This patch adds support for timing GPU compositor executions. This was
previously not possible since there was no mechanism to measure GPU
calls, which is still the case. However, since 2cf8b5c4e1, we now flush
GPU calls immediately for interactive editing, so we can now measure the
GPU evaluation on the host, which is not a very accurate method, but it
is better than having no timing information. Therefore, timing is only
implemented for interactive editing.
This is different from the CPU implementation in that it measures the
total evaluation time, including any preprocessing of the inputs like
implicit type conversion as well as things like previews.
The profiling implementation was moved to the realtime compositor since
the compositor module is optional.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/122230
The compositor execute functions have a `rendering` argument to specify
if the compositor is executing as part of the render pipeline. But the
render context argument is null if we are not rendering, so the
`rendering` arguement is redundant and can be removed.
Additionally, we no longer use use_file_output as a hack to detect
rendering.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/120659
This patches refactors the compositor File Output mechanism and
implements the file output node for the Realtime Compositor. The
refactor was done for the following reasons:
1. The existing file output mechanism relied on a global EXR image
resource where the result of each compositor execution for each
view was accumulated and stored in the global resource, until the
last view is executed, when the EXR is finally saved. Aside from
relying on global resources, this can cause effective memory leaks
since the compositor can be interrupted before the EXR is written and
closed.
2. We need common code to share between all compositors since we now
have multiple compositor implementations.
3. We needed to take the opportunity to fix some of the issues with the
existing implementation, like lossy compression of data passes,
and inability to save single values passes.
The refactor first introduced a new structure called the Compositor
Render Context. This context stores compositor information related to
the render pipeline and is persistent across all compositor executions
of all views. Its extended lifetime relative to a single compositor
execution lends itself well to store data that is accumulated across
views. The context currently has a map of File Output objects. Those
objects wrap a Render Result structure and can be used to construct
multi-view images which can then be saved after all views are executed
using the existing BKE_image_render_write function.
Minor adjustments were made to the BKE and RE modules to allow saving
using the BKE_image_render_write function. Namely, the function now
allows the use of a source image format for saving as well as the
ability to not save the render result as a render by introducing two new
default arguments. Further, for multi-layer EXR saving, the existent of
a single unnamed render layer will omit the layer name from the EXR
channel full name, and only the pass, view, and channel ID will remain.
Finally, the Render Result to Image Buffer conversion now take he number
of channels into account, instead of always assuming color channels.
The patch implements the File Output node in the Realtime Compositor
using the aforementioned mechanisms, replaces the implementation of the
CPU compositor using the same Realtime Compositor implementation, and
setup the necessary logic in the render pipeline code.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/113982
Listing the "Blender Foundation" as copyright holder implied the Blender
Foundation holds copyright to files which may include work from many
developers.
While keeping copyright on headers makes sense for isolated libraries,
Blender's own code may be refactored or moved between files in a way
that makes the per file copyright holders less meaningful.
Copyright references to the "Blender Foundation" have been replaced with
"Blender Authors", with the exception of `./extern/` since these this
contains libraries which are more isolated, any changed to license
headers there can be handled on a case-by-case basis.
Some directories in `./intern/` have also been excluded:
- `./intern/cycles/` it's own `AUTHORS` file is planned.
- `./intern/opensubdiv/`.
An "AUTHORS" file has been added, using the chromium projects authors
file as a template.
Design task: #110784
Ref !110783.
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
* 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
