[$] Blender 4.5 brings big changes
Blender 4.5 LTS was releasedon July 15, 2025, and will be supported through 2027. This is the lastfeature release of the 3D graphics-creation suite's 4.x series; itincludes quality-of-life improvements, including work to bring the Vulkan backend up topar with the default OpenGL backend. With 4.5 released, Blenderdevelopers are turning their attention toward Blender 5.0, planned forrelease later this year. It will introduce substantial changes,particularly in the GeometryNodes system, a central feature of Blender's proceduralworkflows.