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Version 14

14.0.2

(Released October 10th, 2024)

Added:

• [Function graph] Improve text alignment within nodes
• [MacOS] Reallow installation on BigSur version (11.0)
• [Windows] Reallow installation on Windows 10 19H2

Fixed:

• [Bitmap] Paint strokes on bitmap resource do not mark host package as modified
• [Function Graph] Crash when closing package with function graph hosting an instance node
• [Function graph] Crash when undoing two Sample Color node tweaks in a row

14.0.1

(Released September 24th, 2024)

Added:

• [Engine] Update to Substance Engine 9.1.4
• [Content] Triangle grid: change triangulation method and use loops

Fixed:

• [API] Unloaded plugins cannot be loaded again
• [Content] Histogram Compute: result is 16 times what it should be
• [Content] Triangle Grid: pattern is not tiling properly
• [Data] Crash when changing graph input identifier in a specific case
• [Engine] Distance node produces artifacts when using very low pixel sizes
• [Engine] Incorrect Distance node result at 8K resolution on SSE2 engine
• [Function Graph] Long values appear overlapped on 'Float' nodes
• [Graph][Shortcuts] Node created using a shortcut is not placed on existing link after node duplication
• [Properties] Incorrect parameter display when value is invalid

14.0.0

(Released July 30th, 2024)

Added:

• [Content] New Anisotropic Kuwahara filter
• [Content] New Bevel Smooth Node
• [Content] New Curvature Smooth v2 node
• [Content] New Directional Distance node
• [Content] New Histogram Tools: Compute, Equalize, Render
• [Content] New ID to Mask node
• [Content] New Normal Uncombine node
• [Content] New Palette nodes: Create, Apply, Modify, View
• [Content] New Quantize Color node
• [Content] Non-Uniform Directional Warp: Set default Intensity Map Value to 1
• [Content] Add 'Color' or 'Grayscale' suffix to all node labels which have these versions
• [Content] Deprecate "White Noise" only keep "White Noise Fast"
• [Content] Deprecate 'Negate Float1' node in Substance function graph
• [Content] Rename "Quantize Color" to "Quantize Color (Simple)"
• [2D View] Display values in Information panel for pixels outside of 0-1 range
• [Engine][Text] New kerning for some fonts
• [Graph] Improve invalidation time when editing deep subgraphs while using in-context edition
• [Linker] Do not duplicate bitmaps in SBSASM
• [Parameters] Add a new "function" widget for all input parameter types
• [Properties] Improve display of inherited parameters
• [UX] Improve Trackpad support (Mac only)
• [UX] Modernize panning when reaching border of graph while selecting
• [UX] Remove 'Disable High DPI' functionality
• [Branding] New branding for Splash Screen and About window
• [Gradient Map] Add a way to shift all keys and loop
• [Library] Switch all default filters to sentence case
• [API] Add method to frame a specific node in the Graph View viewport
• [API] Add method to open a package resource in its editor (E.g., a Substance graph in the Graph View)
• [API] Add method to select a package resource in the Explorer (E.g., a Substance graph)
• [API] Add methods to get and set the graph type of a Substance compositing graph
• [ThirdParty] Follow 2023 VFX platforms recommendations
• [ThirdParty] Follow 2024 VFX platforms recommendations
• [ThirdParty] Update Boost to 1.82.0 + USD to 23.08
• [ThirdParty] Update NGL to 1.38
• [ThirdParty] Update OpenColorIO to 2.3.x
• [ThirdParty] Update OpenExr to 3.2.x
• [ThirdParty] Update OpenSubdiv to 3.6.x
• [ThirdParty] Update Python to 3.11.x
• [ThirdParty] Update Qt to 6.5.x
• [ThirdParty] Update gcc to 11.2.1
• [ThirdParty] Update glibc to 2.28
• [ThirdParty] Update libstdc++ ABI to C++11 one
• [Documentation] New 'Glossary' page

Fixed:

• [Bakers] Crash when rebaking a scene which filename was changed
• [Bakers] Crash when saving bakers preset to JSON file
• [Content] 'Scatter on spline': Expose Input image alpha parameter
• [Content] 'Tile Sampler Color': missing visibleif expression
• [Content] Anisotropic Noise: negative value for X/Y amount produces wrong result
• [Content] Anisotropic Noise: tiling issue when using odd value as X amount and no smoothness
• [Content] Normal Distrib function: incorrectly placed max() can lead to NaN
• [Content] RTAO, Bent Normal and RT Shadows do not work correctly on some platforms
• [Content] Shape Splatter Blend Color: OpenGL normal maps are not blended correctly
• [Content] Unwarranted space after 'Multi' prefix in node labels
• [Dependencies] Crash when moving graph within or across packages
• [Engine] Precision error in Warp nodes impacting the Slope Blur nodes
• [Engine] SBSAR layer in SD is unable to read SBSAR with SBSASM content > 2GB
• [Function graph] Incorrect result for 0^n
• [Graph] 'Display node size' option is mislabelled
• [Graph] Crash when copying a parented comment to another graph
• [Graph] Freeze when alt-dragging a Dot node
• [Graph] Node search can miss obvious matches in some cases
• [Graph] Performance issue when editing a function graph instanciated multiple times with supergraph opened
• [Graph] Too many invalidations when creating an output
• [Security] ICO Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
• [Security] Deprecate some unused image format
• [Parameters] Bitmap PKG Resource Path should not be editable
• [Parameters] Fix issues related to exposing/batch exposing the parameter of a value processor
• [Parameters] String parameters are ignored when batch exposing
• [Properties] Performance issue when editing a function graph instanciated multiple times with properties opened
• [SVG] Edits to shapes are not applied in rasterised image
• [UI] Fix some bugs/inconsistencies with scrollable widgets (Windowss only)
• [UI] Inconsistent order of 3D scene file formats in import/export lists
• [UI] Window's actions are duplicated in the UI
• [Version Control] 'perforce.py' script does not work on Python 3

Version 13

13.1.2

(Released April 16th, 2024)

Added:

• [Graph] Do not place duplicated nodes on top of the original node
• [Graph] Improve alignment of comments attached to nodes
• [Graph] Improve comments move
• [Graph] Snap pasted/duplicated frames and comments to the grid
• [Frames] Snap new frames and comments to the grid
• [Content] 'Curvature smooth': Add a note about tiling support in the description
• [3DView][IRay] Allow int output to be assigned to enum parameter
• [AxF] Add properties about the clear coat model
• [AxF] Improve errors management during export 
• [AxF] Improve GLSLFX and MDL materials for "SVBRDF" representation as stored in a AXF file
• [AxF] Remove 'CC No Refraction' property from 'AxF to AxF' template
• [AxF] Rename properties "properties.has_xxx" to "characteristics.has_xxx"
• [AxF] Update template to include all properties used by our SVBRDF shaders

Fixed:

• [3D View] Crash when resetting an Int MDL parameter mapped to an MDL enum
• [3D View] Incorrect widgets for SVBRDF shader properties when material is reset after changing 3D scene
• [3D View] Incorrect widgets for SVBRDF shader properties when no graph is applied
• [3D View] 'Show environment' button is disabled for new views with no default SBSSCN file
• [3D View] Switching from Iray to OpenGL renderer disconnects a graph output
• [AxF] Fresnel variant is not updated by graph output
• [AxF] Labels of AxF shader properties are formatted inconsistently
• [AxF] Warning about unchanged resources only appears in Console
• [Content] 'Non-Uniform' is not written consistently in all nodes
• [Content] Scatter on spline: Missing patterns on bridge splines
• [Content] Spline Mapper: Freeze when setting a negative 'Segment Amount' value
• [Content] 'Symmetry': Labels are missing and inconsistent
• [Graph] Existing comments are slightly offset
• [Security] RAS File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Vulnerability

13.1.1

(Released February 8th, 2024)

Added:

• [AxF] Add boolean properties hasClearCoat, hasSheen etc.
• [AxF] Add some missing properties
• [AxF] Allow importing EP-SVBRDF
• [AxF] Rename properties "anisotropic", "fresnel" and "fresnel variant"
• [AxF] Update to AxF-Editing 1.0.0
• [Graph] Paste on mouse position if position inside Graph View
• [UX] Increase height of Frame and Comment's 'Description' text field
• [UX] Set focus on text edition fields when creating Frames, Comments or Pins

Fixed:

• [AxF] 'Specular Color' map values are incorrect when exported
• [AxF] Preview and textures are not displayed correctly in 'Import AxF' dialog
• [AxF] Property 'CC No Refraction' is not injected correctly in 'AxF to AxF' template
• [Content] 'Flood Fill to Position' is absent from the Library
• [Content] 'Splatter Circular': Negative 'Pattern Amount' values result in very long and intensive computations
• [Content] 'Spline Merge List': Incorrect input order
• [Dependencies] Dependency is remapped to its copy after being saved as a copy
• [Frames] 'Enable HTML markup' button is not toggled when undoing its use
• [Frames] Marquee-selecting a frame and its content leads to entire frame contents being moved while auto-expanding
• [Graph] Comments duplicated from parented comments are always placed at graph origin
• [Graph] Line breaking in Comment is harsher on creation
• [Publish] Set default path for SBSAR publishing to "My Documents" folder
• [SBSAR] Redoing SBSAR load makes it editable and its data can be lost

13.1.0

(Released December 12th, 2023)

Added:

• [Frames] Auto Expand
• [Frames] Change rules to define when an object belongs to a frame
• [Frames] Disable text scaling for frames description
• [Frames] Fit size to content
• [Frames] New default, hover and selected states
• [Frames] Snap to Large Grid
• [Frames] Support HTML code for Frames description
• [Frames] Update interaction zones
• [Frames] Update visual aspect
• [Graph] Create the node at the middle of the visible link instead of middle of the link
• [Graph] Display properties of an item if it is the only one item with properties available in a selection
• [Graph] Remove "Scaling" option for comments in the graph
• [Graph] Snap nodes on the main grid when doing copy/paste
• [UX] Allow fuzzy search in Node menu and Library search
• [UX] Make the Node menu list loop
• [AxF] Support AxF export
• [AxF] Disable AxF on Linux
• [API] Set the 'Visible if' property of graph parameters, inputs and outputs using the Python API
• [API] Set the order of graph I/O using the Python API
• [Dependencies] Update Boost to 1.80.0
• [Dependencies] Update OpenSubdiv to 3.5.x
• [Dependencies] Update gcc to 11.2.1 - Iray/MDL C++20 issue
• [Dependencies] Update FBX SDK to 2020.3
• [Dependencies] Update NGL to 1.35.0.20
• [Color management] Add support for OCIO ICC displays
• [Levels] Add a way to reset the histogram
• [Python] Warn users if QtForPython cannot be imported
• [2D view] Save the state of the view options
• [3D View] Add Position technique to the mesh info shader
• [Export] Add a 'Save settings' button to save changes to export options

Fixed:

• [3D View] Cannot assign a texture to an input of type texture_2d of a MDL Material
• [AxF] Graph identifiers in templates list can be blank
• [AxF] Substance graph template field is blank by default
• [Content] Atlas Scatter: incorrect behavior in specific cases
• [Content] Flood Fill Mapper: blank output when all shapes have same Bbox size
• [Content] FloodFill to Position: Imprecision artefacts in some situations
• [Content] Incorrect 'Specular' output in 'BaseColor/Metallic/Roughness converter' node
• [Content] Mask to Path doesn't work in non square vertical
• [Content] Missing description for Input value, Input Grayscale, Input Color and Output nodes
• [Content] Missing description for Set and Sequence nodes
• [Content] Shape Splatter: Imprecision artefacts in 'Splatter data 2' output
• [Engine] Booleans in Value Processors always evaluate to 'False' (Apple Silicon only)
• [Explorer] Order of toolbar buttons is inconsistent between OS
• [Frames] Do not grab nodes when moving a frame with CTRL modifier
• [Gradient Map] reset all option should also reset the gradient widget
• [GraphRender] Some nodes are rendered black when tweaking in preview mode
• [Graph] 'Input value' preview is stuck to 'False' when tweaking default boolean value (Apple Silicon only)
• [Graph] Dot nodes close to Frame edge are not moved by the Frame
• [Interoperability] Resend icon is not updated after sending to Substance 3D Stager
• [MDL] Impossible to change Roughness in nodes where this param is available
• [MDL] Invalid connections in 'AxF to Metallic Roughness' template
• [UI] 'Export outputs' window can be minimised (Windows only)
• [UI] Images appear pixelated in About screen when using display scaling
• [UI] Node align tools in graph toolbar create multiple undo steps

13.0.2

(Released July 27th, 2023)

Added:

• [Function graph] Add $getPhysicalSize system variable
• [Home Screen] Support opening SBS files by drag and drop
• [Content] Spline Mapper/Spline Flow Mapper : Add 'Non-Square Correction' parameter

Fixed:

• [Home Screen] Do not display Home Screen when a file is sent from another software
• [Home Screen] Wrong status for Designer icon in the Windows toolbar
• [Content] Atlas Splitter: Description is incorrect
• [Content] Incorrect reference value in 'Linear to sRGB (luminance)' function 
• [Content] Numbers display tool does not support non-square resolutions
• [Content] Point List: 'Point number' parameter has incorrect minimum value
• [Content] Shape Drop Shadow: Shadow can disappear when tiling is disabled
• [Content] Spline (Poly Quadratic): Incorrect preview tangents and thickness in non-corrected non-square resolutions
• [Content] Spline (Poly Quadratic): Points labels are not hidden when using connect start/end options
• [Content] Spline Bridge (List): 'Non-Square Correction' parameter has no effect
• [Content] Spline Cubic: Non-Square Correction parameter has no effect on Preview output
• [Content] Spline Mapper: Incorrect render when the spline has a very small thickness
• [Content] Spline nodes: Inverted alpha sign description in Spline Coords tooltip
• [Content] Spline nodes: 'Non-Square Correction' parameter has no effect on Preview output
• [Content] Spline Render: Output format is absolute 32F
• [Content] Spline Render: Output is clamped in [0, 1] range
• [Content] Spline Sample Thickness: Spline can be subtracted into negative values
• [Content] Spline Select: Splines are closed with a single segment by default
• [Crash][Cooker] Crash when loading specific graphs
• [Crash][UI] Crash when enabling menus after loading package from Home Screen
• [API] 'User documentation' link in scripting reference is outdated
• [Properties] Value processor function can't be opened on a locked graph
• [Publish] Cannot publish packages containing MDL graphs
• [UI] 'Manage My Account...' option is disabled in Help menu
• [UI] Missing entries in Help menu when opening Designer through a file

13.0.1

(Released June 27th, 2023)

Added:

• [Content] Spline (Poly Quadratic), Point List: add name of points in the Preview output
• [Content] Spline Mapper: add a parameter to offset the cylinder profile center
• [DotNode] Sort the list of input portals alphabetically

Fixed:

• [Content] Incorrect result in several Spline nodes when using uniform distribution
• [Content] Minor errors in Spline & Path nodes' tooltips
• [Content] Quad Transform on Path: p01 and p10 default values are switched
• [Content] Quad Transform: result is incorrect in a specific situation
• [Content] Spline Circle: 'Flip direction' result is incorrect when not using Uniform distribution
• [Content] Spline Circle: tangents are incorrect when adjusting the spiral and size parameters
• [Content] Spline Flow Mapper: black streaks in result when using high spiral power in Spline Circle
• [Content] Spline Mapper / UV Mapper: background Color does not work
• [Content] Spline Mapper: base height is 0, resulting in clipping
• [Content] Spline Mapper: spline height is modified by input multiplier even when that input is not connected
• [Content] Spline Mapper: splines extremities meeting an image edge are not mapped
• [Content] Spline Mapper: UV Scale Y has no effect when using non-Plane shape
• [Content] Spline Mapper: Z-fighting when rendering overlapping splines of same height
• [Content] Spline Poly Quadratic: 'Flip direction' result is incorrect when not using Uniform distribution
• [Content] Spline Render: joints are not handled consistently across Spline Style options
• [Content] Spline Render: last segment is not drawn
• [Content] Spline Render: non-square correction is not applied correctly
• [Content] UV Mapper color appears twice in Library
• [DotNode] Connection snapping area is not updated after disabling text scaling limit
• [DotNode] Creation via contextual menu is broken
• [DotNode] Input portal name position is not adjusted after undoing/redoing a name change
• [GraphRender] Too many invalidations when modifying a function graph
• [Graph] Transformation widget position is not visually updated correctly
• [Localization] 'Soft range' and 'Hard range' are not localized in MDL graphs
• [Parameters] Consecutive text changes are not logged in history stack
• [Parameters] Hitbox for moving graph input parameters in the list is unreliable
• [Properties] Simple click is considered as double on spin-box widget on heavy projects
• [Publish] Order of resources in package is not preserved in published asset

13.0.0

(Released June 6th, 2023)

Added:

• [Graph] Portal node
• [Onboarding] New Home Screen
• [Content] Spline (Cubic) node
• [Content] Spline (Poly Quadratic) node
• [Content] Spline Circle node
• [Content] Point List node
• [Content] Spline Bridge (2 splines) node
• [Content] Spline Bridge (List) node
• [Content] Spline Append node
• [Content] Spline Select node
• [Content] Spline Merge List node
• [Content] Spline 2D Transform node
• [Content] Spline Warp node
• [Content] Spline Sample Height node
• [Content] Spline Sample Thickness node
• [Content] Spline Render node
• [Content] Scatter on Spline Color node
• [Content] Scatter on Spline Grayscale node
• [Content] Spline Mapper Color node
• [Content] Spline Mapper Grayscale node
• [Content] Spline Bridge Mapper Color node
• [Content] Spline Bridge Mapper Grayscale node
• [Content] Spline Flow Mapper node
• [Content] UV Mapper Color node
• [Content] UV Mapper Grayscale node
• [Content] Paths to Splines node
• [Content] Masks to Paths node
• [Content] Paths 2D Transform nodenode
• [Content] Paths Polygon node
• [Content] Preview Paths node
• [Content] Paths Warp node
• [Content] Paths Select node
• [Content] Paths Vertex Processor node
• [Content] Paths Vertex Processor Simple node
• [Content] Quad Transform on Path node
• [Content] Raytraced Ambient Occlusion v2
• [Content] Raytraced Bent Normal v2
• [Content] Raytraced Shadows v2
• [Engine] Update to version 9
• [Engine] Loop node in function graphs
• [Engine] Add solid mode to Gradient
• [Engine] Atomic pow() node in Function Graph
• [Engine] Add border wrapping options (clamp to edge / repeat) in Sampler node
• [Engine] Nearest sampling in Warp and Directional Warp node
• [Engine] Add a "punchthrough alpha" mode to the Sharpen filter for color inputs
• [Engine] FxMap: Hemisphere morphlet
• [Engine] Atomic Get/Set operations in function graphs
• [Engine] Functions: use precise function of log/log2/exp, 2pow - Unify functions between cooker and engine
• [Engine] Add an "intensity offset" parameter to the Directional Warp filter
• [API] Support preset management for compositing graphs
• [Functions] Change input name for functions atomic nodes
• [Localization] Add Portuguese (Brazil), Italian (Italy) and Spanish (Spain) languages
• [Localization] Respect rule "Language (Country)" in the list of languages
• [Presets] Disable 'Preview' and 'Presets' panels in graph properties when using in-context editing
• [Substance models graph] End of support of Substance models graphs

Fixed:

• [3D View] Display of long strings in scene statistics is cut off (macOS only)
• [API] 'structure::Structure' module is still included in the API reference
• [API] Dot nodes in MDL graphs have no definition nor properties
• [API] Incorrect behavior when setting the parameter of function nodes
• [Content] 3D Voronoi and 3D Voronoi Fractal nodes generate a cooking warning
• [Engine] 'Intensity Map Offset' parameter has no effect on grayscale data in SSE2 engine
• [Explorer] Graph i/o can be deleted
• [Graph] Bitmap is ignored when used in instances
• [Graph] Incorrect dot node position when created node from a node
• [Graph] Incorrect focus in 'Expose parameter' dialog when using 'Enter' key
• [Graph] Wrong result in histogram scan with bitmap in context editing
• [Localization] Fix various clipping issues
• [Parameters] Crash when deleting an input parameter
• [Publish] Graphs in folders are moved to root in published package
• [Resources] Crash when updating a loaded resource on disk
• [VisibleIf] Fix regression in conditional visibility evaluation 

Version 12

12.4.1

(Released: March 30, 2023)

Added:

• [Cooker][Graph] Take in account EXIF transformation tags in JPEG file
• [Security] Upgrade to USD 23.02
• [Security] Remove the support of file format import Collada (.dae)
• [Substance models] Warning about the end of life of Substance model graphs in the next major version

Fixed:

