[Staacks]’s Blender plugin to animate growth is behind the sweet animation seen above. It’s an add-on that cleverly makes creating slick growth animations easier when using Blender. It … ...

You can create AI-based textures, effects and animations, whether using source material from your renders or nothing more than a text description.

Called "Stability for Blender", it allows users to create images, textures, animations and effects using open-sourced material or text prompts.

The 3D program Blender 4.5 was released. It offers long-term support until 2027, better node handling and should render more efficiently than its predecessor.