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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