It was only used by OpenEXR and Iris images, and saving the Z Buffer
in those formats was disabled by default. This option comes from the
times prior to the addition of the Multilayer EXR.
It also worth noting that it was not possible to save Iris with Depth
pass from Blender as internally it is called IRIZ format and it was
not exposed. But even after exposing this format option something still
was missing as saving and loading ITIZ did not show up the Depth pass.
The reason of removal is to make it a more clear match of the ImBuf
with a render pass, and use it instead of a custom type in the render
result and render pass API. This will simplify the API and also avoid
stealing buffers and making shallow copies when showing the render
result.
For the cases when Depth is needed a Multilayer EXR is to be used,
as most likely more than just the Depth will be needed.
On a user level this change:
- Removes the "Z Buffer" option from the interface.
- It preserves existing sockets in compositor nodes, but it will
output black image. Also changing the image data-block will
remove the socket unless a Multilayer EXR with Depth pass image
is selected.
- Removes "Depth" socket of the Viewer and Composite nodes.
Ref #108618
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/109687
This is cached in Render, and gets cleared along with render pass GPU
textures when there is no editor open using it, or a new final render is
started.
The context and texture pool are cached. But the evaluator is re-created
every time as this only runs on compositing node changes, which require
recreating it anyway (unlike the viewport where e.g. camera navigation
does not need a new evaluator).
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/108909
This patch adds support for node previews in the realtime compositor.
Only node operations have previews for now. Shader nodes likes the
MixRGB node does not have previews implemented yet due to required
sizable changes in the node compiler.
Depends on: #108900.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/108904
* Store per RenderPass in RenderResult.
* Caches are cleared when starting rendering, to make more memory available
to GPU rendering.
* Caches are cleared on UI changes, when no compositing node editor and no
image editor with a render result or viewer node image is visible.
* Store 3 channel RGB passes as such, and set alpha 1 in shader.
This is an intermediate step before implementing GPU backed ImBuf, to
improve performance and figure out cache eviction.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/108818
This patch adds support for Viewer and File Output nodes to the realtime
compositor. The experimental render GPU compositor was also extended to
support viewers. While support for File Output nodes was added, it
remains unimplemented.
This is just an experimental implementation, the logic for viewers will
probably be changed once #108656 is agreed upon. Furthermore, the recalc
NODE_DO_OUTPUT_RECALC flags need to be taken into account to avoid
superfluous computations.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/108804
* Enable "Experimental Compositors" in preferences, then choose
Realtime GPU execution mode in node editor sidebar.
* Only supports combined pass input and Render Result combined output.
* No viewer nodes, no file output nodes, and no node previews yet.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/108629
