The 1.3.0 Release primarily expands on the batch processing capabilities as well as offering some nice quality of life improvements. Stability across different platforms should also be much better now.

To get started, download the binaries for your system and place your DCC’s Preferences.json file under ImageStacker/Preferences

New Features:

• Added new batch files option to batch process individual files rather than folders
• Add toggle to combine all batched stacks into a single files (creating separate folder trees for each stack)
• Show installed version both in CLI and GUI
• CLI: Add progress tracking to the logs expressed as percentage
• Add better support for unknown channel structures (such as “x” “y” “z” written by Clarisse).
• Added support for finding files based on match prefixes. I.e. if we have VrayExtraTex_,  VrayExtraTex_Map #2138385882 will now match

Bugfixes:

• Fix locale related issues on windows server 2019
• Reject invalid cryptomatte manifests and fall back to safe cryptomatte loading when encountered
• GUI: Fix visual issue when multiple root-level folders were present in the layer setup tab

Planned:

• Greatly reduce memory usage during processing (by ~4-10x)
• Add support for macOS

Changed behaviour:

• The file write picker now defaults to writing PSB files instead of PSD
• When successfully writing a file we emit a log message

The 1.2.0 release brings support for offline licensing as well as a new option to configure alpha handling to specify how they are written out to disk!

To get started, download the binaries for your system and place your DCC’s Preferences.json file under ImageStacker/Preferences

Please check out the documentation to learn more about the new features: Offline Licensing & Alpha Handling

New Features:

• Offline Licensing You can now activate your ImageStacker for offline usage for 30 days at a time!
• Alpha Handling The ImageStacker now comes with additional configuration options on how alpha channels are to be stored in the file

Performance:

• Startup times Launching the GUI is now significantly faster.

Bugfixes:

• Config Authoring When removing, renaming or modifying aovs in the ‘AOV Tab’ those changes now get reflected in the ‘Layer Tab’ directly
• Preferences Open on Launch Previously when preferences were open on close on reopen these would not populate properly without a reload of that window

The 1.1.0 release brings improvements to Cryptomatte loading for more consistent performance and introduces better support for precomp workflows, giving you enhanced control and efficiency.

⚠️ Important:
Configurations from previous versions are no longer compatible with v1.1.0. Please use one of the new provided configs.

To get started, download the binaries for your system and place your DCC’s Preferences.json file under ImageStacker/Preferences

New Features:

• Custom Layer Naming: Define how layer names are generated for a more organized workflow.
• Editable Layer Names: Now you can edit layer names directly within the loaded stack.
• Preserved AOV Layer Order: Layer order set in the Layer preferences tab is now maintained, improving precomp folder support.
• Visibility Overrides: Control visibility per layer, both in preferences and within the loaded stack.
• Custom Blend Modes: Apply blend modes individually to AOVs or groups for greater flexibility.
• Performance Enhancements: Faster Photoshop write speeds and improved preview generation.

Bugfixes:

• 32-bit ICC Profile Fix: Resolved an issue where 32-bit files were missing ICC profiles.
• Cryptomatte Detection Fix: Fixed a bug where Cryptomattes were detected but not defined, preventing file write errors.
• Cryptomatte Chunking: Splits up large Cryptomattes into chunks to avoid out of memory errors