1.5.1 Release Notes
Release date: 2nd February 2023
New Features
Shapes
- Guide Layers - Set Shapes so that they are visible in the Viewport but invisible in file renders and/or pre-comps.
Filters
- Mirror Filter - Reverse a Shape along a centre line to create a reflection.
Scripting
API Module
delete
has been renamed todeleteLayer
. ⚠️ This is a breaking change.deserialise
has been updated to accept a json string rather than a filepath. ⚠️ This is a breaking change.importScene
- import a .cv or .cvc file.runProcess
has been updated. ⚠️ This is a breaking change - legacy scripts will error if they were using the result.hasAttribute
- check to see if an Attribute exists on a Layer.- Proxy Server - use proxies when connecting via the Web Client.
- New
setProxy
- New
setProxyBasicAuthentication
- New
setProxyBearerAuthentication
- New
exists
has been renamed tolayerExists
-exists
remains for backwards compatibility but will no longer appear in the auto-complete.writeToFile
has a new 'overwrite' argument.- New
invertSelection
- invert the current selection. importGoogleSheet
now returns errors for invalid Sheet/SpreadsheetIds.- New
addGuide
,deleteGuide
,clearGuides
andgetGuides
APIs for working with Ruler Guides.
Cavalry Module
- New
Path.arcTo()
- draw an arc given two points and a radius. - New
Path.back()
- set the last point in a path. rgbToHex
andrgbToHSV
now have a new scaled argument to determine whether RGB values are input as 0..1 or 0..255.
UI Module
- New Draw Widget - Draw custom shapes via Cavalry Path.
- New ScrollView Widget - Control where scroll bars go in as Script's Window.
- New Container Widget - Use these to give a Layout a background colour with rounded corners.
add
can now take multiple arguments at once (e.glayout.add(first, second, third)
)- New
onValueCommitted
andonValueChanged
callback functions for LineEdit and FilePath. - New
setTextColor
for LineEdit and MultiLineEdit. - New
ui.setFixedSize
- Set a fixed size for a Window. - New
ui.setMinimumWidth
- Set a minimum width for a Window. - New
ui.setMinimumHeight
- Set a minimum height for a Window. - New
ui.setMaximumWidth
- Set a maximum width for a Window. - New
ui.setMaximumHeight
- Set a maximum height for a Window. - New
ui.setFixedWidth
- Set a fixed width for a Window. - New
ui.setFixedHeight
- Set a fixed height for a Window. - New
ui.setToolbar
- Set a Window to behave like a Toolbar. - New
ui.setVerticalToolbar
- Set a horizontal (default) Toolbar Window to a vertical Toolbar. - New
clear()
for HLayout, VLayout and DropDown. - New
previousPage
- A function on PageView which will return the last page visited. - New
itemCount()
forVLayout
andHLayout
- Return the number of Widgets in a Layout. - New
insertSeparator
has been added for DropDown. ui.resize
has been removed as it was not a valid action for dockable windows. ⚠️ This is a breaking change.
Context Module
niceName
- Get the nice name of the Layer that requested a value from the JavaScript Utility.
Enhancements
- Dropdowns now auto-preview meaning that the result is interactively reflected in the Viewport before a choice is committed.
- The Text Shape now has a Font Scale attribute under the Advanced tab. This can be used to pass the scaling applied by Shrink to Fit Text Box from one Text Shape to another.
- Shift can now also be used to add/remove to/from selections in the Viewport.
- The Shelf icons can now overflow when the Shelf's width reduces.
Notable Bug Fixes
- Convex Hull is working again.
- Shift + select keyframes in the [Time Editor](/user-interface/menus/window-menu/scene-window/time-editor) has been restored.