Blenda 4D is a free fork of Blender plus an add-on that gives you a familiar layout, cloners, fields, deformers and splines, so switching to Blender feels like coming home.
The first beta is for Macs with Apple Silicon.
Everything works the way motion graphics artists expect, and it's still Blender underneath: Cycles, EEVEE, geometry nodes and your add-ons.
Drop in a cloner, add an effector, shape it with a field. No node graph required. It all stays live and editable, the way you're used to working.
A full set of deformers that sit right in the object list. Nest them under an object and they just work, with handles you can grab in the viewport.
Draw a spline, drop it into an extrude, sweep or loft, and keep editing the curve. Procedural modeling the way you already think about it.
Drag in models, materials and HDRIs from a browser laid out the way you expect, with Blender's own asset library still one click away.
Open your existing .c4d scenes and keep working. Years of projects don't have to stay behind when you switch.
I know firsthand how hard it is to change software in the middle of a career. Your hands know where everything is, and suddenly nothing is where you expect it.
Joseph Fagan, 3D artist since 1997. Softimage, PowerAnimator, Maya, and years of motion graphics for TV advertising.
Join the waitlist and you'll get an email when the beta opens. No spam, just Blenda news.
Yes. It's built on Blender, which is free and open source, and Blenda 4D will be free too.
Two parts working together: a fork of Blender with a few changes to the core, plus an add-on that provides the layout, managers, cloners, fields, deformers and generators. It runs alongside your regular Blender install.
That's the goal. Underneath, it's Blender, and you can switch to the standard interface at any time. Some add-ons may need small fixes, and the beta will help us find them.
The first beta is for Macs with Apple Silicon. Tell us what you'd test on when you join the waitlist, and that will help decide what comes next.
Soon. Right now we're moving the project to Blender 5.3. Join the waitlist and you'll hear first.
No. Blenda 4D is an independent project by one artist. It isn't affiliated with or endorsed by either company.