Dev:WeeklyMeetingAgenda/2005-05-01st

Hi all,

Below the overview of "current projects", with todo items. Proposed is doing a cvs-freeze (Bcon-4) in 1 or 2 weeks, release itself 10 days after.

Most important: are all release managers stand-by? I recall the Linux release troubles last time... Yann, you listening? :)

For everyone; the "new" points below are the areas we can use testing for. And cool sample files, where appropriate!

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> Render

New: - Transparency filter - Threading - FBuf - Ortho render - Bump map fixes

Todo: - Try to get ray-traced image filter fixed (Ton) - OpenEXR still feasible? Kent?

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> New Transform

New: - complete system was redesigned & developed - more elaborate constraint access with MMB - same for hotkeys X, Y, Z - planar constraints (SHIFT+) - proportional mode: "only connected" - more proportional types (sphere, linear, ...)

Todo: - Mirror menu still uses old transform code (Martin?) - Externally setting local constraints for pulldowns (Martin) - Negative scale bug (Martin) - restore old style constraint line drawing (done) - theme colors to adjust XYZ colors (Ton will check) - Icon and button for new PET (done)

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> 3D Manipulator Widgets

New: - could be added thanks to transform recode - Option in header (hand icon) enables widgets for translate/rotate/scale - offers global/local and normal alignment - hold SHIFT for planar constraint - hotkeys CTRL+SPACE, ALT+SPACE

Todo: - hotkey access is still not as nice as it could be. Probably would need cleanup of entire global hotkey list - Icons in header are a bit ugly. Replaced with simpler shapes for now.

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> Softbody

New: - each object type (now Mesh, Lattice implemented) can become softbody - works with particle force fields & deflectors

Todo: - Baking (done) - docs & demos!

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> Dependency Graph

New: - code added to solve dependency issues in our animation/relation system - now used for pre-sorting base-list (Scene object list) to define order of calculations

Todo: - make higher level API for Blender to talk to dep graph - include in Transform - use it to calculate object matrices and deforms

(todos might be no release target...)

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> New Subsurf

New: - faster subdivision susrface code, including incremental updates - improved crease support - full recode of Mesh drawing methods

Future ideas: - integrated modifier stacks - adaptive display for render - LOD - lower resolution in octree for speedup

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> GUI stuff

New: - a lot of work going on in Tuhupuu3 still

Todo: - Most Tuhopuu work, including lamp drawstyles, moved to other release? - Timeline is appreciated a lot, could be moved over, in own spacetype. (Ton)

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> Mesh tools

Todo: - Subdivide recode? (Johnny) - Loop operations recode? (Tom) - patch for immediate extrude? (Ton reviews)

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> Post-production effect: ZBlur

New: - it's the zblur sequence plugin, tied to render output itself - functionality highly limited... antialias & blur errors by implementation

Todos: - put zmin & focus clue in camera draw limits? - docs, sample filess + tutos to show usage and limitations - Add a straight 'blur' itself as posteffect, so you can overlay scenes - Ipos on all of this...

(Latter 2 todos might not make it)

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> Python

New: - Text3d module (Joilnen, still working on it) - On-load script setting (Willian) - New scripts bundled in, VRML/XML? (Willian)

Todo: - Space-scripts concept (Willian), might be next release

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> Texteditor

Todo: - bracket matching needs theme color decision - syntax color patch

(Rick (antihc3) will make patch, Ton checks)

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> New .B.blend

Todo: - default lamp has weird clip start/end for spot shadow - general re-check of standard color conventions (Matt?) - add as extra the orange theme? - manipulators on?

-Ton-