14 DAY TRIAL // Open-source 3D computer graphics software Blender has been updated to a new stable version. Revision 2.67 brings to the table a new rendering engine, as well as significant improvements touching on paint and sculpt system.
The developer included Freestyle in this release, a non-photorealistic rendering engine that was originally developed as a standalone project.
It makes available the possibility to generate a 2D line drawing out from a 3D scene created with Blender.
Among the advantages provided is stylizing the lines in various ways by modifying the color, alpha transparency, line thickness or geometry.
Improvements in this build refer to faster motion tracking, preliminary support for subsurface scattering in Cycles.
A better paint system is also part of Blender 2.67 as the developer included new tools and options: brush angle control, separate texture control for alpha channel and a new stencil mapping mode with direct mouse control.
The full list of changes is available on this page.