• [3D View][ASM] Coating roughness artefact when using a CoatNormal
• [Content] 'Gradient Filled Cells' parameter of Alveolus node is inverted
• [Content] Input Number of Multi-Switch nodes is not clamped
• [Content] Cooking warning in Scratches Generator Normal node
• [Data] Crash when loading package manually after undoing its previous load
• [Data] Crash when quickly undoing a multiple graph operations up to the package load

12.4.0

(Released: January 31, 2023)

Added:

• [3D View] Add all options in Display menu as toolbar buttons
• [API] Allow adding actions to graph view toolbars
• [API] Allow to create/edit/evaluate a Substance model graph from the API
• [Color management] Improve quality of baked 3D LUTs in ACE mode
• [Documentation] Sample projects for Substance compositing graphs
• [Documentation] Sample project for function graphs
• [Explorer] Allow moving Graph and Resources from one parent to another without closing or invalidating widgets
• [Gradient Editor] Select clicked pin when displaying the gradient editor
• [Graph] Add option in a node's contextual menu to select all its children
• [Graph] Clean graph tool to detect and remove unused nodes in all graphs types and property graphs
• [Graph] Transform image input to color/greyscale
• [Parameters] Add a lock on integer2 widgets
• [Parameters] Allow to type basic formulas as a parameter
• [Substance model] Toggle to switch between values and icons for value nodes
• [UI] Button to generate a random value when a random seed is required
• [UI] Focused item is not highlighted in Scene browser
• [UX] Reset slider ranges when their value is reset

Fixed:

• [API] SDProperty.getDefaultValue() almost always returns None
• [3D View] 'DirectX Normal' property value is not shared across renderers
• [3D View] Scene statistics display is stretched when viewport is small
• [3D View] Wireframe display property is not saved
• [Content] Radial Blur Color parameters have no effect on the alpha channel
• [Localization] Additional sliders and buttons are displayed in Enviroment OpenGL Properties.
• [MDL][Substance model] Crash when deleting exposed nodes
• [Preferences] Default_config file is never recreated if deleted
• [Substance model] Crash reordering parameter that doesn't appears at instance level

12.3.1

(Released: November 24, 2022)

Added:

• [3DView] Optimized rendering for scenes with many materials
• [3DView] View a Substance model graph's outputs when dropping it from Explorer
• [License] Clean legacy system for Linux users
• [Onboarding] Update background transparency
• [Substance models] Display warning in Graph View when input and output share the same identifier

Fixed:

• [3D Assets] 'Help > Substance 3D assets' mistakenly targets Creative Cloud Desktop on Linux
• [3D View] Materials are not built when mesh is loaded
• [3D View] Materials list opens when dropping Substance model graph in viewport
• [Explorer] Cannot delete selection with keyboard if a Substance model graph is included
• [Explorer] Crash when opening the contextual menu of a mesh resource's material item on Mac
• [Graph] Instances whose Input images depends on Values generates wrong result in subsequent nodes
• [Graph] Wrong result when using chain of subgraphs with contextual graph editing enabled
• [MDL] Crash when loading MDL graph referencing a compositing graph with outdated outputs
• [MDL] Texture 2D node does not work anymore
• [Onboarding] Cropped and unlocalized texts
• [Onboarding] Panels are not correctly displayed when launching the app via opening a file
• [Preferences] Image cache ignores the temporary files location set by the user
• [Properties] Tweak performed in preview/preset panels are merged in undo stack
• [Shortcut] Shortcut assigned on deprecated nodes create conflicts and can't be cleaned
• [Substance models] Crash when closing a package after performing specific actions
• [Substance models] Instance nodes and links from relocated packages are not refreshed correctly
• [Substance models] Undoing deletion of subgraphs does not refresh instance nodes and links consistently
• [Substance models] Value suddenly increases too fast on transform node
• [UI] "Visible if" property warning icons does not have a tooltip
• [UI] Image information text is too dark in 2D View's viewport
• [Undo] Moving a position widget in preview mode stores all intermediate values

12.3.0

(Released: October 06, 2022)

Added:

• [General] Onboarding panel to welcome new users
• [General] What's new panel to improve new features discoverability
• [Substance model] Support of sub graphs and instances
• [Substance model] Support Visible If for exposed parameters
• [Substance model] Add support of Output nodes
• [Substance model] Curve offset node
• [Substance model] Curve revert node
• [Substance model] Curve smoothing node
• [Substance model] Curve subdivide node
• [Substance model] Graft node
• [Substance model] Update "Filter Scene" node
• [Substance model] Make non-atomic nodes discoverable in Node menu
• [Substance model] Add the action "Open Reference" in the contextual menu of an instance node
• [Substance model] Add a "View in 3DView" action in the contextual menu of nodes that can be sent to the 3DView
• [Substance model] Automatically display a node's properties after exposing it
• [Substance model] Create 'New Substance model graph' window with templates list
• [UI] Improve consistency of image saving options in 2D View and 3D View
• [UI] Rename 'Link > 3D Mesh' to 'Link > 3D Scene' in Explorer's contextual menu
• [UI] Reset layout now apply to all floating windows
• [UI] Use 'View outputs in 3D View' label in contextual menus for graphs
• [Library] Support non-atomic Substance model graphs
• [SBSAR] Support graph outputs' description in the SBSAR
• [Shader] Set the default Tessellation Factor value to 1 for all shaders
• [UI] Expose 2-buttons widget for boolean parameters
• [Engine] Update to Version 8.6.4
• [Steam] Optimized build for Apple Silicon chipset (Apple M1 / M2)

Fixed:

• [UI] Resolve scaling issues for high-DPI screens
• [UI] '$(udim)' template missing from list in baking window
• [UI] Crash when displaying the Node menu on the screen's right border (macOS only)
• [UI] Extension button in 3D view menu is not visible
• [UI] Graph toolbar's extension menu is incomplete
• [UI] Incorrect parameter widget value after undoing hard range activation
• [3D view] Non default shader setting is lost on Iray from a session to another
• [Bakers] Crash when loading baking window with a scene without meshes
• [Function] Crash when copying an instance into its referenced graph
• [Function] Fix possible crash when manipulating nodes
• [Globalization] Italic is not always correctly disabled in japanese/korean/chinese
• [Graph] Incorrect fallback identifier for new MDL and Substance model graphs
• [Graph] Inherited parameters driven by values are sometimes computed incorrectly
• [GraphRender] Crash when switching engines while computing high resolution graph (macOS only)

12.2.1

(Released: August 04, 2022)

Fixed:

• [Graph] Wrong results when changing the parent size of the graph
• [Crash] Crash when computing Substance compositing graph at very high resolution
• [Crash] Crash when running out of memory while loading package
• [Crash] Crash when using bracket in exposed parameter's annotations in a Substance model graph
• [Crash] Improve stability of rendering Substance compositing graphs
• [Iray] Update to version 2021.1.6

12.2.0

(Released: July 19, 2022)

Added:

• [Apple] Native Apple silicon (M1) support (Creative Cloud version only)
• [Substance model graph] Display node tooltips in Graph View
• [Substance model graph] Display node tooltips in Library
• [Substance model graph] Add a contextual menu entry to preview nodes
• [Substance model graph] Allow user to create shortcuts for nodes creation
• [UI] Add "View output in 2D View" option in compositing graph's contextual menu
• [UI] Split the "Automatic display of outputs" setting into 2D View/3D View specific settings
• [UI] Add dropdown arrow and tooltip to "View output" button in 2D View toolbar
• [UI] Reword and reorder items in Explorer's Information panel
• [Color Management] Add "Linear Adobe RGB (1998)" and "Adobe RGB (1998)" export color spaces for Adobe ACE
• [Color Management] Add "Linear Adobe RGB (1998)" working color space for Adobe ACE
• [Color management] Add suport for OCIO ICC displays
• [Color Management] Hide Adobe RGB working color space from ACE preferences
• [Color management] Improve quality of baked 3D LUTs in ACE mode
• [Color Management] Use new GPU backend in 3D viewer
• [Localization] Full update of Korean language
• [Engine] Update to version 8.6.0
• [Graph] Assign a default graph identifier when that property is left blank
• [Library] Disable tooltip hyperlinks for non-instance nodes
• [NewProject] Update default resolution
• [Templates] Add CLO template
• [API] Expose the defaultParentSize property for SDSBSCompGraph objects
• [Dependencies] Update Alembic to version 1.8.3
• [Dependencies] Update AXF to version 1.9.0
• [Dependencies] Update Boost to version 1.76
• [Dependencies] Update FBX to version 2020.2.1
• [Dependencies] Update IRay to version 2021.1.0
• [Dependencies] Update OpenColorIO to version 2.1.1
• [Dependencies] Update OpenEXR to version 3.1.5
• [Dependencies] Update TBB to version 2020.3
• [Dependencies] Update USD to version 0.22.3
• [Remove] Disable the post effects feature (Yebis)
• [Remove] Remove "Save render to Artstation" command from the 3D View menu

Fixed:

• [Substance models] Hard range set on exposed parameter is saved when unexposing
• [Substance models] Identifier is not user friendly on constant nodes
• [Substance models] Improve search based on node compatibility
• [UI] 'New' submenu order is incorrect for Folder resources
• [UI] Default size of main window is very small
• [UI] Toolbars are not affected by 'Reset layout' option
• [UI] Visible transparency grid on font resource icon in Explorer
• [Cooker] Compositing graphs instanced in MDL graph are always entirely recooked
• [Graph] Crash when pasting a node copied from a graph with blank identifier
• [MDL] Crash when closing a specific MDL graph
• [Performances] Application is unresponsive when loading very large packages
• [Resources] 3D Scene resource can be imported in a specific case

12.1.1

(Released: June 07, 2022)

Fixed:

• [Content] "bluenoise_256" resource has a defined "colorspace" attribute in some nodes
• [Content] "Get size" nodes do not appear in Library and grayscale version is mislabeled
• [Content] "Random Color Seed" parameter in 2D Voronoi nodes has no effect
• [SBSRender] Exporting a graph to EXR do not generate the same bpc as Designer
• [Substance models] "Gamma type" should not appear in exposed parameter's properties
• [Substance models] Crash when using bracket in exposed parameter's annotations

12.1.0

(Released: April 26, 2022)

Added:

• [Main] New Content for material graphs
• [Main] Send Materials to Stager
• [Main] Support of USD files
• [Main] Improve the error reporting in the UI
• [Main] Scene Management nodes for model graphs
• [Content] Add more options to 3D Perlin Noises (tiling, absolute...)
• [Content] New 3D Ridged Noise Fractal node
• [Content] New 3D Texture Offset node
• [Content] New 3D Texture Position node
• [Content] New 3D Texture Render Surface node
• [Content] New 3D Texture Render Volume node
• [Content] New 3D Texture Signed Distance Field node
• [Content] New Auto Crop node
• [Content] New Easing functions
• [Content] New Extend Shape nodes
• [Content] New Grunge Maps
• [Content] New Non-Uniform Rotation node
• [Content] New Summed Area Table filter
• [Content] New Tile Random 2 generator
• [Content] New Triangle Grid pattern generator
• [Content] New version of the Quantize Grayscale node
• [Content] New Voronoi and Voronoi Fractal Noises (2D/3D)
• [Content] Threshold: add 'Lower' and 'Lower and equal' comparison mode
• [Content][3D View] Add a mesh fit for displaying fabrics to the shipped resources
• [Substance models] New Expand Group Instances node
• [Substance models] New Fuse node
• [Substance models] New Rename node
• [Substance models] New Reparent node
• [Substance models] New Set Pivot node
• [Substance models] Update to SDK 1.6.0
• [UI] Improve Node menu behavior when misclicking
• [UI] Open subgraphs in the same tab even if pinned
• [UI] Remove Pin button from Explorer panel's title bar
• [UI] Save "Do not display again" option on Welcome screen across versions
• [ThirdParty] Upgrade Qt (and QtForPython) to 5.15.8
• [ThirdParty] Upgrade Python to 3.9.9
• [ThirdParty] Upgrade OpenSSL to 1.1.1m
• [3D View] Display the Grid unit in the viewport when the "Axis" helper is enabled
• [Automation] Provide sbsbaker command line tool with Designer
• [Color Management] Implement new GPU backend for Adobe ACE
• [Cooker] Add an option to cook a package without a timestamp
• [Graph] Add badges in the FxMap graph
• [Library] Add new filter for Easings functions
• [Player] USD support
• [Properties] Add a warning error on the "PKG Resource Path" parameter of a Bitmap node when the resource is not found
• [Substance Engine] Upgrade to 8.4.1
• [Yebis] Warn the user that Yebis post effects will be removed in the next version
• [Documentation] New "Warnings and errors" page
• [Documentation] New page describing inheritance in Substance compositing graphs
• [Documentation] Update 'Iray' section
• [Documentation] Update 'MDL graphs' section

Fixed:

• [UI] Clipping issues in templates tooltips in the new graph window
• [UI] Hard to read white text in nodes when using Dark Mode in macOS
• [UI] Layout issue in some dialog boxes
• [UI] Warning message is appearing truncated while creating Substance function graph in Explorer.
• [UX] Color picker is moving downward on each new opening
• [UX] Gradient editor window moves up each time it is spawned
• [UX] Graph properties are not automatically displayed for loaded packages
• [Content] Flood Fill Mapper: Incorrect input selection in a specific case
• [Content] Flood Fill: Text bleed in boolean parameters' buttons
• [Content] Incorrect range for Multi-Angle to Normal node's First Sample Light Angle parameter
• [Substance models] Properties of node shows identifier instead of label
• [Substance models][3D view] Refresh problem when reopening a project
• [Substance models][3Dview] Refresh issue when using wireframe preview
• [Parameters] Crash when deleting graph inputs in quick succession in a specific case
• [Parameters] Crash when resetting an instance parameter while editing its reference description
• [Bitmap] UDIM detection is not triggered for bitmap files dropped in graph
• [Graph] Bitmap/SVG nodes are not invalidated when resource is modified on disk after loading the package
• [GraphRender] Memory leak when Substance graph evaluation get cancelled
• [Localization] String "Rebake all maps for this resource" is appearing unlocalised
• [MDL] Exposed parameter initialised to 0 if input is connected to unconnected Dot node
• [Preferences] Tooltips are displayed even when the cursor is in an empty space
• [Properties] Undoing a color space value change sets the default value instead in a specific case
• [Text] Cannot Undo font switch to missing font resource

Version 11

11.3.3

(Released: February 01, 2022)

Fixed:

• [Substance models] Ranges can be lost in some cases
• [Substance models][Export] Scale is different depending of the file type
• [Substance models][Export] Meshes are duplicated

11.3.2

(Released: January 25, 2022)

Added:

• [Documentation] Update 'Iray' section

Fixed:

• [Substance models] Can't publish package that contains Substance models graphs
• [Substance models] Impossible to export a model graph in some specific cases
• [Substance models] Make parameters ranges more coherent
• [MDL] Crash when exporting MDLE file
• [MDL] Wrong .mdl file generated when a MDL graph contains Dot nodes connected to Exposed parameters
• [2D View] Optimize display of painting tools
• [Content] Inconsistent Output size parameter setup in template's source graphs
• [Properties] Labels of Soft/Hard ranges are wrong in the Property Panel for MDL and Substance models exposed nodes
• [Templates] Update default values of inputs in 'Sampler filter' template

11.3.1

(Released: December 13, 2021)

Added:

• [Graph] Add a warning when deleting a graph used in another graph/package

Fixed:

• [UI] Color editor is too small when using a specific UI layout
• [UI] Crash when updating the list of recently used templates
• [UI] Incorrect highlighting in Shortcuts preferences
• [UI] Main window size is too small after restarting a windowed session (macOS only)
• [UI] Maximised dock is not minimised on exit (Windows only)
• [UI] Missing space in 'Level Out High' parameter tooltip[3DView] Axis in 3D view are too small when the scene bounding box is thin
• [UI] Style issue on some text in Project settings for French language
• [Substance models] Clamp on exposed parameters are not saved across sessions
• [Substance models] Shift modifier is still enabled after using node preview shortcut
• [Substance models] Some deleted nodes remain in the exported SBSM
• [Substance models] Target nodes of the evaluation accumulate and are not deleted[API] Crash when rendering Curve node which properties were set through API
• [Bakers] 'Material color' widget is not visible and does not work as expected
• [Content] PBR Render Node: internal computation not performed at the node's resolution
• [Function Graph] Messages displaying the expected types are wrong in some cases
• [Graph] Input relative to input: inherited parameters are incorrect with connected instances
• [MDL] Substance graph instances are not reliably updated in MDL graphs
• [Publish] Fail publishing graph that contains circular dependencies
• [Shortcuts] Shift+Space should not be an assignable keyboard shortcut for nodes
• [Templates] Output format of custom templates is ignored

11.3.0

(Released: November 24, 2021)

Added:

• [Substance models] Add tooltips for nodes parameters
• [Substance models] Allow to display in overlay in the 3D viewport the result of an intermediate node
• [Substance models] Improve how Basis are displayed
• [Substance models] Preserve the objects' hierarchy when exporting a Substance Model graph to .fbx
• [Substance models] Support multiple materials in FBX/OBJ export from Substance Model graph
• [Substance models][Content] Particle node
• [Substance models][Content] Generative Transform node
• [Substance models][Content] Organic Pattern node
• [Substance models][Content] Particles from Instances node
• [Substance models][Content] Particle Pruning node
• [Substance models][Content] Lathe node
• [Substance models][Content] Shell node
• [Substance models][Content] Projection node
• [Substance models][Content] Curve Trim node
• [Substance models][Content] Update Curve Sampler node
• [Substance models][Content] Update Mesh Sampler node
• [Substance models][Content] Update Jitter node
• [UX] Button to maximize current view
• [UX] Update the New Graph window
• [UX] Add 'Download Player' option in Tools menu and aggregate with 'Locate Player'
• [UX] Add 'Close All' entry to the file menu
• [UX] Apply consistent casing throughout the main menu
• [UX] Automatically display the properties of duplicated graph items
• [UX] Add buttons in the graph toolbar to disable constant screen size for Frame titles / Comments / Pins
• [UX] Buttons to copy versions information to the clipboard in the About dialog
• [Materials] Inputs relative to inputs
• [Content] Add 'Tiling' option on 3D Perlin Noises
• [Content] New Diffusion process node
• [Content] New PBR Render node version
• [Interoperability] Receive SBS and SBSAR from Sampler
• [Interoperability] Send SBSM To Stager
• [3D View] Add an option to disable backface culling
• [3D View] Add an option to display Vertex tangent space
• [Explorer] Highlight graph in the Explorer when double clicking the Graph View's background
• [Explorer] Remove the 'Explore' option in contextual menus
• [Bakers] Hide deprecated bakers
• [Color Management] Add support for OCIO v2 config file rules
• [Library] Rename categories according to graph types
• [Preferences] Auto-disable the CPU in Iray hardware preferences if supported CUDA GPU is detected

Fixed:

• [Substance models] Crash on Mac when using "as sudb" option on .fbx
• [Substance models] Crash when exporting to SBSM in a specific case
• [Substance models] Export failure when exporting exposed parameters which widgets were never built
• [Substance models] Random crash when opening a graph that refers to multiple .fbx files
• [Substance models] Ranges are not applied dynamically in exposed parameters' widgets
• [Substance models] Reload mesh option doesn't work on resources used in Substance models graph
• [Substance models] Scenes are not displayed in an available 3D View in a specific case
• [UI] Disable area is too large in material options
• [UI] Style issue in 'Package File not Saved' dialog
• [UI] Tab key has to be pressed twice to navigate across values
• [UI] Zooming with mouse drag is inversed between 3D View and other Viewports
• [UI] Loading an already open SBS using the 'Recent files' list incorrectly triggers a 'Package Not Found' prompt
• [UI][macOS] Incorrect default interface layout after starting the application
• [UI] Packages cannot be saved to a drive's root (Windows only)
• [Graph] 'Automatically display in 2D View' option is inconsistent in a specific case
• [Graph] 'Open Reference' option is available for SBSAR instance nodes
• [Graph] Pin properties are only displayed when item is created
• [Graph] Pin string rules are inconsistently enforced
• [Graph] Crash when saving an empty graph
• [3D View] Anisotropy angle is inverted in ASM shader
• [3D View] ASM Shader: linearization issues with SSS related maps
• [3D View] Broken OpenGL rendering after closing additional 3D Views in a specific case
• [3D View] The predefined cameras positions are not correct in the 3D View with some .fbx files
• [MDL] 'Add Node' from the contextual menu is not working for MDL Graphs
• [MDL] Bug: Connection of node fails when using float2.x components and alike (SD 11.1.2)
• [MDL] Crash upon opening specific.sbs file
• [MDL] Scene units per meter in Iray not set at render session start
• [MDL] Freezes when tweaking a lerp node in the MDL graph
• [MDL] Order of parameters in exported MDL code
• [Explorer] empty resource folder is created after canceling resource creation
• [Explorer] Only the first element of a package can be moved to the bottom of the list
• [Content] RT Bent Normal and RT AO triggers node computation in nested graphs
• [Input Node] Bitmap in Input Nodes is not updated when UDIM change
• [Iray] Long time is taken when trying to display a Substance models Scene with lots of instances
• [Preferences] Empty line when cancelling the addition of a project file
• [Python editor] 'Close' option stays enabled after closing last script and still includes its name æ

