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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.graphics.animation
Subject: Blender 4.3 Is Out
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 02:06:22 -0000 (UTC)
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The latest version of Blender, the legendary Open Source DCC creation
suite, has gone stable. New features are covered in
<https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.3/>.

If you’re an artistic type, have a look at the new capabilities in the
Grease Pencil feature
<https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.3/grease_pencil/>.
For a techie type like me, I look forward to new additions to the
Geometry Nodes functionality with every new release
<https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.3/geometry_nodes/>.

None of the proprietary apps for 3D, animation, rendering, sculpting,
drawing/painting etc offers the breadth of functionality in one
integrated workflow, and one compact installation, that Blender does.
And then there’s the Python scripting API, which gives you fully
object-oriented programmatic access to all that functionality. Others
are scrambling to try to catch up to that level of Python support, but
Blender leads the way.