Bforartists 5.1.2

46 Tasks

Sequencer - Hotkeys - Make gizmos work on press instead of drag, they currently don't work #6557
Sequencer - Hotkeys - Expose Transform Select on Side to GUI #6558
Properties Editor - Strip Modifiers - Add a "quick open compositor window" to button/operator AND/OR make a Sequencer compoitor workspace already setup #6579
UI - Add Open Editors Temp Window Operators #6596
Properties Editor - Strip Modifiers tab - Split Modifier Assets like in Geometry Nodes Assets modifier stack #6573
Tools Region - Sub Menu Icons Small #6599
Sequencer - Text Strip - Style - New Line property #6572
Geometry Nodes - Instances - New Input Instance Bounds node #6519
3D View - Edit Mode - Grease Pencil - Toolsystem > Toggle Caps panel - Fix mismatch with "Set Caps" header menu #6544
3D View - Edit Mode - Toolsystem > Curve Panel > Remove double entries #6541
3D View - Mesh - Edit Mode - Transform - New Space Edge Loops Evently #6575
3D View - Edit Mode - Mesh - Transform - New Flatten operator #6515
UV Editor - Select all by Trait needs icons #6513
Dopesheet - Select Linked needs icon #6511
Compositor - Utilities - New Rotation group of nodes #6534
Sidebars - Compact Tabs option makes columns too thin, offsetting icons #6518
Geometry Nodes - Geometry- Operations- New Get Geometry Component node #6578
Geometry Nodes - Utilities - Lists - New Filter List node #6577
Assets - multiple definitions of catalog warning #6571
Timeline - Remove double playback menu (one on left) #6512
Power User Tools - Select Grease Pencil Layer under Cursor #6569
Default Asset Library - Missing sidebar modifier properties #6556
Quick Favorites menu - Add Editor with Icons #6529
Render Menu - Improve operator labels #6549
Paint Mode - Advanced - Remove "Modes" panel #6536
Graph Editor & Dopesheet - Key - Mirror - Reorder and add separator #6535
Properties - Strip > Time panel - Remove duplicated "Show Retiming Keys" property #6565
Shader Editor - Node Minimap - General Fixes #6559
3D View - Armature Edit Mode - Toolsystem > Armature tab > Recalculate Bone Roll panel - Use subpanels for grouping #6551
VSE - Strip tab > Transform Panel - Improve layout of XY properties #6289
VSE - Strip tab - Movie Clip & Mask panel - Fix rpt_ not defined error #6293
Geometry Nodes - Utilities - Field - New Cluster by Distance node #6533
Geometry Nodes - Mesh - Read - New Cluster by Connected #6531
Geometry Nodes - Geometry - Operations - New Merge Points node #6532
Geometry Nodes - New Lists nodes (x5) #6538
Geometry Nodes - Utilities - Sound - New Sample Sound Frequencies node #6520
3D View - View Pie Menu - Swap Front and Back locations? #6547
Bug: Node Editors - Missing data management in Node groups #6528
Default Asset Library - Add stronger Blender versioning to back-port the default asset library modules #6524
Default Asset Library - Mesh Blend by Proximity collection socket wizard fails #6523
Default Asset library - Make updating assets more robust #6510
Default Asset Library - update thumbnails and add Curtis Holt's Community CC0 materials #6508
Bug: Properties Editor - Rotation socket animation property broken #6509
Consider having a position on LLMs, ideally a different one than blender #6506
Node Editors - Context Menu - Frame icons needs to be updated #6502
Compositor - Add Blank Image to sidebar #6500

Bforartists 5.1.1

49 Tasks

✨What's new in this release:

• Shader Raycast Edges asset
• Curve to Tube now supports Grease pencil colors
• Last Operator HUD panel now triggers from the Topbar
• New horizontal/Vertical View Nagigation gizmo toggle with background
• Asset refinement to thumbnails and default categories
• Connecting/Dsconnecting strips in the Sequencer is now contextual
• Mesh Blend by Proximity now has normal blur controls at intersections
• Fixed the brush sliders for some brushes like Weight Paint Gradient brush
• And much refinement to icons, interface stability and polish

