Gaffer 1.1.7.0

[johnhaddon]

Features

• ContextVariableTweaks : Added a new node for tweaking the context used to evaluate upstream nodes.

Improvements

• Cycles :
  • Replaced size on portals and quad lights with separate width and height parameters, and renamed size parameter of disk lights to width.
  • Added use_camera, use_caustics and normalize parameters to lights.
• TweakPlug : Added a CreateIfMissing mode, to only create a new value if one does not currently exist.
• OSLObject : Added support for attribute substitutions using <attr:myAttrName> syntax in string parameters, provided that useAttributes is turned on.
• UIEditor : Increased maximum size of the "Button Click Code" editor.

Improvements

• NodeEditor : Added "Promote Value and Switch" context menu item for promoting NameValuePlugs to Boxes.

Fixes

• Viewer :
  • Fixed Default display transform so that it updates correctly when the default is changed via the Preferences dialogue, and when the context changes.
  • Fixed drawing of image pixels to the left of the display window.
• Cycles :
  • Fixed custom AOVs (for SVM shading mode only, Cycles doesn't support custom AOVs in OSL mode) (GafferCycles : Custom AOV fix + unit test #5044).
  • Fixed units for distant light angle (now degrees and not radians).
  • Fixed assignment of emission shader. Previously this was being assigned as a cycles:light attribute instead of cycles:surface (Cycles emission rendering as default material. #5058).
  • Hid internal shader plugs which shouldn't be exposed to the user (e.g. surface_mix_weight).
• UVInspector : Fixed update delay when changing display transform.
• Random : Fixed GIL management bug which could lead to hangs.
• ShaderTweaks : Fixed Remove mode.
• FilterQuery : Fixed bug which prevented the output from updating when the input scene changed (FilterQuery does not update on incoming set changes #5066).
• Arnold : Fixed rendering of token enum parameter values loaded from USD.

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This discussion was created from the release Gaffer 1.1.7.0.