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Blender 4.x

Check out Blender's work-in-progress layered animation system, including the roadmap, tech demos - and some very early UI mockups.

Friday, February 16th, 2024

Intial release schedule announced for the major overhaul of Blender's rigging and animation systems.

Tuesday, July 18th, 2023

Check out the changes planned for this major update to the open-source app's 2D animation toolset.

Wednesday, May 31st, 2023

Open-source 3D software to move to three releases per year to ease pressure on developers and TDs.

Monday, February 27th, 2023

Ambitious three-year plan to revamp Blender's rigging and animation tools begins next year.

Thursday, December 1st, 2022

Archtectural design and hard surface modeling software gets new higher-performance graphics engine with support for ambient occlusion.

Saturday, April 13th, 2024

Check out the experimental features in the compositing and motion graphics app, including the option to import and render 3D animations.

Friday, April 12th, 2024

Compositing and effects software gets new tools for matching film grain and managing lens distortion. See all the new features here.

Friday, April 12th, 2024

Suite of effects plugins gets new tool for importing, texturing and rendering 3D objects in After Effects, for motion graphics or VFX work.

Thursday, April 11th, 2024

Check out the new features in the lightweight 3D modeling software, including native Apple Silicon support and better numerical input.

Thursday, April 11th, 2024

Big update to the renderer adds non-photorealistic reneriing system, overhauls volume rendering, and adds official support for AMD GPUs.

Wednesday, April 10th, 2024