camera and object tracking is included in Blender. You can import raw footage, track it, mask areas, and see the camera movements live in your 3D scene. Switching between programs is no longer necessary.
- Tracking options include automatic and manual
- Reconstruction of cameras with great power
- Tracked footage and 3D scenes are displayed in real-time
- Solver support for planar tracking and tripods
Rigging & Animation
Blender is used for numerous short films, advertisements, TV series, and feature films today due to its high quality rigging and animation tools.
- Skeleton, envelope, and automatic skinning
- Interpolated bones using B-spline
- Editing curves and creating dope sheets
- For fast input, customize bone shapes
- Sound synchronization
Drawing 2D in 3D, Story Art
Really! Directly drawing in a 3D viewport makes a lot of sense. Storyboarders and 2D artists have unprecedented workflow freedom.
- Right in the viewport, combine 2D and 3D
- Onion skinning support with full animation
- Stroke and Fill Layers & Colors
- Create brush strokes and parent them to 3D objects
You can make it yours
The Blender interface is controlled by Python. A wide range of layout, color, size, and font options are available. Hundreds of add-ons have been created by the Blender community, or you can create your own using Blender's Python API.
- Layout and colors can be customized
- Retina/high-resolution screen support
- Make your own tools and add-ons
- Overlay the OpenGL viewport with drawings
- Render with Blender's API
