Revision History

PanelForge 3.0.10:

FIRST PRIVATE BETA OF 'PANELFORGE PRO' MAJOR UPDATE.

• NEW: 'PanelForge Pro' tier complete with activation via 'PanelForge Online' account.
• NEW: Improved handling of copy/paste of Stage 'attributes' with custom materials between panels.
• NEW: 'Stage Object Attributes' Material Selection Menu with 'Geometry' objects.
• NEW: Additional 'Force Stage Layer Regeneration' functionality available from Canvas main menu.
• FIX: Stage Layer regeneration from Canvas Viewport UI is correct when Stage Viewport UI is not initialised.
• FIX: 'Copy PanelForge Studio 2.0 License' activation incomplete.
• FIX: Alembic Export failed with object/geometry labels containing '/' characters.
• FIX: Project XML 'Current/Selected' Panel Export no longer exports timing/ID data for all Panels.
• FIX: Possible issue opening a Project with unexpected Panels present.
• FIX: Remove extraneous error message window during some 'Auto Panel Renaming' operations.

PanelForge 3.0.9:

• NEW: Stage Magic Transform Tool activity 'Lock' mode.
• NEW: Improved handling of copy/paste of Stage geometry with custom materials between panels.
• FIX: Stage Layer generation at some custom Canvas resolutions.
• FIX: Possible Stage Layer generation issue with custom lighting.
• FIX: Possible Stage Layer generation graphical glitches.
• FIX: Stage Light object Shadow-Map clipping settings had no effect.
• FIX: Window Main Menu Palette Window indicator possibility incorrect.
• WINDOWS: FIX: Possible offset when moving floating Palettes on monitors with custom DPI.
• MACOS: FIX: Possible vertical offset of main Workspace Window.
• MACOS: FIX: Possible 'small' main Workspace Window size on first open.
• MACOS: NEW: 'PanelForge Connect' Stage Viewport control development preview.
• BONUSTOOLS: NEW: 'Canvas Layer Names' Usage Spreadsheet.

PanelForge 3.0.8:

• NEW: Stage Camera 'Look At' and 'Frame' object buttons.
• NEW: 'Alt' scroll-wheel to zoom into Panel Timeline Palette 'Timeline' view.
• NEW: Additional Groundwork for restoring PanelForge Pro tier.
• FIX: Copy/Paste Special of Stage Geometry object Attributes between Panels when a material is unavailable.
• FIX: Collapsing of some floating 'undocked' Palette Windows.
• WINDOWS: FIX: Possible Viewport offset with some Multi-Monitors of different DPI configurations.
• WINDOWS: FIX: Floating 'undocked' Palette Window interactions with some Multi-Monitors of different DPI configurations.
• MACOS: NEW: OS version check/error message for previous to 10.15 'Catalina'.

PanelForge 3.0.7:

FIRST PRIVATE BETA OF 'PANELFORGE STUDIO' MAJOR UPDATE.

• NEW: Stage Viewport 'Fast' mode shows Material diffuse colours.
• NEW: Show Stage Camera 'Look At Point' in Camera display ornament.
• NEW: Stage Move & Rotate Tools affect Camera 'look at point'.
• NEW: Run Python Script file main menu item.
• NEW: Additional Groundwork for restoring PanelForge Pro tier.
• FIX: Duplicated Stage Materials may not show correct properties.
• FIX: Possible blank view and other glitches with Stage 'High' view.
• FIX: Stage scale tool does not affect Camera & Light objects.
• FIX: Remove Stage Scale Tool incompatible option modes.
• FIX: Stage Camera light could be disabled in fringe cases.
• WINDOWS: NEW: Move to NSIS 3.0.8 installer version.
• WINDOWS: FIX: Palette Windows move fluidly between Multi-Monitors of different DPI.
• WINDOWS: FIX: Code-sign uninstaller executable.

PanelForge 3.0.6:

• FIX: Stage Rotate/Scale tools have unexpected results with some settings.
• FIX: Stage apply object scaling during object hierarchy changes.
• FIX: Some multiple panel renaming functionality was disabled.
• FIX: Image File as Panel importing could show additional horizontal repeating.
• WINDOWS: FIX: Floating Palette window contents not always resizing correctly.
• NEW: Drag multiple Geometry Assets to Stage Viewport.
• NEW: Groundwork for restoring PanelForge Pro tier.
• WINDOWS: NEW: Improved release build procedure.

