Zoo 2.6.6 finishes our multi-folder support for image browsers, we’ve added virtual-sliders on thumbnail-images. Search and meta-data has been added to the Scenes Browser (.MA/.MB) and Shader Presets (.MA/.MB) , and Hive has had another large upgrade with many new features and bugfixes.
This release has also fixed many minor bugs.
Please manually upgrade hotkeys with:
Zoo Preferences (cog icon) > Zoo Hotkey Editor > Update Zoo Hotkeys
Enhancements: Multi-Folder Light Browsers
Light Presets and HDRI Skydomes now have multi-folder support.
Light Presets with multi-folder Support.
HDRI Skydomes with multi-folder Support.
New assets packs will be released to reflect the multi-folder changes. You can now add custom folders to all of our image browser UIs.
Enhancements: Image Browsers Virtual Sliders
Virtual sliders can be used on thumbnail images (middle mouse drag).
Browsers Supported are:
HDRI Skydomes
HDRI Skydomes with virtual sliders.
– Middle-click drag left/right: rotates the HDRI Skydomes.
Image Plane with virtual sliders.
– Middle-click drag: Positions the Image Plane
– Ctrl Middle-click drag left/right: Scales the Image Plane
– Ctrl Shift Middle-click drag left/right: Rotates the Image Plane
– Ctrl Alt Middle-click drag left/right: Sets the Image Plane’s opacity
– Shader Presets (Multi-Renderer)
Shader Presets (Multi-Renderer) with virtual sliders.
– Middle-click drag left/right: Offsets Hue
– Middle-click drag up/down: Offsets Brightness
– Shift Middle-click drag up/down: Offsets Saturation
– Ctrl Middle-click drag left/right: Offsets Specular Roughness
– Ctrl Middle-click drag up/down: Offsets Specular Brightness
– Ctrl Alt Middle-click drag up/down: Offsets Clear Coat
– Ctrl Shift Alt Middle-click drag up/down: Offsets Metalness
Enhancements: Search and Meta Data Added
Search and meta-data has been added to the Scenes Browser (.MA/.MB) and Shader Presets (.MA/.MB) .
Search added to Scenes Browser (.MA/.MB) and Shader Presets (.MA/.MB)
Meta data can be added for Scenes Browser (.MA/.MB) and Shader Presets (.MA/.MB)
Enhancements: Hive Auto-Rigger
Hive has had many enhancements and bug fixes.
Enhancements:
– Right-Click Fix Elbow has been added to FK arms/legs rotated off axis.
– Right-click space-switching added to neck control.
– Right-click IK switching is hidden while in FK modes.
– Right-click FK switching is hidden while in IK modes.
– Right-click space switching is a single entry while switching spine and fk controls.
– The leg’s Ball Roll attribute will rotate from the heel if a negative value.
– New attributes added to foot control Toe Up Down, Toe Side, Toe bank, Heel Side/Side.
Fix Elbow rotates from the shoulder to fix upper arm twists.
Ball Roll in the negative now rolls to the heel. New foot attributes added Toe Up Down, Toe Side, Toe bank, Heel Side/Side.
Bug Fixes:
– The God Control again effects the animation’s world space settings correctly.
– Shared Proxy attributes are no longer non-keyable and will key while pressing `s`.
– Ball Roll correctly rolls up to the toe pivot while going past the Foot Break angle.
Bug Fixes: Focus Puller
Focus Puller has had number of bugs fixed.
– Issues regarding the Focus Rig while in Maya mode have been fixed.
– The Focus Rig will create on a camera with existing rig attributes.
– Cameras can have non-unique names.
– Top checkboxes will affect focus rigs if nothing is selected.
Bug Fixes: Assorted
– Transfer UVs Shaders no longer incorrectly gives warnings while transferring shaders.
– Numerous tools have improved error checking regarding selection errors.
– Menu error messages object has no attribute ‘items’ has been fixed.
– A missing toolset warning has been fixed.
