What's New in v2.32? |
v2.32 Functions/Function Changes
Grain. Ok, enough fooling around. The Grain node has been rewritten. There are now per-channel controls for size, softness, density, range, etc. In addition, you can have a grain size that is less than 1. It has been written so that it will not break old scripts, and, as long as your size is 1 or greater, will be visually identical. The Grain node has also been corrected to properly handle pixelScale values above 1.
What's New in v2.31? |
Information is listed chronologically with the most recent additions first. If there are apparent contradictions, go by the first listing of the information.
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Icon Set. The icon set is no longer defined in the nrui.h file. If you want to override the default new icons to use the alternative text-based icons, you can do so in any startup/include/.h file (not startup/include/ui/.h - this must be set before the UI is started), you no longer need to change your nrui.h file.
Tiled Tiff. Support for reading of tiled TIFF images has been reinstituted. In the GUI, use the "Tiled Tiff" file type to read these images; from the command line, specify the file format as tiletiff rather than tiff or auto.
Grain. Previously, if you raised pixelScale above 1, the grain size couldn't be set to any size smaller than the pixelScale. There is still no difference with grain sizes below 1.
AddMix. This is a variation of an Over operation, but you can control
the blending of the two images with curves to help correct edges. There
is an example in the AddMix
page.
ColorMatch. This new color corrector is to match the lows, mids and highs and an image to three destination colors.
ColorReplace. This color corrector allows you to select a color
and replace it with another. Excellent for spill suppression. I guess you
could also change mustard to ketchup.
Faster IO. We have re-written the IO for FileIn/Out, dramatically
speeding up the slower formats.
Alternative Icon Set. There is now an alternative icon set for
the nodes. They are more text oriented and less "garish", to quote
one user. To activate them, you must change your nrui.h file. There are
two lines to set. The first is to turn them on. The second is to change
the number of columns from 8 to 5, as the icons have a different resolution,
130x26 pixels as opposed to 75x40.
// Use alternative fx icons = 1
gui.doBoxAltFxIcons = 0;
// Number of columns in the dobox
// For regular icons, a value of 8 is recommeneded; alt icons, a value of
5
gui.doBoxColumns = 8;
Incremental Viewer Update.
We've added a mode in the Viewers to only update the portion of the image
which changes. As an example, if you composite a 10x10 pixel element on
top of a 6k plate and panned it around, the entire 6k plate would have to
be updated. Now, only the actual 10x10 pixel area is updated when this is
turned on. There are still a few update glitches, mainly when doing filter
operations. To fix this, turn off the Incremental Update and adjust again
- it will be corrected. If we fix this problem the button may disappear
entirely. This button has no effect on the output file or batch rendering
speed, only on the image in the Viewer.
Ctrl+M replaces M to minimize/restore viewers. Just a consistency thang.
New timecode format in the curve editor. When show timecode is enabled, the curve editor will show 4-field non-drop timecode with the correct FPS. For fractions of frames, the timecode will read: 00:00:02:23+40% ... i.e. the decimal point was dropped since it could be misread as part of a timecode value (a la Sony format).
About Proxies . This section has been re-written.
ProxyToggle . This set of Cookbook files allows you to switch between different pre-generated proxy file sets.
DirBlur macro.
The rotational blur that is created in the How
to Make a Macro tutorial is now in the cookbook.
About the DOD.
This new section in the Overview discusses the benefits of using the DOD
for fun and profit.