[Bf-committers] Blender developers meeting notes - 2018-11-12

[Brecht Van Lommel]

Hi all,

Here are the notes from today's developer meeting. Next meeting is Monday,
19 November 10:00 CET (9:00 UTC).

1) New Features and Changes

* Shrinkwrap: new mode that projects along the target normal, giving much
smoother results.
* New Armature constraint that mimics the modifier.
* Various EEVEE improvements:
** Partial support for light path node.
** Support for interpolation and extension options in image/environment
nodes.
** Support monochromatic transparent BSDF and sharp distribution for glossy
BSDF.
** Reduced noise for hashed transparency.
* Wireframes can now display without dithering.
* Workbench volume rendering got various quality improvements.
* Many small UI tweaks.
* Metaballs are functional again.
* Cycles memory usage with new 2.8 depsgraph was reduced.
* The default keymaps is now defined in Python, for easier editing.
* Release notes and API docs are getting more complete:
https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/2.80
https://docs.blender.org/api/blender2.8/

2) Weekly Reports:

* Bastien: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Mont29/Foundation/2018
<https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Mont29/Foundation/2018#Week_268_-_10.2F27_to_11.2F02>
* Brecht:
https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Brecht/Reports/2018#November_5-_9
<https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Brecht/Reports/2018#October_29_-_2>
* Campbell:
https://download.blender.org/ftp/ideasman42/donelist/2018.html#week-299-november-5
<https://download.blender.org/ftp/ideasman42/donelist/2018.html#week-298-october-29>
* Clément:
https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Hypersomniac/Foundation/2018#Week_96_:_5th_-_11th_Nov
<https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Hypersomniac/Foundation/2018#Week_95_:_29th_-_4th_Nov>
* Dalai:
https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Dfelinto/Reports/2018#November_5_-_9
<https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Dfelinto/Reports/2018#October_29_-_November_2>
* Jacques:
https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:JacquesLucke/Reports/2018#Week_8:_November_5_-_9
<https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:JacquesLucke/Reports/2018#Week_7:_October_29_-_2>
* Philipp:
https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:PhilippOeser/Foundation/2018#Week_45_.28Nov_5th_-_Nov_9th.29
<https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:PhilippOeser/Foundation/2018#Week_44_.28Oct_29th_-_Nov_2nd.29>
* Sergey:
https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Sergey/Foundation/2018#Week_360:_5th_-_11th_November
<https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Sergey/Foundation/2018#Week_359:_29th_October_-_4th_November>

3) Other Projects

* Plan for completing the wiki migration:
https://developer.blender.org/T48096#552650