AutoCam

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Fixed:

• Path Extraction: Camera animation detection now works reliably with Blender 5.x layered actions and NLA-based animation.

Improved:

• UI Cleanup: Removed placeholder Pro feature items for a cleaner, more focused Free experience.
• Bake Settings: Made the popup more compact without losing functionality.

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Compatibility:

• Now supports Blender 5.0 while maintaining backwards compatibility back to Blender 4.2.

Fixed:

• Recording Cursor: The mouse cursor no longer gets stuck or hits a boundary while recording.
• Recording Exit: You can now cleanly finish recording by pressing Escape, Left Click, or Right Click.

Improved:

• Match Recording: Settings are now more responsive and intuitive to use.

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Changed:

• Dynamic rigs now read speed as distance-per-second, so timing stays consistent when the curve is extended/retracted.
• Simple and Dynamic rigs now keep independent speed values, so keying one mode no longer indicates the other's Speed slider as animated.

Fixed:

• Simple mode path follow preserves its keyframes when you rebuild or toggle modes; animation data is serialized and restored automatically.
• Dynamic mode now supports auto-keying, allowing users to quickly prototype camera animations in real-time.

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Changed:

• Standardized every operator, panel, and helper prefix to AUTOCAM_, updating bpy.ops identifiers and helper utilities to the autocam namespace for clearer branding.

Fixed:

• Recording no longer traps the cursor when canceling; removing the GRAB_CURSOR flag lets the pointer return immediately after dismissing confirmation.

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Fixed:

• Dynamic rigs no longer “freeze” after reopening a .blend. The rig builder now stamps a persistent ID on new rigs so Dynamic mode resumes correctly on load.

Note: If you built a rig in 2.0.1 or earlier and it still freezes after reopening, just rebuild it once with Generate Rig to stamp the ID. After that, reloads will be stable.

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Changed

• Aim preset “Recorded Rotations” renamed to “Match Recording” for clearer intent.
• Rig builder now seeds the arc table, sets the start frame, and updates the view layer before applying defaults.
• Recorded-rotation operator initializes at the first frame and updates the view layer, with a try/except guard for safer execution.

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Added

• One-Click Bake: Convert AutoCam rigs to plain keyframes for rendering/export.
• Rig Mode switch: Choose between native Blender constraints (Simple) and AutoCam’s realtime evaluator (Dynamic).
• Tracking: Easier camera aiming with cleaner results and less manual tweaking.
• UI overhaul: Context-aware panels, clear tooltips, and smart defaults.

Changed

• Path generation now auto-applies default Path Settings.
• Labels, menu order, and tooltips simplified.

Fixed

• Reduced stutter on newly generated rigs.
• Safer enable/disable and registration; miscellaneous stability fixes.

Compatibility

• Blender 4.0+ supported; Extension install path available on 4.2+.
• Scenes from 1.x should continue to load; if something looks off, regenerate the rig.

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1.1.2 – 2025-06-18

• All object properties are now encapsulated in a single PropertyGroup; no stray props clutter the UI.
• Add-on now registers its preferences with __package__ and works in all Blender 4.x extension installs.
• No new end-user features; a maintenance release focused on stability.

1.1.1 – 2025-06-15

• Re-packaged as a proper Blender 4.x Extension.
• Internal code clean-up.

1.1.0 – 2025-05-14

• Key-framable negative & zero speed (reverse / pause).
• Removal of "Interpolation" dropdown.
• Removal of "Sync Speed to Keyframe" button.
• Supports multiple rigs per scene (independent handlers).
• Arc-length cache for smooth, constant motion on any spline type.
• Stable reload: handler guard, hard speed limits, duplicate-helper cleanup.

1.0.0 – 2025-05-06

• First public release.