🧡 Additional Features from this Blender 5.1.1 and 5.2.0 series:

• Compositor String to Image Node
• Compositor String nodes
• Geometry Nodes Rename Attribute node
• New Input Properties for Compositor Modifiers in the Sequencer modifier stack
• Better HDR color scope support

UV Editor - Context Menu - Stitch missing icon #6486
3D View - Weight Paint - Missing gradient weight and strength sliders in header #6494
Compositor - New String to Image node #6483
Properties Editor - Particles tab - specials menu - add icon to convert to curves #6177
properties editor - object data properties with a point cloud - attributes panel, add icon #6202
Area Edge Options - Merge Edges needs an icon #6485
Compositor - Add the Utilities - Text into the sidebar #6489
Properties editor - Collection tab - Instancing panel - Instance offset menu - missing icons #5227
Geometry Nodes - New Rename Attribute node #6482
Properties Editor - Strip Modifiers - Non-Linear property is removed #6487
Shader Nodes - Glossy missing #6480
Default Asset Library - Add Raycast Shader Edges #6474
Properties editor - Collections tab - Instancing panel - instance offset menu - add icons #6154
Icon - Filter needs to be "inverted" when filter is a drop down #6473
3D View - Object Mode - Mesh - Context Menu - Join has no icon #6056
Graph Editor - new Smooth (Gaussian) modifier #6410
Cleanup: Sculpt - Header - Automasking property panel needs love #6469
Compositor - Sidebar > Options - Performance panel - Remove broken property "use_view_border" #6468
Defautl Asset Library - Normals asset needs thumbnail cleanup #6472
Warning: Console shows missing brushes (regression) #6450
Cleanup: Interface - Remove unused functions #6461
Properties editor - object properties with cycles - motion blur panel - missing decorator #6251
Default Asset Library - Child Addon doesn't have any version, won't update #6459
Default Asset Library - Refine Smart mesh blend to fix bug, thumbnail and intersection #6457
Grease Pencil - Draw mode - Expose "Add" line operators to top level with new icons #6403
Toolbar/Topbar - Manager Panel - Improve collapsible sections #6381
Properties Editor - Modifiers - Layout is broken #6454
Properties - Sequencer Strip - Transform - Mirror needs indent to new line #6437
Properties - Modifiers - Mirror - Improve layout #6451
UI - Core - Split boolean properties not expanding full space when in toggle mode #6447
Topbar/Toolbar - Add Region Hud support #6445
BLI_Vector.hh - Set back to use default_inline_buffer_capacity #6443
Sequencer - Make Connect/Disconnect Strips contextual as a single operator and expose to Toolshelf #6303
Top Bar - Remove "Show/Hide" topbar button (redundant) #6438
Space Toolbar - Wrong align icon names #6441
uvedit_select.cc - move #include out of namespace #6432
3D View - New Navigation Gizmo Toolbar background #6422
Icons - Update new FILTER_FILLED icon to match Bforartists UI #6421
Linux - Wayland Icon : Replace blender's for Bforartists icon #6435
Essentials Assets - Improve Curve to Tube to work better with Grease Pencil #6429
Non Linear Animation - Make channels top padding rows better #6425
Toolbar - Align X and Y icons missing #6427
Toolbar - Manager Panel - Pressing ENTER disables toolbar sections #6383
Tools - Sidebar - Weird spacing in three-column layout #6418
Toolbar/Topbar - Python API - Toolbar-specific functions exposed for non-toolbar menus #6415
3DView - Viewport Shading - Improve Scene World disclosure icon position #6411
Preferences - When switching to OpenGL or Vulkan, it says to restart "Blender" #6406
Default Asset Library - Expose normal blur controlsa and fix the material override #6408
Presentation Slides - Remove the playback hook and let it use built in playback method #6407

Bforartists 5.1.0

134 Tasks

###✨What's new :

