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BLENDER TODAY #170

GEOMETRY NODES
Geometry Nodes: new Realize Instances node https://developer.blender.org/rB7da9da2b27ddddedb93f9390fd1b857fe736b00c
Geometry Nodes: support Set Position node on instances https://developer.blender.org/rB8c7c4549d1fba8eb2236fa397d95b32ad1262789
Geometry Nodes: support Noise Texture node https://developer.blender.org/rBfc4f82d2004c843691d81afff0f7abb38caace0a
Geometry Nodes: Transfer attributes in the curve to mesh node https://developer.blender.org/rBf81bacd6f0fc8d9afb46570e1a66c4469185d8a5
Geometry Nodes: Add a toggle to use attributes as input values https://developer.blender.org/rB8e21d528cab98447fd072718a649906551de78d9
Geometry Nodes: multi threaded field evaluation https://developer.blender.org/rBe6ca0545904fe4236be9960fdb3c2760092582a5
Geometry Nodes: Add fields version of material nodes https://developer.blender.org/rB09f14b38f2d0c22b396dcd6c15bf959631ed1bfd

ASSET BROWSER
Assets: Recursive reading of asset libraries https://developer.blender.org/rBc9daab7936562b1e02262cd28f1d6cc4dde91d71

UI
UI: keep navigation gizmos visible during modal operators https://developer.blender.org/rB917a972b56af103aee406dfffe1f42745b5ad360
UI: wait for input for operators that depend on cursor location https://developer.blender.org/rBda2ba402689d7ed752b0b37ad49dce1a5851cc77
UI: split screenshot area into a separate operator
UI: enable the depend-on-cursor flag for some operators https://developer.blender.org/rBf8b51f702cf7865054bc557afcf468ccd0c8533e
UI: expose ”Lasso Select” & ”Extrude to Cursor” in menus https://developer.blender.org/rB8bc27c508ae311111a6b436d4c90f8b131d98bc4
UI: Freestyle UI Upgrade https://developer.blender.org/rB6f52ebba192b8a9c5fc1e211e4968ebb42ea8408
UI: Automatic Blend Thumbnail Selection https://developer.blender.org/rB4fa0bbb5ac3db31cd0ce6f765ee9eb93566f1e53
Asset Template: Extra UI options https://developer.blender.org/rB3ff60bcad8cccd6c2f82ea44527f4e6ef619f0be
App Settings: Edge Resize https://developer.blender.org/rB867e6ffe88f830cbfa158de95dea7cbb155e3fdb
App Settings: Regions Visbility Toggle https://developer.blender.org/rBf2cfad77f9f8876edfdc9930206fc12db71f25b0
UI: Remove Menus & Show Wait Cursor When Saving https://developer.blender.org/D12507
UI: Always Create Asset Previews https://developer.blender.org/rB6cf734a2e5d2496d1b2d33bc7613b56a9f9fc2ec

GREASE PENCIL
Line Art feature update: Automatic crease with flat/smooth surfaces https://developer.blender.org/D12051
GPencil: Dot dash modifier. https://developer.blender.org/rBa2c5c2b4068d12e26a8c9d640a389b410c7507f3

COMPOSITOR
Compositor: Add OIDN prefiltering option to Denoise node https://developer.blender.org/rB276eebb274744d819dcdab8a95770dd7382c0664

FIXES
Fix straight line gesture snapping not working for modal tools https://developer.blender.org/rB503d79cd779f103cbea74eca390419e8c6fd2aad
Fix T85564: FCurve modifier zero influence on restrict range borders https://developer.blender.org/rB9dee0a10c81d9f4ce8d4fc85ed8722d899f34dde

ADD-ONS
Rigify: support executing an arbitrary script after generation https://developer.blender.org/rBAecf30de46c368ffddad259c125402a38e6093382

CYCLES X
Cycles X: set integrator state size relative to the number of GPU cores https://developer.blender.org/rB22717ed35171a1b5f49c5fa59747edb9e345a851
Cycles X: Improve performance of transparent shadows with OptiX https://developer.blender.org/rBcad00ba01b4ac7412c51c6d0143e402dc56967d7