[Soc-2016-dev] First status update [UV-Tools]

[Phil Gosch]

Hey Ton and everybody!

As requested, here's an initial status update from me.

* My proposal in the wiki is linked to from the main GSOC page [1] can 
be found at [2].
    Additionally I created a blenderartists thread [3] which already got 
quite a bit of feedback and feature requests.

* I have already talked to Howardt via mail and IRC and wer'e in contact 
about the project's progress and planning.

* I'm very thankful for the input of every artist/stakeholder regarding 
the project! I already got a few offers from people willing to test and 
give feedback at the ba thread and I know some very capable Blender 
artists who are also willing to help.

* Currently (and for the coming weeks until official start of coding 
period) I'm already reading code and implementing smaller changes or 
features to get familiar with the codebase. Also we (howardt and me) are 
researching bin-packing algorithms for irregular 2D shapes and are very 
thankful for every helpful input or paper we can get.

* I'm active here, in IRC, blenderartists and social media. If I can 
help with anything, just let me know. :)

Best wishes,

Phil

[1] https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/GoogleSummerOfCode/2016
[2] https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:SaphireS/gsoc2016/proposal
[3] http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?397599-GSOC-2016-UV-Tools

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