How old is Blender?
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When was the first Blender version released? I have been an avid user of blender for a few years but I still have not found out how long it has been around. I not only would like to know when it was released but try to run it. If someone could provide a link that would be great.
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Blender was first created in 1995, but it wasn't free and open source back then.
It became free thanks to a crowfounding campaign in 2002, when the first version was released to the public.
The complete history is on the History page of the Blender website. There is also an interview made by Blender Guru to Ton Roosendaal, creator of Blender, here, that covers some of the history.
Judging by the source repository on the website the first ever open release is probably Blender 2.26, available here. In the releases repository you can find versions as old as Blender 1.0! I doubt you'll be able to use it though, it's just for IRIX.
If you can't get old versions to work, there is somebody on Youtube that in 2014 tried to go back in time, reporting on their experiments: Blender 2.40, Blender 2.27, Blender 1.80. Then he said «I probably do not want to continue to Blender 1.60, because in this version, I cannot save files.»
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They still work! Here's proof (those two version because they are ones I had sitting around already).
– David♦
3 hours ago
I just realised that probably the first time I used blender (2003) it was around version 2.0x. After one year of poor experiments, I abandoned the hobby and didn't use it again until much later, probably 2.6x
– Nicola Sap
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Blender was first created in 1995, but it wasn't free and open source back then.
It became free thanks to a crowfounding campaign in 2002, when the first version was released to the public.
The complete history is on the History page of the Blender website. There is also an interview made by Blender Guru to Ton Roosendaal, creator of Blender, here, that covers some of the history.
Judging by the source repository on the website the first ever open release is probably Blender 2.26, available here. In the releases repository you can find versions as old as Blender 1.0! I doubt you'll be able to use it though, it's just for IRIX.
If you can't get old versions to work, there is somebody on Youtube that in 2014 tried to go back in time, reporting on their experiments: Blender 2.40, Blender 2.27, Blender 1.80. Then he said «I probably do not want to continue to Blender 1.60, because in this version, I cannot save files.»
answered 13 hours ago
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They still work! Here's proof (those two version because they are ones I had sitting around already).
– David♦
3 hours ago
I just realised that probably the first time I used blender (2003) it was around version 2.0x. After one year of poor experiments, I abandoned the hobby and didn't use it again until much later, probably 2.6x
– Nicola Sap
2 hours ago
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Blender was first created in 1995, but it wasn't free and open source back then.
It became free thanks to a crowfounding campaign in 2002, when the first version was released to the public.
The complete history is on the History page of the Blender website. There is also an interview made by Blender Guru to Ton Roosendaal, creator of Blender, here, that covers some of the history.
Judging by the source repository on the website the first ever open release is probably Blender 2.26, available here. In the releases repository you can find versions as old as Blender 1.0! I doubt you'll be able to use it though, it's just for IRIX.
If you can't get old versions to work, there is somebody on Youtube that in 2014 tried to go back in time, reporting on their experiments: Blender 2.40, Blender 2.27, Blender 1.80. Then he said «I probably do not want to continue to Blender 1.60, because in this version, I cannot save files.»
answered 13 hours ago
Nicola Sap
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They still work! Here's proof (those two version because they are ones I had sitting around already).
– David♦
3 hours ago
I just realised that probably the first time I used blender (2003) it was around version 2.0x. After one year of poor experiments, I abandoned the hobby and didn't use it again until much later, probably 2.6x
– Nicola Sap
2 hours ago
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Blender was first created in 1995, but it wasn't free and open source back then.
It became free thanks to a crowfounding campaign in 2002, when the first version was released to the public.
The complete history is on the History page of the Blender website. There is also an interview made by Blender Guru to Ton Roosendaal, creator of Blender, here, that covers some of the history.
Judging by the source repository on the website the first ever open release is probably Blender 2.26, available here. In the releases repository you can find versions as old as Blender 1.0! I doubt you'll be able to use it though, it's just for IRIX.
If you can't get old versions to work, there is somebody on Youtube that in 2014 tried to go back in time, reporting on their experiments: Blender 2.40, Blender 2.27, Blender 1.80. Then he said «I probably do not want to continue to Blender 1.60, because in this version, I cannot save files.»
answered 13 hours ago
Nicola Sap
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Blender was first created in 1995, but it wasn't free and open source back then.
It became free thanks to a crowfounding campaign in 2002, when the first version was released to the public.
The complete history is on the History page of the Blender website. There is also an interview made by Blender Guru to Ton Roosendaal, creator of Blender, here, that covers some of the history.
Judging by the source repository on the website the first ever open release is probably Blender 2.26, available here. In the releases repository you can find versions as old as Blender 1.0! I doubt you'll be able to use it though, it's just for IRIX.
If you can't get old versions to work, there is somebody on Youtube that in 2014 tried to go back in time, reporting on their experiments: Blender 2.40, Blender 2.27, Blender 1.80. Then he said «I probably do not want to continue to Blender 1.60, because in this version, I cannot save files.»
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They still work! Here's proof (those two version because they are ones I had sitting around already).
– David♦
3 hours ago
I just realised that probably the first time I used blender (2003) it was around version 2.0x. After one year of poor experiments, I abandoned the hobby and didn't use it again until much later, probably 2.6x
– Nicola Sap
2 hours ago
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1
They still work! Here's proof (those two version because they are ones I had sitting around already).
– David♦
3 hours ago
I just realised that probably the first time I used blender (2003) it was around version 2.0x. After one year of poor experiments, I abandoned the hobby and didn't use it again until much later, probably 2.6x
– Nicola Sap
2 hours ago
1
1
They still work! Here's proof (those two version because they are ones I had sitting around already).
– David♦
3 hours ago
They still work! Here's proof (those two version because they are ones I had sitting around already).
– David♦
3 hours ago
I just realised that probably the first time I used blender (2003) it was around version 2.0x. After one year of poor experiments, I abandoned the hobby and didn't use it again until much later, probably 2.6x
– Nicola Sap
2 hours ago
I just realised that probably the first time I used blender (2003) it was around version 2.0x. After one year of poor experiments, I abandoned the hobby and didn't use it again until much later, probably 2.6x
– Nicola Sap
2 hours ago
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