0.45.3.0

Features

  • GafferSceneUI : Added CameraTool to the Viewer (#2531).

    • This enables the movement of the camera in the viewport to be pushed back upstream into the node for the camera or light that is currently being looked through. Note that once activated, the CameraTool will remain active even after another tool has been chosen.

Improvements

  • ShaderUI : Added support for userDefault metadata for shader parameters (#2544).

Fixes

  • SceneGadget : Fixed dirty propogation (#2541).

  • Metadata (#2544) :

    • Added deregisterValue() overload for string targets.

    • Fixed overwriting of values for string targets.

  • FormatPlug::acquireDefaultFormatPlug() : Fixed crashes if None is passed via python bindings (#2549).

Build

  • Added experimental CMake build in contrib (#2543).

API

  • ViewportGadget (#2531) :

    • Added accessors for center of interest.

    • Added orthographic3D camera mode.

  • BoolPlugValueWidget (#2531) :

    • Added support for BoolWidget.DisplayMode.Tool

    • Added boolWidget() accessor, matching StringPlugValueWidget.textWidget().

  • GafferUI : Add ToolUI (#2531) :

    • This sets up the “active” plug to use a BoolPlugValueWidget in tool mode, with an appropriate icon.

  • Viewer : Added support for “tool:exclusive” metadata (#2531) :

    • This allows certain tools to be marked as non-exclusive, allowing them to remain active even when another tool has been chosen.

  • TransformTool : Exposed constructor for Selection class (#2531).