libreflow.thesiren 0.4.14

A Kabaret flow tailor-made for the production of a feature film

The Siren Flow

Description

This project is part of the wider asset management project Libre Flow based on Kabaret Studio framework and its flow paradigm. The latter consists in describing the structure of a fabrication pipeline and the data circulating on it. The Siren flow is aimed at supporting the fabrication of the feature film The Siren.

Dependencies

• Python (>= 3.7)
• Kabaret
• Libreflow

Installation

Coming soon...

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning[^1].

[Unreleased]

[0.4.14] - 2022-01-27

Changed

• Limit libreflow required major version to keep libreflow and libreflow.thesiren packages compatible.

[0.4.13] - 2021-12-16

Added

• Use Libreflow preset system for Publish OK options

[0.4.12] - 2021-12-06

Added

• Build Render Scene: pass shot Kitsu duration to render setup operator

[0.4.11] - 2021-11-25

Added

• Set Blender version used in the shot compositing department to 2.93.
• Build Render Scene: add render setup operator
• Build Render Scene: add animation movie as camera BG image and save render scene
• Playblast: add options to reduce texture sizes and set target texture size

[0.4.10] - 2021-10-12

Changed

• Build Render Scene: do not create a working copy for passes directory

Added

• An asset browser at the top of the library which can be refreshed

[0.4.9] - 2021-10-01

Added

• Build Blocking Scene: add option to automate more steps which may not be stable enough to always use

Added

• A new file design.ai in the list of files to configure for a prop.

[0.4.8] - 2021-09-01

Added

• A new compositing departement in assets
• Shot department dependencies (queried to build a scene for instance) can be defined in a dependency template with the same name of the department.
• Two files modelisation.blend and modelisation_export.obj in an asset's list of configurable modeling files.

Changed

• The render scene building dependency list displays the last revision of all file component of each dependency.

Fixed

• Allow to build a render scene from an Animation.blend scene.
• Do not overwrite folder if already existing

[0.4.7] - 2021-07-20

Added

• audio_voices.wav and audio_effects.wav files in the misc department are part of layout and blocking scene dependencies (in addition to audio.wav files) for the scene building.
• A folder in the list of files and folders to be configured for a set, aimed at storing additional layers.

Changed

• Blocking scene building action has been updated, in accordance with changes made to the Blender scene building add-on to update audio files in such scenes.

[0.4.6] - 2021-07-07

Fixed

• Set BLENDER_EXEC_PATH variable in environment before starting to build a Blender scene.
• Use Libreflow status icons with lower case names (instead of Kabaret native ones) to fix icon lookup error on Linux.

[0.4.5] - 2021-06-18

Fixed

• Disable cleanup operator when building a layout scene, which made sets unselectable.

[0.4.4] - 2021-06-09

Added

• A new action to build a compositing scene.
• JobsView and JobsActor have been registered in session for job management.

Fixed

• Working copies are deleted with new publication option selected when configuring the files of an asset.

[0.4.3] - 2021-06-01

Added

• A new asset utility department Miscellaneous added alongside Rig Modules.

Changed

• Rig modules are represented in the flow by a single Util department.

[0.4.2] - 2021-05-27

Added

• Added runner descriptions in scene building actions.
• Added trailing _ to asset collection names at blocking scene building.

[0.4.1] - 2021-05-11

Changed

• File path and prefix are defined and cached at the map level instead of the department's using Libreflow's get_context_value utility function (Libreflow required version: 1.6.1).
• file_prefix and file_path params have been defined in objects of both asset and shot branches, to ease the management of file prefixes and paths wherever files are needed.

Added

• A new misc department has been added at the sequence level.

[0.4.0] - 2021-05-11

Added

• Libreflow's SubprocessView inherited from kabaret.subprocess_manager is now available in the GUI's list of view. Beware access to this view depends on the Libreflow 1.6.0 release, which introduced the feature.

[0.3.9] - 2021-05-11

Changed

• Shot comp department has been renamed compositing.

[0.3.8] - 2021-05-11

Added

• A new comp deparment has been added in the shot departments to contain compositing files.
• Search filters have been enabled on maps at several level of the flow, in both shot and asset sides.

Fixed

• Blocking scene can be built only if the layout scene's last revision is available on the current site.

[0.3.7] - 2021-04-30

Added

• An action in the Animation department now allows to create a animation.blend file. If a non empty blocking scene (either named breakdown.blend or blocking.blend) exists in the list, the user can select in the prompted dialog a revision to create a working copy from. Otherwise, the action will create an empty file without prompting a dialog.