PanelForge 3.0.5:

• WINDOWS: NEW: Update Qt to '5.12.11' (previously Qt 5.12.9).
• WINDOWS: FIX: Windows Tablet Pen Sampling issue.
• WINDOWS: FIX: Drag out Palette Tab issues with Display Scaling (HiDPI) on Multiple Monitors.
• WINDOWS: FIX: Connection issue with 'PanelForge Studio' license server.
• FIX: Stage viewport window size after stage layer regeneration.
• NEW: Extend 'PanelForge Studio' license server to 48 hours grace period (previously 24 hours).

PanelForge 3.0.4:

• WINDOWS: FIX: Possible drawing issues with Display Scaling (HiDPI) on Multiple Monitors.
• WINDOWS: FIX: Possible drawing issues when moving workspace between Multiple Monitors.
• WINDOWS: NEW: Vertical drawing synchronisation 'VSync' now active (configurable via App Preferences).
• FIX: Possible graphics artefacts when using Canvas Free/Distort Transform Tools.
• NEW: Improve Canvas Viewport Tools and Overlay line drawing sharpness.
• NEW: Can copy installed PanelForge 2.0 license information (with first open prompt).
• NEW: Drag 'multiple' Image/Layered Image Assets to Panel Thumbnails/Timeline and Canvas Viewport.
• NEW: Clean up various main menu item locations.
• FIX: Panel Timeline Palette Toolbar resizing item hiding improved.
• FIX: Show correct cursors in Canvas Distort Tool Edges.
• NEW: Improve Web links in the 'Welcome Wizard' window.

PanelForge 3.0.3:

• FIX: Possible issue during quit with floating (non-docked) Palettes Present.
• FIX: Canvas Gradient tool 'B Colour' selection is not possible.
• FIX: PDF Export Panel Background colour not used (regression).
• NEW: Drag 'multiple' Panel Assets from 'Asset Palette' to Panel Thumbnail/Timeline view.
• NEW: Panel Auto-Renaming extra granularity options.
• NEW: Panel Auto-Renaming handle Dynamic/in-between Panel numbering.
• NEW: Panel Auto-Renaming name Prefix/Suffix retaining.
• NEW: Panel Auto-Renaming support direct Panel Renaming.
• NEW: Panel Auto-Renaming support Panel inserting from Imports/Assets.
• NEW: Panel Auto-Renaming support Panel deleting.
• MAYATOOLS: Fix issue in Python Script autoloading 'Maya 2022' PanelForge plugin.

PanelForge 3.0.2:

• WINDOWS: FIX: Image files/asset image channel order again correct.
• FIX: High-Quality Mode Stage Viewport view again resizable.
• NEW: Improve Drag and Drop UI response times.
• NEW: Updated Introduction Welcome Window.
• NEW: Improved Tooltip text.
• FIX: Timeline audio waveform previews shown correctly with HiDPI/Retina displays.
• FIX: 'Panel Timeline' view Panel Drag/Drop UI correct with HiDPI/Retina displays.
• WINDOWS: Support Windows 11 OS version numbers.
• WINDOWS: Support opening 'WEBP' image files/assets.
• WINDOWS: FIX: Layer thumbnail during dragging has correct image channel order again.
• STUDIO: Export FCP7 Edit XML files export correctly when audio clip files are missing.
• MAYATOOLS: Support for 'Maya 2022' including new plugin version and an updated python script.

PanelForge 3.0.1:

• NEW: Improve 'Open Project' progress bar.
• NEW: Complete 'Introduction Window' contents.
• NEW: Improve Tab-Bar UIs (Python Script editor Palette).
• FIX: Open Second/Subsequent Projects regression.
• FIX: Issues moving Viewports between screens of different DPIs.
• STUDIO: Remove superfluous Python interpreter files.
• WINDOWS: Improve visual UI transition between workspaces.
• WINDOWS: Update 'NSIS' Installer version.
• WINDOWS: Include latest MS VC++ 'redist' in Installer.
• MAYATOOLS: Include the latest version.
• BONUSTOOLS: New 'Stage Object Names' Usage Spreadsheet'
• BONUSTOOLS: New 'Export 'Route Sheet' CSV Spreadsheet File'

PanelForge 3.0.0:

FIRST PRIVATE ALPHA OF 'PANELFORGE STUDIO' MAJOR UPDATE.