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Full log is here: http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.66/Usability#Matcap_in_3D_viewport Implementation notes: - Matcaps are an extension of Solid draw mode, and don't show in other drawmodes. (It's mostly intended to aid modeling/sculpt) - By design, Matcaps are a UI feature, and only stored locally for the UI itself, and won't affect rendering or materials. - Currently a set of 16 (GPL licensed) Matcaps have been compiled into Blender. It doesn't take memory or cpu time, until you use it. - Brush Icons and Matcaps use same code now, and only get generated/allocated on actually using it (instead of on startup). - The current set might get new or different images still, based on user feedback. - Matcap images are 512x512 pixels, so each image takes 1 Mb memory. Unused matcaps get freed immediately. The Matcap icon previews (128x128 pixels) stay in memory. - Loading own matcap image files will be added later. That needs design and code work to get it stable and memory-friendly. - The GLSL code uses the ID PreviewImage for matcaps. I tested it using the existing Material previews, which has its limits... especially for textured previews the normal-mapped matcap won't look good.
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