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Blender 4.4: Core

Environment Variables

  • BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS now supports multiple paths. Paths are separated by ; on Windows and : on macOS and Linux. (PR#132812)
  • New BLENDER_CUSTOM_SPLASH to replace the splash screen with the given image file, and BLENDER_CUSTOM_SPLASH_BANNER to overlay an image on the splash. In production environments a modified splash screen can help communicate that Blender was configured for a particular studio or project. (PR#132812)

Other

  • Videos can now be rendered using H.265/HEVC codec. (PR#129119)
  • EXR images that use DWAA/DWAB compression codec now have a Quality setting, previous behavior always saved them at 97 quality. (PR#128790)
  • "Render Audio" operator can now render to AAC (.aac) format, and also when using Matroska or Ogg format it can use Opus audio codec. (PR#132877)