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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