Blender , an open source integrated 3DCG production tool, released version 4.4 stable on March 18, 2025. It includes revamped animation management with action slots, expanded functionality for ...

And there's a unified node system for compositing as Blender's Compositor now uses core nodes from Shader and Geometry Nodes, replacing legacy nodes for more consistency.

A new compositing filter node has been introduced, along with updates in the viewport compositor. These updates are expected to improve the compositing workflow in Blender.

Another example is the usage of nodes for both creating shaders for Cycles render engine and for compositing. In the future the concept of nodes is planned to be applied to particle simulations and ...