[HN Gopher] Blender 2.93 LTS
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       Blender 2.93 LTS
        
       Author : Tomte
       Score  : 118 points
       Date   : 2021-06-02 18:34 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.blender.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.blender.org)
        
       | faucist234 wrote:
       | Arrest Fauci Now!
        
       | mkaic wrote:
       | I wonder if the title of this submission ought to be just
       | "Blender 2.93 LTS" to make it more clear what the subject of it
       | is? Just my two cents.
        
         | dang wrote:
         | Changed. Thanks!
        
         | flyingfences wrote:
         | I'm still completely confused what the title they chose is
         | supposed to mean. What's ending? They don't say. I scrolled
         | through that whole page and if just looks like their normal
         | release showcase.
         | 
         | Does this just mean that they're bumping up the version number
         | to 3.0 with some big new core features? It sounds like
         | something significant is coming to an end, like Blender isn't
         | going to keep being Blender.
        
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           | mkaic wrote:
           | 2.93 marks the last Blender 2.X release, which is significant
           | because Blender 2.0 came out in August of 2000. 21 years of
           | 2.X development is the "Era" they're referring to. The next
           | major release will be 3.0!
        
       | valine wrote:
       | As someone who works on mesh importers and low level graphics
       | programming that new spreadsheet feature is going to be
       | incredibly useful for debugging UVs and edge indices.
        
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       | rektide wrote:
       | I love the celebration of all they've done! This is so great.
       | Really well put together page. And I have no idea what the next
       | big mystery is going to be. Exciting moment for software that's
       | just gotten so so so so advanced over the years, that's really
       | iterated & progressed consistently. Here's to ya'll!!
       | 
       | I feel like Blender3D 3.0 might perhaps be Blender 3^2D. Now with
       | nine-dimensional hyper-editing!!
        
       | 127 wrote:
       | Many new features in Blender are hyped up, but I don't think the
       | new LTS policy really receives enough spotlight. It's exhausting
       | trying to keep up the pipeline and addons up to date when just
       | downloading the newest version from Blender.org. Blender just
       | moves that fast. LTS gives people a solid foundation to build on.
       | It's a complete blessing.
        
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       | mkaic wrote:
       | The Blender dev team never ceases to amaze me with their
       | incredible iteration speed. It's crazy how much you can get done
       | when you assemble a team of highly skilled, organized, and
       | passionate people to all work on what they love full time.
       | 
       | Blender is hands-down my favorite piece of software I've ever
       | used. I use it for professional purposes semi-regularly, and with
       | each new update just keeps on getting better and better.
       | 
       | Excited for the 3.0 releases!
        
         | Wistar wrote:
         | v2.7 was, for me, the version that got me to slowly move from
         | 3D Max to Blender. Now, I can hardly remember 3D Max.
        
           | can16358p wrote:
           | I'm not professional or anything but I find 3ds max UI and
           | way of doing things/UI/toolbars/working with geometry and
           | keyboard shortcuts MUCH more intuitive than Blender.
           | Everybody says Blender is awesome and I respect that, but
           | seriously, no matter how hard I try I always end up saying
           | "this is much easier in 3ds max". Any recommendations?
        
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