# Blender Blender 5.0 Released

- Product: Blender (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/blender)
- Vendor: Blender Foundation
- Date: 2025-11-18
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/365670/view/616557815194977384
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/blender/releases/2025-11-18-blender-5.0-released

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- **added** — Full support for ACES pipelines
- **changed** — Improved color management
- **added** — HDR capabilities
- **added** — Volumes and SDF nodes in Geometry Nodes
- **added** — Storyboarding template
- **added** — Array modifier for modeling
- **added** — Scatter on Surface modifier for modeling
- **changed** — Reworked UV Sync
- **changed** — Animation and rigging improvements
- **fixed** — 588 bugs fixed

Blender Foundation and the online developer community proudly present **Blender 5.0**!

##### What’s New

Blender 5.0 is good news across the board. For many, the biggest change is probably the** full support for ACES **pipelines, improved **color management**, and **HDR** capabilities. For others, it might be the new **Volumes** and **SDF** nodes in **Geometry Nodes**. Storytellers will appreciate the new **Storyboarding** template, if you’re further along in your project perhaps all the new **Array** or **Scatter on Surface** modifiers for modeling, the reworked **UV Sync**, or you may enjoy all the **animation** and **rigging** improvements. One thing is certain, everyone will benefit from the **[588 bugs fixed](https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/5.0/bugfixes/)**.

Explore the [release notes](https://www.blender.org/download/releases/5-0/) for an in-depth look at what’s new!

Watch the video summary on [Blender’s YouTube channel](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4wEqD-jK0DU).

##### Thank you!

This work is made possible thanks to the outstanding contributions of the Blender community, and the support of the over 7900 individuals and 41 organizations contributing to the [Blender Development Fund](https://fund.blender.org/).

Happy Blending!

The Blender Team
November 18th, 2025

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