ayon-core/changelog.md

# Pype changelog #
Welcome to pype changelog

## 2.3.0 ##
_release date: 6 Oct 2019_

**new**:
- _(maya)_ support for yeti rigs and yeti caches
- _(maya)_ validator for comparing arbitrary attributes against ftrack
- _(pype)_ burnins can now show current date and time
- _(muster)_ pools can now be set in render globals in maya
- _(pype)_ Rest API has been implemented in beta stage
- _(nuke)_ LUT loader has been added
- _(pype)_ rudimentary user module has been added as preparation for user management
- _(pype)_ a simple logging GUI has been added to pype tray
- _(nuke)_ nuke can now bake input process into mov
- _(maya)_ imported models now have selection handle displayed by defaulting
- _(avalon)_ it's is now possible to load multiple assets at once using loader
- _(maya)_ added ability to automatically connect yeti rig to a mesh upon loading

**changed**:
- _(ftrack)_ event server now runs two parallel processes and is able to keep queue of events to process.
- _(nuke)_ task name is now added to all rendered subsets
- _(pype)_ adding more families to standalone publisher
- _(pype)_ standalone publisher now uses pyblish-lite
- _(pype)_ standalone publisher can now create review quicktimes
- _(ftrack)_ queries to ftrack were sped up
- _(ftrack)_ multiple ftrack action have been deprecated
- _(avalon)_ avalon upstream has been updated to 5.5.0
- _(nukestudio)_ published transforms can now be animated
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**fix**:
- _(maya)_ fps popup button didn't work in some cases
- _(maya)_ geometry instances and references in maya were losing shader assignments
- _(muster)_ muster rendering templates were not working correctly
- _(maya)_ arnold tx texture conversion wasn't respecting colorspace set by the artist
- _(pype)_ problems with avalon db sync
- _(maya)_ ftrack was rounding FPS making it inconsistent
- _(pype)_ wrong icon names in Creator
- _(maya)_ scene inventory wasn't showing anything if representation was removed from database after it's been loaded to the scene
- _(nukestudio)_ multiple bugs squashed
- _(loader)_ loader was taking long time to show all the loading action when first launcher in maya

## 2.2.0 ##
_release date: 8 Sept 2019_

**new**:
- _(pype)_ add customisable workflow for creating quicktimes from renders or playblasts
- _(nuke)_ option to choose deadline chunk size on write nodes
- _(nukestudio)_ added option to publish soft effects (subTrackItems) from NukeStudio as subsets including LUT files. these can then be loaded in nuke or NukeStudio
- _(nuke)_ option to build nuke script from previously published latest versions of plate and render subsets.
- _(nuke)_ nuke writes now have deadline tab.
- _(ftrack)_ Prepare Project action can now be used for creating the base folder structure on disk and in ftrack, setting up all the initial project attributes and it automatically prepares `pype_project_config` folder for the given project.
- _(clockify)_ Added support for time tracking in clockify. This currently in addition to ftrack time logs, but does not completely replace them.
- _(pype)_ any attributes in Creator and Loader plugins can now be customised using pype preset system

**changed**:
- nukestudio now uses workio API for workfiles
- _(maya)_ "FIX FPS" prompt in maya now appears in the middle of the screen
- _(muster)_ can now be configured with custom templates
- _(pype)_ global publishing plugins can now be configured using presets as well as host specific ones


**fix**:
- wrong version retrieval from path in certain scenarios
- nuke reset resolution wasn't working in certain scenarios

## 2.1.0 ##
_release date: 6 Aug 2019_

A large cleanup release. Most of the change are under the hood.

**new**:
- _(pype)_ add customisable workflow for creating quicktimes from renders or playblasts
- _(pype)_ Added configurable option to add burnins to any generated quicktimes
- _(ftrack)_ Action that identifies what machines pype is running on.
- _(system)_ unify subprocess calls
- _(maya)_ add audio to review quicktimes
- _(nuke)_ add crop before write node to prevent overscan problems in ffmpeg
- **Nuke Studio** publishing and workfiles support
- **Muster** render manager support
- _(nuke)_ Framerange, FPS and Resolution are set automatically at startup
- _(maya)_ Ability to load published sequences as image planes
- _(system)_ Ftrack event that sets asset folder permissions based on task assignees in ftrack.
- _(maya)_ Pyblish plugin that allow validation of maya attributes
- _(system)_ added better startup logging to tray debug, including basic connection information
- _(avalon)_ option to group published subsets to groups in the loader
- _(avalon)_ loader family filters are working now

**changed**:
- change multiple key attributes to unify their behaviour across the pipeline
  - `frameRate` to `fps`
  - `startFrame` to `frameStart`
  - `endFrame` to `frameEnd`
  - `fstart` to `frameStart`
  - `fend` to `frameEnd`
  - `handle_start` to `handleStart`
  - `handle_end` to `handleEnd`
  - `resolution_width` to `resolutionWidth`
  - `resolution_height` to `resolutionHeight`
  - `pixel_aspect` to `pixelAspect`

- _(nuke)_ write nodes are now created inside group with only some attributes editable by the artist
- rendered frames are now deleted from temporary location after their publishing is finished.
- _(ftrack)_ RV action can now be launched from any entity
- after publishing only refresh button is now available in pyblish UI
- added context instance pyblish-lite so that artist knows if context plugin fails
- _(avalon)_ allow opening selected files using enter key
- _(avalon)_ core updated to v5.2.9 with our forked changes on top

**fix**:
- faster hierarchy retrieval from db
- _(nuke)_ A lot of stability enhancements
- _(nuke studio)_ A lot of stability enhancements
- _(nuke)_ now only renders a single write node on farm
- _(ftrack)_ pype would crash when launcher project level task
- work directory was sometimes not being created correctly
- major pype.lib cleanup. Removing of unused functions, merging those that were doing the same and general house cleaning.
- _(avalon)_ subsets in maya 2019 weren't behaving correctly in the outliner