Quill Import/Export

Changelog

Exporter

• Armature: avoid exporting unnecessary key frames.

Changelog

Importer

• Fix: import of the ease in/out interpolation mode was broken.

Exporter

• Armature: export a hierarchy of layers creating a rigged stick figure.
• Armature: export animation to key frames.
• Grease Pencil: guess stroke orientation.
• Grease Pencil: support all Quill brush types.
• Grease Pencil: do not export hidden layers.
• Grease Pencil: fix cyclic strokes.

Changelog

Fix: round trip for group layers with multiple children was broken.

Changelog

• Fix: the add-on could not be installed on versions prior to 4.5.0.
• Fix: importing scenes with model layers failed.

Changelog

Importer

• Fixes for Blender 5.0.0.
• Added option to auto-configure solid shading to match Quill.
• Added option to select which layer types are imported.
• Added option to not include groups with no children.
• Mesh: keep track of the Quill scene, layer and drawing the mesh was imported from.
• Mesh: if the Keymesh add-on is installed, convert Paint layers to animated Keymesh objects.
• Support sound layers. Create a speaker object and sound strips in the sequence editor.
• Sound layers: if the original audio file is not found, extract the sound data from the QBIN data into a local .wav file.
• Viewpoints: increased field of view of the created camera.

Exporter

• When exporting Mesh objects imported from Quill, use the original Quill drawing.
• When exporting Empty objects imported from Quill paint layers, reconstruct the animation.
• When exporting Keymesh objects containing blocks imported from Quill, use the original Quill drawings and reconstruct the animation.

Changelog

Importer

• Fix: local time calculation could result in an out of bound error.
• Fix: non-looping paint layer were always imported as looping.
• Fix: single-frame paint layer were hidden.