► Latest: 2023.2.2
build 25803 / 2023-AUG-21
COMMON LIBRARY ADDITIONS
- VirtualCam: added options to MONITOR panel to hide cross, and to keep image in its original size when in Cropped mode.
DE SOFTWARE ADDITIONS
- Allowed installing Unreal plugins that have no source code available. However, these will only work with Live Sync, and cannot be used in Cooked mode.
SOFTWARE ADDITIONS
- NDI SDK upgraded to v5.6.
- Added option to use GPU when decoding H.264 and H.265 video files or input streams. It can be set in Preferences / Video Input. Please note that this only affects playing back / inputting, encoding is always done in GPU for these formats. Also please note that this is only advantageous in certain cases. The default is still CPU.
- Replaced recording format H.264 / AVI with H.264 / MOV, the former being prone to issues.
- Added Doc Changed option to Set XXX Pin modules to enable marking document as changed when the target pin is set. Note that this only affects triggered set, and not Autoset.
DE SOFTWARE FIXES
- Fixed compositing errors due to recent changes in Unreal Engine 5.2.
- Fixed progressively worsening performance due to a memory leak in Unreal Engine.
SOFTWARE FIXES
- Fixed various NDI issues.
- Fixed that NDI, SRT, and RTMP devices incorrectly allowed specifying odd dimensions for custom size, which also resulted in a crash in the case of NDI.
- Fixed framerate dropping issues when Sync was put on a monitor output.
- Fixed increased CPU load when recording video even if a GPU-based encoder (H.264/265) was selected.
- Fixed that when a remote Renderer crashed, it could not be restarted/repaired from the controller machine until the error message box was closed manually on the remote machine.
- Fixed that when a remote Renderer crashed, Aximmetry could not be closed on the controller machine until the error message box was closed manually on the remote machine.
- Fixed that the controller machine was not notified when an Unreal Engine crash occurred on a remote Renderer.
- Fixed that on Startup Configuration / Rendering a remote Renderer was indicated as "Rendering" even if it was in a lost or crashed state. Now it is displayed as "Lost". (The machine can be reused without any problem, the crashed Renderer will be wiped out upon starting Aximmetry.)
- Fixed that Studio and Professional editions did not allow selecting a monitor as a fullscreen output if it was connected to a GPU other than the selected one. E.g. this could prevent using laptops' main monitor as output in some cases.
- Fixed that in rare cases a monitor frequency was determined incorrectly.
- Fixed that Startup Configuration displayed NTSC-based monitor frequencies imprecisely.
- Fixed that setting rendering framerate to much higher than the monitor frequency caused dropping of the framerate.
- Fixed crash of Audio Out module when Device is set to an unassigned Mapped# one.
- Fixed that selecting a non-English language also resulted in translating the name of the "Root" module of every compound, which caused confusion when specifying a module path in an HTTP command.
- Fixed crash when a zero-sized center panel is being dragged out from a floating window.
- Fixed that Auto Set and Force pins of Set XXX Pin modules had no effect until one of them was changed.
► 2023.2.1
build 25619 / 2023-JUL-22
Please note that this release does not include a new version of Unreal Engine for Aximmetry, thus you do not have to re-install it if you have the 2023.2.0 one installed.
SOFTWARE FIXES
- Fixed that Antilatency and OpenVR tracking devices did not receive any input if no main video input device was active.
- Fixed that Blackmagic output devices kept reporting missed frames when certain framerates were used. This issue could also affect performance in some cases.
► 2023.2.0
build 25510 / 2023-JUL-17
UNREAL CHANGES
- Aximmetry DE upgraded to Unreal Engine version 5.2.1. We strongly recommend uninstalling the previous version of Aximmetry DE and Unreal Engine for Aximmetry manually before installing the new ones.
TRANSLATIONS
- Added Portuguese (Brazil) translation that covers the studio operator usage of Aximmetry.
- Added translations to engine log messages as well.
CALIBRATOR ADDITIONS
- Added support for calibrating PTZ cameras.
- Lens calibration became more accurate in general.
COMMON LIBRARY REARRANGEMENT
- Camera compounds now have much more simplified and easy-to-find names. Also, they are put in a separate folder [Common_Studio]:Camera. IMPORTANT: your earlier scenes can be loaded without any problem: the import paths and the compound names will be replaced automatically. You have nothing to do.
- On CAMERA X PATH panels the misleading Speed Path X properties are renamed to Path X Duration. NOTE that your earlier scenes will be loaded in a compatible way.
COMMON LIBRARY DE ADDITIONS
- ARCam: added 4-camera version.
