Hehe yeah this is a very Blenderesque case : under the hood it is actually really quite elegant (as being able to pack while still allowing refreshes from source is truly a great design imho - it allows me to work very safely with all the advantages of working from external textures, while still being certain that I won't…
Hi there again @Tiles I think you are missing my point by about a mile :D Well of course the file in question is packed, as it is what "Automatically pack into .blend" does, and both the UI and behavior indicate that it is. My hypothetical at the end of last post was only in reaction to your suggestion that if it was…
@tynew : working without a gizmo is probably the biggest (and positive) paradigm shift indeed. There are a couple more things too : • Off-hand transformation (there is no official name for that, that's just what i call it). The idea is that on top of not having to grab any onscreen gizmo, there is also no need to grab onto…