Gaffer 1.4.5.0

[murraystevenson]

Features

• ShaderTweaks : Added support for creating ShaderTweakProxy nodes that allow making input connections to the original network.
• 3Delight : Added interactive Viewer renderer.

Improvements

• SetFilter, StandardAttributes, StandardOptions : Added syntax highlighting and auto-complete for set expressions.
• NodeEditor, UIEditor, PythonEditor : Added popup hint for the Ctrl+Return shortcut.
• CodeWidget : Added highlighting of braces and operators.
• RenderPassEditor : Added preset menu for choosing a render pass type from the list of available registered types. An "auto" type is included in the list when an auto type function has been registered.
• OptionTweaks : Tweak value plugs can now access metadata registered globally to option:{tweakName}, where {tweakName} is the value of the tweak's name plug.
• Spreadsheet : Added support for metadata to be automatically forwarded from plugs downstream of a column's out plug to the column's default row.

Fixes

• CodeWidget :
  • Removed unwanted \n prefix in lines passed to Completers.
  • Prevented spurious emission of editingFinishedSignal() when showing the completions menu.
  • Prevented the completion menu from popping up inappropriately when the highlighter was changed.
• MultiLineTextWidget :
  • Fixed rendering of disabled widgets, which now show faded text.
  • Fixed behaviour of editingFinishedSignal() to match TextWidget : it is now also emitted when the text is activated (see activatedSignal()).
• MultiLineStringMetadataWidget : The Ctrl+Return shortcut now updates the metadata value immediately.
• UIEditor : The Ctrl+Return shortcut now updates the button code immediately.
• Cryptomatte :
  • Fixed errors when the input image didn't contain the main RGBA channels.
  • Fixed inaccurate hash.
• SceneAlgo : Fixed exception handling for Python render adaptors. Previously an exception during adaptor construction caused a SystemError.
• InteractiveRender :
  • Fixed crash triggered by a render adaptor depending on its renderer input to adapt the scene globals.
  • Removed unintentional ability for render adaptors to change the renderer being used.

API

• TextWidget : Added selectedText() convenience method.
• MultiLineTextWidget : Added setSelection() and getSelection() methods.
• SetExpressionPlugValueWidget : Added new editor for set expressions, with syntax highlighting and auto-complete.
• RenderPassTypeAdaptor : Added autoTypeFunction() method.

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This discussion was created from the release Gaffer 1.4.5.0.