Natron 2.0 RC1 is out

Oct 09, 2015 by CGP Staff

0 |

The first release candidate of v2.0 of the open source compositing software is out, providing a glimpse at the major improvements that will be available in the 2.0 release, including Python scripting support, roto painting, dopesheet editor, extensible UI via Pyside plus many new nodes. Read on for more.

New features include:

Python 2.7 API:
- Parameters expressions
- User-defined parameters
- Script editor to control the application overall
- User-defined python callbacks
- Integration of Pyside to the GUI so that the interface is extensible with new menus and windows
Nodes group to have cleaner graphs with hidden sub-nodegraphs
PyPlug: You can export a group as a Python plug-in and re-use it in any other project as a single node as you would use any other plugin
SeExpr integration within a node
New SeNoise and SeGrain nodes based on SeExpr
RotoPaint node with Wacom tablets support
DopeSheet editor
Render statistics to debug complex compositions
New Text plugin with many more controls than the previous Text node
New TextPango node-based on the Pango library to directly input Pango Markup Language (html-like)
Many new nodes, based on the ImageMagick library: ReadPSD, ReadSVG, Charcoal, Oilpaint, Sketch, Arc, Polar, Polaroid, Reflection, Roll, Swirl, Tile, Texture
New nodes:
- STMap
- IDistort
- LensDistortion
- TimeBlur
- OCIODisplay node
- GmicEXPR, to enter GMIC expressions
Rewritten WriteFFMPEG and ReadFFMPEG nodes. Most widely used codecs are supported.
New merge operators: grain-extract, grain-merge, color, hue, luminosity
New gamma and gain controllers on the viewer
Multiple viewers can now have their projection synchronized to enhance image comparison
Support for multi-layered workflows for cleaner graphs
Better support for multi-view workflows
Various performance and stability enhancements across the board