Splash Screen¶
When starting Blender, the splash screen appears in the center of the window. It contains help options under link and the recently open blend-files. A more detailed description can be found below.
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 click on the Blender icon in the Info Editor header or select .
- Title
- Besides the Blender icon and text, it shows the Blender version. e.g. the current version is 2.79-branch.
- Image
- An image where you can identify package and version.
- Date
- At the top-right corner, you can see the date on that Blender version was compiled.
- Hash
- The Git Hash. This can be useful to give to support personnel, when diagnosing a problem.
- Branch
- Optional branch id.
- Interaction
- Key configuration the same as .
- Links
- Links official web pages, the same could be found in the Help Menu of the Info Editor. See Help Menu.
- Recent
- Your most recently opened blend-files. This gives quick and easy access to your recent projects.
- Recover Last Session
- Blender will try to recover the last session based on temporary files. See Recovering Data.