Blender 2.80 is released. Install Blender 3D Graphics Software for Ubuntu Linux. Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, even video editing and 2D design.
Blender 2.80
Blender 2.80 features a redesigned user interface that puts the focus on the artwork that you create. A new dark theme and modern icon set were introduced. Keyboard, mouse and tablet interaction got a refresh with left click select as the new default. Quick Favorites menus provide rapid access to often-used tools.
Most notable features of Blender 2.80:
- A Whole New Workspace – Templates and workspaces let you quickly get started with tasks like sculpting, texture painting or motion tracking. They can be customized to create your own efficient working environment.
- What You See Is What You Need – Thanks to the new modern 3D viewport you will be able to display a scene optimized for the task you are performing. A new Workbench render engine was designed for getting work done in the viewport, supporting tasks like scene layout, modeling and sculpting. The engine also feature overlays, providing fine control over which utilities are visible on top of the render.
- Tools & Gizmos – The 3D viewport and UV editor have new interactive tools and gizmos, along with a new toolbar. These make it easier for new users to start using Blender, and for existing users to discover and use tools that previously required obscure key combinations. Besides gizmos for tools, various elements like lights, camera, and the compositing backdrop image now have handles to adjust their shape or other attributes.
- Real Time – Eevee is a new physically based real-time renderer. It works both as a renderer for final frames, and as the engine driving Blender’s realtime viewport for creating assets. It has advanced features such as volumetrics, screen-space reflections and refractions, subsurface scattering, soft and contact shadows, depth of field, camera motion blur and bloom.
- 2D Animation – Grease Pencil is now a full 2D drawing and animation system. This unprecedented integration of 2D tools in a 3D environment will enable you to create next-level concept art, storyboards and animations.
Other important features of Blender 2.80:
- Multi-object Editing
- View Layers and Collections
- Custom Normal Tools & Modifier
- Pixar’s OpenSubdiv
- Custom Font Text Strip
- Bevel Tool & Modifier
- Text Improvements
- New Armature Constraint
- Constraints Improvements
- Video Metadata
- Alembic
- WebM Support
- glTF Support
- Easier Drivers Setup
- Angular Bending on Cloth
- Audaspace Upgrade
- COLLADA
- User Interface Templates
- Pie Menus
- Better Data-block Management
- New Video Sequencer Cache
- Status Bar
- Unit System Improvements
- New Dependency Graph
- Cycles Fixes
- Topology Rake
- Popover UI Widget
- Bone Selection Sets
- Film-like Curve Mapping
- Redesigned User Preferences
- Object Scatter
- New Tablet Preferences
- Rigify
- Python API Changes & Improvements