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For more information, see the What's New in Katana 2.0 document that accompanies this release.
Live Rendering
• The Live Render Control tab has been replaced with several more Katana-native, more flexible features. These
include:
• A new column in the Scene Graph tab that allows toggling locations to generate Live Rendering updates when
their attributes change.
• GenericAssign-based node types named
<renderer>LiveRenderSettings that are used to set settings for Live Rendering.
• Qt menu actions have replaced the custom Live Rendering command buttons that were previously
implemented in the renderer info plug-ins and displayed in the Live Render Control tab.
• The option to use the same camera as the Viewer tab has been replaced by a button at the bottom of the
Viewer tab, named Live render from viewer camera.
For more information on these see the What’s New in Katana 2.0 document.
• A new LiveRenderAPI Python package provides access to several functions that allow users to modify the behavior
of the Live Rendering system. These include:
• SendCommand() - Sends custom Live Render commands to the render plug-in via the command socket.
• SendData() - Sends custom data updates to the render plug-in via the data socket.
• AppendTerminalOp() and RemoveTerminalOp() - Adds additional terminal Ops to the Live Rendering client
allowing you to customise the scene graph data that is passed through to renderers.
• ClearAllTerminalOps() - Removes all Live Rendering terminal Ops, including the default (specified in renderer
info plug-ins).
• RestoreDefaultTerminalOps() - Restores the default terminal Ops.
• Rebinding shaders during a PRMan Live Render now happens automatically on update without the need to
manually activate from the Live Render menu.
Ops
• The AttributeModifierResolve node has been deprecated in favor of OpResolve. Old scenes are still able to load and
use AttributeModifierResolve nodes, but users are no longer able to create them in the UI. OpResolve does the
same job as AttributeModifierResolve.
• Ops can be used to define viewer proxies on scene graph locations. Two main attribute conventions are currently
supported: ViewerProxyLoader (legacy mode) and Op-based. For more information on them and examples see the
What's New in Katana 2.0 document.
• BUG ID 39971 - The options for the applyWhen parameter are now more consistent across the following node
types:
• AttributeFile_In
• AttributeModifierDefine
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