By Ian Hollidae, 2026/01/31

As someone who uses open-source software whenever feasible, this looks like good news for the FOSS world:

"This membership is a significant acknowledgement of Blender becoming more embedded in high-end animation studios' workflows. I deeply appreciate this strategic initiative from Netflix Animation Studios as an investment in a diverse, public, and open-source friendly ecosystem of creative tools that will benefit the global community of content creators."

-- Francesco Siddi, CEO Blender

What Blender is doing should be considered a big achievement. No one will credibly claim GIMP is challenging Photoshop or Inkscape is challenging Illustrator. And yet, Blender seems to be a viable alternative to major players like Maya.

If only I could find more time to dive deeper into Blender usage.

Tags: Graphics