• New procedural UV Nodes assets for Geometry Nodes
• Grease Pencil pressure sensistive distance to radius when drawing on surfaces
• New Primitive Add gizmos mode operators exposed to a top level in the toolshelf in object and sculpt mode
• Updates to Grease Pencil asset thumbnails for consistency
• Major performance update and new features of the Smart Mesh Blend asset
• Major refactor for the Add Node sidebar to improve consistency and order
• Refactored Topbar customization and consistency settings panel pass for the Topbar editor, making this more accessible and usable and consistent
• Active Tool dropdown gets icons
• More tabbed toolshelf icons get an update, notably the Annoation icons
• Most Booleans checkboxes now dynamically float left, making these more consistent everywhere
• Sidebars have improved alignment of labels and properties accross the board
• Tabbed toolshelf has improved padding when in 3 columns mode
• Improved selected channel legibility in Animation editors
• Fixed Multi-GPU rendering hard crash
• More Shelf Regions pie menu refinement

🧡 Additional Features from this Blender 5.1.x and 5.2.x series:

• Animation: New Subframes visibility
• Animation: New Looping and playback modes
• Graph: New Smooth (Gaussian) modifier
• Shader: New raycast node
• Shader: Support for DirectX and OpenGL toggles in the Normal node
• Preferences: New Search
• Preferences: New abiliity to toggle Asset library visibilities
• Greasepencil: New Fills and Stroke mode with booleans
• Greasepencil: New primitive gizmos
• Grease Pencil: You can search in layers now
• Geometry Nodes: New Grid Nodes like Gird Mean, Grid Median, Grid Dilate & Erode, Trim String node, Set NURBS Weight and Order, new Matrix SVD
• Geometry Nodes: New Bundle orgnaization nodes in Geometry Nodes
• Geometry Nodes: UV Pack node and Strings to Curves node is better
• All Node editors: New Implicit conversion, and new consistent Input constant nodes, new Menu node
• All Node editors: New Cut Nodes to paste between sessions opertoar
• Weight Paint: New loop selections
• Edit Mode: New delimiters on loop selections
• Edit Mode: New "To Circle" operator
• Text Object: Better drawing
• Compositor: New Camera Info nodes and Integer Vectors, new Mask to SDF node
• Compositor/Sequencer: Now compositor
• Sculpting: New Scene Project brush, and Vertex Color operator
• Data: Better Remap User experience
• Outline: Scroll on rename has improved
• Core: Undo is 30% faster
• Core: Vulkan and Cycles Denoising is marginally much faster and stable, by leagues
• Core: Stability is highest it has ever been with over 350+ fixes

