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BLENDER TODAY #174

GEOMETRY NODES

• Add Nodes to Get/Set Built-in Attributes https://developer.blender.org/rBc1b4abf5
• Material Index, Set Material https://developer.blender.org/rB24cc552c
• Add Color input node https://developer.blender.org/rBf7ef6851
• Translate Instances Node https://developer.blender.org/rB9d49fc2b
• Scale Instances Node https://developer.blender.org/rB6c11b320
• Rotate Instances Node https://developer.blender.org/rB78445ebd
• Add Selection to Instance on Points https://developer.blender.org/rBd0a4a41b
• Make attribute capture work on instances https://developer.blender.org/rB96876305
• Fields version of edge split node https://developer.blender.org/rB366cea95
• Add Offset Option to Set Position https://developer.blender.org/rBa059d16f
• Field version of mesh to curve node https://developer.blender.org/rB17b8da71
• Fields transfer attribute node https://developer.blender.org/rB76f386a3
• Add White Noise texture https://developer.blender.org/rB2341ca99
• Port shader gradient texture node https://developer.blender.org/rBd4f1bc5f
• Add Voronoi Texture https://developer.blender.org/rB10488780
• Add shader Musgrave texture node https://developer.blender.org/rB729b2d02
• Object info node optional instance output https://developer.blender.org/rB19bab2a5
• Updated Subdivision Surface Node https://developer.blender.org/rB88d295f9
• Endpoint Selection Nodes https://developer.blender.org/rB1f510376
• Rotate Euler: Use "Local" instead of "Point" https://developer.blender.org/rB41dc5587
• change field visualization when there is an error https://developer.blender.org/rB6b0719c0
• Rename 12 Nodes to be "Verb First" https://developer.blender.org/rBecedef09
• Reorganize Add Menu https://developer.blender.org/rB9ca567bc
• Use a separator in the add menu input category https://developer.blender.org/rB4b31a21b

UI

• Visual style update to panels https://developer.blender.org/rB93544b64
• Make menu item use theme roundness https://developer.blender.org/rB51836539
• Adjust header color when active instead of inactive https://developer.blender.org/rB962b17b3
• Remove padding around curve widget https://developer.blender.org/D12883
• Improve contrast on playhead https://developer.blender.org/rB452c7875
• View2D: Align vertical indicators to view https://developer.blender.org/rB3ccdee75
• expose additional cursors to the Python API https://developer.blender.org/rB6bf8c95e
• Filebrowser: Expose file select functions for File Browser to Python API. https://developer.blender.org/rB24034584
• VSE: Hide tool header by default

ASSET BROWSER

• Use single column for asset library menu https://developer.blender.org/rBb3c46915
• Change default name of tags

CYCLES

• improve SSS Fresnel and retro-reflection in Principled BSDF https://developer.blender.org/rBa94343a8 https://blog.selfshadow.com/publications/s2015-shading-course/burley/s2015_pbs_disney_bsdf_slides.pdf
• restore Christensen-Burley SSS https://developer.blender.org/D12800
• Fix T92032: Cycles panoramic cameras do not support shift https://developer.blender.org/rBb66b3f54
• Kernel address space changes for MSL https://developer.blender.org/rBa0f269f6

XR XR Controller Support Step 3: XR Events https://developer.blender.org/rBcdeb5060 XR Controller Support Step 4: Controller Drawing https://developer.blender.org/rB9dda6545