Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. Free to use for everyone, for any purpose.
Blender 3.3.8 LTS features many bug fixes. It is released on the [i]v3.3 - Stable - LTS[/i] branch.
You can switch to this by [b]right-clicking[/b] on the [b]Blender[/b] entry in your library, select [b]Properties...[/b]. Open the [b]Betas[/b] tab and select [b]v3.3 - Stable - LTS[/b].
[h3]Patch Notes[/h3]
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* Build: patch Boost for incompatibility with Xcode and libc++ 15. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/480a6bc94d]480a6bc94d[/url])
* Add-on Bool Tool - Click on Brush name throws a python error. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender-addons/issues/104660]#104660[/url])
* Fix memory leak in BLI_file_older for WIN32. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/c02d0fe8a89]c02d0fe8a89[/url])
* Glog: fixed OpenBSD support. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/dd33c9109fd]dd33c9109fd[/url])
* Scale Cage does not work with custom orientation in edit mode if object has rotation. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/107889]#107889[/url])
* Fix (unreported) crash in blendkernel unittest in debug builds. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/03035404e28]03035404e28[/url])
* LTS downloads: user friendly names and add Apple Silicon. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/d62f93b3eaf]d62f93b3eaf[/url])
* Build: fix OpenBSD error in guardedalloc. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/ca660b09fb5]ca660b09fb5[/url])
* Bevel Modifier pulling vertex. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/107910]#107910[/url])
* Fix outliner constraint disabling clearing unrelated flags. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/10c9bd3e327]10c9bd3e327[/url])
* Libmv: Remove FreeBSD sincos() workaround. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/789f6911f51]789f6911f51[/url])
* Transform Operator affected by disabled bone constraint. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/108161]#108161[/url])
* Memory consumption beyond defined limit when entering-exiting Edit mode. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/88010]#88010[/url])
* Image Editor glitch after texture painting undo. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/108501]#108501[/url])
* Undo does not undo removing a Geometry Nodes group from the modifier. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/106966]#106966[/url])
* Fix building with boost >= 1.81. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/d7deddfc963]d7deddfc963[/url])
* Build: fix NetBSD support in Glog. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/03c74c71e79]03c74c71e79[/url])
* Build: fix NetBSD error in guardedalloc. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/4b8e9808482]4b8e9808482[/url])
* Renaming Custom Python Properties is Incorrect. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/98973]#98973[/url])
* Knife: remove redundant recreation of a ray. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/d4e360b5262]d4e360b5262[/url])
* The relative angle constaint of the knife tool does not work correctly with rotated objects. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/104597]#104597[/url])
* Layer.load_from_file() have some problems loading a Multi-layered EXR files. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/108980]#108980[/url])
* Wrong text in MeshSequenceCache and Transform Cache. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/105942]#105942[/url])
* Proportional editing Fcurve Proportional Size is not displaying correctly. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/108911]#108911[/url])
* Asset Browser Crash (fixed in 3.6 - relevant for backporting?). ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/106543]#106543[/url])
* Anim: remove assumption of array_index order when blending quaternions. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/fcaa5cab85]fcaa5cab85[/url])
* Fix Pose Library: crash when using partially-keyed quaternions. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/0dcef23ebc]0dcef23ebc[/url])
* Fix support for building with ffmpeg < 5.0. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/edf31df7e891a9a9e479ba9e65108db9626340d9]edf31df7e891a9a9e479ba9e65108db9626340d9[/url])
* Fix: Build with FFmpeg 6.0. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/7227e11f213d08e753bc381b3a94748a12a060de]7227e11f213d08e753bc381b3a94748a12a060de[/url])
* Fix ffmpeg warnings due to missing header include. ([url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/11c94fcb234856629b3bb3b433656d1fde8ceddd]11c94fcb234856629b3bb3b433656d1fde8ceddd[/url])
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For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see [url=https://www.blender.org/download/lts/3-3/] 3.3 LTS releases on blender.org[/url]
[h3]LTS Program[/h3]
Learn more about the [url=https://www.blender.org/download/lts/]LTS program on blender.org[/url]
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