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BLENDER TODAY #158
Full list: https://devtalk.blender.org/t/28-june-2021-upcoming-finalized-at-18-00-cest/19312

BLENDER 2.93.1 LTS RELEASED!
CANONICAL

OUTLINER
Outliner: View Layers filter for View Layer Mode https://developer.blender.org/D11708

CYCLES
Cycles: reduce shadow terminator artifacts https://developer.blender.org/rB9c6a382f9540c8e334a16b7740b5ba6bb294fca9
Cycles: add view layer option to disable motion blur, in the Filter panel https://developer.blender.org/rB23042a3fb189620a6d908ced1af98b10ad2f8afd

GEOMETRY NODES
Spreadsheet: Dataset region for spreadsheet editor https://developer.blender.org/rBae085e301c2aac0d6956609bfe93a90a19f0e235
Geometry Nodes: Use multithreading for the curve to mesh node https://developer.blender.org/rB445d506ac9b59c4eb9de8a475fd89ba908ecbcdf
Geometry Nodes: Join curve attributes when realizing instances https://developer.blender.org/rB0b15353baa5c7c5b57ccb5dff8ef0fdf0d8beb5d

Voxel Remesher: Make smooth shading output automatic https://developer.blender.org/rBef7fcaf8e6c684463ce143bf0ea43d23803919d2

PERFORMANCE
Depsgraph: remove redundant mesh data duplication in edit-mode https://developer.blender.org/rB51568030e9c833da867c8d80c72b2eca2f591477
Edit Mesh: optimize common use-cases for partial updates https://developer.blender.org/rBb5542c1ea4c29c56338706158578c41f6e65df5c
Compositor: Full frame Image node https://developer.blender.org/rB35db01325f41da34e5a71d2b28cc717cddbdb996
Compositor: Full frame ID Mask node https://developer.blender.org/rBc9f12b21e252fee3f102b9e04dfde000016dc099
Line Art: Discard out of frame edges. https://developer.blender.org/D11525
Line Art bounding box check when loading. https://developer.blender.org/D11545

Line Art feature update: Occlusion effectiveness https://developer.blender.org/D11308
LineArt: More type & related chaining improvements https://developer.blender.org/D11306
LineArt: Filtering feature lines with face mask https://developer.blender.org/D11307

GPencil: Duplicate Masks when separate Layer/Strokes https://developer.blender.org/rBfae5a907d4d1380f087f1226ebbd65d9d0718cc6

FIXES
Fix T32214: Wireframe edge select fails with verts behind the view https://developer.blender.org/rB4044c29069aa3230767fa6d1a3dec196718f80df
Fix bone select failing with end-points outside the view https://developer.blender.org/rB338be95874bddec300a863c9583652cda0ccf5de

POTPOURRI
Apply random selection precisely for curves, lattices & objects https://developer.blender.org/rB1c8c91384c8d7d23b9a966802182e3ef607103ac
UI: Improved File Browser Preview Image Scaling https://developer.blender.org/D11706
UI: Hide collection tab when scene master collection is active https://developer.blender.org/rBc297769d2249b2fa3c34eb36aee7631ca5278383
GPU: Refactored +cleanup compilation log parsing. https://developer.blender.org/rB1b942ef90c9b4b7fe98af50357aa76b74754f7ff

XR/VR (BRANCH)
VR: Add fly navigation, gamepad profile defaults https://developer.blender.org/rBA2c6f9cb76954820537c5732d44d4e5607ccea6c1
XR: Allow multiple modal actions at a time https://developer.blender.org/rBe022f99e5c19d1292125b95cd7a5fc196b02891e

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