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January 9, 2019 12:00 AM

 

by Editor in Chief

 

What was the biggest Blender news in 2019--especially for professional users of Blender? Here are some of the top 10 Blender news from 2019. Please remember hobbyist-grade news or well-known facts--such as the use of Blender in product and arch viz--may have been omitted. 


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10. New trend: ‘Tutotainment’


Ton Roosendale, the President of Blender Foundation calls it "Tutotainment," which is a tutorial that is both entertaining and effective. Started by Ian Huber with his one minute "Lazy Tutorials" series it has set a new standard for Blender tutorial. Another that fits the description is those by Jorge Gutierrez. Interesting thing about Ian and Jorge is that they both are directors, having released film of their own.  No wonder their work stand apart from so many others.
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9. External Tools Come to Blender


Popular tools that were available for other propriety software are coming to Blender. Among them are TextTools, KeenTools Facebuilder and Atoms Crowd.
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8. Feature films and Shorts and Commercials

This year also saw many projects realized with Blender. Some of them to note are:
Skywatch
PETA commercial made fully in Blender
VFX--VFX Reel by POSTKINO FX on Tobol
The Super Stretchy Sticky Lizard | MyRodeReel2019

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7. Spring (Blender Open Movie) Released


The long-awaited Blender Open Movie "Spring" was released.
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6. Ubisoft and Other Studios Move to Use Blender


Ubisoft has announced that the Paris animation studio would be moving to Blender for series production.  And Japanese anime studio Khara also made to to use Blender. And others are also using Blender.
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5. Industry's Recognition for
Blender-created Feature Films
 

'Next Gen' Won 2 Kidscreen Awards (the Best Animation and Best Design) in the Creative Talent category of 
the 10th Kidscreen Awards.
"I Lost My body"--another feature film created using Blender--has won the Critics Award in Cannes, and the two main
prizes 
in Annecy. Regarding the film Ton Roosendale the President of the Blender Foundation noted:
"For a lot of film makers 
I lost my body will be a game changer – if anyone had a doubt, animation is definitely “just like film” now. And not only for Hollywood blockbusters, especially for indie teams on lower budgets. We’re proud that Blender plays a role in this movement."
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4. Powerful Blender-specific External Addons

More have been added and continuing to be added the lists of powerful Blender-specific external addons that would help to set 
Blender apart from its competitors. Some of them even costs as high as $549.00 US dollars. Check out some of them at the following links.
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3. Blender Development Fund Joined by Major Players

First the Epic Games, then Nvidia, AMD, Embark Studios and others--even Adidas--have joined the Blender Development Fund. 
Ton Roosendale, the President of Blender Foundation notes: "If there’s one thing that defined 2019 for Blender it was the massive support for Blender via our Development Fund membership program. It more than quadrupled in a year. Blender now has a much larger team of people working on core development; but not only that, the team is so large that other roles such as managers, writers and devops engineers needed to be filled in."
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2. Ub Iwerks Annie Award for Technical Achievement


"ASIFA-Hollywood is one of the premiere organizations in the world promoting the art and industry of animation. Their annual Annie Award ceremony is the ‘Oscars of animation’, with the top of producers and directors of the animation world attending. Each year the Annie Awards jury rewards a technical achievement that made a significant impact on the art or industry of animation. In February 2019 that prize went to Blender."
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1. Blender 2.80~81a Released

Blender 2.80 and subsequently Blender 81a have been released, living up to hypes created by Blender 2.80 Eevee demos released in 2018. 
With left click select as the new default, the interface has been redesigned, attracting professional new users. 
Armed with top-notch render engines Cycles and Evee and powerful AI denoiser, new and improved features include: 
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Related Links:

