Blender Foundation and the online developers community are proud to present Blender 3.6 LTS! [h1]Whats New[/h1] Blender 3.6 LTS is the last release before the major jump into the 4.x series, with focus on stability to make sure this a great release to hold on to for the next couple of years. Nonetheless, this release brings a huge range of new features and performance improvements: - [url=https://www.blender.org/download/releases/3-6/#simulation]Simulation Nodes[/url], the next leap in Geometry Nodes - A new [url=https://www.blender.org/download/releases/3-6/#uv]UV packing engine[/url] - [url=https://www.blender.org/download/releases/3-6/#animation]Animation[/url] improvements - Faster [url=https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/3.6/Pipeline_Assets_IO#FBX]FBX I/O[/url] - Several [url=https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/3.6/Pipeline_Assets_IO#USD]USD improvements[/url] including Curves/hair export - [url=https://www.blender.org/download/releases/3-6/#cycles]Cycles speed-up[/url] on AMD, Intel® Arc™, and Apple Silicon GPUs - Mesh editing and Geometry Nodes performance improvements - Major updates to [url=https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/3.6/Core#Library_Overrides]Library Overrides resyncing[/url] - [url=https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/3.6/User_Interface#User_Interface]User Interface[/url] improvements - [url=https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/3.6/addons/baking/vdm_brush_baker.html]VDM Brush Baker[/url] add-on included - and so, so much more A new [url=https://www.blender.org/download/demo-files/#assets]Human Base Meshes asset bundle[/url] has been added to the demo files section on blender.org. Explore the [url=https://www.blender.org/download/releases/3-6/]release notes[/url] for an in-depth look at what’s new. [h1]Long-term Support[/h1] With the end-of-life of [url=https://www.blender.org/download/lts/2-93/]Blender 2.93 LTS[/url], a new long-term support release takes place. [b]Blender 3.6 LTS will receive fixes and support until June 2025[/b]. For ongoing projects [url=https://www.blender.org/download/lts/3-3/]Blender 3.3 LTS[/url] is still actively supported until September 2024. [h1]Thank you![/h1] Another exciting milestone achieved thanks to the Blender community and the 3250 individuals and 33 organizations contributing to the [url=https://fund.blender.org/]Blender Development Fund[/url]. Happy Blending! The Blender Team June 27th, 2023