Release Highlights:
- Improved and more efficient Node Caching.
- A new in-application preference to select language for Harmony’s menus.
- Audio is now supported when exporting movies using the H.264/MPEG-4 codec.
Enhancements
- Users can make straight lines at any angle using the Brush, Eraser, Pencil, Repaint Brush and Stamp tools by pressing Shift + Alt. The angle locks when either Shift or Alt is released (while keeping the other modifier key pressed), allowing the user to redraw along the fixed angle. In the previous release, backtracking to reduce the size of the line would lock the angle.
- An optional script is available to change the behaviour to a legacy mode where users can draw straight lines at any angle by pressing Shift instead of Shift + Alt.
- When using Guides, the Alt modifier key now freezes the active Guide in place while hovering the stylus. This allows for precise cursor positioning without disrupting the active Guide.
- Improvements to Node Caching:
- More Efficient OpenGL Node Caching. The node cache generates the rendered images from the point of view of the camera to prevent parallax issues when drawings have different positions on the Z axis. This allowed us to improve performance by removing the unused display modes.
- The Onion Skin now display drawings previewed using the node cache.
- “OpenGL Node Caching” command can now be bound to a shortcut.
- New Preference option: ‘Follow Node View Parenting For Node Navigation.’ This new option alters the behavior of ‘Select Parent Skipping Effects’ so that it now solely follows the structure of the Node View. This preference can be toggled off and on by selecting ‘Follow Node View Parenting for Node Navigation,’ located in the Advanced tab of the Preferences.
- New Preference option: You are now able to change the language of the application from within Harmony. This preference is located in the General of the Preference window.
- A new script API has been added to convert 3D path curves into Separate X, Y, Z curves.
- Displays an error message when creating a Master Controller with attributes sharing the same values between keyframes.
- The utransform Utility now supports importing a bitmap image into any sub-layer of a bitmap .TVG file.
- Audio is now supported when exporting movies using the H.264/MPEG-4 codec.
Fixed Issues
- Crash fixed when using the temporary override shortcut for the Contour Editor in combination with another tool override.
- The synced layer indicator now appears as expected on the selected layer in the Node view and Xsheet view when that layer is cloned or duplicated.
- Drawings will no longer be lost when Importing a template with sync layers into specific scenes.
- A crash will no longer occur when attempting to delete a control point with the Centerline Editor.
- Selecting with the Transform tool now behaves as expected when panning and zooming the Camera view while in Render View mode.
- Deleting or undoing the syncing of a layer before a Paste Special operation will paste a synced layer.
- Fixed issue where an "audio device is not found" error message would occur when playing back audio on Windows.
- The frame folder’s content is now deleted when re-importing a scene through WebCC or by using the Update Database Scene. When in Insert Mode, Scroll-Selecting a frame range to Repeat Cycle in the Timesheet now behaves as expected.
- A crash has been fixed when using the Wacom pen's eraser on a bitmap layer.
- An error message is no longer displayed when using the Save Grid Preset button on the Interpolation Grid.
- An error message no longer occurs when using the Load Grid Preset button of Interpolation Grid Wizard.
- Colour swatches now load correctly when selecting a palette that is locked by another user while Edit Palette mode is enabled in Database Mode.
- No longer missing the Transform tool's bounding box refresh when pasting a peg's keyframe in the Timeline.
- When using Guides, the start of the line will no longer shift while selecting an axis. Minimum pressure for the Pen Pressure Feel now functions correctly with the Pencil tool. Extra lines no longer appear when releasing the pen.
- Setting the minimum pressure in Pen Pressure Feel to 25% no longer causes the clipping on textured brushes.
- When the Node Caching is enabled in the Camera view, the lines of cached elements are now visible in Top/Side views.
- Resolved an issue that caused view toolbars to disappear after restarting Harmony.
- Subnode-Animation attributes that have been created dynamically with a script can now be removed.
- Node Cached elements display properly when a Composite is set to 3D and "As Bitmap" mode.
- Resolved an issue which caused saving a new Preference Set to also apply all changes done in the dialog to the current preference and prevent Cancel from functioning correctly.
- Resolved an issue which caused the application to hang indefinitely while using the Contour Editor if the "Snap to Contour" and "Apply to Line and Colour Art" options were enabled.
- Resolved an issue which caused a crash during batch rendering for WebCC's Update Movie Preview if the H.264 codec was not installed properly on the render machine.
- Resolved an issue preventing WebCC from launching on Linux.
- Resolved a crash that occurred when connecting an Image-Switch node to a Composite when there was no input image in the Image-Switch.
- The Normal Map, Light Shader and the Tone Shader nodes now render out.
- Resolved an issue where the Pencil and Brush tools did not appear to draw strokes when both Draw Behind and a Guide were enabled.
- Resolved an issue where the Stamp tool drew extra lines while drawing a stroke when a Guide, Draw Behind, and Current Drawing on Top were enabled.
- The left column of the Timeline now scrolls with the rest of the Timeline when pressing the spacebar and dragging with the mouse.
- Exporting in PNGDP3 or PNGDP4 no longer gives the wrong result when negative RGB values are used in the scene.
- The application no longer hangs in specific scenes when a 2 Points Constraint has a parent peg with a scale of 0.
- The bounding box of the Transform tool now correctly refreshes its position when undoing a layer move done while Animate Off mode is enabled.
- The timeline scrolls and the playhead now stays visible when zooming the Timeline.
- Master Controller generation will no longer fail is the scene script folder does not exist when saving Master Controller data outside of the scene.
- The Transform tool's bounding box size is now the correct size when multiple drawing layers use the same parent peg and one layer is empty.
- Lines now correctly appear while drawing with the Pencil tool and using modifier keys when the Draw Behind option is enabled
- Composite nodes are now correctly set to "Pass Through" when using "Group Selection with Composite" preference.
- More than one line can now be selected with the Select tool while holding shift if the option Apply to Visible Drawing Layers is enabled.
- Resolved an issue where an error message would appear when running the TB_Import_Flash_Scene.js if there was an Animated Matte Generator view in the workspace.
- SDK now compiles on macOS without modifying the include path.
- Resolved an issue where pressing Shift + B, to "Select Child Skipping Effects", could not go lower than a deformation group if there was a Transformation-Switch in the group.
- Resolved an issue where MMX_SoundEngine messages printed in the shell during batch render would trigger error code 100
- Resolved an issue where Alt modifier did not work when used in combination with a temporary tool override shortcut
- Resolved an issue that caused crashes on macOS when working in the Camera or Drawing view with multiple OpenGL views opened
- Resolved an error which occured when downloading the Cisco OpenH264 codec on Linux
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