{"id":20511,"date":"2023-11-16T17:18:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=20511"},"modified":"2023-11-17T16:02:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T14:02:19","slug":"blender-4-0-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2023\/11\/16\/blender-4-0-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Blender 4.0 Released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Blender 4.0 is the first step towards a new iteration of Blender, and delivers a number of new feature and workflow improvements across all areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To highlight a few:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New Principled BSDF shader<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AgX view transform for improved color handling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Light linking in Cycles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Node Tools, powered by Geometry Nodes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Repeat zones in Geometry Nodes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Snap Base for improved placement and transform workflows<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cType to search\u201d and various UI improvements, including a new default font<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New animation curve editing operators<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bone collections<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and so, so much more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/demo-files\/#assets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Human Base Meshes bundle<\/a>&nbsp;got an update with new models and improved topology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/releases\/4-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">release notes<\/a>&nbsp;for an in-depth look at what\u2019s new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter 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=\"Blender 4.0 - Reel\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eoY1Mc70uTo?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blender 4.0 is the first step towards a new iteration of Blender, and delivers a number of new feature and workflow improvements across all areas. To highlight a few: The&nbsp;Human Base Meshes bundle&nbsp;got an update with new models and improved topology. Explore the&nbsp;release notes&nbsp;for an in-depth look at what\u2019s new.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware-software","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/blender_40_splash.jpg?fit=450%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}