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Ton Roosendaal

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Founder of Blender. Also using Mastodon: @tonroosendaal@mstdn.social. I only use social media to share. Contact info on blender.org.

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@dustyweb.bsky.social Eurosky is getting hyped in Dutch digital activist circles: eurosky.leaflet.pub/3mgnjewfva22q
What's your take on it?

10.03.2026 09:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Projects to Look Forward to in 2026 β€” Blender New tools, collaboration, and broader platform support.

It's that time of the year again!

Have a look at (some of) the Blender projects to look forward to in 2026 πŸ‘€ www.blender.org/development/...

#b3d #DevFund

30.01.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

27.01.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 383 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 14
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Groupgreeting Cards Sign this card for Ton Roosendaal

This amazing thank-you card with 100s of messages from the Blender Reddit community got stuck in the spam, but still very welcome and amazing! Thank you everyone, it made my day :)
www.groupgreeting.com/card/8ead5f1...

27.01.2026 13:04 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
The Enclosure feedback loop

Haunting blogpost points out the collapse of public coding forums leads to asking chatbots *directly* for answers in private chats, which also leads to debugging sessions with answers that only closed LLM service models have access to, locking out open solutions michiel.buddingh.eu/enclosure-fe...

27.01.2026 01:36 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
The end of an era | Blenderheads Ep. 11
The end of an era | Blenderheads Ep. 11 YouTube video by Blender

Another fantastic episode! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d5r... #b3d

04.01.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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A message from the Blender Foundation board β€” Blender A happy new year from the new Blender Foundation board!

πŸ’« Happy 2026! And a message from the Blender Foundation board: www.blender.org/news/a-messa...

#b3d

02.01.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 149 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy birthday, Blender! πŸŽ‚

Today, your own 3D software turns 2⁡! Here's to many more years of Freedom to Create.

#b3d

02.01.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 515 πŸ” 119 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 11

whoa, it is 6 bits! I am getting rusty with bits math :)

02.01.2026 11:21 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Happy new year

Eskil’s famous year roundup. Always inspiring! www.quelsolaar.com/new_years/ne...

01.01.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy new year!

31.12.2025 09:56 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ton with his dog at the sea shore.

Ton with his dog at the sea shore.

With the start of 2026 I will officially step down as chair/CEO and move to a supervisory role. I wish Francesco and the new board members - Sergey, Dalai, Fiona - a lot of wisdom and success. I will enjoy more free time, and look forward playing a humble role in shaping Blender for the next decade.

31.12.2025 09:55 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
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During the end-of-year campaign that ran last month, the Blender Project received over 27,000 one-time donations, 10x the regular monthly amount!

Thank you to everyone who donated, started a Development Fund membership, or kept one active. #b3d

17.12.2025 17:35 πŸ‘ 282 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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The new Agentic AI Foundation (OpenAI, Google, Microsoft...) will set rules for how AI agents access data. Wikimedia's voice is missing. If this is about the public interest, the digital commons must have a seat at the table. More in the latest from @alek.bsky.social: openfuture.eu/blog/why-wik...

11.12.2025 10:42 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Blender project remembers Germano Cavalcante, long-time Blender contributor. Our hearts go out to his family and friends in Brazil. www.blender.org/news/remembe... #b3d

09.12.2025 17:26 πŸ‘ 176 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm old.

If you're not, listen to this.

Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.

Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.

It's literally never been more important.

27.11.2025 04:21 πŸ‘ 8915 πŸ” 3277 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 155
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27.11.2025 08:48 πŸ‘ 546 πŸ” 208 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 34
Two years of Blender VSE Β· Aras' website

Two years of working on Blender Video Sequence Editor: aras-p.info/blog/2025/11...

So far so good, let's continue! #blender #vse

23.11.2025 15:01 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Blender Foundation and the online developer community proudly present Blender 5.0!

ACES, Adaptive Subdivision, HDR, Storyboarding, Geometry Nodes, 588 bugs fixed, and so much more.

πŸ“– Changelog & Download: blender.org/download/rel...

πŸ“Ί Video Recap: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wEq... #b3d

18.11.2025 18:45 πŸ‘ 368 πŸ” 116 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 9
Oti the penguin showing a good example of "giving back".

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

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

13.11.2025 18:07 πŸ‘ 3066 πŸ” 2336 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 87

Announcing Blender Lab: an innovation space within the Blender project, where designers and developers can work together on future-defining projects. Learn more at www.blender.org/news/introdu... #b3d

10.11.2025 16:55 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Stallman Paradox: How Web3 Became the Ultimate Open Source Theater Have you ever wondered why we celebrate Richard Stallman as a visionary prophet of digital freedom while simultaneously abandoning every principle he fought for? The contradiction runs deeper than you...

The Stallman Paradox. Food for thought about free/open source:
paragraph.com/@holonic-hor...

03.11.2025 14:09 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Join the official Blender Survey 2025!

Let's get a picture of the community and help shape the future of Blender together. 🧑

www.blender.org/news/blender... #b3d #DevFund

20.10.2025 08:59 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Front Page β€” Free Software Foundation β€” working together for free software With your support, the FSF can continue our advocacy for years to come. Build the road ahead with us and donate $40 or more today.

Happy 40th birthday to the Free Software Foundation! Donations welcome: www.fsf.org

04.10.2025 08:28 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Man Behind Blender, Ton Roosendaal | Bad Decisions Podcast #69
The Man Behind Blender, Ton Roosendaal | Bad Decisions Podcast #69 YouTube video by Bad Decisions Studio

A lively and cool interview with me at Siggraph: youtu.be/hx3lnDHeqKs?...

21.09.2025 17:44 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The amazing Flow producer brought the Oscar for everyone to share a moment of fame at Blender Conference photo booth!

18.09.2025 15:44 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Keynote β€” Blender Conference 2025
Keynote β€” Blender Conference 2025 "Keynote" by Ton Roosendaal, Francesco Siddi at Blender Conference 2025 The traditional opening of Blender Conference. – Learn more about Blender Conference 2025 at…

During the Blender Conference 2025 keynote, Ton Roosendaal announced to step down as chairman and Blender CEO per January 1st 2026, passing on his roles to Blender COO Francesco Siddi. Watch the presentation at www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXm0... #b3d

Press release: www.blender.org/press/blende...

17.09.2025 12:15 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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Out NOW! Watch OKGo's latest animated video, co-produced with Blender Studio, featuring the incredible work of @willandersonjr.bsky.social and Lucas Zanotto.

This is an open movie! Download the file and discover how to create your own live procedural animations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwzb... #b3d

03.09.2025 17:23 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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Blender Conference 2025 β€” conference.blender.org Blender Conference 2025 - The event of the year celebrating the Free and Open 3D Creation Software

Blender Conference is just around the corner, which means it's time to vote for the Suzanne Awards! ⭐

Cast your vote for your favorite festival entries and help decide this year's Suzanne Awards winners! conference.blender.org/2025/festiva... #b3d #BCON25

01.09.2025 14:44 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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2025-08-18 iPad/Tablet Design Workshop Attendees: Andy Goralczyk Brecht Van Lommel Dalai Felinto Jonas Holzman Julian Eisel Pablo Vazquez Sergey Sharybin William Reynish Some participants were present the entire time, some for specific ...

Very cool to see, these thorough design efforts for Blender on tablets. devtalk.blender.org/t/2025-08-18... #b3d

29.08.2025 12:22 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0