Changelog

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• Changelog
  • • 2.2.0
    • 2.1.0
    • 2.0.1
    • 2.0.0

Changelog

Changelog for ALab.

2.2.0

• Split main package in two:
  • asset_structure: Available as well as a GitHub repository to facilitate external experimentation and collaboration on the asset structure.
  • techvar_assets: Geometry, lights, shaders, rigs which are the heavy assets containing artistic contributions.

2.1.0

• Updated geometry proxies to more closely match the render purpose geometry.
• Global entities of component Kind have textures for cards Draw Mode.
• Adjustments to global entities to allow broadcasting changes without destroying instancing via an inherits arc.
• All exr textures now correctly mipmapped.
• All entities now have extent hints.
• Use of inherits composition arc.
• Fixed issue where whiskers on stoat01 were disappearing when FX caches were turned on.
• Removed unused metadata from texture files.
• Opacity textures in shaders are no longer used for non-transparent objects.
• Up axis metadata is properly set to the valid token “Y”.

2.0.1

• Removed unexpected __MACOSX artifact from the zip file.
• Removed non-required exr texture metadata.
• Mipmapped textures, which were not mipmapped.
• All geo fragments have extentsHint property.
• Modified Stoat’s sweater material roughness on baked_procedurals package.

2.0.0

• Added full production shot example with two animated characters.
• Extended ALab set to include over 300 fully surfaced assets.
• All the geo with render purpose utilizes two UV sets:
  • primvars:perfuv - Simplified UVs used for preview material binding.
  • primvars:st - UDIM-based UVs used for full material binding.
• UsdPreviewSurface Materials are now bound to the geometry using the UsdShade.Tokens.full and UsdShade.Tokens.preview purposes.
• Low-res textures are now 1K Multi-UDIM Exrs.
• Inclusion of Render Procedurals such as Weave and Alfro as baked curves.
• Character and Prop Animation data is stored under geocache fragments. The animation is represented through the time-sampled attributes in USD, including extent, normals, points, orientation, scale, and translation.
• Added CharFxCaches from charFX simulations, resolving collision on dynamics (e.g. between cloth and skin).