Blender 4.3 Is Here - How Is All This Free?!

[@davidaskelly]

Just made my first ever donation for Blender... Even though I suck at 3D, Blender really deserves more from us...

[@USELECKSIONS]

You’re a Ghanaian?

[@askeladden450]

Congrats, you are now a 1 in 1000 of the active blender users who donate!

[@davidaskelly]

@@USELECKSIONS close...

[@frederikkfoglfrey8664]

Just thought that i have to make another donation soon while watching… i suck at 3D too but software like that just needs to be rewarded!!!

[@davidaskelly]

@@frederikkfoglfrey8664 Thx bro ! Lets keep Blender going on our very own small scale ! 😊

[@JamesRogersProgrammer]

It is free because we bought it from the original company and released it as open source. I helped with that at the time.

[@MrMiyagi005]

I am thankful for the good folks like you.

[@KrypTiqz_]

Thank you sir

[@Y2Kvids]

Thanks .. What was game changer on "paid" blender that changed the open source game ?

[@derkamon]

thank you so much, to you and all who helped to achieve that

[@KazamuKimishaza]

Thanks I'm really happy and grateful for that

[@p-k98]

The true essence of open source.

[@sc4tt3rbr4inZ]

and free! (as in freedom)

[@Shubham_Bahirat]

Whenever I try to do eveee render it crashes, only cycle run. I have ryzen 5 & vega 8 shitbox laptop. Is it because of hardware or blender fault

[@Mohamed-e9y6c]

@@Shubham_Bahirat thats probably the hardware cause vega 8 isnt really good for tough 3d modeling or animation, you can try downgrading the version of blender so that the hardware can handle it more, like you can download blender 4.0 instead of 4.3, another way is to sell the laptop and buy a better specs laptop or a desktop pc that has also better specs ofcourse (desktop pcs are better than laptops in value and performance i think) ofcourse if you have budget, depends also on what kind of 3d modeling or animation you wanna achieve, if you wanna know whats the best specs for you, you can reply.

[@DavidAhamba-op1ei]

@@Shubham_Bahirat i think u need an external pc still. It used to happen to me until i got my pc

[@rayfighter]

@@Shubham_Bahirat your hardware is perfectly fine

[@sameeruddin]

Dontated to the foundation . no matter how small a one time donation , it will help to make sure that development continues

[@zombienationz2939]

This is why i keep donating to blender. Makes my dreams possible.

[@Ila_Aras]

It's too bad Blender Foundation is running out of money. Whenever you make videos on blender, it'd be such a big help to include a small reminder to donate, but only if you can afford it. (If you have done this before, then I'm sorry for missing that.) Thank you for covering this in general, though. Your videos reach a wide audience, and a large portion of them have never used a 3d software. Showing the power of Blender in such a digestible format is really cool :) for those denying: less than 0.05% of active users actually donate. Blender is making an absolute miniscule amount of money compared to their services provided, and dedication to improving the software. If you are offended by this truth, or simply don't believe it, then you're the problem. Go donate. Even a dollar helps.

[@TwoMinutePapers]

Thanks so much - I didn't know! Made a note about this.

[@mascarademermelada8746]

Is it? :0

[@Ila_Aras]

​@@TwoMinutePapersThank you too!! Glad to have helped!!

[@Ila_Aras]

@mascarademermelada8746 sadly can not find the video that was posted about this, but basically, yeah. for blender to continue paying their developers, and improving the Software, they are currently making quite a miniscule amount. The more features blender has, the more money it costs to upkeep. They also plan on hiring many more devs.

[@xdanic3]

They're making more money than ever, the problem is most of that is corporate founding and they don't want to rely as heavily on it

[@jazza231]

I don't know how its all free Dr. Karoly, but everyone rejoices that it is. Thank you for covering one of my favourite pieces of software!

[@smeltgamer]

4:52 the "what a time to be alive" just brings joy to my brain

[@MonDiabolique]

Currently rendering the first scene of my short film being made with 4.3. the shot is 15 seconds and is looking to render for a total of 36 hours on my 4090 at 24fps.

[@mrlightwriter]

That's actually quite fast. Are you rendering in Cycles?

