There are developers who release older versions of their software and then others to fix bugs or add minor tweaks. Then there are others that add many functions in each of the releases, so we could say that they are all major updates. That is the case of this 3D modeling program that a few hours ago launched Blender 2.93, a version that is also LTS and will be supported for longer than others, such as v2.92 launched now just over three months ago. The previous Long Term Support was Blender 2.83 LTS.
The LTS versions of Blender are supported for approximately two years. That means that we can stay in it knowing that everything it includes will be polished over time and will become more reliable, but it will not receive new features as future updates will. Below you have a list with the most outstanding news that have arrived with Blender 2.93 LTS.
Blender 2.93 LTS highlights
- LTS release supported for approximately two years.
- New spreedshet editor that will help inspect meshes, instances and point clouds.
- New fill tool.
- New depth of field.
- Improvements in Eevee that make it faster.
- Support for area lights and soft shadows.
- The creation, expansion and retouching of groups of masks and faces has been facilitated.
- Added support for previewing patterns while using it.
- Support to automatically create masks of loose parts.
- Enhanced support for loops with persistent data.
- The geometry node editor has received 22 new nodes.
- Performance improvements.
- Ability to import SVG files as brush objects.
- Support for animations during export to PDF.
Blender 2.93 is available for download from this link. From there, Linux users will download the binaries. The Snap version It has already been updated, but the Flatpak will do so in the next few hours.