0.27.0.0

Apps

  • Screengrab (#1793, #1559)
    • Added arguments for Viewer and NodeGraph framing
    • Added arguments for Viewer and SceneHiearchy expansion and selection
    • Added argument for grabbing a single plug from the NodeEditor

Scene

  • Fixed SubTree to error when an invalid root is entered (#1786, #1790).
  • Added filter input to Set, to define additional paths to add/remove.

Arnold

  • Added ArnoldMeshLight node (#1787)
  • Added ArnoldDisplacement node (#1776)
  • Added subdivision attributes to ArnoldAttributes (#1776)
  • ArnoldOptions (#1788)
    • Added total depth and transparency depth/threshold plugs
  • Fixed warnings about unhandled light parameters
  • Fixed crashes/errors caused by multiple cameras and a threading bug (#1785)
  • Fixed bogus warning about “ai:log:filename” option.

OSL

  • Expression (#1791, #1789)
    • Fixed string comparison bug
    • Fixed bugs when plug names share a common prefix
    • Fixed mistaken assignments
  • Added support for spline parameters in shaders (#1782)
  • Fixed reload button on shader UI

Documenation

  • Added basic lighting and rendering tutorial (#1793).

Build

  • Fixed debug builds (#1781)
  • Added debug builds to Travis tests (#1781)
  • Fixed clang compilation error in Serialisation.cpp

API

  • Made FilteredSceneProcessor subclassable in Python.

Breaking Changes

  • Rederived Set from FilteredSceneProcessor.
  • Changed LightVisualiser API
    • Added attributeName argument to visualise() virtual method.
    • Added attributeName argument to registerLightVisualiser() factory method.
  • Changed StandardLightVisualiser metadata prefix convention from “light:renderer:shaderName” to “renderer:light:shaderName”, to match the ordering of the data as it appears in the scene module (attributeName:shaderName).
  • Light nodes now output IECore::Shader objects rather than IECore::Lights