What's Changed in Version 2.0

Here is a list of some changed features in combustion 2.0. Other smaller improvements are not listed here.

• You can save a thumbnail with a workspace file, and then see it in the file browser when you open the workspace.
• The Cropping feature in the Footage operator is improved.
• A shortcut to the Display Time As preference is added. To switch between Timecode, Frames from 0, and Frames from 1, click the Duration box in the playback controls.
• Due to the changes for the Schematic view, you can add an operator to the top of a branch (farthest downstream node).
• In the Modes controls for the Paint and Mask operators, there are new buttons for Swap Foreground and Background Colors, and Default Colors. The respective hot keys are still X and D.
• There is a new option on the status bar called Error Alert. You can click the warning icon to view any error messages (such as when an applied transfer mode is not possible in the OpenGL composite preview).
• Composite controls are reorganized due to the new 2D composite mode. There is an extra category of controls named Output and some items are rearranged.
• You can import and render DPX files. You can import Maya IFF files, and import and render QuickTime Streaming files.
• Since higher bit depths are supported, the Cineon Color Convertor operator is not available unless a version 1.0 workspace already includes it. Also, the Cineon render options have changed.
• One new Footage preference sets whether Cineon files are converted automatically to Linear format when you import them, and another sets the bit depth to use.
• The Levels operator is not available unless a version 1.0 workspace already includes it.
• Options are added to the New dialog (such as Bit Depth), and you can add Text and Particles branches to the workspace in one step.
• The options in the Object | New menu are moved to the Object menu. The Composite/Paint/Solid Layer menu option is renamed New Layer.
• The Toolbar options for the four-corner layer shape are removed. Instead, you can select the corners immediately after you enable Four-Corner (to do corner-pinning, for example).
• The behavior of the Magnify tool is changed such that you can drag in the viewport or scrub the button to zoom in or out without deselecting the current tool. The same behavior applies to the Grab tool for panning the viewport.
• In the Movie menu, there are new options for Mark In Point, Mark Out Point, Go to In Point, and Mark Out Point.
• Several hot keys have changed. For example, you can press Ctrl+; (Windows) or Command+; (Macintosh) to show the Preferences dialog.
• The Anti-aliasing and Supersampling options in the composite Settings controls are still available for Best mode only, but the buttons are no longer disabled for other display modes.
• The RPF options in the composite Layer controls are only available after you select a layer that uses RPF/RLA footage.
• The Home command is available in the Window menu and via a hot key (=).
• Tooltips are available in the Toolbar for the Composite, Paint, Mask, Selection, Text, and Particles operators. A preference controls if they are displayed.
• The Reverse Load Order preference is removed. Footage is always arranged in the Workspace panel such that the last clip selected appears on top of the stack.
• The sliders for Cropping in the Footage controls are more intuitive. Dragging inward makes the crop value increase, which cuts more of the image off. Negative cropping increases the frame size in the Footage operator.
• combustion supports the wheel and middle button on a mouse if available. The wheel changes the zoom factor and the middle button pans the viewport. In a 'list gadget' such as the Workspace panel, the wheel also scrolls the content.
• As you change a value using a slider, you can right-click to cancel the change.
• In the Mask operator, the Invert option for the Global Apply Mode is now disabled by default. Also, as you draw an ellipse or rectangle mask object, the object switches to display outlines only.