2018-02-03: Weekly News

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Changes to Blender

master

  • Cycles: add Vector Displacement node and extend Displacement node rBf9ea097a
  • Apply Pose as Rest Pose: Bendy Bone support rB5dd52869
  • Cycles: rename displacement methods, default to displace rBda4c3f30
  • Cycles: add Displacement node. rB4a5ee1a5

blender2.8

  • Eevee: Render: Add ambient occlusion pass support rB36b259fa
  • Collections: Operator to duplicate a collection rBc7c070c2
  • Collections: Operator to select collection objects rBa4d2b102
  • Eevee: Render: Add support for multiview rB00f1bc16
  • Eevee: Add mist pass support rBe52c5bcd
  • Eevee: Render: Add Transparent Background option rBab5f86a0
  • Eevee: Render: Add Subsurface Pass support rB253b412a
  • Eevee: Render: Add Normal pass output rB55a238ed
  • Eevee: Add Z pass render result rB376d4230
  • Eevee: Add new “render samples” properties rB8cce3391
  • Eevee: Add support for TAA/SuperSampling for final render rBf107af35
  • Eevee: Probes: Add support for intensity tweak rB777e1d35

greasepencil-object

fracture_modifier

  • Add a limit / search radius for animated mesh binding rBd68f53a3

New Patches

  • Initial move of Object.mode to workspace D3037
  • Asset Engine D3035
  • Cycles: add Principled Volume shader D3033

Other Projects

Documentation

  • None