11.2.2

(Released: September 28, 2021)

Added:

• [Properties] Add new graph types for Decals, Atlases, Environment lights and Light textures

Fixed:

• [UI] Incorrect interface layout after starting the application
• [Stability] Fix crashes when going out of sleep mode on Windows and when plugging/unplugging screens
• [3D View] Creating a 3D Scene resource from Substance model graph Scene has no effect
• [Blend] Enum values are missing when exposing blending mode
• [Export] Scene export of Substance models results in duplicated geometry
• [MDL] Crash when opening a specific SBS file
• [Mesh] Crash when linking specific mesh with flawed geometry
• [Substance models] Export fails when exposed parameter's default value is out of soft range

11.2.1

(Released: July 27, 2021)

Added:

• [Substance model] Update to version 1.0.3
• [Substance model] Complete and improve the Substance model graphs documentation
• [Substance model] Display logs in the console
• [Substance model][ScatterOnCurves] Change default value for spacing
• [Substance model][ScatterOnCurves] Remove unneeded HalfSpaceOddEven parameter
• [Substance model][Transform] Update Euler rotation soft range
• [Publish] Remember settings in the Publish window
• [Publish] Warn the user when at least one dependency has unsaved changes
• [Publish] Initialize "File Path" field
• [Publish] Add visual feedback during publishing
• [Interoperability] Add "Send to Player" command to the "Send to" menu
• [Interoperability] Simplify send/resend workflow to Sampler and Painter
• [API] Add SDApplication.getVersion() to allow retrieve the version of the host application
• [Explorer] Add an Open action to Substance model graph items
• [Graph] Disable "View in 3d view" actions for ghost instance nodes

Fixed:

• [Substance model] Crash when deleting a sequence
• [Substance model] Basis are not drawn correctly in some cases
• [Substance model] Fail to export specific projects
• [Substance model] Material assignment broken when opening a project with Iray enabled
• [Substance model] Min hard range doesn't work correctly in certain circumstances
• [Substance model][Primitive] Icosphere first level of subdivision doesn't work
• [Substance model][RandomFloat] Correctly handle the case where Min >= Max
• [3D view] Crash when drag and dropping maps
• [3D View] Exposed strings in MDL materials use color space widget
• [3D View][Bakers] Parented objects are not handled correctly
• [3D View] Warning message about the "heightScale" usage name for legacy .glslfx file
• [Content] Cooking warnings in Height extrude node
• [Content] RT Irradiance node does not appear in Library
• [Content] RT Shadows: cooking warning messages in the console
• [Graph] Crash when opening a file with some disabled nodes
• [Graph] Dot node doesn't work correctly in MDL Graph when a link is selected
• [Graph] Graph view is not automatically re-opened after reloading a package
• [Interoperability] Error dialog when selecting 'Download...' while sending to Player
• [Interoperability] Resending after deleting all outputs results in API errors
• [Interoperability] Resending just after closing target application results in API errors
• [Explorer] [Graph] After reloading a package, the first graph opened is not the first graph of the package
• [Explorer] New graphs in a package are not placed the same way depending on their type
• [Explorer] Unable to open a Substance Model graph or a Scene Resource after moving it in the explorer
• [Explorer] Crash/freeze when moving a Substance model graph into package hierarchy
• [Library] SBSAR files remain in the temporary files location
• [Library] XML files remain in the temporary files location
• [Player] Material has no impact in 3D View when language is set to Japanese
• [Player] Substance Player download link is outdated
• [Color widget] Color editor window moves to the top of the screen
• [IRay] Fix IRay module loading on Windows when app directory contains non ascii chars
• [Preferences] MDL panel is displayed twice in Project
• [API] FxMap nodes don't support getPropertyGraph()

11.2.0

(Released: June 23, 2021)

Added:

• [Branding] Substance Designer becomes Adobe Substance 3D Designer
• [Substance Models] New Substance model graphs to create procedural 3D models
• [Content] Add new HDR environment maps
• [Content] New Bent Normal node
• [Content] New RT Ambient Occlusion node
• [Content] New RT Caustics node
• [Content] New RT Caustics node
• [Content] New RT Irradiance node
• [Content] New RT Shadows node
• [Interoperability] Send asset to Painter, will launch Painter and add or update your asset in the library (requires a Adobe Substance 3D plan)
• [Interoperability] Send asset to Sampler, will launch Sampler and add or update your asset in the library (requires a Adobe Substance 3D plan)
• [Interoperability] Browse your asset in Adobe Bridge, will launch Bridge at the location of the asset (requires a Adobe Substance 3D plan)
• [ASM] Support of the new Adobe Standard Material (ASM) in Substance Graph and MDL Graph
• [ASM] Add ASM templates
• [ASM] Add OpenGL Shader for ASM
• [ASM] Set ASM shader as the default Shader
• [General] Aggregate all temporary files to the user-set temporary directory
• [General] New 'Save a Copy as' command
• [General] Update File Menu
• [General] Update Help Menu
• [Publish] New publish window
• [Publish] Add option in the preferences in order to not save the SBS file while publishing a SBSAR file
• [Properties] Add graph type field to the graph properties
• [Properties] Reorder properties of graphs in a more relevant way
• [Branding] New About window
• [Branding] Update application Style
• [GLSLFX] Add a label to techniques
• [GLSLFX] Add the possibility to set the label of a GLSLFX shader
• [Metadata] Add Metadata on the package resources
• [Metadata] Allow Metadata edition for graphs, inputs, outputs and resources
• [Localization] New translations in German, French and Simplified Chinese
• [UX] Reverse zoom in the 3D view in the case of a Mouse Drag
• [AXF] Update to version 1.8.0
• [Logs] Add installed plugins to the logs
• [VFX] Add ACES 1.2 OpenColorIO config
• [Python API] Add a method to query the tmp dir specified in the settings
• [Python API] Add an isModified method to SDPackage to check if a pkg is saved
• [Python API] Add some color conversion methods to SDColorManagementEngine
• [Python API] Delete graph objects (Comments, pins, frames, ...)
• [Python API] Expose Physical Size property for graph instance nodes
• [Python API] Expose save a copy as
• [Python API] Fix SDPackageMgr.savePackage method
• [Python API] Get a list of selected graph objects
• [Python API] Introduce new method names to work with graph selections
• [Python API] Plugins cannot add actions to the first created explorer panel

Fixed:

• [Parameters] Negative values on drop down Integer1 parameters result in incongruous behaviour in instance
• [Parameters] Problem when incrementing a value on an angle widget
• [Graph] Timing problems when output are displayed in the 2D or 3D view.
• [Internationalisation] Some specific characters are changed into spaces in file identifiers
• [Preferences] 'User project' file label is not translated back from Japanese
• [Python API] RecursionError when running SDUIMgr.getCurrentGraphSelectedNodes() method
• [Python API] SDApplication.getPath(SDApplicationPath.InstallationDir) returns nothing
• [Python API] SDSBSARExporter does not send file save notifications

11.1.2 (2021.1.2)

(Released: March 17, 2021)

Fixed:

• [Library] Thumbnails do not refresh consistently
• [Content] 'Vector morph' graphs' 'Pixel ratio' property is set to 'Stretch (Absolute)'
• [Content] Bitmaps used in painting tools appear in Node menu
• [Content] NaN output for flat color input in Auto Levels node at floating point precision
• [Engine][SSE2] 'Level in mid' value other than 0.5 results in 1.0 output
• [Thumbnail] Input maps are downscaled to 256
• [UI] Atomic nodes tooltips have incorrect line break

11.1.1 (2021.1.1)

(Released: February 10, 2021)

Fixed:

• [3D view] Render issue when using sbs that have high frequencies in normal map
• [3D View] Images are not applied if 'Component' output property is not set to RGBA or RGB
• [3D View] Scenes are not loaded correctly in some specific situation
• [UI] 'Texture file' input field in Brush Editor scales vertically
• [UI] Pin and Dock buttons disappear from tab when active tab is closed
• [Bakers] Incorrect result when high poly meshes' global Bbox does not include the scene origin
• [Color Management] sRGB Base Color Texture material property is not overridden in custom Scene state
• [Console] 'Available GPUs' log message does not list GPUs and appears randomly
• [Console] Incorrect string logged when using Batch export
• [Content] Atlas splitter's 'Input normal format' parameter impacts Red channel instead of Green
• [Cooker] Crash or NaN output when using *.surface bitmaps in SBSAR
• [Engine] Gradient map's out of range output values loop around to 0 when Output format has 0-1 range
• [Parameters] Min/Max/Default sliders do not auto-adjust in Expose parameter window
• [SBSAR] Crash when importing some SBSAR
• [SVG] Crash when cancelling resource import

11.1.0 (2021.1.0)

(Released: January 28, 2021)

Added:

• [Spot colors] Support Pantone colors in Designer
• [Graph] Disable nodes
• [3D View] Export Tessellated Meshes from the Viewport
• [Internationalisation] Update Japanese version
• [3D View] Optimize memory consumption when not using Iray
• [Python API] Add method SDResource.delete() to delete a SDResource
• [Python API] Add support for Spot Colors to Python API
• [Python API] New callback to trigger when a package is closed
• [2D View] Convert brush database from SQLite to Json format
• [2D View] Improve rendering performances and reliability (CPU computation)
• [Library] Add 'Exclude pattern' option in project settings
• [Library] Rename 'Exclude pattern' to Exclude file extensions' in project settings
• [UX] Remove '?' button in window title bars on Windows
• [UX] Move the Ctrl+E shortcut to 'Open Reference' when in-context editing is disabled
• [Bakers] Delete Preview cache when deleting a baker in the bake list
• [Performances] Improve image cache budget on hardware with GPU with shared memory
• [Preferences] Adapt 'GPU cache limit' value to available memory pool
• [Properties] Display Physical Size attribute on node instance
• [Scripting] Mark external scripting system as deprecated
• [Share] Remove "Export to Substance Share" features

Fixed:

• [Content] Inconsistent I/O order on Material nodes
• [Content] Primary input on Warp nodes is inconsistent
• [Content] Solve Cooker warnings from Radial Blur node
• [Export] Batch export with CPU engine uses VRAM for determining memory budget
• [Export] Exporting to a path that does not exist will create the folders
• [Export] Memory budget is too low when using Batch export
• [2D View] Artifacts / banding when copying HDR images to the clipboard
• [2D View] Exporting images from resources always export 8 bits
• [3D View] Iray: changing the normal value using the editor gives a strange result
• [3D View] Iray: disabling the normal channel does not produce the right result
• [Library] Filtering by URL does not work correctly
• [Library] Resources matching a Library excluded pattern cannot be imported manually
• [Bakers] Renaming a baker does not impact its entry in the 2D View preview list
• [Explorer] Loss of synchronisation between Explorer and graph data
• [Function graph] Crash when setting function node with mismatching output type as output
• [MDL] SBS instance nodes have no preview, output 0 and do not trigger graph computation
• [Python API] Input parameter's 'editor' property cannot be modified
• [Python] Reset layout does not correctly reset Python created docks
• [Resources] Cannot link/import 32-bit PSD document

Version 10

10.2.2 (2020.2.2)

(Released: December 17, 2020)

Added:

• [3D View] Restore camera position stored in a Scene resource
• [Graph] Remove "input nodes" in the contextual menu for FXMap and value processor

Fixed:

• [Content] Inconsistent I/O order on Material nodes
• [Content] PBR Render: incorrect IBL sampling for the specular contribution
• [Content] PBR Render: some pixels are always transparent
• [Content] PBR Render: UV output is incorrect for the Cylinder shape
• [Content] Splatter Circular's 'Pattern Specific' parameter has no effect
• [MDL] Crash when creating and connecting a node
• [MDL] Crash when duplicating a color[] array constructor with its exposed value input connected
• [MDL] Crash when reconnecting an invalid connection
• [MDL] Exported MDLs have duplicated parameters
• [MDL] Exposed parameters are not exported to a .mdl file
• [Parameters] A node parameter can be defined twice in the SBS in a specific case
• [Parameters] Crash when fetching the Output Type of a parameter's Function Graph
• [Parameters] Crash when selecting 'Edit exposed graph input' option where no matching input exists
• [3D View] "Environment" usage is not correctly taken into account by the OpenGL renderer
• [3D View] IOR is 0 and needs to be reset in a specific case
• [3D View] UVs of Plane/Plane Hi-res are offset
• [Bitmap] Crash when canceling resource import
• [Bitmap] Crash when creating a new Bitmap node with an unsupported file type
• [Dependencies] Crash when undoing 'Relocate' for solving a Ghost Instance
• [Function Graph] Crash when opening Function graph for a parameter
• [Gradient Editor] Moving sliders and keys logs too many actions in history stack
• [License] Crash when parsing an invalid license.key file
• [SBSAR] SBSAR instance nodes cannot be created from Library if exposed graphs are in folders

10.2.1 (2020.2.1)

(Released: November 04, 2020)

Fixed:

• [General] Crash when going out of Windows Sleep mode
• [General] Crash on Undo after loading a 3D Scene resource
• [Engine] Artefact lines appear in Distance node output on Direct3D
• [Engine] Crash when selecting Gradient Map node in an updated graph
• [Engine] No warning when Input default value other than 0 in Engine v7 compatibility mode
• [3D View] 'Remove All' leaves meshes with predefined materials with no material applied
• [3D View] 'Reset Scene' removes all textures from mesh in Iray
• [3D View] OpenGL: modifying the default value of a sampler in a .glslfx file is not correctly reflected in the UI
• [3D View] Red and black pixels on rightmost edge of OpenGL rendered images
• [Dependencies] Cannot relocate missing dependencies of 'Other' type
• [Dependencies] Crash on exit when Dependency Viewer is open
• [Graph] Crash when duplicating a Ghost Instance node
• [Graph] In-Context Editing is available through keystroke when it is disabled in Preferences
• [UI] 'Locate Player' warning window has incorrect title
• [UI] Activation wizard has some incorrect behaviour
• [Explorer] Bundled packages are always editable on Windows
• [MDL] Crash when loading graph from previous version with now invalid connections
• [Properties] Default color of input node not updated when undoing
• [SBSRender] ICC profiles of injected bitmaps are not used

10.2.0 (2020.2.0)

(Released: October 12, 2020)

Added:

• [Content] Add "Cross Section" node
• [Content] Add "Cross product vec2" function to functions.sbs
• [Content] Add "Get Size" value node
• [Content] Add "Orthogonal vec2" function to functions.sbs
• [Content] Add Average functions to functions.sbs
• [Content] Add Threshold filter
• [Content] Color Match: add a mask input to specify where to apply the filter
• [Content] Tile Generator/Sampler: add new options to control the pattern size
• [Content] Update PBR Render node with default value for image inputs
• [Parameters] Add warning icons to highlight issues in Instance Parameters
• [Parameters] Ignore Visible If statements for Inputs/Outputs involving parameters which have a Function applied
• [Parameters] Improve the UX for group association
• [Parameters] Rework of the way to expose a single parameter
• [Parameters] Highlight exposed parameters
• [Parameters] Improve Clean up of unused parameters
• [Engine] Curve node: new option to output the curve texture
• [Engine] Default values on input images
• [Engine] Distance node: new distance modes (Manhattan and Chebyshev distances)
• [Engine] Gradient node: new interpolation mode to have more natural mix between colors
• [UX] Some parameters are now grayed out depending on other parameters
• [UX] Accept 6-digits RGB colours in Color Picker's hexadecimal field
• [UX] Avoid showing comments properties as soon as they are selected
• [UX] Display relevant groups when starting to write a group name
• [UX] Shortcut to Reexport graph outputs
• [UX] Make all Dropdown-textfield-comboboxes look different from regular comboboxes
• [GraphRender] Display nodes thumbnails one by one and not only when they are all computed
• [GraphRender] Improve cancellation delay during graph rendering
• [GraphRender] Improve the accuracy of the rendering progress bar
• [Thumbnails] Automatic thumbnail (icon) computation
• [Thumbnails] Rework of the UX to add a thumbnail (icon) to a package
• [Preferences] Enable GPU raytracing by default for new users
• [Preferences] 3DView / OpenGL / Quality: replace slider for sample counts by a more intuitive list of choices
• [Bakers] Improve post processes performances
• [Color Management] Show current working color space in preferences dialog.
• [Iray] Automatically switch to CPU mode when there is no compatible GPU
• [Performances] Improve response time to compute the node we are interested in (now computed first)
• [Python API] New Method addActionToExplorerToolbar to add icons to the explorer toolbar
• [Resources] Upgrade to FBX 2020.0.1
• [iRay] Update to Iray 2020.1.0
• [API] Add Python access to color management settings and properties

Fixed:

• [Graph] Changing the parent size or uv tile does not cancel the current render
• [Graph] Crash when moving an output connection then pressing Alt+LMB
• [Graph] Crash when moving connections in Material or Compact Material mode
• [Graph] Input nodes cannot preview Bitmap resources
• [Graph] Node compatibility broken on instances
• [Graph] Too many nodes are invalidated when changing a graph parameter
• [Content] 'Shape Extrude' output shape is flipped in specific cases: new version needed, old one is deprecated
• [Content] Incorrect result using Custom Color Variation in Color Match node
• [Content] Size by X/Y Amount Ratio in Atlas Scatter has the opposite effect
• [Content] Size by X/Y Amount Ratio in Shape Splatter has the opposite effect
• [3D View] Crash on Undo operation after loading a Scene resource from a package
• [3D View] Custom environment not saved in SBSSCN if path has alias with special characters
• [3D View] Switching Normal Format in Material settings results in flipped states
• [UI] 'Set as Primary' button text is overflowing from display area
• [UI] Main window position is not correctly restored when working in windowed mode
• [UI] Status bar text is offset when window is fullscreened or dragged near screen edge
• [Iray] Crash with "Invalid Tag" message when switching back and forth between renderers
• [Iray] Visible faces on non-opaque surfaces
• [Presets] Crash when applying presets in instances of some Substance Source graphs
• [Presets] wrong name displayed after undo on sbs instance
• [Render] Wrong render when tweaking a parameter in preview mode
• [Bakers] Refreshing multiple baked maps results in warnings blocking some bakes
• [Cooker] Tweaking SBSAR nodes in SBS instances results in 0 output from the instance
• [Explorer] Custom aliases are not passed along when using 'Save and open in Substance Player'
• [Gradient Editor] Absolute color selection does not impact all selected keys

10.1.3 (2020.1.3)

(Released: June 11, 2020)

Added:

• [Content] Expose 'Matte Color' parameter in Safe Transform Grayscale node
• [Content] PBR Render: Add a custom Background Input option
• [Content] Panorama Light nodes: new option to sample the color from the background image
• [Parameters] Hide parameters with 'not-supported' flag from the Expose Parameters window list

Fixed:

• [3D View] Crash when switching custom meshes in a specific case
• [3D View] Normal format is always DirectX on startup
• [Content] 3D Worley noise: render artefact when using a high grid size value
• [Content] Dissolve node blending is incorrect
• [Content] PBR Render: remove Cooker warning
• [Content] PBR Render: result contains negative colors in some cases
• [Cooker] Cache injection issue for multi-output instance nodes
• [Explorer] Crash when closing a Package that contains a displayed MDL Graph
• [Graph] 2 pass cooking: node type change does not trigger a recook
• [Graph] Crash when deleting inputs while using its connection
• [Graph] Link endpoints can be moved to empty space
• [MDL] Crash when cancelling MDL export from MaterialX graph
• [MDL] Error when cancelling export to MDLE
• [Presets] Crash in Presets tab after changing type of parameter included in preset
• [Resources] Material list is empty in graph contextual menu for meshes linked as non-UDIM

10.1.2 (2020.1.2)

(Released: April 27, 2020)

Added:

• [Content] Add Alchemist Filter template
• [Content] PBR Render: add parameters to control the diffuse/specular shadows intensities
• [Content] Shape Light nodes: add camera position parameter
• [News] Group 'Arrow' style is broken the first time the window is displayed
• [Bakers] Add the Z shortcut to the 2D View to see the image at 1:1
• [Project] Hide $(PROJECT_DIR) alias from the list
• [Explorer] Do not create Custom Resource for resources that are not a file on disk

Fixed:

• [Player] Report missing aliases when loading SBS packages
• [Player] Display the Random Seed value in decimal base
• [Player] Bundle all environment maps included with Substance Designer
• [Player] Crash on exit in macOS High Sierra
• [Player] Packages using the sbs:// cannot be loaded
• [Content] 3D Worley noise: render artefact when using a high grid size value
• [Content] 'greaterThanZero' input in 'Wave' node is not used
• [Content] Plane Light: World space position mode does not work
• [Content] Sphere Light: internal light position does not work correctly
• [Bakers] Crash when baking with the baking window while a 'Refresh all baked maps' is running
• [Bakers] Baking fail on Optix for AO from Mesh using Low as High with a Normal map
• [Bakers] The resolution of the preview of the UVTiles does not match the size of screen
• [3D View] Assigned bitmap is overridden when loading a MDL if default value is not a texture2d
• [3D View] Materials Properties widgets change after a property is reset
• [3D View] Normal Format global preference no longer works
• [MatX] Library: MaterialX Graph category does not display all the available nodes
• [MatX] The contextual menu of a Custom Graph can contain empty subfolders in the 'Add Node' folder
• [SBSAR] Primary Input is reverted to the first input in the list
• [Library] Only first graph is included from SBSAR with multiple graphs
• [CustomGraph] Nodes, that are not part of the current graph type, are created automatically in some cases
• [Iray] Box projection 'Depth' parameter does not work correctly
• [Preferences] Improve layout in the project settings
• [Parameters] Crash when moving a position widget after having deleted a parameter
• [UI] Crash when changing usages hierarchy in outputs node
• [Graph] Crash while using a Selection Box on comment and a badged node

10.1.1 (2020.1.1)

(Released: April 10, 2020)

Fixed:

• [3D View] Memory usage is too high when working on compositing graph
• [Content] Unexpected shapes in non-square output of 'Polygon' nodes
• [Content] PBR Render: Orthographic camera doesn't work correctly when using non square resolution
• [Content] PBR Render: Swirly bokeh increases the image border brightness
• [Color Management] Color picker in New Bitmap dialog is not color managed.
• [Color Management] Color pickers in paint and vector tools in the 2d view are not color managed.

