Tik Manager Version History

3.1

New.001 Resolution presets are added to the Create new Project menu
New.002 (Published) Category orders now can be changed from settings => Project Settings => Categories
Fix.003 Maya Settings codec update fix
Fix.004 Executable inputs fixed. line inputs + apply button activation sensitivity updated with each keystroke
New.005 Multi referencing added. Now in reference mode multi selections are allowed and same reference can be multi imported using the dropbox next to the reference button
Fix.006 Show Preview folder issue fixed for sub-projects
New.007 New settings item for setting frame ranges while referencing scene. Default "Ask" behaviour can now be changed to "Never" and "Always". "Always" makes sense for lighting artists who references animation scenes and "Never" makes sense for animators who only reference rigs and assets.
Fix.008 Ingest scene as right click item hidden in reference mode
Fix.009 Check for updates (Help => Check for updates) command is up and working
Fix.010 Reference related buttons and not getting hidden in 3ds Max bug fixed
Fix.011 (Published) Critical error fixed with Standalone when a non-Tik Manager folder selected.
Update.012 Dictionary lookup for launching Maya from standalone version disabled. This will disregard minor versions and should work with upcoming ones.
New.014 (Published) Search box added for base scene lists

3.0

New.0 Photoshop module added
Update.0 Software icons added to each software
Update.0 Common database folder seperated from core files
Fix.0 Fixed Error in asset library Maya preventing the merge option.
New.0 One single executable installer (Windows)
New.0 Completely new settings menu
Update.0 Redesigned and improved Asset Library including 3ds Max and Houdini support
New.0 Transfer Central
Update.0 Image Viewer improvements
New.0 MP4 conversion support
Update.0 UI improvements
Fix.23 Fixed wrong header image in Image Viewer
Fix.23 Removed the excess "change remote directory' menu item
Fix.24 Fixed bug which prevents removing users (unicode)
Fix.24 Potential crash cause removed from settings _usersContent
Update.24 TikPhotoshop added to the executable and icon creation group in installer.
Update.25 UI Improvements
Update.27 Linux compatibility issues (path and ffmpeg)
Fix.28 Project Materials - Drag/Drop foolcheck
Update.28 Project Materials - statusbar updates
Update.4 Standalone and Photoshop modules using PyQt5 now.
Update.42 Maya Playblast - "As it is" options
Update.43 Naming Conventions - <subproject> added
Fix.44 Naming Conventions Bugfix
Fix.45 Crash fixed when the set user cannot be find (because of a replaced users db)
Fix.46 3ds Max 2020 playblast issue fixed
Fix.46 Maya - Take Preview option selection bug fixed
Fix.46 Maya/TransferCentral capital extenstion compatibility
Fix.46 Project Favorites - Python3 compatibility issue fixed
Fix.47 Minor bug fixes with Set Project and Setup.py
New.47 Set Project / Recent projects added
Fix.48 setup.py fixed
Fix.49 SmNuke / Bug fixed when querying versions which also prevents saving base scenes (tested with Nuke v11)
Fix.50 Playblast Linux/Windows path clash fixed
Fix.50 Recent Projects / Unicode bug fixed
Fix.51 Project Materials / add content fix
Update.51 Transfer Central / auto naming considers sub-projects
Fix.511 Project Materials Python 3 Compatibility issue with material names
Fix.512 Settings / Bug that prevents removing categories
Fix.513 Maya/Preview minor bug fixes.
Fix.513 Houdini-Transfer Central/ error prevented when trying to export alembic and fbx formats with apprentice edition
Fix.513 Project Materials/ Unicode error when adding materials by browsing
Update.514 Network path support added
Fix.6 Photoshop Texture export fixed
Fix.601 CSS fix / tab label font sizes fixed to 12px
Fix.601 Maya playblast / fixed error caused by the mp4 conversion (arouse with v3.0.513)
Fix.602 Check New version python3 bug fixed
Fix.603 3ds Max playblast filename issue prior to 2020 fixed
Fix.604 Project Materials / Bug fixes & minor improvements with File Transferring
Fix.605 Nuke Scene Manager / Critical bug fix (related with version checking) with Nuke version 10 which prevents Loading Base Scenes
Fix.605 Create New Project / client removed from the mandatory list
Fix.605 Standalone / Bug causing crash while showing project folder with empty projects fixed
Update.606 New Project Naming Conventions added for further customization. All fields defined in the Shared Settings/Conventions/New Project are mandatory
New.700 Project Report and progress
Update.701 Nuke / Loading method changes. Instead of opening a new Nuke instance, it closes the current one (after asking to save first) and opens the new one.
Update.701 Inno Setup default directory for common folder moved under My Documents for possible IO issues
Fix.701 Bug fixed with the Grand Total Work Hours in project report
Update.701 "Create Base Scene To:" feature added to the right click menu in Reference Mode
Update.701 Added Extra Columns options to the Base Scene List
Fix.702 Refresh issue with 'create base scene to:' fixed when categories added and removed within the same session.
Fix.702 Standalone software launcher updated
Fix.703 Project Materials / .doc and .docx removed from the valid brief feedback list (Why they were there?)
New.703 Nuke / Thumbnail images
Fix.704 UI Clash issues with MASH fixed
Fix.705 Standalone / Add Sub-Project Crash issue fixed
Fix.706 Maya 2019 false FPS alarm fixed
Fix.707 Utility fix for building BIN folder
Fix.707 Create New Project / Crash fixed while trying to create without filling the mandatory fields
New.708 Recent Projects added to the main UI
Update.709 Manual installation folders updated
Fix.710 2020 incompatibility with size flag fixed
New.800 Ability to saving scenes to existing any base Scenes as versions added. Right Click Menu -> Ingest Current scene as the new version
New.900 Version notes became mandatory for all saves (Base, version, ingest)
Fix.900 False mismatch fixed for FPS fixed. (Nuke)

