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UI

Popular set of Modo modelling, shading and rendering plugins now available free under an MIT licence.

Friday, June 8th, 2018

Code fork intended to make Blender's interface more intuitive to use hits its first official release.

Monday, May 14th, 2018

Landmark stable build of the open source image editor supports 32-bit linear workflow, adds new warping and foreground selection tools.

Sunday, April 29th, 2018

Framework for converting Max scenes into browser-based apps adds support for V-Ray materials.

Tuesday, April 17th, 2018

Texture painting tool gets new, decluttered UI, better 4K painting performance, option to drag and drop materials.

Friday, March 16th, 2018

Powerful tool for designing lens flares and light leaks gets first big update since its release in 2015.

Tuesday, January 16th, 2018

Read the Blender Foundation's pick of the top dev projects, from the Eevee PBR viewport renderer to 'Animation 2020'.

Thursday, January 4th, 2018

Now shipping: First update to LightWave in three years adds new PBR and volumetric renderer, plus new 3ds Max-style modifier stack.

Monday, January 1st, 2018

Workflow-focused update gives the texture-painting app a decluttered new UI and better interoperability with other key VFX pipeline tools.

Wednesday, December 6th, 2017

Updated: Read the full design document for the new workflow and 2D animation features, and Eevee, the real-time render engine.

Monday, October 9th, 2017

Now shipping: Update extends the sculpting and painting app's Smart Materials and retopo systems, adds support for RenderMan rendering.

Wednesday, September 27th, 2017

Now officially released. New denoise system and PBR shader in Cycles, plus some great add-ons.

Wednesday, September 13th, 2017

First update to the lightweight subdivision surface modelling tool for nearly three years adds FBX, Collada support; overhauls the UI.

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017