Shotgun Basic Configuration v1.3.0

What's new?
We are excited to release v1.3 of our integrations. This release includes support for Python 3.7 to tk-core, a new 3dsmax engine which switches to the pymxs API for the integration with 3ds Max, a new Send for Review workflow is now included into Maya and Photoshop integrations, as well as a number of improved features and bug fixes.

Support for Python 3.7
Toolkit core v0.19 allows it to be imported and used with Python 3.7. New APIs were introduced to help porting Toolkit applications to Python 3. They can be found at the tk-core release notes page.

Here are current bundles with support for Python 3.7:

• Apps

  • tk-multi-about v0.3.0
  • tk-multi-demo v1.2.0
  • tk-multi-launchapp v0.11.1

• Engines

  • tk-3dsmax v1.1.1
  • tk-shell v0.8.0

• Frameworks

  • tk-framework-qtwidgets v2.9.1
  • tk-framework-shotgunutils v5.7.2
  • tk-framework-widget v0.2.8

3ds Max engine
This new engine switches to the pymxs API for the integration with 3ds Max. This new engine supports 3ds Max 2017 and up. 

A migration guide exists for clients that are using the tk-3dsmaxplus engine and want to migrate to tk-3dsmax. It can be found at the tk-3dsmax engine's documentation page.

Send for Review
Send for Review introduce a new workflow between Maya/Photoshop and Shotgun Create. You can now send playblast or image as a draft to Shotgun Create, which trigger a new version and put Create in draft mode, where you can submit a review.

Additional features/polish

• Official support for Houdini 18.0. [SG-15250]
• Publishes now show the entity display name instead of the entity name in Loader2 and Breakdown apps. [SG-15293]
• Added PySide2 support to tk-shell. [SG-9787]

Fixed bugs

• Fixed a regression introduced in the previous release of tk-desktop, where python processes would be left orphaned instead of being closed when leaving the project in Shotgun Desktop. [SG-15442]
• Fixed an error we were getting in the script editor after launching Maya 2020 on mac. It prevented Workfiles2 to auto launch on startup. [SG-15270]
• Fixed a bug in tk-framework-desktopserver, where a browser could reject the shotgunlocalhost.com certificate. [SG-14130]
• Fixed a bug where Shotgun Desktop wasn't logging a full error traceback if an error occurred when loading a project configuration, or when running an app. [SG-6422]

Shotgun Basic Configuration v1.2.12

What’s new?
Automotive tools, Alias and VRED, are now integrated in tk-config-basic, as well as a number of improved features and bug fixes, including:

• Official support for Nuke 12.0, and
• Fixed a bug for the tk-multi-publish2 Tree.save method, where it wouldn't throw the correct error if an object in the tree was not serializable.

Features/Polish

• Automotive tools, Alias and VRED, are now integrated in tk-config-basic. [SG-15066]
• Official support for Nuke 12.0. [SG-14164]

Fixed bugs

• Fixed a bug for the tk-multi-publish2 Tree.save method, where it wouldn't throw the correct error if an object in the tree was not serializable. [SG-14693]

Shotgun Basic Configuration v1.2.11

What’s new?
Added a configuration option that can force users to assign a task to a publish, as well as a number of improved features and bug fixes, including:

• Added a menu_name app setting in tk-multi-setframerange, that allows you to define multiple instances of the app with different Shotgun menu names, and
• Fixed an issue in tk-core where includes were not processed in order.

Features/Polish

• Added a configuration option that can force users to assign a task to a publish. If the task_required application setting is set to True, the publisher will validate that a task is selected for every item and will enable or disable the Validate and Publish buttons accordingly. [SG-14523]
• Added a menu_name app setting in tk-multi-setframerange, that allows you to define multiple instances of the app in an environment with different Shotgun menu names. [SG-14278]
• Supports Adobe's new installation path convention for Photoshop and After Effects 2020+ releases. [SG-14728]
• Get and set frame range methods broken out into hooks. Software specific logic for getting and setting the frame range have now been split out into hooks. A big thanks to Diego Garcia Huerta and Alex Hughes for their contributions to this improvement. [SG-13347]
• Publishing an item under a parent item that uses a file url will now properly create a Published File Dependency entity in Shotgun. [SG-9750]
• Using Flame's python to upload thumbnails to Shotgun instead of system python that might not have the correct OpenSSL/certify packages installed. [SMOK-52708]

