Linux for Designers

Blender 2.5 will render up to two times faster then 2.49. This render optimizations is done by Jaguarandi and his Google summer of code 2009 project. Thanks! Take a look at this video:


The Blender Foundation have received sponsorship and will hire Matt Ebb as a full-time Blender developer for 9 months and may longer to work on Blender 2.5. The sponsor is unknown.

Blender 2.50 will include a material library, so a call for the best free Blender materials has started.