ImagePaste 1.8.2 for Blender 4.2

Maintenance note

ImagePaste is no longer actively maintained.

For Blender 4.2 and newer, use Pasty instead: https://github.com/thanhph111/blender-pasty

New bug reports, feature requests, and compatibility work should go to the Pasty issue tracker: https://github.com/thanhph111/blender-pasty/issues

This release remains available as the last ImagePaste compatibility release for Blender 4.2-era users.

Original notes

• Updated to work with Blender 4.2 on Windows 10 (#56 by @williamchange)

ImagePaste 1.8.2

• Add pasteboard module for python 3.11 (#53 by @williamchange)

ImagePaste 1.9.0 early release

This is an early release and the code is yet to be properly tested and refactored.

• Early bulid from the win32-windows-clipboard branch
• Re-did windows clipboard support ditching shell scripts and using clipette.

Update - early release 2

• fixed major bug where program would exit without properly closing the clipboard, sometimes breaking it for any further use.

ImagePaste 1.8.1

Fix

• Now works with both PNG and DIB formats on Windows (#33 by @teetow).
• Broken for Blender 3.1 on Intel Macs (#30 by @williamchange).

ImagePaste 1.8.0

• Now works with transparent images without losing alpha data while pasting or copying. Alpha copying only supported as PNG (not DIB) #22

• Update 2022-01-13: Added separate M1 build for Mac users who are using blender built for Apple Silicon architecture. (By @williamchange)

• Update 2022-05-21: Updated both builds to work with blender 3.1 on Macs (By @williamchange)

• Update 2022-05-23: M1 Macs don't need a separate build anymore. 'Universal' build available (By @williamchange)

ImagePaste 1.7.1

Fix

• Pasting unicode filepaths or filenames such as 👉👈.jpg and 测试图像.png should never be a problem on Windows, thanks to @atticus-lv (#21).

ImagePaste 1.7.0

Features

Customize filename

#18 by @thanhph111

Now you can customize the filename of the pasted images in the add-on preferences.

Here are some predefined variables to help you:

Variable	Description	Example
${addonName}	Name of the add-on	ImagePaste
${yearLong}	Year with the century	2021, 2022, …
${yearShort}	Year without the century	21, 22, …
${monthNumber}	Month as a zero-padded decimal number	01, 02, …, 12
${monthNameLong}	Full month name	January, February, …, December
${monthNameShort}	Abbreviated month name	Jan, Feb, …, Dec
${day}	Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal number	01, 02, …, 31
${weekdayNumber}	Weekday as a decimal number	0, 1, …, 6
${weekdayNameLong}	Full weekday name	Sunday, Monday, …, Saturday
${weekdayNameShort}	Abbreviated weekday name	Sun, Mon, …, Sat
${hour24}	Hour (24-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number	00, 01, …, 23
${hour12}	Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number	01, 02, …, 12
${minute}	Minute as a zero-padded decimal number	00, 01, …, 59
${second}	Second as a zero-padded decimal number	00, 01, …, 59
${index}	Order of the image	1, 2, …
${index:N}	N-digits image order number with zero padding	${index:2} gives 01, 02, …

If your filenames are not valid, the field will warn by turning red and the new image name will fall back to default name ${addonName}-${yearShort}${monthNumber}${day}-${hour24}${minute}${second}:

Move images when saving

#17 by @thanhph111

You don't have to worry about saving the .blend file in the right place before pasting any image anymore. You can paste them anytime from anywhere you want. Once the file is saved, these images are automatically moved (actually copied) to your place. There are three options for you to choose the type of images you want to move:

• Pasted images: Only images that were pasted using the add-on.
• All images: Images existing in the .blend file.
• No moving: Don't do anything when saving the file.

Automatically remove redundant subdirectory

By @thanhph111

The folder in your .blend file will be removed automatically when you quit Blender if it's empty.

Change

Copying images in the Image Editor won't save it to your folder anymore.

ImagePaste 1.6.1

Fix

• Fix the logic of getting the save directory (2cac4d6 by @thanhph111).

ImagePaste 1.6.0

Features

• Now you can paste your image to the Video Sequence Editor as an image strip by Ctrl+Shift+Alt+V or from Context Menu|Paste from Clipboard, thanks to @tin2tin (#16).
  
• Redesigned preferences UI with an option to change the name of the default folder and another option to force the add-on to use a different folder for your temporary images (#14, 2a99d8c by @thanhph111).
  

Changes

• The add-on now stores the pasted images in a temporary folder by default, they will be deleted after Blender is closed, but from the time you save your session, they will be saved under the ImagePaste folder (that you can change its name) in the same directory as the .blend file (#14 by @thanhph111).
• All operators now only run if they are exactly in their context so you never have to worry about annoying errors when running an operator in a wrong editor (c4aecdb by @thanhph111).
• We also want to thank @williamchange for helping us to implement new code architecture on macOS (#15).

Fix

• Fix an issue make Linux clipboard cannot copy an JPG image (or other types except PNG) (dd9c494 by @thanhph111).

ImagePaste 1.5.1

Fix

• Fix the crash occurred when undoing after inserting an image (#13 by @thanhph111).
• Fix bug where image was saved into the default directory instead of with the .blend file (not tracked by commits).

Known issue

The add-on still cannot handle efficiently transparent images (#12).