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BLENDER TODAY #206

10 years of Tears of Steel! https://twitter.com/s_koenig/status/1574328104033697792

3.3 LTS

* PyAPI: Support Python 3.9 (for VFX platform support) https://developer.blender.org/rB243e28b
* obj: support importing multiple files at once https://developer.blender.org/rBdba599c
* GPencil: Allow import several SVG at time https://developer.blender.org/rB345cdf7

GEOMETRY NODES

* Geometry Nodes: Add Self Object Node https://developer.blender.org/rBdd5131b
* Geometry Nodes: Split transfer attribute node https://developer.blender.org/rBdedc679
* Geometry Nodes: Distribute Points in Volume https://developer.blender.org/rBb6e26a4
* Nodes: Add node group assets to search menus https://developer.blender.org/rBbdb5754

UI

* Node Editor: Adjust node link curving https://developer.blender.org/rB67308d7
* UI: Improved Font Thumbnails https://developer.blender.org/rB4e7983e

* Asset Browser: Add slider UI to pose blending https://developer.blender.org/rB2522ca0
* Animation: Add redo panel to Dopesheet and NLA https://developer.blender.org/rB1f828a5

* Fix T101295: Allow Large Windows Thumbnails https://developer.blender.org/rBff27b68
* File Browser: Manual auto-increase name support for output filepaths https://developer.blender.org/rB78bfaf1

* Curves editmode: show point selection https://developer.blender.org/rB319ee29

GREASE PENCIL

* GPencil: Improve Fill Tool Extend lines https://developer.blender.org/rB392855c
* GPencil: Add `offset` parameter to reproject operator Redo Panel https://developer.blender.org/rB5c33704

UV

* UV: extend custom grid sizes to set each axis separately https://developer.blender.org/rBa24fc6b
* UV: add toggle to show the grid over the image https://developer.blender.org/rBc50335b

OPTIMIZATIONS

* Curves: Improve sculpting performance by reducing allocations https://developer.blender.org/D15964
* Geometry Nodes: use stringref instead of string in logger https://developer.blender.org/rB7549e0c

POTPOURRI
* Mesh: Move sculpt face sets to a generic attribute https://developer.blender.org/rB060a534

ADD-ONS
* glTF exporter: option to export active collection without nested collections https://developer.blender.org/rBA90732d
* glTF exporter: Reset pose bone between each action https://developer.blender.org/rBAe77b55

* Amaranth: Remove ”Switch Material” feature https://developer.blender.org/rBA316561
* Amaranth: Remove ”Node Shader Extra” feature https://developer.blender.org/rBAd10fd4
* Amaranth: Fix Wireframe Toggle layout https://developer.blender.org/rBAcf773d
* Amaranth: Fix Jump Keyframes layout https://developer.blender.org/rBA36974b
* Amaranth: Fix poll for operators https://developer.blender.org/rBA0dd7b9

FIXES
* Fix T49814: Collada Import Ignores Vertex Normals https://developer.blender.org/rB22bf5ba
* Fix T101098: Moving meta strip can change its length https://developer.blender.org/rBd4a763d
* Attributes: add color_srgb property to FloatColorAttributeValue and ByteColorAttributeValue https://developer.blender.org/rB42fe0b6

* Fix T100330: Remove Render Slot not working for first slot https://developer.blender.org/rBf8a3ec