gp_render/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

1.8.13

• changed: improve connect to fileoutput feature:

  • possible to choose node_name + socket name or node name instead of socket name only
  • default is now node_name_socket_name
  • added some exception behavior:
    • if a node has single output : write the node name only
    • render layers use scene_viewlayer as node_name intead of "Render Layer"
    • interface shows source node label (with source node name in parenthesis)
    • interface shows render layer scene/viewlayer name (with name in parenthesis)

• fixed: a potential name overlapping bug in connect to fileoutput

1.8.12

• changed: Use GP_RENDER_FILE_FORMAT env var to set file output nodes

1.8.11

• fixed: cleaning materials duplication checked against name without checking material GP type

1.8.10

• fixed: node not deleted after a merge using (compo scene not referenced correctly to point node_trees)

1.8.9

• fixed: error when setting object active at the end of autobuild

1.8.8

• added: Add export transformation to AE in export menu:
• export camera
• export objects transformation
• export exposition (object, GPencil keys, etc)

1.8.7

• changed: Layer channel_colors have value component clamped to 0.65 when transfered to compo node to limit color flashyness (eye care update)

1.8.6

• changed: removed mask terms from exclude export list MA, MASK, mask, MSK, msk (still excluded when opacity is at 0)

1.8.5

• changed: group adjacent prefix prefix pattern now ignore case

1.8.4

• fix: select node from layer
• changed: Check for problems: object numbering check does not list as error if parent part has number prefix (previously checked only for last part)

1.8.3

• changed: for layer with 0 opacity, do not send to render and keep opacity
• removed: GP prefix exclusion to send GP to render
• added: more default prefix exclusion for layer to render and skip opacity reset (MASK, mask, MSK, msk)
• added: option to restore layer state from json (commit by Christophe.S)

1.8.2

• added: Reset Layer State (Check layer) in Autobuild
• added: environment variable GP_RENDER_LAYER_GROUP_PATTERN for layer merging regex pattern

1.8.1

• added: transfer timeline marker to render scene
• fix: scene viewport switch when using autobuild manually

1.8.0

• added: Allow to rename output on the fly using connect selection to output

1.7.4

• removed: Restriction to use default scene "Scene"
• added: autobuild choice to change active scene:
  • NONE : No change
  • RENDER: Go to render scene containing GP
  • NODES : Go to compo scene scene holding nodes

1.7.3

• added: Optional string templates for fileoutputs
  • add base_path, file_slot, layer_slot arguments to operators
  • possible keywords are as follow:
    • '{object}' : Set object name
    • '{gplayer}' : Set Gp layer name
  • Default template when not passed: base_path = //render/{object} (for multilayer exr, default to //render/{object}/{object}_) file_slot = {gplayer}/{gplayer}_ layer_slot = {gplayer}

1.7.2

• added: selectable output popup in connect to file output operator

1.7.1

• fix: file output base path depending on file format
• fix: problem when connecting render layers

1.7.0

• fix: problem when removing render layers
• changed: node distribution refactor, allow separate compositing scene
  • Compositing scene (holding nodes) can be separated from render scene (holding GP objects and related viewlayers)
  • Default render named changed from Render to RenderGP
  • New properties in exposed Dopesheet N panel to manually set Render scene and Compo scene
  • Operator expose a node_scene parameter to separate where to send nodes
  • Switch scene button can have an extra button to go in compo scene if found

1.6.4

• changed: remove poll checking gp active on some operators limiting use in script call

1.6.3

• changed: remove poll check on autobuild operator

1.6.2

• changed: Default fileout format changed from OPEN_EXR to OPEN_EXR_MULTILAYER (a FILE_FORMAT env variable can be set to specify nodes format)
• changed: Default compression changed from ZIP to PIZ
• changed: Rename/renumber function consider OPEN_EXR_MULTILAYER to affect layer_slots instead of file_slots

1.6.1

• fixed: preview output for Blender 4.0+

1.6.0

• added: Connect selection to new or existing fileout

1.5.0

• added: swf export (include binary for linux and windows)
• added: pdf single multipage file exports

1.4.1

• added: expose button for output file de-numbering
• changed: denumbering and exclude layer based on current scene instead of render scene only

1.4.0

• added: split selection to scenes individually

1.3.6

• added: scene resolution in json crop pixels information, per objects
• changed: fixed name crop_infos.json for exported crop pixels information
• changed: auto-crop ignore MA_ prefixed layers

1.3.5

• added: button to exclude viewlayers and nodes by selection or by hided layers
• fixed: delete view layer error in merge, when fusing multiple view layer

