Inventory B — Free real files, assets and trainings per stage
- Date: 2026-10-07 · Index: 03 — Inventory
- Method: a web research agent read download.blender.org listings and the per-lesson “Free” badges in studio.blender.org HTML.
- V = seen as free on a primary page or public download listing (files not downloaded, contents not inspected).
- U = unverified.
- Key fact: Blender Studio paywalls item by item. A film being CC-BY does not make its files free to download.
S01 Modeling
Section titled “S01 Modeling”| Item | URL | Kind | Free | Version | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Base Meshes v1.4.1 (CC0, 17 meshes) | https://www.blender.org/download/demo-files/ | asset | V | 4.2 LTS+ | Production body topology; retopo reference |
| Animal base meshes | https://projects.blender.org/studio/asset-bundles (animal_base_meshes) |
asset | V | U | Quadruped topology |
| Cube Diorama (CC0) | demo-files page | file | V | U | Small complete scene with an asset-library structure |
| Stylized Character Workflow (75/159 items free) | https://studio.blender.org/training/stylized-character-workflow/ | training | V partly | 2.8x–3.x | Film character: sculpt → retopo → UV |
| Blender 2.8 Fundamentals (all 43 free) | https://studio.blender.org/training/blender-2-8-fundamentals/ | training | V | 2.8 | Official basics; dated UI |
| Gold: Boat Modeling (free post) | https://studio.blender.org/projects/gold/ | training | V | 4.x | Current Studio prop workflow |
| Sculpt demos (VDM brush, cloth brushes) | demo-files page | file | V (no licence stated) | 3.6+ | Sculpt tool reference |
S02 UV & texturing
Section titled “S02 UV & texturing”| Item | URL | Kind | Free | Version | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stylized Character: body/outfit UV, height-map painting | stylized-character-workflow | training | V | 2.8x–3.x | Film-grade UV and paint |
| Creature Factory 2 (12 free lessons) | https://studio.blender.org/training/creature-factory-2/ | training | V partly | 2.7x | Texture-paint craft, old UI |
| UDIM Monster | https://download.blender.org/demo/UDIM_monster.zip | file | V (no licence stated) | 2.82+ | UDIM workflow |
| Poly Haven textures/HDRIs (CC0) | https://polyhaven.com | asset | V | any | Public-domain PBR |
S03 Shading & materials
Section titled “S03 Shading & materials”| Item | URL | Kind | Free | Version | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shading demos: Raymarch Fractal, Radial Tiling, X-Ray Skeleton, Raycast Lines (CC0) | demo-files page | file | V | 5.0–5.1+ | Newest shader-node features |
| Monster Under The Bed SSS (CC-BY) | https://download.blender.org/demo/cycles/ | file | V | U | Subsurface material |
| Procedural Shading (intro + example scene) | https://studio.blender.org/training/procedural-shading/ | training | V partly | U | Intro only |
| Customizing Material Assets (1 lesson) | https://studio.blender.org/training/customizing-material-assets/ | training | V partly | 4.x/5.x | Material asset workflow |
| Poly Haven materials | https://polyhaven.com | asset | V | any | CC0 node materials |
S04 Geometry Nodes / procedural
Section titled “S04 Geometry Nodes / procedural”| Item | URL | Kind | Free | Version | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GN demo set by Simon Thommes (Pizza Delivery, Impact Fracture, Gizmo Array, Sample UV Surface, tree/moss, scattering; CC0) | https://download.blender.org/demo/geometry-nodes/ | file | V | 4.2–5.2 | Canonical official node-tree corpus |
| Newer GN demos (Sound Frequencies, SDF Boolean Mixer, 4D Gaussian Splatting 983 MB) | same | file | V (CC-BY) | 5.0–5.2 | Current features |
| Hair-node examples (fur, hairstyles) | same | file | V | 3.5+ | Procedural grooming |
| Node Tools demo (CC-BY) | https://download.blender.org/demo/geometry-nodes/node-tools/ | file | V | 4.0+ | GN as operators, the most agent-relevant |
| GN from Scratch (11/22 free, incl. 3.5 → 4.2 update videos) | https://studio.blender.org/training/geometry-nodes-from-scratch/ | training | V partly | 3.x–4.2 | Fields theory |
| Gold: Using Our Shattering Tools (post) | gold project page | training | V | 4.x | Production GN tooling |
S05 Rigging
