Blue Pencil 2 Documentation
Release Notes
Version History
v2.5.4 (September 8, 2020)
- Fixed - 2D Pan doesn't work in Orthographic views
v2.5.2 (May 26, 2020)
- Fixed - Dragging a selected range in the timeline includes an extra frame
- Fixed - Moving a range of keyframes fails if a new time matches an original time
- Fixed - Keyframe positions in the timeline should change based on cachedPlaybackEnable state
- Fixed - Referenced BP2 nodes should be read-only
v2.5.1 (January 13, 2020)
- Added - Support for Maya 2020
v2.4.1 (January 21, 2019)
- Added - Support for Maya 2019
- Fixed - Adjusted keyframe locations on the timeline to not obstruct the cache line (Maya 2019)
- Fixed - Minor improvement to single pixel line drawing algorithm
- Fixed - Minor tweaks to about details
v2.3.1 (November 9, 2018)
- Added - Move BP2 frames when moving a selected range in the timeline
- Added - Option in the preferences dialog to disable moving frames in the timeline
v2.2.6 (September 13, 2018)
- Fixed - The Pencil tool, when set to a size of 2, always draws with full opacity
v2.2.5 (September 10, 2018)
- Fixed - Switching the primary mouse button from left to right breaks drawing (Windows only)
- Updated - Output logging messages
v2.2.4 (August 13, 2018)
- Added - Flip horizontal and flip vertical to the Transform Tool
- Added - 2D Pan/Zoom support for the Legacy Viewport
- Fixed - 2D Pan/Zoom not working with some camera setups/rigs
v2.2.2 (November 24, 2017)
- Fixed - Maya batch mode (mayapy) crashes when loading scenes with BP2 nodes
v2.2.1 (November 10, 2017)
- Added - Linux support
- Added - macOS support
- Fixed - Terminate worker thread from the worker itself to avoid a possible infinite wait
- Fixed - Pressure enabled on the Pencil tool should be off by default
v2.1.6 (November 7, 2017)
- Added - Option to ignore Maya's 2D Pan/Zoom
v2.1.5 (October 23, 2017)
- Added - Timeline context menu when draw tool is active
- Added - Option to disable timeline context menu in preferences
- Added - Weighted moving average to freehand opacity
- Fixed - Inconsistent timer resolution during freehand drawing
v2.1.4 (October 20, 2017)
- Improved - General line "smoothness"
- Added - Weighted moving average to freehand drawing
- Fixed - Very small brush sizes drawing larger than expected
- Fixed - Mouse polling occurs much more frequently than needed (can affect line quality)
- Fixed - refreshTimelineDisplay MEL command spelled incorrectly
v2.1.2 (October 17, 2017)
- Updated - Brush tool line drawing
- Fixed - Ghost Next on main menu doesn't toggle ghosting
v2.1.1 (October 11, 2017)
- Initial Release