Bforartists 4 version 4.2.0 - a Feature Update from Blender

This release has a new fresh set of features including Brush Assets, Grease Pencil 3.0 with Geometry Nodes compatibility, EEVEE 2.0, Multi-pass AOV's in the Viewport Compositor, and offline and online extensions love! With another 151 task and features added to everything from the latest from Blender 4.2.0 and 4.3.0 Alpha (main branch) to the date.

Downloads available from both Github and the Website

Downloads:
https://www.bforartists.de/download/

Release Notes:
https://www.bforartists.de/release-notes/

Blender Release notes now merged and updated into Bforartists:
https://www.blender.org/download/releases/

Splashscreen is kindly provided by Eraser45-Studio, the latest winner of the Splashscreen Competition hosted in the Discord server.

Thanks again for all your artwork, feedback and love! And a very special thanks to the community and developers for supporting this project.

Draise, Reiner, Blenux (Juso), Sean, Znight, Iyad and all supporters

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All icons are horizontally offset by one pixel #4462
Hard Crash when scaling a Grease Pencil after drawing a stroke#4518
Default Library Addon - Create Brush Assets category list similar to the Essentials #4489
3D View - Sidebar - Brush Settings - Expose operators to top level in a consistent data management method #4487
Preferences - Extensions - Move "Uninstall" to a to level, now in the extension tab #4504
Preferences - Extensions - Add operator to "jump" to theme editing #4509
Preferences - Extensions - View Details needs an icon #4507
User Interface - Adjust Icons #4513
Preferences - Extensions - Remove double "Clear Theme" operator #4508
Preferences - Extensions + Tab move tags to far right #4505
Splashscreen - First use has wrong previous Bforartists version #4511
Extensions - Add a "Bforartists" sub-filter for legacy addons and change filters to "tabs" like old Addons #4273
Addons - Add new row of operators to bring common operators to top level, like legacy Addons #4275
Extensions - Create a smoother "migration" from legacy to pre-downloaded extensions with a single click (no internet needed) #4325
Default Workspaces - UV Editing - Console warnings #4475
Addons - Move Install and Refesh to a top level #4430
Extensions - Themes - Expose "Set/Clear" to a top level #4433
Properties Editor - Pin to Last needs to be "unified" and exposed to top level #4338
Sequencer - Add Preview Snapping header buttons to Preview mode #4477
Dope Sheet - New Bake Channel operator #4474
Sequencer - Preview & Sequencer Preview Snapping properties float left #4476
3D View - Armature - Pose Mode - Selection Sets is now a panel and needs consistent iconography #4479
3D View - Armature - Pose Mode - Missing icon on Select Parent #4478
Geometry Nodes - Geometry - Write - New Geometry Set Name node #4491
Remove dat files of the icons in release/datafiles #4493
Geometry Nodes - Geometry - Input - New Gizmo nodes for modifier mode #4490
Crash to desktop with Edit Source in the UI #4484
3D View - Sculpt Mode - Facesets Panel - Missing operator "sculpt.reveal_all" in the tabbed toolshelf #4480
3D View - Grease Pencil - Draw Mode - Sidebar panels cause a hard crash #4483
rna_texture.cc , create Musgrave texture icon #4481
Do a code comparison between Blender and Bforartists #4466
Preferences, Extensions, Repository dropdown, missing icons in the remove dialog #4372
Shader Editor , World mode, missing icon for Gabor node #4463
Preferences, Add-Ons tab, missing icon in Add-ons Settings menu #4469
Extensions - Add Addon/Theme icon indicator to listings #4435
Extensions - Refresh Addons (for legacy) needs to be exposed to GUI #4304
Shader Editor , World mode, missing icon for Wave Length node #4461
Geometry Nodes- Tools Mode - Input - Scene - New Mouse Position node #4235
Shader editor, World mode, Troubled icon for Background #4460
Toolbar , Primitives, blank icon for add point cloud #4457
3D View - Grease Pencil Draw Mode - Convert tabbed toolshelf panel errors #4443
