Reference/Release Notes/2.81/Grease Pencil

= Blender 2.81: Grease Pencil =

User Interface

 * Edit Mode Menu reorganization: The old single stroke menu was divided into Grease Pencil, Stroke and Point menu.
 * Edit Mode Context Menu reorganization: The old single context menu was divided into Stroke and Point menu.
 * Draw Mode Menu updates
 * Mask Selection in Sculpt Mode now support modes for selection (point, stroke, In between) Separately from Edit Mode selection modes.
 * Stroke placement now use smaller numbers to determine the offset
 * Object data updates: Opacity and Blend controls have been changed for consistency, Mask control is accesible now only at layer list and Show only On Keyframed toggle was moved to Display Layer section.
 * Paste to active layer by default and change names.
 * When set Stroke Select Mode in Edit, the edit points are not displayed and the current selection is extended to the full stroke for any selected stroke.
 * Overlays: a new property to include Grease Pencil objects to the Fade 3D Object control was added. Name was changed to Fade Object to reflect the change.




 * Overlays: Fade layers using background color and available in all modes.
 * Menu items order in Arrange Menu changed to make more consistent with the distance.
 * New Simplify Layer Tinting to disable all tints in one step.
 * New postprocesing Simplify option for brushes.

Operators

 * New Merge by Distance operator (Clean Up Menu).
 * New Simplify Sample operator.
 * Improved algorith for the Smooth Operator when using Thickness and Strength.
 * New option to convert Curves to Grease Pencil strokes.




 * New Set as Active Material to establish the active object material based on the selected stroke material.

Tools

 * Improvement in Guides: Better snapping, new ISO grid option for lines specified by Angle, radial snapping mode uses Angle as an offset




 * Improvements in Strokes ending. (b393b135245e)




 * Improvements when move mouse/pen very fast - Smart Smooth. (12688a6636da)
 * New Brushes and presets.



Modifiers

 * Move Modifiers evaluation from the Draw Manager to the Depsgraph.
 * Improved Noise Modifier with a new seed value.
 * Grease Pencil Modifiers have a new influence filter by a single material
 * Simplify Modifier has two new modes: Sample and Merge
 * Opacity Modifier has a new Strength mode

Materials

 * New Self Overlap parameter in materials to disabled the stencil effect on the strokes.




 * New Default Material for strokes when material slots are empty