On January 1, 1998, Blender was released publicly online as SGI freeware. Some design choices and experiences for Blender were carried over from an earlier software application, called Traces, that Roosendaal developed for NeoGeo on the Commodore Amiga platform during the 1987–1991 period. The name Blender was inspired by a song by the Swiss electronic band Yello, from the album Baby, which NeoGeo used in its showreel. Version 1.00 was released in January 1995, with the primary author being company co-owner and software developer Ton Roosendaal.
Jeroen Bakker – original maintainer of the LTS pilot.The Dutch animation studio NeoGeo (not related to the Neo Geo family of video game hardware) started to develop Blender as an in-house application, and based on the timestamps for the first source files, Januis considered to be Blender's birthday. Are you still using it on the side or is it your main version? Let us know in the commentaries. We really want to hear how you experienced Blender 2.83.
In August 2022 Blender 3.3 LTS will be released and will also get 2 years support after its initial release. There are currently 2 actively maintained Blender versions 2.93 LTS and 3.2. The old versions will still be available together with all the other previous versions of Blender. This doesn’t mean that it will stop working, or that you will not be able to download or use it. In October 2021 we got our new build environment that could handle automated testing and uploading to, Steam, Microsoft Store and Snap.Īfter 2 years of active maintenance our first LTS will be discontinued. The release process was polished, and a lot of energy went into automating tasks from a full day of manual work and checking to a single hour. For Blender 2.83 the cycle had to be improved to be able to release every other week, which turned into every week once Blender 2.93 LTS also became available. A huge shout-out to the community for reporting and fixing 293 bugs making Blender 2.83 LTS the most stable release ever! This continuous work gave trust to studios and professionals that were using it from day one.īefore we started the Long Term Support, a new version was out roughly every two months – including the corrective releases. Now two years after its debut, and as originally planned, Blender 2.83 LTS versions will no longer be maintained. Blender 2.83 LTS Splash Screenīlender 2.83 LTS was handled with a lot of care, and it was received accordingly. Blender 2.83 was released on June 3rd 2020 and has received 20 updates.
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