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<h1>2017-10-14: Weekly News<a class="headerlink" href="#weekly-news" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<h2>Changes to Blender<a class="headerlink" href="#changes-to-blender" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p class="rubric">master</p>
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<li>Cycles: Schedule more work for non-display and compute preemption CUDA cards.
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBe360d003ea45ee233c6f10c03ff57c956929b383">rBe360d003</a></li>
<li>UI: VSE strip menu reorganization
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBe9d06f086698049447fe004fec20d715b603a571">rBe9d06f08</a></li>
<li>Cycles: Speedup up tangent space calculation
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB4fce3c7ac079923fb6d124e5c89590e0611b07b5">rB4fce3c7a</a></li>
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<p class="rubric">blender2.8</p>
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<li>Eevee: Improve cache performance by 13%
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBf7db1a4366e8391aea87cc39a5e7bfd6141dd283">rBf7db1a43</a></li>
<li>Manipulators: add cage3d scale widge
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBc90ec276b8a578527861c1e6eaae766efea0c27b">rBc90ec276</a></li>
<li>Eevee: Probe: Add Cubemap Resolution option
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBd46842108ddea98c2ec6c437e87888f2267a311c">rBd4684210</a></li>
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<p class="rubric">greasepencil-object</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Enable MSAA for strokes
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB049eb49f9aaaf02c67197cfcef8ddba0340dcb99">rB049eb49f</a></li>
</ul>
<p class="rubric">asset-engine</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Add initial, very basic/proof-of-concept for drag and drop linking
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB504287b9877a85be40dc80fe700f5d80319d06ec">rB504287b9</a></li>
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<h2>New Patches<a class="headerlink" href="#new-patches" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<li>VSE: Add new Blend Effect strip <a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/D2872">D2872</a></li>
<li>Cycles: Allow rendering with GPUs an CPUs at once <a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/D2873">D2873</a></li>
<li>Cycles: Speed up rendering by adding BVH8 <a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/D2875">D2875</a></li>
<li>UI Reorganize 3D View Menus: View, Add and Object Menu <a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/D2876">D2876</a></li>
<li>2.8: New Viewport: Make the internal depth drawing of external engines optional
(Proof of Concept) <a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/D2877">D2877</a></li>
<li>2.8: Layers: Add new layer evaluation meathod <a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/D2878">D2878</a></li>
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<h2>Other Projects<a class="headerlink" href="#other-projects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<li>New Tool System Proposal <a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/T53047">T53047</a></li>
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<h2>Documentation<a class="headerlink" href="#documentation" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>As a reminder please read the <a class="reference external" href="https://code.blender.org/2017/10/blender-2-8-design-document/">Blender 2.8 Design Document</a></p>
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