{"id":97502,"date":"2026-07-16T18:38:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/?page_id=97502"},"modified":"2026-07-27T17:52:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:52:01","slug":"5-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/releases\/5-2\/","title":{"rendered":"5.2 LTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"recap\" class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9c5344ed wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-78cc654d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center fw-light\">Showcase Reel<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube mb-0  text-balance wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blender 5.2 LTS - Showcase Reel\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gqfLYIJMv7I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blender 5.2 LTS showcase reel featuring work by the Blender community.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"recap\" class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9c5344ed wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-78cc654d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center fw-light\">Watch the <strong>Recap<\/strong> Video<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube mb-0  text-balance wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What&amp;apos;s New in Blender 5.2 LTS! Official Overview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g4OXlrxqIx0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New features overview by Jonathan Lampel and Wayne Dixon from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@cg_cookie\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@cg_cookie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CGCookie<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CartesianCaramel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cartesian Caramel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@PCaggegi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paul Caggegi<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"intro\" class=\"wp-block-group has-black-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div id=\"intro-text\" class=\"wp-block-group container has-features-io-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d44c81ce wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e35eba&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e35eba\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized align-items-center wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/splash5_2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96517\" style=\"width:720px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/splash5_2.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/splash5_2-512x256.webp 512w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/splash5_2-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blender 5.2 LTS splash artwork by Joanna Kobierska, featuring the now-extinct&nbsp;<em>Panthera spelaea<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Released July 14th, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cover is-repeated\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\" id=\"nodes\"><div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Node Editor Background\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-95889 size-full is-repeated\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bg_compositor_pattern.png)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#666666\">GEOMETRY NODES<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up is-style-default has-features-geonodes-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\" style=\"font-size:64px\">Music to your <strong>Nodes<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center in-viewport-fade fade-up has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine driving your nodes with imported audio files, how does that sound?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-437b9673 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center text-left is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"in-viewport-fade fade-up wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<strong>Sample Sound Frequencies<\/strong>&nbsp;node, coupled with the new Sound socket, brings audio-reactive animations and simulations to Geometry Nodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"in-viewport-fade fade-up wp-block-paragraph\">Sound files can be loaded directly into the node tree. To hear them during playback, add them to the Video Sequencer as well, and set Playback Sync to <strong>&#8220;Sync to Audio&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-features-geonodes-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/modeling\/geometry_nodes\/utilities\/sound\/sample_sound_frequencies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Manual<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e36825&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e36825\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full m-0 wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"432\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"Sample Sound Frequencies\" class=\"wp-image-97233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image.png 531w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-512x417.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sample Sound Frequencies node.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top text-left has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video m-0\"><video height=\"512\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 512 \/ 512;\" width=\"512\" controls loop src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sample_sound_demo_cartesian_caramel.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Warning: contains sound. Audio-reactive animation by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWhBCjYmCou\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cartesian Caramel<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-ed3a97f3 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-features-geonodes-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/demo\/geometry-nodes\/sample_sound_frequencies.blend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Demo File<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mb-6 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"670\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 860 \/ 670;\" width=\"860\" autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/geonodes_bevel_blender_52.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#666666\">GEOMETRY NODES<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up has-features-geonodes-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-3\"><strong>Bevel<\/strong> and be well<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default text-balance has-white-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A new node enters the chat: <strong>Mesh Bevel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default text-balance has-white-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The long awaited power of detailed procedural control over the edges or vertices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-features-geonodes-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/modeling\/geometry_nodes\/mesh\/operations\/mesh_bevel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Manual<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container text-center is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container is-style-box d-none has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ea731126 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#0085a6ba;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container is-style-default is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center in-viewport-fade fade-up fade-bottom text-balance has-link-color wp-elements-4 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left fw-light is-style-default text-balance has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5\" style=\"color:#8be7fe\"><strong>Cloth Dynamics<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Quickly add a cloth-like behaviour to any mesh with a new node-based modifier (and a node group as well). Comes with a list of built-in controls for pinning, tearing, controlling stretch and bendiness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center in-viewport-fade fade-up fade-bottom text-balance has-link-color wp-elements-6 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left fw-light is-style-default text-balance has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7\" style=\"color:#8be7fe\"><strong>Hair Dynamics<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Hair physics work similarly to cloth: the only extra requirement is having a surface object to attach hair to. The set up itself can be automated with the updated Empty hair operator.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#8be7fe\"><strong>Effectors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">New node-based dynamics come with a bunch of built-in effectors for effortless gravity and\/or surface collision application. In 5.2. LTS, three types of customisable effectors are available:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6f547aa5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top in-viewport-fade fade-up fade-bottom text-balance has-link-color wp-elements-9 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left fw-light is-style-default text-balance has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10\" style=\"color:#8be7fe\">Colliders<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Apply a Collider modifier to transform any closed mesh into a collision object. Or go further in a fully procedural set up and use the collider effector bundle and pass into the dynamics node.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top in-viewport-fade fade-up fade-bottom text-balance has-link-color wp-elements-11 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left fw-light is-style-default text-balance has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-12\" style=\"color:#8be7fe\">Forces<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Built-in gravity setup is available, as well as endless possibilities to build your own custom forces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top in-viewport-fade fade-up fade-bottom text-balance has-link-color wp-elements-13 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left fw-light is-style-default text-balance has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-14\" style=\"color:#8be7fe\">Custom effectors<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Inject fully custom behaviour into simulations using Closure and Custom Effector nodes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-15 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#8be7fe\"><strong>Tag&amp;Filter <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Tag-based filtering system for effectors is also here to easily determine which geometries they affect. Each simulated geometry can have multiple tags for the effector to specify which tags it should affect.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3f922a96 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center text-left has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group text-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-465a6c32 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light is-style-default in-viewport-fade fade-up has-features-geonodes-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-16\">Physics: <strong>Solved<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reimagined, node based: Blender 5.2. LTS introduces a brand new procedural approach to physics for hair and cloth simulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"in-viewport-fade fade-up wp-block-paragraph\">The power behind experimental node-based physics lies within the new built-in XPBD Solver node.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"in-viewport-fade fade-up wp-block-paragraph\">While built-in assets contain use-case specific declarative systems around it, advanced users can customize the simulations further. Adapt existing node groups by editing constraints as needed or create a new simulation system from scratch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-features-geonodes-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/modeling\/geometry_nodes\/simulation\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Manual<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center text-left has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full m-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/xpbd_solver_node.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/xpbd_solver_node.png 749w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/xpbd_solver_node-512x352.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-black-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-56597e6c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">What the community is creating with node-based physics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-17 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vegetation interaction test render with the new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blender?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blender<\/a> 5.2 Alpha Cloth Dynamics node in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/geometrynodes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#geometrynodes<\/a> and rendered with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/b3d?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#b3d<\/a> Cycles<br>Animated hippo 3D model from Sketchfab <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bBAeHrSO63\">pic.twitter.com\/bBAeHrSO63<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kevin Lim Wanasili (@_cgman_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_cgman_\/status\/2057088837508378770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Testing a bit more of the new cloth simulation in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/geometrynodes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#geometrynodes<\/a> on Blender 5.2, really cool, optimized, and above all very customizable! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/b3d?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#b3d<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/clothsim?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#clothsim<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lDMtM09m4d\">pic.twitter.com\/lDMtM09m4d<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Wender Silva (@wendervfx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wendervfx\/status\/2071632445879763140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cloth sim experiment <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/b3d?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#b3d<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/geometrynodes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#geometrynodes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p8B6fM90x9\">pic.twitter.com\/p8B6fM90x9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cartesian Caramel (@Cartesian_C) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cartesian_C\/status\/2067286495619141921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">all done :) i learned a lot about the new cloth solver nodes. these are exciting times! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WKuqbgl1IH\">pic.twitter.com\/WKuqbgl1IH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ashlee! COMMS OPEN (@ashlee3dee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashlee3dee\/status\/2056348679498248348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons in-viewport-fade fade-up is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-features-geonodes-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/search?q=%23GeometryNodes+%23b3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#GeometryNodes on Bluesky<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-features-geonodes-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/tags\/GeometryNodes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on mstdn.social<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-features-geonodes-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23GeometryNodes%20%23b3d&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on X<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center has-link-color wp-elements-18 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up has-features-geonodes-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-19\">Bundle Up<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Blender 5.0 introduced the concept of <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/modeling\/geometry_nodes\/utilities\/bundle\/index.html\">bundles<\/a>, which can now be attached to geometry to carry arbitrary data across modifier and object boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Use new <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/modeling\/geometry_nodes\/geometry\/read\/get_geometry_bundle.html\">Get Geometry Bundle<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/modeling\/geometry_nodes\/geometry\/write\/set_geometry_bundle.html\">Set Geometry bundle<\/a><\/strong> nodes to unlock new workflows and possibilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e3928b&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e3928b\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"464\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/set_get_geometry_bundles.webp\" alt=\"Set and Get Geometry Bundle nodes.\" class=\"wp-image-97238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/set_get_geometry_bundles.webp 651w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/set_get_geometry_bundles-512x365.webp 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Set and Get Geometry Bundle nodes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group in-viewport-fade fade-up is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up has-features-geonodes-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-20\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">More Geometry Nodes<\/h1>\n\n\n<div id=\"word-cloud-block_c45cac4dd7347e12349df09d271ea089\" class=\"block-word-cloud container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-words-cloud-categories\" style=\"column-count: 2;\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Lists<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/273ee80a021c172082be46d23340b5b7ae17ecc9\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew core data type that allows storing a sequence of arbitrary length (e.g. numbers or strings). Lots of new nodes were added to provide control.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/e7e84d446085\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCreate lists through <strong>Field to List<\/strong> and <strong>Closure to List<\/strong> nodes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/157301\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess lists with <strong>List Length<\/strong> and <strong>Get List Item<\/strong> nodes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/207d331f7087d2a771b4b598ea3474814dc4a855\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tModify lists with classic Math nodes as well as new <strong>Filter List<\/strong> and <strong>Sort List<\/strong> nodes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Attributes<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/7fd7e77af3952ba36cdb9bf157276070cb6d1fb2\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Capture Attribute node now supports selection.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/24f3c4aad2ce\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe new <strong>Rename Attribute<\/strong> node renames attributes with a specific prefix.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/eae8e8569dbf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe <strong>Get Attribute Names<\/strong> node outputs a list of the names of attributes in a geometry, optionally filtered by domain and data type.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/155e0363e56d0c02ccbb9479937c932d64dff6d8\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe new <strong>Transfer Attributes<\/strong> node can transfer an arbitrary number of attributes from one geometry to another.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/73f95d678524\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAttributes can now be stored as 4D float vectors (note that Geometry Nodes currently only operate on 3D vectors).\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Strings<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/1268115c0f84be5ac10c01db59b192da118a3967\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeometry Nodes now support String fields.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/6edb5ce0a5f7644a9369c0abf2b14960851299da\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Find in String node can now find the first occurrence from the end.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/8e699aa94b59e2dc896f2d39288d30cc969ba780\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRemove specific characters at the start or end of a string with the new <strong>Trim String<\/strong> node.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/59e54526a24f64f8e835f336b220a18608175637\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReverse the character order in a string with the new <strong>Reverse String<\/strong>.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/905e6c527a775ec1aef45d16fb0a8fa3d378f9a5\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSwitch between upper and lower case through the new <strong>Set String Case<\/strong>.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/43a97ef0020560d744ca583c98541537a4a59367\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<code>String<\/code> and <code>String to Value<\/code now have <code>Base<\/code>input.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/1c209733c8\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSplit text into a list based on a delimiter with new  <strong>Split String<\/strong> node.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Empty Objects<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/301fceb1d34f03492845c588f1bdb76f723fd4b5\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeometry nodes modifiers can be now applied to empties. Recommended use: custom effectors for simulations, procedural effects that don\u2019t require original geometry. \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Curves<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/52062edb6fcd\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can now access built-in attributes to control the computation of the final curve with the new <strong>Set NURBS Order<\/strong> and <strong>Set NURBS Weight<\/strong> nodes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Node Tools<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/1561c1ea4a\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNode tools inputs are remembered between operator invocations.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/15b0a2a574a1116d9b8032db699bc3e37cd7a395\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNode tool inputs can now be assigned in Python.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Performance<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/413bf5d9358d\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInternal fields pre-evaluation deduplication.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/abdb70bee1ba40301d0f9e90df3276d848011f1f\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFace corner evaluation is now avoided in some sampling nodes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/1e0f70ab995731ee42bc8456ba70d603f489b938\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPreferences: configure a new call stack depth limit for Geometry Nodes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Other<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/150923\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew in: <strong>Collection Children<\/strong> node for accessing all the Child Objects and Collections of a Collection as a list.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/40c0786af90465bd521fc5ca520a54c7cf2a7403\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew in: <strong>Principal Component Analysis<\/strong> nodes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/7588add7cb53\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3 new building block nodes associated with Merge by Distance for expanded control over merging.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/51b4bbce89400e787a68756fe1c7c4ee9d848dba\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNode group inputs: new Scene Frame default input type.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/af602ba283839108ecae839e2f72080d21c539d6\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tObject sockets can now have Self Object as a default input mode.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/f7fb4b71de6c\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAccess the internal attribute which tells instances what geometry to instance with the new <strong>Instance Reference<\/strong> node.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/c9d606b74769b4682983dcfe3cfe5212812a1cf6\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExtract a single component of a geometry or edit it in a new simpler way with the <strong>Get Geometry Component<\/strong> node.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/c800cc31b9b8058fce6f46be011bf514542d1d24\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClosures can now be called recursively.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/1958047f8816318406b132c9029bc928ad3e0c14\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDisplay data-block name in Viewer Node.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/e6ee7af701140b238154d21757da1728899c36de\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tData-blocks sockets can now be compared to each other and to <code>None<\/code>. \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/4c0c494f6909efb0624842ff1213a682fe4157a6\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBone Info: New &#8220;Exists&#8221; output.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_c45cac4dd7347e12349df09d271ea089 {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_c45cac4dd7347e12349df09d271ea089 .block-words-cloud-categories > div{\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #1a1a1a;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_c45cac4dd7347e12349df09d271ea089.block-word-cloud > ul > li strong {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #1a1a1a;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\" id=\"rendering\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mb-6 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-437b9673 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#666666\">CYCLES<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-21\" style=\"color:#33adff\"><strong>Cached<\/strong> In<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default text-balance has-white-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">On scenes with many image textures, the new <strong>Texture Cache<\/strong> significantly reduces memory usage and startup time by automatically generating smaller, optimized texture files that load only the tiles and resolutions needed for rendering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div id=\"chart-bars-block_1e325dfa656c9205b9250a4b5facad65\" class=\"chart-bars text-left in-viewport-fade fade-up\">\n  <div class=\"chart-bars-legend\">\n    <ul>\n                  <li>\n          <span class=\"chart-bars-legend-indicator\" style=\"background: linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(130,130,130), rgb(201,201,201));\"><\/span>\n          <span>Texture Cache Off<\/span>\n        <\/li>\n                        <li>\n          <span class=\"chart-bars-legend-indicator\" style=\"background: linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(0,153,255), rgb(0,203,255));\"><\/span>\n          <span>Texture Cache On<\/span>\n        <\/li>\n              <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <ul>\n          <li class=\"chart-bars-item\">\n        <div class=\"chart-bars-item-caption\">Attic<\/div>\n        <div class=\"chart-bars-bars\">\n          \n                        <div class=\"chart-bars-bar-container\">\n              <div\n              class=\"chart-bars-bar \"\n              style=\"width: 90.3%; background: linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(130,130,130), rgb(201,201,201));\"\n              title=\"5417 MB (Texture Cache Off)\">\n\n                              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"chart-bars-bar background\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          \n                        <div class=\"chart-bars-bar-container\">\n              <div\n              class=\"chart-bars-bar \"\n              style=\"width: 17.5%; background: linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(0,153,255), rgb(0,203,255));\"\n              title=\"1052 MB (Texture Cache On)\">\n\n                              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"chart-bars-bar background\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/li>\n          <li class=\"chart-bars-item\">\n        <div class=\"chart-bars-item-caption\">Bistro<\/div>\n        <div class=\"chart-bars-bars\">\n          \n                        <div class=\"chart-bars-bar-container\">\n              <div\n              class=\"chart-bars-bar \"\n              style=\"width: 72.4%; background: linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(130,130,130), rgb(201,201,201));\"\n              title=\"4341 MB (Texture Cache Off)\">\n\n                              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"chart-bars-bar background\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          \n                        <div class=\"chart-bars-bar-container\">\n              <div\n              class=\"chart-bars-bar \"\n              style=\"width: 12.7%; background: linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(0,153,255), rgb(0,203,255));\"\n              title=\"764 MB (Texture Cache On)\">\n\n                              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"chart-bars-bar background\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/li>\n          <li class=\"chart-bars-item\">\n        <div class=\"chart-bars-item-caption\">Junkshop<\/div>\n        <div class=\"chart-bars-bars\">\n          \n                        <div class=\"chart-bars-bar-container\">\n              <div\n              class=\"chart-bars-bar \"\n              style=\"width: 58.6%; background: linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(130,130,130), rgb(201,201,201));\"\n              title=\"3516 MB (Texture Cache Off)\">\n\n                              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"chart-bars-bar background\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          \n                        <div class=\"chart-bars-bar-container\">\n              <div\n              class=\"chart-bars-bar \"\n              style=\"width: 35.6%; background: linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(0,153,255), rgb(0,203,255));\"\n              title=\"2134 MB (Texture Cache On)\">\n\n                              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"chart-bars-bar background\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n\n    <div class=\"chart-bars-ticks\">\n    <ul>\n    <li>0<\/li><li>1000<\/li><li>2000<\/li><li>3000<\/li><li>4000<\/li><li>5000<\/li><li>6000<\/li>    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"chart-bars-legend\">\n    \n          <ul>\n        <li><span>Memory usage<\/span><\/li>        <li><span>Unit: MB<\/span><\/li>      <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8ddbc514 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e3a949&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e3a949\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"423\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cycles_texture_egypt.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97252\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#666666\">CYCLES<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-22\" style=\"color:#33adff\">Easy <strong>Savings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">One toggle, loads of memory savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Under <strong>Performance \u2192 Texture Cache<\/strong>, enable <strong>Auto Generate<\/strong> or click <strong>Generate<\/strong>. A corresponding <strong>.tx<\/strong> file will be generated for each image and automatically updated whenever the image file is modified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Memory savings and performance improvements are highly scene-dependent. Using Texture Cache comes at the cost of a small rendering performance impact and increased disk space usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-features-render-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/code.blender.org\/2026\/05\/cycles-texture-cache\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Blog Post<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f0fecee6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-cover rounded-lg wp-duotone-blue-orange\" style=\"min-height:510px;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"thin-wall\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"729\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-96737 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/thinwallreceipts.webp\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/thinwallreceipts.webp 1296w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/thinwallreceipts-512x288.webp 512w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/thinwallreceipts-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/thinwallreceipts-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/thinwallreceipts-480x270.webp 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1296px) 100vw, 1296px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-features-render-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group text-balance is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353fac9b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff7a\">CYCLES &amp; EEVEE<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center fw-light lh-1 text-balance blend-color-overlay\" style=\"font-size:8rem\">Paper-<strong>thin wall<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center in-viewport-fade fade-up text-balance has-white-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Render physically accurate thin materials such as paper, leaves, and window sheets with the new <strong>Thin Wall<\/strong> mode in the <strong>Principled BSDF<\/strong> node.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group text-balance is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-986f6f38 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">When Thin Wall is enabled, the surface is treated as a slab with its layers mirrored around the base, and the thickness is assumed to be zero.