* Proximity brush color ramp should now work properly with any type of proximity brush.
* Dynamic Paint operators (adding surfaces, baking, etc.) now affect right object even when ui is pinned to a non-selected object.
* Fixed proximity falloff for vertex weight surfaces.
* Fixed possible color issue with low alpha brushes.
* Fixed a compiler warning.
This patch attempts to clean up and document the GPU buffers
code. There are a few bug fixes as well.
Patch reviewed here: http://codereview.appspot.com/4631052/
Summary:
* Bugfix: make GPU_buffer_copy_normal convert from shorts to floats
correctly, also fixed the use of cached face normal CustomData.
* Bugfix: changed the `mat_nr' field of GPUBufferMaterial from char to
short.
* Changed color buffer setup to not alloc a temporary copy of color
data, just passes the MCol data in directly.
* Changed the GPU buffer pool code to make clearer what operates
specifically on the global pool.
* Lots of refactoring for GPU_drawobject_new; should operate mostly
the same (except got rid of one unecessary allocation), just split
into more functions and without macros now.
* Converted some #defines into enumerations.
* Made some stuff private, pulled out of header file.
* Deleted unused function GPU_buffer_pool_free_unused().
* Removed GPU_interleaved_setup and related #defines. (I think this
was used for editmode VBOs, but those were disabled.)
* Added lots of comments.
* Added a few comments in the code signed `--nicholas' to note places
where I am unsure about design or usage, would be good to address
these better.
* Code formatting changed to be more consistent with the rest of
Blender.
* Renamed some fields and variables to be more consistent with
Blender's naming conventions.
* Renamed some fields and variables to use more descriptive names,
e.g. renamed `redir' to `mat_orig_to_new'.
* Removed print outs with DEBUG_VBO -- don't feel too strongly about
this one, just not used elsewhere in Blender, could be easily added
back if others disagree though.
* Moved the PBVH drawing code down to the bottom of the file, before
was sitting in the middle of the other VBO code
Softbody was still using a flag to determine if it should use the final or
deform derivedmesh, but this wans't exposed in the UI. Others systems use the
collision modifier, now softbody uses it also to get vertices and faces, but
with own collision code.
* Canvas and brush can be now enabled simultaneously. This way it's possible for two canvases to interact.
* Added basic anti-aliasing support for vertex surfaces.
* 3D-view color preview now works even when there's subsurf modifier after Dynamic Paint in modifier stack.
* Added a new brush option to use proximity from object center.
* Default surface frame range now use scene's start and end values.
* Improved ray checks for volume brushes.
* Added new "non-closed" option for volume brushes. This way it's possible to use planar meshes as "volume" brushes with predefined ray direction.
* New carrot branch splash image by CGEffex.
* Improved brush affection code.
* Lots of smaller improvements.
* Fixed: Weight paint didn't work with particles.
* Fixed: Point cache didn't work for non-wave surfaces anymore since last commit.
* Horrors from the ancient world of deprecated code: object animation offset can't really work correctly with particles unless point cache takes full control of particle system timing.
* Disabled the non-working offset control from effecting particles so that for now particles will work consistently and the offset is only applied to the object.
===== Situation before this patch =====
in the current situation inside the node editor there is a properties panel (press 'n'-key). This pabel displays some information about the node, backdrop and grease pencil. The UI of the property panel is typically vertical oriented. Nodes in the other hand are not oriented in a direction. Both area's are draw via the same draw function.
With some nodes this will create not user-friendly UI. Try the color-balance for instance). The 3 color circles are drawn next to each other, it would be better to draw them below each other.
When creating more complex nodes you don't want to display all handles in the node-panel and in the properties panel. For instance fine-tuning handles you only want to appear in the property panel to reduce place in the node itself.
===== Situation after this patch =====
This patch separates the draw functions of the property panel and the node panel.
When no special draw function is created for the property panel, the draw function of the node will be used as 'fallback'
===== Impact =====
==== BKE_node.h ====
add a new uifunc (called uifuncbut) to the bNodeType struct. The definition is the same as the uifunc.
