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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’