Blender

Blender Overview

Blender is a free 3D graphics and animation editor. Despite its relatively small size, the functions of this package are quite sufficient for both ordinary users and professionals.

The program has all the basic tools that are used in professional 3D editors. The program includes tools for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, video processing, a set of options for creating interactive games, 3D visual effects and much more. Using this program, you can create realistic 3D paintings with the quality of digital photography.

Blender, like any professional 3D package, has a large number of primitives built in, from which you can assemble your own models. Various rings, cubes, spheres, cylinders, additional grids, etc.

The relatively small volume of the distribution contains a full-fledged editor core with all the main functions and a minimal set of textures/models/event handlers. Additional features are implemented by connecting plugins – both official ones created by the editor’s authors and those developed by users.

Blender Features

Animation
· Armature (skeleton) deformation with forward/inverse kinematics, auto skinning and interactive 3D paint for vertex weighting
· Non-linear animation mixer with automated walkcycles along paths
· Constraint system
· Vertex key framing for morphing, with controlling sliders
· Character animation pose editor
· Animatable lattice deformation
· ‘Ipo’ system integrates both motion curve and traditional key-frame editing
· Audio playback, mixing and editing support for sound synchronisation
· Python scripting access for custom and procedural animation effects

Realtime 3D/game creation
· Graphical editor for defining interactive behavior without programming
· Collision detection and dynamics simulation
· Python scripting API for sophisticated control and AI, fully defined advanced game logic
· Supports all OpenGL lighting modes, including transparencies, Animated and reflection-mapped textures
· Playback of games and interactive 3D content without compiling or preprocessing
· Audio, using the fmod toolkit
· Multi-layering of Scenes for overlay interfaces

Rendering
· Very fast inbuilt raytracer
· Integral support for the famous Yafray render engine
· Oversampling, motion blur, post-production effects, fields, non-square pixels
· Environment maps, halos, lens flares, fog
· Various surface shaders such as Lambert, Phong, Oren-nayar, Blinn, Toon
· Edge rendering for toon shading
· Procedural Textures
· Ambient Occlusion
· Radiosity solver
· Export scripts available for external renderers such as Renderman (RIB), Povray, Virtualight
· UV texture editor with various mesh unwrap modes

What is the difference between Blender and Blender LTS ?

LTS stands for Long-Term Support . The Blender LTS program aims to provide the ability to complete long-term projects using a stable version of Blender that will provide critical fixes for a 2-year period. The LTS version will not have any new features, API changes , or improvements compared to the regular version of Blender .

File Information

Year/Release Date : 2025
Version : 4.4.1
Developer : blender
Developer’s website : blender.org
Bit depth : 64bit
Interface language : Multilingual
Tablet : not required

System Requirements

Minimum:
☑ Windows 8.1 OS (64-bit)
☑ Quad-core processor with SSE4.2 support
☑ 8 GB RAM
☑ GPU 2 GB video memory with OpenGL 4.3 (see below)

Recommended:
☑ Windows 10 or Windows 11 OS
☑ 8-core processor
☑ 32 GB RAM
☑ GPU 8 GB video memory
☑ NVIDIA: GeForce 400 and newer, Quadro Tesla GPU architecture and newer, including RTX-based cards, with NVIDIA drivers.
☑ AMD: 1st Gen GCN and newer.
☑ Intel: Broadwell architecture and newer. Always install the latest drivers from the graphics card manufacturer’s website.