Duncan Rudd

@duncanrudd.bsky.social

Filmmaker. CG Animation.

🎦 20 years of Blender Open Movies. What’s next? In a new post on the Blender Studio blog we reflect on what 17 film releases taught us and discuss the next challenge worth exploring. Join the conversation: studio.blender.org/blog/20-year... #b3d #OpenMovie #BlenderStudio

20 years of Open Movies: what’s next? - Blender Studio

After two decades of open filmmaking and seventeen Open Movies, Blender Studio looks towards a feature-scale challenge.

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I’m delighted to announce that our little film ‘The Ballad of Pale Blue Dot’ has won a gold award at this year’s BFX Festival! To be recognised among such a strong selection of films is a huge honour. Massive thanks to everyone involved in putting on the event. Check it out: youtu.be/iNMxVBnIrwQ

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Did Blender help you this year? Help back! 🧡 If every active user contributed $5 this month, Blender would be funded for the entire year 2026. Professional 3D software. No subscriptions. No limits. Just your support. Do your part. Donate today. www.blender.org/news/give-ba... #b3d

Oti the penguin showing a good example of "giving back".

In a surreal turn of events our little film 'The Ballad of Pale Blue Dot' was voted Best Short in the Suzanne awards at last week's Blender Conference! Thank you to everyone involved in putting on such a beautiful event. Congrats to all the teams who had projects on show - they were amazing! #bcon25

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Blender Foundation and the online developer community proudly present Blender 4.5 LTS! Vulkan, faster EEVEE, improved compositor, Geometry Nodes, nearly 500 bugs fixed, and so, so much more. 👉 Release notes: www.blender.org/download/rel... 📺 Video recap: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPhA... #b3d

4.5 LTS — blender.org

With 2 years of updates, full Vulkan support, and quality-of-life improvements, Blender 4.5 LTS is every Blenderhead’s best friend.

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