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Support the future of Blender #b3d * Music by @Thaehan -- BLENDER TODAY #204 Blender 3.3 LTS out! Maintenance Task 3.3 Flamenco 3 released! COMPOSITOR * blur node * bokeh blur node * pixelate node * scale node * dilate erode node PERFORMANCE * Subdiv: Avoid quadratic runtime for loose edges * Mikktspace: Optimized port to C * Sculpt: Make storing mask and face set layers optional * IMBUF: Improved Thumbnailing of WebP Images * Mesh: Remove redundant custom data pointers * Attributes: Avoid unnecessarily initializing new attributes * Geometry: Avoid unnecessary initialization when resizing data arrays UV * UV: add new operator, uvcalc_align_rotation * Fix T100874: improve uv unwrap of degenerate geometry GREASE PENCIL * Add `thickness` parameter to Outline operator * Improve Thickness handling for Outline operator * Apply Brush Size to Outline thickness while drawing * New Set Start point operator GEOMETRY NODES * Node: Mix node * Geometry Nodes: new evaluation system EEVEE * MacOS: Resolve purple rendering artifacts in EEVEE materials by increasing sampler limit * EEVEE-Next: Register render passes for compositor * EEVEE-Next: Cryptomatte render passes CYCLES * improve Progressive Multi-Jittered sampling * remove old Sobol pattern, simplify sampling dimensions * enable adaptive sampling for Sobol-Burley * disable Scrambling Distance UI when using Sobol Burley UI * Node Editor: Visual tweaks to node links * UI: 3D Text Caret * UI: Corrected Scaling of AREAMINX * Console: Support page up/down and home keys for scrolling * UI: Small Adjustments to Event Icons * Fix T96297: obj: improve layout of UI fields and axis validation * Outliner: Hide search button for library overrides hierarchies view * Outliner: Hide “data operations“ context menu entries unless supported * Outliner: Hide library overrdies context menu when no IDs are selected * Outliner: Don't show asset context menu when no IDs are selected * UI: Add shift-click hint to library overrides button tooltip * UI: add a Custom Properties panel to the View Layer tab of properties * NLA: actionclip_add now fails on invoke if no NLA track is selected * NLA: Remove Edited Action tab from NLA panel LIBS * update OIIO/Boost/Python/NumPy versions * update OpenVDB for Blender 3.4 TRANSLATION * I18n: translate untitled file names * I18n: extract keymap preferences POTOPURRI * obj: implement support for PBR .mtl extensions * Tweak cryptomatte channels naming to improve interoperability * obj: improve placement of shader nodes in imported materials PYTHON * PyGPU: only use 3D shaders and rename string enums * GPU: remove 'GPU_SHADER_2D_FLAT_COLOR' * GPU: remove 'GPU_SHADER_2D_IMAGE'
