Blender Foundation and the online developers community are proud to present Blender 4.2 LTS!


As usual with LTS (long-term support) releases, Blender 4.2 LTS comes packed with features, improvements, and fixes ready to power your projects for the next two years.

Some highlights:

• New render engine: EEVEE got a complete rewrite, bringing global illumination, displacement, better SSS, volumetric lighting and shadows, viewport motion blur, and so much more.
  
• Cycles: Ray Portals, Thin Film Interference, better volume rendering, blue noise, and more.
  
• The Compositor: Can now utilize GPU acceleration for offline renders, it’s faster on CPU, and more nodes are supported in the 3D Viewport.
  
• Extensions: A new way to share, install, and update add-ons and themes online within Blender.
  
• Portable installation.
  
• Khronos PBR Neutral Tone Mapper.
  
• New sculpt tools.
  
• Video Sequencer: Strips redesign, including highlighting missing media, text strip enhancements, and better performance.
  
• Collection exporters.
  
• USD, Alembic, glTF, OBJ, PLY, and STL enhancements.
  
• Undo up to 5x faster.
  
• Animation editors and tools upgrades.
  
• And so much more!

This also marks the launch of the online Extensions Platform – a community website to share free and open source add-ons and themes.

Watch the video summary on Blender’s YouTube channel.

And many more features and fixes await you—explore the release notes for an in-depth look at what’s new!

This work is made possible thanks to the outstanding contributions of the Blender community, and the support of the over 4400 individuals and 38 organizations contributing to the Blender Development Fund.

Happy Blending!

The Blender Team
July 16th, 2024

Blender 3.6.14 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v3.6 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v3.6 - Stable - LTS.

* STL/PLY: Imported object data instanced. (#118148)* [snap packaging] Please provide appstream common id. (#123473)* Cycles: oneAPI: Fix driver version check for future Intel GPU drivers. (2ae87b8fb06)* Collada: export when editing multiple objects does not pick up all changes. (#94125)* Possibly incorrect rendering result when using zero-spread area light on a standard Lambertian object in Blender 3.6.12. (#123448)

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see https://www.blender.org/download/lts/3-6/


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Blender 3.3.21 LTS features many bug fixes. It is released on the v3.3 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v3.3 - Stable - LTS.

* [snap packaging] Please provide appstream common id. (#123473)* Collada: export when editing multiple objects does not pick up all changes. (#94125)

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see https://www.blender.org/download/lts/3-3/


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Keep reporting any issues you find to make this LTS the most stable release ever !

Happy blending,
The Blender team

Blender 3.6.13 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v3.6 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v3.6 - Stable - LTS.

* 'Limit Location' constraint does not work when added via script. (#119945)* Fix #102872: Custom Normals Average operator ui shows wrong properties. (#121864)* layout.template_search() causes crash if target is a PointerProperty. (#122150)* Exporting PLY with Vertex Normals ON + Importing PLY causes Broken Vertex Normals. (#122344)* Sculpt: After using clotch, an error will occur in the cloch filter - filter type: scale. (#122429)* Hair Curves: Grow brush doesn't work if curves have only two points. (#122598)* Pie menu performs multiple actions at the same time if it appears near the edge of screen and hotkey is used. (#122526)* Blender freezes when repeating baking textures. (#82483)* Regression: Copy to selected on addons properties crach Blender. (#119999)

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see https://www.blender.org/download/lts/3-6/


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Blender 3.3.20 LTS features many bug fixes. It is released on the v3.3 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v3.3 - Stable - LTS.

* Fix #102872: Custom Normals Average operator ui shows wrong properties. (#121864)* layout.template_search() causes crash if target is a PointerProperty. (#122150)* Hair Curves: Grow brush doesn't work if curves have only two points. (#122598)* Pie menu performs multiple actions at the same time if it appears near the edge of screen and hotkey is used. (#122526)

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see https://www.blender.org/download/lts/3-3/


Learn more about the https://www.blender.org/download/lts/


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Keep reporting any issues you find to make this LTS the most stable release ever !

Happy blending,
The Blender team

Blender 3.6.12 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v3.6 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v3.6 - Stable - LTS.

* Object ▸ Library Override ▸ Make doesn't create editable overrides. (#120788)* Collada: Import with loose edges not immediately show them. (#120721)* Regression: Transfer Attribute isn't versioned correctly from 3.3.X to 3.6.10. (#120748)* Fix potential buffer read overflow in the splash screen. (c02b4b27dac)* Regression: Custom node remains undefined after running script. (#120084)* Setting "Fake User" status cannot be undone (e.g. undonig "Mark Asset" leaves behind "Fake User" status). (#121310)* bpy.ops.image.clipboard_paste() causing crashes in 3dview , image editor have no problem. (#121108)* NLA push down order inconsistency. (#121121)

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see https://www.blender.org/download/lts/3-6/


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Blender 3.3.19 LTS features many bug fixes. It is released on the v3.3 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v3.3 - Stable - LTS.

* Depth picking returns wrong result, value being dependent on placement of active camera. (#121338)* Regression: Custom node remains undefined after running script. (#120084)* Regression: Transfer Attribute isn't versioned correctly from 3.3.X to 3.6.10. (#120748)

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see https://www.blender.org/download/lts/3-3/


Learn more about the https://www.blender.org/download/lts/


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Keep reporting any issues you find to make this LTS the most stable release ever !

Happy blending,
The Blender team

It's time to update your Blender!

Blender 4.1.1 addresses 58 issues present in the initial release.

This is a corrective release, meaning it doesn't contain new features, only fixes. It is highly recommended for everyone currently using Blender 4.1.0 to upgrade, since it fixes several crashes and improves functionality in many areas.

Read the full list of changes on https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.1/corrective_releases/

Follow Blender on Twitter for further updates. https://twitter.com/Blender
The Blender team,
April 16, 2024

Blender 3.6.11 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v3.6 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v3.6 - Stable - LTS.

* Blender crash on pose library N-panel. (#108078)* UI: missing update after changing the symmetry axis. (#118137)* Update problem with detail size and voxel size edit boxes in sculpt mode. (#119275)* GP Fill Tool not working on Mac with Metal GPU Backend. (#109363)* Modal knife tool can crash if used on hidden object. (#116262)* Missing driver bone target doesn't mark driver as invalid. (#119523)* Regression: Wrong orientation on shrinkwrap constrained instanced collection. (#119992)* Crash rendering when using OptiX and Grease Pencil on recent drivers. (#120007)

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see https://www.blender.org/download/lts/3-6/


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Blender 3.3.18 LTS features many bug fixes. It is released on the v3.3 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v3.3 - Stable - LTS.

* liboverride_troubleshoot_operation(): fails with context incorrect, even with screen.areas.type == 'OUTLINER'. (#118299)* library override causes incorrect parenting (and subsequent problems). (#118300)* Fix LibOverride asserting when same RNA path changes type. (fef97afbad)* UI: missing update after changing the symmetry axis. (#118137)* Update problem with detail size and voxel size edit boxes in sculpt mode. (#119275)* Blender segfault if Bake Line Art. (#110751)* Crash rendering when using OptiX and Grease Pencil on recent drivers. (#120007)

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see https://www.blender.org/download/lts/3-3/


Learn more about the https://www.blender.org/download/lts/


You can follow Blender on social media:

Keep reporting any issues you find to make this LTS the most stable release ever !

Happy blending,
The Blender team