Bump version to 2.5.0-alpha

scripts/flatpak/com.orcaslicer.OrcaSlicer.metainfo.xml

@@ -45,10 +45,28 @@
         <color type="primary" scheme_preference="dark">#00695C</color>
     </branding>
     <releases>
-        <release version="2.5.0-dev" date="2026-06-22" type="development">
-            <url type="details">https://github.com/OrcaSlicer/OrcaSlicer/releases/tag/nightly-builds</url>
+        <release version="2.5.0-alpha" date="2026-10-14" type="development">
+            <url type="details">https://www.orcaslicer.com/wiki/releases/release_2_5_0_alpha</url>
             <description>
-                <p>See the release page for detailed changelog.</p>
+                <p>See the release page for detailed changelog of OrcaSlicer 2.5.0-alpha release.</p>
+            </description>
+        </release>
+        <release version="2.4.2" date="2026-07-26">
+            <url type="details">https://www.orcaslicer.com/wiki/releases/release_2_4_2</url>
+            <description>
+                <p>See the release page for detailed changelog of OrcaSlicer 2.4.2 release.</p>
+            </description>
+        </release>
+        <release version="2.4.1" date="2026-06-26">
+            <url type="details">https://www.orcaslicer.com/wiki/releases/release_2_4_1</url>
+            <description>
+                <p>See the release page for detailed changelog of OrcaSlicer 2.4.1 release.</p>
+            </description>
+        </release>
+        <release version="2.4.0" date="2026-06-20">
+            <url type="details">https://www.orcaslicer.com/wiki/releases/release_2_4_0</url>
+            <description>
+                <p>See the release page for detailed changelog of OrcaSlicer 2.4.0 release.</p>
             </description>
         </release>
         <release version="2.3.2" date="2025-03-23">

src/libslic3r/PNGReadWrite.cpp

@@ -211,35 +211,6 @@ bool decode_colored_png(const ReadBuf &in_buf, ImageColorscale &out_img)
     return decode_colored_png(stream, out_img);
 }
 
-bool is_decodable_8bit_png(const ReadBuf &pngbuf)
-{
-    static const constexpr int PNG_SIG_BYTES = 8;
-
-    struct ReadBufStream stream{pngbuf};
-    std::vector<png_byte> sig(PNG_SIG_BYTES, 0);
-    stream.read(sig.data(), PNG_SIG_BYTES);
-    if (!png_check_sig(sig.data(), PNG_SIG_BYTES))
-        return false;
-
-    PNGDescr dsc;
-    dsc.png = png_create_read_struct(PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
-    if (!dsc.png)
-        return false;
-    dsc.info = png_create_info_struct(dsc.png);
-    if (!dsc.info)
-        return false;
-
-    if (!png_read_header_guarded(dsc.png, dsc.info, &stream, PNG_SIG_BYTES))
-        return false;
-
-    const size_t color_type = png_get_color_type(dsc.png, dsc.info);
-    const size_t bit_depth  = png_get_bit_depth(dsc.png, dsc.info);
-    const bool   grey       = color_type == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_GRAY;
-    const bool   colour     = color_type == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_RGB || color_type == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_RGB_ALPHA;
-    return png_get_image_width(dsc.png, dsc.info) > 0 && png_get_image_height(dsc.png, dsc.info) > 0 &&
-           bit_depth == 8 && (grey || colour);
-}
-
 
 // Down to earth function to store a packed RGB image to file. Mostly useful for debugging purposes.
 // Based on https://www.lemoda.net/c/write-png/

src/libslic3r/PNGReadWrite.hpp

@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ struct ReadBuf { const void *buf = nullptr; const size_t sz = 0; };
 
 bool is_png(const ReadBuf &pngbuf);
 
-// True if decode_png() or decode_colored_png() would accept these bytes, judged from the header alone.
-bool is_decodable_8bit_png(const ReadBuf &pngbuf);
-
 struct ReadBufStream: public IStream {
     const ReadBuf &rbuf_ref;
     size_t pos = 0;

src/slic3r/GUI/Gizmos/GLGizmoTextureDisplacement.cpp

@@ -174,10 +174,6 @@ constexpr int HEIGHT_TEX_MAX_PX = 2048;
 // The full-size image is only ever adjusted once, on commit.
 constexpr int ADJUST_PREVIEW_MAX_PX = 384;
 
-// Library textures the texture picker decodes per frame. Each decode runs on the GUI thread, so the
-// rest of the visible tiles fill in over the following frames instead of in one stall.
-constexpr int PICKER_LOADS_PER_FRAME = 2;
-
 // How many rings of vertex-adjacent triangles either side of the paint's edge join the border refine
 // band (see collect_paint_region()). Two is enough to grade the size change without the band's own
 // cost growing to matter: it is a ring around a perimeter, not an area.
@@ -4335,8 +4331,6 @@ void GLGizmoTextureDisplacement::render_texture_library_popup(const ImVec2 &pane
     std::optional<TextureLibraryEntry> to_remove;
     bool                               import_clicked = false;
     bool                               download_clicked = false;
-    int                                loads_left       = PICKER_LOADS_PER_FRAME;
-    bool                               loads_deferred   = false;
 
