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Additional Changes

 

Miscellaneous Changes

  • Materials set at instance source locations are ignored
  • Dicing cameras are now specified as a camera's scenegraph location. The "worldcamera" and "framecamera" options are no longer supported. This also removes the need to add the dicing camera to a RenderOutputDefine to use the full camera path.

  • PxrSphereLights with cone angles are now facing the correct direction
  • Instance primvars are no longer supported.  Use user attributes instead.
  • Leaf level instancing now requires that locations with the instance.ID attribute have no children.  RfK will not traverse past a location with instance.ID set.
  • RIB Include has been removed
  • Integrator settings are now configured with a new node called PrmanIntegratorSettings. This node automatically picks up any integrators with Args files on RMAN_RIXPLUGINPATH.
  • "insertWhen" directives for config.xml are removed pending new configuration
  • Parameter Layout has been removed from PrmanGlobalStatements and PrmanObjectStatements
  • Attributes in PrmanObjectStatements are now split into either an "attributes" or "primvars" group depending on whether the attribute can vary per instance.
  • There have been a few changes related to cameras and PrmanGlobalStatements: -
    • dofAspect was a hider setting, but is now found under prmanGlobalStatements.camera.depthOfField.dofAspect.
    • Projection plugins can be created as materials assigned to /root. They are no longer available through PGS.
    • backgroundColor can be created as a "PxrBackgroundDisplayFilter" assigned to /root. It is no longer available in PGS.
    • The settings in the camera motionBlur section have changed and could not be automatically remapped.
    • It is no longer necessary to create a camera with frameBeginCameraPath. All cameras in the scene will be created.
  • No longer supported:
    • "prmanGlobalSettings.plugin.instanceSourceMode"
    • "prmanGlobalSettings.commandArguments.numThreadModeProcs"
    • "textures" attribute group
    • The PrmanLightFilterCreate macro has been removed in favor of light filters in GafferThree
    • camera fov motion blur

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Improvements since RenderMan 22.04b

  • Various performance improvements and bug fixes
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Improvements since RenderMan 22.03b

  • ID passes should now output correctly
  • Updated PxrColorRamp
  • Baking should now work
  • Fixed an issue with invalid cameras in RIB
  • Some UI tweaks for clarity
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Improvements since RenderMan 22.02b

  • Light filter linking is supported.  It should work the same as in 21.
  • Crop windows during live rendering work as expected
  • RfK will now use the basis from the alembic file unless overriden by the curve.basis setting in PrmanObjectStatements (NOTE: only supported with AlembicInPrman until a Katana/Foundry bug is addressed)
  • Added deformation motion blur support for blobbies.
  • Corrected missing Primvar processing
  • Fixed a possible crash with mishandled primvars and textures
  • Shadow linking in GafferThree's linking tab is now supported
  • Various UI fixes and simplifications
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Improvements since RenderMan 22.01b

  • The renderer now obeys the set number of CPU threads.
  • Substitute whitespace with '_' for names and labels
  • The default type in PrmanOutputChannelDefine is now "color"
  • Added support for live rendering from the selected Viewer camera
  • The Quality Preset parameter on PrmanGlobalStatements no longer errors.
  • Removed the known limitation about parallel traveral edits to live material not working.
  • Live render edits to ROI / cropWindow now use the intersection of the two attributes
  • Added live render support for crop windows
  • Alembic cameras now use the camera settings from prmanGlobalStatements.
  • OSL parameters now have connection type checking for the inputs and ouputs of PrmanShadingNode.
  • OSL parameters support a "tag" hint in the metadata to allow users to specify a connection type for the parameter. For multiple types on outputs, use a "|" to delimit the options (eg "struct|manifold").

  • RfK now supports connections between any color, normal, point, and vector parameters.
  • Attribute "trace.displacements" are now automatically upgraded to the current "boolean" type. Previous values of '2' are now reset to '1'.

  • Unknown scenegraph location types no longer emit warning "Location type not recognized". These unknown location types still default internally to a group location.

 

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