Downloading Blender

One of the most significant advantages of Blender when comparing

to similar tools is their open-source nature. You can use Blender

without any hidden costs or subscriptions! All you have to do is

download Blender and start using it. How to download? To

download Blender, you should visit the Blender Foundation

website:

https://www.blender.org/download/

Another option is to get a development version, which has the most

up to date tools and features:

https://builder.blender.org

The development versions offer a peek of upcoming releases as

alpha and beta versions. They feature new tools and options, but

may also have bugs and instabilities. You should not use them for

critical projects. For this book, we will use version 3.0 of Blender,

but the vast majority of techniques will still work with later versions.

Using the following address gives you access to the entire release

history of Blender:

https://download.blender.org/release/

In the release history, it is possible to get current and old versions

of Blender. For instance, you can download Blender 1.0! What