[@mrxet]

@@mrlightwriter why do you guys think its fast? 36 hours 24 fps 15 sec on a 4090 seems too slow

[@honor9lite1337]

​@@mrxet😂

[@eSKAone-]

Exactly 10 frames per hour

[@henrycgs]

@@mrxet it's roughly 1 frame every 6-7 minutes, that is pretty fast for a fully raytraced renderer

[@khtrammell]

Great video! We CG artists are a funny breed:New feature #2: Now we graduate to the actual physically accurate metal nodeNew feature #3: Finally we have control to break the laws of physics with light linking!We want physically accurate tools AND we want tools to break physical accuracy 🙃

[@Kewl_Zomb]

lol sometimes we need to break it to achieve artistic desires, I’m psyched for the light linking to get those back rim lights without affecting the bg.

[@_spartan11796]

Such a cool program! I remember trying it 6 years ago and the improvements are incredible

[@Clover501]

I'm glad you decided to feature blender, I find that it's underrated and that a little effort and experimentation could go a long way in blender

[@CruelCrusader90]

new free money glitch discovered. 5:02 "get for free then ask for your money back" XD

[@HDL_CinC_Dragon]

I audibly laughed at that one! Took me by surprise haha

[@crazylegs85]

I'm loving the joke deliveries on recent videos.

[@ITZZZJOHNYYYYY]

Literally as I read this it said It 😂 this free money glitch was destined to find me

[@marcvandoornik]

For some strange reason, I cannot wipe the mental image of Ren Höek from the Ren & Stimpy show presenting these new features in Blender. On a serious note: love the video, awesome and to the point!

[@webbox100]

This is so exciting. Been a Blender user for the last few years and absolutely, positively love it. (What a time to be alive!)

[@jokerace8227]

Yes, the Blender Developers are most awesome.

[@BRUXXUS]

Blender is one of the things that's constantly making me feel happy. 😃 Even with all the new tech, that UI docking and dragging may be what I'm most excited for. lol. I've constantly accidentally resized a dock and had no idea how to revert it.

[@cystarkman]

wow. i started with 3D writing little 3d wireframe display software on a Z80 based computer. Then Sculpt 3D/4D on Amiga. I stopped back in the late 90s because I got sick from doing that kind of work. This is amazing for free.

[@mihailazar2487]

Blender's UI is absolutely amazing

[@chrizus_]

Please don’t ask why is it free, it’s the only good thing in my life that I can enjoy, don’t ruin it

[@PackingLess]

I just subscribed to blender - WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!

[@GaryParris]

👏👏👏❣

[@trevorberridge6079]

I wish I had more time to use these fantastic bits of software. Software like Blender makes you feel like you can create anything.

[@visiblydisturbed1688]

So amazing, I was honestly wondering if I should bother updating from 4.2 but this is genuinely incredible

[@chapol2020]

I am in love with this channel!!!

[@greenisgoodable]

New features keep emerging way faster than I can learn them. What a time to be alive and learn Blender. 😄

[@SnoopSqueak]

Thank you! I donated to Blender after reading some of the comments here. I hope to do so again in the future when I have income. I've only used it for personal projects that will likely never see the light of day and a couple of joke videos on my channel, but I love what the Blender Foundation is doing and I want to see it continue growing. This is amazing technology being made accessible to everyone.

[@gipen]

Something i really liked of luxrender (previous to luxcore), similar to the scene color balancing shown in the video, but much better was that u could render your scene and manipulate all the lights AFTER it was done, so u could render a scene and then just change lights to make it night, dawn or any tweak u wanted, u could change temperature and intensity of any light!

[@CastleRene]

Thank you for making so many videos, and not literally giving us two small papers.

[@SaumonDuLundi]

What a time to be alive!

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

It’s FKN mind blowing. I’ve worked in software most of my life on this planet. After 2 years with Blender, few commercial products even come close. Blender is literally the story telling software from beginning to end. Stay Curious.

[@divyaupadhyay6252]

Big fan of both "Blender and two minutes papers" ❤😍👌

[@SK-gc7xv]

Man, you make boring stuff fun. That's a rare quality.

[@blendingbassgun6902]

I hope I can still start with de default cube, delete it and create another cube after this great update 😭🥰

[@DarkHarpuia]

I love Blender so much, man

[@BenVost]

Light linking is something you could do in LightWave for 20 years and more. You can expressly light an object (or objects) or exclude it.

