0.4.2 beta
Gimel Studio v0.4.2 beta was released “September 2020”
v0.4.2 was mainly focused on adding more filetype support, improving stability/performance and fixing bugs. This release also includes 4 new core nodes for converting images to PBR maps for 3D as well as some misc. input and effect nodes.
General
Added support for exporting images as:
BMP
PCX
GIF
XBM
EPS
WEBP
TGA
TIFF
Added OpenCV as a dependancy
UI
Fixed layout issues
Expanded Properties Panel and Image Viewport panels to look better by default
Node Graph panel is now NOT floatable/dockable. The other panels can be docked around it though.
Dark theme is now the default
Fixed window title on project load and save
Rendering message now shows up in the Image Viewport instead of in the center of the screen. :)
Performance Improvements
UI and renderer now run on separate threads (this means more speed and less GUI freeze!)
Nodes
Image node now has additional support for importing image filetypes:
JPEG
WEBP
TGA
TIFF
Added 7 new core nodes
Image Color
Noise Image
Effect Spread
To AO Map
To Specular Map
To Bump Map
To Roughness Map
Node Graph
Added Toggle Node Previews feature in context menu
Project File
Added intial error handling for opening corrupted/old files
Bug Fixes
Fixed bug with Output node preview
Fixed bug with Image thumb not showing on file drag n’ drop
Fixed some issues on Linux