We replaced the thumbnail generation module that now supports thumbnails for USD, Alembic and some CAD formats such as STEP. The thumbnail generation of OBJ, FBX and GLTF file formats is also faster. Furthermore, the favorites area supports not web links and files.

Improvements

• Favorites section supports now files and web links, so that you can launch an application directly from the favorites
• Switching a branch in Git shows a proper progress
• Link Attributes show the favicon of a web link
• Added an option to reset the view settings in the changed files if the performance goes down when having many files
• Comments on video can also display the time code instead of only the frames

Fixes

• Uppercase file extensions work for FBX thumbnails
• Fixed an issue with the progress indicator when switching a branch
• Don’t show the conflict marker check when files are displayed in a commit
• Show a message when codecs are missing when playing back .ogg files
• Fix authentication issues on Bitbucket
• Fixed an issue with branch switches
• Fixed an issue with Attribute reordering
• Fixed an issue with broken Git locks
• Fixed several glitches in the text field for comments such as handling links
• Fixed issue of projects not showing up on other members

Fixes

• Fixed conflict detection for added files
• Don't change the writable state on pull
• UI fix for display option in archived projects

You can now review animated Gifs with drawings and frame-based comments when you need to provide feedback on animations or quickly play a Gif with more control.

Improvements

• Improved window handling on Windows by default switching to a framed window. This will eliminate issues such as the window not loading when you have multiple screens.
• Made the global progress indicator smoother, so that Anchorpoint feels "lighter" when doing heavy processing.
• A Git pull process does not require shelving of files, making it more robust and faster.
• When joining a Git repository, an additional step asks if you have access to GitHub/ Azure DevOps etc. to make the process clearer
• Commit text field is sticky as you scroll through your changed files
• Added Grafana, Loki and Promtail for self-hosting
• Added option to add own SSL certificates for self-hosting

Fixes

• Fixed progress bar to immediately show 100% in case of a git pull
• Updated file watcher to prevent certain changes from showing up in Anchorpoint
• Fixed 3ds Max thumbnails could not be generated
• Allow thumbnails to be generated on computers with security systems that prevent inter-process communication
• Fixed a sidebar glitch when joining a project
• Fixed problem with Attribute views when browsing a folder for the first time
• Fixed a problem where selective checkout would hang
• Fixed issue where Azure DevOps integration hangs during the authorization process
• Prevent file paths from being pushed to Git that contain symbols that are not allowed on Windows, such as ":*? ", etc.

With this update you can setup asset databases if you have created them in another project management or spreadsheet application such as Notion, Asana, ClickUp, Excel etc. It’s also able to create Attributes and merge new versions of the exported CSV into the existing task or folder list.

Besides that, this updates includes a lot of improvements for Anchorpoint’s self-hosting server such as a CLI tool, which simplifies the server setup.

Improvements

• It’s possible to restore files in the file history, even when they are modified
• Anchorpoint now supports a basic implementation of submodules and updates them on each push
• Better handling of the index.lock file in Git repositories

Fixes

• The file history shows renames properly
• Archived projects are properly hidden when inviting new members and assigning them to projects
• Image rotation properties are respected
• Fixed an issue with global filtered files (such as blend1)
• Fixed task context menu issues
• Fixed issues on hover state
• Fixed an issue with short videos in the file browser
• Fixed a display issue when opening files that don’t have proper thumbnails
• Group selection selects filtered files properly when filtering is enabled
• Fixed an issue where the tree view is not loaded properly when cloning a project
• Fixed an issue with manual file locking. The state is refreshed on application restart
• Fixed an issue with shelved files
• Fixed an issue wit spaces in folders on Git checkout
• Pull errors are shown correctly now
• Fixed an installing issue with video conversion tools
• Show a better message when joining a GitHub repository where you don’t have access to

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This release comes with a per file history in Git repositories. You can view the whole commit history of each file, when you open it in the versions & reviews page. There, you can select a file and restore it as a copy if you would like to merge files.

Improvements

• Added Zip functionality as an Action, which allows to create archives with additional filter options, such as excluding certain folders and file types
• The python console now has also date outputs
• Prohibit changing branches in conflict states
• Show a popup when Anchorpoint is closed to run in the background

Fixes

• Integrations are refreshed after starting the trial
• Fixed issues related with Python environments
• Fixed an issue where open in Anchorpoint from the context menu in Windows Explorer did not work
• Don’t show the credential popup accidentally, when the internet connection is unstable
• Fix Gitea URL validator for local addresses
• Fix a Pull error when stashing cannot work
• Fixed image sequence to video conversion and make it work with newer ffmpeg versions
• Fixed wrong color of tray icon on macOS
• Fixed an issue with infinite cache rotation clearing