Dev:Ref/Release Notes/2.63/More Features

Blender 2.63: More Features

Image & Video

• Fixes to FFV1 codec and add RGBA support to it - r44394
• Add support of image quality to FFmpeg proxies builder - r44242
• Add movieclip input support to the sequencer - r45068
• Add support for opengl rendering in the sequencer (header icons as with 3D view) - r45272
• Multithreaded EXR files loading - r45338

Game Engine

• Add option for the Armature Actuator to change the influence of a bone constraint - r44615
• Add DampedTrackTo to the list of supported constraints in the BGE - r44615

Nodes

• Adds a new node type for saving multiple image files from a single node - r44322, documentation
• Implements a new operator for detaching nodes - r44490
• Node socket selection feature reimplemented from 2.49 - r44763
• Node socket values now only have soft limits, rather than hard limits, so you can type in any value, and only when sliding the number value there is a limit - r45294

Particles

• Add some advanced particle rotation modes and reorganization of the rotation panel - r45010
• New: Child particles are used as emitter - r44260

Sculpting

• Add partial visibility operator including keymaps and menu items to sculpt mode - r44872
• Re-enable the clay strips sculpt brush - r44969
• Add RNA for brush capabilities - r44898

User Interface

• Add drag-n-drop from external applications in Linux - r44195
• Allow dropping image files from outside blender, or image datablocks from inside blender to the shader and texture node editors - r44970
• Add support of zoom to mouse location in image editor - r44406
• Add solid background behind text in search menu - r44532
• Various improvement in NDOF buttons handling - r44540
• Change shortcut to clear value in button with mouse over it from delete to backspace - r44550
• Implement Ctrl-MMB zoom in camera view - r44713
• Adjustable contrast/intensity for unselected F-Curves in Graph Editor - r45082
• Theme support for Cameras and Empties colour on 3D View - r45109
• Theme support for Preview Background in Video Sequence Editor - r45114

Other

• Various fixes for keyingsets - r44742
• Add support for utf paths on Windows - r45012
• Add Strength slider for Lattice Modifier - r45144
• Add callback for render job completion - r44810