New: Option in HairFromGuides to adopt per-strand and per-vertex channels from guides
New: Added "Length Dependent" parameter to Frizz
New: HairFromMeshStrips can export a strip index channel for each polygon strip
New: "Distance to object" generation type works meshes in Generate Strand Data operator
New: Memory improvements due to reduced internal object copying
New: Added region map to clumper
New: Added an option to clumper to preserve hair length
New: Added an option to FrizzNode to export a per-strand channel containing values whether strands are outliers or not
New: Added an option to disable/enable root points locking in PushAwatFromSurface operator
Fixed: Warning message printed when reducing brush strength to minimum value
Fixed: Clumper out of range access after changing hair point count
Fixed: mbic files where curves hair differing point counts are imported incorrectly
Fixed: GuidesShape does not show in viewport if AnimationCache is on top
Fixed: MEL error and warnings when switching Edit Guides operators and entering into brush mode
Fixed: Incorrect widths from Alembic imports with global width value
Fixed: MEL error when selecting Move mode after planting guides
Fixed: Single click selection doesn't work correctly in EditStrands mode
Fixed: Hair UVs are located at 0,0 when exporting to .abc
Fixed: Guide selection not working properly in Root mode
Fixed: Slow performance when using reference files
Fixed: Assertion when opening a scene containing Edit Guides selection set and a GroundStrandsNode
Fixed: "Assign Control Guides" button not working on Maya 2018
Fixed: Guide channel colors are not visible in viewport
Fixed: Problem with Cacher (Vector out of range access) after Frizz amount ramp change
Fixed: EditGuides displays the wrong amount of selected guides
Fixed: Don't select newly created strands
Fixed: Broken guides when referencing a scene
Fixed: Broken Strand Groups after re-loading a scene
Fixed: Selecting hair from guides node cause strands regeneration

Marsel Khadiyev (Software Developer, EPHERE Inc.)