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"compare-media-block_8df17e72b9bf8b9f272a094129afcd5d\" class=\"compare-media text-center mx-auto float-center\">\n\t<div class=\"images-compare\">\n\t\t<div style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"images-compare-label\">Thin Wall OFF<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/lamps_off.webp\" alt=\"Thin Wall OFF\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"images-compare-label\">Thin Wall ON<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/lamps_on.webp\" alt=\"Thin Wall ON\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center pt-1 has-features-io-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-23 wp-block-paragraph\">Render by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@christopher3d475\">Christopher 3D<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fe466320 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center mx-auto container mb-5 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This new mode provides a more accurate approximation of thin transparent and translucent materials, combining reflection and transmission for thin glass surfaces, and diffuse and translucent scattering for thin subsurface materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e3c881&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e3c881\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full text-left wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"488\" height=\"592\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/principled_bsdf_thin_wall.webp\" alt=\"Principled BSDF Thin Wall\" class=\"wp-image-97273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/principled_bsdf_thin_wall.webp 488w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/principled_bsdf_thin_wall-422x512.webp 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-features-render-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/render\/shader_nodes\/shader\/principled.html#thin-wall-mode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Manual<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div id=\"compare-media-block_78e7d7b8e545da6802b3db5764d35bb6\" class=\"compare-media\">\n\t<div class=\"images-compare\">\n\t\t<div style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"images-compare-label\">Thin Wall OFF<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thin_wall_receipt_off.webp\" alt=\"Thin Wall OFF\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"images-compare-label\">Thin Wall ON<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thin_wall_receipt_on.webp\" alt=\"Thin Wall ON\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center pt-1 has-features-io-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-24 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0\">Render by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@christopher3d475\">Christopher 3D<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e3dd47&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e3dd47\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"447\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/color_management_profiles.webp\" alt=\"New Color Spaces\" class=\"wp-image-97284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/color_management_profiles.webp 840w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/color_management_profiles-512x272.webp 512w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/color_management_profiles-768x409.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#666666\">COLOR MANAGEMENT<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left is-style-default text-balance has-features-render-color has-text-color fw-light has-x-large-font-size\">Awesome in <strong>Space<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organized color spaces into <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/151678\">menus<\/a>, adding new input color spaces for <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/155619\">Apple, ARRI, Blackmagic Design, Canon, and Sony<\/a> cameras, as well as support for <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/157702\">Adobe RGB, common gamma values, and wide gamut textures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"more\" class=\"wp-block-group has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-25 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d57f17a3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center in-viewport-fade fade-up fw-light has-features-render-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-26\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">More Cycles &amp; Rendering<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-link-color wp-elements-27 is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a60aac00 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div id=\"word-cloud-block_281534df320c4751d412f90de86fab50\" class=\"block-word-cloud container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-words-cloud-categories\" style=\"column-count: 1;\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Cycles<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/156355\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdded: negative anisotropy support for Subsurface BSDF and Principled BSDF\u2019s Subsurface component.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/133848\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Random Walk radius scaling and anisotropy to albedo mapping adjustments for matching other renderers better.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/156586\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdded: Cast Shadows options for World.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/155970\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeometry memory usage optimization and improved sync performance.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.blender.org\/docs\/release_notes\/5.2\/cycles\/#raycast-attributes\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRaycast Node: Access to custom attributes at intersection point.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_281534df320c4751d412f90de86fab50 .block-words-cloud-categories > div{\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #1a1d3f;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_281534df320c4751d412f90de86fab50.block-word-cloud > ul > li strong {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #1a1d3f;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"word-cloud-block_c3b78b85ada6c8b269fc138da434ee9e\" class=\"block-word-cloud container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-words-cloud-categories\" style=\"column-count: 1;\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Rendering<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/342f37566f\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew: disable option for render output saving.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/154382\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew: easy copy to selection for light\/shadow linking.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/issues\/156850\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShader nodes: new <strong>Time Node<\/strong>, behaves similar to its Geometry Nodes version.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_c3b78b85ada6c8b269fc138da434ee9e .block-words-cloud-categories > div{\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #000c3f;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_c3b78b85ada6c8b269fc138da434ee9e.block-word-cloud > ul > li strong {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #000c3f;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\" id=\"eevee\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-cover rounded-lg container wp-duotone-blue-red\" style=\"min-height:510px;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"thin-wall\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"536\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-97303 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/charge_holdinghands_small.webp\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/charge_holdinghands_small.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/charge_holdinghands_small-512x214.webp 512w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/charge_holdinghands_small-768x322.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-20 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group text-balance is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353fac9b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff7a\">EEVEE<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center fw-light lh-1 text-balance\" style=\"font-size:8rem\"><strong>Eevolved<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center in-viewport-fade fade-up has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Blender 5.2 LTS is a major release for EEVEE, addressing long-standing usability issues from the transition to the EEVEE Next project architecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"more\" class=\"wp-block-group has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-28 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d57f17a3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center in-viewport-fade fade-up fw-light has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-29\" style=\"color:#c5a3ff;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">What&#8217;s <strong>New<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n<div id=\"word-cloud-block_e986c6f989a1523c73fc65080ba1bd97\" class=\"block-word-cloud\">\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center flex-wrap text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/issues\/154963\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>2x speed-up<\/strong> in instance-heavy scenes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/issues\/158656\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Reduced banding<\/strong> using dithering\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/160401\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Removed limit of 8 attributes<\/strong> per material\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/160565\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSupport for <strong>Normal Map Base<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/issues\/157799\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdded <strong>Raycast visibility<\/strong> toggle\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/issues\/158344\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdded 1.5GB and 2GB <strong>Shadow Pool<\/strong> sizes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/issues\/158416\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdded <strong>Camera visibility for lights<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/issues\/158483\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPlane Light Probes now support Blended materials and Shader to RGB\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/159156\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Improved consistency<\/strong> rendering across platforms\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/155111\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdded <strong>Anisotropic Filtering<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_e986c6f989a1523c73fc65080ba1bd97 .block-words-cloud-categories > div{\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #c5a3ff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_e986c6f989a1523c73fc65080ba1bd97.block-word-cloud > ul > li strong {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #c5a3ff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mb-6 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-08efe893 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b3078a59 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left in-viewport-fade fade-up fw-light text-balance has-text-color has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#b522ff\">Behind the <strong>Screen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new <strong>Backface<\/strong> option under <strong>Screen Tracing <\/strong>controls how rays that intersect the back faces of visible geometry are handled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When enabled, intersections with back faces are treated as valid hits instead of misses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This can reduce light leaking when using screen-space global illumination, and lets you fine-tune the appearance of global illumination. It affects both <strong>Screen Space GI<\/strong> and <strong>Fast GI Approximation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/render\/eevee\/render_settings\/raytracing.html\" style=\"background-color:#b522ff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Manual<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\"><div id=\"tabs-block_479569f45092e0fcac07f51d5fc290c6\" class=\"tabs text-balance float-left\">\n\t<div>\n\t\t<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"nav-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"nav-link active\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"t-double-sided-0-tab\" data-toggle=\"pill\" href=\"#t-double-sided-0\" role=\"tab\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"t-double-sided-0\" aria-selected=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDouble Sided\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"nav-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"nav-link \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"t-single-sided-1-tab\" data-toggle=\"pill\" href=\"#t-single-sided-1\" role=\"tab\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"t-single-sided-1\" aria-selected=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSingle Sided\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"nav-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"nav-link \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"t-disabled-compatibility-mode-2-tab\" data-toggle=\"pill\" href=\"#t-disabled-compatibility-mode-2\" role=\"tab\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"t-disabled-compatibility-mode-2\" aria-selected=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDisabled (Compatibility Mode)\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<div class=\"tab-content text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-pane show active\" id=\"t-double-sided-0\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"t-double-sided-0-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ssr_backface_1.webp\" class=\"img-fluid rounded\" alt=\"Double Sided\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-description\"><p>Both front and back faces contribute to global illumination (slider at 1.0)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-pane \" id=\"t-single-sided-1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"t-single-sided-1-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ssr_backface_0.webp\" class=\"img-fluid rounded\" alt=\"Single Sided\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-description\"><p>Only front faces affect global illumination (slider at 0.0)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-pane \" id=\"t-disabled-compatibility-mode-2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"t-disabled-compatibility-mode-2-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ssr_backface_before.webp\" class=\"img-fluid rounded\" alt=\"Disabled (Compatibility Mode)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-description\"><p>Use it for compatibility with old renders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n  \t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#tabs-block_479569f45092e0fcac07f51d5fc290c6 {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #e5afff;\n\t\t\t\tbackground-color: ;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#tabs-block_479569f45092e0fcac07f51d5fc290c6 .embed-responsive-item,\n\t\t\t#tabs-block_479569f45092e0fcac07f51d5fc290c6 img {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: ;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"more\" class=\"wp-block-group has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-30 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-000a857e wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center in-viewport-fade fade-up fw-light has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-31\" style=\"color:#c5a3ff;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">What <strong>Got Better<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n<div id=\"word-cloud-block_6de3d3c4a490c958247ac4a960cd35e1\" class=\"block-word-cloud\">\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center flex-wrap text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.blender.org\/docs\/release_notes\/5.2\/eevee\/#screen-space-raytracing-overhaul\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScreen Space Raytracing overhaul\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/15fbf39fae7537cdc2549fd1ac408141cc6c1b8b\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrincipled BSDF sheen accounts for Coat normal\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/issues\/156597\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCritical Fast GI issues fixed\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/159160\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShadow visibility fixes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/159305\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDepth of Field bokeh fixes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/157305\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShadow artifacts fixes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/157479\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFaster and less noisy Fast GI\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/160159\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFixdd light culling at shallow FoV angles\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/159921\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLight render passes consistency with Cycles\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/159299\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMotion blur fixes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/160395\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVolume shader compilation