1.21.0 stable

• bmp importer now use proxy.
• Installed files now comes with standalone Pixel Composer Downloader (in case the future release is so broken that you can’t access the downloader inside the software.)
• Add getting started projects for pSystem, Rigidsim, UV Workflow, Node Shortcuts, SmokeSim, FLIP Fluid, StrandSim.
• Loading Collection now set initial value as default.

Interface

• Add extra render step after loading project.
• Add project migration tool to highlight properties that changed and could have impact to the project when loading project made in older version.
• Add project setting to only render nodes in the current slideshow (to help performance in the “Particle” tutorial).
• [Animation Panel] “Create folder from selection” will only add animating nodes.
• [Animation Panel] Add button to disable auto-range in graph view.
• [Animation Panel] Add undo point to folder creation.
• [Animation Panel] Add undo point when editing easing in graph.
• [Animation Panel] Editing easing line now update the node.
• [Animation Panel] Sidebar folder button now react to node selection.
• [Command Line] Add support for asterisk in argument inputs.
• [Command Palette] Add search for current nodes.
• [Command Palette] Remove add node results that can’t be build due to context conflict.
• [Gradient Box] Add color quick pick.
• [Graph Panel] “Control node visibility” is now device preference instead of project setting.
• [Graph Panel] Add “Create Instance” button in context menu.
• [Graph Panel] Add shift+ctrl when using quick connect to allow overriding already connected junction.
• [Graph Panel] Ctrl+Drag to empty space now call add node dialog.
• [Graph Panel] Multi-junction selection now auto sorted.
• [Graph Panel] Multi-junction selection now prevent mixing connection type (input-output).
• [Graph Panel] Multi-junction will now only connect to visible junctions.
• [Graph Panel] Pasting nodes while hovering on inline group will add the nodes to the group.
• [Graph Panel] Turning off Select node on add now create new node from topbar in the middle of the graph.
• [Inspector Panel] Add “Collapse Other” section context menu.
• [Inspector Panel] View button now open View Setting dialog.
• [Inspector Panel] Widget right buttons now rearrangeable.
• [Panel] Dragging object now require right click to switch tab.
• [Preference > Hotkey] Now show all actions under the hovering key.
• [Preference > Theme] Add option to revert boolean widget to checkbox style.
• [Preference > Theme] Theme now update immediately.
• [Preference] Add buttons for saving, loading and resetting preference.
• [Preference] Add option to set default curvebox height.
• [Preview Panel > Composite] Disable box selection on content-based mode.
• [Preview Panel > View Setting] Add toggle to always shows left/right toolbar.
• [Preview Panel > Warp] Drag inside area to move all points.
• [Preview Panel] Add Alt+Shift quick nav.
• [Preview Panel] Add hotkey for switching preview channels.
• [Preview Panel] Adding new node through preview panel with composite node now add the new node into composite stack.
• [Preview Panel] Values hotkey now sorted by display order.
• [Preview/ Graph Panel] Darken content area.
• [Splash] Page now save between session.
• [Theme] Add fallback attribute for missing sprites.
• [Tunnel] Create receiver now create at the middle of the graph.
• [Graph Panel] Add project settings in topbar.
• [Graph Panel] Add the ability to delete inline group (will delete all nodes inside it).
• [Inspector Panel] Add filter to only show animating value.
• [Inspector Panel] Add the ability to set default value to individual property.
• [Preference > Hotkey] Add support for multiple hotkeys per action.

Node

• New Barrel Distort node.

• New Hilbert node.

• New Line Match filter node.

• New LUT node (.cube file only).

• New mp4 import node.

• New pSystem render line/triangle node.

• New pSystem render to points node.

• New pSystem Vector field, gradient node.

• New Ridge noise node.

• New Wave Interfere pattern node.

• Remove Patreon exclusive nodes.

• Add Shift+Click to change unit without changing value.

• Node display settings now use attributes.

• Simplify value processing pipeline.

• [2D Light] Add tile option.

• [3D Mirror] Add option to show original mesh.

• [3D Path] Add fix plane option to constrain path adjustment to 2 axis.

• [3D Path] Add/Remove tool now won’t require shift to remove anchor.

• [3D Wall Builder] Flip Y is now an option instead of always on.

• [Blobify] Add mask inputs.

• [Camera] Add fractional unit to focus center.

• [Canvas > Gradient] Now works on transparent pixel.

• [Canvas > Gradient/Palette] Tool now re-toggle after use.

• [Canvas > Magic Selection] Clicking outside now cancel selection.

• [Canvas > Resize tool] Anchor now always apply when typing in dimension textbox.

• [Canvas > Selection] Add shift for movement and scale.

• [Canvas > Skew tool] Skew now originate at the middle of the selection.

• [Canvas] Add secondary color.

• [Cellular Noise] Tiled mode now round scale value automatically.

• [Checkerboard] Add aspect ratio setting.

• [Composite] Add button for refreshing layer depth to match layer order.

• [Crop] Draw tool now un-toggle after use.

• [Directional Blur] Add smooth blur.

• [Downscale] Add option to multiply alpha.

