News Celebrating 30 years of BlenderToday Blender turns 30 years old! Here is a short message form the team. Projects to Look Forward in 2024In 2024 the Blender development will start focusing on finishing projects! Cyberattack – November 2023Updates on the ongoing DDoS attack. Points of view on Blender: Angela PlohmanAs part of the series on the 20 years of Blender, Angela Plohman gives her point of view on the software’s journey. See all News Press Releases Blender Foundation Annual Report 2023The 2023 Blender Foundation report is now publicly available. Blender 4.2 LTS ReleaseA release packed with features and improvements ready to power your projects for the next two years. Blender at Annecy 2024 RecapLet’s recap yet another successful Annecy experience for the Blender team. Blender at Annecy 2024Blender attends the Annecy Festival 2024 and organizes a community meetup for studios! See all Press Releases Development Animation 2025: Progress & PlanningThe Animation & Rigging module presents the progress and future plans for Animation 2025. Node Tools in Blender 4.0Node tools are available in Blender 4.0 Beta! Development Fund Supported Projects Q2Roadmap of Blender Foundation suported projects for the second quarter of 2023. Brush and Asset DraftsDesign of a new system to use, tweak, and share brush assets anywhere in Blender, from sculpting to texture painting. Go to the Blender Developers blog Blender Studio Benchmarking Version Control Solutions for Creative CollaborationA performance comparison between Git and SVN for short movie productionsRigging ShadersLearn about our method to control properties of shaders on linked animated characters.Fighting (with) Grease PencilAnimating a boxer in 2D, using Grease Pencil, from a 3D animator's perspective.Wing It! A Lesson in the Mixture of Layout and PrevisDirector of Animation Hjalti shares his knowledge and experience on layout and previs, key steps in productions. Go to the Blender Studio blog User Stories Behind the Scenes: Nashville International AirportMontreal-based Gentilhomme studio goes over their use of Blender for their installation at the Nashville International Airport. Visual Effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”Makuta Visual Effects shares the experience of using Blender in the creation of some of the VFX for the Indian blockbuster RRR: Sinking Feeling: Using Blender To Do GoodBlue Zoo is an animation studio based in London. Learn how they used Blender to create their touching “Sinking Feeling” short animation. Blender and the RabbidsJulien Blervaque and Yannick Castaing, Ubisoft Film & Television, share the experience of using Blender for Rabbids Invasion: Mission to Mars. See all User Stories