10.1.0 (2020.1.0)

(Released: April 09, 2020)

Added:

• [Shortcuts] Shortcuts manager for node creation
• [Content] New PBR Render Node
• [Content] New FXAA filter
• [Content] New Hald CLUT filter
• [Content] Expose filtering in 'Crop' nodes
• [3D View] Improve Shader parameters / texture assignment workflow
• [3D View] New Unlit shader
• [3D View] Add a "Scalar Zero Value" to the displacement shaders
• [3D View] Add an option to downscale viewport resolution when High DPI is enabled
• [3D View] GLSLFX: Allow to set gui information on sampler (default, min, max, guiMin, guiMax, guiStep, guiWidget, guiName, guiGroup)
• [3D View] Add 'Load State With Mesh...' option in the Scene menu
• [3D View] Add the ACES tonemapped output transform in Legacy color management mode
• [Bakers] New Sampling method in AO, Curvature, Bent Normal, Thickness bakers
• [Bakers] New Normalization options in Height and Thickness bakers
• [Color Management] Integrate Adobe ACE (Adobe Color Engine)
• [Color Management] Add options to set default behavior when ICC profile is missing
• [Parameters] Make sliders incrementing consistent with Substance Painter
• [Packaging] Bundle as many Qt dlls as we can for Python scripts
• [Project] Disable settings for read-only project files and communicate that state clearly
• [Preferences] Hide specific unclear settings related to responsiveness and computation periods
• [UI] Rename Pow2 -> 2Pow
• [Properties] Optimize compositing graph properties display
• [AXF] Update to AXF SDK 1.7.1

Fixed:

• [3D View] Ambient Light parameters are not visible eventhough it is enabled
• [3D View] glslfx: Color widget is always a vec3 without alpha
• [3D View] Environment map set from a resource is not saved in the scene resource
• [3D View] Iray: Ambient light is converted to a point light at scene origin
• [3D View] glslfx: Color widget is always a vec3 without alpha
• [Parameters] Instance Package URL is not correct in the attribute group
• [Parameters] Crash when exposing parameters
• [Parameters] Icons are not correctly aligned in parameters of Curve nodes
• [Parameters] 'Text' node string is only displayed in 'Preview' mode when exposed
• [Parameters] Crash when renaming an input parameter used in 'Visible If' statement
• [Parameters] Crash when deleting a Levels node which has a function set in any of its parameters
• [UI] Warning icon in input parameters list is placed on top on an existing button
• [UI] Warnings are not cleared on correct input parameter item in a specific case
• [UI] Prevent the "Is mesh UDIM ?" popup to appear when the mesh UVs are strictly in the [0,1] tile
• [UI] Presets drop down lists can be scrolled with mouse wheel with a simple mouse hover
• [UI] 'Output(s) computation' option in graph attributes is incorrectly named
• [MDL] Crash when placing a SBS graph resource into a MDL graph
• [MDL] SBS node with image input does not work correctly
• [MDL] Incorrect texture bindings & usage names
• [Graph] Input value group and usage are ignored in 'Material' Link Creation Mode
• [Graph] Input Values use the default value instead of input data for Booleans
• [Bakers] Incorrect normals in World Space Normals baker using a tangent Normal map in specific cases
• [Bakers] Excessive memory usage when baking with the Preview window opened
• [Presets] corrupted preset make rendering crash
• [Presets] Boolean parameter from old SBS is not impacted by preset
• [Library] Resources from the first open package are listed in the node creation floating menu
• [Publish] Publishing to SBSAR returns Error code 13 in SBSCooker on macOS
• [Publish] Deprecated argument warning in SBSCooker when publishing to SBSAR
• [API] Can't get the Metadata from a package that comes from a .sbsar file
• [Export] In Legacy mode, colorspace option reverts back to defaults for specific outputs
• [2D View] Copy to clipboard does not take the Color Management state into account
• [Unix] Designer ignores system signals
• [Library] Some filters in the library don't work properly because of translated tags
• [Cooker] Square Root of negative numbers should return 0 instead of NaN
• [2D View] Red and blue channels are swapped after undoing the first paint stroke
• [Console] Too many warning message in the console "QPixmap::scaled: Pixmap is a null pixmap"
• [Content] "Shape Glow": cooking warning
• [Dependencies] Assigning a graph located in a different package to a mesh does not create dependencies
• [Iray] Material properties becomes inactive after switching geometry

Version 9

9.3.3 (2019.3.3)

(Released: February 14, 2020)

Added:

• [Batchtools] Ship default OCIO profiles with batch tools

Fixed:

• [Content] Atlas Scatter: issues when using random color/normal in some situations

9.3.2 (2019.3.2)

(Released: February 04, 2020)

Added:

• [SBSRender] Add Color Management support

Fixed:

• [Content] Linear sRGB to ACEScg node: I/O labels are incorrect
• [Content] ACEScg to sRGB node: Output labels is incorrect
• [Content] Panorama Light nodes: adjust Temperature range
• [Graph] Severe performance drop and freezes when tweaking a nested graph with 'In-Context Editing' active
• [Graph] Crash when deleting multiple nodes in FX-Map
• [Performances] Designer's process may stay alive after quitting

9.3.1 (2019.3.1)

(Released: January 27, 2020)

Fixed:

• [Graph] Severe performance drop and freezes when tweaking a nested graph with "In-Context Editing" active
• [Graph] Cannot enter enum value out of [0, 99] in Integer1 tweak
• [Graph] Comment is not moved when the corresponding frame is displaced
• [Graph] Input names are missing on custom instance node
• [Graph] Thumbnails may be rendered when loading graph even if the corresponding option is disabled in the Preferences
• [2D View] Negative alpha shows checker no matter the display option
• [2D View] Surface conversion from 32f to 8bits fails with high values
• [2D View] Top/left skew and 'Make Square' set some coordinates to huge values in forward transformation matrices
• [2D View] UVs of all mesh objects are not displayed on UV sets other than "0"
• [Content] Bevel: Angular mode does not work correctly on tiling mask
• [Content] Flood Fill To Gradient: slope image value is not sampled in the middle of the shape
• [Content] Function; "Equality Boolean" is broken
• [Bakers] Artefacts when using automatic tonemapping in "Curvature From Mesh" baker in specific cases
• [Bakers] Crash in DXR when baking while no material is selected
• [Bakers] Performances issue in the 2D View when enabling the "info"
• [Engine] 'Pow' function outputs huge values when using very low input value and high exponent on SSE2 engine
• [Engine] Crash when using a high jpg compression on bitmap resources
• [Engine] Value Processor returns wrong $size value when inside a subgraph
• [Parameters] Empty pop-up appears when selecting an instance node with high number of parameters
• [Parameters] Integer value is not shown in drop-down parameter items
• [Parameters] Transform Matrix 'Edit' button is not available in Preview mode
• [Cooker] $size in ValueProcessor is wrong when inside a graph instance
• [Cooker] Outputsize is incorrect when value link passes through a dot node to an atomic node
• [UI] Button to display all items in the 2D View bottom bar is not visible
• [UI] Preview of picked RGB values display incorrect numbers when using Color Management
• [Export] 16f RGBA images are exported as grayscale
• [3D View] Cannot import OBJ with multiple spaces
• [Color Management] OCIO config is not taken into account when publishing sbsar
• [Color Widget] Color sliders ranges can expand exponentially in a specific case
• [Doc] "paramValue" section is incomplete in Sbs format reference
• [MDL] Color Widget in sbsar instances are not correct
• [Presets] Crash when updating presets in a specific case
• [PSD] FreeImage error when loading PSD files from recent versions of Photoshop
• [Resources] Crash when undoing Bitmap linking directly into graph
• [SVG] SVG nodes do not update automatically when using the vector tools

9.3.0 (2019.3.0)

(Released: December 19, 2019)

Added:

• [General] Support Color Management using OpenColorIO configuration file
• [Presets] Improve presets management
• [Presets] Synchronize 2D View Gizmos and Preview Sliders
• [Presets] Restore preview values when switching back to Preview mode
• [Presets] Keep preview mode active when editing other nodes, resources or graph
• [Presets] Undo works smoothly when navigating between the 3 presets tabs
• [Presets] Allow to Reset parameters to Graph's default or Preset's value in Preview mode
• [Presets] Improve pinning of parameters
• [Presets] Import/Export all Presets of a graph to a file
• [Bakers] New 'Curvature from mesh' baker based on ray tracing
• [Bakers] Add ground plane option in 'AO from Mesh' baker
• [Bakers] Add match by name option to ignore backface in 'AO from Mesh' baker
• [Content] New Atlas Scatter node
• [Content] New Color Space Conversion nodes and functions (ACEScg)
• [Content] Improve naming consistency for nodes with Color/Grayscale versions
• [Graph] Improve performances in Presets Preview mode
• [Graph] Add $(colorspace) macro to export graph outputs option
• [Parameters] When a parameter is set to invisible, hide the corresponding gizmo in the 2D View
• [Parameters] Do not add 'Graph input group' as a prefix when exposing parameters
• [Parameters] Add tooltip for VisibleIf in Graph parameters
• [AXF] Update AXF SDK to v1.6

Fixed:

• [Linux] Designer does not launch on CentOS 8 due to Qt platform loading failure.
• [Linux] WARNING: Freetype library has been removed from SD application: Users with CentOS version <= 7.5 has to install it manually.
• [AxF] Crash when importing files created with newer AxF versions
• [2DView] Brush textures fed by a resource are not applied
• [2DView] Crash when modifying inputs of instanced graph with position tweak
• [3DView] Crash when canceling the "Load..." action
• [3DView] Add Color Space option for emission textures in GLSLFX Shaders
• [Bakers] Maps fed through resources are ignored during baking
• [Bakers] 'World Space Direction' options are incorrectly locked
• [Bitmap] EXR bitmaps with floating point values are rendered as a black image
• [Content] Flood Fill to index: shape detection fails in a particular case
• [Content] Crop: sampling issue when the crop node has a lower resolution than the input
• [General] Crash when closing Designer while generating the Library
• [Graph] Bitmap nodes do not reflect the compression of the associated bitmap
• [Graph] Cache is not cleared when clearing node thumbnails after first render
• [Graph] Node size incorrectly invalidated
• [Graph] Crash when im some cases when changing input connections on a Pixel Processor Node
• [MDL Graph] Failure when restoring a function call default value
• [Properties] 'Edit' and 'Matrix' buttons in transform matrix parameters are confusing

9.2.3 (2019.2.3)

(Released: November 26, 2019)

Added:

• [MacOS] Notarize the software to follow new MacOS Catalina distribution requirements

Fixed:

• [Bakers] Crash when baking using a skew map resource with an invalid link
• [Bakers] UV sets other than 0 are not taken into account on Embree
• [Bakers] 'Bent Normals from Mesh' outputs incorrect results with UV sets other than 0 on DXR
• [Bakers] 'UV Set' parameters are reset to '0' value when reopening baking window
• [Bakers] 'Position' outputs a black image with UV sets other than 0
• [Content] Smart Auto Tile: sampling issue in 8k
• [Content] Atlas Splitter: Shape Detection fails in some cases, precision parameter should be exposed
• [Content] Pow does not return the right value in some cases
• [Content] Flood Fill to index: incorrect result when published to sbsar
• [Library] Crash while loading the session's first SBS package
• [Library] 'Show Resources in the Library by Default' setting is ignored for resources imported directly into the Explorer panel
• [Console] Unexpected message in the console when using the node menu
• [Parameters] Cannot remove single entry in Output usage list
• [3DView] the scene is not reloaded correctly when the scene file is modified on disk[Graph] Node menu filtering is incorrect when using Value outputs

9.2.2 (2019.2.2)

(Released: October 23, 2019)

Fixed:

• [Graph] Node menu filtering is incorrect when using Value outputs
• [Graph] Crash when displaying the node menu
• [Graph] Search tool appears when using shift shortcut
• [Graph] Crash when consecutively spawning node menus from value input connector
• [Graph] Comments containing long strings are cropped
• [Graph] Flow highlight is incorrect when creating a node using the drag from connector menu
• [Graph] Crash when removing all graph items from scene while loading a different graph
• [Graph] Crash when using to create node while using click and drag from connector
• [Graph] Crash while using the 'Node Finder' tool
• [Graph] Output pin color is incorrect in 'Material Compact' mode
• [Cooker] Nodes downstream of multi-outputs nodes do not update correctly
• [Cooker] Issue with Value outputs and passthrough nodes
• [Cooker] Value Processor outputs wrong results when only a 'Get' node is used
• [Content] 'Contrast/Luminosity' node outputs an Alpha value of 1.0
• [Content] 'Studio Panorama' template has no description
• [Content] Flood Fill to index: incorrect result when the input contains a wrapping shape
• [Content] 'HDR Merge': internal exposure computation is incorrect
• [Dot Node] Crash when using a level and a dot node
• [Dependency Manager] 'Go to' action does not work anymore
• [PSD] Crash when undoing deletion of multiple nodes which were included in the PSD Exporter
• [UI] Crash when closing graph using the 'Window' menu and opening one again while one is pinned
• [Gradient Editor] The 'Remove Key' button is too large
• [Engine] Precision issue with sqrt() acos() and asin()
• [Bakers] AO From Mesh: 'Spread Angle' slider has an incorrect value range when tweaked

9.2.1 (2019.2.1)

(Released: September 20, 2019)

Added:

• [Templates] Add default input nodes to Specular/Glossiness and to other templates
• [Templates] Add PBR Anisotropy template
• [3D View] Increase the Automatic Clip Plane Far distances
• [3D View] PBR Coated: change default value for Coat normal inheritance
• [Content] Atlas Splitter: add option for the "Auto Crop" feature
• [Node Menu] Don't filter nodes without input

Fixed:

• [Content] Atlas Splitter: some outputs are not cropped correctly when using the "Auto Crop" option
• [Content] Material Height Blend: cooking error related to inexistent parameter
• [Content] "Plane Light": pattern UV Mode does not work correctly
• [Content] "Height to Normal World Unit": input is forced to 16bit
• [Content] Unexpected shapes when using angular 'Bevel' node with no tiling on small shapes
• [Library] Icons for sbsar are not visible in library
• [Library] Using "\" for filtering Url no longer works
• [Library] Filter values are case sensitive
• [Library] Search filter does not work when "Compositing" is checked
• [Bakers] Double-clicking specific cells and dismissing the change reverts them to incorrect values
• [Bakers] The backend state text in the bakers window always shows 'GPU acceleration : enable'
• [Cooker] Crash when processing an 'impostor' dependency in a graph
• [Cooker] grayscale conversion has wrong output size when using value
• [Explorer] Crash when processing "Publish on Share"
• [Graph] Crash when opening a specific package
• [MDL] Crash when using cast operator
• [Templates] Output identifiers are not correct in the PBR coated template

9.2.0 (2019.2.0)

(Released: August 29, 2019)

Added:

• [Content] New 'Panorama Light' shapes
• [Content] New 'Panorama Nadir Patch' filter
• [Content] New 'Panorama Nadir Extract' filter
• [Content] New 'Panorama Straighten Horizon' filter
• [Content] New 'Panorama Rotation' filter
• [Content] New 'Panorama Position' node
• [Content] New 'Panorama Physical Sun and Sky' node
• [Content] New 'Panorama Gradients' nodes
• [Content] New 'HDR Merge' filter
• [Content] New 'HDR Preview' filter
• [Content] New 'Color Temperature Adjustment' filter
• [Content] New 'Blackbody' node
• [Content] New 'Exposure' filter
• [UI] Node Creation Menu: display and manage Favorites in the menu
• [UI] Add/Remove a node from the favorites from the Node Creation Menu
• [UI] Node Creation Menu: spawn the menu when clicking/dragging a link from an output
• [UI] Node Creation Menu: filter the content according to the current selection type
• [3D View] Support Anisotropy
• [3D View] Support Coating effect
• [3D View] Support Subsurface Scattering
• [Graph] Dot node
• [Graph] Optimize graph rendering by caching cooking results
• [Preferences] Change the 'Cooking Size Limit' default value to 8192
• [Preferences] Add a toggle to turn the new 'Tab' key functionality on/off
• [API] Add SDResource.getPackage() method
• [Iray] Update to NVIDIA Iray RTX 2019.1.3 SDK (317500.3714)
• [Explorer] Allow to link any type of file as a resource in the Package
• [GradientNode] Press ESC to cancel the gradient picking
• [Parameters] Remove automatic Upper case on identifiers
• [Project] Add an option to specify if graphs and resources are 'Visible in Library' by default
• [Presets] Automatically pin modified parameters

Fixed:

• [MDL] Can't export module due to parameter type issue
• [MDL] Exposed int is not visible when loading
• [MDL] Crash occurring during MDL export
• [MDL] Crash when modifying color of a material surface node
• [MDL] void MDLGraphNodeControllerSelector::updateSelectorCurrentMember(const DataMessage& msg) is broken
• [Graph] Incorrect link thickness in graph display
• [Graph] Too many invalidations are triggered when tweaking parameters
• [Graph] Crash when closing a package while two windows of it are open, and using in-context editing
• [Function Graph] Warning doesn't appear when closing function view
• [3D View] Crash on 3D View initialization when camera projection is set as 'orthographic' as a default scene state
• [3D View] Post-FX DOF stays enabled in Iray
• [2D view] Brush selection window disappears when changing brush size
• [2D View] Information panel: values are cropped with a specific layout
• [2D View] The image is offset when minimizing and restoring the main window
• [Bakers] 'From Resource' selection list is not filtered correctly
• [Bakers] Crash when chaining 'Color Map from Mesh' and 'Normal Map from Mesh' bakers on Embree
• [Bakers] Curvature Per Vertex baking results in severe artefacts
• [Explorer] Can't import UDIM resources drag and dropping it in explorer
• [Explorer] Explorer window is not filtered correctly when linking meshes and fonts after linking unusual file formats
• [Explorer] Resources are visible when graph has 'show in Library' set to 'no'
• [Content] 'Pow' and 'clamp' inputs are not in the correct order
• [Content] 'RGBA Merge' node inputs are not labelled
• [Cooker] Invalid connections of numeric values evaluate anyway
• [Cooker] Assert when connecting an image input to an input value
• [UI] Mouse cursor gets stuck in the 'resize' state in some particular cases
• [UI] Right click in package view doesn't display the correct menu on Linux
• [Dependencies] File path of temporary resources is not correct
• [Dependencies] Missing bitmap resource warning stays active after relocation
• [Library] Some thumbnails are not generated
• [Library] MDL files are displayed in the library
• [Parameters] Crash when exposing parameters
• [Parameters] Crash after recreating a new element in drop down list
• [Export] 8K batch export fails
• [Presets] Crash when applying a preset involving booleans in SBS instances
• [Scripting] 'Welcome' screen still appears when using '--quit' command line argument

9.1.3 (2019.1.3)

(Released: August 19, 2019)

Fixed:

• [Bakers] Crash in DXR when aspect ratios of bake output and skew map are mismatched
• [Bakers] 'Ambient Occlusion From Mesh' baker outputs wrong results with Optix or DXR when using a Normal map
• [Bakers] 'Curvature' baker outputs wrong results when using 'Per Vertex' setting
• [Bakers] Error messages state the backend which failed instead of the cause of the error
• [Bakers] Crash when processing a detail map baker without a high poly mesh
• [Bakers] Skew map does not appear to affect all the output with DXR enabled
• [Content] mg_leaks: typo in parameters name
• [Content] "Shape" returns a cooking warning
• [Content] Polygon 1 and 2 don't support random functions
• [Content] Polygon 1 and 2 can have less than 3 sides
• [Content] Normal to Height HQ does not work correctly in non square
• [Parameters] Integer input parameters: the drop down list does not show the values

9.1.2 (2019.1.2)

(Released: July 02, 2019)

Fixed:

• [3D View] 3D View export with depth of field enabled looks incorrect
• [3D View] Alpha channel of PSD images is wrong when using save render
• [3D View] PNG and PSD are broken when using save render option with Iray
• [3D view] dds format doesn't work when saving render
• [Graph] Nodes get offset when combining right and left click drag in specific ways
• [Graph] Modifying a Function instances no longer updates the node result
• [Graph] Crash when displaying the Space Bar menu
• [Content] Shape Extrude: quality issue when shape has no rotation
• [Content] Shape Drop Shadow (and Grayscale) does not produce shadow without H and V tiling
• [Content] Material Crop normal issue
• [Bakers] JSON bakers presets are not loaded correctly
• [Bakers] Crash when baking heavy meshes using Optix or DXR (now it may fail because of insufficient Vram but it won't crash)
• [Bitmap Editor] Bitmap painting tools offset strokes and redraws in the stroke bounding box
• [Bitmap Editor] Bitmap painting tools broken in OSX
• [UI] Some button's menu are barely reachable
• [UI] Crash while drag and dropping a baker instance
• [SVG] Embedded SVG edit tools are unreliable
• [Parameters] Crash when applying a preset with boolean parameters in a SBSAR instance
• [Network] Crash sometimes when an error occurred in an SSL encrypted connection

9.1.1 (2019.1.1)

(Released: May 28, 2019)

Added:

• [PythonIntegration] Save and restore plugin manager state
• [Preferencies][Dependencies] Add an option to determine how dependencies file path are stored
• [Content] Flood Fill Mapper: Add a "Fit Shape BBox" option

Fixed:

• [Content] Flood Fill Mapper: "Rotation Auto Scale" does the opposite effect
• [Content] "luminance_offset_map" input is not used by "Flood Fill Mapper Color"
• [Content] 'Flood Fill Mapper Grayscale' node generates stepping artifacts
• [Content] Cannot publish Height Extrude
• [Parameters] Embedded presets in sbsar are not loaded in Designer
• [Bakers] Baker name is not correctly displayed in the baker list
• [3D View] "View outputs in 3d View" does not work for values
• [Cooker] Crash when correcting a wrong parameter type
• [API] SDResource.setInputPropertyFromId function don't work on SDSBSCompGraph input parameters
• [Updater] some sbs can't be updated in 2019
• [Explorer] Crash when importing a specific .obj file
• [PythonIntegration] Backslashes not properly escaped on windows when initializing PYTHONPATH
• [UI] value issue with some sliders in bakers
• [Linux] Designer cannot be run on CentOS < 7.6

9.1.0 (2019.1.0)

(Released: May 09, 2019)

Added:

• [API] Add 'updatePackages' parameter to the SDPackageMGR.loadUserPackage() method to control if the updaters should be applied or not on load
• [API] Add the ability to disconnect a SDConnection
• [API] Add class SDSBSARExporter to publish a SDPackage
• [API] Add SDHistoryUtils class to manage undoable commands
• [API] Add grayscale input node definition in Substance Compositing Graph (sbs::compositing::input_grayscale)
• [API] Add value input node definition in Substance Compositing Graph (sbs::compositing::input_value)
• [API] Add SDProperty.isFunctionOnly() method
• [API] Add support of custom input parameter on SDSBSCompNode
• [API] Add 'reloadIfModified' parameter to the SDPackageMGR.loadUserPackage() method to control if a package has be reloaded if modified
• [API] Add SDPackageMgr.getPackages() method
• [API] Add possibility to get/add/remove root paths from SDModuleMgr
• [API] Allow getting the pointer of the pixels buffer and the pitch of a SDTexture
• [API] Allow to retrieve the pointer of the MainWindow
• [API] Allow to create custom menus in the main menu
• [API] Allow to create custom DockWidgets in the main window
• [API] Use object names to find menus in toolbars
• [API] Provide system to manage application notifications to the API
• [PythonIntegration] Add default environment variable to look for python plugins
• [PythonIntegration] Add text search and replace to the Python editor
• [PythonIntegration] Instanciate Python plugins at startup
• [PythonIntegration] Take in account PYTHONPATH environment variable
• [PythonIntegration] Allow creating toolbars in graph widgets
• [PythonIntegration] Support Python threads
• [PythonIntegration] Add a Plugin Manager (in the 'Tools' menu)
• [Content] Normal Vector Rotation: add an optional image input to drive the angle
• [Content] New Min/Max filter
• [Content] New "Flood Fill to Index" filter
• [Content] New "Flood Fill Mapper" filter
• [Content] New Atlas Splitter filter
• [Content] Improve Tri Planar filter
• [Content] New Non Uniform Directional Warp filter
• [Content] New Multi Directional Warp
• [Content] New Height Extrude filter
• [Engine] Fxmap: new "Gradation with offset" pattern
• [Engine] Support For Uniform value processing (New Value Processor node)
• [3D View][Bakers] Improve OBJ loader performances
• [3D View] Increase the camera clip plane distances
• [Preferences] Add settings for Bakers
• [Graph] Make invalidation faster by avoiding string comparisons
• [MDL] Support MDL Arrays
• [UI] Engine selection UI improvements
• [IRay] Upgrade to IRay SDK 2018.1.4
• [Dependency Manager] Use "last path" when relocating a resource
• [Cooking] Add support of Boolean Labels in the sbsar
• Integrate Qt 5.12.2

Fixed:

• [Graph] Connections are broken when changing the name of the input
• [Graph] Too many invalidations are triggered when tweaking parameters
• [Graph] "Copy to Clipboard" action don't work if we do the right click on a badge
• [Graph] Moving a frame using Alt is not stored in the .sbs
• [MDL] Color profile is not automatically updated in MDL editor
• [MDL] crash when exporting module that contains a specific setup
• [MDL] Fail to export a MDL Graph that contains a LightProfile or a MBSDF resource
• [UI] Shortcuts are no longer displayed in context menus
• [UI] Floating window becomes dockable after restart
• [Scripting] Cancel option doesn't work in python editor
• [Scripting] "yes to all" option in save menu doesn't work
• [Parameters] drop down list are not displayed correctly after copy
• [Explorer] Relocating resources should open the last relocated path by default
• [Library] The content of the library is always rebuilt when switching from one version to another
• [Library] Imported Bitmaps are invalidated on save
• [IRay] Tangent space is not computed correctly / incorrect normal mapping
• [Function] Crash or fail when creating new graph from selection
• [API] default value of properties is not defined

Version 8

8.3.4 (2018.3.4)

(Released: April 12, 2019)

Added:

• [Content] Normal Transform/Material Transform: add an option to enable Scale and Skew transformation

Fixed:

• [Content] Swirl filter does not work correctly when random functions are used in parameters functions
• [Content] Normal Transform/Material Transform: Normal is not normalized after a scale transformation
• [Content] Swirl gives incorrect results when amount is random
• [Graph] Crash when shift-dragging an output then switching to ctrl-dragging
• [Graph] Crash while manipulating split points
• [Graph] Performance drop when displaying node badges
• [Scripting] Using custom actions could crash after 30secs
• [Preferences/Projects] Enabled scripts from all projects should be executed (in the 'Scripting' section)
• [MDL] crash when linking a MDL graph into another MDL graph
• [Parameters] Nodes do not update after setting the graph random seed to an exposed parameter
• [PSD] Assigning colour node changes layer thumbnail size, assigning a grayscale node does not
• [API] Unhandled exception with SDNode.getPropertyValueFromId()

8.3.3 (2018.3.3)

(Released: February 19, 2019)

Fixed:

• [Content] PBR Base Material outputs does not have the right group name

8.3.2 (2018.3.2)

(Released: February 19, 2019)

Added:

• [Bakers] Add a label indicating the current suffix setting for "Match By Name"

Fixed:

• [Graph] Crash while manipulating split points
• [Graph] Invalidation issue when input node bitdepth is changed
• [Graph] Thumbnail computation options no longer work
• [Graph] Empty space is displayed under the breadcrumb with a specific UI layout
• [Graph] Link style is incorrect in context
• [Graph] Thumbnails are not correctly displayed in function/mdl graphs on Hi DPI screens
• [Content] Shape Splatter Blend Color: no option to specify the normal map format
• [Content] Spelling mistake in linear interpolation tooltip
• [Content] Normal Transform does not handle mirror and skew transformation correctly
• [Content] Gradient Axial, Radial, Circular do not support random functions
• [Content] Gradient Radial does not work correctly in non square
• [API] output_exporter.sbs always needs to be updated when using export_output script
• [API] Crash after using export_output script
• [API] Fail to set numerical value of annotations on Compositing Graph inputs
• [Explorer] Random crash when saving a project
• [Explorer] Can't open sbs with uppercase extension
• [UI] "New Substance" window size is not persistent
• [UI] Right click menu on function instance is not consistent with compositing graph
• [Bakers] Crash when opening the bakers on a specific mesh
• [Bakers] Wrong computation for DXR bakers when UVs have a 0 ordinate value
• [Updater] Crash when canceling updater
• [3D View] Sphere primitive has its UVs offset by 1 unit
• [Cooker] Random dithering when cooking bitmaps
• [Player] Window control buttons are small
• [Player] Button icons are broken

8.3.1 (2018.3.1)

(Released: December 20, 2018)

Added:

• [API] Add SDConnection.getOutputProperty() and SDConnection.getOutputPropertyNode()
• [API] Add doc about all resources definitions
• [API] Change SDSBSCompNode annotation property 'visibleif' to 'visible_if' for consistency

Fixed:

• [Graph] Hitting the TAB key a second time does not close the Node menu
• [Graph] 3D View badges does not work correctly in some situations
• [Graph] Read-only packages can be modified
• [Bakers] Progress bar acts in a weird manner when loading a very high poly mesh
• [Bakers] Artifacts on mesh with in-facing normals
• [Bakers] Bakers output and parameters widget can't be uncollapsed
• [Explorer] 3D resources are loaded when a package is opened
• [CmdLineArgs] "--news hide_changelog:true" does not work anymore

8.3.0 (2018.3.0)

(Released: December 05, 2019)

Added:

• [Graph] Add a Breadcrumb when editing sub-graphs / functions
• [Graph] Add TAB as a shortcut to spawn the "node menu"
• [Graph] Node highlighter for parent nodes of selection
• [Graph] Add Ctrl+E as shortcut to open Pixel Processor function and subgraphs
• [Graph] Connect new node to first visible output of selected node
• [Graph] Add node 'Badges'
• [Graph] Add warning on compositing nodes through badges
• [Graph] Add the possibility to search a node by its name, attributes or UID
• [API] Allow to create and modify data
• [API] Allow to export SDPackage and SDMDLGraph to MDL Modules (see SDMDLExporter)
• [API] Allow to retrieve all nodes, enums and struct definitions (see SDModuleMgr)
• [3D View] Switch to cubemaps for the OpenGL renderer
• [3D View] Export linear hdr image when saving to .exr or .hdr
• [Bakers] Integrate DXR raytracing technology
• [IRay] Integrate IRay SDK 2018.1
• [Engine] SSE (CPU) Engine support for hdr floating point image processing
• [Engine] Add a command line option (--gpu x) to specify the GPU device dedicated to the Substance engine
• [Content] New PBR render node
• [UI] Rework tabs and title bar
• [Dependency Manager] Prevent updating the dependency list when user actions don't affect dependencies

Fixed:

• [Graph] Crash when instantiating a graph into itself
• [Graph] Duplicated node is not selected
• [Graph] computing problem when using a same node instance in 2 different MDL graph
• [Graph] the Z key should center the view at the scene bbox center
• [Graph] Ignore colorspace in the connection rules when using material link
• [Graph] Avoid opening outputs in 3D view when opening a graph in conli
• [Graph] Paste nodes is slow when "Open newly created node" is enabled
• [3D view] Assert when drag and dropping a specific mesh
• [3D view] UV scale enabled option doesn't work on height map
• [Content] Tri-Planar: Various Issues regarding axis and transforms
• [Content] Slope Blur Grayscale: one of the samples does not have the right blending mode when using min or max
• [Content] Gradient linear 2 wrong result at low resolution
• [API] SDPackage.findResourceFromUrl() could also retrieve resources located in another SDPackage
• [API] SDPackage.getChildrenResources() always returns the first element in non recursive mode
• [API] [Documentation] Enums, structs located in 'generated' folder are not reflected in the documentation
• [UI] 2D view width should not be constrained
• [Gradient] Crash when picking on Mac
• [Explorer] Crash when closing and re opening a graph
• [Mac] Color picker does not work on multiple screen
• [Parameters] Spin box on integer parameters doesn't work
• [Cooker] Crash when creating certain nodes on OSX 10.13
• [Curve Filter] Keys and control points can end up with a -0.0 or a weird "almost zero" value in the Curve editor
• [2D View] Position widget are not available for graphs coming from sbsar
• [PSD] Layer issue after exporting with dependencies

8.2.2 (2018.2.2)

(Released: October 04, 2019)

Fixed:

• [Content] Shape Shadow does not work correctly when tiling is off
• [Content] Floodfill to Random grayscale / color doesn't work correctly in some cases
• [Content] Flood Fill is incorrect in non-square
• [Content] Flood fill to Color / Grayscale is broken
• [Content] QuadTransform is jaggy in CPU
• [Content] Star Shape outputs a "No Tiling" tiling mode
• [Content] Shape Splatter Blend Color output absolute 32f bitdepth
• [Content] Shape Splatter Blend Color is long to compute if its format is not set to 32F
• [Graph] Crash when linking image as Input of a Fx-Map while Iterate properties are displayed
• [Graph] Timings seems wrong while editing graph in-context
• [Graph] Random crash when saving graph
• [Graph] material mode doesn't work with sbsar
• [3D View] Material assignment is not restored correctly
• [3D View] Some 3Dview state file settings are not loaded correctly
• [2D View] Alpha display always displays black
• [2D View] Display Image to grayscale button does not work for images with alpha
• [UI] dependency manager spawn on start even when not activated on Mac
• [UI] Some buttons perform actions even when releasing the mouse outside
• [API] Crash when trying to keep an array item outside the scope of the array where he comes from
• [MDL Graph] Node preview is upside down
• [MDL Graph] Displacement of the preview node is different than in the 3DView
• [Console] Performances gets very slow when the console contains many message
• [Console] Qt warnings when launching Designer on CentOS
• [FX-Map] Crash while deleting links between inputs and FX-map
• [Functions] Can't set a string type node as output in Function Resource
• [Preferences] There is no focus in the preferences menu, user can accidentally change a value while scrolling
• [FX-Map] Input Image Index combobox not updated correctly when adding/removing inputs
• [Dependencies] Crash when deleting UDIM resources used in a graph
• [API] SDLocationContext.getCurrentGraph() always return null
• [Publish] Wrong URL to Substance Player downloading page

8.2.1 (2018.2.1)

(Released: August 17, 2018)

Added:

• [UI] Add a message in the taskbar when the "In context editing" is enabled
• [Preferences] Rephrase the "In context editing" option label

Fixed:

• [Graph] Paste without link shortcut doesn't work in compositing graph
• [Graph] Invalidation is very long when in context editing is enabled
• [Graph] Crash when linking nodes
• [Graph] Crash relinking nodes
• [Graph] Crash moving frames
• [Graph] Crash when switching UVTile in graph and mesh is not udim anymore
• [Graph] Crash when using ctrl+z after pasting nodes
• [Graph] Select Parent Nodes is very slow
• [Bakers] Moving maps up/down allow user to resize the row
• [Bakers] Path for saving or loading preset is never saved
• [Bakers] Cage is used even when not selected in the baking window
• [Bakers] Skew correction is not working correctly
• [Bakers] Very slow performance when negative UV space is in the view
• [Bakers] Clicking the Cancel button does not cancel the mesh loading
• [Bakers] Can't bake using a cage if the skew map is empty and set as true
• [Content] Flood Fill is slow in 4K
• [Content] Linear to sRGB function is broken
• [Content] Tile Random Grayscale background is driven by a float4 instead of a float, prevents cooking
• [Content] Shape Splatter: Position/Vector Map Multiplier does not work properly
• [Scripting] Ctrl + o doesn't work in python editor
• [Scripting] The Python editor keeps prompting even after closing
• [Scripting] Freeze when creating multiple new scripts
• [UI] Icons in Library are pixalated
• [UI] Panels that are floating by default misbehave
• [Explorer] Crash importing a mesh on CentOS
• [Explorer] UDIM mesh is loaded twice
• [Cooker] No timing for nodes in context
• [Cooker] Stack overflow when cooking
• [License] Bad authentication with valid credentials
• [License] Floating license reported more than once for the same user
• [3D view] UV tile material default V value is wrong
• [3D View] Performance regression compared to 2018.1.x
• [Preferences] Crash while using a configuration file from a server
• [Library] Crash deleting a filter inside the library
• [SVG] Dependency issue when using alias
• [Levels] 32bits HDR bitmaps make the level editor blink while moving widgets position
• [PSD] Linked import PSD window is displayed twice
• [Iray] Scene is updated when a disabled light is modified
• [MDL] Crash when deleting all nodes of an MDL template
• [Engine] Huge offset amount in FX-Map can freeze SD
• Crashpad Crashes at startup
• Python environnent variable makes Designer crash at launch

8.2.0 (2018.2.0)

(Released: July 19, 2018)

Added:

• [UI] New Style
• [UI] New Sliders
• [UI] Make floating windows really floating
• [UI] Change Preferences Window layout
• [UI] Library: remove filter bar
• [UI] Library: remove selection display overlay
• [UI] Add a message in the taskbar when the application is Autosaving a package
• [UX] Properties: merge "function" and "reset to default" menus
• [Content] New Shape Splatter (+ companion filters) nodes
• [Content] Add Flood Fill to Color/Grayscale filters
• [Content] New Flood Fill support: support shapes with holes
• [Content] Flood Fill to Gradient: add Slope and Angle image input
• [Content] Optimize the Auto Level filter
• [Content] New Shape Extrude filter
• [Content] Material Transform: add support for rotated normal maps
• [Content] New Normal Vector Rotation and Normal Transform filters
• [Content] Normal Normalize: improve result quality.
• [Content] New Trapezoid Transform filter
• [Content] New Quad Transform filter
• [Content] Add Hemisphere pattern to Shape node
• [Content] Add new Gradients with controls in the 2D View
• [Content] Add UV output to "Cube GBuffers" node
• [Graph] Frame: ignore title text larger than the frame bbox for selection
• [Graph] Add support for in context edition of sub graphs (experimental)
• [Graph] Creating Frame/Comment should affect the node under the cursor when using RMB
• [Graph] Frame: ignore title text larger than the frame bbox for selection
• [Graph] Reuse existing tab when opening a function already opened
• [Graph] Create a new tab when "Open Reference" is used
• [Graph] Function: don't display function properties when clicking on the background
• [Parameters] Remove "Expose" button from fxmap graphs
• [Parameters] Level: Add an "Invert" button
• [Parameters] Expand the "Input Parameters" group when creating a new input parameter
• [Properties] Add the package url info in the graph attributes
• [Properties] Increase the description field size for output nodes
• [Properties] Allow to enter Per Pixel Function of Pixel Processor even for read-only packages
• [Scipting] New Python API / Python editor (first iteration)
• [Bakers] Optimize geometry transfer during rendering
• [3D View] Switch to OpenGL Core Profile
• [3D View] Support tesselation/displacement on Mac
• [Functions] Function Resource: list image inputs in sampler nodes

Fixed:

• [Graph] crash when linking a node to another
• [Graph] getting variables in graph random seed function does not work
• [Graph] crash when drag and dropping noise in a graph
• [Graph] crash when opening a specific graph
• [Content] Result is different between Tile Random Color and Grayscale
• [Content] Tile Random: Result changes when modifying the "Symmetry Random Mode"
• [Content] Edge detect doesn't work with non-square resolutions
• [Bakers] Artifacts while baking curvature using a UDIM mesh
• [Bakers] Ambient Occlusion map from mesh is inverted while using a normal map
• [Bakers] UV sets list should be restricted to available UV sets
• [Explorer] crash when deleting resources while baking
• [Transform2D] Crash when exposing Mip map level and Background Color parameters
• [Transform2D] Misbehavior while exposing a Transform MipMap level
• [PSDExport] PSD exporter doesn't export grayscale 32F correctly
• [2D View] Histogram computation not working with 16F nodes
• [PSD] Linked PSD are broken
• [Cooker] Function in outputsize parameter is not correctly evaluated
• [Export] Export outputs path should be the same as the package path
• [Export] Export path is not saved using an empty pattern
• [Templates] Missing group for Position in Painter template
• [Help] command line help does not display --news on Mac
• [Dependencies] Exporting twice after modifying a folder name doesn't work

8.1.2 (2018.1.2)

(Released: May 31, 2018)

Added:

• [3D View] Allow to set the default light state in the Project settings
• [Version Control] Remove the timeout of 30s when calling the python scripts

Fixed:

• [Content] Fractal Sum Base: wrong result with the third level (new graph has been added)
• [Content] 3D Perlin Noise Fractal is forced to 32bit
• [Content] Gradient Linear 3 does not give the right result when using non uniform size
• [Content] Normal Sobel does not support tiling options
• [Content] Checker_1 is forced to 8bit
• [Content] Multiangle to Normal: internal computation issue
• [Content] Stripes Pattern does not support negative "Shift" values (engine crash)
• [MDL] Crash when trying to open a specific MDL project
• [MDL] MDL Graph is not computed after a closed/reopened operation
• [Export] Outputs from unassigned graphs are exported using the batch tool
• [Export] Exporting C16F in exr generates grayscale image
• [Bakers] Skew features are not disabled in UI when baking with a cage
• [Bakers] Crash when cage doesn't have corresponding UV set
• [Cooker] sbscooker: cooking error related to "blend_switch.sbs"
• [Cooker] Published graph does not render correctly
• [Engine] Transformation 2D: matte color is not correct
• [Explorer] Crash when re-importing a FBX mesh
• [Color Widget] Grayscale color picker only picks red channel value
• [3D View] Usage "textcoordN" doesn't work anymore
• [Iray] Normal Map is applied twice for dielectrics

8.1.1 (2018.1.1)

(Released: April 12, 2018)

Added:

• [3D View] Set default range of "Tesselation factor" to [0, 16]

Fixed:

• [3D View] Weird visual artefact with specific AMD GPU
• [3D View] Freeze with specific AMD GPUs
• [3D View][Bakers] Generated normals from .obj have hard edges on UV seam
• [3D View] Crash while computing spherical harmonics
• [Bakers] Can't set resource as "embedded"
• [Bakers] crash when baking
• [Bakers] Baking 2 different versions of a map from UDIM mesh is broken
• [Bakers] crash when switching between contextual and non contextual graph
• [Bakers] Having the same baker twice will make them synchronized
• [Bakers] renaming the $(custom) macro prevents baking correctly
• [Bakers] Refreshing a baked map should blocks the UI
• [Bakers] Refresh All baked maps creates empty resources
• [Bakers] Pressing "Enter" to confirm a parameter value removes the high poly
• [Content] Tile Generator: Rotation Random error when X and Y Amount are different
• [Content] some grunge maps contains ghost instances
• [Content] Cube 3d: using random functions in parameters does not give expected result
• [Content] Fractal noises are not rendered correctly when Non Square Expansion is off
• [Content] Cells 2 and Cells 4 don't behave correctly when Non Square Expansion is off
• [Graph] Updating a sbsar instance creates a ghost graph
• [Graph] Assignment through right click should not display UV tiles sub menu for non UDIM meshes
• [Graph] Republished sbsar is not correctly updated
• [Graph] Nodes not invalidated correctly when resource changes
• [Cooker] Premult alpha blending parameter is not correctly retrieved from sbsar
• [Cooker] levels filter does not clamp values when cooked in a sbsar
• [Cooker] Implicit transform are performed before FX-Map nodes
• [Explorer] Pressing del key on a package asks the user if he wants to delete it
• [Explorer][Bakers] Relocate issue
• [Curve] Random crash when manipulating keys in the curve editor
• [MDL] Gamma Type not correctly set for custom usage
• [Parameters] Crash exposing a parameter with the same identifier as an existing input
• [Properties] Output usage is edited with insensitive case

8.1.0 (2018.1.0)

(Released: March 09, 2018)

Added:

• [Bakers] Optimize high-poly baking
• [Bakers] Improve result on seams for Curvature baker
• [Bakers] Bake maps for UDIM based mesh
• [Bakers] Add a dedicated 2D view in the Baker window
• [Graph] Support for UDIMs
• [Graph] Optimize cooker performances
• [Graph] Improve node thumbnails generation speed
• [Graph] Keep node cache only for opened graphs
• [Graph] Add toolbar in the compositing graph to control the Thumbnail generation mode
• [3D View] Add a geometry cache to optimize high definition meshes display
• [3D View] Support UDIM display (display the current tile)
• [3D View] Update Rounded Cube with uniform topology
• [3D View] Avoid saving scene all the time
• [Content] Add 3D Noises (Perlin, Perlin Fractal, Worley, Simplex) nodes
• [Content] Add 3D Volume Mask node
• [Content] Add 3D Linear Gradient node
• [Content] Add 3D Cube Gbuffers node (useful to previsualize 3D based nodes)
• [Content] Add 3d Planar Projection node
• [Content] Add Radial Blur filter
• [Parameters] Display image input/output properties in the graph properties
• [Parameters] Allow the edition of resources path
• [Engine] Support up to 8k textures with the CPU (SSE2) engine
• [Engine] Allow Grayscale Converter to use HDR weights for HDR engine
• [Preferences] Add an option to disable the automatic conversion node creation
• [Preferences] Set the default compression for png to 'best speed'
• [UI] support html link in Graph properties
• [UI] Center the "Yes / No / Cancel" Buttons in the save confirmation dialog
• [Explorer] Enhance Mesh hierarchy display
• [IRay] Integrate IRay SDK 2017.1.4

Fixed:

• [Bakers] Adding a macro in the output name field does not add it on the cursor position
• [Bakers] No materials are displayed in the list if the object has no material
• [Bakers] Pressing Enter to confirm baker parameters open a drop-down menu
• [Bakers] Baking textures should not generate commands in the undo stack
• [Bakers] Crash baking a Transferred Texture From Mesh without specifying a texture
• [Explorer] "Save as" should use the existing file name instead of the first resource name
• [Explorer] Wrong behavior when drag and dropping a resource from one package to another
• [Explorer] Right mouse click should not open the data in the properties
• [Explorer] Icon of Scene items don't have the correct background
• [Graph] Ctrl + D doesn't work on Linux
• [Graph] Multi relink function sometimes plug only one link
• [Graph] Ctrl+Shift+D should remove only external links, not internal links
• [Graph] Link between grayscale and color isn't correct
• [3D View] Cannot set a resource as an env map
• [3D View] Mesh info shader don't display results in the right color space
• [Parameters] Non exposable parameters are still exposable using CTRL+P
• [Parameters] Text fields are not updated correctly on undo/redo
• [Content] Artifacts in Grunge Map 003
• [Content] Vector morph grayscale primary input seems incorrect
• [Cooker] sbscooker generates an error when a resource is missing
• [Cooking] Crash with stack overflow when node chain is too long
• [UI] 'Quit' button in license management doesn't work

Version 7

7.2.5 (2017.2.5)

(Released: February 19, 2018)

Added:

• [Content] Typos in function.sbs
• [Content] Reduce default range of perlin noise and gaussian noise
• [3D View] Adjust default range for "Height Scale" Parameter
• [AXF] Update mdl templates

Fixed:

• [3D View][Bakers] Normals are not recomputed if the model has no normals
• [Graph] Non Square bitmap resource is empty once instantiated
• [Content] Perlin noise gives different result between CPU and GPU engine

7.2.4 (2017.2.4)

(Released: February 08, 2018)

Added:

• [AXF Import] Allow to specify the filtering mode on input bitmaps
• [2D View] Don't change the ratio of the image in the 2D view when the physical size is enabled

Fixed:

• [Library] crash when enable/disable path in preferences
• [Baker] Match by name ignore some meshes with specific names
• [Content] Premult to Straight filter removes alpha channel

7.2.3 (2017.2.3)

(Released: January 19, 2018)

Fixed:

• [Content] typo in "PBR Basecolor Validate" node
• [Content] Disorder parameter is broken in Cells 2
• [Content] Cells 3 is inverted when using specific values in parameters
• [Content] Polygon 2: Visual artefacts with specific settings
• [Content] Tile generator grayscale is in 8 bit by default
• [Content] Tile sampler: pattern specific random parameter doesn't work
• [Content] Shape Mapper: random functions can't be used to drive Pattern Amount, Radius, Width..etc
• [Content] Polygon 2: random functions can't be used to drive Sides amount
• [Content] Some noises/pattern generators generate warnings in the console
• [Content] Non-Square-Transform-Grayscale generates a wrong Pixel Size
• [Content] Swirl filter does not take the tiling mode into account
• [Graph] Drag and dropping bitmap resource to image Input node no longer works
• [Graph] CTRL+R (reload) doesn't work anymore
• [Graph] Problem when using frame in another frame
• [Graph] Crash when moving frames containing Pins
• [Graph] "Shape (Legacy)" instance gets transformed into "Shape" on save
• [Baker] crash when using non power of 2 images
• [Bakers] Color from mesh: Polygroup, Submesh ID always return a black image
• [Bakers] AO from Mesh: Occluder distance is clamped to 1 no matter the input value
• [Iray] Crash switching to Iray
• [Iray] Tiling value should affect the heighScale intensity
• [Iray] Fail to load IRay on windows machine where VCCOMP110.dll was not present
• [3D View][Bakers] UVs can't be decoded from obj exported from Modo
• [3D View] Displacement intensities are not consistent between Opengl and Iray
• [3D View] Displacement/Parallax Occlusion intensity is twice what it should be
• [2D View] offset when displaying image alpha
• [Cooker] Constant parameter ($tiling) is not found when used inside a graph instance
• [Cooker] Wrong evaluation of variable in chained instances
• [Parameters] Bitmap PKG Resource Path should not be editable
• [Parameters] Parameters in a same group are invisible if only one parameter has its visibility to false
• [PSD] Can't import/link a PSD file from a folder named with special characters
• [Functions] Parameters in functions shouldn't have a visibility option
• [LicenseService] Exception thrown when getting information on nodes
• [UI] Selecting text in description field keeps it highlighted

7.2.2 (2017.2.2)

(Released: November 23, 2017)

Fixed:

• [Content] Typos in "Directional ..." nodes
• [Content] Various Typos
• [Content] Tile Sampler is set to "Absolute 32 bit"
• [Content] Shape Mapper: visible artefacts on the shape border in some cases
• [Content] tiling and "Non-Square Expansion" parameters in Polygon 1 are broken
• [Content] "Random Seed" and "Non-Square Expansion" don't work on Anisotropic Noise
• [Content] Broken "Shape" instance in some Grunge Maps
• [3D View] UV scaling is not applied if the height scale is 0
• [3D View] Reflection with shader blinn don't work anymore
• [2D View] Information window has its layout broken
• [Graph] issue when controling output size with function on a linked bitmap instanced in a graph
• [Function] Graph not invalidated when a link is deleted
• [Library] Favorites don't work
• [PSD Export] PSD file content change each time an export is done
• [Gradient] Crash when manipulating keys in the gradient editor
• [Templates] Position map for Substance Painter templates is incorrect
• [AxF] Wrong physical height
• [MDL] UVW scaling from physical size is inverted in MDL SBS nodes
• [Bakers] $custom doesn't work anymore
• [Preferences] crash on start on Mac

7.2.1 (2017.2.1)

(Released: October 20, 2017)

Fixed:

• [Engine] Crash when rendering text with GPU engine
• [Content] Tile Sampler: Row/Column ID does not work properly with non square
• [Content] Tile Sampler Color: Color parametrization is wrong
• [Content] Tile Sampler: wrong default value for X / Y pattern amount
• [Export] Exported PSD are missing metadata

7.2.0 (2017.2.0)

(Released: October 19, 2017)

Added:

• [Content] Add Floodfill and associated filters (convert a black and white mask to gradients, random colors..etc)
• [Content] Add new Noises, Grunge Maps and Pattern generators that support non square format (old version are marked as "Legacy")
• [Content] Added new Splatter Circular with a lot more features
• [Content] Add new Scratches Generator
• [Content] Add Swirl filter
• [Content] Add Histogram Select
• [Content] Add Star pattern
• [Content] Add Shape Mapper filter
• [Content] Add Vector Morph filter
• [Content] Add Gradient Linear 3
• [Content] Tile Random / Tile Generator: add symmetry mode (h+v, h, v)
• [Content] Tile Generator: Add multiple image input
• [Content] Rename "RGB-A Merge" to "Alpha Merge"
• [2D View] switch node output display using the C key
• [2D View] Optimize Histogram / info layout depending on their display ratio
• [2D View] Add a button to enable/disable the tiling display
• [3DView] Optimize computation speed of Spherical harmonics
• [3D View] Update PBR shaders to use Fibonacci sampling instead of Hammersley
• [3D View] Add an option to save the current scene state as default
• [3D View][Bakers] Serialize Data in human readable format
• [Bakers] Add presets export/import (json)
• [Publish] Create the sbsar archive as non solid
• [Publish] Store the graph image/thumbnail into the sbsar
• [Publish] Display a progress bar when a package is being published
• [Dependencies] Display the .sbs file requesting a dependency in the "Missing dependency window"
• [Dependencies] Report window: display green icon when the problem has been resolved
• [Dependencies] Add an option to open the package custom dependencies in the package explorer
• [Preferences] Add an option to set the default scene state in the project settings
• [Preferences] Add an option to enable/disable path for the library
• [Graph] Add an option to make a screenshot (at 1:1 scale) of the graph
• [Graph] Remove tooltip from the background of compositing graphs
• [Scripting] Add onBeforeFileLoaded and onAfterFileLoaded callbacks
• [Engine] Add a Base Parameter to adjust Pixel Ratio mode
• [Console] Improve Console performances
• [Parameters] New Position (XY) widget
• [Iray] Upgrade to IRay SDK 2017.1
• [PSD] Save PSD widget state as text instead of binary
• [Library] Use thumbs from sbsar if it exists
• [Explorer] Rename "Dependencies.." entry to "Dependency Manager"
• AXF files Import

Fixed:

• [MDL] Fail to export MDL Module if texture is connected to an exposed parameter
• [MDL] Try to register dependency for MDL string variables (constant node)
• [MDL] crash after closing the package
• [MDL] crash when connecting a float 3 to a color node
• [MDL] can't open nodes library when releasing a link node in a frame
• [MDL] crash when using a file texture
• [MDL] Dependency behaviour register too many operands
• [Graph] Connector names are disabled after FX-Map editing
• [Graph] crash when undo
• [Graph] Strange behavior with links between nodes
• [Graph] Collapsed nodes scatter and detach when undo
• [Graph] Function instance are not updated when reference is changed
• [Version Control] Package is reloaded when a Version Control custom action is triggered
• [Version Control] Disabled version control workspaces are still available in the context menu of a package
• [Version control] Remove custom action don't remove it from the contextual menu of a package
• [Properties] Parameter preview is not updated when using the gizmo
• [Iray] Max time display problem
• [Iray] Pause option issue
• [Bakers] crash when baking convert UV to SVG using Korean/Japaneses translation
• [Bakers] changing the path after a first baking doesn't work
• [PSD Exporter] undo issue
• [PSD] folder and layers are locked in Photoshop CS5
• [UI] color cursor is always set to white when uniform color node is created
• [UI] Opening an existing tab should display it instead of duplicating it.
• [Presets] crash when changing parameter type used in a preset
• [3D View] samplers with same usage are merged
• [2D View] Pixel information does not work for images whose resolution is not a power of 2
• [Library] issue when renaming filters
• [Data] Fix various typo in SBS files
• [Parameters] level node - auto level precision issue
• [Preferences] Templates Directories buttons should be disabled for "Default Project"

7.1.4 (2017.1.4)

(Released: October 02, 2017)

Added:

• [Bakers] Add the Curvature from mesh back
• [New Version checker] Add a command line option to disable the check for new version (--news hide_changelog:true)
• [Scripting] Disable Qprocess time out

Fixed:

• [Bakers] can't change material color in UV to SVG
• [UI] can't close graph view using wheel click
• [Content] Some noises are in 8 bits instead of 16 bits
• [Content] Curvature Smooth gives wrong result when tiling is disabled
• [Text] crash when resizing specific fonts

7.1.3 (2017.1.3)

(Released: August 31, 2017)

Fixed:

• [3D View] crash when trying to display 3D view options on Mac 10.10.5
• [3D View] Text Info is not displayed in the 3D view when using High dpi screen
• [3D View] Global preference for OpenGL/DirectX is not taken into account when the material is reset
• [Content] Height to normal: normal is inverted when using Sobel sampling
• [Content] Ambient Occlusion (hbao_2) does not behave correctly when set to non square
• [Content] Mask generators inputs are not in the same order as "Mesh Data Combiner"
• [2D View] Histogram: selection information is not updated on image change
• [2D View] Histogram: Used range information is not displayed for grayscale images
• [Presets] crash when renaming a preset of a graph used in another graph
• [Graph] X and Y are inverted in the Parent Size Toolbar

7.1.2 (2017.1.2)

(Released: August 03, 2017)

Fixed:

• [Content] Filtering Problem in "Smart Auto Tile" and "Crop Grayscale" Filters
• [Content] Library Filters don't take the OpenGL/DirectX preference into account
• [Content] Can't cook SBSAR with non_square_transform
• [Content] Panorama Shape: Hotspot is mirrored in RGB channel
• [Content] Tile Sampler: Position Color parametrization is not normalized
• [Content] Tile Sampler: Patterns are invisible if the the tiling is disabled
• [Graph] $normal_map_format switch does not work when we use the library/space bar menu
• [Graph] Wrong format in the bitmap node when drag and dropping a RGBxxF resource
• [Bakers] Color from mesh with material color is broken
• [3D View] every change in 3D view generate actions in undo stack
• [Dependencies] crash when a graph has missing resources in custom library
• [Iray] crash on start on OSX version is older than 10.11

7.1.1 (2017.1.1)

(Released: July 18, 2017)

Added:

• [Bakers] Add a "Reset" action" on resource fields
• [Bakers] Use black color when no vertex color is found
• [Presets] Hide the preset widget on instances when no presets are available
• [Preferences] Remove the "Compute binormal by fragment" option in the project settings (now this option is handled in the tangent frame plugin)
• sbsupater.exe adjustments

Fixed:

• [Bakers] The "error" system no longer works
• [Bakers] options serialization: old keys remain
• [Bakers] crash when changing the name of a baker
• [Bakers] UI glitches
• [Content] Color Match filter - difference between CPU/GPU
• [Content] Some GrungeMaps output 8bits images instead of 16bits
• [Graph] Crash when using the X "switch links" on fx-map node
• [3D View] Random crash when opening 3D View
• [3D View] Binormal are always computed by fragment, no matter the tangent space plugin
• [Updater] XML error when using specific font
• [Cooker] modulo on negative number does not return the same result as the engine
• [UI] interface issue when using pick gradient on high DPI screen
• [MDL] Color node doesn't keep his value
• [Packaging] Mikkt Unreal tangent space plugin is missing

7.1.0 (2017.1.0)

(Released: June 29, 2017)

Added:

• [Bakers] New UI
• [Bakers] Keep a high def mesh cache until the baker window is closed
• [Bakers] Add an option to correct skew deformation using a grayscale mask
• [Bakers] Support use-high-poly-as-low-poly in from-mesh bakers
• [Bakers] Make the Bakers window non modal
• [Bakers] Store state to .sbs file in human readable format
• [Parameters] Copy/Paste parameters from one graph to another
• [Parameters] Add an option to copy a single Input Parameter (and paste it afterward)
• [Parameters] Remove the function button on "Color Mode" parameter
• [Parameters] Edit/Save/Display embedded parameter presets
• [Parameters] Allow the user to copy parameters attributes when a package is locked
• [3D View] No longer store last session 3d view settings in the registry
• [3D View] Create new 3d resource from current scene
• [3D View] No longer store the 3D view state from one session to another in the registry
• [3D View] Merge the "Scene" and "Geometry" menus
• [3D View] Seperate sRGB conversion from the fragment shader (you will need to update your custom shaders!)
• [3D View] Add an option to create a new 3d resource from the current state
• [3D View] Improve error message generated when #include fail into a shader code
• [3D View][Explorer] Create 3D scene from primitives
• [3D View] Display correct line number when GLSL shader compilation failed and code contains #include directives
• [Graph] Be able to resize a frame from all corners/borders
• [Graph] Store the Parent Size information on the graph resource instead of local registry
• [Graph] optimize Node thumbnails generation speed
• [Graph] Expose the memory cache budget in the Preferences
• [Graph] Add a "Reset and View in 3D View" option on nodes
• [Content] PBR Converter: Add new Arnold 4/5, Corona 1.6 and Renderman Presets
• [Content] Optimize AutoLevel node and support HDR input
• [Content] Optimize HBAO filter when GPU Optimization is off, add 16 samples version
• [Cooker] output SVG unsupported feature to the log
• [Cooker] Don't discard all the SVG resource if only one feature is not supported
• [UI] Increase Description block size
• [UI] Add file path information on graph instances
• [Functions] Add "Open Reference" on function instances
• [Functions] Display function graphs list when drag anddroping .sbs into a function graph
• [Explorer] Create new 3d resource from primitive
• [Engine] Add $tiling variable
• [Curve] Add options to flip horizontally/vertically the curve
• [Color Management] Read ICC profile on bitmaps
• [Export] Add "Label", "Group" and "User Data" in the Pattern macro list
• [Preferences] add the possibility to change the path for temp files
• [Doc] Add MDL Graph format to the SBS format documentation

