Toon Boom Harmony 15.0.4 Release Notes

Here is the list of changes in Harmony Premium 15.0.4, build 13658:

Features
Scripting
Bug Fixes

Features

Feature	Description
Source Maya project from original location	The Render Maya Batch node can now source the Maya project from its original location to render the 3D model in a Harmony scene. For more information, see Linking a Maya Batch Render Node to an External Maya Project and Render Maya Batch Node.
Import EXR/DTEX/IFF images	It is now possible to import images in OpenEXR (.exr), Deep Texture (.dtex) and Interchange File Format (.iff). NOTEAlthough all three of these formats support deep pixels, they are flattened when imported in Harmony.

Feature

Description

Source Maya project from original location

The Render Maya Batch node can now source the Maya project from its original location to render the 3D model in a Harmony scene.

For more information, see Linking a Maya Batch Render Node to an External Maya Project and Render Maya Batch Node.

Import EXR/DTEX/IFF images

It is now possible to import images in OpenEXR (.exr), Deep Texture (.dtex) and Interchange File Format (.iff).

NOTEAlthough all three of these formats support deep pixels, they are flattened when imported in Harmony.

Scripting

Feature	Description
Documentation	Enhancements were made to the scripting documentation packaged with Harmony: The style and layout has been updated. A tree view navigation pane was added to the left of the documentation to make navigation easier. Most of the information that is not useful to users, such as private classes and members, hierarchy graphs and file references was removed. The scripting documentation can be viewed by opening the view menu in the Script Editor view and selecting Help > Scripting Interface Documentation. It can also be viewed online by clicking on the following link: Harmony Scripting Interface Reference.

Feature

Description

Documentation

Enhancements were made to the scripting documentation packaged with Harmony:

The style and layout has been updated.
A tree view navigation pane was added to the left of the documentation to make navigation easier.
Most of the information that is not useful to users, such as private classes and members, hierarchy graphs and file references was removed.

The scripting documentation can be viewed by opening the view menu in the Script Editor view and selecting Help > Scripting Interface Documentation. It can also be viewed online by clicking on the following link: Harmony Scripting Interface Reference.

Bug Fixes

Fixed issue where the Minimum, Maximum and Constant parameters of the Line Thickness adjustment settings of a drawing layer were ignored if the drawing was under a deformation layer.
Fixed issue causing Dynamic Spring node to ignore rotations from parent on macOS and GNU/Linux.
Fixed a crash when exporting a movie in Windows Media Video (.wmv) format containing certain audio files.
Fixed a rare crash when adding a drawing layer.
Fixed a rare crash when importing certain 3D models in Alembic (.abc) format.
Enhanced performance when manipulating deformation points in a scene containing a Transformation Switch node that has a lot of connections.
Made the colour scheme in the script debugging dialog more legible.