{"id":1127,"date":"2026-06-08T21:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2026-08-04T21:17:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:17:43","slug":"storyliner-v1-7-for-blender-5-2-stl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/?p=1127","title":{"rendered":"StoryLiner V1.7 Incredible New Features"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-dfdb6a49-ba30-46e0-a36b-d981d6ece99f\">This version has a focus on all the small features that could be useful during the workflow or the rendering process, as well as on the use of the sequencer (aka VSE). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-cd4b6252-d135-4cdf-8db7-b80037ab8ba4\"><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#960101\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">&#8212; <strong>Currently in Alpha<\/strong> &#8212;<\/mark><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-17fbc23e-3b64-4021-b399-b8cff2636025\">Current available version is: <strong>StoryLiner V. 1.7.6<\/strong> <strong>Alpha<\/strong> (August 8th, 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-20504d31-52cb-415a-ac73-3d04efc551ec\"><strong>The package is available in your product page on <a href=\"https:\/\/superhivemarket.com\/products\/storyliner\/?ref=6029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SuperHive Market<\/a><\/strong>. Follow these <a href=\"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/storyliner\/doc\/getting-started\/install.html#installing-storyliner-in-blender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">instructions for the installation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"block-9da88706-be8c-4142-a78a-1e9dfb1a00cd\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-d2668e3a-bd36-4063-a7d3-d8923f1bcb89\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:#720000\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">This version is for Blender <strong>5.2<\/strong> ONLY<strong>.<\/strong><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I&#8217;m highly looking for feedback. <strong>When you test the version, please share your thoughts and experience with me on the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/tKGwtDSacN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spitfire Storyboards Discord &#8211; StoryLiner support channel<\/a> or by <a href=\"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/?page_id=59\">sending me an e-mail<\/a>.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Features presented below may be available in some package editions of StoryLiner only. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/storyliner\/doc\/editions\/editions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Differences Between Editions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/StoryLinerV1-7_low.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1133\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.9882103277528884;width:483px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/StoryLinerV1-7_low.jpg 505w, https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/StoryLinerV1-7_low-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" id=\"block-25a3cd69-4f88-4496-aa13-aec796fc7a56\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-884f068d-0daa-4016-8238-1bd5a439cafb\">\ud83d\udca1\ud83d\udca1\ud83d\udca1 <strong>Same advice as usual when using StoryLiner: Watch the tooltips !!!<\/strong> \ud83d\udca1\ud83d\udca1\ud83d\udca1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" id=\"block-7a5fca99-0e73-4817-87d1-a23eda533b46\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"block-4ab9bc76-3bde-415a-ad75-1d5fb5a03035\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Latest Changes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-84b80f11-91ac-45c0-a1ff-76c036565ea8\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>V 1.7.8 Alpha<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shot properties:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Added an option to preserve the camera name when creating a new shot based on existing camera<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support the import of audio files in the Camera Background feature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Video Sequencer:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Added Time Range controls (first iteration)<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Experimental features:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Added <a href=\"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/?p=1192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">StoryLiner Video Tracks module<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improved <a href=\"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/storyliner\/doc\/experimental\/experimental-features.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">documentation<\/a><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>V 1.7.4 Alpha<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Full <a href=\"#multiline_notes\">multiline text support<\/a> for notes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is now possible to use a <a href=\"#incremental_folder\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#incremental_folder\">new output folder every time a Render All is done<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Render panel now has a <a href=\"#step_rendering\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#step_rendering\">Step setting to avoid rendering every images<\/a>. This offers an easy way to get a &#8220;step&#8221; effect without modifying the content of the scene<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New options to <a href=\"#editboard_formatting\">show or hide some types of information in the edit boards<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Storyboarding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Improved the precision of the brushes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">when a Storyboard frame or a Free Grease Pencil are created in new scenes, you can now use smaller brushes. The drawing precision has been increased by a factor of 10.<br>Scenes that were created with StoryLiner v1.5 and earlier will still have the legacy precision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UI and Tools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"multiline_notes\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Multiline notes are now supported<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note properties on the shots, snapshots and in the Stamp Info panel now support multiline text.<br>Additional notes called Note 1, Note 2 and so are deprecated and are now hidden (unless they have content created in a previous version of StoryLiner). A Preferences setting has been added to display all the hidden note fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To add a new line, press Ctrl + Enter while editing.<br>At the right side of the edit box, a little number is drawn to provide the number of lines (very handy since the text box can be made very thin and the vertical scrollbar is then barely visible). When hovered with the mouse, a tooltip displays the full text.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/feature_notes-multilines.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/feature_notes-multilines-1024x569.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1168\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7996786288162827;width:654px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/feature_notes-multilines-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/feature_notes-multilines-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/feature_notes-multilines-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/feature_notes-multilines.jpg 1377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Small improvements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Added a menu item in Dopesheets and Sequencers to toggle the display of the editor footer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improved tooltips on the Set Scene Start and End buttons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rendering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"incremental_folder\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Automatically create a new output folder when rendering the media of an edit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When doing a Render All action, it is now possible to have all the new media placed in a new output folder. The name of that folder will be based on the date and time of the rendering.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"491\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Render_IncrementFolderName-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1153\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0187250076899415;width:454px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Render_IncrementFolderName-1.jpg 491w, https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Render_IncrementFolderName-1-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"step_rendering\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step in the rendering of the output images<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A &#8220;step factor&#8221; has been introduce to allow a fast &#8220;animatic&#8221; effect to the rendered videos. So only one image upon that step will be rendered. In practice this can save some time, but every missing frames are duplicated to preserve the same amount of frames at the end than when step is 1.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Render_StepFactor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1157\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9554539397977106;width:471px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Render_StepFactor.jpg 493w, https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Render_StepFactor-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"editboard_formatting\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional settings to control the formatting of the edit board<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several properties have been exposed in order to customize the information displayed in an edit board.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Render_EditboardOverallPageSettings.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1161\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8868580878788743;width:454px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Render_EditboardOverallPageSettings.jpg 486w, https:\/\/werwackfx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Render_EditboardOverallPageSettings-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bug fixes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several little changes here and there were required to make the code fit the Blender 5.2 Python API requirements, and bugs found along the way were also addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shot properties: Fixed an issue on the Camera Rename button in order to affect only the selected camera by default<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fixed several compatibility issues with Blender 5.2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In an edit board, indices of the page of shots where wrong by 1 page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This version has a focus on all the small features that could be useful during the workflow or the rendering process, as well as on the use of the sequencer (aka VSE). &#8212; 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