<s>
Blender	B-Application
(	O
stylised	O
as	O
blender	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
3D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
software	O
tool	O
set	O
used	O
for	O
creating	O
animated	O
films	O
,	O
visual	O
effects	O
,	O
art	O
,	O
3D-printed	O
models	O
,	O
motion	O
graphics	O
,	O
interactive	O
3D	O
applications	O
,	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
,	O
and	O
,	O
formerly	O
,	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
's	O
features	O
include	O
3D	O
modelling	O
,	O
UV	O
mapping	O
,	O
texturing	O
,	O
digital	O
drawing	O
,	O
raster	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editing	I-Application
,	O
rigging	O
and	O
skinning	O
,	O
fluid	O
and	O
smoke	O
simulation	O
,	O
particle	O
simulation	O
,	O
soft	O
body	O
simulation	O
,	O
sculpting	O
,	O
animation	O
,	O
match	O
moving	O
,	O
rendering	O
,	O
motion	O
graphics	O
,	O
video	O
editing	O
,	O
and	O
compositing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dutch	O
animation	O
studio	O
NeoGeo	B-Operating_System
(	O
not	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
Neo	B-Operating_System
Geo	I-Operating_System
family	I-Operating_System
of	O
video	O
game	O
hardware	O
)	O
started	O
to	O
develop	O
Blender	B-Application
as	O
an	O
in-house	O
application	O
,	O
and	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
timestamps	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
source	O
files	O
,	O
January	O
2	O
,	O
1994	O
is	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
Blender	B-Application
's	O
birthday	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Blender	B-Application
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
a	O
song	O
by	O
the	O
Swiss	O
electronic	O
band	O
Yello	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
album	O
Baby	O
,	O
which	O
NeoGeo	B-Operating_System
used	O
in	O
its	O
showreel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
design	O
choices	O
and	O
experiences	O
for	O
Blender	B-Application
were	O
carried	O
over	O
from	O
an	O
earlier	O
software	O
application	O
,	O
called	O
Traces	O
,	O
that	O
Roosendaal	O
developed	O
for	O
NeoGeo	B-Operating_System
on	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
platform	O
during	O
the	O
1987	O
–	O
1991	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
1	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
Blender	B-Application
was	O
released	O
publicly	O
online	O
as	O
SGI	O
freeware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NeoGeo	B-Operating_System
was	O
later	O
dissolved	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
client	O
contracts	O
were	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
another	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
NeoGeo	B-Operating_System
's	O
dissolution	O
,	O
Ton	O
Roosendaal	O
founded	O
Not	O
a	O
Number	O
Technologies	O
(	O
NaN	O
)	O
in	O
June	O
1998	O
to	O
further	O
develop	O
Blender	B-Application
,	O
initially	O
distributing	O
it	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
until	O
NaN	O
went	O
bankrupt	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
also	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
Blender	B-Application
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2002	O
,	O
Roosendaal	O
started	O
the	O
non-profit	O
Blender	B-License
Foundation	I-License
,	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
goal	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
continue	O
developing	O
and	O
promoting	O
Blender	B-Application
as	O
a	O
community-based	O
open-source	B-License
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
18	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
Roosendaal	O
started	O
the	O
"	O
Free	O
Blender	B-Application
"	O
campaign	O
,	O
a	O
crowdfunding	O
precursor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
campaign	O
aimed	O
at	O
open-sourcing	O
Blender	B-Application
for	O
a	O
one-time	O
payment	O
of	O
€	O
100,000	O
(	O
US$	O
100,670	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
money	O
being	O
collected	O
from	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
7	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
collected	O
enough	O
funds	O
and	O
would	O
release	O
the	O
Blender	B-Application
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
Blender	B-Application
is	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
,	O
largely	O
developed	O
by	O
its	O
community	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
26	O
full-time	O
employees	O
and	O
12	O
freelancers	O
employed	O
by	O
the	O
Blender	B-Application
Institute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-License
Blender	I-License
Foundation	I-License
initially	O
reserved	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
use	O
dual	B-License
licensing	I-License
so	O
that	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
GPL	B-License
2.0-or-later	I-License
,	O
Blender	B-Application
would	O
have	O
been	O
available	O
also	O
under	O
the	O
"	O
Blender	B-Application
License	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
did	O
not	O
require	O
disclosing	O
source	O
code	O
but	O
required	O
payments	O
to	O
the	B-License
Blender	I-License
Foundation	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
is	O
solely	O
available	O
under	O
"	O
GNU	O
GPLv2	O
or	O
any	O
later	O
"	O
and	O
was	O
not	O
updated	O
to	O
the	O
GPLv3	O
,	O
as	O
"	O
no	O
evident	O
benefits	O
"	O
were	O
seen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
2.80	O
,	O
the	O
integrated	O
game	B-Application
engine	I-Application
for	O
making	O
and	O
prototyping	O
video	O
games	O
was	O
removed	O
;	O
Blender	B-Application
's	O
developers	O
recommended	O
that	O
users	O
migrate	O
to	O
more	O
powerful	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
game	O
engines	O
such	O
as	O
Godot	B-Application
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2002	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
clear	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
behind	O
Blender	B-Application
,	O
NaN	O
,	O
could	O
not	O
survive	O
and	O
would	O
close	O
its	O
doors	O
in	O
March	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
they	O
put	O
out	O
one	O
more	O
release	O
,	O
Blender	B-Application
2.25	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Suzanne	O
is	O
Blender	B-Application
's	O
alternative	O
to	O
more	O
common	O
test	O
models	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Utah	O
Teapot	O
and	O
the	O
Stanford	O
Bunny	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
low-polygon	O
model	O
with	O
only	O
500	O
faces	O
,	O
Suzanne	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
Blender	B-Application
and	O
often	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
quick	O
and	O
easy	O
way	O
to	O
test	O
materials	O
,	O
animations	O
,	O
rigs	O
,	O
textures	O
,	O
and	O
lighting	O
setups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
as	O
easily	O
added	O
to	O
a	O
scene	O
as	O
primitives	B-Algorithm
such	O
as	O
a	O
cube	B-Application
or	O
plane	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
largest	O
Blender	B-Application
contest	O
gives	O
out	O
an	O
award	O
called	O
the	O
Suzanne	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
table	O
lists	O
notable	O
developments	O
during	O
Blender	B-Application
's	O
release	O
history	O
:	O
green	O
indicates	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
,	O
yellow	O
indicates	O
currently	O
supported	O
versions	O
,	O
and	O
red	O
indicates	O
versions	O
that	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
(	O
though	O
many	O
later	O
versions	O
can	O
still	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
modern	O
systems	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
Release	O
date	O
Notes	O
and	O
key	O
changes	O
January	O
1994	O
Blender	B-Application
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
January	O
1998	O
SGI	O
version	O
released	O
,	O
IrisGL	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
1998	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
port	O
to	O
OpenGL	B-Application
and	O
X11	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
1998	O
Sun	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
Alpha	B-Device
version	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
version	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
1999	O
BeOS	B-Application
and	O
PPC	O
version	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
2000	O
Blender	B-Application
freeware	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
2000	O
Interactive	O
3D	O
and	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2000	O
Handbook	O
The	O
official	O
Blender	B-Application
2.0	O
guide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
2000	O
New	O
engine	O
,	O
physics	O
,	O
and	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
2001	O
Blender	B-Application
Publisher	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
2001	O
Apple	O
