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Blender 2.71

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    Rodney Zamora
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This is a quick tutorial on the new features in Blender 2.71. Blender 2.71 was released on February 11, 2014.

The most significant change in Blender 2.71 is the new Cycles rendering engine. Cycles is a powerful unbiased renderer that supports the open standard Open Shading Language (OSL). Cycles is production ready and is used by many professional studios.

Other notable changes include:

A new user interface theme

A new Grease Pencil tool

support for the OpenVDB volumetric data format

Improved support for Alembic files

A new Physically Based Rendering (PBR) shader

And much more!

Cycles:

The most significant change in Blender 2.71 is the new Cycles rendering engine. Cycles is a powerful unbiased renderer that supports the open standard Open Shading Language (OSL). Cycles is production ready and is used by many professional studios.

Some of the key features of Cycles include:

Unbiased rendering: Cycles produces physically accurate images by simulating the path of light through a 3D scene.

Open Shading Language (OSL): OSL is a powerful shading language that allows you to write your own shaders.

Physically Based Rendering (PBR): PBR is a rendering technique that produces realistic images by simulating the physical properties of light and materials.

Volumetric rendering: Cycles supports rendering of volumetric data, such as fog, smoke, and clouds.

GPU rendering: Cycles can utilize the power of your GPU to render images faster.

Alembic support: Alembic is a file format that supports the interchange of complex 3D data.

And much more!

User interface:

Blender 2.71 features a new user interface theme. The new theme is designed to be clean and modern, and it makes use of the new Cycles rendering engine.

Grease Pencil:

The Grease Pencil tool is a new addition to Blender 2.71. The Grease Pencil tool allows you to draw directly on the 3D viewport. This is useful for quickly sketching out ideas or for annotating your models.

OpenVDB support:

OpenVDB is a open source library for storing volumetric data. Blender 2.71 includes support for OpenVDB, which means that you can now use OpenVDB files in your Blender projects.

Improved Alembic support:

Alembic is a file format that supports the interchange of complex 3D data. Blender 2.71 includes improved support for Alembic files, which means that you can now use Alembic files in your Blender projects.

PBR shader:

Q: Can I use Blender in 32 bit?

A: Yes, you can use Blender in 32-bit mode.

Q: Does Blender 2.8 cost money?

A: No, Blender 2.8 is free and open source software.

Q: When did Blender 2.8 release?

A: Blender 2.8 was released on July 2, 2019.

Q: When was Blender 2.79 release?

A: Blender 2.79 was released on September 12, 2017.