What's New in Grease Pencil 3.0

Grease Pencil 3.0 was going to be included in the LTS release which preceded 4.3, but various complications prevented it from being ready for the main branch. Needless to say, it is finally HERE. In spite of the changes, there's a lot that is still familiar, and you won't need to re-learn a great deal in order to use it.

Brushes

One big change is how brushes are stored, accessed and shared. They are now part of the asset system.

Modifying and creating your own custom brushes is an easy system with some fail-safes! For example, you can't save modifications to core brushes, but you can duplicate and save out your own custom brushes!

Because they are saved as assets, they can now be accessed in new .blend files.

Tools, Menus, where to find things

The Draw toolbox has been re-organized, grouping together tools into handy pop-outs.