🚀 Blender 4.5 LTS Released: Vulkan, Faster Rendering, and FBX Import 15x Faster

The long-awaited Blender 4.5 LTS is out — a stable long-term support release that will receive updates for the next two years. It’s ideal for studios handling complex production workflows.

Highlights of this release include:

🔹 Full Vulkan backend support — smoother interface and pro-grade performance

🔹 Improved Boolean operations using the new Manifold solver — Cinema 4D-level precision

🔹 Cycles Adaptive Subdivision upgrade — up to 14× faster render times with motion blur and UV support

🔹 Smarter lighting control — adjust Kelvin scale, tint, exposure, and normalize light intensity

🔹 FBX import up to 15× faster — the new ufbx-based C++ importer reduces memory load and supports complex files

Blender 4.5 LTS is available now — free for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

👉 Download Blender 4.5 LTS