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  • Blender 1.71 out. (1999-11-29)
    Better S-meshes, refraction mapping, text on a keyed curve, ... read more about this at the changelog.
  • Blender 1.70: S-meshes! (1999-11-18)
    Best new feature is the S-mesh option. This allows modeling with Meshes as if they were Nurbs. Look at the Complete pages for a description.
    Other cool new feature is a better support for hair rendering. read more about this at the changelog.
  • News server moved (1999-11-02)
    We moved the news server to www.blender.nl. Please update your bookmarks.
    Lots of thanks to Bowtie for sponsoring this service for 18 months!
  • 1.69b and Python docs (1999-10-22)
    Version 1.69b has been uploaded, it incorporates many bug fixes (so upgrade now!). Documentation on the NMesh Python module has also been placed on line, check it at www.blender.nl
  • Blender 1.68 (1999-09-12)
    Plugins are free now! And a few new features and bug fixes... read more about this at the changelog.
  • Siggraph 99! (1999-08-30)
    Everybody has seen us now! We had a cool booth with cool people, free CD's, cool demos and videos... and a prototype of Blender 2.0, with 3D game editing and playback.
    For people wanting to see us in live action: rob's mpeg movie (15 M). Right now, back on earth, we will concentrate at finishing the Complete Blender, and then work at the exciting 2.0 release...
  • Blender 1.67 (1999-08-04)
    The long awaited Python release... out now!
  • Blender 1.66 (1999-07-16)
    This version has many surprises. Better bumpmapping, better Ika, better deform and better Vertex-keying!
    Read more about this at the changelog.

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