Blender 4.3 ReleaseNovember 19th, 2024Press ReleasesPablo Vazquez html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"Join the 2% Just 2 percent of users donating can help bring in more developers to keep Blender the best 3D software out there. Free for everyone, forever! Blender Foundation and the online developers community are proud to present Blender 4.3!Blender 4.3 splash artwork by Blender StudioWhats NewBlender 4.3 builds on the feature-packed 4.2 LTS with improvements to existing tools, performance enhancements, and the foundations that will shape the years to come.Some highlights:EEVEE: Light & Shadow LinkingRendering: Metallic BSDF, and new Gabor Noise texture.Compositor: Support for EEVEE passes, new White Point Color Balance, and more.Grease Pencil: Complete rewrite to support Layer Groups, Geometry Nodes, better erase tool, gradients, and much more.Geometry Nodes: For Each Zone, Gizmos, Bakes can be packed now, new nodes and UI improvements.Sculpt: Major refactor under the hood to improve performance.UV: New Minimum Stretch (SLIM) unwrapping method.Modeling: Bevel modifier can now use custom attributes.Brush Assets: All brushes are now assets, to be shared easily between projects.USD: Support for exporting Point Clouds.glTF: Draco mesh compression for importing, better export of UDIM tiles, quaternions and matrix attributes. Plus loads of bug fixes.And so much more!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!Thank you!This work is made possible thanks to the outstanding contributions of the Blender community, and the support of the over 4800 individuals and 35 organizations contributing to theBlender Development Fund.Happy Blending!The Blender TeamNovember 19th, 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