Blender 3.4 New Features in LESS than 5 minutes

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[@quarryspanish]

Blender has got to be the only software that evolves faster than people have time to learn it.

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

Ikr 😭😭😭 whyyyyyyy

[@igorthelight]

@@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890 It's ok ;-) Just use only LTS versions. The last one is 3.3x LTS - Long Term Support - it's a version that will get only bugfixes updates. So using 3.3x you will get just bugfixes patches and no new features at all xD

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

@@igorthelight nah, i’ll just deal with the updates 🗿

[@ThreeDee]

crying Blender people agree

[@mipe7755]

Someone forgot about UE5 :]

[@GaryParris]

Being part of the Blender fund and community at this stage just fills me with pride at how its being improved with every release and with everyone's input. It's amazing for what we all benefit from for free.

[@PabloVazquez]

Support from people that can afford it, make Blender possible for people that can't

[@GaryParris]

@@PabloVazquez 100% Agree! it should never be about money, i am able and do because i want others to benefit for free :O) that is my personal choice :O)

[@PabloVazquez]

Thank you for your support! ❤️

[@youshimimi]

I'm so happy UVs got got some love!! Not gonna lie, it feels like last couple of years modelling, rigging, sculpting, UVs and texture painting went a bit into the background as most of the development was focused on geometry nodes. I'm hoping this is a start of a new trajectory where all tools will be getting the same attention 🙏🙏🙏

[@coltynstone-lamontagne]

Yeah it makes sense though since geo nodes needed a ton of work to be as useful as they are today! I agree with you as far as hoping the future is more even👍

[@nicholaspostlethwaite9554]

Yes I hope that geo nodes can be left alone for a few years, lol. They have become obsessed with them and they are clever but not very usable by most.

[@coltynstone-lamontagne]

@@nicholaspostlethwaite9554 hence why they have been improving them, adding usability

[@IGarrettI]

Not enough… the uv tools are worse than anything else out there

[@fitmotheyap]

@@nicholaspostlethwaite9554 nah I think they will get a lot of use when they've got more explanation

[@olivermj69]

Incredible how advanced Blender has become. And even more incredible when considering that it's free!

[@GameBacardi]

...something fishy about this.

[@artemise1tara3938]

@@GameBacardi how is that fishy lmao, blender is supported by donations.

[@marshallross3373]

@@artemise1tara3938 I think the other advantage over proprietary tech is that the number of developers is potentially unlimited.

[@GameBacardi]

@@artemise1tara3938 maybe something to do with licences. Using program to make movie and then make huge profit with that movie ? Like on those FREE game engines, you can create game but if you get a lot profit then you need pay some. "Nothing is free" :P

[@damiaanthelen5159]

@@GameBacardi Blender is open source, that means it's not just free, but anybody can view and alter the code however they want. There is no licensing, so no fees whatsoever.

[@ulalawatch851]

3:03 "I'm too stupid to understand" really gets me 😂😂😂

[@DS-pk4eh]

If we could apply the same attitude and project management like Blender has, on ONE Linux distro, on OpenOffice like software, GIMP, Inkscape,...we would have on hell of the Linux platform to work on

[@fakecubed]

GIMP, especially. If they were more like Blender, I think I could finally just go fully FOSS for everything I do except gaming.

[@mipe7755]

@@fakecubed By FOSS do you mean "Free Of Stupid Subscriptions"? :]

[@DS-pk4eh]

@@fakecubed Yes, that is what I am imagining (dreaming of). Since Windows 11 arrived, I am thinking to move to Linux, but for the time being, it's just not that. There are way too many distros, project managing is not good, GIMP like many other open source software, are slow moving.

[@Sumit.R]

@@DS-pk4eh try zorin OS. It's closet thing to being windows and it's got polished great UI

[@gcharb2d]

My grip with Linux is drivers support, and I hate packages that are a gigabyte download or more for simple utils like VLC and the likes!

[@chumcool]

Been Blending for over a decade and have never felt so left behind

[@PapayaPositive]

Your profile picture is top-notch. 👍

[@estate0007]

Southern Shotty as a host on the official Blender channel? Love it!

[@sealishproductions]

Nothing new tho

[@toapyandfriends]

😆ME TOO CONGRATS SOUTHERN SHOTTY

[@PostalPete]

yee, he came in the blender headquarters with a sawed-off Shotty and was like gimme your channel

[@Tremori_A]

honestly be genius if since blender is a for the people by the people sort of program that we always get different guest hosts from the blender community

[@siemensohm]

I'm getting a depression thanks to Blender. You guys publish new versions faster than I can learn new Blender skills.

