[Bf-committers] Blender developers meeting notes - 2019-05-06

[Jacob Merrill]

does the object info / location node now work in eevee cycles?

I have a build about 2 weeks old or more and it's not working.


On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 10:12 AM Brecht Van Lommel <
brechtvanlommel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here are the notes from last week's developer meeting.
>
> 1) Development
>
> Following the 2.80 release plan, we should stop doing significant user
> interface and Python API changes next week. After that the focus will be on
> bugfixing and documentation. Developers should focus on finishing user
> interface and API changes as soon as possible.
> https://code.blender.org/2019/04/2-80-release-plan/
>
> 2) New Features and Changes
>
> Animation
>
> * Pose mode mirroring for the transform tool was added, similar to other
> modes that already supported it. This works in either absolute mode to
> ensure the bone position and rotation is exactly the same on both sides, or
> relative mode to apply the same relative transformation to both sides.
> (Sebastian Parborg)
> * Armature and lattice deform is now multithreaded. (Alexander Gavrilov)
>
> Sequencer
>
> * Sequencer scene strip performance for has been much improved, and
> available settings have changed. For wireframe solid display type, it will
> now use the workbench render settings from the scene used in the strip.
> Optionally this can be overridden with the workbench render settings from
> the scene containing the strips. (Jeroen Bakker)
>
> Viewport
>
> * Anti-aliasing settings for the workbench render engine have been changed
> to match the viewport. Viewport Render now uses faster anti-aliasing by
> default for quick playblasts. (Jeroen Bakker).
> * Eevee now supports viewport preview of background alpha. (Clément
> Foucault)
> * Lookdev HDR preview balls now have a configurable size in the
> preferences. (George Vogiatzis)
> * Sculpt mode support for displaying multiple materials. (Clément Foucault)
>
> User Interface
>
> * Clicking in empty space to deselect now works in all editors, not just
> the 3D viewport. (Bastien Montagne)
> * Proportional editing is now a toggle in all modes, with additional
> settings depending on the mode in the popover next to it. (Campbell Barton)
> * Remove Doubles was renamed to Merge by Distance, and is part of the Merge
> menu. (William Reynish)
> * Industry standard keymap: many tweaks based on user feedback.  (William
> Reynish)
> * New and updated icons. (Andrzej Ambroż)
> * UV sculpt tools are now integrated into the new tool system. (Campbell
> Barton)
> * Annotate is now available in sculpt and paint modes.  (William Reynish)
> * Outliner visual tweaks to make it look less busy. (Harley Acheson)
> * On macOS, shortcuts in menus now use icons for modifier keys.  (Harley
> Acheson)
> * The tool settings user interface has been tweaked further. The properties
> editor now always shows tool settings for the 3D viewport, while other
> editors like the image editor show them in their own sidebar. (Campbell
> Barton)
>
> Grease Pencil
>
> * Add stroke color to materials popover, API additions to check annotations
> and create/remove grease pencil settings on a material. (Antonio Vazquez)
> * New video about textured brushes. Brushes available for download on
> cloud.blender.org. (Daniel Martinez Lara)
> https://youtu.be/kpY-WVQUxYw
> https://cloud.blender.org/p/gallery/5ccfe64353b85e279cf72acd
>
> 3) Weekly Reports
>
> * Bastien:
>
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Mont29/Foundation/2019#Week_294_-_04.2F27_to_05.2F03
> * Brecht:
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Brecht/Reports/2019#April_29_-_May_3
> * Campbell:
>
> https://download.blender.org/ftp/ideasman42/donelist/2019.html#week-324-april-29
> * Clément:
>
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Hypersomniac/Foundation/2019#Week_120_:_29th_-_5th_May
> * Dalai:
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Dfelinto/Reports/2019#April_29_-_May_4
> * Jacques:
>
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:JacquesLucke/Reports/2019#Week_31:_April_29_-_03
> * Jeroen:
>
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Jbakker/reports/2019#Week_201918:_2019.2F04.2F29_-_2019.2F05.2F05
> * Philipp:
>
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:PhilippOeser/Foundation/2019#Calendar_Week_18_.2815hrs.29
> * Sebastian: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Zeddb#April_29_-_May_3
> * Sergey: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Sergey/Foundation/2019
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