The Blender Foundation and online developer community are proud to present Blender 2.76, released in Steam on Oct 12, 2015!
Update: bug fix release 2.76b was released on Nov 11, 2015.
Main highlights for this release:
- Initial support for Pixar's OpenSubdiv geometry subdivision technology.
- A huge view-port performance boost.
- Big file browser performance boost and arrow keys navigation support.
- Node auto-offset feature that helps organizing node layouts.
- Absolute grid snapping in the 3D view.
- Sculpting with tiled strokes.
- Text effect strips for the sequencer, supporting subtitle export
As usual, hundreds of bugs fixed and other improvements!