0.24.0.0

UI

  • Added node reference documentation menu item to NodeEditor tool menus.

  • GafferUI.Collapsible supports Widget.reveal().

  • ScriptWindow no longer stops the EventLoop if it’s already stopped.

  • Fixed PathWidget WeakMethod error at shutdown.

Scene

  • Improved error messages emitted by Group node.

Image

  • Fixed UVWarp crash triggered by negative data window origins (#1707).

OSL

  • Fixed crash when deleting connections to an OSL expression (#1695).

  • Added support for BoolPlugs in OSL expressions (#1697).

Dispatch

  • Stopped SystemCommand swallowing the stdout of launched processes (#1712).

  • Disabled automatic substitutions for command (#1692). This was broken by #1671.

  • Added LocalDispatcher environmentCommand plug.

Arnold

  • Added ArnoldVDB node (#1711).

  • Added volume step size to ArnoldAttributes node (#1694).

  • Fixed metadata for ArnoldLight UIs (#1696).

  • Added “ai:threads” option

    • Exposed via ArnoldOptions under the Performance section.

    • ArnoldRender uses ai:threads option to drive kick -t command line arg.

Apps

  • Removed procedural app

  • Screengrab app

    • Added -editor argument

    • Added -selection argument

    • Added -nodeEditor.reveal argument

    • Fix crashes at shutdown

Documentation

  • Introduced HTML documentation which is shipped with every Gaffer release (#1702, #1708, #1710).

  • Mentioned PerformanceMonitor.

Build

  • Simplified packaging. Use the gafferDependencies project if the dependencies are needed for your build.

  • Convert BUILD_DIR to an absolute path.

API

  • View (#1713)

    • Removed View3D and ObjectView derived classes.

    • Removed update() and updateRequestSignal() methods.

  • Added DocumentationAlgo namespace with functions to assist in auto-generating documentation.

  • Removed CompoundPlug usage from Shader nodes (#1701).

  • Added **kw arguments to all Widget constructors.

  • Removed deprecated Widget keyword arguments(#655, #1704).

  • Removed all use of deprecated IECorePython::Wrapper (#1116, #1703).

  • Removed deprecated ValuePlug::inCompute() method. Use Process::current() instead.

  • Removed deprecated Filter::matchPlug() method. Use Filter::outPlug() instead.

  • Removed deprecated SignalBinder class. Use SignalClass instead.

  • Removed deprecated iterator methods. Use Iterator::done() instead.