The Node Editor Upgrade Hotfix Version 🍝
This point version is a stablity and hotfix release focused on new Compositor assets that come out of the box, new smart asset updates and apply operators, and much much love to the node editors.
This is part of all the latest from Blender 5.0.1 and 5.1.0 to the date – with 53 new fixes and polish with much stability from Blender!
⚠️ Warning: * .Blend File formats from this version onwards will not be backwards compatible with earlier versions of Blender 4.5.x or Bforartists 4.4.x. It’s a one way trip!
✨What’s new:
- Fixed the export/import unusable File dialogue when using the Bforartists hotkeys
- More Icons in data types in Geometry Nodes Selectors
- Fixed instancing options from the Asset Shelf drag and drop
- Fixed Dopesheet missing operators
- Fixed Hotkey dropdown icon
- Cleaned up the Node Editor Sidebars to be consistent with Add menu
- Cleaned up the Preferences NDOF settings
🧡 Additional Features from this Blender 5.0.x and 5.1.x series:
- New Bone Info node for Geoemtry Nodes
Downloads available from both Github, the official Website, Windows store and Blender Launcher v2
📥 Download for Free today! Let us know what you think of this big release!
🌍 Official Website
🪟 Windows App
www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9PD5L5XBRMR0?ocid=pdpshare
🧡 Blender Launcher
github.com/Victor-IX/Blender-Launcher-V2/releases
📄 Release Notes:
🖥️ Source Code
Splashscreen is kindly provided by Bluenile3d , the latest winner of the Splashscreen submissions competition hosted in the Discord server! Thank you!
And also, thanks again for all art, love, feedback and help for making the Bforartists community what it is today! Without your feedback and support, this wouldn’t be possible
Draise, Reiner, Blenux (Juso), Znight (Trung Pham), Quackers, Eyad, Sean and all you arty supporters
Also…
🍾🥂 Happy New Year from the team at Bforartists!
It has been a wild year, and together we have done so much and so well with some of the biggest releases this year! I want to thank you Developers for taking on the Blender refactors and merges like champions, working on catching up with documentation, bug fixes and stability, assets development, feature development and more. This is very alive thanks to you. Downloads, artwork and the community activity is higher on average than usual with downloads consistently +20% every year over the past 5 years, and all artists who have used this are positive and happy with the most engagement and activity ever! It has been a lovely project and I’m happy to support it where I can and want to say thank you again – this Discord community has been cozy and supportive with weekly art challenges with the Being an Artists 1 hour game and high calibre interviews with the 💙Be with Artists Q&A show!! Thank you artists for sharing your art pieces, processes and thoughts. This is about you.
So onwards to 2027! Many new things for Bforartists are cooking: new documentation, new website, new assets, presets and tools, more polish and refinement to the interface, UX and more – staying always up to date with Blender, adopting the latest with this particular interface paradigm for the artists – for you, for free. Made by artists, for artists. So onwards to a great 2026, where we hope to polish and reveal what we have invested in with many tasty dishes ready to serve to you soon!
Have a nice new year. Upwards and onwards as we be for artists in the ever expanding game of polish, empowerment, education, expression, accessibility, consistency, and usefulness out of the box.