[@thepolarpals]

At least you've got a Blender skill, I most certainly do not

[@fakecubed]

Are you not making good art with your existing skills? Just because there's new features doesn't mean you have to use them.

[@siemensohm]

@@fakecubed I know. But there's so much to learn, that it feels like I'm running towards a goal that I will never reach and with each new version it moves further away. But of course I learned already a lot and I'm increasingly satisfied with my work. But please don't take it too serious... ;)

[@Shoobster]

@@siemensohm Well you're thinking about it all wrong amigo. Your goal shouldn't be to learn every function in blender, it should be to get as good at the functions you do use and add more as needed. You learn to make cool projects, you don't learn because you're a completionist

[@sub0rLai]

@@Shoobster literally

[@yajastudio8241]

Excellent breakdown! I loved the glTF part! Haha!

[@MattPin]

Im so happy they're starting to improve and add new features to grease pencil, thank you to all the devs who help make blender!

[@PabloVazquez]

New features in Grease Pencil will likely see a slowdown for a few releases because the team is working on completely rewritting the Grease Pencil architecture from scratch, to be more performant and support Geometry Nodes. Check out The Future of Grease Pencil talk at Blender Conference 2022

[@MattPin]

@@PabloVazquez I see, that's good to hear!

[@SwagHyde]

@@PabloVazquez oh thank god they're remaking it i hate how it doesn't work that well with regular 3d objects

[@PabloVazquez]

@@SwagHyde EEVEE is also being rewritten to support GP objects cast shadows and such, just like regular 3D objects. So the future is bright for Grease Pencil!

[@Jhaaninc]

Yup didn't even realise it had updated. Thanks for the update 👍

[@WW_Studios]

I'm so hyped about the new storyboard feature!!! Came just in time for me! :D

[@princessthyemis]

SAAAME! it looks amazing!

[@coreforce9872]

Really excited for the UV remapping feature.

[@eyloa6386]

🥰😍❣ Thank youuu! Thank you all developers!!!

[@igor_go_drawings1]

Thanks for the information!

[@RebelliousTreecko]

Being able to bake specular and reflection and fresnel effects from a camera is something I thought would be cool to have, so I'm glad we're part-way there.

[@Fairstarter]

aligning UV to rotation is a little thing that I've wanted in blender for years!

[@Vermeulenisdenaam]

Wow, that is JAM PACKED!! Excellend job, everyone! 🙏🙌

[@sagarmore4968]

Thank you to all blender team

[@gamheroes]

Thanks as always and happy blending!

[@JorgeMorenoCGArtist]

NICE TO SEE ALL THAT IMPROVEMENTS

[@DICAS.LOGOFR]

Cada vez ficando melhor!👍

[@gabrielmoro3d]

Blender keeps getting better and better. Beautiful release!

[@DillandShaj]

I'm just starting to grasp the basic features of Blender but the fact that this has so many advanced features for free just blows my mind. I hope one day that I can fluently utilize at least half of what Blender has to offer. Thank you for the Blender team for providing such an awesome piece of software for enthusiasts!

[@norman3847]

I swear this is the future app. (Old 3d user)

[@Patricebrouh]

Wow, great! Don't forget a simple way to get and bake edge wear or edge highlight

[@3DJay429]

This is why open source rules - blender is the BEST software

[@PeterMoueza]

0:32 blue line Art 1:35 path tracing water 1:54 proc 2:00 NLA 2:32 drivers 2:42 bubbles chains 2:48 castle artwork 3:05 .py

[@edgarallanyee]

Can't wait to use the new sculpting features! 👏

[@RyanKingArt]

Awesome!! 👍‍

[@TripFontain]

I downloaded Blender 3.4 and the Storypencil Addon isn’t in the app ….I’ve checked every addon and even typed it in and it’s nowhere to be found..Is anyone else experiencing this issue?

[@uoassist82]

I like your Piton changes explanation, that exactly what i looking for )

[@Porus3D]

I blinked once and boom 4 versions of blender. Anyone one else still at 3.0?

[@JaXuun]

I can't wait for animation improvements.

[@wealthyhobo2576]

Blender team, I love you! Thank you!