macOS	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
13	O
,	O
2002	O
Blender	B-Application
Publisher	O
freely	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
2003	O
The	O
first	O
truly	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
Blender	B-Application
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
22	O
,	O
2003	O
New	O
GUI	B-Application
;	O
edits	O
are	O
now	O
reversible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
3	O
,	O
2004	O
Ray	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
in	O
internal	O
renderer	O
;	O
support	O
for	O
YafaRay	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
functionality	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
January	O
25	O
,	O
2006	O
Improvements	O
of	O
the	O
game	B-Application
engine	I-Application
(	O
programmable	O
vertex	O
and	O
pixel	O
shaders	O
,	O
using	O
Blender	B-Application
materials	O
,	O
split-screen	O
mode	O
,	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
physics	O
engine	O
)	O
,	O
improved	O
UV	O
mapping	O
,	O
recording	O
of	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
scripts	I-Language
for	O
sculpture	O
or	O
sculpture	O
works	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
grid	O
or	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
(	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
sculpting	O
)	O
and	O
set-chaining	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
the	O
Node-System	B-Architecture
(	O
Material	O
-	O
and	O
Compositor	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
implemented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
16	O
,	O
2007	O
Sculpt-Modeling	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
19	O
,	O
2008	O
With	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
Big	O
Buck	O
Bunny	O
,	O
Blender	B-Application
gained	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
produce	O
grass	O
quickly	O
and	O
efficiently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
14	O
,	O
2008	O
Due	O
to	O
development	O
of	O
Yo	O
Frankie	O
!,	O
the	O
game	B-Application
engine	I-Application
was	O
improved	O
substantially	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
13	O
,	O
2009	O
New	O
window	O
and	O
file	O
manager	O
,	O
new	O
interface	O
,	O
new	O
Python	B-Language
API	B-Application
,	O
and	O
new	O
animation	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
13	O
,	O
2011	O
First	O
official	O
stable	O
release	O
of	O
2.5	O
branch	O
:	O
new	O
interface	O
,	O
new	O
window	O
manager	O
and	O
rewritten	O
event	O
—	O
and	O
tool	O
—	O
file	O
processing	O
system	O
,	O
new	O
animation	O
system	O
(	O
each	O
setting	O
can	O
be	O
animated	O
now	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
Python	B-Language
API	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
July	O
4	O
,	O
2011	O
Some	O
bug	O
fixes	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
small	O
extensions	O
in	O
GUI	B-Application
and	O
Python	B-Language
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
19	O
,	O
2011	O
Developer	O
branches	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
main	O
developer	O
branch	O
:	O
among	O
other	O
things	O
,	O
B-mesh	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
rendering/shading	O
system	O
,	O
NURBS	B-Algorithm
,	O
to	O
name	O
a	O
few	O
,	O
directly	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
14	O
,	O
2011	O
New	O
Render	O
Engine	O
,	O
Cycles	O
,	O
added	O
alongside	O
Blender	B-Application
Internal	O
(	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
preview	O
release	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motion	B-Application
Tracking	I-Application
,	O
Dynamic	O
Paint	O
,	O
and	O
Ocean	O
Simulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
16	O
,	O
2012	O
Motion	B-Application
tracking	I-Application
improvement	O
,	O
further	O
expansion	O
of	O
UV	O
tools	O
,	O
and	O
remesh	O
modifier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
27	O
,	O
2012	O
Bug	O
fixes	O
,	O
B-mesh	O
project	O
:	O
completely	O
new	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
system	O
with	O
n-corners	O
,	O
plus	O
new	O
tools	O
:	O
dissolve	O
,	O
inset	O
,	O
bridge	O
,	O
vertex	O
slide	O
,	O
vertex	O
connect	O
,	O
and	O
bevel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
10	O
,	O
2012	O
Over	O
200	O
bug	O
fixes	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Open	B-Language
Shading	I-Language
Language	I-Language
,	O
and	O
fire	O
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
21	O
,	O
2013	O
Rigid	O
body	O
simulation	O
available	O
outside	O
of	O
the	O
game	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
dynamic	O
topology	O
sculpting	O
,	O
hair	O
rendering	O
now	O
supported	O
in	O
Cycles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
7	O
–	O
30	O
,	O
2013	O
Freestyle	O
rendering	O
mode	O
for	O
non-photographic	O
rendering	O
,	O
subsurface	B-Algorithm
scattering	I-Algorithm
support	O
added	O
the	O
motion	B-Application
tracking	I-Application
solver	O
is	O
made	O
more	O
accurate	O
and	O
faster	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
add-on	O
for	O
3D	O
printing	O
now	O
comes	O
bundled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
July	O
18	O
,	O
2013	O
Rendering	O
performance	O
is	O
improved	O
for	O
CPUs	B-Device
and	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
,	O
support	O
for	O
NVIDIA	O
Tesla	O
K20	O
,	O
GTX	O
Titan	O
and	O
GTX	O
780	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
31	O
,	O
2013	O
Motion	B-Application
tracking	I-Application
now	O
supports	O
plane	O
tracking	O
,	O
and	O
hair	O
rendering	O
has	O
been	O
improved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
26	O
,	O
2014	O
Support	O
for	O
baking	O
in	O
Cycles	O
and	O
volume	O
rendering	O
branched	O
path	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
now	O
renders	O
faster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
4	O
,	O
2014	O
Volume	O
rendering	O
for	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
,	O
more	O
features	O
for	O
sculpting	O
and	O
painting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
March	O
31	O
,	O
2015	O
Cycles	O
got	O
several	O
precision	O
,	O
noise	O
,	O
speed	O
,	O
memory	B-General_Concept
improvements	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
Pointiness	O
attribute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
July	O
1	O
,	O
2015	O
Blender	B-Application
now	O
supports	O
a	O
fully	O
integrated	O
Multi-View	O
and	O
Stereo	O
3D	O
pipeline	O
,	O
Cycles	O
has	O
much-awaited	O
initial	O
support	O
for	O
AMD	B-Architecture
GPUs	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
Light	O
Portals	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
3	O
,	O
2015	O
Cycles	O
volume	O
density	O
render	O
,	O
Pixar	O
OpenSubdiv	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
subdivision	O
library	O
,	O
node	O
inserting	O
,	O
and	O
video	O
editing	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
6	O
,	O
2016	O
Improvements	O
to	O
Cycles	O
,	O
new	O
features	O
for	O
the	O
Grease	O
Pencil	O
,	O
more	O
support	O
for	O
OpenVDB	B-Language
,	O
updated	O
Python	B-Language
library	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	O
has	O
been	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
28	O
,	O
2017	O
Spherical	O
stereo	O
rendering	O
for	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
,	O
Grease	O
Pencil	O
improvements	O
for	O
2D	O
animations	O
,	O
Freehand	O
curves	O
drawing	O
over	O
surfaces	O
,	O
Bendy	O
Bones	O
,	O
Micropolygon	O
displacements	O
,	O
and	O
Adaptive	O
Subdivision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
11	O
,	O
2017	O
Cycles	O
denoiser	O
,	O
improved	O
OpenCL	B-Application
rendering	O
support	O
,	O
Shadow	O
Catcher	O
,	O
Principled	O
BSDF	O
Shader	O
,	O
Filmic	O
color	O
management	O
,	O
improved	O
UI	O
and	O
Grease	O
Pencil	O
functionality	O
,	O
improvements	O
in	O
Alembic	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
,	O
surface	O
deformities	O
modifier	O
,	O
better	O
animation	O
keyframing	O
,	O
simplified	O
video	O
encoding	O
,	O
Python	B-Language
additions	O
and	O
new	O
add-ons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
July	O
30	O
,	O
2019	O
Revamped	O
UI	O
,	O
added	O
a	O
dark	O
theme	O
,	O
EEVEE	O
realtime	B-General_Concept
rendering	I-General_Concept
engine	O
on	O
OpenGL	B-Application
,	O
Principled	O
shader	O
,	O
Workbench	O
viewport	O
,	O
Grease	O
Pencil	O
2D	O
animation	O
tool	O
,	O
multi-object	O
editing	O
,	O
collections	O
,	O
GPU+CPU	O
rendering	O
,	O
Rigify	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
21	O
,	O
2019	O
OpenVDB	B-Language
voxel	O
remesh	O
,	O
QuadriFlow	O
remesh	O
,	O
transparent	O
BSDF	O
,	O
brush	O
curves	O
preset	O
in	O
sculpting	O
,	O
WebM	B-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
14	O
,	O
2020	O
Improved	O
fluid	O
and	O
smoke	O
simulation	O
(	O
using	O
Mantaflow	O
)	O
,	O
UDIM	O
support	O
,	O
USD	B-General_Concept
export	O
and	O
2	O
new	O
