Blender 4.2 LTS ReleaseJuly 16th, 2024Press ReleasesPablo Vazquez html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"Blender Foundation and the online developers community are proud to present Blender 4.2 LTS!Whats NewAs usual with LTS (long-term support) releases, Blender 4.2 LTS comes packed with features, improvements, and fixes ready to power your projects for the next two years.Some highlights:New render engine: EEVEE got a complete rewrite, bringing global illumination, displacement, better SSS, volumetric lighting and shadows, viewport motion blur, and so much more.Cycles: Ray Portals, Thin Film Interference, better volume rendering, blue noise, and more.The Compositor: Can now utilize GPU acceleration for offline renders, its faster on CPU, and more nodes are supported in the 3D Viewport.Extensions: A new way to share, install, and update add-ons and themes online within Blender.Portable installation.Khronos PBR Neutral Tone Mapper.New sculpt tools.Video Sequencer: Strips redesign, including highlighting missing media, text strip enhancements, and better performance.Collection exporters.USD, Alembic, glTF, OBJ, PLY, and STL enhancements.Undo up to 5x faster.Animation editors and tools upgrades.And so much more!This also marks the launch of the online Extensions Platform a community website to share free and open source add-ons and themes.Watch the video summary on Blenders YouTube channel.And many more features and fixes await youexplore the release notes for an in-depth look at whats new!Long-term CommitmentBlender 4.2 is the fifth LTS release, each covering two years of fixes, once again solidifying the Blender Foundations commitment to making Blender a reliable tool for use in production and educational environments.Blender 2.83 LTS 2020 2022 (20 releases)Blender 2.93 LTS 2021 2023 (18 releases)Blender 3.3 LTS 2022 2024 (21 releases so far)Blender 3.6 LTS 2023 2025 (14 releases so far)Blender 4.2 LTS 2024 2026Thank you!This work is made possible thanks to the outstanding contributions of the Blender community, and the support of the over 4400 individuals and 38 organizations contributing to theBlender Development Fund.Happy Blending!The Blender TeamJuly 16th, 2024Support the Future of BlenderDonate to Blender by joining the Development Fund to support the Blender Foundations work on core development, maintenance, and new releases. Donate to Blender