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Everything New in Blender 4.5 LTS

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Explore the comprehensive new features and improvements in Blender 4.5 LTS through this 44-minute tutorial video that covers quality of life enhancements across every major area of the 3D software. Learn about the significance of the Long Term Support (LTS) designation, which ensures two years of continued bug fixes, making this version ideal for long-term projects. Discover updates to modeling and UV tools, sculpting improvements, and extensive geometry nodes enhancements. Examine changes to rigging and animation workflows, Grease Pencil functionality, and rendering improvements in both EEVEE and Cycles engines. Review compositing updates, video editing features, asset management and I/O improvements, node editor enhancements, and user interface refinements. Navigate through timestamped sections covering each area systematically, from basic modeling tools at the beginning to user interface improvements at the end, providing a complete overview of what's new in this major Blender release.

Syllabus

00:00 Intro
00:31 Modeling & UV
02:29 Sculpt
03:30 Geometry Nodes
11:39 Rigging & Animation
16:46 Grease Pencil
20:20 Rendering
21:30 EEVEE
24:34 Cycles
26:36 Compositing
32:16 Video Editing
33:47 Assets & I/O
36:29 Node Editor
39:05 User Interfac

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