0.52.0.0

This release brings a major overhaul to Gaffer’s camera definition, bringing more flexibility and improved compatibility with USD and Alembic. Note that if you were previously using a Parameters node to add a “screenWindow” parameter, you should now manipulate the standard aperture and film fit settings instead.

Features

  • Camera : Adopted new camera definition (#2816)

    • Added perspectiveMode, with “Field of View” and “Aperture and Focal Length” modes.

    • Added aperture settings.

    • Added depth of field settings.

    • Added optional render overrides that override the StandardOptions settings on a per-camera basis.

    • Improved compatibility with USD and Alembic.

  • CameraTweaks : Added new node to apply downstream edits to camera parameters (#2816).

  • StandardOptions : Added filmFit render option (#2816).

Fixes

  • Restored FilterSwitch/UnionFilter compatibility for files from version 0.27.0.0 (#2854).

  • SceneGadget : Fixed depth sorting for objectAt() when used with some legacy graphics drivers (#2816).

  • Fixed overzealous dirty propagation in several nodes. These could cause unnecessary viewer and/or interactive render updates.

  • OpenGLRenderer : Fixed GL resource management threading bug. This was the cause of rare crashes when collapsing locations in the viewer (#2851).

  • Documentation : Fixed broken link (#2857).

API

  • PlugAlgo : Added createPlugFromData() and extractDataFromPlug() methods (#2816).

  • ViewportGadget : Added set/getPlanarMovement() methods (#2816).

  • Packaged IECorePreview and IECoreScenePreview headers. Note that these are subject to change without notice (#2862).

Breaking Changes

  • CompoundDataPlug : Removed createPlugFromData() and extractDataFromPlug() methods (#2816). Use PlugAlgo instead (#2816).

  • RendererAlgo : Added scene argument to applyCameraGlobals() (#2816).

  • ViewportGadget : Removed set/getOrthographic3D() methods. Use set/getPlanarMovement() instead (#2816).

  • SceneAlgo : Added scene argument to shutter() method (#2816).

  • Camera : Adopted new camera definition (#2816). In particular, if you were using a “screenWindow” parameter, you will now need to use aperture and/or filmFit instead.