==== node_buttons.c ====
if the uifuncbut is set, call it. currently calls the uifunc method
==== drawnode.c ====
static void node_composit_set_butfunc(bNodeType *ntype). set the uifuncbut function where needed. When at the end of the method uifuncbut is still empty, set uifuncbut to the uifunc.
===== Final note =====
! PS. this is not limited to the compositor it also works for Materials and Textures !
! PPS. For other branching creating their own node-tree. Please make sure that your uifuncbut is set NULL or a valid draw function !
A mesh can consist out of multiple material. Take a character with clothing's. the skin can be a different material as the different clothing's. During compositing it is a common use-case to only do a part of the composit on only a specific material. Currently this can not be done.
In blender movies this feature is known to be implemented, but until now it never got integrated into trunk.
Proposal
With material index the Blender internal renderer will be capable of creating a buffer containing the material indexes of the first pixel-hit. This will be implemented in the same manner as the object index.
In the compositor the ID Mask node can be used to extract the information out of the Render pass.
Impact
User interface
On the properties-space the next changes will be done
Scene⇒Render layer⇒Passes⇒Material index will be added
Material⇒Options⇒Pass index will be added
DNA
Material struct will get an new field called “index”. this will be a short-type.
Material struct the field pad will be removed.
A new Render-layer pass will be added (bit 1«18)
RNA
Material RNA is updated (based on “pass index” from object)
Render layer RNA is updated (based on IndexOB)
Blender internal renderer
The Blender internal renderer will process the render pass as a copy of the Object index.
Blender compositor
The render layer input will get a new output socket called “IndexMA”
Usage
An example on how to use material index can be found at:
https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/trunk/lib/tests/compositing/composite_materialindex.blend
This is also example of a commit message longer than the commit itself :)
* Fixed memory leak when baking image sequences.
* Fixed sub-steps when brush was controlled by a parent object.
* Added option to select active outputs for paint surfaces.
* Improved color mixing algorithm.
* Improved memory allocation behavior.
* Memory is now freed even in case of errors.
* Removed "initial color" setting, as it's better to adjust color from material.
* "Paint effects" system:
** Converted to use new data structures.
** Works now with any number of surrounding points.
** Re-implemented support for UV-image surfaces.
** Added support for vertex surfaces too.
** Improved color handling.
** Improved movement stability.
** "Drip" effect uses now Blender's force fields instead of just z-directional gravity like before. Now each surface point can have different force influence.
Python:
* adds bpy.app.handlers which contains lists, each for an event type:
render_pre, render_post, load_pre, load_post, save_pre, save_post
* each list item needs to be a callable object which takes 1 argument (the ID).
* callbacks are cleared on file load.
Example:
def MyFunc(scene): print("Callback:", data)
bpy.app.handlers.render_post.append(MyFunc)
C:
* This patch adds a generic C callback api which is currently only used by python.
* Unlike python callbacks these are not cleared on file load.
In addition the billboards can be scaled by the particle velocity with optional head and tail factors (similar to line drawing options). This allows for pseudo-motionblur effects.
* Added vertex weight painting.
* Added dissolve/fade setting for every surface type.
* Restored image format and displace type selection for image sequences.
* Fixed a possible crash when OpenMP enabled.
* Attempt to fix surface rna paths.
* Fixed compile warnings.
* Image sequence anti-aliasing works again.
* Vertex color viewport preview now works with GLSL and textured view modes too.
* Added a new "inverse" setting for "volume + proximity" brush. With it brush only has effect within volume but effect is lower near the mesh surface.
Committed changes from previous weeks, biggest changes are:
* Canvas can now have multiple "surfaces" that each can have specific format, type and settings.
* Renewed UI to support this new system.
* Aside from old "image sequence" output format, Dynamic Paint can now work on vertex level as well. Currently vertex paint and displace are supported.
* Integrated vertex level painting with Point Cache.
* Added viewport preview for Point Cache surfaces.
Due to massive amount of changes, old Dynamic Paint saves are no longer supported. Also some features are temporarily missing or may not work properly.
Vertex parents were not requesting the original index layer, now do this as
part of depsgraph building, and make constraints with vertex groups use the
same system. Fix is based on patch by Campbell, but with some changes.