[@ballskin]

it's just a new feature for eevee, it's already available with the cycles engine

[@badoli1074]

While light linking is great to have, i've seen people abuse it and ruin their scenes hard with it. One junior artist once couldn't get any shadows in his scene. Surprise: He used light linking EVERYWHERE, hence certain objects didn't throw shadows from certain lights. (That was in my 3dsmax days) So kids, remember: Light linking is a last-resort-tool! Don't use it if you can archive the same effect without it or you risk running into weird problems.

[@luttman23]

I bet that's all awesome for people who know how to use blender, it all looked cool

[@Monkeymario.]

Now every Blender update is revolutionary.

[@AlienSliker]

must be really amazing if it made our professor laugh in the video

[@TripTilt]

usually I use blender to melt your mind with the visuals :)

[@TheCreativeNick]

In the age of generative AI, I'm glad tools like Blender continue to improve and shine

[@qwnskght_gryph]

I used to use 3ds max / maya for game dev, but that was and still is soooo expensive. I agree Blender is way better nowadays (I don't even need max / maya anymore) and it's awesome that the big corps finally have some competition. Thanks Blender!

[@hound_of_justice]

Im glad they offer indie licenses at least which makes me still using both 3ds Max and Maya. But yeah its good that Blender exists and for more than just competition reasons.

[@atoaster2070]

It's definitely a step in the right direction, they need to bring back perpetual licenses.

[@hugoruix_yt995]

didnt know blender still didnt have light linking. pretty nice to know

[@EasypediaTech]

Light linking has been there since Blender 4.1

[@Meloncov]

Wait, Blender didn't have light linking before?

[@basboerboom9328]

You could do it with render layers I believe.

[@spiralingspiral72]

they had, but it was cycles only now in 4.3 eevee has light linking too

[@chideraachinike7619]

Thank the papers ❤

[@ZUnknownFox]

I want to know the node setup for 3:45 and what all is affected by that.

[@apatsa_basiteni]

Blender is Goated!

[@randytucker3083]

Great work!

[@davidsilvasantos7674]

The light linking already existed in previous versions

[@gwentarinokripperinolkjdsf683]

yeah, pervious UNSTABLE versions. This is first stable release

[@jbdh6510]

For Cycles, yes, since 4.0. But not for EEVEE. In 4.3 they released it for EEVEE.

[@maksurdu9305]

I like how his voice tone is like a Sine curve 🥰

[@MsJeffreyF]

Is it known if it's AI generated? It's so much different compared to his early videos

[@ZmashedIndustries]

Awesome video but your colour temperatures are going the wrong way - closer to 1000K are the warmer tones, and 6000K is already quite cold, blueish. Your 7500K scene is getting warmer and warmer. Aaand having this software for free is mind blowing

[@BojanRistic117]

Light Linking... FINALLY 🤯

[@ShiroiAkumaSama]

Eevee even got real time cryptomatte support! Cycles still lacking that. That is so cool if you just wanna bloom a certain object in previz without rendering it out.

[@betterlit]

and i'm still stuck at the old versions, i wish i could have some of the small improvements in these versions..

[@katana2665]

It's not 'free', it's only free to use, because they rely on donations and alternate financing. So if you can remind people that they can donate to keep it going and get better features, that would be good. Nice video.

[@MrzodiacBE]

awesome!

[@pubfixture]

Why are the colour temp K-values backwards? Lower is warmer.

[@Jackhenrey]

SpongeBob and Patrick playing = people trying blender 4.3 Squidward looking from window =me stuck with 3.6 because my gpu is no longer supported

[@amigarulez]

You realise that most of those features were available in professional programs for years? It is still a catch-up game for Blender.

[@GaryParris]

what like eevee? grease pencil? so no other software has taken from Blender? were those software around before or after Blender? which of the many 3D software hasn't been done by other software before it? oh and it's free to use at point of download, no email, credit card, or subcriptions on any of the three major O/S that it works on!

[@amigarulez]

@@GaryParris Ye, you are right about grease pencil, i forgot about that one. Other than that, Blender has no inovation at all. Everything else exists in other programs better implemented and on professional level - sculpting, sim, heck even modeling is sub par and inferior to almost every other app. Wings3D is better modeling app than Blender. Ultimately, you will pay for quality when quality is required.