• [Extends] Add toggle to extends infinitely.

• [Group Input] Add seed display type.

• [Group IO] Remove name-only mode when zoom out.

• [Inline Group] Add dragging support.

• [Inline Group] Add rectangle shape option.

• [MK Delay Machine] Add basic transformation property.

• [MK Parallax] Add depth properties.

• [MK Tree] Rename “Draw line” to “Draw mode” to avoid confusion.

• [Nine-Slice] Add relative unit.

• [Outline] Increase scan iteration count for non-highres mode.

• [Path 2D/3D] Add button to convert 2D to 3D and vice versa (z projection).

• [Path Revolve] Add invert y option.

• [Path Revolve] Add projection axis option to dealing with 3d path.

• [Path Sample] Add clamp mode.

• [Path Wave] Add iteration control.

• [Path] Add relative unit to anchor.

• [Path] Add snap control to tool settings area.

• [Path] Shift for axis align when dragging anchor.

• [Polar to Cart/ Cart to Polar] Add cartesian origin property.

• [Polar] Add center property.

• [pSystem > Snap Transform] Add direction snap.

• [pSystem Render Trail] Add 1px mode.

• [pSystem Transform] Add non-accumulative scale mode.

• [pSystem Transform] Add vector impulse mode toggle.

• [Shape] Add draw area tool.

• [Slideshow] Adjust slideshow transition curve.

• [Slideshow] Replace zoom control with area control.

• [SmokeSim > Render Domain] Add volume color and density remap.

• [SmokeSim] Add relative units to transformation properties.

• [SmokeSim/ Flip fluid render] Auto-cache new disabled by default.

• [Warp] Add tile control for each axis.

• [Composite] Rearranging layer order now adjust the depth accordingly.

• [Dither] Add custom dither matrix type.

• [Dither] Add invert dither pattern settings.

• [Dither] Add RGB/HSV steps mode.

• [Path] Add polygon tool.

• [Stripe, Checker, Blend] Add button to swap value (colors, surface).

• [Tunnel Sender] Add scope control.

Bugs

• Fix crash on older version when trying to load new hotkey data.

• Fix error when toggling map on vec2 value.

• Fix preset not save every properties.

• Fix setting default unit mode to pixel cause some values to initialize with fractional value.

• Fix undo animation setting not update timeline items.

• Fix value change when loading project with different default unit setting.

• Fix cli mode unusable.

• Raise maximum surface size to 16384px (Note that one 16384x16384 8RGBA surface will use 1gb of vram and the actual maximum surface size will depends on GPU)

• [Add node] Fix dialog disappear when right-click again and error associate to it.

• [Animation Panel] Fix crash when setting range from outside the panel.

• [Animation Panel] Fix dopesheet not reappear when expands panel.

• [Animation Panel] Fix error when trying to stretch the animation length.

• [Collection Panel] Allow setting collection to “deprecated”.

• [Collection Panel] Fix crash when trying to edit single-node collection.

• [Driver Panel] Add undo points to driver modification.

• [Gradient Box] Fix error when open context menu in expanded mode.

• [Graph Panel] Fix adding node not auto connect.

• [Graph Panel] Fix dynasurf not show up in node preview.

• [Graph Panel] Fix error when connecting multiple junctions.

• [Graph Panel] Fix node add from related menu not connect to the calling junction.

• [Graph Panel] Fix node wrangler select incorrect input.

• [Graph Panel] Fix quick connect returns error when hovering on inline group.

• [Graph Panel] Grid line now match grid highlight line.

• [Inspector Panel] Fix multiple dialogs created when click on property guide.

• [Inspector Panel] Fix pbBox widget cause stutter.

• [Inspector Panel] Fix scroll menu disappear when open other scroll menu.

• [Menu Panel] Fix error when toggling some panel.

• [Menu Panel] Fix resizing panel move window.

• [Menu Panel] Fix window dragging when clicking on profile.

• [Panel] Fix panel frame still draw in focus mode.

• [Path Box] Fix view node button not working.

• [Preview Panel] Fix dragging split view create selection.

• [Preview Panel] Fix error when call add node dialog with callback.

• [Preview Panel] Fix ruler flicker.

• [Preview Panel] Fix selection can’t be made when not inspecting a node.

• [Preview Panel] Fix toolbar bg disappear when togging tool lock.

• [Splash, release note] Panels now limited to 1 instance.

• [TextBox] Fix label disappearing.

• Empty array now returns depth of 1.

• Fix dragging node and it’s parent move node twice.

• Fix error when undoing keyframe insertion.

• Fix int array process as array of zeroes.

• Fix leaf group with animated input value not partial updating.

• Fix loading collection not mark project as modified.

• Fix padding value extract to surface padding node.

• [3D Instancer] Fix grid allows floating value.

• [3D Surface Extrude] Fix incorrect uv map for side texture.

• [Addon] Fix crash when using addons.

• [Armature Pose] Fix scale tool not selectable and highlight incorrectly.

• [Armature Pose] Fix tool use caused selection.

• [Auto Organize] Fix frame node got organize as normal node.

• [Bake Path] Fix output path calculate incorrectly.

