Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules.
Announcements
- This is the bug sprint week for the modules that don’t have their own agenda.
- The final Google Summer of Code write up by Mario Hawat is out.
New Features and Changes
Asset Browser
- Show all assets indirectly nested inside the active catalog (commit) (Julian Eisel)
- Add a Context menu for catalogs (commit) (Julian Eisel)
- Rework layout & behavior of catalog tree-view (commit) (Julian Eisel)
- Various interface layout improvements
- Support dragging assets on “Unassigned” catalog (commit) (Julian Eisel)
- Support renaming catalogs in the UI (commit) (Julian Eisel)
User Interface
- Remove the green background and parent node trees when in a node group (commit) (Dalai Felinto)
- Make the background inside a node group brighter (commit) (Dalai Felinto)
- Use theme alpha for the nodes frames background (commit) (Dalai Felinto)
Video Sequence Editor
- Reduce memory footprint when using thumbnails (commit) (Richard Antalik)
- Implement the bounding box transform tool in the preview area (commit) (Sebastian Parborg)
- Hide gizmos & cursor during scrubbing & playback (commit) (Campbell Barton)
- Add an popover in the header for toggling gizmos (commit) (Campbell Barton)
- Support the 2D cursor in the preview area and add transform tool options (commit) (Campbell Barton)
- Improvements and additional options for preview area selection (commit) (Campbell Barton)
Geometry Nodes
- Align Euler to Vector Node (fields version of Align Rotation to Vector) (commit) (Jarrett Johnson)
- Support fields for per-spline values in the Curve Trim node (commit) (Johnny Matthews)
- Rename “String Join” node to “Join Strings” (commit) (Erik Abrahamsson)