     // Tiles are placed on the four-column grid explicitly rather than flowed with SameLine(): a user tile
     // overlays a remove button on its corner, and that button would otherwise be "the previous item" the
@@ -4354,30 +4348,11 @@ void GLGizmoTextureDisplacement::render_texture_library_popup(const ImVec2 &pane
     };
     // One section's tiles, in the order the section holds them (shipped alphabetically, pack textures by
     // name, the user's own most recently used first - the order texture_library() produced); a user tile
-    // carries a remove button on hover. Returns how many tiles it laid out, drawn or not.
+    // carries a remove button on hover. Returns how many it drew.
     const auto grid = [&](const ImVec2 &origin, const std::vector<const TextureLibraryEntry *> &entries, bool removable) {
         int n = 0;
         for (const TextureLibraryEntry *entry : entries) {
-            const ImVec2 rect_min = tile_pos(origin, n++);
-            const ImVec2 rect_max = ImVec2(rect_min.x + tile, rect_min.y + tile);
-            const bool   current  = entry->path == layer->path;
-            // The selected tile is centred even when it is off screen, so it is drawn and loaded next frame.
-            if (current && m_picker_reveal_selected) {
-                ImGui::SetScrollFromPosY(0.5f * (rect_min.y + rect_max.y) - ImGui::GetWindowPos().y, 0.5f);
-                m_parent.set_as_dirty();
-            }
-            if (!ImGui::IsRectVisible(rect_min, rect_max))
-                continue;
-            // Thumbnails decode on this thread, so only a few per frame; the rest fill in on later frames.
-            const bool cached = m_library_textures.count(entry->path) != 0;
-            if (!cached && loads_left == 0) {
-                loads_deferred = true;
-                dl->AddRectFilled(rect_min, rect_max, ImGui::GetColorU32(ImGuiCol_FrameBg), style.FrameRounding);
-                continue;
-            }
-            if (!cached)
-                --loads_left;
-            ImGui::SetCursorScreenPos(rect_min);
+            ImGui::SetCursorScreenPos(tile_pos(origin, n++));
             ImGui::PushID(entry->path.c_str());
             const LibraryTexture *tex     = get_library_texture(entry->path);
             GLTexture            *thumb   = tex != nullptr ? tex->thumbnail.get() : nullptr;
@@ -4400,6 +4375,7 @@ void GLGizmoTextureDisplacement::render_texture_library_popup(const ImVec2 &pane
             if (removable)
                 ImGui::SetItemAllowOverlap(); // the remove button drawn over its corner takes its own clicks
             const ImVec2 a       = ImGui::GetItemRectMin(), b = ImGui::GetItemRectMax();
+            const bool   current = entry->path == layer->path;
             const bool   hovered = ImGui::IsItemHovered();
             // The layer's current texture carries an accent ring, and the tile under the pointer a thinner,
             // fainter one. Both are drawn inside the tile, where the grid's clip rect never cuts them.
@@ -4408,6 +4384,9 @@ void GLGizmoTextureDisplacement::render_texture_library_popup(const ImVec2 &pane
                 dl->AddRect(ImVec2(a.x + 0.5f * w, a.y + 0.5f * w), ImVec2(b.x - 0.5f * w, b.y - 0.5f * w),
                             ImGui::GetColorU32(current ? orca : ImVec4(orca.x, orca.y, orca.z, 0.6f)), 0.f, 0, w);
             }
+            // Centred, as far as the scroll range allows, so the textures around it are in view too.
+            if (current && m_picker_reveal_selected)
+                ImGui::SetScrollFromPosY(0.5f * (a.y + b.y) - ImGui::GetWindowPos().y, 0.5f);
             if (hovered)
                 panel_tooltip(entry->name);
 
@@ -4596,8 +4575,6 @@ void GLGizmoTextureDisplacement::render_texture_library_popup(const ImVec2 &pane
         ImGui::TextDisabled("%s", _u8L("PNG, JPG or BMP - converted to a height map on import. Hover one of yours to remove it.").c_str());
         ImGui::PopTextWrapPos();
     }
-    if (loads_deferred)
-        m_parent.set_as_dirty();
     // Done whether or not the current texture was drawn: one in a collapsed section stays where it is.
     m_picker_reveal_selected = false;
     ImGui::EndChild();

src/slic3r/GUI/TextureLibrary.cpp

@@ -223,11 +223,23 @@ std::vector<unsigned char> read_file_bytes(const std::string &path)
     return std::vector<unsigned char>(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(ifs), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
 }
 
-// True if decode_height_texture() can read these bytes, so they can be stored on a layer as-is.
-// Anything else is converted on load.
+// True if these bytes are a PNG libslic3r can decode, i.e. can be stored on a layer as-is. Mirrors
+// exactly what decode_height_texture() accepts: 8-bit grayscale, or 8-bit colour (whose luminance is
+// the height and whose RGB is available to colour the model). Anything else is converted on load.
 bool is_supported_height_map(const std::vector<unsigned char> &bytes)
 {
-    return !bytes.empty() && png::is_decodable_8bit_png(png::ReadBuf{ bytes.data(), bytes.size() });
+    if (bytes.empty())
+        return false;
+    const png::ReadBuf rbuf{ bytes.data(), bytes.size() };
+    if (!png::is_png(rbuf))
+        return false;
+    png::ImageGreyscale gray;
+    if (png::decode_png(rbuf, gray) && gray.cols > 0 && gray.rows > 0)
+        return true;
+    png::ImageColorscale color;
+    return png::decode_colored_png(rbuf, color) && color.cols > 0 && color.rows > 0 &&
+           color.bytes_per_pixel >= 3 &&
+           color.buf.size() == color.cols * color.rows * size_t(color.bytes_per_pixel);
 }
 
 std::vector<TextureLibraryEntry> g_library;

version.inc

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set(SLIC3R_APP_KEY "OrcaSlicer")
 if(NOT DEFINED BBL_INTERNAL_TESTING)
 set(BBL_INTERNAL_TESTING "0")
 endif()
-set(SoftFever_VERSION "2.5.0-dev")
+set(SoftFever_VERSION "2.5.0-alpha")
 string(REGEX MATCH "^([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)"
        SoftFever_VERSION_MATCH ${SoftFever_VERSION})
 set(ORCA_VERSION_MAJOR ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})