Discussed in #114646.
This commit transforms the "alt_navigation" option of the transform
operators into a new modal key item. "PASSTHROUGH_NAVIGATE"
In addition to cleaning up a lot of the code, it allows you to
customize the key chosen to navigate while transforming.
The grease pencil modifier list hasn't been converted to a menu yet.
This fixes the issue by filtering out grease pencil objects in
the search poll function.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/114665
This patch adds support for full precision compositing for the Realtime
Compositor. A new precision option was added to the compositor to change
between half and full precision compositing, where the Auto option uses
half for the viewport compositor and the interactive render compositor,
while full is used for final renders.
The compositor context now need to implement the get_precision() method
to indicate its preferred precision. Intermediate results will be stored
using the context's precision, with a number of exceptions that can use
a different precision regardless of the context's precision. For
instance, summed area tables are always stored in full float results
even if the context specified half float. Conversely, jump flooding
tables are always stored in half integer results even if the context
specified full. The former requires full float while the latter has no
use for it.
Since shaders are created for a specific precision, we need two variants
of each compositor shader to account for the context's possible
precision. However, to avoid doubling the shader info count and reduce
boilerplate code and development time, an automated mechanism was
employed. A single shader info of whatever precision needs to be added,
then, at runtime, the shader info can be adjusted to change the
precision of the outputs. That shader variant is then cached in the
static cache manager for future processing-free shader retrieval.
Therefore, the shader manager was removed in favor of a cached shader
container in the static cache manager.
A number of utilities were added to make the creation of results as well as
the retrieval of shader with the target precision easier. Further, a
number of precision-specific shaders were removed in favor of more
generic ones that utilizes the aforementioned shader retrieval
mechanism.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/113476
Extract:
- "Attribute", when creating a new attribute with
`GEOMETRY_OT_attribute_add()`: make the default name in the operator
a null string, and set it to "Attribute" translated inside an invoke
method instead.
- Also for new attributes, from `BKE_id_attribute_calc_unique_name()`,
for instance to create a default vertex color layer when going into
Vertex Paint mode: use `DATA_()` instead of `IFACE_()`, since it
represents user data.
Disambiguate:
- "Weight" can be the thickness of font glyphs.
- "Mark as Asset" and "Clear Asset" are operator names already
extracted using the Operator context. They were recently added to a
manual translation in the UI, but the existing one can be reused.
- "Second" as a time unit in the context of frame snapping.
Some messages reported by Satoshi Yamasaki in #43295.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/114159
Remove `Material > Shadow Mode` and use `Object > Shadow Ray Visibility`
and `Material > Transparent Shadows` instead.
The versioning system auto-updates objects/materials in EEVEE
scenes so their behavior is as close as possible to the previous one.
Update Cycles to use the native `use_transparent_shadow` property.
Note:
Material changes don't set any `recalc` flag on the objects that use
them, so the EEVEE Next shadow maps don't update when changing
settings/nodes.
Fixing this issue is required for 4.1, but it's out of the scope of this PR.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/113980
The ordering of geometry nodes in the menus is intended to be
alphabetic, but the new "Set Face Set" node was listed _after_ the
"Set Shade Smooth" node in the Mesh > Write menu. This fixes the order.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/114475
This adds a new way of computing occlusion using visibility bitmask. To
make it more algorithm agnostic, we name it horizon scan.
This cleans-up / simplify the code compared to the Horizon based solution.
There is no more trickery for fading influence of distant samples which
makes the result match cycles closer.
This introduces a new thickness option. Maintaining it relatively low
makes it possible to avoid over occlusion because of in front geometry.
Making it too low will cause under occlusion.
Related #112979
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/114150
Adds a new scene tool setting `use_grease_pencil_multi_frame_editing`.
The `foreach_*_drawing` functions are moved to the `ed::greasepencil` namespace in the editor, since they are now context sensitive and depend on the toolsetting. They are now named `retrieve_editable_drawings` and `retrieve_visible_drawings` and return
an array of drawings instead of calling a callback function.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/114283
* Add viewport display support for Sphere and Plane probes.
* Make all probe display options per object instead of per scene.
(Uses the already existing `LIGHTPROBE_FLAG_SHOW_DATA`
and adds a new `data_display_size ` property to the `LightProbe` DNA)
* Python `show_data` property has been deprecated and renamed to
`use_data_display` (`data_display_size ` has been exposed as well).
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/114176
Changes to edit mode mesh overlays, use hue shift instead of color
fading/darkening for selection mode visual differentiation, and some
theme changes to improve the display of mesh edges and faces with good
selection visibility.
- Removed "edge" toggle from edit mode overlays panel.
- No longer halves the edge and face alpha depending on selection mode.
Half the face alpha in wire-frame mode. For better visibility on most
themes.
