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| March 16 2025 |
GIMP
Version 3.0 was completed and released, marking the culmination of seven years of development and a major overhaul of GIMP's features and dependencies.
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| February 28 2025 |
YAM
AmigaKit released a maintenance version of YAM 2.10 for A600GS and A1200NG computer systems, which sparked controversy due to potential GPL license term violations.
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| February 10 2025 |
GIMP
Version 3.0.0-RC3 released, completing port to GTK+ 3.24. Includes improved HiDPI and Wacom support, Wayland support, multiple layer selection, extensions in Python 3, JavaScript, Lua and Vala, and XCF saving improvements.
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| 2024 |
Blender
Blender was used to produce the Academy Award-winning film Flow, highlighting the software's capability in professional film production.
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| November 6 2024 |
GIMP
First release candidate for version 3.0 (RC1) was released.
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| November 6 2024 |
GIMP
First release candidate (RC1) for GIMP version 3.0 was released.
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| October 2024 |
YAM
AmigaKit Ltd released their own fork of YAM 2.10 for the A600GS computer system, with minor bug fixes and a refreshed logo.
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| July 2024 |
Blender
EEVEE renderer received a major overhaul called EEVEE Next with the release of Blender 4.2 LTS, developed by lead developer Clément Foucault. The update introduced significant new features including screen-space global illumination, virtual shadowmapping, sunlight extraction from HDRIs, and improved rendering techniques.
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| July 16 2024 |
Blender
Planned rewrite of EEVEE render engine to be closer to Cycles, addition of Ray Portal BSDF in Cycles, and GPU acceleration for the compositor.
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| March 2024 |
YAM
Further SSL-related improvements made to YAM 2.10 development version.
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| 2023 |
Blender
Sony Pictures Imageworks used Blender's Grease Pencil for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. 14-year-old Preston Mutanga created the Lego-style sequence in the film using Blender.
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| March 29 2023 |
Blender
Introduced new hair system with Geometry nodes, asset browser, real-time viewport compositor, and vector displacement maps for sculpting.
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| 2022 |
Blender
Warner Bros. Animation started hiring Blender artists.
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| 2022 |
GIMP
GIMP was published on the Microsoft Store for Windows, expanding its distribution platform.
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| December 2022 |
VICE
The VICE emulator serves as inspiration for an Apple Macintosh emulator powered by a Raspberry Pi.
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| July 2022 |
YAM
YAM 2.10 updated to integrate AmiSSL v5 support.
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| March 9 2022 |
Blender
Added point cloud objects, Cycles Metal Backend, and new geometry nodes.
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| January 2022 |
Blender
Blender Institute began work on migrating from Phabricator to Gitea after the announcement of Phabricator's discontinuation.
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| 2021 |
Blender
Netflix production Maya and the Three was created using Blender.
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| 2021 |
Snes9x
Digital Trends reviewed Snes9x, praising its broad compatibility and ability to run effectively on systems with limited computing resources.
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| October 22 2021 |
Blender
Blender Cloud was rebranded to Blender Studio, marking a significant transition in the platform's identity and positioning.
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| September 2021 |
Xpdf
A significant vulnerability in Xpdf's JBIG2 implementation was addressed by Apple, fixing the 'FORCEDENTRY' zero-click exploit used by Pegasus spyware to attack iPhones through an emulated computer architecture within a JBIG2 stream in iOS 14.8.
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| September 21 2021 |
Blender
Cycles X was merged into the Blender 3.0 alpha, making the experimental rendering improvements accessible in the main development branch.
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| April 23 2021 |
Blender
Blender Foundation announced the Cycles X project to improve the Cycles rendering architecture, including kernel improvements and algorithm updates.
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| March 31 2021 |
Blender
The Blender Network, an online platform for Blender professionals to conduct business and provide support, was officially terminated.
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| February 25 2021 |
Blender
Introduced Geometry Nodes procedural modelling system, new interactive Add Primitive Tool, and improvements to sculpting and Grease Pencil functionality.
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| 2020 |
Blender
Blender Internal renderer was removed in the 2.80 release, replaced by the new EEVEE realtime physically based renderer.
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| 2020 |
Blender
Ubisoft Animation Studio decided to replace its internal content creation software with Blender.
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| 2020 |
Blender
Khara and Project Studio Q began 'field verification' of Blender during the production of Evangelion: 3.0+1.0.
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| June 3 2020 |
Blender
Introduction of Long Term Support (LTS) program, added VDB file support, VR scene inspection, and viewport denoising.
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| 2019 |
Blender
The film I Lost My Body was largely animated using Blender's Grease Pencil tool.
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| July 30 2019 |
Blender
Major update with revamped UI, dark theme, EEVEE realtime rendering engine, Principled shader, Workbench viewport, and multi-object editing capabilities.
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| July 30 2019 |
Blender
Blender 2.80 was officially released, featuring major improvements including a more configurable UI and EEVEE rendering engine.
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| March 2019 |
GIMP
Lifewire published a favorable review of GIMP, describing it as a powerful image manipulation program for those willing to invest time in learning.
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| 2018 |
Blender
The film Next Gen was fully created in Blender by Tangent Animation.
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| November 29 2018 |
Blender
Beta testing for Blender 2.8 commenced, with an anticipated completion by July 2019.
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| July 2 2018 |
Blender
Alpha version of Blender 2.8 was completed.
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| June 29 2018 |
Blender
Code Quest project concluded, marking the end of the concentrated development effort for Blender 2.8.
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| April 2018 |
Blender
Code Quest project started in Amsterdam at the Blender Institute, aimed at accelerating Blender 2.8 development by bringing a large development team together in one location.
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| April 2018 |
Blender
Blender Game Engine was removed from the upcoming Blender 2.8 release series, with the Blender team recommending Godot as a replacement for existing users.
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| April 27 2018 |
GIMP
Version 2.9.2 released with major improvements including GEGL port, new tools, improved file format and color management support, new UI themes, on-canvas gradient editing, Wayland support, and basic HiDPI support.
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| February 2017 |
YAM
Development version of YAM 2.10 publicly released, adapted to use AmiSSL v4 for updated SSL support.
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| 2016 |
Blender
VFX supervisor Bill Westenhofer used Blender to create the character 'Murloc' in the film Warcraft.
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| 2015 |
Blender
NASA developed an interactive web application Experience Curiosity using Blender, presented at SIGGRAPH 2015.
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| July 2015 |
Blender
Official planning began for the next major revision of Blender after the 2.7 series, targeting UI improvements, physically based rendering (EEVEE), and technical infrastructure updates.
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| July 2015 |
GIMP
Lucas the Game was published for PC and Mac platforms, showcasing GIMP's capability for professional video game art creation.
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| 2014 |
GIMP
Timothy Courtney began development of Lucas the Game, which primarily used GIMP 2.6 for creating art assets.
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| 2014 |
GIMP
Michael Burns from Macworld reviewed GIMP 2.8.10, highlighting the single-window interface as a significant improvement.
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| March 2014 |
Blender
Blender Studio (originally Blender Cloud) was launched as a subscription-based cloud computing platform to support Project: Gooseberry and provide Blender add-ons, courses, and movie production tracking.
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| March 19 2014 |
Blender
Initial support for volume rendering and minor user interface improvements.
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