sculpting	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cuda	B-Architecture
11	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
last	O
Nvidia	O
Series	O
with	O
Ampere	B-General_Concept
and	O
OptiX	B-Algorithm
support	O
for	O
Maxwell+	O
are	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
last	O
patches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
31	O
,	O
2020Archived	O
at	O
Ghostarchive	O
and	O
the	O
Wayback	O
Machine	O
:	O
Built-in	O
Nishita	O
realistic	O
sky	O
texturing	O
,	O
completely	O
rewritten	O
EEVEE	O
motion	O
blur	O
,	O
viewport	O
denoising	O
with	O
OpenImageDenoise	O
,	O
Archived	O
at	O
Ghostarchive	O
and	O
the	O
Wayback	O
Machine	O
:	O
new	O
shadow	O
terminator	O
offset	O
which	O
fixes	O
some	O
shading	O
artifacts	O
,	O
the	O
Multires	O
Modifier	O
can	O
now	O
rebuild	O
lower	O
subdivisions	O
levels	O
and	O
extract	O
its	O
displacement	O
,	O
Archived	O
at	O
Ghostarchive	O
and	O
the	O
Wayback	O
Machine	O
:	O
new	O
scale/translate	O
and	O
squash	O
&	O
stretch	O
pose	O
brushes	O
,	O
extrude	O
manifold	O
tool	O
removes	O
adjacent	O
faces	O
when	O
extruding	O
inwards	O
,	O
bevel	O
custom	O
profile	O
now	O
supports	O
bezier	O
curve	O
handle	O
types	O
,	O
spray	O
direction	O
maps	O
in	O
ocean	O
modifier	O
,	O
automatic	O
UV	O
adjustment	O
when	O
editing	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
,	O
updated	O
search	O
UI	O
showing	O
the	O
location	O
for	O
menu	O
items	O
,	O
UI	O
improvements	O
like	O
feature	O
headings	O
and	O
more	O
readable	O
checkbox	O
layouts	O
,	O
reordering	O
the	O
modifier	O
stack	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
stats	O
display	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
Volume	O
modifiers	O
for	O
converting	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
to	O
volume	O
,	O
Volume	O
to	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
and	O
Volume	O
displace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
25	O
,	O
2021A	O
new	O
modifier	O
for	O
more	O
advanced	O
procedural	O
modelling	O
called	O
Geometry	O
Nodes	B-Data_Structure
which	O
connects	O
to	O
a	O
custom	O
node	B-Architecture
editor	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
tool	O
for	O
creating	O
primitive	B-Algorithm
objects	O
interactively	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
copy	O
modifier	O
operator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
2	O
,	O
2021	O
Expansion	O
of	O
Geometry	O
Nodes	B-Data_Structure
Attributes	O
and	O
Nodes	B-Data_Structure
including	O
such	O
as	O
Mesh	B-Algorithm
Primitives	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
editor	O
for	O
viewing	O
attributes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Import	O
and	O
export	O
grease	O
pencils	O
as	O
SVGs	B-Application
and	O
PDFs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Python	B-Language
3.9	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
is	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
8.1	O
or	O
newer	O
is	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
USD	B-General_Concept
importer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Geometry	O
Nodes	B-Data_Structure
Curve	O
support	O
and	O
new	O
fields	O
system	O
which	O
makes	O
geometry	O
nodes	B-Data_Structure
more	O
like	O
working	O
with	O
shaders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spreadsheet	B-Application
editor	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Merging	O
of	O
the	O
Cycles	O
X	B-Operating_System
branch	O
giving	O
performance	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Removal	O
of	O
branched	O
path	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
and	O
OpenCL	B-Application
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cycles	O
HIP	O
support	O
for	O
AMD	B-Architecture
graphics	I-Architecture
cards	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Knife	O
tool	O
improvements	O
from	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
design	O
for	O
Panels	O
and	O
Nodes	B-Data_Structure
,	O
Node	B-Architecture
Editor	I-Architecture
overlays	O
for	O
noodle	O
colours	O
and	O
annotations	O
,	O
node	B-Architecture
editors	I-Architecture
now	O
have	O
a	O
dot	O
grid	O
,	O
Theme	O
changes	O
and	O
other	O
UI	O
tweaks.	O
,	O
Version	O
3.0.1	O
with	O
bugfixes	O
3.1.2	O
March	O
9	O
,	O
2022	O
(	O
April	O
1	O
,	O
2022	O
)	O
Cycles	O
now	O
has	O
a	O
GPU	B-Architecture
backend	O
for	O
Metal	B-Library
,	O
support	O
for	O
rendering	O
Point	B-Algorithm
Cloud	I-Algorithm
Geometry	O
type	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
OptiX	B-Algorithm
temporal	O
denoiser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Subdivision	O
surface	O
modifier	O
now	O
benefits	O
from	O
GPU	B-Architecture
acceleration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Add	O
node	O
search	O
menu	O
now	O
can	O
be	O
triggered	O
by	O
dragging	O
a	O
noodle	O
in	O
empty	O
space	O
and	O
is	O
also	O
able	O
to	O
search	O
through	O
math	O
operations	O
,	O
compare	O
operations	O
(	O
geo	O
nodes	B-Data_Structure
)	O
and	O
group	O
input	O
nodes	B-Data_Structure
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
now	O
a	O
new	O
scene	O
time	O
node	O
for	O
geometry	O
nodes	B-Data_Structure
and	O
compositor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
convert	O
colour	B-Algorithm
space	I-Algorithm
node	O
for	O
compositor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
map	O
range	O
node	O
now	O
supports	O
vectors	O
in	O
both	O
Shader	O
nodes	B-Data_Structure
and	O
Geometry	O
Nodes	B-Data_Structure
.	O
</s>
<s>
Geometry	O
Nodes	B-Data_Structure
now	O
has	O
an	O
execution	O
time	O
overlay	O
,	O
an	O
extrude	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
node	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
merge	O
by	O
distance	O
node	O
which	O
handles	O
functionality	O
from	O
the	O
weld	O
modifier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
August	O
3	O
,	O
2022	O
)	O
HIP	O
support	O
for	O
linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cycles	O
Metal	B-Library
GPU	B-Architecture
backend	O
now	O
supports	O
AMD	B-Architecture
GPUs	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
ACES	O
color	B-Algorithm
space	I-Algorithm
now	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combine	O
and	O
Combine	O
and	O
separate	O
XYZ	O
nodes	B-Data_Structure
for	O
compositor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apply	O
object	O
transform	O
for	O
multi	O
user	O
objects.	O
,	O
Version	O
3.2.1	O
with	O
bugfixes	O
September	O
7	O
,	O
2022Support	O
for	O
Intel	B-Device
Arc	I-Device
GPUs	B-Architecture
through	O
oneAPI	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
AMDs	O
Vega	B-Device
GPUs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
hair	O
grooming	O
system	O
through	O
new	O
curve	O
object	O
type	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
sculpting	O
mode	O
and	O
geometry	O
nodes	B-Data_Structure
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
Geometry	O
Nodes	B-Data_Structure
icon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
Volume	O
Cube	B-Application
Node	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
points	O
nodes	B-Data_Structure
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
nodes	B-Data_Structure
for	O
UV	O
unwrapping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
experimental	O
C++	B-Language
based	O
STL	O
importer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
title	O
bar	O
will	O
appear	O
dark	O
when	O
system	O
dark	O
mode	O
is	O
enabled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpha	B-Device
version	O
available	O
since	O
2	O
May	O
2022	O
,	O
Beta	O
version	O
available	O
since	O
27	O
July	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
transfer	O
attribute	O
node	O
has	O
been	O
removed	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
split	O
into	O
the	O
new	O
sample	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
surface	O
node	O
,	O
sample	O
nearest	O
and	O
sample	O
index	O
node	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2021	O
,	O
official	O
releases	O
of	O
Blender	B-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
port	O
for	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
64-bit	B-Device
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
is	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
8.1	O
and	O
above	O
,	O
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	B-Operating_System
10.13	O
and	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
2.76b	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
supported	O
release	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	O
and	O
version	O
2.63	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
supported	O
release	O
for	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
2.83	O
LTS	O
and	O
2.92	O
were	O
the	O
last	O
supported	O
versions	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Blender	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
as	O
a	O