fixes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/619b029b083968450444bec9ae78c1aa73c85cb1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImproved Refraction BSDF light evaluation\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/160254\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImproved Vector Transform normals on non-uniform scale objects\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/7abf059be9a6890b5f5a19e327e3a4a84c62f637\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMix node consistency with Cycles\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/159980\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubsurface Scattering indirect lighting fixes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.blender.org\/docs\/release_notes\/5.2\/eevee\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSee all changes in EEVEE &#038; Viewport\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_6de3d3c4a490c958247ac4a960cd35e1 .block-words-cloud-categories > div{\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #c5a3ff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_6de3d3c4a490c958247ac4a960cd35e1.block-word-cloud > ul > li strong {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #c5a3ff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"donate\" class=\"wp-block-group has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" 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is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0dceb8b2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group text-balance has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-32 is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0d004395 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mx-auto has-custom-css has-black-background-color has-background is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0addaff3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-custom-css-334ca4b5\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff7a\">ASSETS \u2665 ONLINE<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading in-viewport-fade fade-up fw-light text-balance has-text-color has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#dbff1f\">Essentials <strong>On Demand<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Dozens of new parametric materials, compositing effects, HDR world backgrounds, Geometry Nodes setups, and many more assets have been added to the Essentials library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The best part? Blender isn&#8217;t any larger. These new assets are hosted online, ready for download whenever you need them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e419b5&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e419b5\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-lightbox-container\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1370\" height=\"598\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/asset_browser_editor_online_essentials-1.webp\" alt=\"Asset Browser with Online Essentials\" class=\"wp-image-97329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/asset_browser_editor_online_essentials-1.webp 1370w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/asset_browser_editor_online_essentials-1-512x223.webp 512w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/asset_browser_editor_online_essentials-1-1280x559.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/asset_browser_editor_online_essentials-1-768x335.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1370px) 100vw, 1370px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group text-center text-balance is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d57f17a3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading in-viewport-fade fade-up fw-light text-balance has-text-color has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#dbff1f;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">Make Them <strong>Yours<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Watch this demo on customizing online assets by Simon from <a href=\"https:\/\/studio.blender.org\/\">Blender Studio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brand New Material Assets in Blender 5.2 LTS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QkIr1-lDPW0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b3078a59 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center text-balance is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading in-viewport-fade fade-up fw-light text-balance has-text-color has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#dbff1f\"><strong>Host<\/strong> Your Own<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Need more? Host your own or add your favorite creator&#8217;s online asset libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smart indexing makes browsing thousands of assets a breeze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep your assets up to date with a single click.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/editors\/preferences\/asset_libraries.html\" style=\"background-color:#dbff1f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Manual<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e42246&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e42246\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"493\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/online_asset_libraries_preferences.webp\" alt=\"Add Remote Asset Library Preferences\" class=\"wp-image-97331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/online_asset_libraries_preferences.webp 663w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/online_asset_libraries_preferences-512x381.webp 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Add your own online repository in the new <strong>Asset Libraries<\/strong> preferences section.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8020209f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center mt-5 fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up text-balance has-text-color\" style=\"color:#dbff1f\">More in <strong>Assets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"word-cloud-block_f1cb24a577810c5ff08a19bf05ac9d2b\" class=\"block-word-cloud container mb-5\">\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center flex-wrap text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/63bac6cb91f8\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew Asset Libraries tab in Preferences\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/e428159ecc\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPer-asset Import Method\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/625e8c1e9d\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdded &#8220;All Libraries&#8221; and &#8220;Essentials&#8221; to the Asset Libraries list in Preferences\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/80f0384224\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOrganized built-in 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class=\"wp-block-heading mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff7a\">COMPOSITOR<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-33\">New nodes, <strong>unlimited<\/strong> possibilities.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-balance has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Do more in the Compositor with six new socket types supported: <strong>Matrix<\/strong>, <strong>Rotation<\/strong>, <strong>String<\/strong>, <strong>Object<\/strong>, <strong>Font<\/strong>, and <strong>Integer Vector<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-balance has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Plus <strong>35 new nodes<\/strong> all-around, from string manipulation to , many of which will already be familiar to Geometry Nodes users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/compositing\/types\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See All Compositing Nodes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a82e7a89 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up mt-5 has-features-paint-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-34\">Instant Looks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you&#8217;re after a realistic <strong>filmic<\/strong> finish or a hand-painted <strong>watercolor<\/strong> or <strong>oil painting<\/strong> style, the new compositing assets provide a quick starting point for a wide range of looks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, you&#8217;ll find new utility node groups that can be used as building blocks or incorporated into your own setups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>3D to Screen Space:<\/strong> transform 3D coordinates from world to normalized camera space. The inverse is available as <strong>Screen to 3D Space<\/strong>. Use it, for example, to drive the Sun Beams position with a 3D object.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Transform and Project:<\/strong> lower level generalised variation of 3D to Screen Space that inputs from Transform and Projection to compute coordinates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Project with Depth:<\/strong> transforms 2D coordinates with their corresponding depth into a 3D vector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"654\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 896 \/ 654;\" width=\"896\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/latest_ffmped.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fe466320 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video mb-0\"><video height=\"566\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 914 \/ 566;\" width=\"914\" autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mask_animated.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up mt-5 has-features-paint-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-35\"><strong>Gizmos<\/strong> Go Further<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-balance has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Compositor gizmos now support&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/animation\/animation_editors.html#auto-keying\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/4de3f61353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">auto keying<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-balance has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Transforming a gizmo will automatically insert keyframes, providing a direct way to animate compositing setups from the backdrop or the&nbsp;<strong>Image Editor<\/strong>, which&nbsp;now <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/baf05a1f16\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/baf05a1f16\">supports gizmos<\/a> too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-balance has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">As for the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/baf05a1f16\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/baf05a1f16\">viewer gizmo<\/a><\/strong>, it now follows the&nbsp;image display offset,&nbsp;so handles stay aligned with the backdrop as you pan and zoom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up mt-5 has-features-paint-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-36\"><strong>MORE IN COMPOSITOR<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n<div id=\"word-cloud-block_4322804920384fdc18e9721a424c9add\" class=\"block-word-cloud\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-words-cloud-categories\" style=\"column-count: 2;\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Performance &#038; Quality<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/6b0b0bedb9\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMuch <strong>more responsive<\/strong> interactive compositor.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/e2c6c3d18d\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSwitch nodes with a fixed condition (unconnected or directly connected to Group Input) now use <strong>lazy evaluation<\/strong>, saving execution time.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/fe30a328ee\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe <strong>Distance Threshold<\/strong> mode of the <strong>Dilate\/Erode<\/strong> node is now faster for relatively large sizes, with execution time independent of the size or inset inputs.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/58c25c54d6\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe <strong>Group Output<\/strong> node now displays the total execution time of the node tree.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/1df7f88e4a\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Anisotropic<\/strong> sampling now works with <strong>Transform<\/strong> nodes and can be used for higher quality scaling down. Previously, it silently used Bi-Cubic sampling.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Changes<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/a191d65b46\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe mask rasterizer now uses &#8220;Delaunay&#8221; tessellator by default providing robust support for overlapping regions.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/0e812e7cec\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe interactive compositor now supports animation playback.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/e30cb6f5d1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe interactive compositor runs only when needed: fewer redundant executions, correct updates for referenced scene data, and no blocking from unrelated undo.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Additions<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/3baa73145c\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>File Extension<\/strong> checkbox in File Output node independent of scene render settings \u2018File Extension\u2019 checkbox.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/4dbf0b3325\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEEVEE only: the depth of Grease Pencil objects reflection in the viewport compositor depth pass.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/7548e4936a\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Blank Image<\/strong> node that returns a new image of a given size and constant color.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/f49b33a081\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Integer Vector<\/strong> sockets are now supported and used by default where possible.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/4ba88368d1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew <strong>Frame<\/strong> input in the <strong>Stabilize 2D<\/strong> node.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/e08237bb8e\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLevels node got <strong>Minimum<\/strong> and <strong>Maximum<\/strong> outputs.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/1d2ca9b15c\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSupport for <strong>Object<\/strong> sockets and <strong>Active Camera<\/strong>, <strong>Camera Info<\/strong>, <strong>Input Object<\/strong>, <strong>Object Info<\/strong> nodes from Geometry nodes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/475ac16da5\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tObjects can be now dragged and dropped from the outliner to the node editor. \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/6f0d4ac611\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Node Editor now displays a render region when the backdrop is enabled.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/ffd88022c9\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSocket value inspection support.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/a6df8a2cad\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSockets representing pixel values now show pixel units.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/0c7ff2c14c\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew masks can now be directly created from the Mask node.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/e96f40cdb5\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSupport for <strong>Default Input Types<\/strong>.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover wp-duotone-blue-red\" style=\"min-height:500px;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"lts\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-97203 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lts5_2.webp\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lts5_2.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lts5_2-512x288.webp 512w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lts5_2-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lts5_2-480x270.webp 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-40 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5b5aac32 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right is-style-massive-title\">It&#8217;s a keeper.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-right is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1b7a730a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:2.1rem\">The <strong>LTS<\/strong> in Blender 5.2 LTS stands for &#8220;long-term support&#8221;, meaning it will get fixes for up to two years, until July 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-89b4c9e9 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--5\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/lts\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\" id=\"grease-pencil\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b3078a59 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"358\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 644 \/ 358;\" width=\"644\" autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grease_pencil_fill_tool.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff7a\">GREASE PENCIL<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-37\" style=\"color:#c382ff\"><strong>Fill <\/strong>Good Ink.