Editing Blender (software) (section)

{{short description|3D computer graphics software}}
{{Multiple issues|{{Overly detailed|date=February 2022}}
{{Primary sources|date=February 2023}}}}
{{Infobox software
| title = Blender
| name = Blender
| logo = Logo Blender.svg
| logo_caption = Logo designed by [[Ton Roosendaal]]
| logo_size = 200px
| screenshot = Blender 4.4.0 startup screen.png
| caption = Screenshot of Blender 4.4.0
| author = [[Ton Roosendaal]]
| developer = [[Blender Foundation]], community
| released = {{Start date and age|1994|1|2}}<ref name="25th">{{cite web|url=https://www.blender.org/press/blenders-25th-birthday/|title=Blender's 25th birthday!|website=blender.org|date=January 2, 2019|access-date=January 7, 2019}}</ref>
| programming language = [[C++]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
| operating system = [[Linux]], [[macOS]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[IRIX]],<ref name="https://download.blender.org/release/Blender1.0/">{{cite web|title=Index of /release/Blender1.0//|url=https://download.blender.org/release/Blender1.0/|access-date=2024-11-04|website=download.blender.org}}</ref> [[BSD]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freshports.org/graphics/blender/|title=FreshPorts -- graphics/blender: 3D modeling/rendering/animation/gaming package|website=www.freshports.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://openports.se/graphics/blender|title=OpenPorts.se &#124; The OpenBSD package collection|website=openports.se|access-date=2019-06-19|archive-date=2020-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726075240/https://openports.se/graphics/blender|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pkgsrc.se/graphics/blender|title=pkgsrc.se &#124; The NetBSD package collection|website=pkgsrc.se}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/DragonFlyBSD/DPorts|title=The dedicated application build system for DragonFly BSD: DragonFlyBSD/DPorts|date=July 23, 2019|via=GitHub}}</ref> [[Haiku (operating system)|Haiku]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/haikuports/haikuports|title=GitHub - haikuports/haikuports: Software ports for the Haiku operating system.|date=July 27, 2019|via=GitHub}}</ref>
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q173136|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q173136|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}
| latest preview version = 4.5.0
| latest preview date = {{start date and age|2025|05|02}}
| size = 290–397 [[Mebibyte|MiB]] (varies by operating system)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://download.blender.org/release/Blender4.4/|title=Blender 4.4 Release Index|website=blender.org|access-date=March 27, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blender.org/download/|title=Download — blender.org|website=blender.org|access-date=March 27, 2025}}</ref>
| language = Abkhaz, Arabic, Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English (official), Esperanto, French, German, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kyrgyz, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
| language count = 36
| genre = [[3D computer graphics software]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0 or later]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blender.org/about/license/|title=License - blender.org|access-date=May 17, 2014}}</ref>
| alexa = <!--{{Increase}} 3,605 {{small|{{nowrap|(Global, {{as of|2020|9|1|alt=Sept. 2020}})}}}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/blender.org|title=blender.org Traffic, Demographics and Competitors|website=[[Alexa Internet]]|access-date=December 12, 2019}}</ref>-->
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}
[[File:Blender 4.4-splash screen.png|alt=Art by Blender Studio|thumb|304x304px|Blender 4.4 splash screen]]
'''Blender''' is a [[Free and open-source software|free and open-source]] [[3D computer graphics]] software tool set that runs on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[macOS]], [[BSD]], [[Haiku (operating system)|Haiku]], [[IRIX]] and [[Linux]]. It is used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, [[3D printing|3D-printed]] models, [[motion graphics]], interactive 3D applications, and [[virtual reality]]. It is also used in creating video games.

Blender was used to produce the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning film ''[[Flow (2024 film)|Flow]]'' (2024).<ref name="FlowOscar"/>