v0.9.0
This release aims at extending the existing operators for a more flexible usage. It also supports Blender 4.1 which has some issues with previous add-on versions.
New Features:
- Fill Tool (Manual): An alternative Draw mode tool similar to the native fill tool, but using Smart Fill as the backend.
- Polygon Shading (Manual): Generate shadows and lights as editable strokes given a light in the 3D scene. It has a similar visual effect as the Mesh Generation operator, but the whole process is finished within Grease Pencil.
- A new option of Image Vectorization: To automatically scale the converted image to the active camera region. #36 discusses some potential use cases.
Compatibility:
- Blender 4.1 is supported now. The following compatibility issues have been fixed in this release:
- Installing
triangle
package with Apple Silicon. (Python packages may need to be installed again, since Blender 4.1 upgrades Python from 3.10 to 3.11.) - Errors during mesh generation.
- Installing
Bug Fixing:
- Smart Fill
- An issue of slow response in some cases.
- An issue of errors when the line art layer contains 0-point strokes.
- An issue that multi-frame operations sometimes generate wrong results in the first frame.
Others:
- The manual now has offline files for downloads.
EPUB
andPDF
formats are available. - Some algorithm descriptions and references are added to the manual.