[@GALAXYHUNTER]

"Lightlinking" was in Cinema 4D like 15 years ago, come on.

[@ballskin]

it was already in. they just added it for eevee

[@igoromelchenko3482]

I have one question: How will I start noticing new changes if I already barely see them? 🤔

[@GaryParris]

it's all in the Blender update information on their website plus many you tube channels including the Blender foundation go through many of the changes.

[@turner7777]

at this point blender is realer than real life

[@zizouhani3583]

I hope you reply to this comment i'm actually lookong for fhe thumbnails ice environment, is this an image took from their official website or is it a scene made by you or another artist i would highly appreciate your response thank you 🙏

[@mateussalviano3439]

"if you don't like it, just ask for your money back" GUYS WE GOT OPENSOURCE BASED ROASTS BEFORE GTA 6

[@michaelfx791]

I know you said this a dozen of times already. For people outside US its really hard to pay for a program. We just dont have the same access to that virtual money, nobody paypals you etc etc.

[@therandommusicguy4773]

for some reason your voice resonates really well with my table and I can feel the vibrations of your voice through my coffee mug. Really gives that extra wham to each and every paper

[@Whateverdata55]

5:04 ? I got the update free I thought blender is still free?

[@JarppaGuru]

no panic 4.4 coming

[@goetterfunke1987]

I love you! :)

[@rileyguy5892]

Please do more of this content and less ChatGPT/Nvidia/Image generator videos. I've said it before, but I will continue to say it: *These* are the videos that get me hyped for upcoming (or now-current) technology and research, not the aforementioned 3 subjects that seem to have taken a priority on your channel lately. Please bring back a more generalized set of videos on your channel. These are just flat-out better content.

[@KADstudioArchitect]

To be honest what ever Blender brings, exist decades before in other 3D Software and I wonder how Blender user getting amazed?!

[@peterlemon1385]

Always love your Blender update videos, thanks for helping support the best open source 3D software!!

[@Sanchirowatanabe]

Man, I miss the "Deer felou scalars"...

[@darkwoodmovies]

Blender is like the exception that proves the rule when it comes to open source pro software being terrible. And what a wonderful exception it is!

[@visualbree]

This is Two Minutes papers with Dr Karoly Zsolnai-Feher

[@EvokAi]

What laptop specs would you recommend for blender?

[@Curt-0001]

As with most modelling and rendering software, the more the better really. The higher end the system the faster you can work and render. You should aim to maximize RAM size, CPU speed, and GPU speed though. Disk storage is important but can be easily expanded later. In general for a laptop you will want to ensure it has a dedicated GPU and not an iGPU (integrated GPU) and that it can cool itself well. Really 3D workstations are better being desktops since they tend to do better with sustained full load on CPU and GPU, say when rending a scene for 2 days straight.

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

FAST

[@EvokAi]

@@Curt-0001 is there available for that with only $1500 budget?

[@askeladden450]

​@@EvokAiDepends on what you want to do in it. For grease pencil, modelling, rigging etc, even a relatively low end pc will work. For sculpting, simulations, large scenes, you need a good cpu and good amount of ram. For rendering and baking, you need a good gpu. I think a $1500 gpu will handle all of this well, especially if you go for used. Ofcourse there is no such thing as too good when it comes to productivity hardware as every drop of performance will save you time.

[@psychoticgiraffe]

@@EvokAiBlack Friday sales on 4080 laptops maybe, if you can find 4080 or 4090 and a lot of ram at this price do it Otherwise, if you have a desktop add a 4090 into it if it’s capable enough to power it

[@user-ev6fj5up9w]

Blender 🔥🔥🔥

[@LilChop-ug6ln]

We need to donate guys

[@photonic083]

is this your actual voice?

[@Timmetrius01]

Aren't higher kalvin values cooler looking than lower values?

[@RafaelMilewski]

I'm just wondering where "Dear Fellow Scholars, This is 2 minute papers with DR. Karoly Zsolnai Feher" we will be 2 more papers from now..

[@bhishek_]

And here's me, who is still using Blender 2.83

[@ramixsabeh]

"Hahaaa!" ♥

[@FengXingFengXing]

¡Become part 2% of people support Blender!

