Keep current · 3D Art
Blender 5.2 LTS is available
Blender 5.2 LTS adds EEVEE improvements, Cycles texture caching, remote asset libraries, and updates to the Video Sequencer and compositor. Fixes are planned through July 2028.
Published 14 July 2026. Source checked 2026-08-09.
Read the official source ↗What changed
Blender 5.2 LTS adds EEVEE improvements, Cycles texture caching, remote asset libraries, and updates to the Video Sequencer and compositor. Fixes are planned through July 2028.
Curricly teaching perspective
An LTS release is a sensible point to review classroom Blender versions because it offers a longer maintenance window. That does not mean updating a live cohort without testing files, exports and add-ons first.
Suggested action
Worth introducing. Open one current teaching file in 5.2 LTS, test the source-to-engine route and record any interface or workflow difference before planning a controlled lab update.
Keep moving
Useful next steps.
Topology without the waffle
A quick way to explain why the arrangement of edges matters without turning topology into a list of rules.
A first Blender session that makes something
Get learners navigating, transforming and combining shapes before explaining every part of the interface.
Use the Blender Manual as a working reference
The maintained official reference for interface, modelling, materials, animation, rendering and file workflows.