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Today is the day! Blender 5.2 LTS has entered Beta.
What’s next?
🔸 Download 5.2 LTS Beta and test if your files work correctly.
🔸 Report bugs and help make this release stable for everyone.
🔸 Be first to try features the community will be talking about soon.
⬇️ Download: builder.blender.org/download…
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It’s the day of Blender Today #283! Be among the first to catch up on 100 changes out of nearly 500 commits from the past 2 weeks, with bits from 5.2 LTS Beta and new 5.3 features.
📺Join the livestream: youtube.com/live/GIoNAXTyuao
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Blender 🔶 retweeted
Attention! It's Blender Conference 2026 call for submissions!
4 rooms of the BCON venue are ready for Blender-focused presentations, each one with its own flavor of talks. Which stage will be yours?
Submit your proposal before June 16th: conference.blender.org/2026/…
#b3d #BCON26
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Today is the day! Blender 5.2 LTS has entered Beta.
What’s next?
🔸 Download 5.2 LTS Beta and test if your files work correctly.
🔸 Report bugs and help make this release stable for everyone.
🔸 Be first to try features the community will be talking about soon.
⬇️ Download: builder.blender.org/download…
#b3d
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What’s new in Blender 5.2 LTS Beta? These features are worth trying first:
🔸 Cycles texture cache - Cut memory use and startup time on texture-heavy scenes.
🔸 Hair/Cloth dynamics - Node-based physics simulations powered by Geometry Nodes entered the chat.
🔸 Online Asset Library - Host libraries remotely, browse them inside Blender, and download assets on demand.
🔸 Loop Tools - Circle, space, and flatten from the beloved add-on, now built into Blender.
🔸 Rendering – new Thin Wall mode in Principled BSDF is here to render leaves, paper and other meshes with minimal thicknesses in a more photoreal way.
🔸 Geometry Nodes - New Bevel node, Geometry bundles, lists, a new Sample Sound node to pull frequency data from audio, Empty objects now support Geometry Nodes and so much more.
🔸 Grease Pencil - A brand new Fill tool and updated brush library.
📖 Check the full menu in the release notes: developer.blender.org/docs/r…
Support future Blender development: fund.blender.org 🧡
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Last but not least: do you hear the roar on the splash screen? It’s the cave lion Panthera spelaea, recreated by @JoannaKobierska from a lion sculpt by @KenBarthelmey.
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Blender Breakfast is back for Annecy 2026! Meet the Blender team, hear pipeline insights from Blender Studio, and connect with professionals using Blender in production.
Coffee and croissants are included, but seats are limited! Register now: luma.com/x6sk9lz1
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Meet the Blender Roadmap, your live overview of projects that are under development or already part of the upcoming 5.2 LTS release!
See where Blender is heading next and how you can get involved: code.blender.org/roadmap
#b3d #DevFund
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Want to know more? Tune in to Blender Today LIVE for a closer look at the Roadmap and the latest Blender news: youtube.com/watch?v=CgzKBwbR… #b3d #DevFund
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Blender 🔶 retweeted
The making-of for SINGULARITY is out! Watch a final walkthrough of the production with Blender Studio team: youtube.com/watch?v=6qKZw8oP…
#b3d #OpenMovie #BlenderStudio #Singularity
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Update time for your Blender LTS: both versions just got stability boosts!
🔶 Blender 4.5.10 LTS fixes 3 issues.
🔹 Blender 4.2.21 LTS fixes 1 crash.
As usual, updating is highly recommended. Download and read the changelog at blender.org/lts
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Your Blender just got better! Blender 5.1.2 is ready to be downloaded with 12 bugs fixed since 5.1.1.
📖 Changelog: developer.blender.org/docs/r…
⬇️ Download corrective release: blender.org/download
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There’s always another way for the brave. Go experimental with the Blender daily build, available on builder.blender.org. Be among the first to try new features and help reporting bugs, but proceed with caution.
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Watch episode 12 of Blenderheads! A series about the people behind the Blender project. 🧡
youtube.com/watch?v=DveYH4fQ… #b3d #blenderheads
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Blender 🔶 retweeted
SINGULARITY, the painterly space adventure and newest open movie by Blender Studio is now released!
Watch in on Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=l5OZu-Ir…
#b3d #OpenMovie #BlenderStudio #singularity
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Blender 🔶 retweeted
Today is the day!
Join our livestream as we celebrate the online premiere of SINGULARITY! Together, we’ll go behind the scenes of this painterly space adventure and finally release it for the whole world to see.
youtube.com/watch?v=T6rIuMKY…
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Join the @BlenderStudio_ team this Monday to celebrate the first Blender open movie released in 4K HDR! #b3d
Announcing the online premiere of Singularity, the latest open movie by Blender Studio!
Join the team for a livestream party on May 11 (Monday) at 5pm CEST.
youtube.com/live/T6rIuMKYxww #b3d #blenderstudio
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Blender 🔶 retweeted
In Blender 5.2 LTS, rendering scenes with many image textures is much more memory efficient thanks to Cycles Texture Cache. code.blender.org/2026/05/cyc… #b3d #Cycles
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Welcome @anthropicai as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! This support will be dedicated towards general Blender core development. More details at blender.org/press/anthropic-… #b3d #DevFund
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