Natron 2.5.0

Known Bugs

• #504

Known issues

• Rendering sometimes silently stalls after X frames. #248
• Some image formats may have issues (PCX, PSB). #602
• MTS video files are sometimes not read correctly. #186

Changes (compared to 2.4.4)

• Use Python 3 rather than Python 2 (which is not maintained anymore). This will require very few changes to the Python code (mainly print statements), and most code can be easily adapted to be 2-3 compatible. #686
• Use QtPy==1.11.2 rather than PySide. QtPy is an abstraction layer for PyQt5/PyQt4/PySide2/PySide (newer versions support PyQt6/PySide6). QtPy uses the Qt5 layout (where the QtGui module has been split into QtGui and QtWidgets). Using QtPy guarantees a higher level of forward-compatibility with future versions of Natron, which may use Qt5 or Qt6. PySide can still be imported explicitly, if required, but the resulting code will not be forward-compatible. Note that 2.4.4 binaries include qtpy, but still import PySide by default. #687

Detailed Changes

• RB-2.5: use qtpy rather than pyside by @devernay in #687
• RB-2.5: python3 support by @devernay in #686
• Compatibilize with Qt5 in Gui by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #699
• Errata on QWindow header by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #703
• Initial GitHub workflow implementation by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #700
• Support for building with Shiboken2 in Engine by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #697
• Shiboken2 postmerge fixes in Engine by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #704
• Update bug and feature request templates by @Shrinks99 in #707
• use a different (fake) enum namespace for shiboken & shiboken2 by @devernay in #713
• Support for building with Shiboken2 in Gui by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #698
• Initial Qt5 sources for Gui by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #716
• Initial Qt5 sources for Engine by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #715
• Deprecate usage of qSort in ToolButton by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #717
• Set tab stop distance with tabStopDistance in Gui by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #718
• Substitute recursive mutex enum with QRecursiveMutex by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #720
• Invoke system in global PySide config by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #721
• Renovate usages of QLineF intersections by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #719
• Query screen geometry using static QGuiApplication methods by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #722
• Renovate QWheelEvent in Gui by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #723
• Index model children with QAbstractItemModel by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #726
• Use QMargins for table model view by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #727
• Use default QFlags construction instead of zero by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #724
• Renovate QString splits with newer enum in Gui by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #725
• Replace qrand with QRandomGenerator in tests by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #730
• Replace width with horizontal advance for font metrics by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #729
• Suppress Wnonnull for GCC 11 by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #728
• Allow node name reuse after delete by @devernay in #733
• Insert to bimaps left instead of directly to avoid crashes in caching by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #734
• Save backup versions of projects by @devernay in #740
• Remove ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #746
• Only display the overlays for nodes that are in the viewer render path and have their properties panel maximized by @devernay in #745
• Hide viewer buttons when roto/tracker properties panel is minimized by @devernay in #748
• Fix issue forms for proper bug reporting by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #750
• Color selector palette by @rodlie in #754
• Update CONTRIBUTORS.txt by @devernay in #753
• Add AppImage build script by @TheAssassin in #739
• Query site packages path using the Python site module by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #760
• Fix grammatical error in documentation by @kemonprogrammer in #758
• Fixes spelling errors by @Shrinks99 in #761
• Gui: added taskbar support by @rodlie in #766
• Substitute QGL classes with QOpenGL by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #764
• Update intro.rst by @solecism in #774
• qt 4.8.7 archive download page correction by @cgvirus in #787
• PythonUtils: more portable version of dirExists() by @devernay in #792
• Natron.rc: Use productName for FileDescription on Windows by @rodlie in #799
• Document Qt5 build and install for Linux/BSD by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #802
• Copy node or group background and overlay color by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #821
• OpenGL rendering command line flag by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #810
• Shiboken generation in QMake for Python bindings by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #803
• Initial CMake build system implementation by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #809
• Fix freeze in Tracker when not in viewer path by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #823
• Implement offscreen rendering in Wayland in OSGLContext by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #765
• Gui/GuiPrivate: don't cast qint64 to Q_PID by @rodlie in #831
• Partially revert Shiboken generation in QMake for Python bindings by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #830
• System libs for glog and Ceres in CMake by @YakoYakoYokuYoku in #829
• fixes to build using cmake on macOS/Qt5 by @devernay in #834
• Engine/CLArgs.cpp: allow dot in writer name by @rodlie in #840

New Contributors

• @YakoYakoYokuYoku made their first contribution in #699
• @TheAssassin made their first contribution in #739
• @kemonprogrammer made their first contribution in #758
• @solecism made their first contribution in #774

Full Changelog: v2.4.4...v2.5.0