[@ego-lay_atman-bay]

"If you don't like it, just ask for your money back", oh wait, it's free.

[@OnatBas]

We're not going to disrespect the default cube, please. Thank you.. -_-

[@katoy9976]

Robotik varlık.

[@Tinfoil.Hatter]

My brain just exploded😵‍💫

[@containedhurricane]

Blender was made free because it's inconsistent with the Alt-click or Alt-Enter method to change multiple objects properties, weird due to the non-standardized workflow and incomplete because of no C++ API. Its features are still much better than 3ds Max's, although its animation and VFX tools are way behind Houdini's/ Maya's

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

Yeah but the price 😂

[@containedhurricane]

@@ItsWesSmithYo Houdini price is worth it to create world-class VFX

[@askeladden450]

Its vfx tools are definitely better than Maya at this point. Animation lacks but a completely overhauled animation system is under development.

[@MsJeffreyF]

I use to watch this channel years ago but for whatever reason stopped. I thought a few years ago you may have switched over to an AI generated voice. I came back today and wow it seems like the voiceover quality is so much worse. Is this really your natural voice? It doesn't even strike me as AI, it's more like a Simpsons joke where they take a characters voice they recorded on tape and cut up the words ("That does sound like Bart"). Not to mention, you just randomly say your name and that of the channel mid way through the video totally out of context. Is the editing also automated somehow? What is going on here?

[@mrartistimo1530]

I miss when Two Minute Papers would do videos like this on genuinely cool innovation, on tools for creatives, simulations that would help research and save lives. But now it's 90% "AI continues to try and replace all creatives everywhere". What a time to be alive. Watching as the enthusiasm dies and the 'let's look at fun advancements' channel becomes a shill for a tech bubble.

[@punishedkid]

It's almost a shame we're led to ask "How is this free?" instead of "Why do we pay for inferior products?"

[@hound_of_justice]

Ah here we go again, another amateur hobbyist Blender cultist spitting out edgy nonsense outta basement.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

@@hound_of_justice The wannabe professional edgelord calling others basement dwellers, the irony.

[@SimonHeggieVFX]

Let's not take the bait. The guy responding is just a troll with no real argument. I've been doing professional VFX for 13 years, working with tools like Max, Maya, Modo, ZBrush, and Substance. While each has its strengths, Blender stands out because it's an all-in-one solution that allows senior generalists like me to tackle any project efficiently. Blender evolves rapidly, with impressive updates every few months, thanks to its open-source nature and a massive community contributing to its development. Open-source projects, when well-funded, grow faster and perform better than proprietary software because they have broader support and collaboration. Compare it to Chrome-pervasive because it's open-source. Proprietary software, on the other hand, can feel like a sluggish drain on resources. You can stick to multiple VFX apps with expensive licenses, inconsistent workflows, and endless headaches, or you can use one powerful, free app like Blender, supplemented by a few paid tools when needed. It’s just smarter. At the end of the day, people need to realize not everyone is wasting money on Autodesk. If you’re frustrated about sinking time and money into slow, overpriced software, that’s on you. And yeah, typing while angry is never a good idea!

[@rustytoe178]

@@SaHaRaSquad He's right. Blender is cool, but it's got nothing on the fidelity of programs like Houdini and Maya

[@gjoe3756]

Blender is awesome!

[@danyaljamil1677]

Epic

[@a445fa6sd]

finally a video not about ai

[@SaHaRaSquad]

Or Nvidia

[@arddas1683]

Which is better blender or unreal engine?

[@SaHaRaSquad]

Those aren't even the same kind of software.

[@askeladden450]

Which is better, a screwdriver or a hammer?

[@majorgnu]

Which is better, calculus or linear algebra?

[@arddas1683]

I really want to know 🙂

[@SaHaRaSquad]

@@arddas1683 Your question cannot be answered, simple as that. Blender and Unreal Engine are not comparable, they're completely different kinds of software with different purposes. It's like asking "which is better, water or oil?"

[@Instant_Nerf]

I’m already above all this stuff. I’d like to simulate the entire planet, digital twin .. nothing for me in blender.

[@dwellersart7538]

[@Filipe9171]

Blender is Awesome!