demo	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
n't	O
been	O
updated	O
since	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
has	O
support	O
for	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
geometric	B-Algorithm
primitives	I-Algorithm
,	O
including	O
polygon	B-Algorithm
meshes	I-Algorithm
,	O
Bézier	O
curves	O
,	O
NURBS	B-Algorithm
surfaces	I-Algorithm
,	O
metaballs	O
,	O
icospheres	O
,	O
text	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
n-gon	O
modeling	O
system	O
called	O
B-mesh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
has	O
multi-resolution	O
digital	O
sculpting	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
dynamic	O
topology	O
,	O
"	O
baking	O
"	O
,	O
remeshing	O
,	O
re-symmetrization	O
,	O
and	O
decimation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
has	O
a	O
geometry	O
node	O
system	O
for	O
procedurally	O
and	O
non-destructively	O
creating	O
and	O
manipulating	O
geometry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
added	O
to	O
Blender	B-Application
2.92	O
,	O
which	O
focuses	O
on	O
object	O
scattering	O
and	O
instancing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
attributes	O
can	O
be	O
viewed	O
in	O
an	O
attribute	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Geometry	O
Nodes	B-Data_Structure
utility	O
also	O
has	O
the	O
capability	O
of	O
creating	O
primitive	B-Algorithm
meshes	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Blender	B-Application
3.0	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
modifying	O
curves	O
objects	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
Geometry	O
Nodes	B-Data_Structure
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Blender	B-Application
3.0	O
,	O
the	O
Geometry	O
Nodes	B-Data_Structure
workflow	O
was	O
completely	O
redesigned	O
with	O
fields	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
system	O
more	O
intuitive	O
and	O
work	O
like	O
shader	O
nodes	B-Data_Structure
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
simulate	O
smoke	O
,	O
rain	O
,	O
dust	O
,	O
cloth	O
,	O
fluids	O
,	O
hair	O
,	O
and	O
rigid	O
bodies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
Lattice	B-Algorithm
Boltzmann	I-Algorithm
methods	I-Algorithm
(	O
LBM	O
)	O
to	O
simulate	O
fluids	O
and	O
allows	O
for	O
plenty	O
of	O
adjustment	O
of	O
particles	O
and	O
resolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
particle	O
physics	O
fluid	O
simulation	O
creates	O
particles	O
that	O
follow	O
the	O
smoothed-particle	B-Application
hydrodynamics	I-Application
method	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
has	O
simulation	O
tools	O
for	O
soft-body	O
dynamics	O
,	O
including	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
collision	O
detection	O
,	O
LBM	O
fluid	O
dynamics	O
,	O
smoke	O
simulation	O
,	O
Bullet	B-Application
rigid-body	O
dynamics	O
,	O
an	O
ocean	O
generator	O
with	O
waves	O
,	O
a	O
particle	O
system	O
that	O
includes	O
support	O
for	O
particle-based	O
hair	O
,	O
and	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
control	O
during	O
physics	O
simulation	O
and	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Blender	B-Application
2.82	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
fluid	O
simulation	O
system	O
called	O
Mantaflow	O
was	O
added	O
,	O
replacing	O
the	O
old	O
FLIP	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Blender	B-Application
2.92	O
,	O
another	O
fluid	O
simulation	O
system	O
called	O
APIC	O
,	O
which	O
builds	O
on	O
Mantaflow	O
,	O
was	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
done	O
on	O
a	O
3D	B-Algorithm
mesh	I-Algorithm
,	O
it	O
will	O
produce	O
similar	O
effects	O
as	O
the	O
soft	O
body	O
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
's	O
keyframed	O
animation	O
capabilities	O
include	O
inverse	B-General_Concept
kinematics	I-General_Concept
,	O
armatures	O
,	O
hooks	O
,	O
curve	O
-	O
and	O
lattice-based	O
deformations	O
,	O
shape	O
keys	O
,	O
non-linear	O
animation	O
,	O
constraints	O
,	O
and	O
vertex	O
weighting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
includes	O
three	O
render	O
engines	O
since	O
version	O
2.80	O
:	O
Eevee	O
,	O
Workbench	O
and	O
Cycles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cycles	O
is	O
a	O
path	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
render	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
rendering	O
through	O
both	O
the	O
CPU	B-Device
and	O
the	O
GPU	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cycles	O
supports	O
the	O
Open	B-Language
Shading	I-Language
Language	I-Language
since	O
Blender	B-Application
2.65	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cycles	O
Hybrid	O
Rendering	O
is	O
possible	O
in	O
Version	O
2.92	O
with	O
Optix	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tiles	O
are	O
calculated	O
with	O
GPU	B-Architecture
in	O
combination	O
with	O
CPU	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eevee	O
is	O
a	O
new	O
physically	O
based	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
renderer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
driving	O
Blender	B-Application
's	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
viewport	O
for	O
creating	O
assets	O
thanks	O
to	O
its	O
speed	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
also	O
work	O
as	O
a	O
renderer	O
for	O
final	O
frames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Workbench	O
is	O
a	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
render	O
engine	O
designed	O
for	O
fast	O
rendering	O
during	O
modelling	O
and	O
animation	O
preview	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cycles	O
is	O
a	O
path-tracing	B-Algorithm
render	O
engine	O
that	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
interactive	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
while	O
still	O
supporting	O
many	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
included	O
with	O
Blender	B-Application
since	O
2011	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Blender	B-Application
2.61	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cycles	O
supports	O
with	O
AVX	O
,	O
AVX2	O
and	O
AVX-512	B-General_Concept
extensions	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
CPU	B-Device
acceleration	O
in	O
modern	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cycles	O
supports	O
GPU	B-Architecture
rendering	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
speed	O
up	O
rendering	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
GPU	B-Architecture
rendering	O
modes	O
:	O
CUDA	B-Architecture
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
preferred	O
method	O
for	O
older	O
Nvidia	O
graphics	O
cards	O
;	O
OptiX	B-Algorithm
,	O
which	O
utilizes	O
the	O
hardware	O
ray-tracing	B-Algorithm
capabilities	O
of	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
Turing	O
architecture	O
&	O
Ampere	B-General_Concept
architecture	I-General_Concept
;	O
and	O
OpenCL	B-Application
,	O
which	O
supports	O
rendering	O
on	O
AMD	B-Device
Radeon	I-Device
graphics	O
cards	O
(	O
with	O
added	O
Intel	O
Iris	O
and	O
Xe	O
support	O
in	O
2.92	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
toolkit	O
software	O
associated	O
with	O
these	O
rendering	O
modes	O
does	O
not	O
come	O
within	O
Blender	B-Application
and	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
separately	O
installed	O
and	O
configured	O
as	O
per	O
their	O
respective	O
source	O
instructions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
are	O
also	O
supported	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
notable	O
exception	O
of	O
the	O
Eevee	O
render	O
engine	O
)	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
render	B-Operating_System
farm	I-Operating_System
to	O
speed	O
up	O
rendering	O
by	O
processing	O
frames	O
or	O
tiles	O
in	O
parallel	O
—	O
having	O
multiple	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
,	O
however	O
,	O
does	O
not	O
increase	O
the	O
available	O
memory	B-General_Concept
since	O
each	O
GPU	B-Architecture
can	O
only	O
access	O
its	O
own	O
memory	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Version	O
2.90	O
,	O
this	O
limitation	O
of	O
SLI	B-Device
cards	O
is	O
broken	O
with	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
NVLink	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
's	O
Metal	B-Library
API	I-Library
got	O
initial	O
implementation	O
in	O
blender	B-Application
3.1	O
for	O
Apple	O
computers	O
with	O
M1	B-Device
chips	I-Device
and	O
AMD	B-Architecture
graphics	I-Architecture
cards	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Benchmark	O
of	O
Blender	B-Application
3.2	O
shows	O
great	O
advantages	O
of	O
long	O
supported	O
CUDA	B-Architecture
against	O
newer	O
API	B-Application
OptiX	B-Algorithm
and	O
brand	O
new	O
HIP	O
for	O
AMD	O
Hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
Improvements	O
in	O
performance	O
will	O
be	O
available	O
for	O
HIP	O
and	O
OptiX	B-Algorithm
in	O
Blender	B-Application
3.3	O
