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News - BlenderThe 2024 Blender Foundation report is now publicly available. Blender at Annecy 2025 · Blender attends the Annecy Festival 2025 and organizes a community meetup ...
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Download — BlenderMajor improvements include full support for Vulkan, faster startup and EEVEE shader compilation, a more flexible compositor (now with a new Grease Pencil pass!)Daily Builds · Requirements · Previous Versions · Demo Files
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Films - Blender StudioThe iconic Blender Open Movies. Featuring all the production files, assets, artwork, and never-seen-before content.Wing It! 2023 · Singularity In Development · Charge 2022 · Project Storm
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[PDF] Blender Foundation Annual Report 20242024 had three major releases and 17 Long Term Support (LTS) updates. Blender 4.1, released on March 26, 2024, was built on the foundation of version 4.0 by ...<|control11|><|separator|>
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Wacom joins the Blender Development Fund as Corporate PatronWacom, the pioneer of digital pen and tablet technology, is joining the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron.
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Grants - Blender Development FundPart time grant for Aaron Carlisle (docs). Full time grant for Pablo Dobarro (sculpting), Sebastián Barschkis (physics). Four month grant for Julian Eisel (UI).
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Blender at SIGGRAPH 2024Jul 27, 2024 · SIGGRAPH (the premier conference & exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques) will take place in Denver (CO) at the Denver Convention Center.
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Blender Development FundDonate to Blender. Developers and contributors can work on bug fixes and new features only thanks to your support. Every donation counts. Thank you!Activity · About · Corporate Memberships · Grants
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4.4 — BlenderMar 18, 2025 · Improved animation workflow, better modeling, new sculpt brush, and smoother video editing, plus over 700 issues fixed.4.3 · Bug Fixes · Animation & Rigging
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