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<h1>2018-01-06: Weekly News<a class="headerlink" href="#weekly-news" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<p>Again, sorry for missing last weeks report but due to the
holidays last week has been included in this report.
Next week will be back to normal.</p>
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<p class="last">Remember, you can test any changes done in <cite>master</cite> or <cite>blender2.8</cite>
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<div class="section" id="changes-to-blender">
<h2>Changes to Blender<a class="headerlink" href="#changes-to-blender" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p class="rubric">master</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Cycles: CUDA support for rendering scenes that don’t fit on GPU
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBc621832d3d358cd7648d60c16e1685050c4f6778">rBc621832d</a></li>
</ul>
<p class="rubric">blender2.8</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Outliner: Support multiple-objects drag’n’drop into collections
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBfb4cd136a7cf94f2fda2d3a2c8fb01d73eb878cb">rBfb4cd136</a></li>
<li>Outliner/Collections: Add remove selected objects operator
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB10f0635d326e561dfea2675cdd5465ca3b861f24">rB10f0635d</a></li>
<li>Outliner/Collections: Add selected objects operator
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBeaf559d52aa56faf4f1d76781ac4fc75ca31119e">rBeaf559d5</a></li>
<li>Outliner: Right mouse menu for collections editing
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBd9b4d6ee5a4cb231070a0bcb5ac1e7b8c9c7f2f7">rBd9b4d6ee</a></li>
<li>Outliner: Master Collection is always expanded
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBa9fe94245b9727858f9175c302196a7c722f9181">rBa9fe9424</a></li>
</ul>
<p class="rubric">greasepencil-object</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Add new simplify fixed operator
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBabdce7f6acbce17f338f837a2ecf360b4801949b">rBabdce7f6</a></li>
<li>New option to fill using colors without fill
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB2b0c317fb2fb38fd0dd5e794ceb2e2be14f57743">rB2b0c317f</a></li>
<li>Add simplify level
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB96e33c428e1e8efada517083be96b1b6a4077b6d">rB96e33c42</a></li>
<li>Make boundary lines display optional
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB889a0707c19ac9c8e7912f0dda4d65d8a0e62ad8">rB889a0707</a></li>
<li>Use a brush for filling
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBb26307991bd0adab1b7561a3fb1973f36ca7747e">rBb2630799</a></li>
<li>New reprojection mode: Axis
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rBb3848230b3bc8023442ce74caa62f117809e1aaa">rBb3848230</a></li>
</ul>
<p class="rubric">fracture_modifier</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Deform motionblur support for FM and remesher with variable topology
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/rB054d6d7ac3805b0c6d64fb41f461107950bc76d9">rB054d6d7a</a></li>
</ul>
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<h2>New Patches<a class="headerlink" href="#new-patches" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Add Cubic B-Spline with Prefilter Algorithm
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/D2984">D2984</a></li>
<li>Support for UVs generated for Curves, Surfaces and Texts
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/D2986">D2986</a></li>
<li>Nodes: Display image name if any in the Image node title
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/D2988">D2988</a></li>
<li>Add deformation axis selection to the Simple Deform modifier
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/D2989">D2989</a></li>
<li>Curve Edit Mode: support for curve handle-type theme colors
<a class="reference external" href="http://developer.blender.org/D2990">D2990</a></li>
</ul>
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<div class="section" id="other-projects">
<h2>Other Projects<a class="headerlink" href="#other-projects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li>None</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Documentation<a class="headerlink" href="#documentation" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li><a class="reference external" href="https://code.blender.org/2017/12/blender-2-8-xmas-report/">Blender 2.8 Xmas Report</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="https://code.blender.org/2017/12/drawing-2d-animation-in-blender-2-8/">Drawing 2D Animation in Blender 2.8</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.80">2.8 WIP release notes</a></li>
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