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Splash Screen
From the Blender 5.2 LTS Manual by the Blender Documentation Team, adapted for Angelo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Added by Angelo Notes marked like this are ours: they say where Angelo differs from stock Blender.
When starting Blender, the splash screen appears in the center of the window. It contains options to create new projects or open recent ones. A more detailed description can be found below.
Blender Splash Screen.
To close the splash screen and start a new project, click anywhere outside the splash screen (but inside the Blender window) or press Esc. The splash screen will disappear revealing the default screen. To reopen the splash screen, click on the Blender icon in the Topbar and select Splash Screen.
Note
When starting Blender for the first time or updating to a new version, the “interactive region” contains a Quick Set Up Process.
Splash Image
The upper part of the splash screen contains the splash image with the Blender version in the top right.
Interactive Region
The interactive region is the bottom half of the splash screen.
- New File
Start a new project based on a template.
- Recent Files
Your most recently opened blend-files. This gives quick and easy access to your recent projects.
- Open
Allows opening an existing blend-file.
- Recover Last Session
Blender will try to recover the last session based on temporary files. See Recovering Data.
- What’s New
Open the latest release notes.
- Donate to Blender
Open Blender’s Development Fund website.