Added:

• New ribbon tool

• [Tool] Add new Ribbon tool to make seamless paths

• [Ribbon] Add Ribbon preset shortcuts in Properties window

• [Ribbon] Allow to change the opacity of the Ribbon per vertex on the path

• [Ribbon] Allow to change the size of the Ribbon per vertex on the path

• [Ribbon] Remove begin/end defined in a Substance when paths are closed

• [Ribbon] Remove Path/Material preview in properties window for Paint/Eraser/Smudge path tools

• [Ribbon] Add blending modes for the alpha and some channels when self-overlapping

• Fill symmetry

• [Fill] Add support for symmetry on fill layers and effects

• [Fill][UI] Expose symmetry settings in properties window for fill layer and effects

• [Fill] Rework symmetry settings UI in both viewport menu and properties window

• [Fill] Properly reorient normal textures when projecting in warp mode

• Physical size displacement

• [Displacement] Use physical size as displacement unit

• Performance improvement

• [Performance] Improve rendering of small brush strokes on big triangles

• [Performance] Improve Shader compilation time

• [Performance] Full Vulkan support for Windows and Linux

• [Performance] Updated bakers with faster GPU rendering and support of AMD raytracing

• [UI] Re-organize tools properties into groups and collapse some by default

• [Engine] Update Substance Engine to version 9.2.5

• [Substance] Expose resolution override for Substance resources in Tools and Fills

• [Export] Update Mesh Maps export preset to export grayscale textures

• Python

• [Baking][Python] Indicate in changelog breaking changes following bakers update

• [Python] Expose fill symmetry settings in Python

• Content and new content

• [Content] Add 75 new tool presets for the Ribbon tool

• [Content] Update gradient builder resource to be compatible with Ribbon

Fixed:

• [Crash] Loading another project while path snapping is enabled can crash

• [Crash] Right click in Path panel with info from another session in clipboard can crash

• [UI] Interface scrolls up in tool properties when creating a path

• [UI] Mouse cursor disappear when path viewport visualization is hidden

• [Path] Copy/pasting different Tool properties in Path panel lead to unstable properties

• [Tool] Eraser and Smudge tool presets do not always update channel selection

• [Tool] Painted value is gray but UI shows white after loading colored tool preset in mask

• [Tool] Preset created from mask retains channels values loaded from another preset

• [Substance] Normal color space override defined in graph is not taken into account

• [Content] Default brush shape resource uses an outdated Substance

Known Issues:

• Shader instance history not tracked properly

• [Ribbon] Performance issue with UV Tiles

• [Ribbon] Path can overlap itself unexpectedly after a corner in some cases

• [Ribbon] Tangents create unwanted loop when point is moved closely to the path ends

• [Crash][Ribbon] Creating very long texts in Ribbon can crash

• [Tool] Material preview does not work when projection is used in a mask

• [Baking] AO setting "Self Occlusion" is ignored with several Texture Sets and "match by name" enabled

• [Baking] AO with normal has artifacts at edges because of missing padding

• [Color Management] HDR color space conversions with ACE on Linux produce clamped colors

• [Regression][UI] Right-click Menu is too small on HD screens

• [Crash][Python] USD export triggered by TextureStateEvent

• [Engine] Painting with Clone tool in normal channel shift colors incorrectly

• [Python] Ghost widget appears deleted by script still functioning