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All the new features to try are available at this link. Release 11.5 comes with dongle-free licensing, soft-body effects, Bullet Force, the fast Genoma rigging system, rolling-shutter effects and much more.
Anyone who is still undecided can first take a look at the UI in this tutorial:
