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What changed in Blender in 2020

176 updates · 11 main milestones · Feb 14, 2020 to Dec 9, 2020

  1. 9 events
    Crash in rna_EffectorWeight_path when object has fluid and dynamic paint modifiersbug fix
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    Fix memory leak writing PNG when opening the file failsbug fix
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    Fix out of bounds array access in mathutils.noisebug fix
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    Replace incorrect strstr use with memcmp in ImBufbug fix
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    Segfault when applying modifier to object copy from pythonbug fix
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    Crash when using curve deformbug fix
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    Eyedropper of the Parent property can create bogus self-referencebug fix
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    Knife Tool fail if camera is too close to the objectbug fix
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    Report codesign errors from server to workerbug fix
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  2. 13 events
    Crash when undoing switch from sculpt to edit modebug fix

    Crash in undoing switch from sculpt to edit mode and back.

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    Crash when choosing cycles device with pythonbug fix

    Crash when choosing cycles device with python.

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    Abnormal GPU load with X-Ray and cavity enabledbug fix

    Both X-Ray and cavity enabled causes abnormal GPU load.

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    'Delimit' in 'Select Linked' unexpected behaviorbug fix

    'Delimit' in 'Select Linked' works unexpectedly when editing multiple objects.

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    Fix bug in handling of custom bone transformbug fix

    Fix (studio-reported) Armature: bug in handling of custom bone transform.

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    Crash when saving blend file with long Script node file pathbug fix

    "Saving As..." a blend file with a Script node file path filled with 1023 symbols crashes Blender.

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    Fix crash with deprecated PyEval_ReleaseLock()bug fix

    Use of deprecated PyEval_ReleaseLock() causes crash when Blender built against Python 3.9.0.

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    Fix OldNewMap handling of pointers in blenloaderbug fix

    OldNewMap handling of pointers in blenloader does not work correctly with FD_FLAGS_SWITCH_ENDIAN.

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    Fix previous commit re testing of BLI_rel_pathbug fix

    Fix own previous commit re testing of `BLI_rel_path`.

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    Reflection Plane issues at certain clip distancesbug fix

    Reflection Plane causing problems at certain clip distances.

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    Memory leak with shader and AddonPreferencesbug fix

    Memory leak if both a shader and an AddonPreferences class are used.

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    EEVEE Scattering pass output fixbug fix

    Scattering pass is also outputted as Transmittance Volume Renderpass.

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    Crash when calling bmesh.utils.vert_separate()bug fix
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  3. 16 events
    2.8x Crash when loading 2.79 filebug fix
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    Re-ordering face maps messes up the names of other face mapsbug fix
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    GPencil: bones cannot be selected using Ctrl + LMBbug fix

    Issue with Left Selection Preference.

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    Crash when deleting custom orientationbug fix

    Gizmo points wrong way.

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    Fix OpenCL render error in large scenesbug fix
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    Windows 10 Start Menu and Taskbar Visual Appearance Issues for Microsoft Store Installationsbug fix
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    Use-after-free when rendering material previewsbug fix
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    Fix invert vertex group weight miscalculation for modifiersbug fix
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    Blender 2.83 broken Depth of Field in Viewport (Mac OSX)bug fix
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    NLA Bake action broken for bone following pathbug fix
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    Blender 2.90 Tris to Quads breaks UVsbug fix

    Issue persists even with Compare UVs checked.

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    Unpaired ED_image_undo_push_beginbug fix
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    Access violation trying to access view_layer_eval.depsgraphbug fix
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    Not freed memory blocks after using viewport shading type: 'rendered'bug fix
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    Crash in pose mode using a driver on bendy bone Segmentsbug fix
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    Cycles: Fix usage of memory barriers in split kernelbug fix
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  4. 9 events
    Fix ERROR ACCESS VIOLATION when switching to EEVEE rendered viewbug fix
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    Fix Grease Pencil: MacOS: broken Gradient and Texturebug fix
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    Fix crash on undo/redo after changing modesbug fix
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    Fix Library Override - Custom Property to Drive Child Particles resultsbug fix
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    Fix BLI_polyfill_calc exceeds stack size allocating pointsbug fix
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    Fix Cycles baking crash with locked-UI & background-modebug fix
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    Fix Edit Mode crash with shape keys created on blank meshbug fix
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    Fix crash adding properties to material node-treesbug fix
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    Fix Workbench: Inverted alpha when renderingbug fix
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  5. 39 events
    Fix BLI_polyfill_calc exceeding stack size allocating pointsbug fix
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    Fix Mantaflow crash when adaptive domain + noise are enabledbug fix
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    Fix tris to quads ignoring UV delimit optionbug fix
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    Fix crash when multi-mesh editing UVs with proportional editingbug fix
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    Fix crash when deleting custom orientationbug fix
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    Fix principle volume shader not working for world in Eeveebug fix
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    Fix OpenCL render error in large scenesbug fix
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    Fix correct face attributes affecting modes not listedbug fix
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    Fix PY API doc for new override option of propertiesbug fix
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    Fix Archipack: support for bmesh bevel arguments changes in 2.90bug fix
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    Fix edit mode crash with shape keys created on blank meshbug fix
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    Fix crash accessing depsgraph from evaluated view layerbug fix
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    Fix Extrude manifold generating invalid geometrybug fix
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    Fix library override - custom property to drive child particles resultsbug fix
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    Fix Cycles baking crash with locked-UI & background-modebug fix
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    Fix Auto IK double generating IK constraintsbug fix
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    Fix hook modifier crashing without vertex group databug fix
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    Fix vertex colors not showing in edit modebug fix
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    Fix crash reloading scripts from the Python consolebug fix
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    Fix invert vertex group weight miscalculation for modifiersbug fix
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    Fix potential crash in volume grids in Eevee shadersbug fix
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    Fix Cycles crash on macOS with older CPUsbug fix
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    Fix GPencil Opacity modifier not workingbug fix
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    Fix crash deleting bone constraints when the armature layer isbug fix
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    Fix crash after duplicating and hiding vertices while using X Axisbug fix
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    Fix crash adding properties to material node-treesbug fix
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    Fix NLA bake exception baking pose with non-pose selectionbug fix
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    Fix re-ordering face maps messing up namesbug fix
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    Restore vertex group factor property in UI for Decimate Modifierbug fix
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    Fix avoiding changing the visibility of loose geometrybug fix
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    Fix translations in python scripts being missingbug fix
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    Fix texture paint camera project crashing after undo/redobug fix
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    Fix Mantaflow Noise not working with Smoke/Smoke and Firebug fix
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    Fix crash on editing multiple UVs of multiple different objectsbug fix
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    Fix Eevee OpenVDB render error when frames miss part of the gridsbug fix
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    Fix Cycles: separate Embree device for each CPU devicebug fix
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    Add versioning for 2.90 files that may have invalid meshbug fix
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    Fix crash on undo/redo after changing modesbug fix
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    Fix UV edge select splitting UV's for lasso/box/circle selectbug fix
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  6. 30 events
    Fix constant lighting change in VR viewbug fix

    Fixed constant lighting change in VR view when rotating head (rB3a5ef928961b)

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    Objects disappear when joining with zero scaled axisbug fix

    Fixed issue where objects disappear when joining with a zero scaled axis (T80077)

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    SteamVR support on Linuxnew content

    SteamVR is now supported on Linux with some limitations.

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    Duplicate doesn't preserve active splinebug fix

    Fixed issue where duplicate doesn't preserve active spline (T80135)

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    Extend CUBE_MAP_ARRAY_ARB proxy workaroundbug fix

    Extended CUBE_MAP_ARRAY_ARB proxy workaround to all Apple GPUs (rB7369a24f61cd)

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    Custom Normals Averaging crash after clearingbug fix

    Fixed crash in Custom Normals Averaging after clearing (T80159)

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    Fix graphics issues breaking SteamVR usebug fix

    Fixed graphics issues that were breaking SteamVR use with Blender (rBfe492d922d6d)