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome the new Grease Pencil <strong>Delaunay fill<\/strong> algorithm. It creates exact geometry from boundary strokes, with automatic gap detection, inverse filling, zoom-independent results, and much faster performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/grease_pencil\/modes\/draw\/tools\/fill.html\" style=\"background-color:#c382ff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Manual<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b3078a59 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up text-balance has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-38\" style=\"color:#c382ff\">Ready. Set. <strong>Go Random<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dots and Squares line materials now feature Placement settings to control the distribution of shapes along a stroke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strokes are now generated at render time instead of as extra geometry, significantly improving performance compared to subdividing strokes with the modifier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"512\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 910 \/ 512;\" width=\"910\" autoplay controls loop muted src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grease_pencil_line_dot_settings.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b3078a59 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e46621&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e46621\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"573\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grease_pencil_online_essentials.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grease_pencil_online_essentials.webp 636w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/grease_pencil_online_essentials-512x461.webp 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-39\" style=\"color:#c382ff\">More <strong>Online<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t forget to enable the Online Essentials Asset library: which includes 19 new Grease Pencil brushes by Blender Studio artists and Daniel Mart\u00ednez Lara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bundled brush assets got refreshed thumbnails as well as new material controls for <strong>Dots<\/strong>, plus settings updates for <strong>Airbrush<\/strong>, <strong>Ink Pen Rough<\/strong> and <strong>Pencil soft brushes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8020209f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center mt-5 fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up text-balance has-features-paint-color has-text-color\">Even more <strong>Grease Pencil<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"word-cloud-block_d99a238ac8b6bac62abd5125c9c09888\" class=\"block-word-cloud container mb-5\">\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center flex-wrap text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/d8d83f209a27a81baa05a9f515f3859995766525\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Move to Layer<\/strong> operator now shows layers groups matching the layer tree structure\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/14926c9feeafc1c29a35c3b87733c44ede3ac857\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Vertex Brush<\/strong> got blend modes support\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/caed4743b2\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUI updates (icons) for Vertex Paint mode\u2019s toolbar\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/66ee7f79c9\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<kbd>Shift + L<\/kbd> now deselects strokes that are completely selected\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/ddbf8ac4378c9693554298b45b7c7d176dd1c042\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew <strong>Draw Tool<\/strong> settings for picking a curve type\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/8c22be8d89ec2aabcb16c153ba3aae2a816a521c\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Eraser<\/strong> now uses the last activated eraser brush\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/f10745967b3ea6b609fde986a3fd61dcd18d0bc3\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew <strong>Fill Strokes<\/strong> option lets generated strokes to carry fill material\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/8055fde08b6d451b8251ad4fa42c9ac118491ef8\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew <strong>Scene Units<\/strong> toggle in the <strong>SVG importer<\/strong> for scale the import in the scene units\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/4c373b81caca8275533d84df242ded7f8030629b\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPDF and SVG exporters now support corner types export\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_d99a238ac8b6bac62abd5125c9c09888 .block-words-cloud-categories > div{\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #e285ff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_d99a238ac8b6bac62abd5125c9c09888.block-word-cloud > ul > li strong {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #e285ff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\" id=\"animation\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-78cc654d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"512\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 910 \/ 512;\" width=\"910\" autoplay controls loop muted src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/playback_loop_modes.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff7a\">ANIMATION<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up text-balance has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-40\" style=\"color:#00f6ff\"><strong>Loop<\/strong> Mood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-2 wp-block-paragraph\">Introducing Playback Loop modes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Infinite<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stop at End Frame<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stop at Start Frame<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Restore Frame<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bounce<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/animation\/animation_editors.html#bpy-types-scene-playback-loop-mode\" style=\"background-color:#00eeff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Manual<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up mt-5 text-balance has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-41\" style=\"color:#00f6ff\">MORE <strong>ANIMATION &amp; RIGGING<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"word-cloud-block_8da696040965f1f463dab0f7cdfcd777\" class=\"block-word-cloud container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-words-cloud-categories\" style=\"column-count: 2;\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Graph Editor<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/8870a2cdd6fd665c7fe912e643194ae209730207\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImproved UI feedback when using Smooth and Cycles F-Curves modifiers\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/15a975ea3cce5435c71e0d5ea3c4613dec3e2165\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBatch delete F-Curve modifiers (All, First, by Type)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/144e17310a774cbad21ee460868a28bb1070b5d5\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<kbd>Ctrl+Click<\/kbd> on the channel visibility setting in Graph Editor now isolates that channel\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/297e9281fe\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal View to isolate selected F-Curves.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/9282cd611ea01de6183c1c4db9d570de71106c39\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNormalize button click in the Graph Editor now performs a normalization even if Auto Normalization is disabled\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Playback<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/511bb630c1e0bd65676ac4ceeef22fa58f3674aa\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew: <strong>Allow Preroll<\/strong> option in the Playback popover for playing back frames that are before the defined playback start frame.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/4db30c1c78c4f4c6c9daf4c00bd3f0bca24d4c8a\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew: <code>screen.animation_pause<\/code> operator that always pauses playback.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Pose Library<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/ca786c2677d9b67293a9d9791e420951bc7a72f9\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlender auto corrects rotation mode mismatches when a pose is applied. Closest Euler for quaternion poses, XYZ assumed for Euler-to-quaternion, unchanged when modes already match.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Workflow &#038; Rigging<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.blender.org\/docs\/release_notes\/5.2\/animation_rigging\/#in-between-tools\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn-Between tools now available in Object mode.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/3d20a0a017bb89e9b957db212b03a321c715a95f\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Copy Constraints<\/strong> added to Link\/Transfer Data menu (<kbd>Ctrl+L<\/kbd>).\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/c60fd454b5238fa08d27f0d33cea159016c9058b\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAuto IK reverse behaviour now works with non-connected parent bones.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/1447bfd22bbcbc4492bfa7038756d923be197bd9\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew in Dope Sheet: an operator to select keys by type (<kbd>Select<\/kbd> \u2192 <kbd>Select by Type<\/kbd>)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/f67497581bd7d30ec76828368b14ca6ea6958fe2\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew operator in Armature Edit mode: use <kbd>Duplicate and Rename<\/kbd> to duplicate selected bones and perform a search\/replace on the name.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/32f621c6b44f6e96f9e69e36a31c3f0800d69627\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Only Insert Available<\/strong> user preference is on by default.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/2d3427f87d865f5161ec32c960c0af1e2dfc7085\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMotion paths no longer update on the current frame during auto-keyed transforms.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/0ee66b616554f2d23c77762764c1cc10c12b1be9\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew <kbd>Head\/Tail<\/kbd> slider for adjusting position along a bone when using Bone parenting.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/animation\/armatures\/bones\/add_bones.html\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdditional <strong>Space<\/strong>, <strong>Align<\/strong>, <strong>Length<\/strong>, and <strong>Deform<\/strong> options in the redo panel for adding bones.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/f5919335ac2d2bf6e090892b68d189e5920a9314\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew operator for selecting markers left or right of the playhead with <kbd>[<\/kbd> and <kbd>]<\/kbd> hotkeys.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Fixes<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/5dfad6abb338e65b600ecd840caa1715ae97c7f7\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn Pose Mode, parent\/child bone selection with hotkeys now works on all selected bones instead of just the active.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/71bf78444d4bfa18b8fe0a7a3759e68bdb517993\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMirror bones no longer ignore transform lock settings.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/7017225b2083815626381164274bccc6781bf885\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe In-Between tools now work with X-mirror in Pose Mode.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/37f4979aa9a481082673ad00be772ea1b2f47a3f\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCorrect motion paths display when &#8220;Bake to Active Camera&#8221; is used with animated camera properties like Focal Length.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cover is-repeated\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);min-height:700px;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"extensions\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background 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{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfont-size: 64px;\t\t}\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t#paragraph-plus-block_9c9045f3677a3ef47f951c0116f3708e em {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: rgb(221,51,51);\t\t\t\tcolor: rgb(255,255,255);\t\t\t\tfont-style: normal;\t\t\t}\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0dbf6a75 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"py-2 in-viewport-fade fade-up text-balance has-white-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/extensions.blender.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/extensions.blender.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blender Extensions platform<\/a> keeps growing, with over 1100 free add-ons and themes to customize your workflows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also share your own add-ons and themes!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-0594ee61 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/extensions.blender.org\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Browse Extensions<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter is-style-outline is-style-outline--6\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/extensions.blender.org\/submit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Share Your Extensions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cover is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\" id=\"modeling\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b3078a59 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e495c9&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e495c9\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"442\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/looptools_blender_52.webp\" alt=\"Native LoopTools in Blender 5.2 LTS\" class=\"wp-image-97436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/looptools_blender_52.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/looptools_blender_52-512x295.webp 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Three operators from the LoopTools add-on now built-in Blender 5.2 LTS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff7a\">MODELING<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up has-features-modeling-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-42\">Stay In The <strong>Loop<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-43 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/modeling\/meshes\/editing\/mesh\/transform\/to_circle.html\">To Circle<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/modeling\/meshes\/editing\/mesh\/transform\/space_edge_loops_evenly.html\">Space Edge Loops Evenly<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/modeling\/meshes\/editing\/mesh\/transform\/flatten.html\">Flatten<\/a><\/strong> operators from the popular <strong>Loop Tools<\/strong> add-on are now available as native operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rewritten from scratch in C++ for improved performance, while also fixing several corner-case issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns text-balance is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up mt-5 text-balance has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-44\" style=\"color:#77ff38\">MORE IN <strong>MODELING<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"word-cloud-block_7e8e3dfb58e826827573881f983d9407\" class=\"block-word-cloud container mx-auto\">\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center flex-wrap text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/8293c35c59035d682dea2bf7feac743f9dd5e883\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSupport for <strong>snapping to Lattice<\/strong> object\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/0f4b405089f336d96ead5f2eaa92e51c62fb6393\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Interpolate custom vertex data<\/strong> when merging\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/bc598ab58781b00fe0fbc78b7b25abd690406669\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Select through back-face<\/strong> culled faces\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/8e0d55837af90f2f2be6eca1439c2fb1e4a291de\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImproved <strong>rotation<\/strong> alignment option in <strong>Array<\/strong> modifier\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.blender.org\/docs\/release_notes\/5.2\/modeling\/#3d-text\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3D Text: <strong>Fixed placement<\/strong> on marks (e.g. accents) over their base characters\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_7e8e3dfb58e826827573881f983d9407 .block-words-cloud-categories > div{\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #77ff38;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_7e8e3dfb58e826827573881f983d9407.block-word-cloud > ul > li strong {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #77ff38;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up mt-5 text-balance has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-45\" style=\"color:#77ff38\">MORE IN <strong>UV<\/strong> EDITING<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"word-cloud-block_d8ab43a2eba1a45c08497175826f333a\" class=\"block-word-cloud container mx-auto\">\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center flex-wrap text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/bf439add301b16291d6a7469b9acaf64370106f9\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdded <strong>Base Snap<\/strong> support\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/80b309b022d19b841384e3764bb2935aa155caa1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Delimit<\/strong> seam, sharp in material in <strong>Select Linked<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/cd5aa836bdfd1301cde0aaaa7120216fb881bfee\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAxis options in <strong>Copy Mirrored UV coordinates<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/1b97e5afe6366eecebb9775e303789d21975ce7f\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew <strong>Select by Winding<\/strong> operator\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/afe4512cfcc0a342668c0996ea2e813c33b8dff5\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Island<\/strong> support for select <strong>overlap<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/58de4438cdf06cbc226c1f7d6022665dc80299a1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew <strong>Original bounding box unwrapping option<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_d8ab43a2eba1a45c08497175826f333a .block-words-cloud-categories > div{\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #77ff38;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_d8ab43a2eba1a45c08497175826f333a.block-word-cloud > ul > li strong {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #77ff38;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cover wp-duotone-000000-7f7f7f-8\" style=\"min-height:576px;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"splash\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-97162 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5_2_lion.webp\" style=\"object-position:6% 86%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"6% 86%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5_2_lion.