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Today is the day! Blender 5.2 LTS has entered Beta. What’s next? 🔸 Download 5.2 LTS Beta and test if your files work correctly. 🔸 Report bugs and help make this release stable for everyone. 🔸 Be first to try features the community will be talking about soon. ⬇️ Download: builder.blender.org/download/daily #b3d

5. 🧡Donate to support Blender Development fund.blender.org #b3d

4. 🎦 Watch the showcase of amazing work done by the Blender Community: youtu.be/arrO44cCp88 #b3d

Happy Blender 5.2 LTS release day! Let's celebrate by following these three steps: 1. ⬇️ Download Blender 5.2 LTS: blender.org/download/ #b3d

Join the Blender team at SIGGRAPH 2026 in Los Angeles this July! The Blender team will be present at the event as usual, with several appearances planned on the agenda. Find out more at blender.org/events/blender… #b3d

OVERGROWN: Blender Studio's feature film project Watch the announcement: youtube.com/watch?v=-hwMHF… #b3d #OpenMovie #BlenderStudio

Blender Today #285 is LIVE! Drop by to hear about a feature film project by Blender Studio, Blender 5.2. LTS release candidate and Sequencer improvements: youtube.com/watch?v=A2oBbZ… #b3d

Blender 5.2 LTS has reached Release Candidate! 🚀 Now's the time to put it to the test and report any issues. Let's make this release as stable as possible! ⬇️ Download: builder.blender.org/download/daily/ #b3d

Announcing OVERGROWN: Blender Studios’ feature film project. We need your help to make this happen! Learn more at studio.blender.org/projects/overg… #b3d #OpenMovie #BlenderStudio

Tune in to Blender Today #284: This week we're covering the new Compositor cache for fast playback, a load of new nodes, performance speedups throughout, and so much more. Now LIVE 🔴 on YouTube: youtube.com/live/kfEahHL_g… #b3d

🎦 20 years of Blender Open Movies. What’s next? In a new post on the Blender Studio blog we reflect on what 17 film releases taught us and discuss the next challenge worth exploring. Join the conversation: studio.blender.org/blog/20-years-… #b3d #OpenMovie #BlenderStudio

While Blender 5.2 LTS is in Beta, maintenance updates are out for active LTS versions: 🔶 Blender 4.5.11 LTS fixes 6 issues. 🔹 Blender 4.2.22 LTS fixes 1 bug and 2 crashes. ⬇️ Download and read the changelog at blender.org/lts #b3d

Reminder time: Blender Breakfast @ Annecy is happening next Tuesday! If you’d like to join, make sure to register on the event page: luma.com/x6sk9lz1 #b3d #Annecy

It’s the day of Blender Today #283! Be among the first to catch up on 100 changes out of nearly 500 commits from the past 2 weeks, with bits from 5.2 LTS Beta and new 5.3 features. 📺Join the livestream: youtube.com/live/GIoNAXTyu… #b3d

@ArtsOfAlchemist Bloom is now a node in the Compositor, which means it's much more flexible because any setting can be driven by other nodes and values, and it also works on Cycles! #b3d

@Blender iv been out of blender for awhile (3.0 was my last) and i used to use a feature in the evee render called "bloom" to make my emissions glow ... its no longer there so i assume there's a different way now? could anyone be so kind as to point me in the right direction?

Today is the day! Blender 5.2 LTS has entered Beta. What’s next? 🔸 Download 5.2 LTS Beta and test if your files work correctly. 🔸 Report bugs and help make this release stable for everyone. 🔸 Be first to try features the community will be talking about soon. ⬇️ Download: builder.blender.org/download/daily #b3d

Attention! It's Blender Conference 2026 call for submissions! 4 rooms of the BCON venue are ready for Blender-focused presentations, each one with its own flavor of talks. Which stage will be yours? Submit your proposal before June 16th: conference.blender.org/2026/call-for-… #b3d #BCON26

Last but not least: do you hear the roar on the splash screen? It’s the cave lion Panthera spelaea, recreated by @JoannaKobierska from a lion sculpt by @KenBarthelmey. #b3d

What’s new in Blender 5.2 LTS Beta? These features are worth trying first: 🔸 Cycles texture cache - Cut memory use and startup time on texture-heavy scenes. 🔸 Hair/Cloth dynamics - Node-based physics simulations powered by Geometry Nodes entered the chat. 🔸 Online Asset Library - Host libraries remotely, browse them inside Blender, and download assets on demand. 🔸 Loop Tools - Circle, space, and flatten from the beloved add-on, now built into Blender. 🔸 Rendering – new Thin Wall mode in Principled BSDF is here to render leaves, paper and other meshes with minimal thicknesses in a more photoreal way. 🔸 Geometry Nodes - New Bevel node, Geometry bundles, lists, a new Sample Sound node to pull frequency data from audio, Empty objects now support Geometry Nodes and so much more. 🔸 Grease Pencil - A brand new Fill tool and updated brush library. 📖 Check the full menu in the release notes: developer.blender.org/docs/release_n… Support future Blender development: fund.blender.org 🧡 #b3d