Dec 2019

Version: 2019.43.1 - Released on December 2, 2019

New Features:

Password reset process has been set up so users can reset their own passwords
ESC key now cancels node execution (a selection of nodes if any are selected, all nodes if none are selected)
Crtl+Click on an input port clones the connection wire

Updates:

Improved About Page within software
Height Gen and Normal Gen 2D viewers are more responsive when adjusting node settings
When a bitmap is added to the node graph, the default will now be to select it as a diffuse map rather than 'other'

Resolved Issues:

Fixed issue with mask paint nodes not loading after save in some circumstances
General improvements in copy and pasting nodes, as well as loading them from saved projects

Known Issues:

Mutation Revision doesn't work in saved projects without re-executing the upstream node, which causes revisions to be lost
Crop node needs to be re-executed in saved projects in order to pass data to downstream nodes
Revert on Mutation Revision doesn't show in 2D viewer. Clicking off the node and coming back in updates the 2D view

Officially Supported Nvidia Drivers:

All versions from 417.35

Nov 2019

Version: 2019.42.1 - Released on November 8, 2019

New Features:

Adding a new node to the node graph will automatically connect it to the currently selected node.
Pressing Backspace when nodes are connected will retain the node chain.
You can now use a proxy server to log-in ArtEngine.

Updates:

General improvements in interactivity of 2D viewer for blend nodes, as well as general improved performance

Resolved Issues:

The default for the 2D viewer is to show the actual image size. This can be changed in preferences.
Showing the red channel in the 2D viewer is now correctly being displayed in grey scale.
Resolved issue when node graph would load from a saved project and not be centered

Known Issues:

There is a bug with Mutation Revision when you load a saved project that has executed Seam Removal or Mutation, the Mutation Revision will no longer work, even if you add in new nodes. This should be fixed by the next release.
Work Around: The best solution is to use Mask Paint instead of Mutation Revision in this case. Alternately, you can re-execute your Seam Removal/Mutation and the Revision node starts working again.
Revert on Mutation Revision doesn't show in 2D viewer. You have to click off the node and come back in to see it update in the 2D viewer.

Officially Supported Nvidia Drivers:

All versions from 417.35

October 2019

Version: 2019.41.1 - Released on October 23, 2019

New Features:

Version number is now visible in the software. In the Menu, go to the Help drop-down and select the Welcome Screen. The version number will be visible in the top left corner.
This should help us provide you with better customer support.

Updates:

Seam Removal and Content-Aware Fill nodes now save analysis data on save and copy/paste.
General processing improvments across various features.

Resolved Issues:

Fixed some known issues in the Blend (Material by Height) node. Users should see better performance.
Seam Removal border adjustments in the 2D viewer was difficult to modify but is now fixed and should work as previously.
Issues with preference settings not saving or causing crashes were addressed
Fixed issue where portrait images were occassionally rendered in landscape in the 2D viewer.

Known Issues:

Free Transform node has some edge cases that cause errors or unexpected behavior. Please report these to support@artomatix.com if you come across them.

Officially Supported Nvidia Drivers:

All versions from 417.35

Version: 2019.40.1 - Released on October 3, 2019

New Features:

Blend (Material by Height) node added - Blend entire materials by offsetting their height maps
Node connections can now be selected and deleted

Updates:

4x (Photo) up-res network model improved
Content-aware fill port labels updated

Resolved Issues:

Fixed a situation in which the node graph could freeze when deleting groups of duplicated output nodes
Multi-Angle to Texture node now correctly executing
Height Generation node now correctly executing
Patch Definition Gizmo in the Mutation (Structure) node no longer resetting its location
Mutation Revision now correctly works on non-square images
Corrected a scenario in which connections could become unaligned with their ports
Distort node now correctly updates in the 2D viewport when pressing undo

Known Issues:

Crop not saving results after a project is reopened

Officially Supported Nvidia Drivers:

All versions from 417.35 up to 436.51

September 2019

09/09/2019

New Features:

Shadow mask node added - Automatically identifies shaded areas of an image and produces a controllable binary mask
Material analysis cached when project is saved

Updates:

Early stages of Mutation, Seam Removal and Content-Aware Fill processing have seen a performance increase
Expose Bitmap node can no longer be set to 0
Mutation revision node has had an interface update to allow for fixing elements across seams
Tessellation slider scale adjusted to a reasonable level

Resolved Issues:

Copying and pasting Multi-Angle to Texture node exposes max amount of output ports
Color to Mask node no longer randomly numbering colored regions
Connections could some times be lost when saving a project
No longer re-opening a project upon saving
Output connections could sometimes be misaligned
File browser opened through the launcher no longer presenting in a lower resolution
Output node now updating file name in text box when a new bitmap/material is connected
Output node now retaining file path when copy/pasted
When right-clicking the icon in the task bar to close the software users were not prompted to save

Known Issues:

