blender-2-5-0Blender fans rejoice as the first Alpha of the new Blender 2.5.0 is now available for download!

The Blender Foundation and online developer community is proud to present Blender 2.5 Alpha 0. This release is the first official testing release of the Blender 2.5 series, and represents the culmination of many years of redesign and development work.

New features include a new GUI, improved keyboard shortcuts, 64-bit compatibility, spline IK animations, smoke simulations, particles, and volume effects!  A huge new feature list for a great free product.

via blender.org – Blender 2.5.0.