iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) @aswf.io · 16/09/2026

NVIDIA has contributed two new high-fidelity assets—the MaterialX Teapot and Lion—to DPEL. These are the first DPEL assets to feature production-grade, multi-layered MaterialX materials. Learn more and get the assets: www.aswf.io/blog/materia...

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DPEL Adds New MaterialX Assets from NVIDIA – ASWF

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 01/06/2026

Great talk! Highly recommend watching it, especially if you don't follow AI too closely. It's packed with great information.

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AI Companies are LYING to You

YouTube video by FUTO

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MaterialX @materialx.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

MaterialX v1.39.5 is released! This release of MaterialX has the largest set of contributors in the history of our project, and includes support for the Slang shading language, 2D and 3D flake nodes, improvements to the MaterialX Graph Editor, and much more. github.com/AcademySoftw...

A purple tinted glass material on a shading ball

A procedural marble graph in the MaterialX Graph Editor

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Graphite - Open Source Graphics Suite @graphiteeditor.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Graphite just shipped 8 months of progress with 500+ improvements. Highlights: • Vector blend tool • Gradient tool: midpoint biasing, spread methods, & huge UX boost • Draggable tab/panel docking • QR code generator node • 20+ new string/regex nodes www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3E-...

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May Update - Graphite, the Open Source 2D Graphics Suite

YouTube video by Graphite

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 13/05/2026

I just wrapped a new Houdini study with the goal to polish full pipeline production on a simpler motion design piece where the narrative is key. Key lesson — complexity isn't everything — control is. Do you want to see the scene breakdown? @sidefx.bsky.social #motiondesign #cgi #sidefxhoudini

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 16/03/2026

Ever wonder why some digital products look "flat" while others look mouth-watering? It’s all in the condensation. Need intentional, high-end visuals for your brand? Let’s talk. #sidefxhoudini #sidefxkarma #productrendering #3d #cgi #breakdown

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 03/03/2026

A couple of shot done to test condensation setup in Houdini using a couple of approaches. #sidefxhoudini #sidefxkarma #productrendering #3d #cgi

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 11/02/2026

I've just heard this from Kaye Han from AnyType team. This really resonates with me. I'm so tired of the "everything cloud" and SaaS model. Really want to see this SaaE model succeed. I think it's the way forward. #anytype #localfirst #selfhosting

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 03/02/2026

PureRef just dropped a new version a couple of days ago. Highly recommend downloading it. Many great improvements to already the indispensable tool for solo artists.

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Blender @blender.org · 27/01/2026

Blender Foundation is thrilled to announce that Netflix Animation Studios is joining the Development Fund as Corporate Patron. This support will be dedicated towards general development, to improve content creation tools for individuals and teams working in media workflows. fund.blender.org #b3d

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 27/01/2026

Peter (@petercubic.bsky.social) made a few really great courses for Karma including this intro to Karma. It's pretty much all you need to get you up to speed if you never touched this renderer. It's amazing to get such high quality courses for free. Great job Peter and SideFX! #sidefxhoudini

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Intro to Karma Concepts | SideFX

This course intends to give an introduction to the concepts needed to begin using Houdini’s Karma renderer. This USD-based renderer is now the recommended renderer in Houdini, and replaces Mantra. Sin...

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Blender @blender.org · 22/01/2026

Welcome Dell to the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Gold sponsor, supported by NVIDIA! This enables general Blender development, with the goal of continuously improving content creation tools that will benefit the entire community. fund.blender.org #b3d #DevFund #delltech #NVIDIA

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 21/01/2026

I highly recommend watching this free course on Karma from Peter Arcara (@petercubic.bsky.social). He does an exceptional job explaining all the essentials of optimizing Karma samples for great render quality and a little bit extra! #sidefxhoudini

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Refining Karma Renders - YouTube

This course is designed to educate learners on ways to take a noisy Karma render, find the sources of the noise, and end with a clean final render. The cours...

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 30/12/2025

This is a great talk! Learned a lot and would love to see some actual traction in open source to focus on UX as well. So many of us could have an easier time moving to Linux from Windows which has become an unbearable pile of AI driven garbage.

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Blender @blender.org · 29/12/2025

The Blender Survey 2025 results are here! 🎉 Thanks to the over 5,000 participants who shared their experiences and insights on how to make Blender better! survey.blender.org/feedback/2025/ #b3d

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 23/10/2025

I love seeing progress made in USD ecosystem with unifying all DCCs and render engines. There are still enough issues which makes it hard to build 100% interchangeable workflow. One of the issues is a not 100% standardized lighting. This is a cool talk going deep on this subject. #openusd #3d

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Physical Lighting in OpenUSD - Anders Langlands, NVIDIA

YouTube video by Academy Software Foundation

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 18/10/2025

Please, fill in the survey. It's important for future Blender development. fund.blender.org/survey/2025/ hashtag#b3d hashtag#blender3d

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 16/10/2025

I love watching @penpot.app grow and improve. Such a cool project on par with Blender. I hope it succeeds in a big way! The biggest thing is that it fosters user agency when other tools try to rob you of it as much as possible. Good job Penpot team!