2.5

Fix.0 3ds Max 2018-2019 support
Update.0 Installation Update - Callback functions wont cause a crash if the tik_manager path is not valid anymore
Update.4 Asset Library Alembic Support added
Update.4 Asset Library - Software version check before importing source
Fix.4 Import Base Scene option for 3ds Max fixed and renamed as Merge
New.5 Checking for updates and new versions option added
New.5 Import Footage option added Image Viewer for creating Read nodes in Nuke
Update.5 Default root path for Image Viewer changed to the project directory.
Fix.5 The bug when browsing the root in Image Viewer fixed. Now it starts browsing from the current defined root.
Update.5 Image Viewer default window sizes changed.
Update.51 Basic Houdini hiplc compatibility added
Fix.51 Linux and MacOs show in folder method fixed
Update.52 File name resolves added to save base Scene and Save Version Screens

2.4

New.0: Asset Library added
New.1: Sending to Batch Render and Image Sequencer options added to Image Manager (Maya)
Update.1: SmNuke default categories changes (Only Comp by default)
Update.2: SmStandalone now asks for the common database folder on first run.
Update.2: Change Common Database option for SmStandalone
Update.3: Add/Remove User GUI renewed

2.3

Fix.001: Bug fix - 'make reference' checkbox removed from save version dialog if runs from Houdini
Update.001: ImageViewer update --> date show/sort feature for collapsed sequences
Update.001: ImageViewer update --> now accepts multiple folder selections

2.2

New.0: Project Materials tool added
Fix.01: Button sizes fixed
Update.01: SmMaya imports optimized (pymel is not used anymore)
New.02: Basic Nuke support added
Fix.02: Bug fix when dropping items with standalone project materials
Fix.03: Bug fix with multi camera preview playing (Standalone)
Update.03: Documentation and comment updates
Update.04: softwareDatabase.json file for easy module integration
Fix.04: Bug fix Unicode character dragging to project materials
New.04: New Icon set
New.04: Show In Explorer Root/Raid folders added for image viewer
Update.04: Added project line to the project materials
Update.05: Search filter added to the Set Project Window
Update.06: Image Manager now works on all categories. Send To Deadline is enabled for only Render Layer
Update.07: Previews in Maya supports Camera sequences now.
Fix.071: When references loaded, it asks to set the time range
Fix.071: Minor UI fixes
Fix.072: Houdini open file path fix ("\" => "/")
Fix.072: Bug fix when canceling the item selection in project materials
Fix.073: Bug fix with default categories when trying to open scene manager from a non-scene manager project
Fix.073: Bug fix - Image Manager / querying shading groups
Fix.074: Bug fix - Image Manager / Unusable Referenced Render Layer checking error fixed
Fix.075: Bug fix - Houdini Module loading and importing modules setting $HIP location fixed
Fix.076: Bug fix - 'make reference' checkbox removed from save version dialog if runs from Houdini

