Blender, our pick as the best free 3D app, seems to be rocketing through updates lately. Blender 5.1 is now in beta ahead of its official stable release on 17 March, and artists are already excited about one feature in particular.
The new version of the software adds a new Raycast shader node for Cycles and Eevee. And as one artist demonstrates in the post below, that unlocks the ability to create decals in the official version of the open-source software, potentially saving a lot of time and hassle.