Fixed bugs

• Fixed an issue in tk-core where includes were not processed in order. This caused issues when includes were used to override template or environment parameters. A big thanks to Barbara Laigneau for her contribution to this bug fix. [SG-6255]
• Fixed an issue where Toolkit applications could not be launched from Shotgun Create after a software update. [VMR-2799]
• Fixed an issue where clicking the Copy To Clipboard action in the publisher logs didn't copy text selection to the clipboard in certain versions of PySide2. [SG-9750]
• Fixed an issue in tk-framework-qtwidgets that occurred when updating the content of the activity stream in the Shotgun Panel app. [SG-14203]
• Fixed an issue in tk-nuke engine, that caused the last path appended to sys.path during engine initialization to be removed from sys.path once bootstrapping completed. Also removed a redundant addition of the engine's python module to sys.path. [SG-14409]
• Fixed an issue preventing from selecting a new context from the context selection widget in certain versions of PySide2. [SG-14388]

Shotgun Basic Configuration v1.2.10

Features/Polish

• Added support for uploading PDF files to Shotgun as reviewable versions from the standalone publish app. [SG-13590]
• The context selector's my task drop down, now shows tasks assigned to a user's group as well as directly to the user. A big thanks to Rob Aitchison for his contribution to this improvement. [SG-14166]

Shotgun Basic Configuration v1.2.9

Fixed bugs

• Fixed an issue when copying a path from the Shotgun Panel’s action menu to the clipboard in certain versions of PySide2. [SG-13847]
• Fixed an issue with Single Sign-On when using NTLM on a domain-bound macOS or Linux computer. [SG-13474]

Shotgun Basic Configuration v1.2.8

Fixed bug

• Fixed a regression introduced in tk-nuke v0.12.0 causing Nuke to freeze on startup in certain situations when launched through Shotgun on Windows. [SG-12549]

Shotgun Basic Configuration v1.2.7

What’s new?
tk-desktop2 engine improvements for better websockets support and new commands for Shotgun to Shotgun Create communication, as well as a number of bug fixes, including:

• Fixed multiple launch args being combined as one on Mac.

Features/Polish

• tk-desktop2 engine improvements for better websockets support and new commands for Shotgun to Shotgun Create communication. [VMR-2223]

Fixed bugs

• Fixed an issue on Mac where if you provided multiple launch args, and you were pointing to the .app file for your software, then it would encapsulate all the args in one string. A big thanks to Stéphane Deverly for his contribution to this bug fix. [SG-12573]

Shotgun Basic Configuration v1.2.6

Fixed bugs

• June 2019 release of Okta causes issues with our single sign-on implementation. This fix addresses an issue which resulted in an incomplete login page when a user attempted to log into their Shotgun site with Shotgun Desktop. [SG-12669]
• Fixed an issue where the bootstrap process failed to update configs on Windows. When the bootstrap process attempted to update a config, the process could fail due to QT holding a file lock on the core's font files. This caused the user to not receive the latest config. [SG-12126]
• Fixed an issue to stop a warning from being shown in Shotgun when using deny_platforms or disable parameters on a descriptor. [SG-12281]

Shotgun Basic Configuration v1.2.5

What’s new?
Introduced the publish_fields and publish_kwargs properties on items, as well as a number of bug fixes, including:

• Fixed occasional errors that would occur during startup in 3ds Max 2018 and 2019, and

Features/Polish

• Introduced the publish_fields and publish_kwargs properties on items. The new publish_fields property on publish items can be used to set arbitrary fields, including custom fields on publishes. The publish_kwargs property on publish items can be used to set keyword arguments for the call to tank.util.register_publish used to publish the item. [SG-9941]

Fixed bugs

• Fixed occasional errors that would occur during startup in 3ds Max. This fix changes the way in which the parent widget is gathered in 3ds Max 2018 and 2019. [SG-12156]
• Fixed a regression in tk-framework-desktopstartup where debug logging was forced on first launch. This fix ensures that "Toggle Debug Logging" option is unchecked by default. [SG-12227]

Shotgun Basic Configuration v1.2.4

What’s new?
Added a new github_release descriptor, as well as a number of improved features and bug fixes, including:

• Fixed a slow startup issue with Houdini 17 on Windows, and
• Fixed a Photoshop CC regression in export_as_jpeg introduced in v1.7.1.

Features/Polish

• Added a new descriptor, github_release, to allow downloading a tagged release directly from Github. [SG-9806]

Fixed bugs

• Fixed a slow startup issue with Houdini 17.0.506 + on Windows. [SG-11269]
• Fixed a Photoshop CC regression in export_as_jpeg introduced in v1.7.1, which caused generate_thumbnail to fail. A big thanks to Dmitriy Agafonov for his contribution to this bug fix. [SG-11929]
• Fixed an issue where there was an error trying to display the error menu in Nuke Studio. [SG-11232]
• The automatic context switching callbacks are no longer initialized outside of the main engine code. This means you can now bootstrap the nuke engine without having to initialize the callbacks separately. A big thanks to Alexis Oblet for his contribution to this bug fix. [SG-9835]