1. 2018 Blender Retrospective

2..2017 Blender Retrospective

3. 2016 Blender Retrospective 

List of Articles
No. Subject Author Viewssort Votes Date Last Update
Notice Blender Retrospectives 2020 Blender Retrospective 335908   Feb 20, 2021 Feb 21, 2021 01:20
Notice Tutorials Free Online Blender Tutorials Released in 2019 Worthy of Your Note - for Animation & VFX file 688076   Jan 25, 2020 Mar 24, 2020 10:13
Notice Tutorials Free Online Blender Tutorials Released in 2019 Worthy of Your Note - for CG, Games & Viz file 551394   Jan 25, 2020 Mar 24, 2020 10:13
Notice Tutorials Top 12 Free Online Blender Tutorials Released in 2019 file 558498   Jan 25, 2020 Mar 24, 2020 10:15
Notice Tutorials Top 15 Highest-Rated Free Online Blender Tutorials Released in 2019 file 501232   Jan 25, 2020 Mar 24, 2020 10:12
Notice Tutorials Free Online Blender Tutorials Released in 2018 for Blender 2.8 file 476105   Jan 23, 2019 Jan 23, 2019 23:35
Notice Tutorials Free Online Blender Tutorials Released in 2018 Worthy of Your Note - for CG, Games & Viz file 821446   Jan 23, 2019 Jan 25, 2019 23:34
Notice Tutorials Free Online Blender Tutorials Released in 2018 Worthy of Your Note - for Animation & VFX file 539552   Jan 23, 2019 Jan 23, 2019 15:48
Notice Tutorials Top 12 Free Online Blender Tutorials Released in 2018 file 471656   Jan 23, 2019 Jan 25, 2019 10:33
Notice Render of the Year Render of the Year Awards 2018: Winners Annouced file 509121   Jan 02, 2019 Jan 02, 2019 13:20
Notice Blender Retrospectives 2018 Blender Retrospective file 500287   Jan 02, 2019 Jan 02, 2019 13:42
Notice Tutorials Top 12 Free Online Blender Tutorials Released in 2017 file 1095227   Jan 09, 2018 Jan 25, 2019 23:35
Notice Blender Retrospectives 2017 Blender Retrospective file 819892   Jan 01, 2018 Jan 09, 2018 04:55
Notice Render of the Year Render of the Year Awards 2017: Winners Annouced file 673127   Dec 26, 2017 Jan 09, 2018 04:55
Notice Tutorials Top 12 Free Online Blender Tutorials (Videos) Released in 2016 file 892844   Jan 16, 2017 Jan 16, 2017 05:18
Notice Blender Retrospectives 2016 Blender Retrospective file 1182087   Dec 29, 2016 Feb 01, 2017 10:28
Notice Render of the Year Render of the Year Awards 2015: Seven Winners Annouced file 906306   Jan 20, 2016 Feb 02, 2016 03:35
Notice Blender Retrospectives 2015 Blender Retrospective file 878363   Jan 12, 2016 Feb 20, 2016 22:40
Notice Tutorials Top 12 Free Online Blender Tutorials Released in 2015 file 921811   Jun 26, 2015 Jan 01, 2016 05:33
Notice Render of the Year Render of the Year Awards 2014: Five Winners Annouced file 954823   Jan 02, 2015 Jan 02, 2015 16:04
Notice Tutorials Top 12 Free Online Blender Tutorials Released in 2014 file 1007885   Dec 11, 2014 Jan 24, 2015 21:31
568 Product Visualization PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of May 12, 2014 file 35831   May 12, 2014 May 12, 2014 16:11
 
567 Architectural Visualization ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of October 27, 2014 file 35831   Oct 28, 2014 Oct 28, 2014 01:06
 
566 Architectural Visualization ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of September 14, 2015 file 35739   Sep 15, 2015 Sep 15, 2015 20:52
 
565 Product Visualization PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of January 19, 2015 file 35674   Jan 21, 2015 Jan 21, 2015 02:45
 
564 Architectural Visualization ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of March 9, 2014 file 35648   Mar 10, 2015 Mar 10, 2015 03:31
 
563 Product Visualization PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of August 19, 2013 file 35501   Aug 20, 2013 Aug 20, 2013 02:01
 
562 Render of the Week 'Natures Mortes' by Enrico Cerica - the Winner of the Week of February 29, 2016 file 35439   Mar 01, 2016 Mar 01, 2016 17:29
 
561 Product Visualization PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of August 25, 2014 file 35400   Aug 26, 2014 Aug 26, 2014 16:56
 
560 Product Visualization PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of February 24, 2014 file 35362   Feb 24, 2014 Feb 24, 2014 18:52
 
559 Product Visualization PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of December 22, 2014 file 35354   Dec 23, 2014 Dec 23, 2014 20:17
 
558 Architectural Visualization ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of September 1, 2014 file 35312   Sep 01, 2014 Sep 01, 2014 22:22
 
557 Architectural Visualization ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of March 23, 2014 file 35186   Mar 24, 2015 Mar 24, 2015 17:45
 
556 Product Visualization PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of June 9, 2014 file 35124   Jun 09, 2014 Jun 09, 2014 15:23
 
555 Render of the Week 'Bees' by Dominik Schatz - the Winner of the Week of August 17, 2015 file 35116   Aug 19, 2015 Aug 19, 2015 01:54
 
554 Render of the Week 'Mud Dauber' by Damien Monteillard - the Winner of the Week of March 7, 2016 file 35042   Mar 08, 2016 Mar 08, 2016 21:13
 
553 Production Focus REVERSION: A Testing Ground for 'Cell Production' file 35016   Jul 10, 2012 Jul 12, 2012 11:30
 
552 Render of the Week 'T-55 Tank' by Piotr Bieryt - the Winner of the Week of May 2, 2016 file 34962   May 03, 2016 May 03, 2016 12:54
 
551 Architectural Visualization ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of February 23, 2015 file 34939   Feb 25, 2015 Feb 25, 2015 01:21
 
550 Suzanne Awards 2014 Suzanne Awards: The Winners & Nominees Are ... file 34892   Nov 03, 2014 Nov 03, 2014 20:43
 
549 Architectural Visualization ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of May 19, 2014 file 34882   May 19, 2014 May 19, 2014 16:17