Blender 4.5 brings big changes
5 hours ago
- #Open Source
- #3D Modeling
- #Blender
- Blender 4.5 LTS was released on July 15, 2025, with support through 2027.
- It includes quality-of-life improvements and enhancements to the Vulkan backend.
- Blender 5.0 is under development, focusing on Geometry Nodes and modernized workflows.
- Blender is an open-source 3D creation suite with tools for modeling, animation, compositing, and more.
- The Vulkan backend in Blender 4.5 improves performance but still has limitations like handling large meshes.
- EEVEE Next (EEVEE 2.0) receives stability and visual accuracy improvements, including better shadow rendering.
- Workflow improvements include faster texture loading, parallel shader compilation, and reduced startup times.
- Point Clouds are introduced as a new object type, useful for motion graphics and 3D scanning.
- Blender 5.0 will feature scene assets, Grease Pencil motion blur, and improved UV mapping.
- DOGWALK, a game built with Blender and Godot, was released alongside Blender 4.5.