Blender 2.66 Released

Ton Roosendaal writes:

Here is a brand new release! Blender 2.66 has Dynamic Topology sculpt, Cycles Hair render, Rigid Body Dynamics, HiDPI screen support, and especially a lot of attention for usability and fixes. What do YOU consider the most important change or new feature?

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Add-on: IES Files in Cycles

You can now import .IES photometric files into Cycles with this new add-on by Lockal.

Ray Tracer writes:

Great news for all the ArchViz people using blender Cycles! Lockal released an useful add-on for importing and using real photometric (.IES) lamps directly in Blender Cycles. As a bonus you can select the colour temperature of the lamp in Kelvin! After installation of this addon new item “IES To Cycles” appears inside “File” -> “Import” menu (also don’t forget about space menu). This add-on both works with standard and latest development releases.

Link: Download the add-on here.

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