Great work everyone! I really love eevee volumetrics,
I was just wondering how interactive mode was coming along? also will stars make a re-appearance ? I miss that feature but I feel it could be done really well with volumetrics now. On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:00 AM Brecht Van Lommel < brechtvanlom...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Here are the notes from today's developer meeting. Next meeting is Monday, > 26 November 18:00 CET (17:00 UTC). > > 1) New features and changes > > * Left click select was modified to be more compatible with the tool > system. This will continue to be improved to address various usability > issues. > * New popover for collection visibility in 3D viewport header. > * New Eevee features: > ** New light threshold value, needed to support light culling in the > future. > ** Glossy reflection filter quality and clamping settings. > ** Irradiance smoothing setting, to smooth interpolation between irradiance > volume cells. > * Physics system editing and playback should work a lot more reliable now > in 2.8. > * Most of the themes were removed as they are outdated. There is a call for > the community to provide updates and replacements: > https://devtalk.blender.org/t/call-for-content-themes/3174 > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvsSk0S6B5A> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvsSk0S6B5A > > 2) Blender 2.8 beta > > The meeting spent a long time reviewing the status of 2.8 in the context of > the upcoming beta release. There are still some loose ends remaining, > though we are getting closer. We will evaluate the status again next > Monday. > > Some topics that came up: > * Motion tracking UI changes broke too much, will be reverted to the old > 2.7 toolbar until there is a better replacement for it. > * Decision about notifiers/message bus: restore notifiers, and remove them > one-by-one once the message bus becomes aware of those. This closes a lot > of missing update issues. > * Particle edit mode needs to have drawing code updated, to do proper hair > shading and to support weights visualization. > * Python API is going well, though a couple of areas which needs more love: > multi-object-edit and tools integration > * OpenSubdiv needs to be enabled by default. Not a stopper for Beta, but > still some work to be done afterward. > > 3) Next week plans > > * Bastien works on Python API and bug fixing. > * Brecht works on industry compatible keymap and left click keymap > improvements. > * Campbell works on improving tool system and keymaps. > * Clément continues viewport and Eevee work. > * Dalai works on local view and visibility. > * Jacques works on background images and Python API. > * Pablo works on release notes on blender.org. > * Philipp works on bug tracker. > * Sergey works on studio issues, physics and OpenSubdiv. > > 4) Weekly reports > > * Bastien: > > https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Mont29/Foundation/2018#Week_270_-_11.2F10_to_11.2F16 > * Brecht: > https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Brecht/Reports/2018#November_12_-_17 > * Campbell: > > https://download.blender.org/ftp/ideasman42/donelist/2018.html#week-300-november-12 > * Clément: > > https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Hypersomniac/Foundation/2018#Week_96_:_5th_-_11th_Nov > * Dalai: > https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Dfelinto/Reports/2018#November_12_-_16 > * Jacques: > > https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:JacquesLucke/Reports/2018#Week_9:_November_12-16 > * Philipp: > > https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:PhilippOeser/Foundation/2018#Week_46_.28Nov_12th_-_Nov_16th.29 > * Sergey: > > https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/User:Sergey/Foundation/2018#Week_361:_12th_-_18th_November > 5) Other projects > > * Blender XR (VR/AR user interface for Blender) wants to join the team and > work on releases. > https://www.marui-plugin.com/blender-xr/ > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers