- Implemented `cutout_depth_surface.py` for face separation and connected thickness calculations for depth surface assets.
- Created `cutout_depth_surface_layout.py` to arrange nodes for staggered calculation branches in depth surface processing.
- Authored `geometry_layouts.py` to define layouts for various geometry assets, including image cutouts and depth planes.
- Introduced `node_layout.py` for shared presentation rules, facilitating node arrangement and validation in geometry-node layouts.
- Introduced a new design for selection rasterization that decouples the selection geometry from the image content, ensuring that the SelectionMask is independent of the source image's alpha and color.
- Updated the `rasterize_selection_path` function to only accept selection paths and image dimensions, removing parameters related to source alpha and alpha thresholds.
- Implemented a new approach for handling selection paths using non-zero winding fill, ensuring overlapping areas are preserved.
- Enhanced performance by utilizing a scanline algorithm for rasterization, significantly reducing processing time for high-resolution images.
- Updated internal documentation and added comprehensive tests to validate the new behavior and performance improvements.
- Ensured backward compatibility by maintaining existing interfaces where necessary while introducing breaking changes in the selection processing logic.
- Implemented `build_mesh_plane.py` to create a geometry node group for mesh planes with customizable parameters.
- Created `build_shadeless.py` for a shader node group that displays color without scene lighting while preserving shadows and reflections.
- Added `validate.py` to validate the integrity of the newly created node groups and their inputs.
- Introduced `validate_cutout.py` to ensure the functionality of cutout node groups and their dependencies.
- Developed `validate_mesh_plane.py` to test the mesh plane creation and its modifier settings.
