Version 2

(Released: March 12, 2020)

Added:

• [Export] Export preset selction to pack your textures for renderers and game engines
• [Export] Export preset to Unreal Engine 4
• [Export] Export preset to Unity Standard
• [Export] Export preset to Unity HDRP
• [Export] Export preset to Blender Cycles/Eevee
• [Export] Export preset to Arnold 5
• [Export] Export preset to Corona Renderer
• [Export] Export preset to Enscape
• [Export] Export preset to Keyshot 9
• [Export] Export preset to Redshift
• [Export] Export preset to Vray Next
• [Export] Export preset to Lens Studio
• [Export] Export preset to Spark AR Studio
• [Export] Export preset to PBR Specular Glossiness from PBR Metallic Roughness
• [Export] New export UI
• [Export] Remember Export settings
• [Export] Import and manage your custom export presets
• [Export] Delete and replace your custom export presets
• [Export] Rename your custom export presets
• [Export] Set the default export resolution to the current resolution
• [Export] Add the choice to create a subfolder to the export location
• [Export] Warning message before replacing existing files
• [Application] New version numbering scheme
• [Application] Open Create at launch, and change labs order
• [Welcome Screen] New welcome banner
• [Project] Open last project at launch
• [UI] New combo box style
• [2D view] F shortcut to focus in the 2d view
• [Filters] Added support for alchemist::parameterVisibility tag in Substance graphs
• [Filters] Have a global tweak to manage parameter visibility based on your workflow
• [Resources] New command line option to setup resources and linked folders with a configuration file
• [Version checker] Configuration of the version check
• [Content] New starter materials
• [Content] Bitmap to Material – Add the possibility to define the metallic channel (uniform, custom image import, color picking)
• [Content] Adjustment – Add the support of the PBR specular/glossiness workflow
• [Content] Atlas Scatter – New parameters

Fixed:

• [Project] Crash when importing the same project twice
• [Project] Fixed crash when importing and opening projects several times
• [Application] Crash when loading an unnamed material
• [Application] Recognize missing files when re-importing them
• [Application] Fix random crash on shutdown
• [Application] Fixed rare crash when unloading an material in Create
• [Application] Fixed random crash when using UI controls
• [Application] Fixed export of log files to the Desktop on Windows 10
• [UI] Export panel has the wrong size when you open it in Create
• [UI] Open project with a single click
• [UI] Correctly set minimum and maximum slider values
• [UI] Show label of the channel usages instead of ids
• [UI] Clicking a material always opens/closes the tweak panel
• [UI] Fix hidden layers colors
• [UI] Welcome Screen buttons improvements
• [Layers] Less unnecessary recomputes
• [Layers] Crashes when using Clone Patch
• [Layers] Selecting an image import layer no longer triggers a compute
• [Layers] Clone Patch and Content Aware Fill layers no longer recompute when selected
• [Channel settings] Enabling or disabling usages now trigger a rendering
• [Resources] Prevent freeze when mass clicking on a stack in the library
• [Resources] Performance hit when re-adding a previously added linked folder
• [Resources] Fixed a crash when trying to open a deleted .sbsar file
• [Performance] Avoid loading materials to access their parameters
• [Performance] Backup assets only when used in a project or in an authored material
• [Export] Fixed materials in export queue sometimes skipped or exported with wrong parameters
• [2D View] Restored pan and zoom
• [Content] Parquet Pattern takes into account the Ambient Occlusion channel
• [Content] Paint – Display mask input when enabling custom mask
• [Content] Stonewall Pattern – Remove possible banding effects in the normal map
• [Content] Height Modulation – Correct double base color entries in the 2d view

Known Issues:

• Content Aware Fill filters are slow in high resolution
• Use of multiple delighters in one material is not recommended
• Delighter crashes with older NVIDIA drivers (Less than 400.x)
• Coma or point can be ignored when typing a specific evalue in a slider

Version 1

(Released: January 30, 2020)

Added:

• [Resources] Confirmation prompt when clearing a resources folder

Fixed:

• [Layers] Move layers to two and more layers below or above
• [Create] Allocation of enough VRAM budget to have good performances

Known Issues:

• Importing a lot of resources can really slow down Substance Alchemist
• Content Aware Fill filters are slow in high resolution
• Use of multiple delighters in one material is not recommended
• Delighter crashes with older NVIDIA drivers (Less than 400.x)
• Coma or point can be ignored when typing a specific evalue in a slider
• Normal to Height filter can crash on MacOS