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5_2_lion-512x256.webp 512w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5_2_lion-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns mb-0 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light has-white-color has-text-color has-x-large-font-size\">Get the <strong>artwork<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9e579787 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left text-balance has-white-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Blender splash artwork source files are available for you to play with!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/demo\/splash\/blender-5.2-splash.blend\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i class=\"i-download\"><\/i> Download Blend File (141 MB)<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--7\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/demo\/#splash\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See All Demo Files<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-46 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e4ad86&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e4ad86\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/splash5_2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/splash5_2.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/splash5_2-512x256.webp 512w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/splash5_2-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Splash artwork by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/joanna_kobierska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Joanna Kobierska<\/a>, based on a model by <a href=\"https:\/\/theartofken.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ken Barthelmey.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\" id=\"sculpt\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b3078a59 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff7a\">SCULPT<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up has-features-modeling-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-47\">Not So <strong>Primitive<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sculpt mode expands its toolkit: drop primitives straight into sculpts with the  <strong>Add Primitive<\/strong> tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Insert Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, UV and Icon Spheres while in Sculpt mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-features-modeling-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/sculpt_paint\/sculpting\/tools\/add_object_tools.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Manual<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e4b91c&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e4b91c\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"699\" height=\"616\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sculpt_mode_primitives.webp\" alt=\"Drop primitives straight into sculpts with Add Primitive.\" class=\"wp-image-97441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sculpt_mode_primitives.webp 699w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sculpt_mode_primitives-512x451.webp 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b3078a59 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e4c184&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e4c184\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sceneproject_img.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sceneproject_img.webp 735w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sceneproject_img-368x512.webp 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff7a\">SCULPT<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up has-features-modeling-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-48\">Scene! <strong>Project!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wrap surfaces onto nearby geometry with the new <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/f08e061cb75130a7af268921ee8cae6ce1f76e97\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/f08e061cb75130a7af268921ee8cae6ce1f76e97\">Scene Project brush<\/a><\/strong>, and keep painted color intact through repeated voxel remeshing with a smoother color workflow along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-features-modeling-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/sculpt_paint\/sculpting\/brushes\/scene_project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Manual<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container mb-6 is-style-box has-background has-link-color wp-elements-49 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-54ffc00c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#1f1f1f;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center text-balance has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0\">See the new <strong>Scene Project brush<\/strong> in action in this live demo by Daniel Bystedt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video mb-0\"><video height=\"1440\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2560 \/ 1440;\" width=\"2560\" controls loop muted src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/scene_project_daniel_bystedt.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-01ce520f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center text-balance has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group text-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-465a6c32 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading in-viewport-fade fade-up fw-light text-balance has-features-modeling-color has-text-color has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>Remesh<\/strong>, don&#8217;t wreck.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"in-viewport-fade fade-up wp-block-paragraph\">The voxel remesher now interpolates vertex and corner attributes, instead of taking the value of the nearest point in the original mesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"in-viewport-fade fade-up wp-block-paragraph\">This update provides better preservation of vertex painted meshes after repeated remeshing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\"><div id=\"compare-media-block_7d03ed8fbdcd5372240352a06222522d\" class=\"compare-media mx-auto container mb-5 float-center\">\n\t<div class=\"images-compare\">\n\t\t<div style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"images-compare-label\">5.1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sculpt_remesh_attributes_5.1.webp\" alt=\"5.1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"images-compare-label\">5.2 LTS<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sculpt_remesh_attributes_52.webp\" alt=\"5.2 LTS\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center text-balance has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-50 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#b1b1b1\">Vertex Colors preservation comparison between 5.1 and 5.2 LTS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center in-viewport-fade fade-up text-balance fw-light has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-51\" style=\"color:#77ff38;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">EVEN MORE <strong>SCULPT &amp; PAINT<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group in-viewport-fade fade-up is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8020209f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div id=\"word-cloud-block_3a329b383f1f1ab5e69f7cba41cc93d8\" class=\"block-word-cloud container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-words-cloud-categories\" style=\"column-count: 1;\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Sculpt<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/afc6d7a463e6bb01b54e207d18ba41c4eeb17c03\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Color Filter tool in Fill Mode now uses the scene &#8220;unified&#8221; colors for its operations.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/aae0f54d09bd13ae132b4bf00e28d81129aa20b1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExtra user confirmation for entering Dyntopo is now removed.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Paint<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/a5d2c1f635bef490a8bf5ec40287a1bdcf2b0346\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVertex and Weight Paint received 3D brush cursor support. \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/8ecebf0ce72820cdcc1627bc023808b517c7dff0\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAutosave is now extended to Texture Paint.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_3a329b383f1f1ab5e69f7cba41cc93d8 {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_3a329b383f1f1ab5e69f7cba41cc93d8 .block-words-cloud-categories > div{\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #0a0000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_3a329b383f1f1ab5e69f7cba41cc93d8.block-word-cloud > ul > li strong {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #0a0000;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cover text-balance\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\" id=\"vse\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mb-6 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-78cc654d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#666666\">VIDEO SEQUENCER<\/h5>\n\n\n<div id=\"paragraph-plus-block_e7ee6a5f6a1bd2cc67d926902d180934\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph-plus m-0 mb-3 text-center text-balance\">\n\t<p>STACK, STYLE, SCOPE<\/p>\n\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t#paragraph-plus-block_e7ee6a5f6a1bd2cc67d926902d180934 {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfont-size: 64px;\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t#paragraph-plus-block_e7ee6a5f6a1bd2cc67d926902d180934 {\n\t\t\t\tbackground-image: linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(255,255,31) 0%, rgb(255,255,31));\n\t\t\t\t-webkit-background-clip: text;\n\t\t\t\t-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center text-balance has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Video Sequencer mastering kit gets real in 5.2 LTS: share compositor effects as modifier <strong>assets<\/strong>, style titles and toggle modifiers per preview or render. All of that and more plus grading with <strong>HDR<\/strong> scopes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center container is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e4f45b&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e4f45b\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full mb-0 wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"561\" height=\"411\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/compositor_effect.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/compositor_effect.webp 561w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/compositor_effect-512x375.webp 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up mt-5 has-features-vse-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-52\"><strong>COMPOSITOR <\/strong>+ VSE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new Compositor effect strip runs compositor node trees <strong>directly on the timeline<\/strong> with zero, one, or two inputs, plus an effect fader on the input group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strip modifiers now expose inputs in the panel, driven by the node group interface like Geometry Nodes. Save compositor node trees as Strip Modifier assets to add them from the Add Modifier menu later. In the modifier extras menu, you can hide the node group selector so shared assets feel like built-in modifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last but not least: modifiers and effects can now run on the GPU, a real solution needed for heavier graphs and large blurs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center container has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up mt-5 has-features-vse-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-53\">Write in <strong>Style<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Text strips now support style presets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Font, outline, shadows, layout, all settings in the Style panel are stored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-2 wp-block-paragraph\">Three presets come built-in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Subtitle<\/strong>: classic movie subtitles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Main Title<\/strong>: big, centered text.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Corner Title<\/strong>: smaller titles in the bottom-left corner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up mt-5 has-features-vse-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-54\">Make <strong>Space<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/157660\">Line Spacing<\/a> can now be adjusted in text strips relative to the font height, or in <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/158585\">absolute pixels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-style-box has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff24;flex-basis:60%\"><div id=\"tabs-block_e58748bfd96cdf64b01c4aa433c76d42\" class=\"tabs\">\n\t<div>\n\t\t<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"nav-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"nav-link active\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"t-subtitle-0-tab\" data-toggle=\"pill\" href=\"#t-subtitle-0\" role=\"tab\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"t-subtitle-0\" aria-selected=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSubtitle\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"nav-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"nav-link \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"t-main-title-1-tab\" 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data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vse_modifier_preview.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vse_modifier_preview.png 544w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vse_modifier_preview-512x216.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up mt-5 has-features-vse-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-55\">Now you see me, now you don&#8217;t.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strip modifiers now have a preview visibility toggle just like object modifiers, so you can cut heavy processing from playback without touching the final export. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This also means that cached frames are kept in memory after rendering, making the next preview faster with the same result.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up mt-5 has-features-vse-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-56\"><strong>PERFORMANCE<\/strong> BOOSTS<\/h1>\n\n\n<div id=\"word-cloud-block_77d942022f45fcf72f7be0ea2ba9bf2b\" class=\"block-word-cloud container\">\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center flex-wrap text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/156281\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFootage and compositor results now convert to sequencer color space <strong>on demand<\/strong>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/158600\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCompositor modifiers <strong>detect fully opaque<\/strong> results and use a faster render path instead of always assuming transparency.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/156622\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Mask<\/strong> inputs render faster, especially in compositor strip modifiers.