Fixed:

• [Graph] Cache issue: view outputs in 3D View no longer works
• [Graph] Clear cache issue
• [Graph] Node thumbnails generation requests are not canceled when graph is invalidated
• [Graph] Resolution issues after using F5
• [Graph] graph view missing at launch
• [Graph] Modifying a parameter generates multiple render call
• [Graph] crash when using custom template which contains baked maps
• [Graph] Crash when linked nodes in a graph function
• [3D View] Parallel loading mess up with ProgressManager
• [3D View] Rendering with iray at custom resolution image not full frame
• [3D View][Iray] Material Definition is not kept
• [2D View] Histogram is empty on LDR images
• [2D View] Display issue when tiling mode is enabled
• [MDL] parameters not exposed
• [MDL] crash when moving a MDL from a package to another while rendering
• [MDL] Don't ask where to assign the MDL when double clicking on graph
• [Bakers] Crash when baking specific .obj file
• [Bakers] Transferred texture from mesh / normal gives a wrong result
• [Transformation 2D] Can't use arrow keys to change offset in 2D transform node
• [Transformation 2D] artefact issue with low resolution
• [Updater] Update report doesn't appear using when Ctrl+o/open
• [Properties][Format] Some characters are escaped twice in UserTags
• [Bitmap node] Ctrl Z doesn't work on 2D View
• [Preference] Useless empty space in the Aliases tab
• [Installer] Installing a previous version doesn't work the first time
• [Parameters] drop down list: putting some spaces to the last value label freezes SD indefinitely
• [UI][MAC] "about Substance" displays Iray info
• [SVG] crash when importing a specific SVG
• [Content] HBAO filter: Radius parameter behaves differently in function of the resolution (a new hbao_2.sbs has been added, old hbao.sbs is now deprecated)

Version 6

6.0.4

(Released: June 21, 2017)

Fixed:

• [Graph] crash using X shortcut
• [Graph] crashes after deleting a link between nodes
• [Graph] Deleting a split point makes SD crash
• [Content] Typo in mg_surface_brush
• [Content] Lower quality on HBAO compared to 6.0.2
• [Library] Custom filter's icons are not saved
• [Explorer] Crash when opening a 3d resource referencing a missing file
• [Bakers] Transfer Texture From Mesh is mirrored if "Normal" option is enabled

6.0.3

(Released: June 01, 2017)

Added:

• [Export] Save physical size as dpi in exported textures
• [2D View] Display the matrix parameter label in the Transformation menu

Fixed:

• [Content] Tile Sampler: Position Color parametrization is not normalized
• [Content] Crop: Ghost graph in pixel processor
• [Content] Panorama Shape: Hotspot is mirrored in RGB channel
• [Content] HBAO filter can generate negative resolution
• [Content] Color Match filter renders incorrectly in some situations
• [Content] "Pre-Multiplied to Straight" removes alpha channel
• [Content] Typos in various Labels
• [Graph] Bit depth information is cut when DPI scaling is set to 125,1520 or 175%
• [Graph] When a selection containing a frame is pasted, the frame it not selected
• [Graph] When a selection contains a comment, the pasted elements will be shifted in the graph
• [Graph] split points issue
• [Graph] Some Pin Connectors don't snap when hovered
• [Graph] graph view missing at launch
• [Export] missing bitmaps after export
• [Export] Doesn't export the dependencies on steam version
• [Bakers] crash with mesh which has too much UV sets
• [Bakers] UV map baker crash when baking meshes without UV sets
• [Engine] Sampler bug with Fxmap+HDR
• [Engine] crash with high resolution jpeg images
• [2D View] Transform widget missing in 2D View when tiling preview mode enabled
• [3D View] Graph instance with custom usage is not correctly sent to the 3D View
• [Preferences] Wrong path for mikktspace.dll
• [Explorer] moving a bitmap resource in a package makes the "link/embed" menu popping up
• [Parameters] crash when using 'tiling' as parameter name
• [MDL] no colored links between nodes
• [Linker] Pixel Processor: Incorrect GLSL shaders generation
• [Cooker] Bit depth issue

6.0.2

(Released: March 17, 2017)

Added:

• [Engine] Integrate latest engine with jpeg decompression optimization

Fixed:

• [Content] Clone patch not working anymore
• [Content] Height output is not part of the material group in templates
• [MDL] Crash when deleting a graph instance
• [MDL] No warning between conflicting nodes
• [MDL] Useless warning messages when exporting
• [Curve] Adressing parameter exposition should not be exposable
• [Engine] Crash importing a sbsar which contains a HDR bitmap
• [Text Node] Font specification generates invalid XML file
• [Gradient editor] Values are not clamped correctly
• [3D View] Crash when using a custom (high resolution) HDRi as environment

6.0.1

(Released: March 03, 2017)

Added:

• [Bakers] Improve progress task management
• [Bakers] Change the error tooltip when no mesh is selected
• [Properties] 3DView Post Effect parameters should be disabled when "Post Process" are disabled in Preferences
• [License] Allow specifying a custom path for Substance Designer 6 license
• [Gradient] Disable the "precision" slider if no gradient picking has been made
• [Cooker] Ignore missing resource in image input to prevent cooking fail
• [3D View] Change handling of specular reflections leaks
• [Graph] Add more parameters for the engine v6 compatibility

Fixed:

• [Bakers] Normal Map from mesh (world space) is flipped on Y axis
• [Bakers] Baking a mesh with no UV fails to report error
• [Bakers] Average normal doesn't work
• [Bakers] SD crashes when baking AO with a specific mesh
• [Bakers] Output format is not restored properly
• [Text] custom font doesn't work in player
• [Text] invalid font warning when re opening a package with font in resources
• [Text] text input does not work in preview mode
• [Text] Font parameter can be exposed
• [Text] freeze/crash when creating a function in the text parameter
• [Text] Crashes when exposing font size
• [2D View] Zoom percentage is not displayed correctly when using the "F" key
• [2D View] Image is shifted when the size is changed
• [2D View] Discontinuity when displaying the tiling
• [2D View] Transformation guizmo is not visible/editable in preview mode
• [3D View] Physical Size not taken into account by PBR Parralax shader
• [3D View] Refresh rate setting is not correctly restored from one session to another
• [Graph] multiangle_to_normal prevent publishing
• [Graph] Output size of pow filter is locked
• [Graph]Cannot instantiate .sbsar files
• [Curve] UI cropped
• [Curve] Numbers display is slightly cropped
• [Curve] Widget disappear when the toolbar gets resized
• [Content] Glow node is broken
• [Content] Tile Sampler: Patterns are invisible if the the tiling is disabled
• [Content] MG Mask Builder - Inverted Curvature contrast parameters
• [Content] Color Equalizer: custom_color_variation group parameters not connected
• [Content] Clone Patch: patch area not visible when positioned in corners
• [Explorer] Reloading a package while its dependency is opened breaks the dependency package
• [Explorer] Can't import a 32bit psd resource
• [Publish] cooking fail (ERR:No inheritance (absolute))
• [Gradient] Gradient should be displayed as Linear when sRGB is unchecked
• [Transformation2D] Offset impression when moving a guizmo with axis constraint
• [Parameters] Mouse focus is stolen by dropdown
• [Engine] No Tiling has no effect on distance node on GPU engine
• [Export] Crash when exporting outputs as TGA
• [MDL] export preset doesn't work

6.0.0

(Released: February 14, 2017)

Added:

• [Engine] New Curve Node
• [Engine] New Text Node
• [Engine] 16f/32f bit depth compositing
• [Engine] instancing for GPU FX-maps
• [Engine] Add log2 function
• [Bakers] 8k map baking
• [Bakers] Bake by Material / "Texture Set"
• [Bakers] Display loading message when the bitmap output is being encoded/written on disk
• [Bakers] Add a cancel option during baking
• [Gradient node] add global adjustments for multiple selected keys
• [Gradient Node] Simplify Gradient Picker options
• [Graph] Add an option to modify default parent size
• [Graph] Display Image pixel depth under the node
• [Preferences] Global preferences for DirectX/OpenGL
• [Preferences] Use tabs in Preferences/Project UI
• [Preferences] remove parameter MaxTextureSize located in the "3DView" preferences
• [Preferences] Display short help about the autosave
• [Preferences] Expose image format options
• [Preferences] Add an option to hide the Environment map in 3D View by default
• [Preferences] Add an option for the normal map filter default alpha option
• [2D View] Add the possibility to pan away from texture bounds
• [2D View] Interpret the physical size X/Y ratio
• [3D View] Improve Texture management
• [3D View] Disable Post Effects by default (to prevent crash on lowend gpu)
• [MDL Graph] Manage the hidden flag on IRay parameter
• [MDL Graph] Allow to set the constructor 'material()' as Root Node
• [MDL Graph] Create SBS Graph instance node preview
• [Content] Add new Scan Processing filters
• [Content] Add new Adjustment filters (Clamp, Pow, HDR Range Viewer)
• [Content] Add Blue Noise (Fast approximation)
• [Content] Add new Shape effects (Glow, Drop shadow, Stroke)
• [Publish] Add an action "Export as previous" to republish the last selected package
• Publish] Improve SBSAR generation when using high resolution bitmaps
• [Publish] Warn user about non "relative to parent x1" graph setting when publishing or uploading on Share
• [Properties] Add "Physical Size" attribute on SBS Graphs
• [Parameters] Remove function actions on PKG Resource paths
• [Parameters] Remove "Preview values changed" pop up

Fixed:

• [Graph] Memory usage grows up regulary each time right-click menu is open
• [Graph] [In SSE2] Polygon's nodes doesn't displays shapes when the "Scale" parameter is in negative
• [Graph] Crash when switching from "Integer" to "Float" on a exposed parameter
• [Graph] Moving nodes while a splitpoint is selected will recompute the nodes
• [Graph] Split Points do not support "Undo"
• [Graph] empty tooltip displayed when graph description contains non printable characters
• [MDL Graph] Crash when the current node displayed in property view is deleted
• [MDL Graph] MDL Graph that uses material() constructor function as root are not rendered correctly in the 3D View
• [MDL] Cannot export MDL module when using conditional operator with uniform boolean expose parameter
• [MDL] Crash when Loading a MDL Graph Template two times
• [MDL Archive] Materials that are using a texture are not correctly managed
• [3D View] IRay Material is not changed when the MDLGraph's root node change
• [3D View] random crash when closing the 3D View while a mesh loading is in progress
• [3D View] Yebis isn't reactivated after saving render
• [3D View] Invalid PSD File generated when saving render result of iray scene
• [3D View] point light 1 will not illuminate
• [UI] Detection area of Checkboxes is too wide in "Bakers from Mesh" Parameters
• [UI] Aesthetic issue in "Bakers from Mesh" Parameters
• [Mac] Opening SD by double clicking on a sbs does not send output to 3d view
• [Mac][Iray] Photoreal Cluster render doesn't work on MacOS
• [Engine] Atan2(0, 0) makes the engine crash
• [Engine] Critical synchronization issue
• [Bakers] Can't disable automatic normalization for Height baker
• [Parameters] when converting grayscale to rgba, alpha should be 255
• [Functions] It is possible to set a function as the output node even if not compatible
• [Export] Invalid dependencies after exporting a Package with PSD's Resources
• [Console] Clearing the console makes SD crash

Version 5

5.6.2

(Released: February 08, 2017)

Fixed:

• [Preferences] Default shader is not taken into account
• [3D View] Crash if the default shader is changed at runtime
• [Engine] get $size issue

5.6.1

(Released: January 17, 2017)

Added:

• [3D View] Set primitives size to 100cm
• [Content] Add "Image Input Filtering" to "Splatter Circular" and "Splatter"
• [Bakers] "Curvature From Mesh" Add Console Warnings under Channel "Mesh Sanity Check"

Fixed:

• [3D View] Disappear when undocked
• [Graph] Gradient Map "Noise" and "Precision" parameters don't work anymore
• [3D View] ALT+R doesn't work after saving render
• [Bakers] "Curvature From Mesh" crash with some ZBrush meshes

5.6.0

(Released: December 15, 2016)

Added:

• [Content] Added new "AO (Horizon Base Ambient Occlusion)" filter
• [Content] Added new "Height Blend" Filter
• [Content] Added new "Height to Normal (world units)" filter
• [Content] Added new "Material Height Blend" filter
• [Content] Added new "Snow Cover" filter
• [Content] Added new "Water Level" filter
• [Content] Added new "Color Match" filter
• [Content] Added new "Histogram Scan (Non Uniform)" filter
• [Preferences] [UI] Add an option in Preferences to disable the High-DPI detection
• [3d View] Add a "reset camera position" option
• [Iray] Integrate IRay SDK 2016.2 for Pascal architecture Support
• [Graph] Add "Copy Node information to the clipboard" option on contextual menu

Fixed:

• [MDL] alg material root is not removed on exported preset
• [MDL Graph] links for missing resource are not deleted in the MDL graph
• [Library] Creating a new filter creates two base conditons
• [Library] Folders doesn't filters anymore library's content
• [Bakers] Progress Bar does come and go
• [Bakers] Non existant cage resource prevents to bake
• [Content] Various errors in "Functions.sbs"
• [Export] File format is always reset to png
• [UI] Substance Designer UI Scaling Issue
• [Graph] Crash when moving the original package of a graph instance
• [Preferences] if the default shader/tangent plugin/.. are not found use the ones defined in the default project
• [Parameters] Sliders have to much precision on Mac
• [Explorer] Move 3D mesh from a folder to another corrupts this resource
• Closing the window doesn't kill SD process
• File open dialog does not display files with the "All format" filter

5.5.3

(Released: October 28, 2016)

Fixed:

• [Shelf] Crash when creating folder
• [Bakers] World_Space_Direction doesn't work anymore

5.5.2

(Released: October 18, 2016)

Added:

• [MDL Graph] Propagate SBS Graph default values to SBS Graph Node instance in MDL Graph
• [MDL] Support Drag&Drop of SBSAR graph
• [IRay] upgrade to SDK 2016.1.6 (261500.16187)
• [sbsrender] Optimise the memory management of sbsrender to match of Player performances
• [3D View] Allow the widget size to be smaller than the top menu bar
• [Console] Allow to copy some lines to the clipboard

Fixed:

• [Player] Crash when playing a Package directly in Designer by the "play button"
• [Startup] popup display missing nvcuvid.dll file
• [Environment init] double clicking an .sbs file does not load it in SD
• [Export] Export with dependencies crash
• [MDL] Synchronization issue in between a Graph an its Instance
• [MDL] sbsar instance nodes are outputing texture_return instead of values
• [IRay 3D View] In Iray Renderer the "Height Channel" isn't updated properly when you change of height map
• [IRay 3D View Undocked] "Camera>Save Render" Doesn't work after hiding app in the Windows's Taskbar
• [Mac IRay] NVIDIA GPU no more detected by IRay
• [Bakers] Transferred Texture from Mesh Crash when baking Non POT textures
• [Crash] Crash when exporting a graph on Substance Share
• [Graph] Crash when selecting a ghost instance
• [3D View] Can't dolly (Zoom In or Zoom Out) the orthographic camera in Iray mode
• [UI] Color Picker doesn't manage High DPI display
• [Graph] (MacOS 10.11.06) Infinite computation with multi-material blend node
• [Graph] Copy/Paste Graph's content ==> paste in the content and also a reference to that graph
• [Graph] Several multi material blends in scene, it autoselect the wrong outputs
• [Graph] Metal Edge Wear locks up PC
• [Library] The "SBSAR" files displays "S" logo instead of thumbnails
• [Library] Folder inside .sbsar are displayed in library

5.5.1

(Released: September 08, 2016)

Added:

• [Iray] Add "IQ" mode for cloud rendering
• [Iray] Update to Iray SDK 2016.1.5

Fixed:

• [MDL] View in 3D View does not work properly the first time
• [MDL] gradient_interpolation_linear is not exported with the full path
• [MDL] newly created frame bottom right corner is exactly aligned with the related node
• [MDL] Root material thumbnail does not update in some cases
• [MDL] Crash when delete all nodes and redo
• [MDL] Sluggish performances in the graph display compared to Substance Graph
• [MDL] Can't export MDL module because of IOR parameter
• [MDL] Displayed parameters don't correspond to the selected node
• [3D View] MDL Material that comes from an MDL Graph is not reseted when root node is deleted
• [3D View] Default camera framing is lost after loading fbx's mesh
• [3D View] Texture assignment is not kept when switching to Iray
• [Iray] Warning message from IRay when moving camera
• [Iray] Crash when switching to Iray
• [Iray] VCA password is not saved
• [Graph] Crash when deleting nodes
• [Graph] Pressing CTRL to copy link doesn't work with Material mode
• [Graph] Crash when deleting output node in an instance node material
• [Bakers][3D View] Can't load high definition mesh
• [Mac][3D View] Crash when trying to restore detached windows on secondary monitor
• [Parameters] Cannot edit a value in a spinboxedit without removing the suffix
• [UI] Use "Cancel" when closing SD should stop message box
• Crash when opening two 3D Views
• Crash in Alg::Scripting::Engine when using lots of VisibleIf condition
• Files get deleted by autosave if a .algautosave file exists

5.5.0

(Released: August 25, 2016)

Added:

• Substance Designer is now available on Linux
• New MDL (Material Definition Language) Editor
• [Bakers] New Curvature from mesh baker
• [Library] Use SVG icons instead of bitmap files
• [Library] Add an option to filter the result for MDL, Compositing, Function and Fxmap
• [Graph] Extend the "Display newly created node" to copy/pasted / duplicated nodes
• [New Document] Create a Template selection widget when creating a new MDL Graph
• [3D View][Iray] Display Render Mode + VCA nodes next to iterations/time
• [3D View] Improve "material" menu performances on opening
• [3DView][Bakers] Update to FBX SDK 2017
• [3D View] Add the ability to show/hide rendering information (resolution, iterations, etc.) in the display menu of 3D View
• [Iray] Expose tesselation parameters back to scene edit
• [Project] Add auto-generated alias for project file directory
• Project] Specify the default environment texture in the project settings
• [Content] Added new studio HDRi
• [Content] Add non-square transform node to the library
• Launch SD with a specific .sbscfg file

Fixed:

• [Graph] Inputs does not automatically connect to outputs with same usage.
• [Graph] Inserted node inputs are not plugged correctly
• [Graph] Unselecting should also select a node under the mouse
• [Graph] Node insert doesn't connect to all links
• [Bakers] Incorrect diffusion in curvature baker
• [Bakers] "Transferred texture from mesh" crashes if high def mesh has no UVs
• [UI] Function Icon on parameters is not modified when a function is defined
• [UI] Tooltips for parameters are cut
• [3D View] more than 1000 lights are displayed in the scene
• [3D View] GLSL Lambert shader don't manage srgb texture correctly
• [3D View] Tiling parameters missing when connecting substances in Iray
• [Iray] Preset export of mdl not working when spaces in name
• [Iray] Subdvision parameters are not taken into account
• [Parameters] Parameter identifier is no more displayed
• [Parameters] Crash when changing resource url from the "From Resource..." action
• [Parameters] Incorrect conversion of & character
• [Explorer] double clicking on a 'big' graph often fail to open it in the graph view
• Explorer] Embedded SVGs are shown as missing in the Explorer
• [Explorer] Crash when renaming an item with the '&' character
• [Content] Gradient 1 tiling is wrong when using 90/180° rotation
• [Perforce] Integration does not seem to work if the workspace is located at the HDD root
• [Data] UID generated for nodes are not unique
• [Preferences] Adding an alias targeting HDD root messes up paths in sbsprj
• [MEMORY LEAK] Some QDialogs are not destroyed when they are closed