- All Cams: added HDR panel to control boards. When it is activated, Unreal gives an HDR output, and the tone mapping is done in Aximmetry. This allows using the new HDR-specific tone mapping functionality of Aximmetry.
- Added Unreal_Transformation.xcomp, a helper tool to convert an Unreal transformation into an Aximmetry one.
COMMON LIBRARY ADDITIONS
- TrackedCam: added 3D cleanplate feature to allow improved keying for tracked cameras.
- TrackedCam, ARCam, LEDWallCam: added automatic Tracking and Zoom Delay detection.
- LEDWallCam: added automatic LED wall position detection.
- LEDWallCam: added tools for easy slicing up of LED walls in cases when a large contiguous LED surface has to be driven by multiple machines.
- LEDWallCam: added LEDWallCam_8-Cam_9-Wall.xcomp for large-scale LED wall setups. Note that it needs a matching camera blueprint in Unreal or a matching render compound in the Aximmetry engine.
- LEDWallCam: added Reset Free Cam button to STUDIO panel to allow putting back the overview camera to its original position.
- LEDWallCam: added Floor Size property to STUDIO panel to allow accommodating to large-scale LED wall setups. Also, the floor texture is now visually marked at every 10 meters.
- LEDWallCam: Studio view now displays every enabled camera. The currently selected camera is marked with a red indicator on the camera's model.
- LEDWallCam: added marker for Fill's Fixed Position in the Studio view.
- LEDWallCam: added Show Cam Height property to STUDIO panel to make it easier to compare camera positions of the real world and the virtual world.
- LEDWallCam: added Preview Mode property to STUDIO panel with two new views: the LED wall models can be displayed with a checker pattern that also highlights the frustum area for the active camera, and with the final rendered image.
- LEDWallCam: added percentage meter for LUT measurement status.
- Record_3-Audio: added recording of camera focus distance as well when exporting tracking data into FBX. Also added Focus Distance Scale to the TRACKING panel that has to be set manually, because different target third-party applications interpret focus distance differently.
COMMON LIBRARY DE FIXES
- ARCam: fixed possible visual artifacts when additive content was contained by the Unreal output.
- Aximmetry_TrackedCam_AR: fixed that AR objects (including reflection and shadow catchers) in dynamically loaded sublevels were not rendered.
- Aximmetry_TrackedCam_AR: fixed that shadows froze in Live Sync mode when all shadow catchers were removed from the scene by unloading a sublevel.
- Aximmetry_TrackedCam_AR: fixed stuttering of particle effects.
- Aximmetry_TrackedCam_AR: fixed progressively worsening performance in certain scenes.
- Aximmetry_TrackedCam_AR: fixed that Nanite meshes caused shadow rendering errors.
- TrackedCam and ARCam: fixed incorrect handling of the case of an anamorphic camera.
- Fixed that Nanite meshes in front of the billboard caused compositing errors when Allow Virtuals was OFF or Light Wrap was enabled.
- Aximmetry_TrackedCam_AR: fixed that some post-process effects and color corrections were not applied and the output wasn't scaled to the intended brightness levels.
- Aximmetry_TrackedCam_3-Bill, Aximmetry_VirtualCam_3-Bill: fixed that Inverse Tonemap caused compositing errors. (Certain colors with low alpha values looked too opaque, especially if the background was dark.)
- Aximmetry_TrackedCam_3-Bill, Aximmetry_VirtualCam_3-Bill: implemented alpha correction that can be used to make the billboard less transparent in front of bright backgrounds.
- Aximmetry_TrackedCam_3-Bill, Aximmetry_VirtualCam_3-Bill: fixed that the billboard unrealistically contributed to global illumination. When Lumen or Standalone Ray Traced reflections are used, the GI contribution scales with the reflection intensity, so it cannot be completely removed without breaking the reflection. The "Ray Traced Reflection Intensity" parameter can be used to dial down the GI contribution to an acceptable level without making the reflection completely black.
- Aximmetry_TrackedCam_3-Bill, Aximmetry_VirtualCam_3-Bill: fixed that Exposure correction was not applied to Screen Space reflections.
COMMON LIBRARY FIXES
- LEDWallCam: fixed that the Radius property of LED Walls was in fact treated as diameter. Also, the property has been renamed to Curve Radius. Note that all your existing LED scenes will be loaded correctly by recalculating the property.
- TrackedCam: fixed that if an INPUT was selected as Timecode Master and was in PLAYBACK mode, it may have happened that the timecode still came from the live input, not from the played back sequence.