and	O
3.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Intel	B-Device
Arc	I-Device
GPUs	B-Architecture
arrived	O
in	O
Blender	B-Application
3.3	O
LTS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cycles	O
currently	O
supports	O
a	O
path	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
integrator	O
with	O
direct	O
light	O
sampling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rays	B-Algorithm
are	I-Algorithm
traced	I-Algorithm
from	O
the	O
camera	O
into	O
the	O
scene	O
,	O
bouncing	O
around	O
until	O
they	O
find	O
a	O
light	O
source	O
(	O
a	O
lamp	O
,	O
an	O
object	O
material	O
emitting	O
light	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
world	O
background	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
until	O
they	O
are	O
simply	O
terminated	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
maximum	O
bounces	O
determined	O
in	O
the	O
light	O
path	O
settings	O
for	O
the	O
renderer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
default	O
path	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
integrator	O
is	O
a	O
"	O
pure	O
"	O
path	O
tracer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
integrator	O
works	O
by	O
sending	O
several	O
light	B-Device
rays	I-Device
that	O
act	O
as	O
photons	B-Application
from	O
the	O
camera	O
out	O
into	O
the	O
scene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
alternative	O
is	O
a	O
branched	O
path	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
integrator	O
,	O
which	O
works	O
mostly	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Branched	O
path	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
splits	O
the	O
light	B-Device
rays	I-Device
at	O
each	O
intersection	O
with	O
an	O
object	O
according	O
to	O
different	O
surface	O
components	O
,	O
and	O
takes	O
all	O
lights	O
into	O
account	O
for	O
shading	O
instead	O
of	O
just	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
users	O
can	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
nodes	B-Data_Structure
using	O
the	O
Open	B-Language
Shading	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
OSL	O
)	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
is	O
important	O
to	O
note	O
that	O
this	O
feature	O
is	O
not	O
supported	O
by	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Materials	O
define	O
the	O
look	O
of	O
meshes	B-Algorithm
,	O
NURBS	B-Algorithm
curves	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
other	O
geometric	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
consist	O
of	O
three	O
shaders	O
to	O
define	O
the	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
's	O
surface	O
appearance	O
,	O
volume	O
inside	O
,	O
and	O
surface	O
displacement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
surface	O
shader	O
defines	O
the	O
light	O
interaction	O
at	O
the	O
surface	O
of	O
the	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
or	O
more	O
bidirectional	O
scattering	O
distribution	O
functions	O
,	O
or	O
BSDFs	O
,	O
can	O
specify	O
if	O
incoming	O
light	O
is	O
reflected	O
,	O
refracted	O
into	O
the	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
,	O
or	O
absorbed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
alpha	B-Algorithm
value	I-Algorithm
is	O
one	O
measure	O
of	O
translucency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
no	O
volume	O
shader	O
is	O
specified	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
pass	O
straight	O
through	O
(	O
or	O
be	O
refracted	O
,	O
see	O
refractive	O
index	O
or	O
IOR	O
)	O
to	O
another	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
one	O
is	O
defined	O
,	O
a	O
volume	O
shader	O
describes	O
the	O
light	O
interaction	O
as	O
it	O
passes	O
through	O
the	O
volume	O
of	O
the	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
way	O
,	O
textures	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
surface	O
more	O
detailed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EEVEE	O
(	O
or	O
Eevee	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
PBR	O
renderer	O
included	O
in	O
Blender	B-Application
from	O
version	O
2.8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
:	O
</s>
<s>
Proprietary	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
allows	O
procedural	O
and	O
node-based	O
textures	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
texture	O
painting	O
,	O
projective	O
painting	O
,	O
vertex	B-Application
painting	I-Application
,	O
weight	O
painting	O
and	O
dynamic	O
painting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
has	O
a	O
node-based	O
compositor	O
within	O
the	O
rendering	O
pipeline	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
accelerated	O
with	O
OpenCL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
non-linear	O
video	O
editor	O
called	O
the	O
Video	O
Sequence	O
Editor	O
(	O
VSE	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
effects	O
like	O
Gaussian	B-Error_Name
blur	I-Error_Name
,	O
color	O
grading	O
,	O
fade	O
and	O
wipe	O
transitions	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
video	O
transformations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
supports	O
Python	B-Language
scripting	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
custom	O
tools	O
,	O
prototyping	O
,	O
importing/exporting	O
from	O
other	O
formats	O
,	O
and	O
task	O
automation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
features	O
an	O
internal	O
file	O
system	O
that	O
can	O
pack	O
multiple	O
scenes	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
"	O
.blend	O
"	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
Blender	B-Application
's	O
"	O
.blend	O
"	O
files	O
are	O
forward	O
,	O
backward	O
,	O
and	O
cross-platform	O
compatible	O
with	O
other	O
versions	O
of	O
Blender	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
following	O
exceptions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Loading	O
animations	O
stored	O
in	O
post-2.5	O
files	O
in	O
Blender	B-Application
pre-2.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
reworked	O
animation	O
subsystem	O
introduced	O
in	O
Blender	B-Application
2.5	O
being	O
inherently	O
incompatible	O
with	O
older	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Loading	O
meshes	B-Algorithm
stored	O
in	O
post	O
2.63	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
BMesh	O
,	O
a	O
more	O
versatile	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
2.8	O
"	O
.blend	O
"	O
files	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
fully	O
backward	O
compatible	O
,	O
causing	O
errors	O
when	O
opened	O
in	O
previous	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
3.x	O
"	O
.blend	O
"	O
files	O
are	O
not	O
completely	O
backwards-compatible	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
and	O
may	O
cause	O
errors	O
with	O
previous	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Likewise	O
,	O
"	O
.blend	O
"	O
files	O
themselves	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
libraries	O
of	O
Blender	B-Application
assets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
import/export	O
scripts	O
that	O
extend	O
Blender	B-Application
capabilities	O
(	O
accessing	O
the	O
object	O
data	O
via	O
an	O
internal	O
API	B-Application
)	O
make	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
interoperate	O
with	O
other	O
3D	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
organizes	O
data	O
as	O
various	O
kinds	O
of	O
"	O
data	O
blocks	O
"	O
(	O
akin	O
to	O
glTF	B-Language
)	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Objects	O
,	O
Meshes	B-Algorithm
,	O
Lamps	O
,	O
Scenes	O
,	O
Materials	O
,	O
Images	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
object	O
in	O
Blender	B-Application
consists	O
of	O
multiple	O
data	O
blocks	O
–	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
what	O
the	O
user	O
would	O
describe	O
as	O
a	O
polygon	B-Algorithm
mesh	I-Algorithm
consists	O
of	O
at	O
least	O
an	O
Object	O
and	O
a	O
Mesh	B-Algorithm
data	O
block	O
,	O
and	O
usually	O
also	O
a	O
Material	O
and	O
many	O
more	O
,	O
linked	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
may	O
be	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
multiple	O
Objects	O
that	O
refer	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
Mesh	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
making	O
subsequent	O
editing	O
of	O
the	O
shared	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
results	O
in	O
shape	O
changes	O
in	O
all	O
Objects	O
using	O
this	O
Mesh	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Objects	O
,	O
meshes	B-Algorithm
,	O
materials	O
,	O
textures	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
supports	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
3D	O
file	O
formats	O
for	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
,	O
among	O
them	O
Alembic	O
,	O
3D	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
(	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
FBX	B-Application
,	O
DXF	O
,	O
SVG	B-Application
,	O
STL	O
