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deprecated features

Now available: read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software, from Grease Pencil 3 to updates to Eevee and Cycles.

Tuesday, November 19th, 2024

Check out the latest update to the production renderer, including a new advanced configuration for the denoiser, and EL9 Linux builds.

Saturday, August 24th, 2024

Heavyweight VFX and animation renderer now includes Pixar's own AI-trained denoiser. Sizeable update to RenderMan XPU, too.

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Check out the new features in the first update to the landscape- and plant-generation tools since 2021.

Friday, January 13th, 2023

Material authoring app gets native M1 support. See what else is new, and what has been deprecated.

Wednesday, July 20th, 2022

Blender 3.2 ships

Read our pick of the 5 key changes to the open-source 3D app, from the new 3D painting tools to Light Groups and fast shadow caustics.

Wednesday, June 8th, 2022

Wide-ranging update adds one-click object masking, AI filters for concept art and matte painting, and new anti-image-theft features.

Friday, October 29th, 2021

Minor update to the free game engine adds support for the latest Twitch API, while users wait for the release of the new Atom renderer.

Friday, May 21st, 2021

Check out the free game engine's new Houdini-integrated Nvidia Blast destruction physics system and improved cloth simulation.

Tuesday, December 15th, 2020

Update to the free game engine officially replaces CryPhysics with PhysX, and improves the terrain and dynamic vegetation systems.

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

Sizeable update to the free AAA game engine introduces new UI, plus white box testing and node-based landscape authoring tools.

Monday, July 20th, 2020

Blender 2.80 ships

Major update to the open-source 3D software ships after four years of planning and development. Discover its key features here.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2019