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_77d942022f45fcf72f7be0ea2ba9bf2b {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_77d942022f45fcf72f7be0ea2ba9bf2b .block-words-cloud-categories > div{\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffff1f;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_77d942022f45fcf72f7be0ea2ba9bf2b.block-word-cloud > ul > li strong {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #ffff1f;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-57 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center in-viewport-fade fade-up fw-light has-features-vse-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-58\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">THERE&#8217;S EVEN MORE <strong>SEQUENCER<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n<div id=\"word-cloud-block_481b61c19220e12b109b220ac3c72dd4\" class=\"block-word-cloud container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-words-cloud-categories\" style=\"column-count: 2;\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Timeline &#038; Scene<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/154537\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStepping back a few frames while editing now feels much faster as Prefetch now loads\u00a0five frames before the playhead.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/151148\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTimeline Strip thumbnails at start\/end of strip are visible by default and also can be shown across the whole strip.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/157495\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScene strips have a view layer selector, initially set to the scene\u2019s default view layer.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/149656\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew override workbench world settings for tweaking background color for all scene strips at once.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/154387\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Add menu shows \u201cNo other scenes\u201d under Scene Strip when only the Edit scene exists in the file.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Strip Modifiers<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/154375\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExtras menu on strip modifiers similar to object modifiers: duplicate, copy to selected strips, move to first\/last in the stack.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/156312\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLinear Modifiers strip option was removed.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Python API<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/154705\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew collection strip property <code>.connections<\/code> returns all strips connected to a given strip.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/159194\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<code>strips.new_movie<\/code> and <code>strips.new_sound<\/code> accept an optional <code>stream<\/code> parameter to pick the video\/audio stream index.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/156312\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRemoved strip property <code>.use_linear_modifiers<\/code>.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center in-viewport-fade fade-up fw-light has-features-vse-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-59\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">PLUS THESE<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"word-cloud-block_043c9279745f00df582097d7f27c79f8\" class=\"block-word-cloud container\">\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center flex-wrap text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/157031\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScopes now support HDR and wide gamut colour spaces.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/155377\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOptional scrubbing region on playback footer.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/158248\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImport adds all audio and video streams from video files.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/155623\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRender Audio operator now shows a real-time progress bar that can be cancelled.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/157117\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew: composition guides in VSE preview.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/158778\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tColor strip size can now be set in raw pixels from the Strip Properties > Transform menu.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/156508\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore snap options for strip image origins (e.g. preview center).\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.blender.org\/docs\/release_notes\/5.2\/sequencer\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnused mask inputs in compositor strip modifiers are now black and opaque instead of transparent.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/159793\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSequencer colorspace transforms with semitransparent images now match the compositor Convert Colorspace node behavior.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/158840\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"d-block px-3 py-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProxy builds no longer create <code>*.blen_tc<\/code>, as timecode files functionality was removed.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#word-cloud-block_043c9279745f00df582097d7f27c79f8 {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #ffff1f;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cover text-balance\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\" id=\"ui\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mb-6 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#666666\">USER INTERFACE<\/h5>\n\n\n<div id=\"paragraph-plus-block_b7c5a9f5ade4cbb8cd9554c5c1778d67\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph-plus m-0 mb-3 text-center text-balance\">\n\t<p>DETAILS <strong>MATTER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t#paragraph-plus-block_b7c5a9f5ade4cbb8cd9554c5c1778d67 {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfont-size: 64px;\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t#paragraph-plus-block_b7c5a9f5ade4cbb8cd9554c5c1778d67 {\n\t\t\t\tbackground-image: linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(71,150,255) 0%, rgb(0,110,255));\n\t\t\t\t-webkit-background-clip: text;\n\t\t\t\t-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8020209f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default text-balance wp-block-paragraph\">Long-term support comes with a long list of small UI improvements that make a huge difference for those who blend on daily basis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e54184&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e54184\" class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full wp-lightbox-container\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"274\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blender_render_swap_flip_resolution.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97476\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up has-features-render-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-60\">Do a <strong>Quick Flip<\/strong>!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Need portrait instead of landscape? Right-click&nbsp;Resolution X&nbsp;or&nbsp;Resolution Y&nbsp;and use new&nbsp;<strong>Swap Dimensions<\/strong>&nbsp;operator to quickly flip render dimensions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b3078a59 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#666666\">OUTLINER<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up has-features-render-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-61\">Active <strong>Focus<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turn on <strong>Scroll to Active<\/strong> in the Outliner to keep focus on the active object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elements inside collapsed Collections, and children of collapsed parents, are ignored in order to keep your Outliner tidy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video mb-0\"><video height=\"374\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 808 \/ 374;\" width=\"808\" autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/outliner_scroll_to_active.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3f922a96 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center text-left has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e5553a&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e5553a\" class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"353\" height=\"412\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sidebar_icons-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97487\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center text-left has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group text-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-465a6c32 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-62\" style=\"color:#006eff\">Cozy <strong>Sidebar<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fit more on your sidebar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Compact<\/strong> mode turns the sidebar tabs into squares fitting the first two letters of the name, first two letters of each word, or even an icon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similar to <code>bl_category<\/code> for the panel name, define <code>bl_icon<\/code> and the ID of your icon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, you can now click-drag to switch the active tab, and the sidebar is always visible even with a single tab.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-default mt-7 fw-light has-text-color\" style=\"color:#007fff\">PLUS ALL THESE <strong>USER INTERFACE<\/strong> IMPROVEMENTS<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"word-cloud-block_86d505c0d25815a744b52eae1b9643a8\" class=\"block-word-cloud container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-words-cloud-categories\" style=\"column-count: 2;\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">General<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/editors\/preferences\/save_load.html#blend-files\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew Preference: <strong>Save Modified Images<\/strong> prompt\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/c8b32bd722\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWith right-click selection, File and Asset Browsers still open a context menu when right-clicking files\/assets.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/ca57a880af\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhen resizing areas, aligned edges no longer move together by default: hold <kbd>Shift<\/kbd> to move them as a group.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/f8e5fe8de7\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhen Developer Extras is enabled, the property&#8217;s icon ID is shown in the tooltip.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/d8bcb86dac\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCircle\/Lasso Select order is consistent across editors.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/bbf1ac1b4a\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrame the active element with Mouse Button 4 by default (alongside Numpad dot\/comma).\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Tree View<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/8b1ec61c22\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAuto-scroll the list when the mouse is near the edges during drag-and-drop.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/f98dcfeac9\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInvert sorting for root and nested list items.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/0d2d3a9115\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInvert the search filter to show items that don\u2019t match.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/85b6e71d50\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNavigate Tree View and Asset Shelf grid view with arrow keys.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/9e049a5aa3\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Numpad period<\/strong> brings the active item into view (tree and grid).\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Widgets and Icons<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/f19c08ae54\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew text-box widget for multi-line text input.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/0cc55f2c9b\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew &#8220;link&#8221; widget type allows to style buttons as links (blue, underline, or custom via theme)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/c4ae6be9bf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPan menus and popovers with the middle mouse button, just like in other Blender areas.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/b2f14457ef\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tColor widgets now allow direct paste of hex values.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/c31dcbc0fa\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSub-panels inside popovers can be collapsed.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/8cb6fc3034d\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNumber widgets: the unit is no longer part of the selected text, a unit hint appears after the value instead.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.blender.org\/docs\/release_notes\/5.2\/user_interface\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew icons: FILTER_FILLED, DOWNLOAD, DOWNLOAD_DONE, PACKAGE_INDIRECT.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/4bbd4be28f\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Set Parent To<\/strong> menu shows icons for data\/object type\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Node Editor<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/63fccca32d\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMake Group operator avoids type conversion on multi-connected inputs and duplicate output sockets.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/b1a865b347\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUngroup operator adds proxy input and converter nodes so behavior stays the same after ungrouping.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/5b8b780ff7\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew <strong>Implicit Conversion<\/strong> nodes for fixed data-type conversion.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/0eca88e118\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew constant input nodes for Menu sockets and Font data-blocks in all node editors.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/defa2e3ddb\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShader Editor welcomed Boolean, Integer, and Vector input nodes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/fbebd8998d\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVector input nodes support 2D and 4D vectors.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/282352651fd754eaa62f6dcf99570a064ee7354f\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHold <kbd>Alt<\/kbd> to affect all selected tree interface items.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/0c1526ca566e316f1d1ad512de1c08012d1c17af\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMultiple nodes can be now resized at once.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/c38e67125ae85fbfbaf13313f6937554b636ce8e\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore renaming directly inside nodes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/d3a0d4ebf41a4c2498ce267d120c356bbe2be482\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdd dynamic sockets directly on nodes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/52edaaa1f063b07d7b463f5cea1ea2cbef308e61\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tString input nodes update evaluation on text edit.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/d6b0edf63b\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFloat, Integer, Vector, and Integer Vector sockets now support Pixel subtype.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/609ae726310\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNode Wrangler merge supports Integer Math nodes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/3a7652f7fabda581b92bc8d6510f873929b75f60\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLinked node groups moved to a submenu in the Add menu; indirectly linked groups hidden.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/d17de0817a\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImage drop into the World shading editor now creates an Environment Texture node instead of a regular Texture node.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/52d130012c\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSearchable AOVs in the AOV Output node.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Other Editors<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/da6a3052b769dd5c183c0f4232fdaa9fbde37011\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3D Viewport: cameras now have gizmo for orthographic scale adjustment.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/b751b3664ff0bb08ce8d9c203c3c22ddb1113099\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3D Viewport: Brush popover Advanced section is transformed into collapsible sub-panel.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/6ffa78ef64\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImage Editor: UV Grid overlay options are now visible in all modes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/efcd6c653f\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOutliner: individual shape keys display.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/d5c53f9cdb\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOutliner: filter panel is reorganized with sub-panels (the icon is removed).