(	O
for	O
3D	O
printing	O
)	O
,	O
UDIM	O
,	O
USD	B-General_Concept
,	O
VRML	B-Application
,	O
WebM	B-Application
,	O
X3D	B-Application
and	O
OBJ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Blender	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
was	O
a	O
built-in	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
graphics	O
and	O
logic	O
engine	O
with	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
collision	O
detection	O
,	O
a	O
dynamics	O
engine	O
,	O
and	O
programmable	O
logic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
allowed	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
stand-alone	O
,	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
applications	O
ranging	O
from	O
architectural	O
visualization	O
to	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
engine	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
upcoming	O
Blender	B-Application
2.8	O
release	O
series	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
updates	O
and	O
revisions	O
to	O
the	O
engine	O
lagging	O
behind	O
other	O
game	O
engines	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
open-source	B-License
Godot	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Unity	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2.8	O
announcements	O
,	O
the	O
Blender	B-Application
team	O
specifically	O
mentioned	O
the	O
Godot	B-Application
engine	I-Application
as	O
a	O
suitable	O
replacement	O
for	O
migrating	O
Blender	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
Internal	O
,	O
a	O
biased	O
rasterization	O
engine	O
and	O
scanline	B-Algorithm
renderer	I-Algorithm
used	O
in	O
previous	O
versions	O
of	O
Blender	B-Application
,	O
was	O
also	O
removed	O
for	O
the	O
2.80	O
release	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
"	O
Eevee	O
"	O
renderer	O
,	O
a	O
realtime	O
physically	O
based	O
renderer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Python	B-Language
expressions	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
typed	O
directly	O
into	O
number	O
entry	O
fields	O
,	O
allowing	O
mathematical	O
expressions	O
to	O
specify	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
includes	O
many	O
modes	O
for	O
interacting	O
with	O
objects	O
,	O
the	O
two	O
primary	O
ones	O
being	O
Object	O
Mode	O
and	O
Edit	O
Mode	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
toggled	O
with	O
the	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
an	O
Object	O
Mode	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
move	O
,	O
scale	O
,	O
and	O
rotate	O
entire	O
polygon	B-Algorithm
meshes	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
Edit	O
Mode	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
manipulate	O
the	O
individual	O
vertices	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Blender	B-Application
GUI	B-Application
builds	O
its	O
tiled	O
windowing	O
system	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
one	O
or	O
multiple	O
windows	B-Application
provided	O
by	O
the	O
underlying	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
platform	O
window	O
(	O
often	O
sized	O
to	O
fill	O
the	O
screen	O
)	O
is	O
divided	O
into	O
sections	O
and	O
subsections	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
of	O
any	O
type	O
of	O
Blender	B-Application
's	O
views	O
or	O
window	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
can	O
define	O
multiple	O
layouts	O
of	O
such	O
Blender	B-Application
windows	B-Application
,	O
called	O
screens	O
,	O
and	O
switch	O
quickly	O
between	O
them	O
by	O
selecting	O
from	O
a	O
menu	O
or	O
with	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
window	O
type	O
's	O
own	O
GUI	B-Application
elements	O
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
tools	O
that	O
manipulate	O
the	O
3D	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
one	O
can	O
zoom	O
in	O
and	O
out	O
of	O
GUI-buttons	O
using	O
similar	O
controls	O
,	O
one	O
zooms	O
in	O
and	O
out	O
in	O
the	O
3D	O
viewport	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GUI	B-Application
viewport	O
and	O
screen	O
layout	O
are	O
fully	O
user-customizable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
opening	O
of	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
Blender	B-Application
has	O
experienced	O
significant	O
refactoring	O
of	O
the	O
initial	O
codebase	O
and	O
major	O
additions	O
to	O
its	O
feature	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Improvements	O
include	O
an	O
animation	O
system	O
refresh	O
;	O
a	O
stack-based	O
modifier	O
system	O
;	O
an	O
updated	O
particle	O
system	O
(	O
which	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
simulate	O
hair	O
and	O
fur	O
)	O
;	O
fluid	O
dynamics	O
;	O
soft-body	O
dynamics	O
;	O
GLSL	B-Language
shaders	O
support	O
in	O
the	O
game	B-Application
engine	I-Application
;	O
advanced	O
UV	O
unwrapping	O
;	O
a	O
fully	O
recoded	O
render	O
pipeline	O
,	O
allowing	O
separate	O
render	O
passes	O
and	O
"	O
render	O
to	O
texture	O
"	O
;	O
node-based	O
material	O
editing	O
and	O
compositing	O
;	O
and	O
projection	O
painting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
these	O
developments	O
was	O
fostered	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
program	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	B-License
Blender	I-License
Foundation	I-License
has	O
participated	O
since	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Historically	O
,	O
Blender	B-Application
has	O
used	O
Phabricator	B-Language
to	O
manage	O
its	O
development	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
announcement	O
in	O
2021	O
that	O
Phabricator	B-Language
would	O
be	O
discontinued	O
,	O
the	O
Blender	B-Application
Institute	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
migrating	O
to	O
another	O
software	O
in	O
early	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
extensive	O
debate	O
on	O
what	O
software	O
it	O
should	O
choose	O
it	O
was	O
finally	O
decided	O
to	O
migrate	O
to	O
Gitea	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
migration	O
from	O
Phabricator	B-Language
to	O
Gitea	B-Application
is	O
currently	O
a	O
work	O
in	O
progress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Official	O
planning	O
for	O
the	O
next	O
major	O
revision	O
of	O
Blender	B-Application
after	O
the	O
2.7	O
series	O
began	O
in	O
the	O
latter	O
half	O
of	O
2015	O
,	O
with	O
potential	O
targets	O
including	O
a	O
more	O
configurable	O
UI	O
(	O
dubbed	O
"	O
Blender	B-Application
101	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
Physically	O
based	O
rendering	O
(	O
PBR	O
)	O
(	O
dubbed	O
EEVEE	O
for	O
"	O
Extra	O
Easy	O
Virtual	O
Environment	O
Engine	O
"	O
)	O
to	O
bring	O
improved	O
realtime	O
3D	O
graphics	O
to	O
the	O
viewport	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
C++11	O
and	O
C99	O
in	O
the	O
codebase	O
,	O
moving	O
to	O
a	O
newer	O
version	O
of	O
OpenGL	B-Application
and	O
dropping	O
support	O
for	O
versions	O
before	O
3.2	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
possible	O
overhaul	O
of	O
the	O
particle	O
and	O
constraint	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
Internal	O
renderer	O
has	O
been	O
removed	O
from	O
2.8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code	O
Quest	O
was	O
a	O
project	O
started	O
in	O
April	O
2018	O
set	O
in	O
Amsterdam	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
Blender	B-Application
Institute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
to	O
get	O
a	O
large	O
development	O
team	O
working	O
in	O
one	O
place	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
speed	O
up	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Blender	B-Application
2.8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
June	O
29	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
Code	O
Quest	O
project	O
ended	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
July	O
2	O
,	O
the	O
alpha	B-Device
version	O
was	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
2.80	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
30	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
23	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
the	B-License
Blender	I-License
Foundation	I-License
announced	O
the	O
Cycles	O
X	B-Operating_System
project	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
improved	O
the	O
Cycles	O
architecture	O
for	O
future	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Key	O
changes	O
included	O
a	O
new	O
kernel	O
,	O
removal	O
of	O
default	O
tiled	O
rendering	O
(	O
replaced	O
by	O
progressive	O
refine	O
)	O
,	O
removal	O
of	O
branched	O
path	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
OpenCL	B-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cycles	O
X	B-Operating_System
had	O
only	O
been	O
accessible	O
in	O
an	O
experimental	O
branch	O
until	O
September	O
21	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
merged	O
into	O
the	O
master	O
build	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
is	O
