Blender News

It's time to update your Blender!

Blender 4.0.2 addresses over 40 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 4.0.1 to upgrade, since it fixes several crashes and improves functionality in many areas.

Read the full list of changes on the Wiki https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/4.0/Corrective_Releases

Follow Blender on Twitter for further updates. https://twitter.com/Blender
The Blender team,
December 5, 2023

It's time to update your Blender!

Blender 4.0.1 addresses over 10 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 4.0 to upgrade, since it fixes several crashes and improves functionality in many areas.

Read the full list of changes on the Wiki https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/4.0/Corrective_Releases

Follow Blender on Twitter for further updates. https://twitter.com/Blender
The Blender team,
November 17, 2023

Blender Foundation and the online developers community are proud to present Blender 4.0!



Blender 4.0 is the first step towards a new iteration of Blender, and delivers a number of new feature and workflow improvements across all areas.

To highlight a few:

- New Principled BSDF shader
- AgX view transform for improved color handling
- Light linking in Cycles
- Node Tools, powered by Geometry Nodes
- Repeat zones in Geometry Nodes
- New Snap Base for improved placement and transform workflows
- “Type to search” and various UI improvements, including a new default font
- New animation curve editing operators
- Bone collections
- and so, so much more

- The Human Base Meshes bundle got an update with new models and improved topology.

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 3500 individuals and 37 organizations contributing to the Blender Development Fund.

Happy Blending!

The Blender Team
November 14th, 2023

Blender 3.6.5 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.

[h3]Patch Notes[/h3]

• Multiscatter GGX Refraction Roughness Bug. (#109907)
  
• Blender 3.6 crashes when opening 3.5 files with library overrides / shape keys. (#112623)
  
• Regression: Smart UV project stopped aligning islands vertically. (#110724)
  
• Regression: Uv Unpacking creates diagonal pieces instead of straight ones. (#109906)
  
• Crash backtrace missing on Linux. (#111186)
  
• Fix (studio-reported) liboverride: hierarchy root ensure fails in some cases. (8a15a61e0f78e)
  
• Fix: crash in liboverride hierarchy ensure. (e6b99c15dbaf5)
  
• Fix (unreported) liboverride: Hierarchy corruption when making some override local. (c80b45f646289)
  
• Rigify: fix unreliable interpolation of limb tweak roll. (bf936d59)
  
• glTF importer: Fix custom attribute import. (8a4a56ea)
  
• Fix incorrect cast for BLF_str_offset_from_cursor_position. (e785101e73317a8ff7c51ddd2974f1504b178639)
  
• Line Art doesn't render from Sequencer Perspective. (#100596)
  
• Clear and Keep Transformation not working when keyed. (#97628)
  
• Fix #93685: Allow Outliner Drag to Other Windows. (#105196)
  
• Fix memory leak when the explode modifier is used with vertex groups. (30eb74ca48d)
  
• Regression: Artifacts after importing fbx file. (#109599)
  
• PLY export: Export broken result when mesh has faces with >255 vertices. (#112011)
  
• Importing old theme crashes Blender on "Load X.X Settings". (#113002)
  
• Start getting Blender default Font in Text rendering after long use. (#113044)
  
• Python: support the step and precision arguments in rna_idprop_ui_create. (74821371676)
  
• Assertion fails when parenting a library override to a bone. (#112548)
  
• OSL CheckBox socket not working in NodeGroup. (#106760)
  
• Fix (unreported) crash in 'startup.blend' GP default update code. (b2c0e49bf3a)
  
• Edit Mode: Memory Leak for Separate By Loose Parts. (#113387)
  
• 3.6 LTS: Fix text editor auto-close potentially auto-closing non-brackets. (8b5d0ba19f9ac14f5c68da6f7d2b7fc14b95b13e)
  
• 3.6 LTS: Fix crash converting spaces to tabs. (1f09031dc79a2fa2c334b95b321d804eadfab6dd)
  
• Regression: Geometry Nodes: Merge by Distance node crashes. (#112909)
  
• Bevel + Weld modifer Crash. (#112922)
  

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see 3.6 LTS releases on blender.org

[h3]LTS Program[/h3]

Learn more about the LTS program on blender.org

[h3]Stay up-to-date[/h3]

Blender 3.3.12 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.

[h3]Patch Notes[/h3]

• Transfer Mode operator doesn't update outliner selection. (#101550)
  
• Clear and Keep Transformation not working when keyed. (#97628)
  
• Importing old theme crashes Blender on "Load X.X Settings". (#113002)
  
• Fix (unreported) crash in 'startup.blend' GP default update code. (7a52b9161b4)
  

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see 3.3 LTS releases on blender.org

[h3]LTS Program[/h3]

Learn more about the LTS program on blender.org

[h3]Stay up-to-date[/h3]

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

Happy blending,
The Blender team