Section titled “S05 Rigging”| Item | URL | Kind | Free | Version | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio character rigs with a Free badge (22 found: Rain, Snow, Ellie, Sprite, Phil, Victoria, Einar, Gabby, Pip, Lunte, Default Cube Rig, Security Bot…) | https://studio.blender.org/characters/ | asset | V | varies | Production CloudRig/Rigify rigs to dissect |
| blender-studio-tools (CloudRig, pipeline add-ons) | https://projects.blender.org/studio/blender-studio-tools | file | V (public repo; mirrored locally) | 4.x/5.x | Real rigging/pipeline Python |
| BlenRig (5 free items incl. rigs) | https://studio.blender.org/training/blenrig/ | asset/training | V partly | 2.7x/2.8 | Alternative rig system |
| Humane / Facial Rigging | studio training | training | intro only | — | Effectively paywalled |
| Rigify manual | docs.blender.org manual | training | U | 4.x/5.x | Official autorig docs |
S06 Layout & scene assembly
Section titled “S06 Layout & scene assembly”| Item | URL | Kind | Free | Version | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Splash scenes: 4.2 Gold, 4.3 House of Chores, 4.5 DOGWALK, 5.1 Singularity, 5.2 Panthera Spelaea | https://download.blender.org/demo/splash/ | file | V (CC-BY) | 4.2–5.2 | Fully assembled, lit, final-frame production scenes |
Sprite Fright shot sprite_fright_030_0020_A.zip (254 MB) |
https://download.blender.org/demo/ | file | V | 3.0 | Real film shot with linked-library structure |
| Wing It!: Mixture of Layout and Previs (post) | https://studio.blender.org/projects/wing-it/ | training | V | 3.x/4.x | Studio layout method |
| Sprite Fright: Set Dressing Tips (post) | https://studio.blender.org/projects/sprite-fright/ | training | V | 3.0 | Assembly craft |
| Classroom, Italian Flat, Barcelona Pavilion | https://download.blender.org/demo/cycles/ | file | V | U | Archviz assembly |
S07 Animation
Section titled “S07 Animation”| Item | URL | Kind | Free | Version | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellie Pose Library v2.0.0 (CC-BY) | demo-files page | asset | V | 4.0+ | Pose assets on a production rig |
| Character Animation (15 free items) | https://studio.blender.org/training/character-animation/ | training | V partly | older | Craft basics |
| Animation Fundamentals rigs v1.0 (videos paid) | https://studio.blender.org/training/animation-fundamentals/ | asset | V (rigs only) | 2.8x | Practice rigs |
| Free Studio character rigs | studio characters page | asset | V | varies | Ready to animate |
S08 Simulation & FX
Section titled “S08 Simulation & FX”| Item | URL | Kind | Free | Version | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simulation-nodes demos (Mesh Fracturing, Particle Sim, 2D Puff, Jiggly Pudding, Cloth Tear) | https://download.blender.org/demo/geometry-nodes/simulation/ | file | V | 3.6–5.2 | Node-based simulation patterns |
| Physics demos (Inner Springs, Air Pressure, Hair Comb, Compound Collision, APIC vs FLIP) | demo-files page | file | V (no licence stated) | U | Classic solvers |
| GN from Scratch: Simulation Nodes in 3.6 | GN from Scratch | training | V | 3.6 | Sim-zone intro |
| Gold: 3D Painterly Clouds Workflow (post) | gold project page | training | V | 4.x | Stylised volume FX |
S09 Lighting & rendering
Section titled “S09 Lighting & rendering”| Item | URL | Kind | Free | Version | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmark scenes (barbershop, bmw27, classroom, fishy_cat, junkshop, koro, monster, pavillon_barcelona, victor) | https://download.blender.org/release/BlenderBenchmark2.0/scenes/ | file | V | 2.8x–3.x | Standard perf scenes; victor = Cosmos Laundromat, koro = Caminandes |
| Cycles demos (Lone Monk, Agent 327 Barbershop, Cosmos Laundromat, loft, archviz) | https://download.blender.org/demo/cycles/ | file | V (mixed licences) | U | Heavy production lighting |
| EEVEE demos (Wanderer, Tree Creature, Temple, Ember Forest, Mr Elephant) | https://download.blender.org/demo/eevee/ | file | V (no licence stated) | 5.2 for the newer two | EEVEE lighting |
| Wing It!: Lighting from Concept to Render (post) | wing-it project page | training | V | 3.x/4.x | Studio lighting |
| Poly Haven HDRIs | https://polyhaven.com | asset | V | any | CC0 environments |
S10 Compositing
Section titled “S10 Compositing”| Item | URL | Kind | Free | Version | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tears of Steel raw footage + linear EXR | https://media.xiph.org/tearsofsteel/ | asset | V (listing) | n/a | Real VFX plates |
