Features

• ShuffleOptions : Added a new node for shuffling options in the scene globals (#6412).

Improvements

• Animation :
  • Added plug context menu actions for color, vector and box plugs.
  • Plug context menu actions are now available on widgets that edit multiple plugs. This enables the animation of multiple cells at once in the LightEditor, RenderPassEditor, AttributeEditor and Spreadsheet UI.
• Attribute Editor, Light Editor, Render Pass Editor, Spreadsheet : Added Shift + Enter and Shift + Ctrl + Enter shortcuts to commit an edit without closing the popup editor window.
• LightEditor : Improved the order of sections and some columns within sections for Arnold lights.
• Wrapper : Added $ARNOLD_ROOT/plugins/usd/usdArnold/resources to PXR_PLUGINPATH_NAME when ARNOLD_ROOT is specified.
• SceneReader : Added loading of ArnoldAlembic, ArnoldUsd and ArnoldProceduralCustom USD prims as ExternalProcedural objects.

Fixes

• RenderMan : Added missing attribute handlers for float, string, InternedString, Color3f and V3f array attributes. In particular, this fixes the export of render:displayColor attributes loaded from USD.
• RenderManShader : Fixed failure to load connections made via Dots and other intermediate nodes.
• Expression : Fixed error when creating OSL expressions for plugs with : characters in their name.
• PythonEditor : Fixed completions menu not appearing after typing : in a partial plug or node name or a dictionary key.
• Animation : Fixed "Jump To" actions in plug context menu.
• Edit Menu : Disabled "Rename" menu item when the selection is read-only.
• Catalogue : Added forwards compatibility for Catalogues saved from Gaffer 1.6.
• SceneReader : Fixed loading of instanced UsdSkel geometry with unique animation applied.

Build

• Added buildGraphics option to SConstruct to enable building the Gaffer logo and icons separately.
• Cortex : Updated to version 10.5.15.0.