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CHANGELOG - BLENDER TODAY #212
COMMUNITY
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GEOMETRY NODES
Geometry Nodes: Image Info Node https://developer.blender.org/rBefcd587
Geometry Nodes: Add "Exists" output to Named Attribute input node https://developer.blender.org/rB0d3a33e
Nodes: Allow pasting common nodes between editor types https://developer.blender.org/rBb7a4f79
PERFORMANCE
Geometry Nodes: Use Mesh instead of BMesh in split edges node https://developer.blender.org/rBe83f46e
Geometry: Cache bounds min and max, share between data-blocks https://developer.blender.org/rBe8f4010
Mesh: Use shared cache for derived triangulation https://developer.blender.org/rB511ac66
Sculpt: Avoid retrieving vertices attribute when flushing positions https://developer.blender.org/rB1677ddb
Sculpt: Remove some normal calculation with deformed sculpting https://developer.blender.org/rBbf0180d
Nodes: cache children of frame nodes https://developer.blender.org/rB6239e08
Nodes: Replace implementation of select next/prev type operator https://developer.blender.org/rB984edb2
UI
UI: Refactor Node Context Menu https://developer.blender.org/rB2c096f1
UI: Allow Joining of Tiny Screen Areas https://developer.blender.org/D16522
EEVEE/Viewport: Make info text when compiling shaders more clear https://developer.blender.org/rBe4871b2
Fix T102620: Display dynamic socket label in uiTemplateNodeView https://developer.blender.org/D16563
Fix T102520: Positioning of nodes added via search https://developer.blender.org/rB331e800
Nodes: Simplify view panning when selecting node https://developer.blender.org/rB97e0cc4
Fix T98726: Include blender version number in windows shortcuts https://developer.blender.org/rB24bd2d0
CYCLES
Fix T100537: gaps in Cycles depth pass with transparency https://developer.blender.org/rB3d41d0b
Cycles: enable AMD RDNA3 GPUs and upgrade HIP compiler https://developer.blender.org/rBc94583c
Cycles: Enable MetalRT pointclouds & other fixes https://developer.blender.org/rBb0e2e45
Cycles: Sort properties in Path Guiding panel https://developer.blender.org/rB011c2a3
GREASE PENCIL
Animation: rearrange grease pencil channels in the main dopesheet https://developer.blender.org/rB7f80b5e
PYTHON API
libOverride: RNA API: Add option to make all overrides editable in `override_hierarchy_create` https://developer.blender.org/rBa67b33a
Python API: add Image.save() optional parameters quality and filepath https://developer.blender.org/rB377da3f