v4.0.0-preview.1

4.0.0-preview.1 (2020-04-10)

Bug Fixes

• adjusting the brightness of the shiny shader (29b4dad)
• the effect is kept even if the component is disabled (UIFlip, UIGradient) (6124214)

Features

• add asmdef files (24710fc)
• new effect that synchronize with another effect (7a2a97c), closes #159 #158 #143
• transfer TextMeshPro support to another package (be90210)
• transfer UIEffectCapturedImage support to another package (c2a2320)
• update docs to support Unity Package Manager (bdc891a), closes #141
• update the effect architecture (4c08c8c), closes #202 #198 #195 #189 #173 #104
• update the structure of shaders (db06e68)
• updated the Unity version used for development to 2018.3 (c5f22c1), closes #169

BREAKING CHANGES

• Scenes, prefabs and scripts using UIEffect v3.x may not work properly.
• The recommended Unity version is 2018.1 or later; it will work with Unity 2017.1, but it is not guaranteed to be supported.
• UIEffectCapturedImage will be supported by another package.
• TextMeshPro support has been removed from this package. It will be supported by another package.

v3.2.0

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Breaking changes:

• UICapturedImage: Immediate capturing option is removed as it does not work on many platforms #161

Implemented enhancements:

• Add demo for Unity 2018+ and TMPro 1.2+ #166

Fixed bugs:

• UIDissolve's "Reverse Play" option works only in OnEnable #183
• CanvasGroup.alpha does not affect #180
• UIShiny effect remain on screen after calling Stop() #165
• Material caching is not working properly #163
• Add a null check to TMPro sprite asset material checking #176 (Oskiii)

v3.1.0

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v3.0.4

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Implemented enhancements:

• add initial play animation delay option to UIShiny #147 (antpaw)

Fixed bugs:

• UIEffectCapturedImage.effectColor does not work as expected #148
• fix warnings #146 (antpaw)

v3.0.3

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Fixed bugs:

• UIHsvModifier works only on gamma-space #145

v3.0.2

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Fixed bugs:

• UIEffect & UIHsvModifier & UITransitionEffect Strange action #144

v3.0.1

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Fixed bugs:

• Compile error in 2018.3 #139

v3.0.0

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New architecture: easier, faster and more beautiful.

• Simple & easy-to-use
• 20% faster
• High precision parameter

Immediate capturing (UIEffectCapturedImage option)

• Capture the previous frame immediately without any camera.
• You no longer have to wait one frame to capture!
• NOTE: LWRP, WebGL and Unity 5.x for iOS/Mac are not supported.

Advanced blur (UIEffect option)

• Remove common artifacts in the blur effect for uGUI.
  
• It is effective for small padding size atlases, including dynamic fonts!

Breaking changes:

• Remove 'additional shadow' in UIShadow component #110
• Remove 'custom effect' feature in UIEffect component #98
• Remove 'shadow effect' feature in UIEffect component #97
• Remove 'hue effect' in UIEffect component #91
• Remove 'cutoff' and 'mono' effect in UIEffect component #78
• UIEffectCapturedImage: Remove 'TargetTexture' feature #136
• Change: Change ToneMode to EffectMode #61
• UIShiny: change parameter name highlight to gloss #93

Implemented enhancements:

• New architecture: Shared texture for effect parameter #63
• Improve blurring for atlas #95
• Use Canvas.willRenderCanvases event instead of Update method #87
• UITransitionEffect: "Pass ray on hidden" option #135
• Add component menu in editor #133
• UITransitionEffect: Add Show/Hide method #132
• UIEffectCapturedImage: Immediate capturing #130
• Add tooltip #92

v2.8.3

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Fixed bugs:

• UIEffectCapturedImage: Black screen with Unity 2018.1+ editor on Windows #131

v2.8.2

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Fixed bugs:

• UICapturedEffectImage does not work with 'ScreenSpace - Overlay' in edit mode #128
• The UIEffectCapturedImage is upside down with 'ScreenSpace - Overlay' mode #127
• When "UI-Effect.mat" is created automatically, Unity hangs up. #126
• UICapturedEffectImage does not work with Lightweight Render Pipeline LWRP #125