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Nate Rupsis

@nrupsis.bsky.social

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Rust developer by day, Blender contributor when I have time.

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dr. Sybren

@drsybren.bsky.social

Thank you Southern Shotty for making this excellent video about slotted Actions in Blender 4.4 😻

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4nV...

#b3d #blender3d #animation

The NEW Blender Animation Feature Nobody is talking about!?

YouTube video by SouthernShotty

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April 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM

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dr. Sybren

@drsybren.bsky.social

Blender 4.4 has been released!

Slotted Actions are now a thing. And they're here to stay :)

www.blender.org/download/rel...

#b3d #blender3d #animation #release #devfund

WHAT ARE
ACTION SLOTS?

Before Action Slots, each data-block specific animation—like an object’s position, a camera’s depth of field, or a material’s shader properties—needed its own separate Action. This made it difficult to animate multiple elements together or share animations between objects or even projects.

For example, if you wanted to animate a camera moving while also changing its depth of field, you’d need two separate Actions, which couldn’t be easily linked or reused.

Now you can mix all sorts of animations such as an object’s position, its material properties, even compositing effects—all within a single Action.

March 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM

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dr. Sybren

@drsybren.bsky.social

I just released a new version of my Blender add-on Flatterer. It's my go-to tool for my laser cutter projects.

It has a bunch of fixes, and some quite useful operators for adding boolean operators.

extensions.blender.org/add-ons/flat...

#b3d #blender3d #lasercutting #addon

Flatterer

Flat mesh to SVG exporter for laser cutters

extensions.blender.org

March 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM

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dr. Sybren

@drsybren.bsky.social

Celebrating Flow winning the Oscar 😻 at Blender HQ!

Congratulations @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social and the enitre team 🍻🎉🥳

#flow #oscars #b3d #animation #blender3d

Apple pie, cat food, and a coffee cup with a cat saying "all you need is love and a cat"

March 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM

Nate Rupsis

@nrupsis.bsky.social

Just goes to show how incredible Blender is. Happy to be a tiny part of it ❤️

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · Mar 3

"Flow" won the Oscar for Best Animated Film ♡

March 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM

Nate Rupsis

@nrupsis.bsky.social

👀

January 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM

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dr. Sybren

@drsybren.bsky.social

Look, Nathan and I wrote a thing :)

#b3d #blender3d #animation #devfund

Blender @blender.org · Jan 3

New blog post: Layered Animation Workshop 2024

The Animation & Rigging module workshop at Blender Conference 2024 focused on creating a minimal viable product for layered animation workflows.

code.blender.org/2025/01/laye...

#b3d #devfund #animation