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Alibaba PAI released a ControlNet-Union for MiniMax-H3 supporting Canny, Depth, HED, MLSD and Pose control videos. Why 3D artists can drive it straight from Blender passes.
Alibaba’s New Video ControlNet Takes Depth and Pose Passes — Straight from Your 3D Scene Read Post »
Marvelous Designer 2026.1 adds hand-painted fabric wrinkles, a Seamline Rip tool for tearing garments along stitching, and blendshape recording. Features, pricing and free alternatives.
Is Marvelous Designer Worth It? Cost, Features and Free Alternatives Read Post »
LingBot-Map reconstructs 3D scenes from ordinary video at ~20 FPS across 10,000+ frames, released under Apache 2.0. What the viral claims get right, and the four details they leave out.
NVIDIA Kimodo has been ported to C++/GGML, letting text-to-motion animation run on CPU or Vulkan instead of a high-VRAM GPU. What it does, what it does not, and why animators should watch it.
NVIDIA’s Text-to-Motion Model Now Runs on a Laptop: kimodo.cpp Released Read Post »
The best Auto-Rig Pro alternatives in 2026: Rigify, CloudRig, BlenRig, Mixamo and free weight-transfer tools compared, with honest advice on when paying is actually worth it.
Auto-Rig Pro Alternatives in 2026: Free & Paid Blender Rigging Tools Compared Read Post »
Anime shading in Blender comes down to normals, outlines and motion. Free tools to fix blotchy faces and get clean toon shading, with downloads.
How to Get Clean Anime & Toon Shading in Blender (Free Tools, 2026) Read Post »
Free Blender UV add-ons that make unwrapping fast instead of tedious: UniV, Mio3 UV and DreamUV, each with a free download.
The Best Free Blender UV Unwrapping Add-ons in 2026 Read Post »
The best free Blender add-ons of 2026, hand-picked for modeling, retopology, rigging, animation, shading and VFX. Every pick links to a free download.
The Best Free Blender Add-ons in 2026 (That Actually Save You Hours) Read Post »
Free Blender Geometry Nodes tools for 2026: auto terrain, stylized trees, procedural oceans, cables, crystals and ice effects, all free to download.
7 Free Blender Geometry Nodes Tools for Terrain, Water & VFX (2026) Read Post »
The best free Blender retopology and modeling add-ons in 2026: PolyQuilt, Cut Plane, Holey Tools, SnapMove and more, each with a free download.
Free Blender Retopology & Modeling Tools You Should Be Using in 2026 Read Post »