5.4.0

(Released: April 29, 2016)

Added:

• Add a link to Substance Store
• [UI] Support for High-DPI resolutions
• [UI] Allow to reorder tabs
• [3D View] Allow to export render to ArtStation
• [3D View] Add the default shader in the shader list
• [Graph] Display the resource name on top of bitmap node
• [Graph] Improve the listing order of the space bar search menu
• [Bakers] New baker "Position from Mesh"
• [Bakers] New "normal map" setting for Texture Transfert baker
• [Bakers] New setting "Tangent" & "Binormal" for World Space Normal baker
• [Scripting] Allow to execute scripts during Save, Export and Publish actions
• [Dependencies] Add a Collapse/Expand option based on selection
• Added a warning regarding shell extension conflicts

Fixed:

• Crash on exit
• Substance Designer process can still be running after exit
• [Iray] Outputs are not sent to mdl materials when switching renderer
• [Content] Tile sampler: pattern rotation random should not rotate the shape

5.3.5

(Released: April 06, 2016)

Fixed:

• [2D View] Transformation 2D right click menu option is available on any node
• [2D View] transformation 2d gizmo still editable after transformation node deletion
• [3D View] Environment path should not be displayed in the Environment Parameters
• [3D View] Post effects parameters are not saved in 3D resources
• [3D View] Toolbar menu does not behave like a regular menu
• [Preferences] Can't set the "Engine Cache limite" higher than 4095
• [Preferences] Setting a default shader is not taken into account
• [Iray] Color parameters are not correctly retrieved
• [Iray] MDL material colors are reset
• [Iray] Bitmaps are not exported along with the MDL preset
• [IRay/Mac] Resizing 3D View makes Mac workstation crash
• [Graph] PSD Document fails to export
• [Graph] Incorrect displayed node size
• [Function Graph] Sample node input image is not editable if only one image is plugged
• [Engine] Crash when computing Fxmap graph
• [Engine OGL] Error in pixel processor generation
• [Gradient] Gradient Picker does not work on mac
• [PSD] 8bit image not correctly converted to 16bit
• [Parameters] Level histogram widget does not have the same height in color and grayscale
• [Console] Clicking on a cell scrolls the view horizontally
• [Explorer] Relocated 3d resource are not correctly opened in 3d view

5.3.4

(Released: January 16, 2016)

Fixed:

• [Iray] tangent/binormal are not correctly taken into account
• [Explorer] Package is marked as to be saved just after being opened
• [3D View] IBL Diffuse reflection is too strong
• [3D View] Crash when drag&droping 8bit image from explorer to 3D View
• Application crashes since 2016 January 1st

5.3.3

(Released: November 10, 2015)

Added:

• [Content] Add "White Noise Fast" (based on pixel processor)
• [Content] Add "Offset global horizontal/vertical" on Tile Samplers

Fixed:

• Crash when creating new Substance in some situations
• [Bakers] Crash when baked maps are updating the graph
• [Bakers] OBJ coming from zbrush should use filename for Match By name
• [Parameters] Crash when doing Undo/Redo/Undo in function graph
• [Graph] Split points are not pasted at the correct location

5.3.2

(Released: October 30, 2015)

Added:

• [Content] Add filtering control for pattern input on Tile Generators

Fixed:

• [3D View] Focus point not correctly initialized
• [3D View] Wrong far clip plane when switching several times of 3D mesh resources
• [3D View] Brief rendering artefact when loading a mesh
• [3D View] Environment map is black when file can't be found -> fallback to default envmap
• [3D View] Crash after using a custom Latitude/Longitude image
• [3D View] Crash when loading specific obj file
• [3D View] mesh autoreload does not work properly
• [Iray] Can't assign texture on external mdl
• [Iray] Can't assign textures to anisotropy channel after material reset
• [UI] Windows popup menu appears when right mouse button is released after moving in 3DView
• [2D View] Info tool does not return the color value of the pixel under the cursor
• [Bakers] Grayscale images are saved as indexed with tga format
• [Graph] View outputs in 3d view should reset the channels before sending the outputs to 3d view
• [Parameters] Param input name is empty when exposed from "Expose node parameters"
• [Performances] Set the onSubstanceCallbackProfileEvent callback on engine ONLY if timings are enabled

5.3.1

(Released: October 21, 2015)

Added:

• [3D View] Display the mesh name in the scene/edit instead of "Entity"
• [3D View] Reset to default color when a new 3D View is opened
• [3D View] Focus camera when switching from scene to primitive
• [3D View] Display the render viewport resolution when custom resolution is used
• [Iray] Adjust Subdivision parameters presentation
• [Iray] Output IRay log info to SD log
• [Bakers] Read OBJ files properly to make matching by name compatible

Fixed:

• [3D View] Incorrect display of meshes having a scale different than 1.0
• [3D View] Automatic near clip plane computation doesn't work well for big objects
• [3D View] Wireframe mode displays too thick wires
• [3D View] Save render window does not show up if post effects are disabled
• [3D View] Crash when switching geometry
• [3D View] "QOpenGLWidget: Cannot make uninitialized widget current" message in log
• [3D View] Lighting is not computed if the environment map is changed while Iray is running
• [3D View] Crash when viewing 3d mesh
• [3D View] Very bad OpenGL performances after having used Iray
• [3D View] Clip planes not correctly computed
• [3D View] Changing the environment map does not refresh the 3d View
• [3D View] Textures are not updated on graph change
• [3D View] GLSLFX hidden samplers are still displayed in the selection menu
• [3D View] Material not restored properly when opening mesh resource
• [3D View] RAM/VRAM Memory leak when opening various meshes and assigning multiple graphs on them
• [3D View] Focus does not take focal length into account
• [Iray] nvcuvid.dll is missing (uninstall previous version to get rid of the message)
• [Iray] Preset Export dialog '...' button don't spawn the dialog window
• [Iray] Refraction/Scattering does not work correctly in physically_diffuse_specular
• [Iray] Default mdl can't be found (magenta color)
• [Iray] Do not plug default textures to mdl material to enable value mode in edit material
• [Iray] Descale is not triggered when a texture is updated
• [Bakers] Worldspace normal baker renders a black image
• [Bakers] Crash when baking normal map with undocked 3d view
• [Bakers] Baking with "Embedded" method while an invalid path is set for "link" prevents saving the resource
• [Bakers] Baking with "Embedded" method and changing the file format does not change the extension on disk
• [Bakers] Random names for embedded ressources all have an XXX.. name
• [Bakers] Multiple objects in .obj are not correctly imported
• [Content] Material Blend: basecolor output is not hidden when channel is disabled
• [Content] White_noise and derivated are not rendered correctly at 8k
• [Graph] Sluggish performances in the graph
• [Graph] Crash when drag&drop function item from Library to Function Graph
• [Graph] "View outputs in 3d view" should only send the node's visible output in the 3d View
• [Preferences] Default user_project has empty "Name Suffix" for match by name baker feature
• [Engine] Color -> grayscale conversion produces precision lost
• [Console] Console/Log is poluted by lots of messages
• [Share] Crash when trying to share a package
• [UI] Tooltip is stuck on top of Recent Files menu
• Crash on exit

5.3.0

(Released: October 01, 2015)

Added:

• [3D View] Add Nvidia Iray renderer
• [3D View] Rotate environment using CTRL+Shift+RMB
• [3D View] Render the 3D viewport at a custom resolution (Ogl / Iray)
• [3D View] Make the loading of the scene asynchronous
• [3D View] Display the global scene in the scene Browser
• [3D View] Disable the grid by default
• [3D View] Add inverse squared distance attenuation for point lights
• [3D View] Display color parameter in RGB instead of RGBA
• 3D View] Separate Lights/Camera/Environment settings
• [Share] Improvements for the Substance Share upload window

Fixed:

• [3D View] Error in normalization of PBR shaders
• [3D View] Crash when right-clicking on the root in the scene browser
• [3D View] PBR shaders : diffuse vs spec energy conservation and pointlights
• [3D View] Make "Material/Reset" also reset the channels to default color
• [Bakers] Position with Bsphere normalization in not centered
• [UI] Windows floating state not saved when closing the application
• [Cooker] Can't publish when the sbs is located in a path containing special character
• [Publishing] Pressing "enter" in the name field after publish will cancel the dialog
• [Share] Export sbs does not keep the sbs:// alias

5.2.5

(Released: September 15, 2015)

Added:

• [Share] Publish a package to Substance Share
• [UI] Add Substance Share link in the Help menu

Fixed:

• [Cooker] "Size out of bounds" is an error instead of a warning
• [Cooker] "Can't find subgraph output" is an error instead of a warning
• [3D View] PBR diffuse/spec prefers basecolor instead of diffuse
• [3D View] Tiling does not work correctly with tesselation shaders
• [Engine] Crash when instantiating specific sbsar file
• [Engine] Sizelog2 / pow2 functions does not work properly
• [Engine] "set" in output size does not work
• [Engine] Mipmap level is not clamped for negative values
• [Content] Can't publish a graph containing tri planar filter

5.2.1

(Released: August 27, 2015)

Fixed:

• [Graph] Crash when computing specific sbsar
• [Graph] Crash when instantiating fxmap with multiple image inputs
• [Engine] Crash with sizelog2
• [Engine] Exposed parameter default value is ignored with DX10 Engine
• [Library] Thumbnail computation is broken when project contains invalid alias
• [Cooking] Set "unknown_parameter" and "duplicated parameter" as warning instead of errors
• [Preferences] Engine Cache limit is blocked at 4095 Mb
• [Function] input parameter label is interpreted as identifier

5.2.0

(Released: August 18, 2015)

Added:

• [Library] Add an option in the preferences to hide/display PSD layers
• [Parameters] Allow user data to be on multiple lines
• [Graph] Add a preference option to render comments at constant size
• [Graph] Add a preference option to disable new node display in 2D View
• [Performances] Pixel Processor performances boost on DX10 engine
• [3D View] Add tessellation to PBR shaders
• [3D View] Add simple opacity to PBR shaders (no face sorting)
• [Content] Add Vray/Corona/Redshift/Arnold targets to the PBR converter filter (to convert maps for these renderers)
• [Content] Add "Detail Oriented" technique to Normal combine filter

Fixed:

• Crash when opening sbs with empty dependency
• Link to PSD layers are broken after package reload
• [Functions] Nested functions break type safety
• [Functions] Labels and Groups and Descriptions are not displayed
• [Functions] Crash when copy/pasting from a deleted function
• [Graph] Material link broken with sbsar graphs
• [Graph] Creating multiple bitmap node from resources make the node stacked on each other
• [Graph] comment item not created in the right position when child of a node
• [Graph] Long comments block region selection
• [Bakers] Tangent Space Normal map bakes black on Mac
• [Parameters] Visible If does not work when input name contains "-"
• [Parameters] Step value in Input Parameters ignored if below 0.01
• [Library] "Visible in library" tag is not taken into acount for sbsar

5.1.1

(Released: June 04, 2015)

Added:

• [Graph] Reduce space between two nodes when using autoconnect
• [Graph] Disable Autoconnect when using drag&drop in the graph
• [Graph] Make the frame snap on the grid
• [Graph] Disable node insert over/on selected link for material link
• [Preferences] Set max value for Max texture Size to 8192
• [Content] Add symmetry options to "Safe Transform" node

Fixed:

• [Graph] New node is not snapped on grid
• [Graph] Swapping links can generates loops/crash
• [Graph] Display glitch when nodesize/timings are disabled
• [Bakers] Crash when baking to a resource that uses the same name than the scene
• [Bakers] Default resource name is not taken from the correct project file
• [Engine] Pow2/log function problem
• [Engine] Error in function evaluation
• [Fxmaps] Crash when reset parameter to default
• [FxMaps] Bad function evaluation
• [Preferences] Clicking on project tab crashes SD
• [3D View] Custom usage is converted to lowercase
• [Parameters] Can't reorder elements in dropdown lists
• [Explorer] Crash when moving a function graph in the explorer

5.1.0

(Released: May 28, 2015)

Added:

• [Graph] Search/Display content from the library through space bar menu
• [Graph] Display/open newly created node
• [Graph] link redirection (alt+shift)
• [Graph] select node parents
• [Graph] Swap 2 links (X)
• [Graph] Insert node over a link using drag and drop
• [Graph] Create graph from a node selection
• [Graph] Delete link when using Alt + LMB on a node pin
• [Graph] Don't connect new node to previous using Shift
• [Graph] Add a toolbar for base filters
• [Graph] Improve grid (snapping and resolution)
• [Graph] Move the Comment/Frame/Pin to right click menu
• [Graph] Create node over a selected link
• [Graph] Add icons to function items
• [Graph] Change pin colors in function graph
• [Graph] Use shift to disable node auto connection
• [Graph] Make the selected link drawn over the other links
• [Graph] Add icons to Fxmap nodes
• [Graph] Add a switch to draw curved or rectangular links
• [Function] Make the different vector type more distinct in function graph (pin/link colors)
• [Functions] add icons on nodes and display values for constant / set / get
• [Functions] Add colors to node title
• [Function] Improve performances for function evaluation (use SSE generated code)
• [Function] Display warning if Set/Get node is empty
• [Bakers][Graph] Dither bitmap when converting to 8bpc
• [Bakers] Average vertex normals in OBJ file if the mesh doesn't contain any
• [Bakers] Match by name: use suffix as separator
• [Parameters] Add option to switch between RGB and HSV on color widget
• [Parameters] Add eye dropper button in color widget
• [Library] Add a category for base content (compositing nodes, fxmap, function..)
• [2D View] Info: add display in [0, 1] range and HSV
• [3D view] Add mipmap support for the environment
• [Dependencies] Clean unused dependencies with updater
• [Updater] Do not save packages automatically

Fixed:

• [Crash] when closing package
• [Crash] when opening the dependency manager on an unsaved package
• [Crash] Sample Color bug
• [Engine] FxMap Tiling region deadlock
• [Engine] precision issue with SSE engine with blur and/or blend node
• [Engine] Computation doesn't stop when divide by 0
• [Explorer] crash when exporting package with dependency if containing dependency cycles
• [Explorer] Drag and drop of resources often fails to operate
• [Bakers] Baked normal is rendered black if it's higher than 256*256
• [Bakers] Saving a package in the same location as the export path will break the path
• [Bakers] Incorrect default target path when package has not been saved yet
• [Engine] Bad pixelsize result when inherited from parent function
• [Dependencies] Unused dependency is not removed
• [Dependencies] crash when opening the dependencies window of package that contains package cycles
• [Graph] marquee selection are rescaled in function of the zoom
• [Graph] link don't "snap" to closest input/output
• [Graph] Wrong undo stack (may generate crashes)
• [Graph] Multiple connect with Ctrl does not work if pin is already plugged
• [3D View] Grid color is affected by background color
• [3D View][Graph] output node containing multiple usage is not sent correctly to the 3d view
• [3D View] Tesselation shader : compilation bug on AMD GPUs
• [2D View] Pin system problem
• [Functions] Function compilation bug (if else)
• [Preferences] low/high suffix not correctly read from sbsprj
• [Library] Drag and dropping a folder over another removes it
• [Windows] Multiple sessions of SD can be run
• [License] Old license is not kept
• [Content] Edge Detect filter problem

5.0.3

(Released: April 01, 2015)

Added:

• [Preferences][Bakers] Add an option to compute tbn by vertex or by pixel to match UE4
• [Library] Use bilinear filtering for thumbnails
• [Bakers] Allow the window to be downscale to less than 800px height
• [3DView] Equalize environment map exposure / normalize rotation to get consistent lightning
• Name application shortcut with major version

Fixed:

• [Graph] Crash when deleting some ghost nodes
• [Graph] docked node stay docked when duplicating node
• [Graph] Crash when deleting nodes
• [Graph] Export outputs settings are not stored per graph
• [Graph] Invalid node docking state when deleting node
• [Bakers] Errors are not displayed in a dialog box anymore
• [Bakers] Missing resource is not displayed as missing in the baking window
• [Publishing] failed window shouldn't be editable
• [Publishing] Sbsar Incorrect result
• [3D View] Multi-materials from updated FBX meshes are not properly reloaded
• [3D View] Diffuse SH can produce negative values in some cases in PBR shaders
• [2D View] Displayed bit depth for resource images is always 8 bpc
• [Parameters] Parameters are not always displayed in the graph properties
• [Menu] "Export log File.." action don't manage to locate the log.txt file
• [Batchtools] Sbsmutator error
• [Explorer] Loading packages keep the highlight
• [Properties] Crash when clearing a function on an enum parameter
• [Preferences] Mikkt tangent space plugin is not set to default in user_project
• [Evaluation/Activation] Cannot evaluate/activate online on Windows
• Computing status bar moves the interface when refreshing
• Launch multiple SD at the same time
• Update Player URL when .exe is not found
• File modification on disk not detected correctly

5.0.2

(Released: March 17, 2015)

Added:

• [Library] Add normal control in material_adjustment_blend
• [Library] Add blending option for normal in material_color_blend
• Upgrade to Qt 5.4.1

Fixed:

• [Crash] OSX 10.9 and 10.10 in FreeImage
• [Crash] When opening a fbx file that contains elements without any vertices
• [Graph] Drag and Drop issues
• [Graph] Clear cache shortcut is broken
• [Graph] TGA appears black/transparent in SD
• [Library] TriPlanar Grayscale normal input wrong
• [Library] Edge detect node does not work properly with cpu engine
• [Parameters] Slider range incorrect for float2/3/4
• [Parameters] Doing "Expose Parameters" twice crashes Designer
• [Console] Is not resized correctly
• [Console] Duplication in channel list: View3D and 3DView
• [3DView] Parameters order defined in glslfx are not preserved in the GUI
• [Explorer] Crash when refreshing missing textures on the disk
• [Function] Change value and edit leads to crash
• [Baker] Crash when opening the baking window on a missing 3d ressource
• [PSD] Psdparse crash (missing MSVCR120.dll)
• [About window] Missing line break with Steam version
• [Sbs] Unused new engine features in sbs
• [Sbsar] New features not supported when used in SD
• [Ui] Progress bar doesn't clear once finished after an export with dependencies
• vcomp100.dll not found when launching SD on a freshly installed Windows 7

Known Issues:

• [Windows 8] Drag and drop doesn't work at first launch. Restart SD should solve it.

5.0.1

(Released: March 05, 2015)

Fixed:

• Fixed a bug when exporting bitmaps on Windows.

5.0.0

(Released: March 04, 2015)

Added:

• [Export] discard Alpha channel for TGA and BMP when it is full opaque
• [3d View] Set the PBR shader by default
• [2D View] Switch to view image as alpha premultiplied
• [Parameters] Size: Add a Width/Height lock / display values in dropdown lists
• [Dependencies] New dependency manager
• [Dependencies] display/find the node instance corresponding to a dependency
• [Dependency] Open a dependency package in the package explorer
• [Engine] Blend: support Opacity parameter when a mask is used
• [Engine] Blend: Add new blending modes (overlay, screen, softlight, divide)
• [Engine] Blend: support straight alpha blending
• [Egnine] New Dynamic Gradient node
• [Engine] New Distance node
• [Engine] New Pixel Processor node
• [Engine] Fxmap: support dynamic function for input images
• [Engine] Function Sampler: support bilinear sampling
• [Engine] Fxmap: support bilinear/nearest filtering for input images
• [Engine] Fxmap: support Straight/Premultiplied input image alpha
• [Bakers] Add an option to match geometry by mesh name between low and high def meshes
• [Templates] Create a template substance for Substance Painter
• [Bakers] New Texture Map from mesh baker
• [Graph] Add a "compatibility check" to highlight nodes that are not compatible with previous engine
• [UI] Help menu adjustments
• [Preferences] set Mikkt tangent space plugin the default one (reset to default in the preferences if SD4 is installed)
• [Library] Add new hdr maps
• New Substance from Template
• Switch to Qt5
• Update License System to SD5

Fixed:

• [Mac Only] Color picker problem with retina display
• [Mac Only] Drag'n'drop on the 3D view on Mac OS also rotate the view
• [Bakers] Baking a map without an output folder produce an empty texture
• [Graph] Docked nodes in frame move in a strange way
• [Parameters] Custom library path are not loaded from sbsprj files
• [3D View] CTRL+R to reload all shader also trigger the reset of the 3D View
• [3D View] Env. Mipmap height uniform switch to default when loading shader
• [3D View] PBR shader : Diffuse vs baseColor typo
• [Library] Non-recursive library path break linked textures in packages
• [Library] Environment Maps doesn't display .hdr
• [Explorer] "Copy/Paste" on the substance shouldn't be possible
• [Explorer] Right click "Paste" option still available on a graph
• [Function] tooltip of the sampler is wrong
• [Graph] In compact mode, instances don't show all the link names when they are expanded automatically to add a greyscale converter