Reference/Release Notes/2.83/Grease Pencil

= Blender 2.83: Grease Pencil =

Completely rewritten from scratch, the new Grease Pencil is much faster and better integrated with Blender. 

Drawing Engine

 * FPS improvement for files with high amount of strokes.
 * Blender Lights now affect Grease Pencil objects materials.
 * VFX results are zoom independent and look the same in viewport or render.
 * Better management of alpha avoiding all known issues.
 * Update Viewport shading modes for better consistency with meshes.
 * Mask system refactor.
 * Smoother Drawing of Fast Strokes.
 * Better Stroke Quality when drawing hard angles.




 * Grease Pencil shader Updates:
 * UI and names updates.
 * Fill checkerboard was removed.
 * Add Alpha control to stroke and Fill Base colors.

User Interface

 * Updated 2D Animation template




 * Full review of Grease Pencil Brushes UI (topbar and Properties Editor) for consistency with other Blender brushes.
 * Review of Brush presets to improve drawing experience.
 * Control to activate the use of Blender lights in Grease Pencil objects.
 * New Materials preset.
 * Modifiers, Updates UI to be more consistent with other Blender Modifiers.
 * New context menus.
 * Animation (I key).
 * Change the Active Layer (Y key).
 * New Active Layer selector in Brushes context menu.
 * New Toggle to scale the stroke thickness while editing strokes.
 * New Masks List view.
 * Dopesheet, Remove Active Only control, now it shows only Grease Pencil that are in the current scene.
 * Overlays updates.
 * New Material Name option.
 * New Vertex Paint opacity.
 * New Show Stroke Directions (Moved from Viewport Diplay in Properties panel).
 * Fade objects and Grease Pencil objetcs updates.
 * Grid now is occluded by 3D geometry if the geometry is in front.

Operators

 * New Operators for Materials and Vertext color.
 * New Merge Similar Materials operator.
 * New Reset fill transform.
 * Updates in Paint operators to better result when drawing fast strokes.

Tools

 * New complete Vertex Paint Mode Tools.




 * Sculpt and Weight Paint brushes and are now real Blender Brushes.
 * Sculpt, Weight and Vertex Paint brushes now support all types of falloff curves.
 * Eyedropper tool now support the creation of Materials or Palettes color.
 * New Transform Fill tool to adjust UV.




 * New Tint tool for adding vertex color while in Draw Mode.




 * Draw brushes, color toggle to use Base color material or Vertex Color.

Modifiers

 * Updated Modifiers UI to be more consistent with other Modifiers in Blender.
 * Influence Filters updates.
 * Panel was unified and more compact for all modifiers.
 * New Custom Curves to shape the modifier effect along the strokes.
 * Tint Modifier, add color Gradient functionality.




 * Array Modifier, removed Keep on top option.
 * Multiple Strokes modifier, Removed Angle Split from.
 * Tint, Opacity and HSV modifiers, Removed Create Material option.
 * Now modifiers support Link operator to duplicate between objects.

VFX

 * Effects only visible in Render mode.
 * Blur VFX, Camera Depth of field improvements and add blur rotation.
 * Colorize VFX, add Mix factor for all the modes.
 * Glow VFX, add Blend modes, size and rotation.
 * Swirl VFX, Removed Transparent option.
 * Removed Light VFX (now replaced with the use of Blender Lights).