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CHANGELOG – BLENDER TODAY #212

COMMUNITY
* Blender at SIGGRAPH ASIA https://twitter.com/Blender/status/1594662758519345153
* Storypencil tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b25kfE6qd_c />

GEOMETRY NODES
* Geometry Nodes: Image Info Node https://developer.blender.org/rBefcd587
* Geometry Nodes: Add “Exists” output to Named Attribute input node https://developer.blender.org/rB0d3a33e
* Nodes: Allow pasting common nodes between editor types https://developer.blender.org/rBb7a4f79

PERFORMANCE
* Geometry Nodes: Use Mesh instead of BMesh in split edges node https://developer.blender.org/rBe83f46e
* Geometry: Cache bounds min and max, share between data-blocks https://developer.blender.org/rBe8f4010
* Mesh: Use shared cache for derived triangulation https://developer.blender.org/rB511ac66
* Sculpt: Avoid retrieving vertices attribute when flushing positions https://developer.blender.org/rB1677ddb
* Sculpt: Remove some normal calculation with deformed sculpting https://developer.blender.org/rBbf0180d
* Nodes: cache children of frame nodes https://developer.blender.org/rB6239e08
* Nodes: Replace implementation of select next/prev type operator https://developer.blender.org/rB984edb2

UI
* UI: Refactor Node Context Menu https://developer.blender.org/rB2c096f1
* UI: Allow Joining of Tiny Screen Areas https://developer.blender.org/D16522
* EEVEE/Viewport: Make info text when compiling shaders more clear https://developer.blender.org/rBe4871b2
* Fix T102620: Display dynamic socket label in uiTemplateNodeView https://developer.blender.org/D16563
* Fix T102520: Positioning of nodes added via search https://developer.blender.org/rB331e800
* Nodes: Simplify view panning when selecting node https://developer.blender.org/rB97e0cc4
* Fix T98726: Include blender version number in windows shortcuts https://developer.blender.org/rB24bd2d0

CYCLES
* Fix T100537: gaps in Cycles depth pass with transparency https://developer.blender.org/rB3d41d0b
* Cycles: enable AMD RDNA3 GPUs and upgrade HIP compiler https://developer.blender.org/rBc94583c
* Cycles: Enable MetalRT pointclouds & other fixes https://developer.blender.org/rBb0e2e45
* Cycles: Sort properties in Path Guiding panel https://developer.blender.org/rB011c2a3

GREASE PENCIL
* Animation: rearrange grease pencil channels in the main dopesheet https://developer.blender.org/rB7f80b5e

PYTHON API
* libOverride: RNA API: Add option to make all overrides editable in `override_hierarchy_create` https://developer.blender.org/rBa67b33a
* Python API: add Image.save() optional parameters quality and filepath https://developer.blender.org/rB377da3f