New: Clump pattern knots, various manipulator improvements
New: Alembic export dialog uses Qt (replacing the old Win32 version)
New: Strand rotations Alembic import/export
New: Removed Edit Guides channel value spinner. Color box is used for all channel types
New: Icons for all Modify panel UI buttons
Fixed: Crashes due to strand channel UI initialization
Fixed: Mesh color channel not being assignable
Fixed: Avoid callbacks while setting up strand channel controls, leads to unnecessary evaluations
Fixed: Redundant parameter loading from paramblock after each transform end action in clump modifier
Fixed: Improved clump selection by including strand widths into hit testing
Fixed: Default brush textures not installed
Fixed: Clump manipulator cage not updating during drags
Fixed: Deprecated ChannelOverlayType parameter, displayed channel type inferred from selected channel
Fixed: Moved hair overlay data assignment in Edit Guides to end of evaluation to display painted channels
Fixed: Assertion when trying to use an inexsiting channel
Fixed: Different default values in Edit Guides for created per-strand and per-vertex values
Fixed: Clump manipulator transforms sometimes incorrect at the base
Fixed: Transfer Normals modifier doesn't do anything
Fixed: Slow UI navigation after caching the roots

Marsel Khadiyev (Software Developer, EPHERE Inc.)