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BLENDER TODAY #177

CYCLES
Cycles on AMD!
https://code.blender.org/2021/11/next-level-support-for-amd-gpus/
https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:ThomasDinges/AMDBenchmarks
Cycles: Adapt shared kernel/device/gpu layer for MSL https://developer.blender.org/rB3a4c8f406a3a3bf0627477c6183a594fa707a6e2 https://developer.blender.org/T92212
Cycles: Add sample offset option https://developer.blender.org/rBc63e735f6b601e662fbb1ed5d7a71293552d6720

GEOMETRY NODES
Geometry Nodes: Add Outer Points Selection to Star https://developer.blender.org/D13097
Geometry Nodes: Add Offset to Handle Position Node https://developer.blender.org/D13035

NODES
Node Editor: Display warning when using Nishita sky texture with Eevee https://developer.blender.org/rB41607ced2bafa41269b5c06b3a4b2fc574d5ac83

UI
UI: Introduce View pie in more editors https://developer.blender.org/rBe1bd4bbb6668b7fa4ac1badfe72d8904a559eb99
Armature Make/Clear Parent: Grey out options that don’t do anything https://developer.blender.org/rBde8e13036ba43dfb515293140079d9f0b689d473
Let Unlink Action operator have an undo step https://developer.blender.org/rBe452c43fd6a6ac5a483f3811272a17588e702ed8
Viewport: Remove different outline color for instances https://developer.blender.org/rBaa13c4b386b1311162e74378ad864a51b2f1b7af
Text Editor: Auto close relevant characters https://developer.blender.org/rBc4ea5cb1a3811cbf685a1542a69b33ba3d6345f1
BLF: Use Floats for Font Size Points https://developer.blender.org/D8960

ALEMBIC
Alembic: Allow exporting of animated vertex colors https://developer.blender.org/rB4e2478940eb8803f28bfd7361ea3ff7dd83cd247

POTPOURRI
Expose BLI_string_flip_side_name as bpy.utils.flip_name https://developer.blender.org/rBc092cc35b30fa121ff579f00bbaf8e2dc981a3f2

ADDONS
Copy Attributes: Copy Custom Properties https://developer.blender.org/rBA9ae27536e38c04024c8fc5af73e54cf35cdfd3cc