Toolsystem - Sidebar - Fix non-square buttons when in three-column layout #6401
3D View - Sculpt Mode - Sculpt - New Set Vertex Color operator #6397
Node Editors - Improve tooltip to show you can copy and paste nodes between Bforartists instances #6241
Topbar - Workspaces - Double "Duplicate Workspaces" entry #6093
Compositor - new Mask to SDF Node #6151
3D View - Sculpt/Object Mode - Make Add Modal Primitive top level panel with updated icons #6321
UV Align Vertically/Horizontally icons are inverted #6314
Icon - Info Large icon needs better drawing #6365
Geometry Nodes - Utilities - Text - New Trim String node #6366
Geometry Nodes - New Bundle Nodes #6237
Toolbar/Topbar - Manager Panel - Make different functions more distinguishable #6380
Add Icon for SDF Grid filtering #6249
Node Editors - New "Cut" node operator to paste later #6240
Add icons for new added Grid operation nodes #6253
Add Icon for Cube Grid Topology node #6250
Add Icon for Matrix SVD node #6248
Geometry Nodes - New Set NURBS Weight node #6363
Geometry Nodes - Add - Curve - Write - Set NURBS Order #6322
Node Editors - Add - Utilities - New Implicit Conversion Node #6318
Node Editor - Input - Constant - New "Menu" node needs icon and some tooltip love #6323
Node Editors - New Implicit Conversion Node #6307
Shader Nodes - Toolshelf - Fix incorrect toolshelf buttons for Closures #6368
Geometry Nodes - Add - Input - Constant - Font #6324
3D View - Mesh object - Edit Mode - Mesh - Transform - New To Circle #6325
Essentials Assets - Add "Blur" brush from Blender essentials #6152
Default Asset Library - Make Grease Pencil nodegroup color coding consistent #6332
Default Asset Library - Compositor - Make pixel based systems work in vertical resolutions. #6327
Default Asset Library - Improve compositor icons with better iconography #6331
Default Asset Library - Improve the Mesh Blend by Proximity performance and features for v2.0.2 #6330
Default Asset Library - Add UV Nodes #6334
Essentials Assets - Sync Geometry Nodes #6263
Hotkeys - Curves object - Sculpt Mode - X to radial control needs Confirm on Release #6329
Select menus, separator at the end of the menus #5126
3D View - Region Overlap on with Asset Browser off causes overlap glitch #5013
Plane Trim option not available warning in sculpt mode with fill/deepen brush #4955
Grease Pencil - Draw Mode - Add "sync" surface distance with brush radius #6336
File Browser to Sequencer Context menu - Add icons #5347
Default Theme - Make Channels differentiate between selected channels and others #6286
NLA - Sidebar - Active Strip Panel - Indent and large space issue #6287
3D View - Object - Animation - Add icon to Replace Action Animation operator #6259
3D View - GP - Vertex Paint Mode - Toolshelf - Missing Replace icon #6280
Update orient_type check from boolean to enum in transform operations #6353
Keymap - remove old tool region toggle and update macos keymap #6351
File Browser Keymap - Replace TOOL PROPS keymap with ~ (tilde key) #6345
Outliner - View - Pie Penu - Add icon #6317
3D View - Grease Pencil - Draw Mode - Erase brush - Add icons to erase mode in header #6319
Import - Drag and Drop menu for SVG needs icons #6328
File Browser - Make the T key use the consistent pie menu #6339
3D View - Grease Pencil - Vertex Paint brush - Make sidebar mode collapse #6335
Node Editor - Sidebar - Node - Node Color - Special menu is empty #6340
OptiX not detecting GPUs in Linux #6341
3D View - Tool Settings - Add icons to "Active Tool" dropdown #6333
Properties editor - object properties with Eevee - Visibility panel - missing decorators #6252
VSE - blade tool - sidebar, tool, active tool settings - align props left #6090
VSE - Preview mode - Sidebar - View Tab - View Settings panel - align prop left #6092
Properties editor - Physics tab - Dynamic paint, Brush type, source panel with paint method particle system - align prop left #6182
Properties editor - Object Data Properties with armature - Inverse Kinematics panel, align prop left #6210
Compositor - File Output node - Sidebar - Node tab - Properties Panel - Images subpanel - align prop left #6295
3D View - GP - Paint Mode - Tint and Eraser mode could have icons (for consistency) #6281
Fix: Race Condition on close #6272
Tools update the brush icon #6306
User Preferences - Add icon to new Asset Libraries panel #6304
Preferences - Asset Libraries - Move Library buttons now broken when trying to move an Online Repository (Experimental) #6312
Fix: Addon missing manifest #6291
Default Asset Library - Registers wrong type of library now, needs to be robust #6310
3D View - Overlays - Indent new "Text" group, remove old Statistics #5994
Files imported from Blender don't work correctly #6193
NLA - Strip menu - Remove delete tracks #6285
NLA - Action header - New Replace Action operator needs icon #6296
