[Bf-committers] Blender developers meeting notes - 2018-11-26

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi everyone,

About the splash screen:

Because the 2.80-beta period is not a real release (but daily builds), I suggest to take the liberty to choose a number of different splashes and vary it every other week.

That way we can update the message (the fund campaign) and have a variation of community artwork presented. For example from this link:

https://devtalk.blender.org/t/splash-screen-for-2-80-beta-themed-support-the-dev-fund/2641/118 <https://devtalk.blender.org/t/splash-screen-for-2-80-beta-themed-support-the-dev-fund/2641/118>

We need to check on not overloading our git repo with images, but for splashes bypasses exist.

Thanks,

-Ton-

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Ton Roosendaal  -  ton at blender.org   -   www.blender.org
Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute
Buikslotermeerplein 161, 1025 ET Amsterdam, the Netherlands

> On 26 Nov 2018, at 20:04, Brecht Van Lommel <brechtvanlommel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Here are the notes from today's developer meeting. Next meeting is Monday,
> 3 December 10:00 CET (9:00 UTC).
> 
> 1) Blender 2.8 Beta
> 
> We are aiming for a Beta release this week. Still waiting for:
> * New splash screen
> * Release notes on blender.org
> * Renaming of some features
> * Possible changes to default preferences
> 
> Note that we will not make a specific build for this, we will continue to
> use daily builds on builder.blender.org so that everyone tests with the
> latest fixes and changes.
> 
> 2) New Features and Changes
> 
> * OpenSubdiv is now enabled for subdivision surfaces and multires:
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/2.80/Modeling#Subdivision_Surfaces_and_Multires
> * The Khronos GLTF 2.0 addon is now bundled with Blender.
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/2.80/Import_Export#glTF
> * COLLADA import/export got many, many improvements:
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/2.80/Import_Export#COLLADA
> 
> * Grease pencil layers gained blend modes:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g22uK29pr2E&feature=youtu.be
> * New Curvature shading option for visualizing high-frequency detail, based
> on this proposal:
> https://blender.community/c/rightclickselect/J9bbbc/
> * Local View in the 3D viewport is back again.
> * Initial EEVEE reference manual is here:
> https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/render/eevee/index.html
> 
> * User Preferences now have tabs on the left side:
> https://developer.blender.org/F5715337
> * New user preferences to control max tablet pressure and pressure softness.
> * Add > Image submenu to quickly add a reference image, background image or
> mesh with image texture.
> * Combined pose + weight paint can now be entered immediately when both
> objects are selected.
> * New color ramp command to evenly distribute colors.
> * New Jump to Target command for object/bone properties.
> * Many UI and keymap improvements.
> 
> * Performance improvement for armatures that deform multiple separate
> objects.
> * Much improved Grease Pencil drawing performance.
> * Faster OBJ import by 33%.
> 
> 3) Other Projects
> 
> * Proposal for new wiki content structure and landing page:
> https://developer.blender.org/T57987
> * The old wiki is being migrated to static HTML.
> 
> 4) Weekly Reports
> 
> * Bastien:
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Mont29/Foundation/2018#Week_271_-_11.2F17_to_11.2F23
> <https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Mont29/Foundation/2018#Week_270_-_11.2F10_to_11.2F16>
> * Campbell:
> https://download.blender.org/ftp/ideasman42/donelist/2018.html#week-301-november-19
> <https://download.blender.org/ftp/ideasman42/donelist/2018.html#week-300-november-12>
> * Clément:
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Hypersomniac/Foundation/2018#Week_98_:_19th_-_25th_Nov
> <https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Hypersomniac/Foundation/2018#Week_96_:_5th_-_11th_Nov>
> * Dalai:
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Dfelinto/Reports/2018#November_19_-_23
> <https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Dfelinto/Reports/2018#November_12_-_16>
> * Jacques:
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:JacquesLucke/Reports/2018#Week_10:_November_19-23
> <https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:JacquesLucke/Reports/2018#Week_9:_November_12-16>
> * Philipp:
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:PhilippOeser/Foundation/2018#Calendar_Week_47_.28Nov_19th_-_Nov_23rd.29
> <https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:PhilippOeser/Foundation/2018#Week_46_.28Nov_12th_-_Nov_16th.29>
> * Sergey:
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Sergey/Foundation/2018#Week_362:_19th_-_25th_November
> <https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Sergey/Foundation/2018#Week_361:_12th_-_18th_November>
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