extensively	O
documented	O
on	O
its	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
online	O
communities	O
dedicated	O
to	O
support	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Blender	B-Application
Stack	O
Exchange	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
Blender	B-Application
's	O
open-source	B-License
nature	O
,	O
other	O
programs	O
have	O
tried	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
its	O
success	O
by	O
repackaging	O
and	O
selling	O
cosmetically	O
modified	O
versions	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
include	O
IllusionMage	O
,	O
3DMofun	O
,	O
3DMagix	O
,	O
and	O
Fluid	O
Designer	O
,	O
the	O
latter	O
being	O
recognized	O
as	O
Blender-based	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
started	O
as	O
an	O
in-house	O
tool	O
for	O
NeoGeo	B-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
Dutch	O
commercial	O
animation	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
large	O
professional	O
project	O
that	O
used	O
Blender	B-Application
was	O
Spider-Man	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
primarily	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
animatics	O
and	O
pre-visualizations	O
for	O
the	O
storyboard	O
department	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
French-language	O
film	O
Friday	O
or	O
Another	O
Day	O
(	O
)	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
35mm	O
feature	O
film	O
to	O
use	O
Blender	B-Application
for	O
all	O
the	O
special	O
effects	O
,	O
made	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
workstations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tomm	O
Moore	O
's	O
The	O
Secret	O
of	O
Kells	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
partly	O
produced	O
in	O
Blender	B-Application
by	O
the	O
Belgian	O
studio	O
Digital	O
Graphics	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
nominated	O
for	O
an	O
Oscar	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
"	O
Best	O
Animated	O
Feature	O
Film	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
has	O
also	O
been	O
used	O
for	O
shows	O
on	O
the	O
History	O
Channel	O
,	O
alongside	O
many	O
other	O
professional	O
3D	O
graphics	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plumíferos	O
,	O
a	O
commercial	O
animated	O
feature	O
film	O
created	O
entirely	O
in	O
Blender	B-Application
,	O
had	O
premiered	O
in	O
February	O
2010	O
in	O
Argentina	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
is	O
used	O
by	O
NASA	O
for	O
many	O
publicly	O
available	O
3D	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Special	O
effects	O
for	O
episode	O
6	O
of	O
Red	O
Dwarf	O
season	O
X	B-Operating_System
,	O
screened	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
were	O
created	O
using	O
Blender	B-Application
as	O
confirmed	O
by	O
Ben	O
Simonds	O
of	O
Gecko	O
Animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
was	O
used	O
for	O
previsualization	O
in	O
Captain	O
America	O
:	O
The	O
Winter	O
Soldier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
promotional	O
artwork	O
for	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
for	I-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
3DS	I-Application
and	I-Application
Wii	I-Application
U	I-Application
was	O
partially	O
created	O
using	O
Blender	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
alternative	O
hip-hop	O
group	O
Death	O
Grips	O
has	O
used	O
Blender	B-Application
to	O
produce	O
music	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
visual	O
effects	O
for	O
the	O
TV	O
series	O
The	O
Man	O
in	O
the	O
High	O
Castle	O
were	O
done	O
in	O
Blender	B-Application
,	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
particle	O
simulations	O
relegated	O
to	O
Houdini	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NASA	O
also	O
used	O
Blender	B-Application
to	O
develop	O
an	O
interactive	O
web	O
application	O
Experience	B-Application
Curiosity	I-Application
to	O
celebrate	O
the	O
3rd	O
anniversary	O
of	O
the	O
Curiosity	O
rover	O
landing	O
on	O
Mars	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
app	O
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
operate	O
the	O
rover	O
,	O
control	O
its	O
cameras	O
and	O
the	O
robotic	O
arm	O
and	O
reproduces	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
prominent	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
Mars	B-Application
Science	O
Laboratory	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
was	O
presented	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
WebGL	B-Library
section	O
on	O
SIGGRAPH	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
was	O
used	O
for	O
both	O
CGI	O
and	O
compositing	O
for	O
the	O
movie	O
Hardcore	O
Henry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
visual	O
effects	O
in	O
the	O
feature	O
film	O
Sabogal	O
were	O
done	O
in	O
Blender	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VFX	O
supervisor	O
Bill	O
Westenhofer	O
used	O
Blender	B-Application
to	O
create	O
the	O
character	O
"	O
Murloc	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
2016	O
film	O
Warcraft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	O
David	O
F	O
.	O
Sandberg	O
used	O
Blender	B-Application
for	O
multiple	O
shots	O
in	O
Lights	O
Out	O
,	O
and	O
Annabelle	O
:	O
Creation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
was	O
used	O
for	O
doing	O
the	O
animation	O
in	O
the	O
film	O
Cinderella	O
the	O
Cat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VFX	O
Artist	O
Ian	O
Hubert	O
used	O
Blender	B-Application
for	O
the	O
science	O
fiction	O
film	O
Prospect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2018	O
film	O
Next	O
Gen	O
was	O
fully	O
created	O
in	O
Blender	B-Application
by	O
Tangent	O
Animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
team	O
of	O
developers	O
worked	O
on	O
improving	O
Blender	B-Application
for	O
internal	O
use	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
planned	O
to	O
eventually	O
add	O
those	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
official	O
Blender	B-Application
build	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2019	O
film	O
I	O
Lost	O
My	O
Body	O
was	O
largely	O
animated	O
using	O
Blender	B-Application
's	O
Grease	O
Pencil	O
tool	O
by	O
drawing	O
over	O
CGI	O
animation	O
allowing	O
for	O
a	O
real	O
sense	O
of	O
camera	O
movement	O
that	O
is	O
harder	O
to	O
achieve	O
in	O
purely	O
traditionally	O
drawn	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubisoft	O
Animation	O
Studio	O
will	O
use	O
Blender	B-Application
to	O
replace	O
its	O
internal	O
content	O
creation	O
software	O
starting	O
in	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Khara	O
and	O
its	O
child	O
company	O
Project	O
Studio	O
Q	O
are	O
trying	O
to	O
replace	O
their	O
main	O
tool	O
,	O
3ds	B-Language
Max	I-Language
,	O
with	O
Blender	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
started	O
"	O
field	O
verification	O
"	O
of	O
Blender	B-Application
during	O
their	O
ongoing	O
production	O
of	O
Evangelion	O
:	O
3.0	O
+	O
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2020	O
film	O
Wolfwalkers	O
was	O
partially	O
created	O
using	O
Blender	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
SPA	O
Studios	O
started	O
hiring	O
Blender	B-Application
artists	O
and	O
as	O
of	O
2022	O
,	O
contributes	O
to	O
Blender	B-Application
Development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2021	O
Netflix	O
production	O
Maya	O
and	O
the	O
Three	O
was	O
created	O
using	O
Blender	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animation	O
started	O
hiring	O
Blender	B-Application
artists	O
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VFX	O
company	O
Makuta	O
VFX	O
used	O
Blender	B-Application
for	O
the	O
VFX	O
for	O
Indian	O
blockbuster	O
RRR	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2005	O
,	O
every	O
1	O
–	O
2	O
years	O
the	B-License
Blender	I-License
Foundation	I-License
has	O
announced	O
a	O
new	O
creative	O
project	O
to	O
help	O
drive	O
innovation	O
in	O
Blender	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
open	O
movie	O
project	O
,	O
Elephants	O
Dream	O
,	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
the	B-License
Blender	I-License
Foundation	I-License
founded	O
the	O
Blender	B-Application
Institute	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
additional	O
projects	O
,	O
with	O
two	O
projects	O
announced	O
at	O
first	O
:	O
Big	O
Buck	O
Bunny	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Project	O
Peach	O
(	O
a	O
"	O
furry	O
and	O
funny	O
"	O
short	O
open	O
animated	O
film	O
project	O
)	O
;	O
and	O
Yo	O
Frankie	O
!,	O
or	O
Project	O
Apricot	B-Application
,	O
an	O
open	O
game	O
utilizing	O
the	O
Crystal	B-Language
Space	I-Language
game	B-Application
engine	I-Application
that	O
reused	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
assets	O
created	O
for	O
Big	O
Buck	O
Bunny	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2005	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