- TrackedCam: fixed that STUDIO Base Cam Transf incorrectly affected the billboard position when talent tracking was used. This behavior is only relevant when Talent Trk Area is used (e.g. with Augmenta system). In order to fix that a separate Use Talent Trk Area switch is added to the STUDIO panel which has to be turned on when this kind of talent tracking is used.
- Fixed that vignette was exported in the wrong color space when the linear pipeline was used.
- Fixed that in a scene containing more than 9 control boards, only the first 9 appeared in the Navigation menu.
INSTALLER FIXES
- Fixed that Aximmetry installation aborted with an error if the Projects folder was previously set to a network or removable path that had become inaccessible since. Note that trying to reach an inaccessible network path can cause a long pause at the beginning of the installation.
DE SOFTWARE ADDITIONS
- Improved performance when using Unreal Engine in cooked mode.
SOFTWARE ADDITIONS
- Completely revamped input and output timing system, providing stronger protection against frame drops and audio issues.
- Added support of Racelogic VIPS tracking protocol.
- Added support for Spidercam cable camera tracking protocol.
- Added support for 10-bit and HDR on monitors and LED walls.
- Added support for 10-bit and different color spaces, including HDR ones, on SDI output devices. They can be selected in the new Color space option in the Mode settings of the device. Also added a Keep option to allow using a custom LUT for output encoding.
- Simplified using of Color Space / Gamma Curve property pairs. Color Space now lists all the meaningful combinations of color gamuts and gamma curves, while Gamma Curve only specifies whether the corresponding gamma or a linear space should be used.
- When using the Keep Color Space option the Color Space property still has a meaning: it can determine the conversion function between YCbCr and RGB (when applicable).
- Removed needless Out Color Space / Out Gamma Curve properties from Video Input / Video Player modules.
- Removed needless In Color Space / In Gamma Curve properties from the Video Recorder module.
- Added Keep Color Space property to the Video Recorder module to allow using a custom LUT for output encoding.
- Blackmagic SDK upgraded to v12.5.1.
- Bluefish444 SDK upgraded to v6.5.2.5. IMPORTANT: Please update the Bluefish444 driver to v6.5.2.5 in order to use your Bluefish444 boards with this version of Aximmetry.
- Deltacast SDK upgraded to v6.21. IMPORTANT: you have to update the Deltacast driver to v6.21 in order to use your Deltacast board with this version of Aximmetry.
- Added support of dials on Elgato Stream Deck +. IMPORTANT: the feature is only accessible when using Stream Deck software v6.1+ and Aximmetry Integration plugin v2.0.
- Added support for controlling PTZ cameras via VISCA protocol.
- Added a better interpolation of lens parameters of the calibration profile when zooming.
- Added Skip GPU option to Video Device Out module. It allows direct sending of an incoming video frame to the output device without having to wait for it to go through the GPU rendering pipeline. Note that Video Device Out has to be either directly connected to a Video Input or Video Player module, or only wired through Copy Video, If Video, Switch Video modules. Also, the incoming video frame must match the output device in terms of frame size and pixel format.
- Removed special behavior of Sync in the case of PC monitor outputs. Now Sync always sets the system rendering framerate equal to the monitor frequency.
- When using Sync on a video output, Preferences / Rendering / Frame rate always shows the actual value, and cannot be edited.
- Added option of using dynamic values in Playlist when setting a pin value or a button state. See info.
- Allowed setting transformation pin values in Playlist.
- Added Time To Timecode and Timecode To Time modules. The former can be used in conjunction e.g. with a Timer or a Sequencer module to generate a custom timecode.
- Added Timecode Master option to Time To Timecode, Index To Timecode, and Text To Timecode modules to allow setting a custom timecode as the system master one (which is automatically transmitted through all SDI outputs).
- Video Recorder module only shows encoding parameters that are relevant to the currently selected Video Format.
- Added Focus Distance and Focus Distance Scale pins to the Tracking Recorder module to allow recording the camera focus distance as well.
- Added error message when more than one module is selected as Timecode Master.
- Added a red indicator line to peekers that appear when the source module is inactive (only executed because it's being peeked).
- Compound files can be opened by dragging and dropping them to the central empty area of Flow Editor when no compound is currently open. If any compound is already open, the files have to be dropped on the header band of the Composer window, as before.
- Aximmetry Renderer: added options to display Preview 1-3 windows. These will display the corresponding local result of the channels that were selected on the Preview panels 1-3 in Composer on the central machine.
