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Blender LTS Updated: 4.2.7, 3.6.21 Released

Bart — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:54:01 +0000

It's time to update your Blender LTS! Both the 4.2 and 3.6 branches have received some critical updates. The 'Long Term Support' versions offer stability for environments that require it, at the cost of not receiving any new features. Blender 4.2.7 LTS, supported until July 2026, received 18 fixes. Blender 3.6.21 LTS, supported until June [...]

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Discover the Best New Features in Blender 4.4 - Beta Out Now!

Bart — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 13:33:09 +0000

Blender 4.4 beta is out and brings a lot! One that everyone will enjoy are the performance improvements to Geometry Nodes, Baking and Denoising, but there's much more. Southern Shotty gives a full overview. The 4.4 release note that outline all the changes are available here. You can download 4.4 beta here.

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'Flow' is the Splash Screen for Blender 4.4

Bart — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 08:04:01 +0000

The touching feature-length movie Flow will decorate your favorite app starting in March! Flow was made fully in Blender by a small team and achieved recognition with over 60 awards, including a Golden Globe for Best Animation and two Oscar nominations. The upcoming Blender 4.4 release is scheduled for March 18, 2025, and is currently [...]

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Gizmos, For-Each Zone and more! NEW Geometry Nodes features - Blender 4.3

Bart — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:19:58 +0000

Geometry Nodes in 4.3 got three impressive updates. Learn how to use them in this video by Blender Studio technical artist Simon Thommes.

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Blender Developers Meeting Notes: 28 October 2024

n8n — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 06:30:52 +0000

Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Announcements Watch over 80 talks from Blender Conference 2024 New Features and Changes This is a selection of changes that happened over the last week. For a full overview including fixes, code only changes and more visit projects.blender.org. Compositor Implement nodes for new CPU compositor: Vector [...]

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The 10 Best New Features Coming to Blender 4.3 So Far

Bart — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 08:52:29 +0000

Get ready to elevate your 3D modeling and animation game with SouthernShotty's countdown of the 10 best new features coming to Blender 4.3! Here is a teaser of upcoming features. This video discusses: Vulcan experimental rendering replacing OpenGL, improving speed, especially in the viewport. Introduction to light and shadow linking in Eevee for enhanced creative [...]

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Blender Developers Meeting Notes: 21 October 2024

n8n — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 05:30:52 +0000

Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Modules & Projects 2024-10-08 Sequencer meeting notes 2024-10-08 Compositor meeting notes 2024-10-17 Core Meeting 2024-10-17 Nodes & Physics Module Meeting 2024-10-17 Pipeline, Assets & I/O Meeting New Features and Changes Please check out the git logs on projects.blender.org to see what changed last week. Weekly Reports [...]

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Blender 4.2.3 & 3.6.17 LTS - Bugfix Releases

Bart — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 11:45:42 +0000

The Long Term Support versions of Blender 3.6 and 4.2 have received updates. These 'LTS' releases are for users who don't need the latest features and are instead looking for a reliable and stable Blender environment. They only receive critical fixes throughout a 2-year time span. Any critical fix that is applied to the latest [...]

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Blender Developers Meeting Notes: 7 October 2024

n8n — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 05:30:38 +0000

Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Announcements Release cycle: Now at 4.3 Beta (and 4.4 Alpha) Modules & Projects 2024-09-30 Modeling Module Meeting 2024-10-01 Render & Cycles Meeting 2024-10-03 Core Meeting 2024-10-03 Pipeline, Assets & I/O Meeting 2024-10-04 Triaging module meeting 2024-10-04 Projects Updates meeting New Features and Changes This is a [...]

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Blender 4.3 Beta is Now Available

Bart — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:10:57 +0000

Blender 4.3 Beta has been released, featuring a new Grease Pencil version, Asset Browser integration for brushes, EEVEE Light Linking, and Multi-pass Compositing. The update also includes a rewritten brush evaluation system and viewport drawing, along with a new selection of community-provided brushes. The beta phase will last until November 6, 2024, with the final [...]

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