Face-varying normals are now imported from Alembic.
(e9c149d911).
Importing is now possible with relative paths, and respects the
'Relative Paths' user preference.
(34143e4510).
The Auto Smooth flag can be used to toggle flat/smooth shading on an
imported mesh. This only works when the Alembic mesh doesn't contain
face normals (if it does contain normals, those are used as-is).
(dffe702d78).
Alpha channel support for WebM/VP9 video.
(43b7512a59)
RGB mode (contrary to RGBA) support for various video formats, like
Quicktime RLE/Animation. Previously these always included an alpha
channel.
(08a6321501).
Only directly linked objects are now added to the scene when
appending. Indirectly linked objects will be used by the directly
linked objects but not visible in the scene.
(37b4384b59).
Prefetching support, to automatically fill the cache with frames after
the current frame in the background. This can be enabled in the
sequencer Preview, in the View Settings in the sidebar
(ab3a9dc1ed).
New operator to add and remove fades for all strips(volume or opacity
property)
(2ec025d7be)