Python 3 support
Starting with version 0.59.0.0, Python 3.7 is officially supported by Gaffer (whoop!).
We've had to make a few changes here and there to support this, but every
Dev and Pipe Tips
Gaffer 0.59 : Reference export changes
Gaffer 0.59 includes some important changes to how Boxes are exported for use as References (.grf files).
We no longer reset the default values to those currently set on the node.
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Configuring the Scene View Inspector
Gaffer 0.58 introduced a new Inspector in the Scene View. It allows you to quickly view - and in many cases - edit the selected location's shader parameters.
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Gaffer 0.58.0 : We're going on a bug hunt
Gaffer 0.58 contains a caching optimisation that can significantly improve interactive performance in many cases. But this optimisation can also reveal subtle bugs in Nodes that may have gone unnoticed until now.
Context Variable cheat sheet
Contexts are an essential part of Gaffer. We're working on some more structured documentation about them. In the mean time, here is a list of common Context Variables set by Gaffer