1.3.4

• added: multi object merge
• changed: little tweak on GP render startup

1.3.3

• fixed: problem evaluating broken modifier target
• added: normalize layer name now convert points to underscore

1.3.2

• fixed: compatibility with blender 3.5 (nodegroup socket API change)

1.3.1

• added: preview generation in autobuild

1.3.0

• added: Preview with a combined alpha over of all render layer available
• added: button to clear preview nodes

1.2.3

• added: autobuild set each gp objects data to single user

1.2.2

• changed: autobuild disabled merge adjacent layer by default

1.2.1

• added: bundle app_template to load "GR Render" workspace from it
• added: ui button in dopesheet to load GP render workspace

1.2.0

• changed: enabled when launched in background
• added: autobuild: hide "invisible" material
• removed: timer to setup render scene

1.1.4

• changed: force set color by prefix if autobuild option swiched on
• fixed: problem with auto merge adjacent layers

1.1.3

• added: clean material stack in auto-build

1.1.2

• added: popup panel with options for autobuild

1.1.1

• changed: autobuild beta
• added: autobuild: fix layer name with empty desc (only prefix)
• added: autobuild: Set layer color autoamtically (if not some already there)

1.1.0

• added: autobuild button (partial auto-buildfor now)
• added: make sent object selected

1.0.3

• fixed: Send to render layer compatibility with blender 3.4
• added: clear default nodes when creating new render scene

1.0.2

• added: GP object with name starting with . are ignored from "all objects" operation (renaming, numbering, sending to render scene)
  • temporarily, layer named note (case insensitive) are ignored as well. This should be removed in later version to keep only dot exculsion rule.

1.0.1

• fix: Export Camera 2D Position To AE file format not working on windows when export from linux (add CRLF terminator to generated text file)

1.0.0

• fix: activate Z pass on newly created viewlayers

0.9.9

• fix: Export Camera 2D Position To AE use tab again instead of space in key clipboard format. otherwise paste doesn't work in After-Effect

0.9.8

• feat: Export Camera 2D Position To AE to export 'anim cam' (or selected cam) frame center pixel coordinate within scene camera.
  • write txt file as after effects postion clipboard data

0.9.7

• feat: Select Nodes added in Dopesheet. Select nodes associated with selected gp layers and report if there are errors

0.9.6

• added: Check layers disable multiframe-edit in all gp data. Seemed to cause artifacts on some renders (tested on 2.93.5)

0.9.5

• added: check for problems button also propose to run GP toolbox's file checker (if addon is enabled) to perform generic file checks
• changed: check for problems skip check for opacity on 'MA_' prefixed layers

0.9.4

• feat: Renumber files on disk option using number in file outputs (under advanced gp render options)
• feat: new Check for problems button, check if problem in layer state, missing file out, broken gp modifier target and report
• added: clean nodes now also rearrange inside nodegroup
• changed: Check layers now trigger export layer infos automatically.
• fix: export layer infos:
  • create render folder if necessary
  • masks list in json file use name as keys instead of sub-value

0.9.3

• feat: export a json with layers info for compo. Masks, opacity, blend mode

0.9.2

• feat: add button to check if and which layers have masks

0.9.1

• change: stop reporting all use light disable on check layer (too many messages)

0.9.0

• feat: Renumber objects prefix according to origin point depth, and button to remove
• ui: improve dopesheet panel readability

0.8.0

• feat: Select a file output node. Set active file slot path and settings to main Scene output.
  • Button in GP render panel with Advanced options active.
  • Or search operator label Set Active File Output To Composite
  • if Composite is already linked, pop-up ask if link should be replaced

0.7.0

• feat: clean nodes ops now delete gaps in renderlayer nodes within frames

0.6.9

• fix: shift correction error

0.6.8

• feat: New multi-scene viewlayer inspection button
• fix: revert back export json crop to use GP names when available with better check

0.6.7

• fix: export json crop use scene name instead of first found GP.
• fix: scene.name lowercased when set in outputfile name (using reset settings operator)

0.6.6

• fix: problem when creating Json
• ui: add gp render extras panel in scene prop (closed by default)

0.6.5

• feat: AE key exporter (not exposed).
  • Add a basic 2D positions-keyframes exporter (in camera view space). export 2d position of selected object origin to copy-paste on AE layer.
• feat: If 'Camera Overscan' addon is activated, append a button to fix camera shift.

