v19.5F_2

[Jason Simonds]

• Windows:
  • Windows 32Bit
  • Windows 64Bit
• SDK:
  • v19.5 SDK

Change Log:

• Decaling broken in V19.5f / f1
• New 64bit Only
  internal imageio based on OpenImageIO some additional fileformats can read and write
  • Read/Write:
    • WebP
    • JPEG2000
    • JPEGXL
    • DPX
    • ICO
    • IFF
    • PNM
    • GIF
  • Read Only:
    • Cineon
    • DDS
    • RLA
    • SGI
    • Softimage
    • ZFile
    • GIF
    • ICO
    • DPX
    • Tif can load multiimages (like a video)
  • some enhancement for other formats new menuentry for bitmaps "Extended Information", if the format support this some internal fixes in this area too
• New
     Hairguides can now be selected from the Projecttree
• New
     A new Button for the Grooming Bar "Select Hairguides from Patch", select the all hairguides, which have influence on the patch Your selecting with a mouseclick
• New
     0007246: Invert selection with "border" CPs still selected Menu entry "Invert Selection with Border" , default kay Shift+. (Period)
• Modified
     If You add a new gradientkey , the type is now computed from the nearest two other keys means if the other keys are colorkeys , the new key will be also a colorkey recent it was always a percentage key
• Modified
     0007289: Tweak: larger toon line bias values? "Toon Line Bias" maximum value now 500000 "Toon Bias" maximum value now 1000
• Fixed
     0007303: Bone rotations different in v19.0 and v19.5
• Fixed
     0007269: Decal not rendering on all patches
• Fixed
     0007295: Primitive Plugin make zero thickness Rings
• Fixed
     0007304: Crash after "Correct Normals"
• Fixed
     0007302: Lasso Line Not Working
• Fixed
     0007301: "Lock IK" property gone
• Fixed
     0007300: Crash After Rotating Bone
• Fixed
     0007297: Sound wave not appearing in PWS
• Fixed
     000728: Animated Camera rotoscopes don't work
• Fixed
     0007265: Backup reports unnecessary file errors.
• Fixed
     0007296: Thermo Gradient is wrong
• Fixed
     0007241: Freeze on missing asset
• Fixed
     0007293: NetRender never renders frames
• Fixed
     Save and load keycolor for imageio plugins png and tga
  • Memory leaks fixed for Simbiont plugin
  • Memory leaks fixed for RenderNode
• Fixed
     0007291: Crash after Undo after Grooming Tool
• Fixed
     0007292: Crash after using Hair "Select from Patch" Tool
• Fixed
     0007290: Hair Grooming Density Mode Tool not working
• Fixed
     Crash, when Hairguides selected, than changed anything (lengthen, density) and undo/redo or revert project was done
• Fixed Minor Bug
     If a picture is save under a different name, the icon and name in the pws tree not changed to the new one

[robcat2075]

@Fuchur @yoda64

 

Quote

New
   0007246: Invert selection with "border" CPs still selected Menu entry "Invert Selection with Border" , default kay Shift+. (Period)

When i try this, it doesn't work. The inverted selection is the same as a regular invert with no border CPs.

[Fuchur]

Had to first give it a shortcut (was not assigned first).
It does something different, but likely not what it should. (see Screenshots)

So there is some kind of border now (four additional CPs around that, but I would have thought only 4 in the middle should now not be selected)

Best regards
*Fuchur*

[robcat2075]

What is the logical definition of a "border CP"?

Is it every CP that is selected but also has one or more unselected neighbors?

[Fuchur]

For me it would be this:

1.) Select the purple group of CPs in the middle.
2.) Press Invert button.
3.) This will select the blue once.

With added border CPs I would say it should select the CPs necessary to get rid of the grey ring, meaning all of it should be blue but the purple one.

Best regards
*Fuchur*

 

[robcat2075]

I know what you want for the border, but I'm wondering how it is defined for the computer. 

Currently, Groups are just a list of CPs; I don't think they have any knowledge of whether the CP is on the edge of the group or not.

[Fuchur]

16 minutes ago, robcat2075 said:

I know what you want for the border, but I'm wondering how it is defined for the computer. 

Currently, Groups are just a list of CPs; I don't think they have any knowledge of whether the CP is on the edge of the group or not.