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This is Penpot, the open-source design & code tool

YouTube video by Penpot

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 29/09/2025

Very interesting talk which highlights how huge corporations adopts Blender. I am now more than every convinced that Blender will be one of the top production tools for 3D in many crucial industries. #b3d #blenderisindustrystandard

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Blender at Volkswagen Group — Blender Conference 2025

YouTube video by Blender

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Penpot @penpot.app · 23/09/2025

New release! Penpot 2.10 is here 🎉 ✨ Variants are now available! And also, Design Tokens get more typography options plus plenty of quality-of-life improvements Check what's new : community.penpot.app/t/penpot-2-1...

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Penpot 2.10: Go your own way 🛤️

In this release we introduce what’s (probably) the top community request: Variants are a powerful way to bring order and flexibility to your design system in Penpot. On top of that, Design Tokens now...

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 04/09/2025

This is something I also practice to a certain degree. Especially helpful for strengthening creativity. Be bored to be more creative.

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You Need to Be Bored. Here's Why.

YouTube video by Harvard Business Review

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SideFX Houdini @sidefx.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Houdini 21 is here! KineFX gets a Motion Mixer, Animation Catalog, Autorig Builder & enhanced muscles. Copernicus adds GPU Pyro FX, reaction diffusion FX & texture baking. Solaris expands with Shot Builder, Live Rendering & Gaussian Splats & much more. www.sidefx.com/products/what...

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 25/08/2025

This small project was inspired by GSG post. If you want an answer how to easily make empty spaces in a cloner setup then watch the breakdown. #hodini #sidefxhoudini #3d #breakdown

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 25/08/2025

Was exploring some forms in Houdni and made a short animation. #houdini #sidefxhouidin #3d

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 19/08/2025

Whoa! This is cool. Finally, the official development partnering with ILM. This is a big deal and another huge step in making Blender a better 3D artist's tool. #b3d

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SideFX Houdini @sidefx.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Watch the Houdini 21 Keynote from SIGGRAPH 2025! Discover new KineFX motion mixer, muscle system improvements, MetaHumans integration, Copernicus GPU Pyro solver, built-in ML tools, Vulkan support, and more. Today at 10 am PST! youtu.be/C--08SipCNU

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 17/07/2025

Love the recipes functionality SideFX introduced in Houdini 20.5. It proved to be very useful. You don't need to rely on HDAs for some additional functionality anymore or legacy presets system. It's way easier now to extend existing nodes with recipes. Such a time saver! #houdini #sidefxhoudini

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 16/07/2025

Blender 4.5 LTS is here. It's the final and the best release in the 4.x cycle. Great version to use for production fr at least two next years. #b3d #blender

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 14/07/2025

A personal project made during some RnD and workflows explorations. Nikita Pirogov helped me out with the sound design. #motiondesgin #sidefxhoudini #houdini #productvisualization

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Blender @blender.org · 09/07/2025

Welcome Chaos Group to the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund as a Corporate Gold sponsor! fund.blender.org #b3d #DevFund

Chaos Group, new sponsor of the Blender Development Fund.

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 06/07/2025

Yeah, it's a good principle to live by as a professional creative.

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SideFX Houdini @sidefx.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Repost (via Matt Tillman on LinkedIn): Converting the Graswald asset library to USD and MaterialX for loading into Houdini's asset browser. Shout out to Graswald for not only making such a great library of assets but also making them available for free. lnkd.in/gn5uYUGZ

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 03/07/2025

Sometimes you need the very granular control in post but if you instance your geo in Houdini there is no way to pick individual pieces with cryptomatte. Unless you make a custom setup. Here is a short tip how to do it in Karma. #sidefxhoudini #karma #cryptomatte

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 25/06/2025

Loving this talk. It's very interesting and give interesting perspective on AI and its future without dumb hype. #technology

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How to Democratize AI - Peter Wang

YouTube video by FUTO

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 10/06/2025

Trying some NPR look for fun for my recent modelling explorations. #sidefxhoudini #houdini #sidefx

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 09/06/2025

Making a "sweet" logos generator while learning some procedural modelling techniques in Houdini. #sidefxhoudini

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 07/06/2025

Learned the smart way to optimize the simulation of cloth and then cast the high res mesh to low res sim with Point Deform node. Especially useful when you want your mesh to be quads but simulated triangulated mesh. #sidefxhoudini

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 05/06/2025

Made a small HDA in Houdini to place points on a curve at precise positions. Something I needed in other projects. Only lacking some viewport functionally for now to easily manipulate points. #sidefxhoudini

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 01/06/2025

Awesome animation. Very organic movements. #b3d

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Alexey Adamitsky @alexeyadamitsky.com · 09/05/2025

@notion.com This is very worrying. I'm a Notion customer for years now. I always worried Notion doesn't provide full control over my data and I have to trust Notion to keep it secure and private. I think it's time to look for a backup plan.

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Notion Deleted My Work. Why I'm Moving Away From the Cloud

YouTube video by Cinzia DuBois

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