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Small tweaks to blender2.5 Makefiles...
commented out srclib and pythonlib since its not there
added new include dir for window stuff so things could find headers..

Kent

Directional Blur Node
Directional Blur node allows the users to do various blur operations on the input
image. It essentially offers three different kind of ways of blurring in one node.
It is possible to blur using a certain direction, spin and zoom. These three ways
can be used in conjunction.

The node contains following controls:
*Iterations, Wrap
*Center: X, Y
*Distance, Angle
*Spin
*Zoom

Iterations is used to determine the smoothness of the result. The more iterations,
the smoother result. Low values are good for preview.

Wrap means that the image is wrapped as if it was tiled on both x and y directions.
To see better what this means, try it with spin for instance.

Center values (X and Y) determine the location which is used as a pivot point for
the operations. It is center (0.5) of the image by default.

Distance and angle are used to adjust directional blur. The result can be described
as a sweep that varies based on given distance (bigger distance, longer sweep) and
angle. Angle is given in degrees.

Spin produces rotating blur based on given angle. Yet again it is in degrees. Also
negative values work.

Zoom causes the image to be zoomed towards set center point (Center values).

Thanks to Alfredo de Greef (eeshlo) for contribution.

Possible development ideas:
*Make an algorithm to extend image in case spin is used. Extend would temporarily
change the size of the canvas of the input image. Canvas would be filled based on
colors on the edges of the input image. After the blur operation has been done,
the image would be cropped back to normal size. The advantage of this would be nicer
result of spin (no problems with image size) on a computational cost.
*Make values animatable. This is something that is better solved on more general
level. ("everything is animatable" paradigm)
*Provide an option to calculate automatic value for iterations. A good value that
produces a smooth result could be calculated based on direction deltas. This would be
useful in conjuction of animatable values.

==Python API==
added mipmap as an option for Blender.Get/Set

== PoseLib - Bugfixes ==

* Fixed crash using Interactive Preview, on an armature without a PoseLib

* Cancelling Interactive Preview now correctly restores the original Pose

* Interactive Preview now sets the correct active pose after it is run

* Interactive Preview now also updates the buttons window after it is run

* Clicking on the "New PoseLib" button now creates a new PoseLib action, even when one existed before

* Poses can be applied using the Pose browsing menu (i.e. when a menu item from that list is clicked, that pose is assigned)

Toggle links tool for Node Editor
This commit adds a new tool, Toggle Links, to the node editor. This tool
allows the user to toggle the status (linked/not linked) between desired
sockets. The tool can be used either by using the f key or the menus.

This functionality is analogue to one found in object editing modes except
for its additional toggle functionality.

To use this tool, the user has to first select an input and an output socket.
Selecting is done by clicking with right mouse button on a socket. After the
tool has been invoked, the link between those two sockets is toggled. The
result may vary based on existing linkage.

There can be only one input and one output selected at maximum in a node
tree. This means that if the user selects a socket while one of the same
type is already selected, the old one will be deselected.

The tool complements the current way of connecting nodes. One possible use
for it is to use it to review output of nodes by using a viewer node. Just
select wanted input socket of a viewer node, set it visible and use selection
of an output socket in conjuction with f key to show the output in the viewer
node. Select another output and hit f to see its output and so on.

== PoseLib - Added 2 features ==

* When previewing poses, it is now possible to manipulate the view to look at the pose from another angle. It is a known issue, that the normal header displays when using the MMB to do so.

* Added a tool to "validate" or sync its PoseLib data to the keys stored in the Action.

== Multires ==

Fixed a crash on adding a UV layer to a multires mesh while in editmode.

== Sculpt ==

Fixed a memory leak when using the interactive brush resize tool.

== Sculpt ==

Fixed bad level calls in sculptmode.

This is patch: [#7975] imbuf for DDS textures: improved read support and a few bugs fixed

Kent

Notes From the author:
The attached patch syncs the DDS code in Blender with the latest revision
(324) of the nvidia texture tools. This fixes a few minor issues and adds
support for a more types of DDS textures, in particular uncompressed textures
that don't have the standard 16, 24, or 32 bits per pixel.

Note: I have started using the nvidia texture tools convention for naming
integer types (uint, uint16, uint8, uint64 etc.) because doing so makes it
much easier to merge patches from upstream. Since the code is compiled
separately from the rest of Blender, this likely does not pose a problem.
However, if there turns out to be a good reason for avoiding those nvidia type
names from upstream, I'd be happy to fix it.

Regards,
Amorilia

== Multires ==

Fixed multires_update_colors so it ignores the editmesh during render.

== Sequencer ==

Moved status info bar into panels. It was always shown on the wrong place...
Added anim-startofs and anim-endofs, so that one can specify the range of
_input_ that should be used.

There is a subtle difference to start-ofs and end-ofs,
which will show, when you use "Reverse Frames" or "Speed Control". Both
effects operate on the input-range and _not_ on the display range! Now
you can control both in a comfortable way. Only thing missing: a button
to copy start-ofs and end-ofs to anim-startofs and anim-endofs.
(Andy: that was the feature you missed, when storyboarding with the sequencer
and the speed control effect :)

Also: added File-Name and Dir-Name to redirect input as needed.

== MSVC 7.1 projectfiles ==
- added missing files to projectfiles
- cleaned up thumbnail creation to avoid dependency on BKE_

Node curves to maintain handle status after adding a control point
Node curves maintain handles status (normal, auto, vector) even after adding
a control point now. This makes the behavior the same as in case of removing a control
point. Previously the status of handles was reseted.

Bugfix, Peach collection:

- new "preview" image in material caused crash because copy/paste material
didn't support it yet.

== Sequencer ==

Moved N-keys dialog into panel (sub panel of "Scene")
_much_ better :)

Since UI-code isn't directly my main field of coding, please check
thoroughly...

=Particle bugfix=

Hair keys were saved via a non-sdna function, which resulted
in endian problems. As ton pointed out on irc, he invented
sdna for a reason!

== PoseLib - Pose-Library Tool for Blender ==
"A slightly late Christmas present for the Animators out there :-)"

This tool allows animators to store frequently used poses in an action, and be able to label those poses to help them retrieve them later. In a way, it acts as a glorified clipboard for poses.

One of the cool features with this is the ability to select which stored pose to use interactively in the 3d-view. Once a few poses have been stored in the PoseLib, simply use the "Ctrl L" hotkey to start previewing. Use the Mousewheel or the Page Up/Down keys to change poses, and confirm/cancel the preview in the same way as you do for transforms.

Usage Notes:
* Each Armature may get its own PoseLib. PoseLibs are simply actions with extra data, so they can get relinked.
* Manually editing actions used as PoseLibs is not a good idea, as some data may not be able to be found. Tools to automagically find poses in an action could be investigated...
* PoseLib will only apply/retrieve poses to/from selected bones
* A basic UI for this can be found in the "Links and Materials" panel. Most of the PoseLib tools are presented there.

Useful Hotkeys (also found in Pose->PoseLib menu):
* Ctrl L - interactively preview poses
* Shift L - add a new pose or replace an existing pose in the PoseLib with the current pose
* Ctrl Shift L - rename an existing pose in the PoseLib
* Alt L - remove a pose from the poselib.c

=Scons ffmpeg link order update=

Update link order for ffmpeg on win32, patch provided by
Anders Nor "Debolaz" Berle on irc.

== Multires ==

Fixed bad level calls within multires usage.