[@jun_8255]

It is the one and only software where people of every section of creative society want to contribute in developing it 🥲 Which the power of team work 🙏

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodla2091]

Great I know hardly anything about what you just said but I hope to one day put it to use

[@JoshPurple]

Thank You 😁🏆!

[@chavotut]

I love your program. Thanks to Blender, I started doing computer graphics

[@fakecubed]

Hey, that's cool!

[@junimeme5626]

These are all great as usual, and I'm not usually one to ask for things from free software, but I do wish they implement a way to edit instanced collections easily (edit the original collection through the instances). This would improve game dev scene workflow greatly, instead of having to blindly edit the original collection in isolation without any context of its placement.

[@princessthyemis]

Oh my gosh I NEEED more info on the story pencil ad on!! that looks absolutely amazing!!!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@alexeypetrov8394]

love Blender, thank you for such great evolution in every step.

[@ThePinkFoxi]

Thank you!

[@HAWXLEADER]

Finally, some improvements to the GletF importer and exported

[@kand016]

Nice new Features now i will download Blender (3.4) again

[@heimirjosefsson510]

Vörður! Seriously though, great to see Blender is going forward at such a rate!

[@erasolaris]

Thank u for making this freeee ☆

[@someshsahu4638]

My favourite software blender 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@CanyonWanderer]

I think it was already ~20 years ago Blender went open source. I remember downloading and playing with it. There were other options around, like PovRay, at that time with more accurate rendering, but not anywhere near when it comes to modelling. The Blender UI was already quite complex but a bit rough around the edges maybe. Have been playing with it on and off for these 20 years now. The evolution ever since... Sometimes slower, sometimes faster, but the last few years it is going lightning speed ! 🤯

[@tuusita]

Ah, I remember PovRay! T'was my first venture dabbling in 3D graphics. Those were the times... *nostagic sigh*

[@Karl93rus]

gltf exporter moment is a diamond of the video! :)))

[@kaasronald3623]

amazing. are the animation improvements next?

[@imclueless9875]

but still no texture paint improvement, OR volumetric improvements. These are the two we have been waiting for for SO LONG. Please.

[@siberiandante]

They have to rewrite a lot of core stuff to change the default texture/vertex paint tool from a basic circle to multiple brushes.

[@imclueless9875]

@@siberiandante I dont doubt that there is alot of work to be done there especially in terms of editing the volumetric aspects inside blender. But these are massive things that people have been waiting for and begging for for so long it should be a priority. Having to texture my sculpts or objects from blender to SP or another is just a step that we should be past by this point. Im not even gunna start with the problems with volumetrics that eevee/cycles currently have, no point in rendering really anything inside blender when 1 it takes literal DAYS to finish and 2 i cant even have functioning volumes, perspective and good depth of field additives to my workflow. Id rather just use Unreal Engine for rendering instead when in reality im dying on the inside wishing i could just use 1 program for all my workflow instead of hassling to render out or export things FOR UE.

[@encapsulatio]

@@imclueless9875 There will be big releases for texture painting in 2023. I heard it mention on a super recent live stream

[@imclueless9875]

@@encapsulatio I really hope so, seems like we've been waiting forever for this sadly :(

[@slushertv]

thank you so much

[@TheNei]

Blender is Amazing!! Thanks!!

[@terryblend]

Wonderful! 👍👍

[@akcivan]

thanks guys and girls. you are the best on market

[@MamtaSingh-em1gd]

Add a lasso type mask like in zbrush

[@fakecubed]

Write it up on Right Click Select.

[@charlesdarwin7647]

Good job.

[@DVergeDev]

yo it already 3.4 wtf

[@aziemazie]

LMAOO

[@Pedanta]

Amazing!

[@dubpperofi]

amazing!

[@furianaki]

The new grease pencil addon was not shipped with the latest 3.4

[@samualwilliamson1187]

I like the global auto-scaling feature. Very timely improvement!

[@vagos2772]

awesome!

[@slowlymakingsmoke]

Christmas has come early!!!❤

[@micmacha]

That UV thing is making my mouth water...

[@apacha2004]

its just amazing that software like this is freeee

[@rsoulinternet]

Blender has some great features, but one thing I'd like to see is an increase to the length limit of material names. 63 characters is usually plenty but there are some workflows out there where we need a good few more. These will be related to other systems so the user won't have control of what names are used.