- Scalar To Text, Vector To Text, Format Scalars and Format Vector modules accept integer format tags as well, including hexadecimal and octal ones. See info.
- Added Integer To Text module to allow converting in any base.
- Auto Name module renamed to Auto Module Name.
- Added Auto Module Color module to allow changing the color of a compound in the Flow Editor programmatically. Module property accepts backslash-separated paths to access modules in deeper subcompounds. Also, the .. tag can be used in the path to access the outer compounds.
- Auto Pin Name module accepts backslash-separated paths in Module property to access modules in deeper subcompounds. Also, the .. tag can be used in the path to access the outer compounds.
- Up to 20 remote engines are allowed in Startup Configuration / Remote Engines.
- Aximmetry Renderer: solved that special command line switches like /dshowlegacy or /asio could not be applied to satellite renderers in a multi-machine configuration. Now you can specify these switches for Aximmetry Launcher on the desired machines, and it will forward them to Aximmetry Renderer when it is started.
- Added Primary output pin to System Params module. It tells whether the machine is the primary one in a multi-machine configuration. If local rendering is enabled on the central machine, then it is always the primary machine. Otherwise, it is the remote machine with the lowest index.
- Behaviour of the On Channel property of the Mouse module made identical to Camera Mover's one. 0 means on all channels, -1 means off.
- Added Auto Capture option to Mouse module. It always stores the last Absolute and Incremental positions into the Init Absolute and Init Incremental properties to be able to save them with the scene.
- Added Keep Extension option to Text Exporter, XML Exporter, and JSON Exporter modules. It allows using a custom file extension instead of .txt, .xml and .json, respectively. The custom extension can be simply specified by adding in the Output File or the Exact Path property.
- Added Numeric Max Decimals property to Dash Scalar Custom module which allows setting the precision of the input property editor when in numeric mode. Also renamed the Max Decimals property to Slider Max Decimals, indicating that it refers to the slider mode.
- Modified behavior of Set XXX Pin modules slightly. Now if Auto Set is Off, then the Value pin is only executed once when Set is triggered. If you want continuous execution of Value, turn on the new Force option.
- Changing the display mode (pin visibility) of module nodes is now part of the undo history.
- Device-related error messages also indicate the Mapped number of the device if any.
- Allowed assigning a controller to a Logical or Flag type control board button in Normal mode, meaning that control value 1 turns it on and 0 turns it off.
- Added Metadata output pin to Video Input module to allow displaying internal info.
- Added Method property to Tone Mapper module. In addition to the previously used Reinhard method, ACES, Hable, and Aximmetry's own Advanced method also can be selected.
- Added Max Out Lum property to Tone Mapper module. By setting it over 1 an HDR output can be targeted. Also added Max Out Lum In Nits option which allows specifying Max Out Lum in nits.
- Added Ghost Gamma property to Tone Mapper module.
- Removed Base Image option from Tone Mapper module. Please use the Glares output pin if you only need the glares layer.
- LUT Exporter module is capable of exporting from a volume texture as well through its Color Map pin.
- Added Reorder to compound pin context menu to allow accessing Reorder Pins dialog from there as well.
- Shader: added Array pin type which can contain 64 indexable float values. The element can be accessed by the Array Scalar, Array Vector, and Array Color modules. Array inputs are exposed as Vector pins in the scene compound.
- Shader: refraction calculation moved into the separated Refraction module.
DE SOFTWARE FIXES
- Fixed that UE projects could not be loaded from network shares.
- Fixed TAA error of UE's planar reflection.
- Fixed that the implicit "Out" video output did not work in Live Link if it was overridden by a SetAximmetryVideo node in an earlier PIE session.
- Fixed that the project could be cooked without fixing blueprint compilation errors. This resulted in corrupted cooked data and caused a crash when the project was loaded by Aximmetry.
- Fixed that the project couldn't be opened in the editor after selecting a non-DirectX RHI. (The editor exited without an error message.)
- Fixed that Blueprint nodes provided by the LiveLinkAnimationCore module caused a crash in cooked mode (e.g. the Live Link Pose animation blueprint node).
- Fixed that the editor crashed when opening a project in which the OptiXDenoise plugin was enabled. (Missing plugin dll.)
- Disabled sharpening in the Aximmetry Blank template to match engine default settings.
SOFTWARE FIXES
- Fixed error on startup when the Windows regional settings were set to Norwegian.
- Fixed that the Focus Distance value was not retrieved from Ncam tracking data.
- Fixed freezing of opening a video file while an SRT video input was waiting for an unavailable source.
