BLENDER TODAY #144 - 22-03-2021

00:00 Intro 01:20 BLENDER ORG IS BACK! https://www.blender.org 02:20 Blender Developers Live: Running backwards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqzoXV3KdPs

04:30 GEOMETRY NODES Geometry Nodes: Add initial version of mesh primitives https://developer.blender.org/D10715 Geometry Nodes: Add geometry instances data to the spreadsheet https://developer.blender.org/D10770 Geometry Nodes: Implicit interpolations to and from the edge domain https://developer.blender.org/D10765 Geometry Nodes: Refactor / fix point separate node https://developer.blender.org/rB9b806c49d08a323f70a1ca23dc219d072b05cc61

11:07 UI Nodes: Add support to mute node wires https://developer.blender.org/rB266cd7bb82ce4bfed20a3d61a84f25e2bacfca2b QOLD - UI: Dynamically increase data-block name button size if there's space https://developer.blender.org/rB2dd040a3495309566d6b2582e264b281752bcdd5 Modify Dopesheet block between keyframes https://developer.blender.org/D10588

18:14 GREASE PENCIL Grease Pencil: Add LineArt modifier https://developer.blender.org/D8758

24:52 VSE FFmpeg: Improve proxy building performance https://developer.blender.org/D10731 VSE: Automatic proxy building https://developer.blender.org/rB04e1feb83051f75317309ec3659b9263a99dbd7e VSE: Simplify proxy settings https://developer.blender.org/D10362 https://developer.blender.org/T85469 VSE: Preview images when moving strip handles https://developer.blender.org/D10424 VSE: Add bold and italic option for text strip https://developer.blender.org/D10542 VSE: Text strip improvements https://developer.blender.org/D10571 https://developer.blender.org/rB1c095203c275f84e6b024e09203ca228d19b8070 Fix T85824: Transition between adjustment regression https://developer.blender.org/rBc81dfa2426084ab9e580047f568e4066cac34f2d VSE UI: Cleanup scene panel style https://developer.blender.org/D10663

35:38 CYCLES Fix T56925: Cycles banding artifacts in dense volumes https://developer.blender.org/D10576 Cycles: optimize ensure_valid_reflection(), reduces render time by about 1% https://developer.blender.org/D10084

37:34 COMPOSITOR Compositor: Redesign Cryptomatte node for better usability https://developer.blender.org/D3959 https://developer.blender.org/D10705

41:56 POTPOURRI Fix T86591: Tracking backwards is slower https://developer.blender.org/rBd955ce11706071cdc39bdaba27eb1cff177533f9 Join curves: compensate for different bevel depths https://developer.blender.org/rBd5a705873e11510950b899caebd43ba47d69ccfa Python API: Expose CurveProfile Reset View function https://developer.blender.org/rBfc62d38ce105857f1c3400ba67271db7f2873a29 Collection Manager: Add undo support. https://developer.blender.org/rBA88db9c67be6b851ca1a0edf9afab35531f5b1961 Fix: Re-add legacy document icon on macOS https://developer.blender.org/D10746

44:18 Q&A

Artwork by Simon Thommes and the Sprite Fright open movie team. Download the blend file at https://developer.blender.org/tag/geometry_nodes/

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