I know. I know perfectly well that this famous program has nothing to do with hairdressing. Or if? Not really, but it does have to do with everything that can be added to an image, especially if it is in 3D. This afternoon, Blender Foundation announced the release of Blender 3.5, and much of the spotlight has gone to improvements that will make the treatment and movement of the hair look more realistic.
Although the project has released Blender 3.5 and Blender 3.6 is due to arrive soon, they are also preparing for the release of v4.0, scheduled for the end of this 2023. As for the News list of the version that has arrived today, and as always, it is quite extensive, but if we summarize the one of the hairdresser in one, the list shrinks. Below you have the highlights that have come along with this version.
Highlights of Blender 3.5
- Many improvements related to hairstyles, and to see them in more detail we recommend seeing the original article whose link you have above these lines.
- New Image Info node.
- New Image input node.
- New Blur Attribute node.
- The Store Named Attribute node can now store 2D vector attributes.
- New type of mirror extension for Image Texture.
- Field utility nodes have been renamed.
- Improved modifier UI.
- New operator Move to Nodes.
- Drag and drop node pool assets into the viewport.
- New Interpolate Curves node.
- Trim Curves now has selection input.
- Faster procedure changes.
- Hold down the Alt key to disable automatic node pinning.
- New Edges to Face Groups node.
- UV map output on mesh primitive nodes.
- Split edges is now 2 times faster.
- Faster display of many instances of geometries.
- Improved context menu in the Node Editor.
- Copy and Paste nodes at the mouse position.
- Reorganized the Add Geometry Nodes menu.
- Hold down the Alt key to swap node links while connecting them.
- 25% faster cloth simulation using auto collision
Blender 3.5, which succeeds v3.4 which I arrive with official support for Wayland, among other things, it can now be downloaded from its official website for all supported systems. From there, Linux users can download the tarball, and in the next few days it will begin to reach the official repositories of most Linux distributions and Flatub. For those who prefer the snap package, it's now available at Snapcraft.