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Changelog

Total: 188 commits, of which 56 are fixes and 46 cleanup.

Cycles

• Cycles: Remove MultiGGX code, replace with albedo scaling https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/888bdc14

GPv3

• GPv3: Add initial edit mode overlay support https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/32982dda
• GPv3: "Add Suzanne" option in Add operator https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/95f1d828
• GPv3: Add operator to create new grease pencil object https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/b14cdb44

Geometry Nodes

• Add Corners of Edge node https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/fdc3ed79
• Improve delete geometry performance with vertex groups https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/ab6860f3
• Rewrite mesh delete geometry node https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/50bfe1df
• Parallelelize a delete geometry selection conversion https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/05d3eb5e
• Copy no loose vert/edge status in delete geometry node https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/9e9e0bf6

I18N

• I18N: Updated UI translations from SVN trunk (r6562). https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/93de57b7

IO

• IO: remove OBJ and PLY Python add-ons (#104503, #104504) https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/23afc616

Mesh

• Mesh: Forward compatibility with generic bevel weight in 4.0 https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/f75af7cb

Modeling

• Modeling: Improve Suzanne's UV map https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/b762f8da

Node Editor

• Node Editor: Don't change size of resize area for frame nodes with zoom https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/1e81d351

Outliner

• Outliner: Port curve elements to new tree-element code design https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/8374208a
• Outliner: Port mesh elements to new tree-element code design https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/f63c3075

Paint

• Paint: Add loop select for faces https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/98d48c16

Particles

• Particles: remove Halo, Line and Path render options https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/fbd2bd81

PyAPI

• PyAPI: rename filename to filepath for RNA API functions https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/efa41799

Readfile

• Readfile: Refactor several parts of the process https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/ebb5643e

Refactor

• Refactor: Bidirectionality on Graph Editor Sliders https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/e73b9c95
• Refactor: Remove pre-2.8 function to reevaluate a single object https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/e64b3c82

Transform

• Transform: new feature to edit the ''Snap Base' https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/3010f123

UI

• UI: File Save Incremental Operator https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/a58e5ccd
• UI: Allow Opacity for Theme Outline Colors https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/c033e434
• UI: add text editor zoom in/out to view menu https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/240a1edf
• UI: Incorrect add-ons button label in preferences https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/6bea428b

UV

• UV: Add optimal uv packings using precomputed layouts https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/de4fb0e5
• UV: Update ui for the uv pack islands operator https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/f87f119c

VSE

• VSE: Freeze frame feature for retiming tool https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/6d215b87

Vulkan