[@Mr.Sozzled]

When are u making materials with more than 63 characters😆😭

[@rsoulinternet]

@@Mr.Sozzled it is very rare, but a while ago I was making custom models for a game mod, and wanted to use existing materials as much as possible. Their names are in the form of a path e.g. wood\panels\ornate... and on some occasions the existing name/path was very long. On one of the Blender forums someone else mentioned the limit being a problem, so it's not a one-off.

[@Master_KayOz]

Finally the UV-editor gets some love! With the new improvements, blender's UV-editor now is only twenty years behind its competitors.

[@CMoDZ3D]

Do more for people who work with terrains, something to maybe export terrain as heightmaps like houdini does

[@SergOrc]

Cool!

[@timoluetk]

Great!

[@HaelinX]

Blender: We have made tons of improvements so far Texture Paint: Am I a joke to you? Either way, Happy for all the new features, I've used Blender for about a year and a half and such a great tool it is. (But damn it, seriously, make updates on Texture Painting, jeezz...)

[@_JellyWalker]

I don't understand why texture painting seems so neglected. It's not like it's a minor thing.

[@binyaminbass]

I saw in the bconn videos that they are working really hard on texture painting but that it keeps turning out to be much more difficult than anticipated.

[@Monkok3D]

Imagine wishing the same but being a blender user for more than a decade

[@HaelinX]

@@Monkok3D damn dude

[@HaelinX]

@@_JellyWalker Yes that's what it seems, I use it a lot and it's basically still the same since 2.6-2.7s

[@veggiet2009]

darn I was hoping there might be a VR viewer update

[@jacopotassinari]

wow! BTW @189 , center lower screen there still written Blender 3.1 Splash Screen! ^^

[@sven8495]

Bro u ok at 2:56? I laughed my arse off 😂 I was like did he just had a stroke

[@houseofblackandwhite.]

i really love blender, still gathering funds for a stronger machine or graphics tablet

[@dhuh943]

Dude what I remember blender 2.8 like yesterday

[@yash1152]

2:41 wow, metaballs updates too 2:44 yay fonts

[@thelastdev]

great vid/ info also something weird happens at 2:57

[@OrangeJambo]

2:57 was good.

[@ageofgar]

You guys are beasts ! You make it look so easy to maintain the greatest 3D package ever made.

[@theforest8882]

Nice

[@puntloosPD]

wow, i love you blender

[@R1s1ngDaWN]

Cant wait until hardware raytracing for Radeon cards comes in 3.5!!!

[@MrTomyCJ]

Pleeease tell me viewport pinning is available for the new viewer node, otherwise it has become notably more uncomfortable to use, as most of the time I just want to look at the spreadsheet without changing the viewport. If one didn't care about visualizing the values with colors in the viewport, the viewer node only makes everything else less comfortable. For example, the fact it shows the selected attribute value on one domain at a time, instead of all of them.

[@KnowArt]

oh! grease pencil getting some love. Great!

[@zamora3D]

Blender on fire!

[@forthetruth9410]

Happiest moment in a day! *w*

[@Inkulabi]

Hi Team Blender.....any idea of future options for 3D dimensions within native blender (similar to Autodesk Inventor and autocad etc)

[@Lou-li5mv]

I love that little scene with the rotating sky behind the castle, does somebody have a source?

[@ethanframe2684]

@SouthernShotty the host made it for his upcoming short film i believe so i dont think its open to public. Maybe check his patreon and see if its up there

[@humansrants1694]

If you're having problems with booleans update your Boxcutter and hardops if you use it.

[@excellenceinanimation960]

Wish I was smart enough to learn this stuff!

[@Igoreshkin]

Can we have quick "cancel render" time? And can we have an render option in what DPI we want to render? PLEASE

[@MichaelHickman3D]

1:13 IS AMAZING. What is that scene from?

[@jinn_animation]

We love blender.

[@burnedliquid]

when he said 2:57 that really hits me home

[@MrMike6519]

Hello, Could you please explain how you open/explode solid models, as I imported a very large obj model and would to edit it, to make it smaller and more manageable. The model appears to be one solid model, and when I select it, it selects the entire model, surely there has to be a way to edit these types of models? Cheers!

I work a lot with raw photogrammetry files: FBX + multiple 8K 8bit .tiff textures. Any hope for LZW compression in 8bit files instead of ZIP? That's what photoshop does, and it would save me hours of time monthly...