The UV Nodes Hotfix Version 🏁

This minor point release is focused on asset and interface polish with details that keep everything new from Blender in sync with the Bforartists interface philosophy.

This is part of all the latest from Blender 5.1.1 and 5.2.0 to the date - with 49 new features, fixes and polish with another 70+ fixes from Blender.

✨What's new in this release

• Shader Raycast Edges asset
• Curve to Tube now supports Grease pencil colors
• Last Operator HUD panel now triggers from the Topbar
• New horizontal/Vertical View Nagigation gizmo toggle with background
• Asset refinement to thumbnails and default categories
• Connecting/Dsconnecting strips in the Sequencer is now contextual
• Mesh Blend by Proximity now has normal blur controls at intersections
• Fixed the brush sliders for some brushes like Weight Paint Gradient brush
• And much refinement to icons, interface stability and polish

🧡 Additional Features from this Blender 5.1.1 and 5.2.0 series

• Compositor String to Image Node
• Compositor String nodes
• Geometry Nodes Rename Attribute node
• New Input Properties for Compositor Modifiers in the Sequencer modifier stack
• Better HDR color scope support

And many more bug fixes and more!

• Bforartists-5.1.1-Linux.tar.xz
• Bforartists-5.1.1-Mac-Silicon.dmg
• Bforartists-5.1.1-Windows.zip
• Bforartists-5.1.1-x86_64.AppImage
• bforartists_5.1.1.deb
• Install_Bforartists5_511.exe
• releasenote_bforartists5_511.txt

Properties editor

• object data properties with a point cloud - attributes panel, add icon #6202
• Collection tab - Instancing panel - Instance offset menu - missing icons #5227
• Collections tab - Instancing panel - instance offset menu - add icons #6154
• object properties with cycles - motion blur panel - missing decorator #6251

Default Asset Library

• Add Raycast Shader Edges #6474
• Child Addon doesn't have any version, won't update #6459
• Refine Smart mesh blend to fix bug, thumbnail and intersection #6457
• Expose normal blur controlsa and fix the material override #6408

3D View

• Weight Paint - Missing gradient weight and strength sliders in header #6494
• Object Mode - Mesh - Context Menu - Join has no icon #6056
• New Navigation Gizmo Toolbar background #6422

Compositor

• New String to Image node #6483
• Add the Utilities - Text into the sidebar #6489
• Sidebar > Options - Performance panel - Remove broken property "use_view_border" #6468

Properties Editor

• Particles tab - specials menu - add icon to convert to curves #6177
• Strip Modifiers - Non-Linear property is removed #6487
• Modifiers - Layout is broken #6454

Toolbar/Topbar

• Manager Panel - Improve collapsible sections #6381
• Python API - Toolbar-specific functions exposed for non-toolbar menus #6415

Properties

• Sequencer Strip - Transform - Mirror needs indent to new line #6437
• Modifiers - Mirror - Improve layout #6451

Toolbar

• Align X and Y icons missing #6427
• Manager Panel - Pressing ENTER disables toolbar sections #6383

Other

• Warning: Console shows missing brushes (regression) #6450
• UV Editor - Context Menu - Stitch missing icon #6486
• Area Edge Options - Merge Edges needs an icon #6485
• Geometry Nodes - New Rename Attribute node #6482
• Shader Nodes - Glossy missing #6480
• Icon - Filter needs to be "inverted" when filter is a drop down #6473
• Graph Editor - new Smooth (Gaussian) modifier #6410
• Cleanup: Sculpt - Header - Automasking property panel needs love #6469
• Defautl Asset Library - Normals asset needs thumbnail cleanup #6472
• Cleanup: Interface - Remove unused functions #6461
• Grease Pencil - Draw mode - Expose "Add" line operators to top level with new icons #6403
• UI - Core - Split boolean properties not expanding full space when in toggle mode #6447
• Topbar/Toolbar - Add Region Hud support #6445
• BLI_Vector.hh - Set back to use default_inline_buffer_capacity #6443
• Sequencer - Make Connect/Disconnect Strips contextual as a single operator and expose to Toolshelf #6303
• Top Bar - Remove "Show/Hide" topbar button (redundant) #6438
• Space Toolbar - Wrong align icon names #6441
• Uvedit_select.cc - move #include out of namespace #6432
• Icons - Update new `FILTER_FILLED` icon to match Bforartists UI #6421
• Linux - Wayland Icon : Replace blender's for Bforartists icon #6435
• Essentials Assets - Improve Curve to Tube to work better with Grease Pencil #6429
• Non Linear Animation - Make channels top padding rows better #6425
• Tools - Sidebar - Weird spacing in three-column layout #6418
• 3DView - Viewport Shading - Improve Scene World disclosure icon position #6411
• Preferences - When switching to OpenGL or Vulkan, it says to restart "Blender" #6406
• Presentation Slides - Remove the playback hook and let it use built in playback method #6407

Splashscreen is kindly provided by Krysidian and the @Umbraven_cu (Instagram) Team, the latest winner of the Splashscreen submissions competition hosted in the Discord server! Thank you!

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