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Re: Blender 2.93 LTS

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Post by me_bx »

franciscop wrote: post #16

I entered just yesterday to Blender News[1] and was wondering why there aren't any new articles in 6 months. Even Blender Guru[2] seems to have stopped for almost a year. Does anyone have some insight on why these two stopped/slowed down? I remember these two were amazing sources of technical posts about Blender and I loved reading and learning about it there. [1] https://www.blender.org/category/news/ [2] https://ww…

The news page linked to in the home page features at least one article for each Month this year: https://www.blender.org/news/ .

A lot of communication is also made through Blender's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlenderFoundation/videos .

Re: Blender 2.93 LTS

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Post by dwheeler »

mkaic wrote: post #12
flyingfences wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm still completely confused what the title they chose is supposed to mean. What's ending? They don't say. I scrolled through that whole page and if just looks like their normal release showcase. Does this just mean that they're bumping up the version number to 3.0 with some big new core features? It sounds like something significant is coming to an end, like Blender isn't going to keep being Blender.

2.93 marks the last Blender 2.X release, which is significant because Blender 2.0 came out in August of 2000. 21 years of 2.X development is the "Era" they're referring to. The next major release will be 3.0!

Ok, but what is expected to be different in 3.0? That is left unsaid.

Re: Blender 2.93 LTS

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Post by est31 »

Any news about the LANPR renderer that has been built as a part of GSoC a few years ago? What are the blockers for merging it into master?

Re: Blender 2.93 LTS

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Post by edflsafoiewq »

dwheeler wrote: post #23
mkaic wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

2.93 marks the last Blender 2.X release, which is significant because Blender 2.0 came out in August of 2000. 21 years of 2.X development is the "Era" they're referring to. The next major release will be 3.0!

Ok, but what is expected to be different in 3.0? That is left unsaid.

3.0 is just a normal release, they're just switching to a new numbering scheme. See https://code.blender.org/2020/02/release-planning-2020-2025/.

Re: Blender 2.93 LTS

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Post by mrspeaker »

Shadonototro wrote: post #22

2.8 was game changer, i used to hate blender, i now love it! the UI upgrade changed everything!

I dream that one day whoever did that incredible transformation to Blender would do the same to Inkscape and Gimp UIs. In one or two versions it went from the past to the future!

Re: Blender 2.93 LTS

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Post by dzonga »

I have always admired blender, since I was 14. Now, in my late 20s. It's just the lack of talent that stops me from using it. But will always admire what it can do, and what Blender does for creatives.

Re: Blender 2.93 LTS

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Post by geuis »

I am a COMPLETE amateur. That being said, I’ve been using blender for 3D print modeling. There’s a thing I’ve been working on for a few months that was almost impossible in 2.92 and prior. App would crash all the time. Someone more experienced was able to use the new geometry nodes in 2.93 and was able to super efficiently create the same effect. I’m really glad it’s now out of beta.

Re: Blender 2.93 LTS

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Post by Wistar »

Phrodo_00 wrote: post #20
can16358p wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not professional or anything but I find 3ds max UI and way of doing things/UI/toolbars/working with geometry and keyboard shortcuts MUCH more intuitive than Blender. Everybody says Blender is awesome and I respect that, but seriously, no matter how hard I try I always end up saying "this is much easier in 3ds max". Any recommendations?

Have you tried it after 2.7? I'm not familiar with 3d modeling, but I heard a lot of people praising the UI changes for that release

Yes. 2.8 was the big UI change which made it a lot more familiar to folks used to the "mainstream" 3D suites/apps.

Re: Blender 2.93 LTS

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Post by mastax »

Wow, Blender's video editor is really coming along. I'll have to try it out. Might be the best open source video editor available.
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