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Support Blender by joining the Development Fund https://fund.blender.org #b3d #BlenderToday * Music by  @Thaehan -- Animation * Animation: Allow NLA strips to be horizontally shuffled projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/8833f5db Attributes * Attributes: Add 2D integer vector attribute type projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/988f23ce Custom Data * Custom Data: support implicit sharing for custom data layers projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/7eee378e Cycles * Optimize Blender curves attribute extraction projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/ae017b3a * Optimize Blender point cloud attribute extraction projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/aef0e72e * Optimize extraction of Blender attributes projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/8d0920ec * Refactored GPU denoising code projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/a76bf65c * Upgrade to new Embree 4 while staying compatible with Embree 3 projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/9e9baa90 * bump version to 3.6.0 projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/dbf1049d * Avoid overhead from RNA when extracting mesh data projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/4bcd59d6 Fix * Fix #106440: EEVEE: World lighting does not affect volumetrics projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/28a11c00 Geometry * Geometry: Use implicit sharing for curve and mesh offsets projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/dcb3b1c1 * Mesh: Replace MPoly struct with offset indices projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/7966cd16 Geometry Nodes * Geometry Nodes: avoid last buffer copy in Blur Attribute node projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/15f46401 IDManagement * IDManagement: Extend ID remapping code. projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/fed463df Image * Image: Use OpenImageIO for loading and saving a variety of image formats projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/aa3bdfd7 ImageEngine * ImageEngine: Improve Performance and Quality. projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/9477ab65 Nodes * Nodes: Move data-block default values with link drag search projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/9726e4a0 * Nodes: Add dropdown to select group socket subtype projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/e7f395dd Python * Python: Support multiple custom script directories in Preferences projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/ba25023d * Python: `bl_ui_utils.layout.operator_context` context manager projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/d85520f2 * Python API: Add function to create links to virtual sockets projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/81815681 Realtime Compositor * Map UV node projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/0c01e0f4 * Fog Glow Glare node projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/cc5128f6 * Displace node projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/625ba3cb * Z Combine node projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/b939b60c Sculpt * Sculpt: updated Mask and Face Set menu operators projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/c08a9ec1 Texture Paint * Texture Paint: always respect edit mode hiding projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/bd319f65 Transform * Transform: improve visualization when dragging Gizmos projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/97c05aa2 UI * Sculpt Paint tool defaults projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/bd86e719 * Quick tooltip showing tab name for Properties editor tabs projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/1b94e60f * Allow Clipboard Copy/Paste Images projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/39bcf6bd * Color Picker Positioning projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/fa13058f * Add slash character support to fuzzy search initials mode projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/2b565c6b * Allow Float Kerning for Text Objects projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/2b6c1600 * Tooltips for Assets projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/0ee0e8c0 * Fix disconnected and non-clickable checkbox labels in popovers projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/2771f53c * enable string properties for alt-click buttons for multiple objects projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/43eb3fe2 * Text Object International Case Change projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/e369bf4a * Region polling support projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/fa0f295b UV * add overlapping island support for uv packing projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/b601ae87 * support for non-square bitmaps in uv packer, alpaca_rotate projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/564418f6 * improve layout efficiency of uv packing when rotation enabled projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/43476e2d Viewport * DRW: Selection Occlusion projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/7a267aa0 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FihO-WF0sA

"Blender as a Swiss Army Knife for Medical Research" by Stefan Raith Blender Conference 2018 Friday 26 October 13:00 at the Theater. -- Learn more at https://blender.org/conference Support Blender by joining the Development Fund https://fund.blender.org/ #bcon18 #b3d ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1yV8p7ELks