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    Allow freeing const arrays with MEM_SAFE_FREEbug fix

    Allowed freeing const arrays with MEM_SAFE_FREE (rB0fb7d5381ef2)

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    OSL shader compilation fails on macOSbug fix

    Fixed OSL shader compilation failure on macOS (T78065)

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    Do not subdivide with Multires if mesh has no facesbug fix

    Fixed issue to not subdivide with Multires if mesh has no faces (T80039)

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    Cycles crash rendering with volume object and motion blurbug fix

    Fixed crash issue in Cycles when rendering with volume object and motion blur (T78038)

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    Fix warning when compiling on Linux with OpenXRbug fix

    Fixed warning when compiling on Linux with WITH_XR_OPENXR enabled (rB38ae24102003)

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    Inconsistent simplify behavior when linking collectionbug fix

    Fixed inconsistent simplify behavior when linking collection with objects (T79935)

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    Properly support outputting sRGB swapchain buffersbug fix

    Fixed support for outputting sRGB swapchain buffers in VR (rB70637b303d9e)

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    Crash when changing to white noise texturebug fix

    Fixed crash issue when changing to white noise texture (T79915)

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    Cycles: Image Sequence not renderingbug fix

    Fixed issue where Image Sequence was not rendering in Cycles (T79111)

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    File Browser in macOS fullscreen crashesbug fix

    Fixed crash in File Browser when in macOS fullscreen (T77900)

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    Crash accessing image space properties without an active windowbug fix

    Fixed crash when accessing image space properties without an active window (rB006ff6453886)

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    Add invert_m4_m4_safe_orthobug fix

    Added invert_m4_m4_safe_ortho function (m3 version too) (rB19fe5529d737)

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    Add undo step to Alembic and Collada importersbug fix

    Added undo step to Alembic and Collada importers (T77754)

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    Bevel Shader node Samples value limitbalance change

    Adjusted Bevel Shader node Samples value hardcoded limit (T80012)

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    Cycles baking crash with motion blur enabledbug fix

    Fixed crash in Cycles baking with motion blur enabled and no camera (T77683)

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    Crash on making material localbug fix

    Fixed crash issue when making material local (T80104)

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    Dyntopo panel error with tools that don't have a brushbug fix

    Fixed Dyntopo panel error with tools that don't have a brush (T78186)

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    Fix Outliner allowing to enter Pose Modebug fix

    Fixed Outliner allowing to enter Pose Mode on linked armature (rB521ae3d458ad)

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    Crash adding UVs in edit-mode with linked duplicatesbug fix

    Fixed crash when adding UVs in edit-mode with linked duplicates (T77359)

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    Crash when switching to Edit Modebug fix

    Fixed crash issue when switching to Edit Mode (T80530)

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    Fix memory leak in delaunay 2dbug fix

    Fixed memory leak in delaunay 2d (rB42434d120ba4)

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    Overrides: Crash with animated IK controlbug fix

    Fixed crash with animated IK control on linked armature (T80078)

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    Fix critical bug in foreach ID looperbug fix

    Fixed critical bug in foreach ID looper of Scene data-block (rBa994e7a4b9c3)

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  7. 2 events
    Integration of Industry Standard LibrariesperformanceMilestone

    Blender integrates Intel Embree, Intel OpenImageDenoise and NVidia Optix for enhanced rendering.

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    Blender 2.90 Official Releasenew contentMilestone

    Introduction of improvements to EEVEE, Cycles, sculpt, VR, animation, modeling, UV editing and more.