• [Blend] Fix initial click when not focusing on the preview panel cause selection.

• [Camera] Fix dimension editing apply dimension incorrectly.

• [Camera] Fix result preview render in full opacity.

• [Canvas > Bezier Curve] Fix error when create the seconds curve.

• [Canvas > Brush selector] Fix brush draw on original surface.

• [Canvas > Brush] Fix flicker on initial click.

• [Canvas > Brush] Fix line cap not rendering for large brush size.

• [Canvas > Brush] Line preview now disappear when right click.

• [Canvas > Circle tool] Fix low-quality shape in larger brush.

• [Canvas > Curve, Fill, Gradient tool] Remove brush preview.

• [Canvas > Freeform selection] Fix clicking without dragging tool create an empty 0x0 selection.

• [Canvas > Magic selector] Fix error on init.

• [Canvas Group] Fix canvas sometime initializes with random content.

• [Canvas Group] Fix dimension value apply incorrectly.

• [Canvas Group] Fix selection behave weirdly.

• [Canvas] Fix brush inside selection render in the wrong color.

• [Canvas] Fix canvas set to wrong size when using resize tool in relative unit.

• [Canvas] Fix color picker always pick brush color.

• [Canvas] Fix dimension change not apply immediately.

• [Canvas] Fix right subtools not showing.

• [Canvas] Fix subsequence node initialize with empty white canvas.

• [Canvas] Fix tool channel selection not apply correctly.

• [Composite Tag] Fix alpha blending error.

• [Composite] Fix error when disconnecting surface while selecting it.

• [Deserialize] Fix error when checking surface depth.

• [Display Text] Fix line cut between special characters.

• [Display Text] Fix multi-lines bounding box calculate incorrectly.

• [Dither] Fix dither scale apply incorrectly.

• [Draw Line] Fix starting line cap not show up in subsequence lines.

• [Draw Line] Fix wiggle trim range not apply to basic line type.

• [Draw Shape > Diamond] Fix visual glitch at 30x30 dimension.

• [Draw Shape Fast] Fix superellipse shape not working.

• [Draw Text] Fix alpha blending.

• [FLIP Domain] Fix some properties not visible in inspector.

• [Frame] Fix graph not update when renaming.

• [Globalvar] Fix crash on rename.

• [Grid Warp] Fix snapping apply incorrectly.

• [Group Input] Fix error when using internal surface asset.

• [Group Input] Fix palette type return 2d array of each colors.

• [Inspector View Setting] Fix reset button not working.

• [Locale] Remove comments and duplicated entries in words.json.

• [Menu Editor] Fix crash when editing toolbar with debug menus.

• [MK Cable] Fix error in path sample mode.

• [MK Fracture] Fix node error.

• [MK Pile] Remove warning when no input surface provided.

• [Outline] Fix blending error for inner type and anti-alias mode.

• [Outline] Outline area now draw behind base pixel to improve anti-aliasing.

• [Path > Arc tool] Fix reverse control points.

• [Path Anchor] Fix incorrect unit conversion.

• [Path, Path Shape] Fix negative ratio not loop correctly.

• [Path] Fix error when adding anchor in pixel unit.

• [Path] Fix error when extracting path data.

• [Path] Fix loading older version set unit to fractional.

• [Path] Fix transform tool cause anchors to collapse to the same value.

• [Pixel Builder] Fix dragging widget causes selection.

• [pSystem Accelerate] Fix deceleration cause jitter.

• [pSystem Render Trail/Path] Particle that last more than 1 animation loops (lifespan + trail duration > animation length) will not try to connect to itself in the previous loop which creates long line/path.

• [pSystem Render Triangle] Fix color not applying.

• [pSystem Snap] Fix snapping causes scale to change.

• [pSystem Trail] Fix particle destroy using destroy node not generate end trail.

• [pSystem] Fix some context nodes shows up in recents.

• [pSystem] Remove prerender frame to match animation length.

• [Repeat] Atlas output now return simplified atlas data.

• [Replace Colors] Fix visibility button not working.

• [Round Corner] All non-black color now treated as content.

• [Scrollbox] Fix using search return incorrect value.

• [Serialize] Roll back modify-only saves. All value now stored in the save file.

• [Shape Path] Fix non-loop shape apply incorrectly.

• [Slideshow] Fix slide order sorted alphabetically.

• [Slope blur] Fix node not respect oversample setting.

• [StrandSim Gravity] Fix gravity apply incorrectly.

• [Surface] Add warning when trying to access missing asset.

• [Surface] Fix asset load asynchronously.

• [Tag surface] Fix error when animating tag position.

• [Text Array box] Fix deleting choice open edit dialog.

• [Text] Fix “-4” converted into empty value.

• [Transform Image 3D] Fix backside not rendering.

• [Transform Image 3D] Fix UI rendering error when playing animation.

• [Tunnel] Fix tunnel not connect when setting scope to group in global context.

• [Value] Fix setting default not apply in the same session.

• [Warp] Fix backface blend with front.

• [Warp] Fix backside transparent pixel override front pixel.

• [Warp] Fix parallelogram shape error.