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Contents

  * 1 Blender 4.0 Release Notes
      + 1.1 Animation & Rigging
      + 1.2 Geometry Nodes
      + 1.3 Modeling
      + 1.4 Sculpt & Paint
      + 1.5 Shading & Texturing
      + 1.6 Cycles
      + 1.7 Color Management
      + 1.8 Compositor & Sequencer
      + 1.9 Import & Export
      + 1.10 Core
      + 1.11 User Interface
          o 1.11.1 3D Viewport
          o 1.11.2 Node Editor
          o 1.11.3 Keymap
      + 1.12 Add-ons
      + 1.13 Python API
      + 1.14 Asset Bundles
      + 1.15 Compatibility
          o 1.15.1 Blend Files
          o 1.15.2 Graphics Cards

Reference/Release Notes/4.0

< Reference | Release Notes

Blender 4.0 Release Notes

Blender 4.0 was released on November 14, 2023.

Check out out the final release notes on blender.org.

Animation & Rigging

Geometry Nodes

Modeling

Sculpt & Paint

Shading & Texturing

Cycles

Color Management

Compositor & Sequencer

Import & Export

Core

User Interface

3D Viewport

Node Editor

Keymap

Add-ons

Python API

Asset Bundles

Compatibility

Blend Files

  * The mesh format changes from previous versions are now included
    in the Blender file format.
      + Blender 3.6 LTS can read files saved with 4.0, but earlier
        versions cannot.
      + Blender 3.6 LTS will save meshes in a format compatible with
        older versions of Blender, so it can be used as conversion
        tool if needed.
      + See the section in the Python API section for more details.
  * The new blendfile compatibility policy (#109151) has been
    implemented (see PR #110109).
  * Unused linked data is not kept anymore when saving and re-opening
    .blend files. See the core page for details.

Graphics Cards

  * The minimum required OpenGL version has been increased to 4.3 for
    Linux and Windows. (3478093183)
  * On macOS only Metal is supported now, and the OpenGL backend has
    been removed. A GPU with Metal 2.2 support is required. Intel
    Macs without an AMD GPU require a Skylake processor or higher. (
    cdb8a8929c)
  * Due to driver issues, support for Intel HD4000 series GPUs has
    been dropped.

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