Release Notes

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5.2.7 :

  • Fixed Cycles device selection

5.2.6 :

  • Fixed Shutdown on queue completion regression

5.2.5 :

  • macOS Code Signing - Application now properly code-signed for macOS distribution

  • Multiple Blender Management - Enhanced support for managing multiple Blender installations with specific versions per queue

  • Preview Background - Added checkerboard pattern behind preview images for better visibility

  • Shutdown Persistence - Shutdown action settings are now properly saved between sessions

  • VSE Strip Rendering - Fixed rendering of VSE strips when channels are muted

  • Real-time Output Path Checking - Improved path validation with debounce functionality

  • Remaining Time Accuracy - Enhanced accuracy of remaining time calculations

  • Queue Management - Refined queue handling and ordering logic

  • Build Size Reduction - Reduced overall application size for faster distribution

  • Error Handling - Added warnings for missing Blender installations and unavailable queues

  • Data Migration - Fixed data migration issues during updates

  • File Path Handling - Improved absolute path handling and validation

  • Scene Selection - Fixed data revert when selecting the same scene

5.2.4 :

  • Fixed crash when using “Add to BRQ” from Blender

  • Fixed infinite loading and queue clearing issues

  • Fixed Python execution when expression is wrapped in a function

  • Fixed failure to load if Cycles add-on is disabled

  • Fixed reorder / selection UI issues

  • Always display “computed” output path with frame number and extension

  • Improved handling of paused items when quitting the app (now resumes to remaining frames on startup)

  • Improved output path display

  • Added automatic clearing of render logs when deleting item/queue

5.2.3 :

  • Fixed bug that makes all item status revert to “ready” if BRQ or computer is restarted, now items will keep their last status (ie “Done”, “Failed”, “Stopped”…)

5.2.2 :

  • Added “Don’t ask again” option to the “install the BRQ add-on” popup

5.2.1 :

  • Adding frame number to output filename when rendering a single image when frame number token is used (ie ####) in the output path

5.2.0 :

  • Fixed possible bug on Cycles device attribute retrieval for some Blender versions

  • Fixed item reloading that corrupts queues when upgrading BRQ or blender

5.1.9 :

  • Dropdown list are now sorted (Scene, Camera, View Layer)

  • Added tag feature to mark items with color tags

  • Added resolution scale setting in order to zomm in/out UI

5.1.8 :

  • Fixed render never completes bug when outputing to video format

5.1.7 :

  • Added Octane support

  • Fixed alpha missing bug for FFmpeg alpha compatible video formats

5.1.6 :

  • Added preview image persistance even after rendering is done

  • Added “Resume” option to resume stopped renderings from last rendered frame

  • Max Retry attemps counter set to 100 instead of 10

  • Retry attemps resume from last rendered frame

5.1.5 :

  • Fixed Video sequencer rendering bug (stops at frame 1)

5.1.4 :

  • Fixed wrong color space for OpenEXR output

5.1.3 :

  • Fixed Cycles multi GPUs selection bug

5.1.2 :

  • Fixed render preview for Blender 5.x

  • Fixed update of FFmpeg properties

  • Added invalid frame range tooltip

5.1.1 :

  • Fixed bug caused by third party addons that override Blender’s stdout logs

5.1.0 :

  • Added some Wildcards to the list

  • Limited the number of concurent blend file loading

  • Multiple Queues Import / Export

5.0.0 :

  • Added compatibility with Blender 5.0

  • Updated Blender File Output Template Variables (Wildcards) to comply to Blender’s

  • Preview image is now full res and zoomable

  • Multiple queue managment + Import / Export queue files

  • Added Output presets management, save/load presets for Engine & Format settings

  • Multiple items editing simultaneously

  • Added “Factory startup” flag option to skip user preferences & add-ons loading

  • Added render crash retry attemps counter

  • Bug fixing and improvements

4.9.0 :

  • Added compatibility with CyclesHair render engine (3d Hair Brush add-on)

  • Fix bug on preview image that causes empty render iamge

  • Fix bug when pausing render multiple times

  • Fix bug on Cycles render device list and added a refresh button

  • Improved DETECT LATEST BLENDER VERSION speed

  • Fix bug on progress information when overwrite is checked for image sequences rendering

  • Stripping long texts on UI (Scene/camera/viewlayer names)

4.8.9 :

  • Monitoring mobile app

  • Camera selection

  • ViewLayer selection

  • Added shortcuts

  • Preview image for all output format

  • Cycles GPU device selection

  • BRQ Blender add-on

  • Auto Blender install detection

  • Added Turbo Render compatibility

  • Fixed compatibility with faulty third party add-ons

  • Fix VSE Scene strip rendering

3.5.3 :

  • Added compatibility with CyclesHair render engine (3d Hair Brush add-on)

  • Fix bug on preview image that causes empty render iamge

  • Fix bug when pausing render multiple times

  • Fix bug on Cycles render device list and added a refresh button

  • Improved DETECT LATEST BLENDER VERSION speed

  • Fix bug on progress information when overwrite is checked for image sequences rendering

  • Stripping long texts on UI (Scene/camera/viewlayer names)

3.5.2 :

  • Added shortcuts

  • Preview image for all output format

  • Cycles GPU device selection

  • BRQ Blender add-on

  • Auto Blender install detection

  • Added Turbo Render compatibility

  • Fixed compatibility with faulty third party add-ons

  • Fix VSE Scene strip rendering

3.0.0 :

  • Added auto shutdown computer option when queue completed

  • Added checkbox to show blender error messages (now disabled by default)

  • Fixes freeze when rendering large image sequence

2.0.8 :

  • Fixes blender’s exe path error on startup on windows fresh install

2.0.6 :

  • Slightly rendering speed improvement with Cycles on the GPU on Windows

  • Better handling of Blender rendering errors

  • Adds Render status message popover on each rendering job

  • Fixes bug on last screenshot when queue finished rendering

  • Fixes bug on list reorder

  • Fixes bug on settings on initial startup

1.0.3 :

  • Fixes “Can’t retrieve blender scenes” error

  • Fixes cloud progress infos not updating when window is hidden