Movie Out TOP image sequence output, Audio Render CHOP via Steam Audio, Read Only parameters and bug fixes
Release Notes
Dec 15, 2017
New Features
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Great new UI feature: On the path bar at the top of any network, Right-click on any of the parts of the path (e.g. /project/geo1/something) and you get the component menu for that level where you can get View… Parameters… , without having to navigate up and back.(slight alignment issue)
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Movie File Out TOP - Added functionality for outputting image sequences (can output file formats .tiff .jpeg .bmp .exr .png).
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Analyze CHOP - Added Duplicates function. Counts how many times a value appears in a channel and the index of the sample with that value. Great for creating Histograms for example.
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Script SOP - Added Beziers - scriptSOP.appendBezier() .order .basis .segments .anchors .updateAnchor .appendAnchor deleteAnchor .tangents .updateTangent
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Phong MAT - Environment Map parameter can now accept a Equirectangular texture.
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TCP/IP DAT - Now supports multiple NICs (network adaptors, cards, etc.)
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Parameters now have 'Read Only' option making them non-editable. Right-click on a parameter and select 'Enable Read Only' or 'Disable Read Only'.
New Python
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App.desktopFolder points to current user desktop folder.
New Palette
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cornerPinSOP added to the Tools folder.
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KantanMapper improvements - Bezier softedge, invert mask for freeform, shape ID is now written into UV map.
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moviePlayer improved and some bugs fixed.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
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FBX importing - Fixed import directory location for drag and drop of FBX files.
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NDI operators - Added support for faster formats and YUV to RGB. Improved enumeration of streams in NDI In TOP.
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S Curve CHOP - Added 'Index Range' parameter.
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Speed CHOP - Added 'Reset on Start' option (default on) which resets the Speed CHOP output to zero on file startup to avoid possible accumulation precision errors.
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TOP - Fixed recent crash that occured when using 'Save Image...' from the right click menu on TOPs.
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GLSL TOP - Fixed some cases where the uTD*Info arrays had incorrect data.
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Movie File In TOP - Fixed crash when reading 16-bit TIFF images.
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OP Viewer COMP - Fixed display of geometry nodes having bad/missing depth artifacts.
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Alembic SOP optimizations.
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CPlusPlus SOP - Fixed load/unload crash.
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Panel Components - 'Size From Window' is no longer upated when the panel is resized inside a network pane.
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List COMP - Fixed dragging off cells, off window, not using callbacks.
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Replicator COMP - Replicator scripts now track replicants better when they self-replace (ie: external tox's).
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Fixed several cases where mouse would go invisible and/or stay invisible incorrectly.
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Fixed drag-n-dropping onto stretched panels ie. tiles, resized window, etc
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Fixed 'Display Options' in 3D Object COMP's RMB menu incorrectly opening parameters.
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Fixed a recent crash when initializing ASIO audio device when 'Specify' turned off.
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Installer checks for additional required Windows updates before proceeding.
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Adjustments and improvements to the Python parser, string caching, cooking issues, etc. which are part of the Experimental branch's optimization efforts.