Reference/Release Notes/2.83

= Blender 2.83 Release Notes =

Blender 2.83 was released on June 3, 2020.

Check out the final release notes on blender.org.

This release includes long-term support, see the LTS page for a list of bugfixes included in the latest version.

Grease Pencil
Completely rewritten from scratch, the new Grease Pencil is much faster and better integrated with Blender

Volumes
OpenVDB files can now be imported and rendered with the new volume object.

Virtual Reality
Initial native virtual reality, focused on scene inspection.

Cycles
Adaptive sampling, OptiX viewport denoising, improved shader nodes, and more.

EEVEE
New render passes, improved light cache and high-quality hair transparency.

Sculpt
Face sets to control visibility, cloth brush, and many more improvements.

Add-ons
Major updates to Collection Manager.