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<h1>2017-12-16: Weekly News<a class="headerlink" href="#weekly-news" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<p>Sorry for missing the post last week there was not much development
so I decided to skip a week and include that content in today’s report.
Also, due to the holidays there will likly not be a report next week either.</p>
<p>Hello and welcome to another issue of <em>This Week in Blender Development</em>!
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<p class="last">Remember, you can test any changes done in <cite>master</cite> or <cite>blender2.8</cite>
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<h2>Changes to Blender<a class="headerlink" href="#changes-to-blender" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p class="rubric">master</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Add eyedropper to color-ramp widget
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB7ae4c3a01923cccfa372072b880507c58557f45a">rB7ae4c3a0</a></li>
<li>Modelling: Better bevel profile at extreme values of profile
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBbdc15061fc5cf0c0c9bd075894b3a475e482248e">rBbdc15061</a></li>
<li>Modelling: Array Modifier: option to offset UV’s
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB6d31eb015c6a3f6c3ff2a998fc52416c25c4e5b6">rB6d31eb01</a></li>
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<p class="rubric">blender2.8</p>
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<li>Manipulators: view3d navigation buttons
<a class="reference external" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy0NDM2URro">(see video)</a>
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB468ac9031765681cde42e9132d16c799158e7aba">rB468ac903</a></li>
<li>Group collections: viewport/render options and remove collection visibility
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB1f5106de610b115b87ab6121d7871d447ca48cd2">rB1f5106de</a></li>
<li>PyAPI: Message bus replacement for property notifiers
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB7a8ac1b09b1cf321f259b8eb9b832424d2c7bf5b">rB7a8ac1b0</a></li>
<li>Eevee: Add Irradiance Visibility
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB5b6cfa705cb180d042f6f27e45331c12972be7ae">rB5b6cfa70</a></li>
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<p class="rubric">greasepencil-object</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>New Eraser with Lasso select
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBc4dbe9448cbe2f45494e120fb674a85a5f637151">rBc4dbe944</a></li>
<li>Add Erase stroke with Ctrl key
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBfa2cd280ac8c5b3acc22db1fed569eca3ad1995f">rBfa2cd280</a></li>
<li>Add new option to simplify alternate points
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB740506c7af8eee191d05fe5f77adb45d39ca54be">rB740506c7</a></li>
<li>New Normalize thickness parameter
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBc4e595aaf32e1731b40d4ee1b25887659b1631eb">rBc4e595aa</a></li>
<li>New Vertex Group menu with Ctrl+G in Edit mode
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBfc385754613b12942e16f328f1713ac2e3018e5e">rBfc385754</a></li>
<li>Add default grey color with fill to default Palette
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB7335e09129343d3e8594848f2eec53eb5d0b01ab">rB7335e091</a></li>
<li>New Draw Specials menu with X key
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB568f55e3cc323404bf9361fb5073d99315c98620">rB568f55e3</a></li>
<li>Change default onion mode to keyframes
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB9c350fa98f8b5f02e1e77a93c3ec644f049b711c">rB9c350fa9</a></li>
<li>New VFX light modifier
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBa3930268e147e9e190e303d23a53d0afabe8fb02">rBa3930268</a></li>
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<h2>New Patches<a class="headerlink" href="#new-patches" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Cycles: Compile “specialized” shader graphs for transparent shadows and emission
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/D2938">D2938</a></li>
<li>Cycles: Split kernel reduce recompiles
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/D3939">D3939</a></li>
<li>Use OIIO for loading DPX files
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/D2944">D2944</a></li>
<li>Cycles: Vector Math node adding multiply and dividing
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/D2956">D2956</a></li>
<li>Possible solution for workspace mode
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/D2965">D2965</a></li>
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<h2>Other Projects<a class="headerlink" href="#other-projects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Static Override (main task)
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/T53500">T53500</a></li>
<li>Static Override (UI & UX)
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/T53501">T53501</a></li>
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<h2>Documentation<a class="headerlink" href="#documentation" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Again, have a look at the 2.8 WIP release notes:
<a class="reference external" href="https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.80">https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.80</a></p>
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