Changed

• Blocking scenes have been more explicitly renamed blocking.blend.

[0.3.6] - 2021-04-20

Added

• Tracked file dependencies can now be displayed and requested by means of a GetDependencies action.
  • Theoretical dependencies are collected from predefined dependency templates, wichi include the Kitsu casting of the element the file belongs to (only shot as of now).
  • Real dependencies are retrieved from the Blender Asset Tracer report of a given revision.

[0.3.5] - 2021-04-16

Fixed

• Save built Blender scene after setup to prevent conflicts between template and target files drive location.

[0.3.4] - 2021-04-16

Added

• Login page shows up when accessing sequences and assets if user is not connected to Kitsu.

[0.3.3] - 2021-04-12

Changed

• Remap absolute paths to relative when creating layout Blender files
• Add assets to the proper collection when creating layout Blender files
• Add action to create animation (breakdown) scenes from layout

[0.3.2] - 2021-04-02

Changed

• Intermediate templates folder has been removed from asset utils folder hierarchy.
• Default Blender template now disables viewport denoise for a more responsive interface

[0.3.1] - 2021-04-02

Added

• Asset types now embed a section dedicated to asset utilities (skinning weights, rig modules, etc.).

[0.3.0] - 2021-04-01

Changed

• UI feedbacks on asset creation action simply rely on warn messages instead of field highlighting.

Fixed

• the libreflow b3d utils allow to wrap the python expression of the layout building tool so it works when calling blender through a .bat file.
• The user update at startup might crash libreflow if the user hasn't connected yet. Fixed with a shinny try/expect.
• Default values have been set in the settings to avoid issues while creating a new project.

[0.2.1] - 2021-03-26

Fixed

• A workaround has been added to make GUI display on latest MacOS version (Kabaret issue #96).

[0.2.0] - 2021-03-22

Added

• User class is now handled by injection:
  • User last login, libreflow and libreflow.thesiren version is storred in their profile

Fixed

• Tracked folders now have the "Publish OK" option available.

[0.1.10] - 2021-03-18

Added

• Publish OK: When publishing changes made in a file, users can choose to publish these in another file (suffixed with _ok). This way, this procedure allows to keep track of determinant (and shareable) revisions exclusively.

[0.1.9] - 2021-03-09

Fixed

• The end frame of the layout scene has been corrected at building.

[0.1.8] - 2021-03-09

Added

• Displayed version of libreflow and libreflow.thesiren in the /Home page. That allows to know when to update Libreflow.

[0.1.7] - 2021-03-05

Fixed

• Added FBX file format in PyPI package data to make FBX template available.

[0.1.6] - 2021-03-05

Added

• A new action allows to create an asset registered in the Kitsu database, and configure its files.

[0.1.5] - 2021-03-04

Fixed

• Add missed Blender operator call in scene building action for layout scene setup.

[0.1.4] - 2021-03-04

Changed

• Users can build a layout scene with missing dependencies. In this case, and for now, a warning message reminds that the scene will have to be manually updated later.

[0.1.3] - 2021-03-01

Added

• A new action in layout department for building Blender scenes, based on Kitsu information.

Changed

• A new Blender template file with no collection, no object, and the right start frame (101), FPS (24), resolution (2048x854), color space and transparent background (/film) at render.

Fixed

• Project object is systematically touched when accessed from a home page widget to ensure user environment update.

[0.1.1] - 2021-02-15

Changed

Ai file format have been move in main libreflow package.

Fixed

Deprecated references to flag enabling file system operations have been removed.

[0.1.0] - 2021-02-08

Added

• Added a films map at project's root to allow project flow and test flow on a test movie
• Added the right asset library description with a asset family
• Added many basic departements for the library and the shots
• Added a Custom Home for this project, so far it's the same as libreflow.examples.majorque's but will be tuned soon.
• Added a custom GUI, allowing to call the new custom Home
• Added a custom Style, allowing us to fix issues with released style, and make tweaks for this project.
• AI and WAV file formats made available for the production
• Custom TrackedFolder injection to handle the new lib filenames righ

Changed

• The home page has been changed
• Minimum libreflow requiered version is now 1.2.0

[0.0.4] - 2021-02-05

Fixed

Rename source folder in accordance to PyPI package name

[0.0.3] - 2021-02-05

Configuration for auto deployment

[0.0.1] - 2021-02-04

Initial public commit and PyPI setup. This version is an early version of libreflow.the_siren. It defines a flow derived from Libre Flow's baseflow, and designed to support the workflow and dataflow involved in an animation feature film project.

Fixed

libreflow.the_siren is now ready for use as a pip package