Top Toolbar - Add new "Image Mesh Plane" with new icon, remove legacy addon #4318
3D View - Grease Pencil Object - Header: Remove double #4426
Extensions - Change the Theme/Addonto a button row instead of drop down and add icons #4434
Eevee, move jittered shadows prop from Rendertab to World tab #4422
3D View - Grease Pencil Object - Header: Remove the "Guides" label when activated #4427
Curve in edit mode, Set Handle Type prop in header shows double tooltip title #4438
Geometry Nodes - Utility - New Matrix category of nodes #4232
Sequencer - dysfunctional hotkey for Delete Retiming keys operator #4441
Sculpting, Facesets menu - Show/ Hide , separate tooltips #4175
Sequencer - Movie Clip Strip - New Movie Clip panel - Float check boxes left #4405
3D View - middle aligned props in the header #4436
3D View - Grease Pencil Draw Mode - Animation icons need updating (All icons) #4445
Icon Update - Improve some scale and readibility #4442
Icons - Playback icons need better margins to center #4444
3D View- Curve object - Edit mode - Expose Set Handle Type to Header #4034
Sequencer - Expose hidden "Delete Retiming Data" operator to GUI #4227
Preferences - Change "Get Extensions" to "Extensions" for label consistency #4428
Addons - Install legacy and extension from local is the same operator now, expose to top level #4343
Preferences - System - Network Panel - Float "Allow Online Access" left #4315
Extensions - Add icon to "Update" button on extensions #4306
Preferences, Extensions, Repository dropdown, align left in add dialog #4373
Properties - World/Lights - Settings - Shadow - Float Jitter Left, hidden disabled content #4317
Eevee Render properties , Sampling Panel, Shadows subpanel, align volume shadows checkbox left #4421
General Properties Context Menu - New Copy Driver to Selected #4267
Properties Editor - EEVEE-next - Sampling Panel - Shadow subpanel - Volume Shadows float left and hide content #4320
Top Toolbar/File Import - Add addon conditional checks for some of the import/export operators in the GUI code #4391
Sequencer - Text Object - Style Box is permenantly disabled #4387
Sequencer - Text Object - Style Panel - Float Outline checkbox left #4388
Properties Editor - Armature - Bone - Per bone Shpae Custom Wire Width float left and move label out #4339
Preferences - Extensions - refactor Repository dropdown, Advanced #4409
Properties Editor - Light Probe objects - Viewport Display - Float left #4412
Properties Editor - EEVEE - View Layer Tab - Filter Panel - Float left #4413
3D View - Sculpt - Mask brushes - Float Active Tool props left (refression) #4414
Properties Editor - Light Probe Sphere - Intensity prop now gone #4415
Icon - New TAG icon #4383
EEVEE - Light Probe Object - Properties Editor - Float Viewport Display checkboxes left #4385
Geometry Nodes - Input - Scene - Named Layer Selection #4404
Default Theme - Generated Keyframe Type could be improved #4406
Geometry Nodes - Geometry - Operations - Bake Node - Sidepanel properties - Float Custom Folder checkbox left #4408
File Browser - Sub Panel Header issue #4397
Geometry Nodes - Capture Attribute has missing domains #4349
Topbar/ File Export - Fix PLY #4392
Documentation - Node Editors - Overlays - Toggle #4382
Linux Builds - Scroll Wheel Zoom is Inverted in 4.1.1 #4291
Preferences, Extensions tab, extensions, double entry Uninstall #4376
Preferences, Extensions, double menu entries Check for updates and Install available Updates #4375
Im and export menus - missing icons #4362
3D View - Sculpt Mode - Automasking - Area Normal regression, move labels out of sliders #4368
Sequencer - Options - Show Cache is removed #4369
Extensions - Remove Nodewrangle from our defaults, as it's now a core addon and will be an extension #4345
Submodules - Remove x3d submodule. #4366
Multiple Addons with the same name error #4363
Image Editor - View menu - remove settings #4365
Animation Editors - View menu - New Frame Scene/Preview Range operators #4341
Timeline, View menu, area sub menu is missing #4364
Node Editors - CTRL+DBL-LMB renames socket should be mentioned in a tooltip #4335