\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/292bbb87c8\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnimation: improved readability of <kbd>Mirror<\/kbd> menu for keys.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Preferences and Platforms<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/74ed382748\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTheme Editor: color, text style, and UI panels reorganization.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/5ea9d96980\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAfter disabling <strong>Allow Online Access<\/strong>, choose to continue offline or allow internet access again.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/eaf63a35ae0b526c0cf8358f4d30b74dfe47da43\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLinux (Wayland): key shortcuts work with non-Latin layouts when a Latin fallback layout (A\u2013Z) is available.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/f1331c606bd8f50883c5b7e6d5e50c2045769ff2\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmacOS 26+: new Liquid Glass application icon.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\" id=\"vr\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading mb-2 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#666666\">VIRTUAL REALITY<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up is-style-default has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-63\">Great <strong>Scout<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jump straight into your 3D scene with <strong>Location Scouting<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Block camera vantage points and assess camera properties in VR with full 3D environment immersion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e570c6&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e570c6\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"434\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vr_1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96811\" style=\"width:561px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vr_1.webp 607w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vr_1-512x366.webp 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-78cc654d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-437b9673 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae1957e578f7&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae1957e578f7\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"731\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vr_location_scouting_blender_52.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vr_location_scouting_blender_52.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vr_location_scouting_blender_52-512x292.webp 512w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vr_location_scouting_blender_52-768x439.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading fw-light in-viewport-fade fade-up is-style-default has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-64\">Full <strong>Control<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The VR Controller default bindings deadzone threshold was adjusted to provide a smoother user experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.blender.org\/manual\/en\/5.2\/addons\/vr_scene_inspection.html#location-scouting\">Read Manual<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"i-o\" class=\"wp-block-group has-black-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center in-viewport-fade fade-up fw-light has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-65\"><strong>I<\/strong>\/<strong>O<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n<div id=\"word-cloud-block_4b181b268aa03f2a8a76f3a87b9a3736\" class=\"block-word-cloud container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-words-cloud-categories\" style=\"column-count: 2;\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Alembic<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/157983\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImport support for object visibility from Alembic archives, including animated visibility as F-Curves.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/158321\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnimated camera data now imports as F-Curves.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/159195\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubdivision meshes keep their original coordinates on import.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/159195\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubdivision meshes rebuild correctly when Alembic changes their structure between frames.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">OpenUSD<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/157196\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tColor space support: import converts colors to the .blend working space; export tags prims and image textures with their color space.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/aabaffd311f11309cffa899e3349c3fe31bea130\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew export option to control how often USD data is flushed to disk and <strong>reduce peak memory usage on large exports<\/strong>.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Images<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/157874\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOpenEXR: Faster writing of half-precision (FP16) EXRs.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Video &#038; Audio Output<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/5635567dadc5875ba6ed44c4cdf1430cad3cc4ba\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStereoscopic metadata is written to exported video for correct playback in video players.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/0d98bf9ff61cc58daa7debd886539982967ba8e9\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPanoramic camera metadata export support for full equirectangular cameras.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">STL<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/157127\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew option to decide which evaluation (Viewport\/Render) will be used in export.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">glTF: New in Import\/Export<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/153bade6e54aee7e591c996a6c2a55ae1eb37215\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPoint Cloud support.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/3e6b5cae21b3723d41851b6c4b431f73887b3299\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMeshopt compression via <code>EXT_meshopt_compression<\/code> and <code>KHR_meshopt_compression<\/code>.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.blender.org\/docs\/release_notes\/5.2\/pipeline_io\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIridescence and dispersion materials via <code>KHR_materials_iridescence<\/code> and <code>KHR_materials_dispersion<\/code>.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/28e89be4edab94bf2fa92cba562eb36988ab6761\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKHR primitive attributes for the official glTF primitive attribute set.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/6fb868797b298c3b45ffca7bc94f3ba7a5cb975f\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tErrors raised by glTF Hooks now stop the export.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/49bff0770c42ba57fea3550f59e8a00eccaf87df\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPerformance: inline material is used when possible. \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/1a679af4f46b22fab0a6c3de2ce54968f4c9d306\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPerformance: animation export enhancement by viewport disabling.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/6b583d742cdef234a3aa71b327bd03e3f393f888\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNodes are now sorted by name.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/1edfbc415070b82506f513aa4fca6a9a1e9a5842\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFixed: retrieve sockets by index instead of names when they are named the same.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/694b967967c2fc03705a49e6435180b253d84744\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFixed: scripts reloading crash.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/bfb768885d89630af55537ab877c3a96c40952ff\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFixed: Vertex Color export for a subset of materials only use case.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/28bae3297d248c902690e37e101e5edc5133ee66\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUI filter for glTF Collections.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/74d3d06770403ef649e348b7a5139c54d96e9393\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFixed: crash on import multiple custom attributes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/96c6a14a54d8ef5ace236d6912de0d881c699806\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnimation Pointer fixes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.block-words-cloud-categories > div {\r\n  --box-bg-color: #1e2225;\r\n}\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"more\" class=\"wp-block-group has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-66 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"color:#e3e3e3;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center in-viewport-fade fade-up fw-light has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-67\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">BUT WAIT, <strong>THERE&#8217;S<\/strong> <strong>MORE<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n<div id=\"word-cloud-block_51a0873de9594b27a3418d949b92e766\" class=\"block-word-cloud container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-words-cloud-categories\" style=\"column-count: 2;\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Theme<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/158588\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tViewport: Added axis brightness setting.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Core<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/d9cde214383fe69c5f0442d1de1a85fd26c221c5\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAutosave: Programmatic triggering via new operator.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/8ecebf0ce72820cdcc1627bc023808b517c7dff0\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAutosave &#038; recovery: Unsaved image edits are now kept in backup files.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/acb86ced9c\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOutliner: Remove override rules directly from the Library Overrides menu.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/329061c239\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLibrary Overrides: Geometry Nodes packed bakes are now supported on modifier stacks.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Motion Tracking<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/138886\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew: <strong>&#8220;Move to Layer&#8221;<\/strong> operator for masks in the Movie Clip Editor (<kbd>M<\/kbd>).\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/138886\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMute footage shortcut moved to <kbd>Ctrl+H<\/kbd>.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/158624\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFaster high-resolution footage playback in the Movie Clip Editor on OpenGL.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/158840\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProxy building no longer creates *.blen_tc timecode index files. \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"category-title\">Python API<\/div>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/1561c1ea4ab6\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeometry Nodes: modifier inputs and outputs are now <strong>RNA properties<\/strong> instead of custom <code>modifier[\"...\"]<\/code> keys. Scripts that set Geometry Nodes values the old way <strong>require updates<\/strong>.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.blender.org\/docs\/release_notes\/5.2\/python_api\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpanded image-buffer API: conversion between file formats, direct pixel access, and grey-scale\/RGB\/RGBA support.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/fef4836e0c\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew <code>bpy.data.all_ids<\/code> iterator to loop over all data-blocks at once.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/pulls\/159159\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew options for <code>bpy.data.file_path_foreach<\/code> to expand UDIM tiles, image\/volume sequences, and cache files (including Cycles texture cache).\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/a6f60f8657493e34386880e30f08331dc7913b3c\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew: <code>gpu.init() <\/code> to use the GPU in background mode (<code>--background <\/code>).\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/6a46a5a46b9855965e685b7c8b4d65d93b04fb5b\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSculpt Mode automasking settings moved to <code>MeshAutomaskingSettings<\/code> on <code>Paint<\/code> and <code>Brush<\/code>.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/141af3d11729ef911f347ae9fc42a7ec9a437d9a\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<code>mathutils<\/code> types (Vector, Matrix, Color, Euler) now support slice step (e.g. <code>vector[begin:end:step]<\/code>).\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.blender.org\/docs\/release_notes\/5.2\/python_api\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew functions to add, edit, and remove annotation strokes and points.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/646199c89a\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<code>bpy.data.libraries.load() <\/code> now exposes linked library blend-file paths.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/05b30f7c3552332da838a787ae4b6c773b5fbe0e\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew: <code>Window.screenshot<\/code> method to access screenshot pixel data without saving to disk.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.blender.org\/docs\/release_notes\/5.2\/python_api\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew: <code>UILayout.link<\/code> and <code>UILayout.textbox<\/code> for styled link buttons and multi-line text in panels.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/79e02e1405\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlender reports are now exposed as a read-only list on <code>WindowManager<\/code>, with session-wide unique IDs.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/7ff9668c4939a0e24d1327236d85a876b13da032\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGrease Pencil: new functions <code>layer.layer_masks.add<\/code> and <code>layer.layer_masks.remove<\/code> to add\/remove layer masks. \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/blender\/blender\/commit\/2c7b7056589eab53d3487db05adf9ae4db21e9b5\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGrease Pencil: new <code>fill_id<\/code> and <code>hide_stroke<\/code> properties to strokes in the high-level python API.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.blender.org\/docs\/release_notes\/5.2\/python_api\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSee all API changes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.block-words-cloud-categories > div {\r\n  --box-bg-color: #1e2225;\r\n}\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cbc25d25 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center mt-4 mb-0 has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Plus hundreds of bug fixes, code cleanups and refactors.<br>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.blender.org\/docs\/release_notes\/5.2\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/developer.blender.org\/docs\/release_notes\/5.1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full list of changes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"credits\" class=\"wp-block-group has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\">CREDITS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-91c4ea1c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Blender is a community project.<br>Learn more on how you can <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.blender.org\/docs\/handbook\/new_developers\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/developer.blender.org\/docs\/handbook\/new_developers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contribute to Blender<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/about\/credits\/\">List of developers<\/a> who contributed to Blender 5.2 LTS and all-time contributors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center container px-4 is-style-default wp-block-paragraph\">Splash artwork: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/joanna_kobierska\">Joanna Kobierska<\/a>, <\/strong>based on a model by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theartofken.com\/\">Ken Barthelmey<\/a><\/strong>.<br>Thin Wall renders by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@christopher3d475\">Christopher 3D<\/a>. VR Location Scouting image by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/dbystedt\">Daniel Bystedt<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center container px-4 is-style-default wp-block-paragraph\">Huge thanks to everyone involved! \ud83e\udde1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The Blender team. July 14th, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first long-term support release in 5.x series. 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