2.1

Update.0: Boilerplate UI for all modules
Fix.0: Various bug fixes on all modules
Update.0: Various UI updates
New.01: Added "Show Project Folder" right click menu
Fix.01: Standalone Manager bug with emtpy scenes fixed
Update.02: Sub-projects database file moved to the Database root. It is now common for all softwares

2.0

New.0: 3ds Max support added
New.0: Houdini support added
New.0: Standalone Module added
New.0: manager module seperated into SmRoot and SmMaya modules and re-written
Update.0: Lots of UI improvements.
Fix.0: Various bug fixes
Update.1: added hashed password check and change password menu
Fix.11: Fixed callback crash in 3ds max
Fix.11: User update bug with Standalone version
Fix.12: Various fixes and SmStandalone Houdini connection

1.93

Update.0: database operations moved to a seperate module
New.1: Brand new Set Project Scene (WIP)
TODO Copy the upgrades from sequence viewer to image viewer

1.92

New.0: add/remove user functions added
Update.0: IMPORTANT user preferences (smSettings.json) structure changed. Delete old preference data under user/Documents
Update.0: method for getting necessary scene paths has re-written
Update.0: Documentation and Docstring updates
Update.0: Various code clean-ups
Update.0: Added .tif extension to the imageViewer
Fix.0 Sub-menu item connections fixed
Fix.0 imageViewer refreshing issues fixed
Fix.1 Thumbnails are now stored as relative paths in the json db
Update.2 ImageViewer root search added
Fix.2 When browsing for raid, updating the paths fixed.
Update.2 sequence transfer commands moved to seqCopyProgress module.
Fix.3 'Current user resetting to the first one' issue fixed.
Fix.4 currentProject check bug with imageManager
Fix.5 I/O error fixed when uploading the files to remote directory

1.91

New: added scriptJob to the manager class for project change
Update: refresh method added

1.9

New: imageManager and connections added
New: ImageViewer added
Update: scriptJobs added for imageManager connection.

1.82

Update: various code and UI optimizations

1.8

Update: color code yellow added for the scenes if the referenced version is not the last version
Fix: playblast bug fixes
Update: minor code optimizations

1.7

New: added thumbnails

1.65

Fix: Linux compatibility issues fixed

1.63

Update: UI improvements

1.62

Fix: when switching projects, subproject index will be reset to 0 now

1.61

Fix: create new project bugfix (workspace.mel creation)

1.6

New: added "add note" function
Fix: minor code improvements with the playblast, and note checking methods

1.58

Fix: minor bug fixes with createPlayblast method

1.57

Update: Kill Turtle method updated
Update: Version Number added to the scene dialog

1.56

Update: After loading new scene menu refreshes

1.55

New: regularSaveUpdate function added for Save callback
Fix: sound problem fixed with playblasts

1.45

New: Create New Project Function added, Settings menu renamed as File

1.44

Fix: Bug fix with playblasts Maya 2017 (hud display camera location was inproper)

1.43

New: current scene info line added to the top of the window

1.42

New: sceneInfo right click menu added for base scenes

1.41

Update: namespace added while referencing a scene

1.4

New: added wire on shaded and default material settings to the playblast settings file

1.3

Update: suMod removed. Everything is in a single file. For password protection share only the compiled version.
Fix: various bug fixes

1.2

Fix: loading and referencing system fixed. Now it checks for the selected rows 'name' not the list number id.
Update: the name check for duplicate base scenes. It doesnt allow creating base scenes with the same name disregarding it has lower case or upper case characters.

1.1

New: "Frame Range" Hud option is added to playblast settings.
Update: In "Reference Mode" Scene List highlighted with red border for visual reference.

1.0

initial