Blender 3.5 is ready for download. One of the main new features is the inclusion of hair assets that can be used to create more unique characters. They can also be used to make fur and grass.

Another SIGGRAPH exclusive Blender demo was Nvidia's DLSS denoiser for Cycles. It made moving around the viewport feel as smooth as EEVEE! Crazy stuff.

Viewport Shader Compile Times In our Blender 3.5 performance deep-dive, we explored the performance of shader compiling when enabling the Material Preview mode in the viewport. The raw performance of ...

Mar 27, 2025 14:45:00 'Blender 4.4' officially released, adding action slots, geometry node improvements, rendering engine improvements, Grease Pencil enhancements, UI improvements, etc.