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_The meeting will be on [date=2024-07-25 time=18:00:00 timezone="Europe/Amsterdam"]. It is open for everybody interested to join the video call (link below)._

People present are referred to by first name for brevity. Others are referred to by full name.

## Links

- **[Video Call][videocall]**. Note that there are no recordings of the meeting. This way everybody is free to say or show anything.
- [A&R Module Meetings calendar][calendar] for inclusion in your own calendar
- [Previous][prev] meeting notes
- [Issues][issues] & [Pull Requests][PRs]
- [#animation-module][chat] chat channel
- [Draft agenda][draft] for any upcoming meetings

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[videocall]: https://demo.bigbluebutton.org/rooms/hek-mdi-bqd-vao/join
[calendar]: https://stuvel.eu/anim-meetings/
[draft]: https://hackmd.io/@anim-rigging/rkRuV4Nc3
[issues]: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues?state=open&labels=268
[PRs]: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls?state=open&labels=268
[chat]: https://blender.chat/channel/animation-module

## Since the Last Meeting / Announcements

- Communication: avoid 'Baklava', but use the actual goals / features, like 'Multi-Slot Actions', 'Layered Actions', etc.

## Landed

Names are from the Git log. This list is limited to functional improvements & bugfixes.

**Blender**
- [9f944fe53c1: Fix: key insertion sometimes treats layered actions as legacy actions](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/9f944fe53c1) (*Nathan Vegdahl*) (2024-07-19)
- [8fc617d8e25: Cleanup: Animation: Remove pose library UI hint about the new asset shelf UI](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/8fc617d8e25) (*George Mavroeidis*) (2024-07-22)
- [9155f2336ba: Anim: rebuild depsgraph relations when creating a new F-Curve](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/9155f2336ba) (*Sybren A. Stüvel*) (2024-07-23)
- [990134af260: Anim: fix a crash showing the dopesheet with multi-slot Actions](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/990134af260) (*Sybren A. Stüvel*) (2024-07-23)
- [9427ec3f400: Fix #125063: Anim: layered Action data is still loaded in 4.2-release](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/9427ec3f400) (*Sybren A. Stüvel*) (2024-07-25)
- [da458c66e5b: Anim: only show Action Slot panel when experimental flag set](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/da458c66e5b) (*Sybren A. Stüvel*) (2024-07-25)
- [abf0a2ba05a: Anim: rename 'Baklava' panel to 'Animation Debug'](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/abf0a2ba05a) (*Sybren A. Stüvel*) (2024-07-25)
- [651a7522a48: Refactor: Anim, rename leftover 'binding' references to 'slot'](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/651a7522a48) (*Sybren A. Stüvel*) (2024-07-25)
- [d4984216de5: Anim: Backward compatibility API for Action.fcurves](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/d4984216de5) (*Sybren A. Stüvel*) (2024-07-25)
- [28dd78457a8: Fix #125169: autokeying with only insert available generates an empty action](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/28dd78457a8) (*Christoph Lendenfeld*) (2024-07-25)
- [d5c6096a7bd: Anim: Action editor, show slot ID type icon on the right-hand side](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/d5c6096a7bd) (*Sybren A. Stüvel*) (2024-07-25)
- [a8ee0b9a050: Anim: add Action Slot selector to Action editor](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/a8ee0b9a050) (*Sybren A. Stüvel*) (2024-07-25)
- [163baad17eb: Fix #125064 : Cursor Value to Selected wrong with Normalized FCurves](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/163baad17eb) (*Philipp Oeser*) (2024-07-25)

## Ongoing Work

[weekly-c]: https://projects.blender.org/ChrisLend/.profile/src/branch/main/reports/2024.md
[weekly-n]: https://projects.blender.org/nathanvegdahl/.profile/src/branch/main/reports/2024.md
[weekly-s]: https://projects.blender.org/dr.sybren/.profile/src/branch/main/reports/2024.md
[highprio]: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues?q=&type=all&sort=&state=open&labels=268%2c285&milestone=0&project=0&assignee=0&poster=0

- [High Prio][highprio] bugs:
- ~~[#124891: Removing bone collections through blender api crashes Blender](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/124891)~~ (closed as not a bug)
- Christoph:
- [Christoph's weekly report][weekly-c]
- [#121523: Anim: Eyedropper for bone properties](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/121523) getting there thanks to the feedback from demeter, still a few things that don't work well.
- [#125327: Anim: Remove empty FCurves from layered Actions](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/125327)
- https://hackmd.io/@anim-rigging/r170e_6PC Brainstorming ideas for layered action operators.
- Nathan:
- [Nathan's weekly report][weekly-n]
- Working on getting layered actions working in the NLA (for backwards compatability reasons, etc.). Did exploratory coding to figure out how to do it, and now working on doing it for real.
- Sybren:
- [Sybren's weekly report][weekly-s]
- [Project Leads meeting](https://devtalk.blender.org/t/2024-07-19-projects-updates-meeting/35798)
- [#125416: Anim: add Action Slot selector to Action editor](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/125416)
- [#124714: Anim: forward & backward compatibility with layered & legacy Actions](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/124714)
- New life in [#72389: Pivot Bone Constraint - wrong offset and pivot](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/72389), might be worth looking into?
- Will be working on [Online Asset Repositories](https://devtalk.blender.org/t/2024-07-22-out-of-the-box-online-assets/35855) in 2024 Q4, so better hurry up with Baklava Phase 1.
- Animator meeting at Blender HQ, with Rik Schutte, Hjalti Hjálmarsson, and Pablo Fournier:
- No meeting, due to other priorities.

## Patches: Review & Decision Time

- TBD

## Help Needed

- TBD

## Next Meeting

The next meeting will be on Thursday [date=2024-08-01 time=18:00:00 timezone="Europe/Amsterdam"]. Again it will be open for everybody who’s interested. The [provisionary meeting agenda][draft] will be updated before the meeting.