Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Spencer Magnusson is a Blender enthusiast, addon developer, instructor and Pipeline Engineer at Dreamworks. Earlier this year, Spencer published UTILITY with CG Cookie, teaching us how to script our first Blender addon. Today we’re discussing the future of Blender development, Ton retiring, will Blender ever charge a fee for pre-compiled versions, the crossroads of AI and creativity, and more!

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