Splash by @ndy

With this release Blender has not only been extended with a lot of new options, such as ray tracing and displacement mapping, but also offers the beta-test of an integrated support for the famous Yafray renderer.

 

Below you will find the full release notes, additional (html) documentation and sample files.

 

Download Blender 2.32 and Yafray from www.blender3d.org

  • new: ray tracing
  • area lights
  • soft shadow
  • improved bumpmapping
  • gaussian filter
  • any texture actually deforms rendered geometry
  • including new procedural subdivision
  • external rendering engine
  • Global Illumination
  • photonmapping
  • Mesh beveling
  • Python pulldown menus for import/export
  • Armature speed improvements
  • Etc etc etc
  • And bugs fixed!