Animation layout, toolbar - all toolbar types on #6274
VSE - Strip tab with text object - Style panel - Double content Shadow, Outline, Box #6089
3d view, object menu, Animation submenu - Replace action needs icon #6297
Properties Editor - Camera - Background Images panel > Movie Clip - Use split layout for non-boolean properties #6216
Add icons to new Grease pencil fill workflow operators #6258
NLA Editor - Sidebar - Strip Tab - Put checkbox in front of Strip name and icon #6262
Video Sequencer & Properties - Strip Tab - Put checkbox in front of Strip name and icon #6276
NLA Editor - Header - Fix display of Isolate property when Tweak is enabled #6273
NLA Editor - Header - Put separator between Tweak and Isolate #6261
Compositor - Asset Shelf - Reassign default asset librarie categories in versioning #6212
Startup - Animation tab saved has default. #6269
Animation workspace - remove unused toolbar #6233
Sequencer - When Active scene is not the Pinned Sequencer scene, the Retiming panel fails #6222
Toolbar - Toolbar manager in old version - Animation, Edit and Misc not chooseable #6138
3D View - Sidebar - Item Tab - Put axis labels in front of Dimensions property #6247
3D View - Edit mode - Select Edge Loop is broken #6265
Sequencer - Crash with navigation in VSE with Thumbnails turned on #6082
Default Asset Library - Blend Normals by Proximity - Default to a Default Target Collection #6244
Default Asset Library - Smart Mesh Blend - Improve some UX issues #6255
Toolbar Editor - Make preferences the same as the fixed Topbar Toolbar #4142
Asset warnings in console at startup #6245
Fix: Hotkeys - Brush Paint - Warnings on startup due to no erase and smooth set correctly #6205
Default Library - Toolshelf - Update the Wizard Handlers #6242
GitHub actions failing after recent Blender precompiled libraries update #6207
Crash when rendering with Cycles using Optix with both CPU and GPU #6007
Properties Editor - Bone Properties tab - Viewport Display panel - Custom shape subpanel - indent and hide properties #6227
Properties Editor - Bone Properties tab - Viewport Display panel - Custom shape subpanel - Error in console #6226
Properties Editor - Image tab - Image or Movie - Image panel - Sampling subpanel - put label in front of slider #6225
Preferences - Interface tab - order of checkboxes #6224
Spreadsheet editor - double entry Show Internal Attributes #6235
File browser - Display settings - double label Sort By #6234
User Preferences - move show hidden #6218
Error in space_statusbar.py #6204
Movie Clip Editor - no adjust last operator #6108
Properties editor - Physics modifier Explode - remove double content #6170
Fix: Error in bfa_default_library addon #6198
Properties editor, Constraints tab - Limit rotation constraint - Could not find button with matching property to decorate #6190
Fix: Critical warning during build #6184
Properties editor - Constraints tab - Geometry Attribute constraint , align property left #6191
Default Asset Library - Improve unregistry and manifest #6181
Console messages at startup #6186
3D View - Header - Selectatbility and visibility icon broken #6183
Preferences , Extensions - online versus built-in addons #5061
Default Asset Library - Cleanup code and functionality #6153
Properties editor - Modifiers - Grease Pencil - Lineart modifier - Occlusion subpanel - align prop left #6175
3D View, Item tab, Transform panel - refactor Mode property #6158
Solidify modifier - indent Only Rim, hide Factor #6164
Outliner - Scene tab - Keying sets - align props left #6148
Getting a frequent crash when editing a mesh in edit mode #6140
Default Hotkeys - Make snap to cursor also use rotation #5016
Sequencer - Effect Strips context and operators needs updating #5001
Default Addons - include as system scripts #4386
Properties editor - object properties - line art panel - remove double, hide greyed out prop, put checkbox in front #6157
Properties editor - object properties with cycles - motion blur panel, align prop left #6155
Properties editor - Object properties with Eevee - Visibility panel - indent props #6156
Freestyle Modifiers - align props left #6147
NLA Editor - Sidebar > Strip > Active Strip - Make properties follow BFA conventions #6133
fix: Blender - Unsupported Graphics Card Configuration #6142
Graph Editor - View menu - remove double menu entry Channels #6123
NLA Editor - Sidebar > Strip > Active Clip - Add missing label and align Sync Action Length property #6134
Driver editor - no Key menu content #6129
UV Editor - Select - Make "double" menu entry shortest path more explicit #5941
Dope sheet editor - quick navigation elements vanishes in submodes #6113
Graph Editor - View menu - View in Graph Editor #6124
Fix: Graph Editor - Key menu content does not show #6125