RenderDoc 1.3 Released, plus RenderDoc Survey

<p> <a href=https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/releases/tag/v1.3 rel="external nofollow">RenderDoc 1.3</a> has been released. It includes bug fixes and general improvements to the tool and API. </p> <p> Highlights for this release include: </p> <ul> <li> Support for YUV/YCbCr textures on all APIs that support them natively </li> <li> OpenGL no longer requires extensions for replay - required extensions are emulated. Minimum OpenGL 3.2 or OpenGL ES 3.0. </li> <li> One-click button to load the last run capture session </li> </ul> <p style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=56654629-72da3800-6688-11e9-9d64-f8bc8b4be4ee.png class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" data-fileid=54645 data-mime-type data-original=https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/56654629-72da3800-6688-11e9-9d64-f8bc8b4be4ee.png.8dec64caa9a7722be3d1d18efc95b8ac.png data-unique=son88ufkc decoding=async height=381 loading=lazy referrerpolicy=no-referrer sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 1200px, (min-width: 768px) 768px, (min-width: 300px) 300px, 100vw" src=https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/medium.56654629-72da3800-6688-11e9-9d64-f8bc8b4be4ee.png.8dec64caa9a7722be3d1d18efc95b8ac.webp srcset="https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/thumbnail.56654629-72da3800-6688-11e9-9d64-f8bc8b4be4ee.png.8dec64caa9a7722be3d1d18efc95b8ac.webp 150w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/small.56654629-72da3800-6688-11e9-9d64-f8bc8b4be4ee.png.8dec64caa9a7722be3d1d18efc95b8ac.webp 300w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/medium.56654629-72da3800-6688-11e9-9d64-f8bc8b4be4ee.png.8dec64caa9a7722be3d1d18efc95b8ac.webp 768w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/large.56654629-72da3800-6688-11e9-9d64-f8bc8b4be4ee.png.8dec64caa9a7722be3d1d18efc95b8ac.webp 1200w" style="aspect-ratio: 700/381;" width=700></p> <ul> <li> OpenGL persistent buffer mapping refactored to behave more like Vulkan </li> <li> Vulkan shaders accessing descriptor arrays will have dynamic GPU feedback fetched to determine which indices are used and only display these indices in the pipeline state view and texture viewer thumbnails </li> </ul> <p style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=56654686-91d8ca00-6688-11e9-94ee-8f2be8841369.png class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" data-fileid=54646 data-mime-type data-original=https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/56654686-91d8ca00-6688-11e9-94ee-8f2be8841369.png.935ae36a7f99795be88b244c41f9597f.png data-unique=aulm7inlf decoding=async height=409 loading=lazy referrerpolicy=no-referrer sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 1200px, (min-width: 768px) 768px, (min-width: 300px) 300px, 100vw" src=https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/medium.56654686-91d8ca00-6688-11e9-94ee-8f2be8841369.png.935ae36a7f99795be88b244c41f9597f.webp srcset="https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/thumbnail.56654686-91d8ca00-6688-11e9-94ee-8f2be8841369.png.935ae36a7f99795be88b244c41f9597f.webp 150w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/small.56654686-91d8ca00-6688-11e9-94ee-8f2be8841369.png.935ae36a7f99795be88b244c41f9597f.webp 300w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/medium.56654686-91d8ca00-6688-11e9-94ee-8f2be8841369.png.935ae36a7f99795be88b244c41f9597f.webp 768w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/large.56654686-91d8ca00-6688-11e9-94ee-8f2be8841369.png.935ae36a7f99795be88b244c41f9597f.webp 1200w" style="aspect-ratio: 715/409;" width=715></p> <p> View the full release notes at <a href=https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/releases/tag/v1.3 ipsnoembed=true rel="external nofollow">https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/releases/tag/v1.3</a>. </p> <p> Also with this release, RenderDoc has released the results of their recent survey, which highlights some interesting information about developers' use of graphics debugging tools. 635 respondents answered the survey, which included questions such as which graphics debugger developers prefer, why they like their preferred debugger, and where they heard about RenderDoc. View the survey results at <a href=https://renderdoc.org/survey-2018 ipsnoembed=true rel="external nofollow">https://renderdoc.org/survey-2018</a>. </p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=renderdocwhere.png class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" data-fileid=54647 data-mime-type data-original=https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/renderdocwhere.png.db4c36d8b95b65dda2e12c23031242db.png data-unique=2apzxrcqn decoding=async height=341 loading=lazy referrerpolicy=no-referrer sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 1200px, (min-width: 768px) 768px, (min-width: 300px) 300px, 100vw" src=https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/medium.renderdocwhere.png.db4c36d8b95b65dda2e12c23031242db.webp srcset="https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/thumbnail.renderdocwhere.png.db4c36d8b95b65dda2e12c23031242db.webp 150w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/small.renderdocwhere.png.db4c36d8b95b65dda2e12c23031242db.webp 300w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/medium.renderdocwhere.png.db4c36d8b95b65dda2e12c23031242db.webp 768w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2019_04/large.renderdocwhere.png.db4c36d8b95b65dda2e12c23031242db.webp 1200w" style="aspect-ratio: 803/341;" width=803></p>