Performance issues with "Seam Removal" node (only some graphics cards)
Performance issues with "Mutation Revision" node (only some graphics cards)
Hard Shadow Removal node is in early state and might not work well without a high quality height map input.
Rectangular images taken from a camera may be imported with the wrong orientation

Officially Supported Nvidia Drivers:

All versions from 417.35 up to 436.02

August 2019

16/08/2019

New Features:

Blend (Material) node was created to blend materials and allow for a mask
Hard Shadow Removal node added - generates a mask and removes dark areas of an image

----> Mask not yet operating to a high standard in all scenarios

----> Known issue with height map inputs in many cases

Updates:

Height Blend node has been renamed to Blend (Height) node, and accepts height maps instead of materials.
Blend (Height) node produces a mask that can be plugged in to the new Blend (Material) node.
Analysis is cached in the project files when saving and opening

Resolved Issues:

Mutation results should now preserve between project close and opening
Improvements in 2D viewer rendering
Free Transform Node now rotates by default to two decimal points

Known Issues:

Performance issues with "Seam Removal" node (only some graphics cards)
Performance issues with "Mutation Revision" node (only some graphics cards)
Hard Shadow Removal node is in early state and might not work well with the height map input.

Officially Supported Nvidia Drivers:

All versions from 417.35 up to 436.02

July 2019

29/07/2019

Updates:

Mutation (Structure) nodes Pattern Recognition is faster
Hardware and driver compatibility increased
Free Transform node now has floating point precision by default. Holding ctrl while rotating performs as previous

Resolved Issues:

AxF files were not communicating well with other nodes
Fixed performance issue where some nodes couldn't be deleted or copied
Fixed bug where creating a material in the asset library occasionally causing a hard crash

Known Issues:

Performance issues with "Seam Removal" node (some video cards)
Performance issues with "Mutation Revision" node (some video cards)
"Multi-Angle To Texture" node output map port connections are misaligned

Supported Nvidia Drivers:

All versions up to 417.35

June 2019

21/06/2019

New:

Multi-Angle to Texture node added - processing photometry photographs, generating Albedo and Normal maps as an output.

Updates:

Mutation node preview performance significantly improved, now 3-4 times faster then previous iterations
Mutation (Strucutre) node enhanced pattern detection mechanism which leads for more efficient pattern detection results
Updated UV tiling on default cylinder mesh
Display dimensions of images in the 2D viewport updated to show full resolution by default

Resolved Issues:

Stopped newly imbued images from flickering in the 2D viewport
Stopped sharpen node offsetting results by a row of pixels
Adding multiple assets to node graph at once causes them to jump around
Mutation Revision giving exceptions frequently

Known Issues:

Content Aware Fill producing degraded results on some assets
Saving large projects producing irregular results - sometimes requiring graphs to be rerun

Supported Nvidia Drivers:

up to 417.35

May 2019

24/05/2019

New:

Height Blend node added - mix materials using height map offsets
Mutation Revision node added - quickly update problem areas of mutated results
Mutation Preview - serves a low res preview of final mutation result
Seeded Mutation - can now set seeds to return to previous mutation results
AXF file format can be read and converted to PBR

Updates:

Significant refactor of mask painting lowering memory usage
Core synthesis refactor allowing for current and future improvements
Visual Seam Border indicator now correctly showing affected dimensions
Reduced max seam border settings to 25%
Changed default seam border percentage to 3%

Resolved Issues:

Choosing save-as on a project had the possibility of overwriting files
Changing settings in 3D viewer resets custom loaded models
Deleting Split Material node when imbued in 2D viewport causing looping issues
Non-power of 2 images producing warped result in seam removal
Using eye-dropper in the solid colour node updates property panel correctly

Known Issues:

Seam Removal causing ghosting repeats along borders at sufficiently high border sizes
Seam Removal causing excessive interior shifting
Artifacting occuring when performing synthesis jobs after a colour match
Re-running grid in the structure node throws an exception
Up-res on two channel images throwing exceptions
Unchecking maps from AXF to Metal node when connected to Expose Bitmap causes a crash

April 2019

22/04/2019

New:

Color Muse added - automatic palatte extraction with colour cloud output
Colour to Mask added - automatically generate binary masks based on colour
Gradient node added
Solid colour node added

Updates:

Distort and transform UIs made more reactive
Mask input port added to Colour Match node

Bugs:

Colour picker not working beyond the borders of the interface
Copying and pasting blend nodes resetting the blending mode
Roughness node causing clipping in some cases
Single channel maps being imported as RG images
Grid changes not overriding unwarper values
Node finishing execution automatically imbuing in 2D viewer
Some parts of the GUI were obsucred in 1080p

Known Issues:

Deleting Split Material imbued in viewers causes a loop requiring software restart
Artifacting occuring when performing synthesis jobs after a colour match
Re-running grid in the structure node throws an exception
Seam border interface is not entirely accurate to results
Changing the solid colour node with the eye dropper updates properties but not the preview
Up-res on two channel images throwing exceptions

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