When using masks or other simple 3D elements in composites, doing
a layer re-rendering on a node is a bit clumsy all the time.
This commit does two things to help:
- new hotkey "Z" in node editor automatically finds render layer
that changed and re-renders it + composites
- option "Auto Render" does same, but then after every transform
edit in 3D window
The latter is experimental; real & proper system for this requires
full threaded render support (like previews). But it works!
Demo file:
http://download.blender.org/demo/test/auto_composite.blend
Important fix:
After any render, all the render layers were tagged "changed", which
caused any edit to first totally recomposte everthing. Now it only
composites changes.
Implementation notes
- DAG scene flush now sets 'changed' flags in render layer nodes
- Added notifier for 'transform finished' to trigger the update,
this is temporarily.
* Added Backdrop Panel inside the "Properties" area.
* Hard limit for the "zoom" value. Negative values doesn't make sense.
* Added a missing notifier for the Node backdrop move operator.
Compositor operators now have better poll check, so they won't
show up in operator search or hotkeys for other node views.
- backimage move, size
- read renderlayers
- New Node editor now opens with larger view, the default
was like zoomed in factor 2.
- Add node via menu now shows new node more visible
- Click on (material) node now doesn't re-render the entire
tree anymore, much nicer.
- Duplicate node creates preview image immediate
Compositor: "Read & Compo Full Sample Buffers" option stopped after
1 pass; the break callback was returning '1' falsely.
Also made it show "wait cursor" again, since it doesn't run in
thread nor updates UI while compositing buffers. Check console for
progress for now.
An operator Error throws up a menu, a Warning only a flashy header print.
In mesh editmode the menus for simple failures got very annoying, like
"Already a face" for Fkey on a face.
Proposal is to use warning for contextual failures, like:
- wrong selection
- unsupported combination
- wrong modes
And use errors for cases you really need user attention, for example when
issues are invisble or potentially damaging work.
- Memory failures
- Files not found
List can grow in future :) let's test this for mesh now.
I'll tackle this for other ops later after review.
(Also changed: loopcut disabled when editmode shows deformed result)
Code cleanup to allow switching active output nodes in Compositor
made shader nodes output not set correctly.
Now you can have multiple output nodes in shaders too, and switch
on click-activate.
safety fixes, was one case where it was still using get_ibuf instead of
acquire/release_ibuf, this is required for render and compositing results
which are modified by other threads.
- blend load/save uses os message.
- image load gives os message. (remove check for slash at end of line, just let the os report an error)
- python api load image/font/text raise errors with message (was just retuning None for image and font)
- minor edits to py api errors.
path -> filepath (for rna and operators, as agreed on with elubie)
path -> data_path (for windowmanager context functions, this was alredy used in many places)
- added relative option to saving external multires data
- renamed multires external functiosn to have save / pack as suffix.
- added TODO's for file select operators that should support relative paths but dont.
- also disable openmp on linux cross compile, mingw currently isnt linking -lgomp
Now, rather than the bit-too-alarming stop sign, threaded wmJobs
display a progress indicator in the header. This is an optional feature
for each job type and still uses the same hardcoded ui template
(could use further work here...).
Currently implemented for:
Render - parts completed, then nodes comped
Compositor - nodes comped
Fluid Sim - frames simulated
Texture Bake - faces baked
Example: http://mke3.net/blender/devel/2.5/progress.mov
"Select all of the same type" now is binding to Shift + GKEY
Two new function, select next and prev node of the same type.
Select a node and press Shift + [ or Shift + ] go to the
previous and next node of the same type (of the active node).
This is a small request from Venomgfx, select a node
and then press Shift + F to select all the nodes of the
same type (of the active node).
The key binding can be change, we thing in a "Find Next" (that is
way the FKEY) with venomgfx, but no problem with change that.
Also I add the entry in the select menu.
Allow dropping image files from outside blender, or image datablocks from inside blender
to the compositing node editor, to add an image node.
Also small tweak: Only set 'path' properties on drops, if the drag->path isn't empty.
* Division by zero fix for TNT SVD code.
* Sound fix, in case ffmpeg decode fails, don't use the samples.
* Fix for incorrect bounds of transformed objects in new raytracing code.
* Gave memory arena's a name used for allocations for easier memory
usage debugging.
* Dupligroup no_draw option was using layers but not restrict view/render
setting. (not a bugfix exactly but would do display list context switching
while drawing for no reason).
* Fix objects instanced on hair particles not giving consistent results
when the object is transformed.
* New math functions: madd_v4_v4fl, len_squared_v3v3, interp_v4_v4v4v4,
mul_v4_m4v4, SH and form factor functions, box_minmax_bounds_m4.
* mul_m4_m4m4 and mul_m3_m3m3 now accept the same pointers for multiple
arguments.
* endjob callback for WM jobs system.
* Geometry node uv/color layer now has search list/autocomplete.
* Various small buildsystem tweaks, not strictly needed yet in trunk.
- ALT+Scrollwheel zooms backdrop in node editor
- Blender -d debug print will also print every event except mouse moves
(needed to debug WM, some events are catched by OS)
- Changed order of keymaps... the default maps now are evaluated *after*
the own custom maps, so you can make overrides or defaults.
For now it is on ALT+MiddleMouse. The view2d code eats the shift+mmb,
which is not necessary, but will have to ask Joshua to be sure.
Probably tomorrow it's shift+mmb as for 2.49.