Unexpected commits in lib/windows64 and release/datafiles/assets #4352
Node Editor - Add menu - Instances - Inconsistent icon for instance transform #4359
Status Bar - Extensions Update offline status could have a label #4337
Preferences, Extensions, Repository dropdown popup - align content left #4360
3D View - Sculpt - Sculpt header - Move Polyline Hide to Legacy (and add icon and document) #4269
3D View - Hair Curves object - Edit Mode - Control Points - New Extrude and Move curves operator #4321
Preferences - Extensions - Install from disk needs an icon #4361
Icon - New INTERNET_OFFLINE icon needed #4340
Double addon set pose library #4292
Extensions - Add Extension Tags filter #4280
Geometry Nodes- Tools Mode - Input - Scene - New Viewport Transform #4234
3D View - Sidebar - Fix merge regressions in View tab, View panel #4347
Geometry Nodes - Instances - New Instance Transform attribute input node #4342
3D View - Sculpt Mode - Sculpt header legacy - new Line Trim #4252
General - Sub Menus has wrong icon for dropdowns (change to solid triangle) #4247
3D View - Sculpt Mode - Move Box Add and Lasso Add out of legacy into Sculpt Header #4251
3D View - Sculpt Mode - Regression in Sculpt header menu with double entries #4250
Compositor - Sidebar - Options - Float checkboxes left (and remove legacy features from documentation) #4263
Geometry Nodes - Instances - New Transform Instances node #4322
Properties editor - Render tab - Simplify panel - align Normals prop left #4351
Asset Shelf - Armature Pose Asset - Context Menu has missing icons #4260
Extensions - Permission to the Blender extensions website broken #4344
Properpties Editor - Grease Pencil Object - Modifier - remove double entry Apply from the header menu #4334
Proerpties Editor - Grease Pencil Object - Modifier - Duplicate to Selected needs an icon #4331
Dopesheet - View Header - Double entries #4237
Animation Editors - Marker Menu - Hidden "Bind Camera to Marker" should be exposed #4238
Extensions - Add a visual indicator to what is an "Addon" and what is a "Theme" #4279
Extension - Rename the "Install from disk" to "Install Extension" #4285
Build blender thumbnailer and launcher #4217
Extensions - Make filters drop use labels and indents, float left #4274
Preferences, Extensions, Install menu - improve tooltip for Install Extension #4289
Geometry node editor, sidebar in icon only mode. Missing Bake icon in geometry chapter, subchapter Operations #4293
Sequencer - Sidebar - View panel - Snew Show Missing Media oeprator float left #4231
Remove duplicate Blender macOS related files #4294
User Preferences - Extensions - User Settings - remove the Keymap tab entry #4299
UV Editor - View menu - rename UV Tabs to Tool Shelf Tabs #4297
Sequencer, Image, Clip Editors - Zoom Sub-Menu now inconsistent #4236
Geometry Nodes - Tool Mode - Geometry - Read - New "Active Element" node #4295
Geometry Nodes - Input - Constant - New Rotation node #4261
View3D - Viewport Gizmos - Double entry #4328
Extensions - Install from Disk - missing strict entry. #4287
Properties Editor - Modifiers - New column for "Normals" needs fixes #4314
Extensions - Add some official "legacy" extensions as "sideloaded" submodules to assit merges and preserve our changes #4311
Extensions - Add/pre-download legacy addons to Extensions "Core" addons #4272
Devops - Get Bforartists on Windows Store (and in turn get it certified for the installer) #4229
Brush Icons - Revert missing icons (for now) #4259
Geometry Nodes - Utilities - New Align Rotation to Vector and Rotate Axis nodes #4248
Extensions - Add icons to install and uninstall buttons #4277
Properties Context Menu - Driver operators are greyed out (but work) #4270
Properties Editor - Add Menus - Remove from Selected operator #4193
Properties Editor - Add menus hold down ALT to "add" to all selected #4249
Properties Editors - Collections Tab - Exporters Panel - missing icons in the add menu #4228
Timeline Editor - Double props, should only be in the properties area #4225
Power User Tools Addon - Frame Jump operators #4226