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  8. 25 events
    GPUShader: compile error on AWS Elastic Graphicsbug fix
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    'Add plane > align' causes crash when certain rigs are in the scenebug fix
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    UV select-linked failure to de-selectbug fix
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    Fix interface artifacts on Intel GPUsbug fix
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    Crash displaying the same mesh in two windowsbug fix
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    Fix crash switching render slots when there is only one slotbug fix
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    Workbench: Fix broken id passbug fix
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    Smooth brushes crashing in dyntopobug fix
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    Crash loading nested set-scenesbug fix
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    Blend file corrupted during save caused by high Cubemap Sizebug fix
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    Workbench: Object color mode broken if more than 4096 objectsbug fix
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    Crash when changing View Layer while VR session runsbug fix
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    Crash rendering grease pencil from compositor with multiple scenesbug fix
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    EEVEE: Crash on Macos due to lightcache bakingbug fix
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    Too much memory usage rendering animation with persistent imagesbug fix
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    Crash converting curve to meshbug fix
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    FCurve editor crash when zooming out to limitbug fix
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    Video Sequencer image sequence strip source path breaksbug fix
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    Fix usercount not decrementing in gpencil_stroke_separate_execbug fix
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    Triangulate quads with 'Beauty' can make zero area facesbug fix
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    EEVEE: LightCache: Add warning if the cache cannot be savedbug fix
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    CLOG writes/reads outside allocated memorybug fix
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    Outliner 'Make Single User' crashbug fix
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    Eevee cubemaps shows blackbug fix
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    GPencil weight paint crash when painting over modifier generatedbug fix
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  9. 19 events
    Copy-pasting strip twice crashes Blenderbug fix
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    Prefetching can corrupt .blend filesbug fix
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    Fix View3D 'Mirror' menu itemsbug fix

    Both 'Global' and 'Local' items are GLOBAL

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    Missing depsgraph relation when using sound strips in VSEbug fix
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    Crash when removing strips with prefetchingbug fix
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    Object disappears when scaled after applying smoothbug fix
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    Scale to Fit Text Box fails when text is too narrowbug fix
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    Crash when adjusting sequencer propertybug fix
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    Dimensions fail on negative scaled axisbug fix
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    Batch Generate-Previews doesn't work anymorebug fix
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    Fresh install of Blender 2.83.0 not able to save user startup filebug fix
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    Follow Active Quads, divide by zero errorbug fix
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    Fix unreported missing strokes in GPencil interpolationbug fix
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    Mantaflow Field weights cannot be animatedbug fix
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    Weight Transfer Operator 'Deform Pose Bones' destination settingbug fix
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    Crash related to viewing video filesbug fix
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    Crash displaying many aligned buttonsbug fix
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    Weight Transfer Operator target mesh doesn't updatebug fix
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    Random crash editing shader nodes with texturesbug fix
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  10. 1 event
    17 Bug Fixes in Blender 2.83.3 LTSbug fix

    The third maintenance release of the first long-term support release includes a total of 17 bug fixes.

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  11. 1 event
    Blender 2.83.2 LTS Bug Fixesbug fix

    A total of 15 bug fixes included in this maintenance release.

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  12. 1 event
    33 Bug Fixes in Blender 2.83.1 LTSbug fix

    The first maintenance release of the first long-term support release includes a total of 33 bug fixes.

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  13. 6 events
    VR Support Addednew contentMilestone

    Blender 2.83 introduces support for Virtual Reality.

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    Over 1250 Bugfixesbug fixMilestone

    Blender 2.83 includes more than 1250 bug fixes.

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    Physics-Enabled Cloth Brushnew contentMilestone

    Introduction of a new powerful Cloth Brush with physics capabilities.

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    OpenVDB Import Featurenew contentMilestone

    New feature allowing the import of OpenVDB files.

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    Performance and Stability ImprovementsperformanceMilestone

    Enhancements aimed at providing better performance and stability for major projects.

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    OptiX Viewport Denoisingnew contentMilestone

    New denoising feature for the viewport using OptiX.

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  14. 5 events
    UDIM and USD Support Addednew contentMilestone

    Support for UDIM and USD formats has been introduced.

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    MantaFlow Fluids and Smoke Simulationnew contentMilestone

    New simulation features for fluids and smoke using MantaFlow.

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    Grease Pencil Improvementsnew content

    Enhancements made to the Grease Pencil tool.

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    Over a Thousand Fixes Implementedchanges

    A significant number of fixes and updates have been applied to the 2.8 series.

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    AI Denoising Feature Implementednew contentMilestone

    Introduction of AI denoising for improved rendering quality.

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