Blender 2 8 Update Notes

1 blender 2 8 work continues towards beta the main focus is still on working through the many to do items and bug reports.
Blender 2 8 update notes. With again over a thousand fixes and several important updates that were planned for the 2 8 series. Blender 2 81 is the next release under development. Most add ons for 2 79 are available for 2 80 as well. Blender 2 80 is an api breaking release.
Blender 2 81 2 82. Most notable are the sculpting tools overhaul support for nvidia rtx ray tracing in cycles intel open image denoising a better outliner a new file browser and much more. With again over a thousand fixes and many important updates that were planned for the 2 8 series. The current release process schedule aims at frequent and predictable releases for users and developers using a release cycle defined here.
Blender 2 81 release notes. The much anticipated update of the blender 2 80 milestone is here. The second update of the blender 2 80 milestone release is here. Next meeting is monday 17 september 18 00 cest 16 00 utc.
In this release you will find udim and usd support mantaflow fluids and smoke simulation ai denoising grease pencil improvements and much more. Addons and scripts will need to be updated both to handle the new features and adapt to changes to make the api more consistent and reliable. A new dark theme and modern icon set were introduced. The blender foundation periodically publishes official stable releases.
Keyboard mouse and tablet interaction got a refresh with left click select as the new default. New in blender 2 82a. Transform origins new snapping mirroring and auto merge options. Blender 2 80 alpha 2.
In this release you will find udim and usd support a new fluid and smoke simulation system ai denoising and much more. A few new ones were added and a few were removed. Wireframe selection in x ray mode was improved. Blender 2 80 is an api breaking release.
Blender 2 80 features a redesigned user interface that puts the focus on the artwork that you create. New sculpt tools poly build tool voxel remesh and quad remesh. Quick favorites menus provide rapid access to often used tools. Addons and scripts will need to be updated to run on 2 80 both to handle the new features and adapt to changes to make the api more consistent and reliable.
With over a thousand fixes and several important updates that were planned for the 2 8 series. The new planning is as follows.