0.6.4

• ui: render selected scene has hints on popup panekl like gen batch
• changed: always re-export crop info when using render all scene and generate batch
• changed: batch file has minutes at the end of the name
• fix: windows dynamic batch problem

0.6.3

• fix: show in ui when there is an active dopesheet layer that is not in active object

0.6.2

• fix: problem sending all visible GP

0.6.1:

• fix: in generated bat use %Username% variable (still limited to studio path model)
• fix: error when creating render scene

0.6.0:

• feat: button to generate a background rendering script to batch multi-scene
• fix: exposed checkbox to change scene AA settings, should be on except if there are NG_merges. (auto-off when using merge nodes buttons)
• fix: default generated scene have native AA
• fix: adding layers from object in other scene use active scene (stop always rerouting to 'Render' scene)

0.5.9

• feat: Select which scene to render
• ui: replaced render all sub-scene by Render Selected Scenes

0.5.8

• fix: skipping when rendering multiscene

0.5.7

• added: timeout on scene plit and autocrop border to avoid freezing blender
• ui: minor correction

0.5.6

• feat: check layers new clear frame out of range option (Disabled by default)
• ui: check layers show the number of targeted GP objects

0.5.5

• ui: add a total count output file to display when output is muted

0.5.4

• feat: button to popup a floating panel with viewlayer list for easy check/toggle

0.5.3

• fix: manage output : activate only some viewlayer take context.scene instead of render.scene

0.5.2

• fix: rename lowercase also change modifier layer target names (else target was broken)

0.5.1

• feat: reconnect existing sockets inside nodegroups with clean nodes > re-order

0.5.0

• feat: add a render operator that render all scene
• feat: split selected object to a separated scene
• feat: crop border to objects
• feat: export AE position coordinates to replace layers
• change: ops gp.clean_compo_tree now take context.scene
• fix: tick use_compositing and untick sequencer in new scenes

0.4.1

• fix: pdf output not skiiping muted nodes

0.4.0

• feat: render as pdf
• ui: advanced options (prefs, disabled by default)
• feat: check numbers of muted outputs
• code: added addon prefs

0.3.7

• fix: set render scene res at 100% at creation
• fix: exclude VL assignation
• feat: delete a render_layer (and add concerned gp layers to exclude)
• feat: reactivate all viewlayers
• feat: activate only selected viewlayer for fast re-render
• ui: rearrange + new buttons

0.3.6

• change: output settings switch from PNG to EXR
• fix: set render scene output (preview) to jpeg fast to write
• fix: correct copy output format ops

0.3.5:

• feat: set full opacity -> skip chosen prefix (MA by default)

0.3.4:

• feat: swap cams button, code copied from bg_plane_manager

0.3.3:

• fix: norm name : lowercase first (else bad naming break prefix)

0.3.2

• code: grouped output management ops
• fix: name dash to underscore (normalize)

0.3.1

• fix: renumbering in the right order (since top layers are at bottom of file output)
• fix: renumering error for the last index

0.3.0

• fix: viewlayer exclude attribution error
• fix: force PNG 8bit 15% compression for output settings
• change: GP dopesheet merge ops -> viewlayer merge instead of creating alphaover node
• feat: batch to_lower name
• feat: copy active output node format to selected

0.2.8

• fix: added AA nodegroup
• fix: added exclude viewlayer for unused layers
• fix: added preview as main output (else main composite output go anywhere !)

0.2.7

• feat: check layer states (check use light, opacity, blend mode) and correct if needed
• ui: added chennel group color switch
• feat: added color from active layer on merge ops

0.2.6

• ui: name changes
• ui: dedicated tab in Node editor too
• addon: rename addon from "GP export" to "GP Render"

0.2.5

• ui: removed menu above layer stack
• ui: All function in gp dopesheet new tab GP Render
• fix: node rearrange
• fix: merge from dopesheet
• feat: merge can also create the Render scene
• feat: multi-user warning with mini tutorial procedure

0.2.4

• fix: scene world transfer
• code: remove prints

0.2.3

• fix: ui errors
• fix: scene settings
• fix: clean nodes

0.2.2

• feat: quick scene switch with a button in node_editor > view
• fix: re-arrange frames tiny offset
• fix: renumering ignored selection
• ui: gp dopesheet > send multiple layers button

0.2.1

• feat: renumbering with keep existing values

0.2.0

• feat: merge selected viewlayer
• feat: mute/unmute all output nodes
• feat: cleaning options
• feat: renumbering / denumbering

0.1.1

• ui: show number of selected obj
• ui: show panels in dopesheet and node windows

0.1.0

first WIP usable version