1.5.3 Release Notes

Release date: 30th March 2023

1.5 Release Notes→

New Features

General

• The Edit menu now includes a Duplicate and Split option.

Behaviours

• Color Blend now has new HSV interpolation options.

Utilities

• Comparison Utility - Perform simple comparison operations on values.
• Logic Utility - Perform simple logic operations (AND, OR, XOR) on boolean values.
• Contrasting Color Utility - Output colors that contrast with an input color.
• Index to Color now has new HSV interpolation options.

Effects

• Gradient Map Filter - Generate a gradient based on the brightness of an input.
• Voronoi Shader - Generate a cellular pattern by calculating the distances between a lattice of points.
• Gradient Shader now has new HSV interpolation options.

Scripting

API Module

• convertSVGToLayers() - Convert an SVG file to Layers without the need to import the SVG as an asset first.
• getFileNameFromPath() now has an optional file extension parameter.
• sceneHasUnsavedChanges() - Return true if there have been any changes made to the Scene since the last save.
• saveScene and saveSceneAs now both return to confirm success/failure.
• deleteFilePath - Delete files from the file system.

Enhancements

• Move/Jump and Go to Keyframe have been added to the Shortcut Manager.
• alt/opt + clicking the disclosure arrow in the Attribute Editor now opens/closes all Layers (this was actually a regression from a very early beta in...2018!).
• Dragging Layers into an empty space within the Tag Drawer will create a new tag and assign the dragged Layers to it. The tag is named after the first selected Layer.

Notable Bug Fixes

• Animation curves are better preserved when adding new keyframes in the Graph Editor via the double click method.
• The values when setting up a Rig Control now update correctly in the Attribute Editor and Scene Window.
• Regex search for the Text Material/Style Behaviours has been improved.
• Web API - post now supports adding headers.
• Web API - post no longer returns a 'null terminated string'.
• Some vertical misalignment between the Scene Tree and the Time Editor when isolating Layers with the Animation Layer Filter has been resolved.

Notes

• Shape to Shader has been hidden from the UI due to compatibility issues. Legacy scenes will be unaffected.