2.0.0-RC1

• Python 2.7 API:
  • Parameters expressions
  • User-defined parameters
  • Script editor to control the application overall
  • User-defined python callbacks
  • Integration of Pyside to the GUI so that the interface is extensible with new menus and windows
  • Python API is available at http://natron.readthedocs.org
• Nodes group to have cleaner graphs with hidden sub-nodegraphs
• PyPlug: You can export a group as a Python plug-in and it be re-used in any other project as a single node as you would use any other plug-in
• SeExpr integration within a node: http://www.disneyanimation.com/technology/seexpr.html
• New SeNoise and SeGrain nodes based on SeExpr
• RotoPaint node with Wacom tablets support
• DopeSheet editor: This is where you can control easily keyframes and clips in time for motion graphics purposes
• Render statistics: Available in the Render menu, use this to debug complex compositions
• New Text plug-in with much more controls than the previous Text node
• New TextPango node based on the Pango library to directly input Pango Markup Language (html-like), see https://github.com/olear/openfx-arena/wiki/Pango
• Many new nodes, based on the ImageMagick library: ReadPSD, ReadSVG, Charcoal, Oilpaint, Sketch, Arc, Polar, Polaroid, Reflection, Roll, Swirl, Tile, Texture
• New nodes:
  • STMap
  • IDistort
  • LensDistortion
  • TimeBlur
  • OCIODisplay node
  • GmicEXPR, to enter GMIC expressions
• Rewrote entirely the WriteFFMPEG and ReadFFMPEG nodes. Most widely used codecs are supported
• New merge operators: grain-extract, grain-merge, color, hue, luminosity
• New gamma and gain controllers on the viewer
• Multiple viewers can now have their projection synchronised to enhance image comparison
• Support for multi-layered workflows for cleaner graphs
• Better support for multi-view workflows
• Various performance and stability enhancements across the board