Blender developers meeting notes – 2018-11-26

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
• The Khronos GLTF 2.0 addon is now bundled with Blender.
• COLLADA import/export got many, many improvements
• Grease pencil layers gained blend modes – see video below.
• New Curvature shading option for visualizing high-frequency detail, based
  on this proposal.
• Local View in the 3D viewport is back again.
• Initial EEVEE reference manual is here.
• User Preferences now have tabs on the left side.
• 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.
• The old wiki is being migrated to static HTML.

4) Weekly Reports

• Bastien
• Campbell
• Clément
• Dalai
• Jacques
• Philipp
• Sergey