| Lone Monk exposure-node demo | cycles demos | file | V | U | Compositor example |
| GP Fundamentals: Rendering & Compositing + .blends | https://studio.blender.org/training/grease-pencil-fundamentals/ | training/file | V | 2.8x | Comp setups with files |
| Track, Match, Blend | studio training | training | “About” only | 2.7x | Avoid |
S11 Editing (VSE)
Section titled “S11 Editing (VSE)”| Item | URL | Kind | Free | Version | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Storyboard demo cowboi_storytools.blend (CC-BY) |
https://download.blender.org/demo/vse/ | file | V | 5.0+ | Current storyboard-in-VSE file |
| Story Tools (2 intro lessons) | https://studio.blender.org/training/story-tools/ | training | V partly | 5.x | Official story tooling |
| VSE media transform demo | vse demos | file | V (no licence stated) | U | Strip transforms |
| Open-movie masters (BBB, Sintel, ToS; audio stems) | https://download.blender.org/demo/movies/ | asset | V | n/a | Real media for edit tests |
| Gold: Storyboarding in Blender (post) | gold project page | training | V | 4.x | Animatic workflow |
S12 Grease Pencil 2D
Section titled “S12 Grease Pencil 2D”| Item | URL | Kind | Free | Version | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grease Pencil Fundamentals (~100 items, all free, incl. .blends) | https://studio.blender.org/training/grease-pencil-fundamentals/ | training/file | V | 2.8x | Most complete free official course |
| GP demos: Bowie, Town Asset, Bike Ride | demo-files page | file | V (CC-BY / CC-BY-SA) | U | Production 2D-in-3D |
| 4.0 splash “Gaku” (CC-BY-SA) | splash folder | file | V | 4.0 | GP-heavy scene |
| Hero project (6 free posts) | https://studio.blender.org/projects/hero/ | training/file | V | 2.8 | GP showcase film |
X1 Production pipeline
Section titled “X1 Production pipeline”| Item | URL | Kind | Free | Version | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| blender-studio-tools | https://projects.blender.org/studio/blender-studio-tools | file | V (mirrored locally) | 4.x/5.x | Actual Studio pipeline code |
| Flamenco | https://projects.blender.org/studio/flamenco | file | V (mirrored locally) | 4.x/5.x | Render-farm job model |
| Studio Pipeline & Tools pages | https://studio.blender.org/tools/ | training | V | current | Documented pipeline |
| Scripting for Artists (11/20 free) | https://studio.blender.org/training/scripting-for-artists/ | training | V | 2.8x+ | Production bpy scripting |
| DOGWALK: Our Workflow with Blender and Godot (post) | https://studio.blender.org/projects/dogwalk/ | training | V | 4.x | Blender → engine pipeline |
BBB production archive bbb/blender.zip (830 MB) |
https://download.blender.org/demo/bbb/ | file | V (contents U) | 2.4x/2.6x | Possibly full old-film production |
Verified facts
Section titled “Verified facts”- Demo files: free, no account needed. Mostly CC-BY or CC0; some CC-BY-SA; a few state no licence (most EEVEE/sculpt/physics demos, Lone Monk, the 2.79–2.81 splashes).
- Splash scenes: downloadable for 2.90, 2.91, 3.1, 3.3–3.6, 4.0–4.3, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2 (4.4 and 5.0 missing).
- From Studio productions: 3.0 Sprite Fright, 3.4 Charge, 3.6 Pet Projects, 4.2 Gold, 4.3 House of Chores, 4.5 DOGWALK, 5.1 Singularity.
- From the community: 4.0 Gaku, 4.1 Lynxsdesign, 5.2 Panthera Spelaea.
- Free asset bundles: Human Base Meshes (CC0), Ellie Pose Library (CC-BY), Cube Diorama (CC0), plus
animal_base_meshesin the asset-bundles repo. - Studio films: CC-BY 4.0, but production files are paywalled (€11.50/mo).
- Free open-movie material:
- splash .blends
- the Sprite Fright shot 030_0020_A
- benchmark scenes (victor, koro)
- Agent 327 Barbershop and Cosmos Laundromat demos
- 22 free character rigs
- the BBB
blender.zip - Tears of Steel masters, raw footage and EXRs (no .blend)
- Not found free: Sintel and Spring production .blends.
- Fully free Studio courses: Grease Pencil Fundamentals, Blender 2.8 Fundamentals. Partly free: Stylized Character Workflow, GN from Scratch, Scripting for Artists, 3D Printing, Character Animation, Creature Factory 2.
- Correction to Inventory A: “Realistic Character Workflow” returns 404 as a Studio course. The real course is “Stylized Character Workflow”.
- Unverified: official “Blender First Steps”, CG Cookie free basics, Blender Guru donut, Rigify manual contents.