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Blender Description
Blender is a free 3D creation software widely used in various fields such as modeling, animation &Rigging, rendering, compositing, and video editing. It offers a variety of modeling tools, including polygon modeling, sculpting, and curve modeling, making it suitable for creating complex 3D objects. With the help of trackers, users can achieve rendering effects, utilize digital sculpting tools, and create advanced effects in a 3D environment, from camera and object motion tracking to masking and video editing compositing. Blender features a comprehensive Python API for scripting and customization, catering to users ranging from beginners to professionals, making it a powerful and flexible 3D creation tool.
Blender Features
Blender boasts a diverse array of features. Here are the main highlights:
- Sculpting: Modeling, curves, retopology, and sculpting, with keyboard shortcuts for a smooth workflow, edge sliding, folding, and dissolving. It also includes features like adding modifiers, allowing users to non-destructively influence the geometry of objects through automated operations.
- Animation rendering: Users can create character animations using a skeletal system and utilize keyframes to control the timing and movement of the animations. It includes multiple built-in rendering engines, such as Eevee and Cycles, supporting high-quality real-time rendering and ray tracing. It also features powerful compositing tools that allow combining multiple layers and effects to create the final image effect.
- The video editor: Blender includes a basic video editor that allows users to perform editing, compositing, and special effects processing, including:
Live preview, luma waveform, chroma vectorscope and histogram displays.
Audio mixing, syncing, scrubbing and waveform visualization.
Up to 32 slots for adding video, images, audio, scenes, masks and effects.
Speed control, adjustment layers, transitions, keyframes, filters and more!
Blender System Requirements
Windows
- OS:Windows 8.1 (64-bit) ,recommended Windows 10 or Windows 11
- CPU:4 cores with SSE4.2 support,recommended 8 cores
- RAM:8GB,recommended 32GB
- GPU:2 GB VRAM with OpenGL 4.3(see below),recommended 8Gb VRAM
- NVIDIA: GeForce 400 and newer, Quadro Tesla GPU architecture and newer, including RTX-based cards, with NVIDIA drivers.
- AMD: GCN 1st gen and newer.
- Intel: Broadwell architecture and newer. Always make sure to install the latest drivers from the graphics card manufacturer website.
macOS
- OS:macOS 11.2 (Big Sur) ,recommended macOS 14 (Sonoma)
- CPU:Apple Silicon or Intel,recommended Apple Silicon
- RAM:8GB,recommended 32GB
- GPU:GPU with Metal 2.2 (see below)
- AMD, Apple Silicon, or Intel (Skylake and newer).
Linux
- OS:Distribution with glibc 2.28 or newer (64-bit)
- CPU:4 cores with SSE4.2 support,recommended 8 cores
- RAM:8GB,recommended 32GB
- GPU:2 GB VRAM with OpenGL 4.3(see below),recommended 8Gb VRAM
- NVIDIA: GeForce 400 and newer, Quadro Tesla GPU architecture and newer, including RTX-based cards, with NVIDIA drivers.
- AMD: GCN 1st gen and newer.
- Intel: Broadwell architecture and newer. Always make sure to install the latest drivers from the graphics card manufacturer website.
Other Requirements
- Cycles
Rendering in Cycles using the GPU has specific requirements described in the manual.Always make sure to install the latest drivers from the graphics card manufacturer website.
- Displays
While it is technically possible to use Blender in all screen sizes, a minimum resolution of 1920×1080 is recommended for optimal use. Multiple-display setups are supported.
- Peripherals
It is possible to use Blender with a 2-button mouse or trackpad, but a three-button mouse is recommended for optimal use.
Pen tablets/displays are also supported and recommended for specific tasks such as sculpting, painting, and drawing Grease Pencil.
How to Install Blender
Click “Next”.

Click ”I accept the terms in the License Agreement” and click “Next”.

Click “Next”.

Click “Install”.

Wait for about one minute.

Click “Finish”.

Launch the software to start using it.