Try to use the Patch-Select tool to find out. It seems to be pretty possible if you ask me if that one works as it does. 
Anyway this is not my feature or feature request... I am just explaining what we are talking about here.

If I would try to solve the problem by code, I would search for patches which have selected CPs in them which patches are not yet in my selection. It might already work like that. Or if the patch select tool's code can be used in a better way, simulate a click of the patch tool facing 1px / (a small amount) outside of the current border of a patch. 

I think the first approach is much simpler.

Best regards
*Fuchur*

[Fuchur]

In short: 

- CP1 (red) is part of the initial selection, which contains of CP1-4.
- Now search for patches, which contain CP1. You come to Patch 1, Patch 2, 8 and Patch 9 in this case. Now select the CPs of those additional patches and you have the bordering CPs. (bright blue)
- Do not reselect the once you already know (dashed lines)
- Repeat the same with all CP 3-4.

Not sure if it always works, but I cannot think right now of an occation where it wouldn't.

Best regards
*Fuchur*

 

[Fuchur]

Pseudo code, which is somewhere between PHP and JavaScript syntax and has a couple of assumptions of what kind of objects / methods / functions are available in the A:M code base, but this should more or less do it:

function get_bordering_cps(model, selection){
	var cp_ids = new Array();
	var border_cp_ids = new Array();
	var patch_ids = new Array();
	var cur_patch_cp_ids = new Array();
	var cur_cp_id = -1;
	var cur_patch_id = -1; 
	var cur_patch = new Object();

	cp_ids = selection.getCPs();
	patch_ids = model.getPatchIds();

	var i = 0;
	var j = 0;
	var k = 0;
	while(i < cp_ids.length){
		cur_cp_id = cp_ids[i];
		
		j = 0;
		while(j < patch_ids.length){
			cur_patch_id = patch_ids[j];
			cur_patch = model.getPatchFromId(cur_patch_id);

			cur_patch_cp_ids = cur_patch.getCPs();

			k = 0;
			while(k < cur_patch_cp_ids.length){
				if(in_array(cur_patch_cp_ids[k], cp_ids)){			
			     	if(!in_array(cur_patch_cp_ids[k], border_cp_ids)){
						border_cp_ids[border_cp_ids.length] = cur_patch_cp_ids[k];
					}
				}
				k++;
			}
			j++;
		}

     	i++;
	}
	
	return border_cp_ids;
}

It is pretty simplified, but hopefully should illustrator what I am talking about.

Best regards
*Fuchur*

 

[Mechadelphia]

The installer says that it's installing v19.5F_1.  Is there an alternate link or an update address to the ftp server?

Thank you!

[robcat2075]

20 minutes ago, Mechadelphia said:

The installer says that it's installing v19.5F_1.  Is there an alternate link or an update address to the ftp server?

That is the current installer. it's just misnumbered.

[Mechadelphia]

14 minutes ago, robcat2075 said:

That is the current installer. it's just misnumbered.

Ok. I'll give it a shot. 

Thank you. 

[Mechadelphia]

It looks like decaling is still broken in the version linked to here.  Can anyone check to verify that?

Thank you.

[robcat2075]

@Mechadelphia

Well, maybe that installer wasn't so current.  Sorry!

in f2 I was able to cylinder-wrap a decal but not able to apply a regular planar decal.

I also notice the f2 installer has exactly the same number of bytes as the f1 installer.

I have a beta "g" version that fixes the decaling. For now I'd say use v19.0 until g comes out or the f2/f1 mixup is resolved.

[Mechadelphia]

Thank you for investigating that and confirming the decal issue. 🤝

I'll go back to a previous version as you recommended.

[Jason Simonds]

I see what I did wrong!

I uploaded the F2 Release to hash.com not the animationmaster.com now it's fixed!

Sorry about that being partway though a domain change and server move it a lot to undertake!

[Mechadelphia]

15 hours ago, Jason Simonds said:

I see what I did wrong!

I uploaded the F2 Release to hash.com not the animationmaster.com now it's fixed!

Sorry about that being partway though a domain change and server move it a lot to undertake!

