Blender 4.2 changes #4
Description
Released 16/7/24, is now the new LTS version. Lots more changed of course, but these are interesting updates in the context of the course:
- Manage extensions from command line, https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/4.2/advanced/command_line/extension_arguments.html
- GPU denoising on AMD (win, lin). CPU renders can use GPU denoising
- Blue noise sampling enabled in new files, looks like some nice visual improvements
- Major EEVEE rewrite!
- Extensions platform (beta), https://code.blender.org/2024/05/extensions-platform-beta-release/. Read this!
- New matrix socket type, https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.2/geometry_nodes/
- Associated format exporters with collections, https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.2/pipeline_assets_io/. Very interesting.
All collections in the scene can be exported with a single click through the File menu. Additionally, each collection can be exported to multiple file formats simultaneously.
- OBJ, PLY and STL importers default to Validate Meshes, import, slightly slower
- https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.2/python_api/
- New method for packaging addons?
- fixed type for bpy.props.*?
- fixed type for Custom Properties?
- https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.2/user_interface/
- Unused Datablocks popup
- Registering file-type associations in Linux?