Ref !111431
The old name was logic when the color of the stroke was using a palette and not materials, but now always a material is used so the name "color" is not logic.
As we are changing all the API, now is the moment to set the right name.
Also, the commit includes some cleanup of the code.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/114186
The last good commit was 8474716abb.
After this commits from main were pushed to blender-v4.0-release. These are
being reverted.
Commits a4880576dc from to b26f176d1a that happend afterwards were meant for
4.0, and their contents is preserved.
Adds context menus and updates existing menus with newly added operators
- Updates menu texts and separators
- Add Point Menu
- Add Stroke and Point Context Menu
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/114172
Labels in popover menus are always darker. That made the popovers for
Type and Modes to have a way too dark color. Specially when the values
were off.
This commit mimics what we do in the viewport Selectability &
Visibility menu. Basically we don't gray out the labels even if the
values are off.
Co-authored by: Hans Goudey <hans@blender.org>
This node supports either a Layer or a Layer Group name as input,
and outputs a selection field for it.
Known limitations to be addressed separately:
* We are not warning/keeping track of the named layers.
* There is no lookup for layers (groups) yet.
Ref !113908.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/113908
After eda58d6419, multiply operation does not affect alpha channel, but
Some users do expect this feature present.
This adds option `multiply_alpha`, so that multiplication (in strip
color panel) will affect alpha channel as well.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/113791
This adds the keybindings, menu, and functionally for the edit mode transform operators to grease pencil v3.
The transform operation include:
* translate, rotate, scale, change opacity, change radius
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/111836
When the subtype of a custom property is set programmatically to
something that isn't in the subtype enum of this operator, attempting
to edit it will throw an error. This check should avoid that, by simply
not setting the subtype if it's not in the enum, resulting in a default
subtype of NONE. This is the second attempt at #112582, which I broke
when messing with branches.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/114003
- Adds the missing new RNA definitions
- Split settings panel into surface and volume
- Expose displacement and volume nodetree panels
- Rename `Cull Backfaces` to `Backface Culling`
for consistency
- Rename `use_backface_culling_probe` to
`lightprobe_volume_single_sided` for accuracy
and avoiding confusion as it is not a real
backface culling.
- Rename `Screen Space Refraction` to
`Raytrace Refraction` for accuracy.
Motivation is to make it closer to cycles now
that EEVEE is compatible with more features.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/113971
Design task: #93551
This PR replaces the auto smooth option with a geometry nodes modifier
that sets the sharp edge attribute. This solves a fair number of long-
standing problems related to auto smooth, simplifies the process of
normal computation, and allows Blender to automatically choose between
face, vertex, and face corner normals based on the sharp edge and face
attributes.
Versioning adds a geometry node group to objects with meshes that had
auto-smooth enabled. The modifier can be applied, which also improves
performance.
Auto smooth is now unnecessary to get a combination of sharp and smooth
edges. In general workflows are changed a bit. Separate procedural and
destructive workflows are available. Custom normals can be used
immediately without turning on the removed auto smooth option.
**Procedural**
The node group asset "Smooth by Angle" is the main way to set sharp
normals based on the edge angle. It can be accessed directly in the add
modifier menu. Of course the modifier can be reordered, muted, or
applied like any other, or changed internally like any geometry nodes
modifier.
**Destructive**
Often the sharp edges don't need to be dynamic. This can give better
performance since edge angles don't need to be recalculated. In edit
mode the two operators "Select Sharp Edges" and "Mark Sharp" can be
used. In other modes, the "Shade Smooth by Angle" controls the edge
sharpness directly.
### Breaking API Changes
- `use_auto_smooth` is removed. Face corner normals are now used
automatically if there are mixed smooth vs. not smooth tags. Meshes
now always use custom normals if they exist.
- In Cycles, the lack of the separate auto smooth state makes normals look
triangulated when all faces are shaded smooth.
- `auto_smooth_angle` is removed. Replaced by a modifier (or operator)
controlling the sharp edge attribute. This means the mesh itself
(without an object) doesn't know anything about automatically smoothing
by angle anymore.
- `create_normals_split`, `calc_normals_split`, and `free_normals_split`
are removed, and are replaced by the simpler `Mesh.corner_normals`
collection property. Since it gives access to the normals cache, it
is automatically updated when relevant data changes.
Addons are updated here: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender-addons/pulls/104609
### Tests
- `geo_node_curves_test_deform_curves_on_surface` has slightly different
results because face corner normals are used instead of interpolated
vertex normals.
- `bf_wavefront_obj_tests` has different export results for one file
which mixed sharp and smooth faces without turning on auto smooth.
- `cycles_mesh_cpu` has one object which is completely flat shaded.
Previously every edge was split before rendering, now it looks triangulated.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/108014
