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Blender 3.0 is Here!

Ghosty12Ghosty12 Posts: 2,080
edited December 2021 in Blender Discussion

Though the news is probably old by now.. wink I Just had an update for Blender come through Steam and yes it is version 3.0.. Exciting times ahead is all I can say.. smiley

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  • wolf359wolf359 Posts: 3,940
    edited December 2021

    Tested it my six year old Toshiba laptop with 4 gigs of ram. And it actually works?!laugh

    Installing it on my one year old production Dell today.

     

    Edit
    had to update some of my paid  pro Blender
    addons, but otherwise very stable  for me

     

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  • PadonePadone Posts: 4,054
    edited December 2021

    I can confirm that the new cycles is about 200% faster. The new denoiser is also noticeably improved, not that the old one wasn't good already. Tested a victoria 8.1 portrait with volumetric skin and a heavy transmapped wig that's quite intense for the gpu. Straight from diffeo.

    It's 122 seconds for blender 2.93.6 vs 59 seconds for blender 3.0.

     

     

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  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,795
    edited December 2021

    What I didn't know & really like is:

    Blender 2.83 LTS can be downloaded via the Windows Store free from the Blender Foundation.

    Likewise with Blender 2.93 LTS.

    Likewise with Blender 3.0.

    That means Microsoft will automatically keep them current.

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  • dude_slickdude_slick Posts: 0
    edited December 2021

    Padone said:

    I can confirm that the new cycles is about 200% faster.

    Not for me. I takes twice as long, and the textures are wonky. Plus I cant get DTB bridge to install. I'm going back to 2.93 till they sort this out.

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  • PadonePadone Posts: 4,054
    edited December 2021

    @dude_slick As for the rendering time it sounds like you didn't update your nvidia drivers, or you get a old ati card that's not supported by the new cycles, so it's using the cpu instead of the gpu. While eevee should work fine. As for dtb not working you can use diffeo instead that's much better for everything anyway.

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  • Silver DolphinSilver Dolphin Posts: 1,640

    New Blender is nice upgrade.

  • pretendforreal_707d4f4a31pretendforreal_707d4f4a31 Posts: 47

    Check your default # of render samples. blender 3.0 automatically upped the default render samples amount because Cycles X is so much faster but it has initially made it seem slower to a lot of people. If you lower the sample # to what you had in 2.93 it will likely be up to 2x faster

  • brainmuffinbrainmuffin Posts: 1,276

    dude_slick said:

    Padone said:

    I can confirm that the new cycles is about 200% faster.

    Not for me. I takes twice as long, and the textures are wonky. Plus I cant get DTB bridge to install. I'm going back to 2.93 till they sort this out.

    So far, I don't have the transfer problem, but Cycles X is about 20% slower for me. The denoiser is MUCH better though.
  • rafed_alwanirafed_alwani Posts: 26

    Unfortunately, there is a problem with DAZ to Blender Bridge as it does not work with 3.0.

    Is there a plan to get it working soon?

  • PadonePadone Posts: 4,054

    use diffeomorphic

  • ske0001ske0001 Posts: 8

     How did you experience Blender bridge not working? When I tried it seemded working, but in blender there was no IK/FK options. Have you faced something similar?

    rafed_alwani said:

    Unfortunately, there is a problem with DAZ to Blender Bridge as it does not work with 3.0.

    Is there a plan to get it working soon?

  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715

    Use Diffeo, it does more.

  • artxtapartxtap Posts: 179
    edited January 2022

    was going to ask about this.

    installed blender 3.0.0, running daz 4.16.0.3

    so it is a fact, correct?

    the daz to blender Bridge is officially dead for blender 3.0.0?

    when i hit n in blender the daz to blender tab does not show up.

    when i search for the daz plugin in blender it does not show up to be turned on.

    when i try to install it from blender i don't what i'am looking for or where.

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  • RorrKonnRorrKonn Posts: 509

    In the new 3.0 .
    The floor, grid ,background now seems to blink very faintly but the blinks there in a circular pattern.
    Any body else seen this ?
    Any Body know how to fix it ?

    Thanks

  • RorrKonnRorrKonn Posts: 509

    Edit / Refences / themes / 3D Viewport / Theme Space / Gradient Colors / BackGround Type

    1 BackGround Type / Vignette
    2 BackGround Type / Linier Gradient
    3 BackGround Type / Single Color

    Vignette I get the Rings ,as if it can’t blend properly ,as if it’s being reduced to 8 bit.
    Linier Gradient I get Lines ,as if it can’t blend properly ,as if it’s being reduced to 8 bit.
    Single Color _ Looks Good

    2.93 default Single Color
    3.0 default Vignette
    It’s the little things in life that drives you insain .

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