notable	O
Blender	B-Application
artists	O
and	O
developers	O
began	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
short	O
film	O
using	O
primarily	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
in	O
an	O
initiative	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Orange	O
Movie	O
Project	O
hosted	O
by	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
Media	O
Art	O
Institute	O
(	O
NIMk	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
later	O
made	O
its	O
way	O
to	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
's	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Video	I-Application
in	O
May	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Apricot	B-Application
"	O
was	O
the	O
project	O
name	O
for	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
a	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
universe	O
and	O
characters	O
of	O
the	O
Peach	O
movie	O
(	O
Big	O
Buck	O
Bunny	O
)	O
using	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
including	O
the	O
Crystal	B-Language
Space	I-Language
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
game	O
is	O
titled	O
Yo	B-Application
Frankie	I-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
eventually	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
9	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
under	O
either	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
or	O
LGPL	B-Application
,	O
with	O
all	O
content	O
being	O
licensed	O
under	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
Attribution	O
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-License
Blender	I-License
Foundation	I-License
's	O
Project	O
Durian	O
(	O
in	O
keeping	O
with	O
the	O
tradition	O
of	O
fruits	O
as	O
code	O
names	O
)	O
was	O
this	O
time	O
chosen	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
fantasy	B-Application
action	O
epic	O
of	O
about	O
twelve	O
minutes	O
in	O
length	O
,	O
starring	O
a	O
teenage	O
girl	O
and	O
a	O
young	O
dragon	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
features	O
integrated	O
into	O
Blender	B-Application
2.5	O
and	O
beyond	O
were	O
a	O
direct	O
result	O
of	O
Project	O
Durian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
2	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
fourth	O
open	O
movie	O
project	O
,	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Mango	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
the	B-License
Blender	I-License
Foundation	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
Blender	B-Application
open	O
movie	O
to	O
use	O
live	O
action	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
CG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
ten	O
minute	O
pilot	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
on	O
August	O
10	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
project	O
demonstrates	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
rendering	I-General_Concept
capabilities	O
using	O
OpenGL	B-Application
for	O
3D	O
cartoon	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glass	O
Half	O
was	O
financed	O
by	O
the	B-License
Blender	I-License
Foundation	I-License
with	O
proceeds	O
from	O
the	O
Blender	B-Application
Cloud	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
three-minute	O
teaser	O
is	O
uploaded	O
to	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
by	O
the	O
official	O
Blender	B-Application
Studio	O
channel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Agent	O
327	O
:	O
Operation	O
Barbershop	O
showcases	O
the	O
latest	O
technology	O
of	O
Cycles	O
engine	O
,	O
the	O
render	O
engine	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
Blender	B-Application
since	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Assets	O
from	O
this	O
teaser	O
have	O
been	O
released	O
under	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
license	O
via	O
Blender	B-Application
Cloud	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hero	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
open	O
movie	O
project	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
Grease	O
Pencil	O
,	O
a	O
2D	O
animation	O
tool	O
in	O
Blender	B-Application
2.8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
put	O
on	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
on	O
April	O
16	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
purpose	O
was	O
to	O
test	O
Blender	B-Application
2.8	O
'	O
s	O
capabilities	O
before	O
its	O
official	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
collection	O
of	O
assets	O
and	O
animated	O
scenes	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
Blender	B-Application
Studio	O
in	O
2020	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
emphasis	O
on	O
expressive	O
non-photorealistic	O
rendering	O
and	O
experimental	O
shading	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
premiered	O
at	O
Eye	O
Film	O
in	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
on	O
28	O
October	O
2021	O
and	O
was	O
publicly	O
released	O
on	O
Blender	B-Application
Studio	O
and	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
on	O
29	O
October	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
short	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
Iceland	O
and	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
improve	O
Blender	B-Application
's	O
PBR	O
texturing	O
workflow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Blender	B-Application
Studio	O
platform	O
,	O
launched	O
in	O
March	O
2014	O
as	O
Blender	B-Application
Cloud	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
subscription-based	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
platform	I-Architecture
where	O
members	O
can	O
access	O
Blender	B-Application
add-ons	O
,	O
courses	O
and	O
to	O
keep	O
track	O
of	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
Blender	B-Application
Studio	O
's	O
open	O
movies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
currently	O
operated	O
by	O
the	O
Blender	B-Application
Studio	O
,	O
formerly	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Blender	B-Application
Institute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
launched	O
to	O
promote	O
and	O
fundraiser	O
for	O
Project	O
:	O
Gooseberry	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
selling	O
of	O
DVDs	O
by	O
the	B-License
Blender	I-License
Foundation	I-License
with	O
a	O
subscription-based	O
model	O
for	O
file	O
hosting	O
,	O
asset	O
sharing	O
and	O
collaboration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
Add-ons	O
included	O
in	O
Blender	B-Application
Studio	O
are	O
CloudRig	O
,	O
Blender	B-Application
Kitsu	O
,	O
Contact	O
sheet	O
Add-on	O
,	O
Blender	B-Application
Purge	O
and	O
Shot	O
Builder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
rebranded	O
from	O
Blender	B-Application
Cloud	I-Application
to	O
Blender	B-Application
Studio	O
on	O
22	O
October	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Blender	B-Application
development	O
fund	O
is	O
a	O
subscription	O
where	O
individuals	O
and	O
companies	O
can	O
fund	O
Blender	B-Application
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corporate	O
members	O
include	O
Epic	O
Games	O
,	O
Nvidia	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Apple	O
,	O
Unity	B-Application
,	O
Intel	O
,	O
Decentraland	B-Protocol
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
,	O
Meta	O
,	O
AMD	O
,	O
Adobe	O
and	O
many	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
You	O
can	O
also	O
provide	O
one	O
time	O
donations	O
to	O
Blender	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Blender	B-Application
ID	I-Application
is	O
a	O
unified	O
login	O
for	O
Blender	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
service	O
users	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
login	O
for	O
Blender	B-Application
Studio	O
,	O
the	O
Blender	B-Application
Store	O
,	O
the	O
Blender	B-Application
Conference	O
,	O
Blender	B-Application
Network	O
,	O
Blender	B-Application
Development	O
Fund	O
,	O
and	O
the	B-License
Blender	I-License
Foundation	I-License
Certified	O
Trainer	O
Program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Blender	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Data	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
to	O
collect	O
,	O
display	O
,	O
and	O
query	O
benchmark	O
data	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
Blender	B-Application
community	O
with	O
related	O
Blender	B-Application
Benchmark	I-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Blender	B-Application
Network	O
was	O
an	O
online	O
platform	O
to	O
enable	O
online	O
professionals	O
to	O
conducts	O
business	O
with	O
Blender	B-Application
and	O
provide	O
online	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
store	O
to	O
buy	O
Blender	B-Application
merchandise	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
shirts	O
,	O
socks	O
,	O
beanies	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