Thank you very much! 🥳

[ada]

I do not mean to be pushy but I hope you really are planning on adding  a tool that enables you to place lone CPs  . A feature like this won't hurt and it would leverage the already existing tools. The idea is you could add a lone CP , change the 3d perspective a little , add another one , and so on. And then  you could draw along them to create a curve. It is very difficult to draw a curve while changing the 3d perspective simultaneously . I submitted an issue about it about a year ago.

 

[robcat2075]

3 hours ago, ada said:

I do not mean to be pushy but I hope you really are planning on adding  a tool that enables you to place lone CPs...

 

I haven't reviewed our entire discussion on this... so maybe I've already suggested this, but... since the goal is to eventually make a spline, how about if you laid out a spline of  several CPS first then moved each one to the locations that you intended to place lone CPs?

That way you would have the GUI navigation tools available to you in a way that they are not when you are in the middle of spline creation.

[Rodney]

I can't recall if I added this to the discussion or not but...

 

 

As a workaround to the single CPs requirement, we can hide parts of a spline.

Here I've got 4 different lonely(TM) control points.

Each one has another CP but they are all hidden.

That doesn't help at all with drawing to those CPs but for cases where single CPs are needed that works in a pench.

Edit:  Actually, it can help with drawing to the CPs but the workflow has to be considered carefully.  Particularly because at some point you'll want to unhide the hidden CPs and disgard them.  Ideally you've already copy/pasted the splines you want into a new model.

 

[ada]

Sorry for the delay in my response and thanks a lot for the tips. Anyway I will keep reminding you every year or so . Like I said, a little practical feature like this won't hurt. Happy new year! 

[Tom]

Hello All-

Thanks to Jason for the latest update.

I downloaded the latest 64 bit V19.5 F file and tried installing it over my V19.5e file. I then copied the master0.lic file from my previous versions into the new folder and  when I tried opening the new version...nothing happened. I tried uninstalling everything and reinstalling it again but still nothing happens when I  double click the Master application file in the 19.5 folder.

 

Is there a step I am missing? thanks for any help.

Tom 

[robcat2075]

2 hours ago, Tom said:

I downloaded the latest 64 bit V19.5 F file and tried installing it over my V19.5e file. I then copied the master0.lic file from my previous versions into the new folder...

installing f over e should not require moving the master0.lic file.... the f gets written into the same folder the e was in and re-uses whatever license file was in there..... unless you actually specified a different folder during installation.

Why didn't the master0.lic file from another folder work? Maybe it wasn't really a current license file?

Do you still have your activation code? You could try dragging the master0.lic file OUT of the v19.5 folder and running A:M to make it prompt for the activation code again.

[Tom]

Thanks for the info Rob!

I tried installing it again without copying the master0.lic file and when I double clicked on the Master application file... nothing happened. The computer whirred for a second lie it was attempting to launch the program and the nothing happened. I repeatedly tried to get the file to launch but it just went flat..nada..like something was missing from the launch sequence. At the moment I reinstalled 19.5e and will use that until I can figure out what is going on. I'm glad to hear nobody else is having this problem..

[robcat2075]

@Tom

hmmm... I recently tried an A:M beta on another computer and A:M also immediately crashed on start up as you described.

Check to see if a .dmp file was been created in your v19.5 folder when you tried to run v19.5f

 

If there is one, could you re-install v19.5f, run it (we presume it will crash again) then check for a fresh .dmp file and a master.log file ?

Put them both in a ZIP file and send it to me in a PM

Thanks

[robcat2075]

For my other computer which had the instant crash problem, Steffen said... Quote   CPU is too old , doesn't support AVX which is now needed for OpenImageIO.  solved in Rev412:  if the cpu feature set too low , OpenImageIO not used   OpenImageIO is a support for set of image formats. I shall be curious to see if this indeed fixes @Tom's issue. Look out for version g!

[Tom]

Thanks for pursuing the question.

It sounds like my computer is too old. And that also sounds like all future upgrades will not work...(maybe will need to buy a new computer at some point.

[robcat2075]

23 minutes ago, Tom said:

Thanks for pursuing the question.

It sounds like my computer is too old. And that also sounds like all future upgrades will not work...(maybe will need to buy a new computer at some point.

To use Windows 11, yeah, you probably will need to.

However I expect A:M will continue to support Windows 10 and older CPUs for some time after the official end of Windows 10.

[Tom]

Thanks for the info...