[doc] CHANGES: Add release note for Meshroom 2023.2.0

Author: cbentejac

CHANGES.md

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 For algorithmic changes related to the photogrammetric pipeline, 
 please refer to [AliceVision changelog](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/blob/develop/CHANGES.md).
 
+## Meshroom 2023.2.0 (2023/06/26)
+
+Based on [AliceVision 3.1.0](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/tree/v3.1.0).
+
+### Major Features
+
+- New Photometric Stereo nodes [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1853)
+- [nodes] New CheckerboardDetection node [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1869)
+- [nodes] Split360Images: support for SfMData file input and output [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1939)
+- [sfmTransform] add auto mode [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1954)
+- [nodes] DepthMap: New option for multi-resolution similarity estimation and optimizations [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1984)
+- [nodes] Distortion calibration [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1986)
+- Add a template for the HDR fusion [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2032)
+- [pipelines] new CameraTracking pipeline [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2033)
+- [pipelines] new photogrammetry and camera tracking pipeline [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2041)
+
+### Features
+
+- StructureFromMotion: Add new inputs parameters [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1980)
+- [panorama] option to build contact sheet [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1945)
+- Stitching color space [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1937)
+- Add compression option for exr and jpg images [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1972)
+- Add rec709 color space options [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1978)
+- [nodes] rewrite RenderAnimatedCamera [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2030)
+- [core] Detect and handle UID conflicts when loading a graph [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2059)
+
+### Other Improvements
+
+- Start Development Version 2023.2.0 [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1953)
+- [core] Correctly parse status in version names when it exists [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1966)
+- [tests] TemplatesVersion: Add message when compatibility assertion is raised [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1964)
+- [ui] add new patterns to load images in viewer2D [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1975)
+- [nodes] KeyframeSelection: Add support for SfMData files as inputs and outputs [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1967)
+- [panorama] Panorama preview size [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1944)
+- add trackbuilder node [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1987)
+- [submitters] propagate REZ_PROD_PACKAGES_PATH environment variable [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1992)
+- HDR images naming [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1999)
+- [nodes] StructureFromMotion: new nbOutliersThreshold attribute [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2014)
+- [ui] Reflect changes made in QtAliceVision refactorize PR [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1924)
+- Exposure and format adjustment [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1983)
+- [nodes] SfMTransform: add alignGround option [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2020)
+- [nodes] ScenePreview: use base image name for naming output [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2035)
+- [nodes] KeyframeSelection: Set a dynamic size for the node [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2039)
+- KeyframeSelection: Add new parameter value to disable the export of keyframes [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2036)
+- Viewer2D: Dynamically update the list of viewable outputs [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2044)
+- [ui] ImageGallery: Display the name of the active `CameraInit` group [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2046)
+- [nodes] StereoPhotometry: Fix some labels and descriptions [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2034)
+- [ui] Display an icon on nodes that have viewable outputs [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2047)
+- [ui] Display an icon on nodes that have viewable 3D outputs [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2052)
+- [pipelines] cameraTracking: change StructureFromMotion parameters [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2055)
+- [nodes] Harmonize and improve nodes descriptions  [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2063)
+- [blender] preview: use cycles render engine [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2064)
+- [blender] preview: occlusions in wireframe shading [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2071)
+
+### Bugfixes, Build and Documentation
+
+- [doc] RELEASING: Add example command to generate the release note [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1990)
+- [core] Stats: Retrieve and set the GPU name if it is found [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1996)
+- [bin] Fix all the scripts that had errors [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/1995)
+- [ui] ImageGallery: Reset viewpoints and intrinsics when removing all the images [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2031)
+- [nodes] CameraInit: access intrinsic properties safely [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2040)
+- [blender] preview: handle background image not found [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2045)
+- Bump requests from 2.22.0 to 2.31.0 [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2018)
+- [blender] preview: clear loaded images to avoid memory leak [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2053)
+- Fix submit through simpleFarm [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2054)
+- [ui] thumbnails: fallback if thumbnailDir could not be created [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2057)
+- [core] fix transitive reduction when submitting graph [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2058)
+- [doc] Update readme for custom pipelines and nodes [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2009)
+- [core] Include the node's type in the UID computation [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2038)
+- [doc] INSTALL: Add info about the sphere detection model [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2067)
+- [blender] preview: use Freestyle for line art shading [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2074)
+- Set `ALICEVISION_SPHERE_DETECTION_MODEL` variable during the initialisation [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom/pull/2083)
+
+### Contributors
+
+[almarouk](https://github.com/almarouk), [cbentejac](https://github.com/cbentejac), [demoulinv](https://github.com/demoulinv), [earlywill](https://github.com/earlywill), [erikjwaxx](https://github.com/erikjwaxx), [fabiencastan](https://github.com/fabiencastan), [Garoli](https://github.com/Garoli), [gregoire-dl](https://github.com/gregoire-dl), [ICIbrahim](https://github.com/ICIbrahim), [jmelou](https://github.com/jmelou), [mugulmd](https://github.com/mugulmd), [serguei-k](https://github.com/serguei-k), [servantftechnicolor](https://github.com/servantftechnicolor), [simogasp](https://github.com/simogasp)
+
+
 ## Meshroom 2023.1.0 (2023/03/22)
 
 Based on [AliceVision 3.0.0](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/tree/v3.0.0).