- Fixed that Zoom Device had no effect in the Camera Tracking module if both Tracking Device and Zoom Device are Mapped with the same index.
- Fixed crash when a video out device was removed in Manage Devices during Startup Configuration.
- Fixed that sometimes input was not received from an SRT device after the source has reconnected.
- Fixed crash when an xcomp with an SRT input device was saved, then the device was removed and the xcomp was reloaded.
- Fixed that streaming devices had to be re-opened manually after any kind of error in the stream.
- Fixed freezing of Device Mapper when an NDI device is available and a video device dropdown list is opened and closed in quick succession.
- Fixed occasional crashes when using Ncam tracking and invalid data received from the device.
- Fixed that in the case of combined PTZ + tracking system, the PTZ rotation was added incorrectly to the camera position.
- Fixed that by removing an exposer pin with $Enum or $SelSub descriptions and then undoing, only the pure pin name is restored without the full description.
- Fixed crash of Restart Application module when the Reopen This Compound option was used, but the compound had not been saved yet.
- Fixed that Switch XXX modules behaved incorrectly in certain cases if multiple Select X triggers were controlled at once.
- Fixed that Scalar To Text, Vector To Text, Format Scalars, and Format Vector modules did not accept all floating point format specifiers that are listed in the documentation.
- Fixed that Delayer module output garbage image when its input had mipmaps.
- Fixed crash of Sticker module in Uneven mode when the output size became too large.
- Fixed incorrect results with sheen shaders in some rare cases.
- Fixed that newly imported or re-imported models sometimes were not visible in render.
- Fixed that the last folder of the Open File dialog was not preserved when Aximmetry was closed.
- Fixed that when editing color value for a Playlist event the Windows color picker was invoked instead of the Aximmetry one.
- Fixed crash when double-clicked on the close button of a document tab.
- Fixed that text file processing modules did not recognize the character encoding of the file unless it included a BOM explicitly.
- Fixed that TX Antialiaser GW module offset the picture by one pixel in most cases.
- Fixed that Startup Configuration appeared faulty on Korean (and possibly other) Windows localizations.
- Fixed that reloading changed files did not work if local rendering was disabled.
- Fixed crash related to opening video files in rare cases.
- Fixed incorrect behavior / crash of Video Player when used in Independent Multi-GPU mode.
- Fixed that Paint View worked in insufficient bit depth when using in Linear pipeline.
- Fixed crash when a Replace operation is applied from Dependency Manager on a linked compound currently under in-place edit.
- Fixed crash of the Marker Detector module when used in Aruco mode.
- Fixed occasional crash of the Marker Detector module when used in QR mode and an invalid image was input.
- Fixed memory leak of Marker Detector module when used with large input.
- Fixed that the world transformation of Manual Instancer applied twice on its Instance Items.
- Fixed crash of File Browser when the information on a file/folder is not accessible for some reason.
- Fixed that Dash Custom Scalar and Dash Custom Vector properties only affected the In property, but not the Default property, preventing specifying a proper default value in some cases.
- Fixed incorrect drawing of connections when undoing a disconnection from a currently hidden pin.
- Fixed that the "keep modules in view" function (Ctrl+K) flooded the undo history when panning the Flow Editor.
- Fixed hanging of UI when too many messages arrived at the log panels at once.
KNOWLEDGE BASE CHANGES
Due to the Common Library Rearrangement relevant screenshots have been updated across the entire Virtual Production Workflow structure. These updates are not individually listed here.
NEW DOCUMENTS
WHICH AXIMMETRY IS RIGHT FOR YOU
SUPPORTED HARDWARE
STARTING WITH AXIMMETRY
SETTING UP INPUTS \ OUTPUTS FOR VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
OBTAINING GRAPHICS AND VIRTUAL ASSETS - SE
GREEN SCREEN PRODUCTION
- Scene Control Panel
- Tracked Camera Billboards: Placement
- Tracked Camera Billboards: Shadows and Lights
- Tracked Camera Billboards: Reflections
- Tracked Camera Billboards: Occlusion
- Using the 3D Clean Plate Generator
SCRIPTING IN AXIMMETRY
UPDATED DOCUMENTS
DIFFERENT STUDIOS FOR VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
WHICH AXIMMETRY IS RIGHT FOR YOU
SUPPORTED HARDWARE
SETTING UP INPUTS \ OUTPUTS FOR VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
- Using Loupedeck consoles / Razer Stream Controller to control a scene
- Using Elgato Stream Deck to control a scene
OBTAINING GRAPHICS AND VIRTUAL ASSETS - SE
- Introduction
- Preparation of the Model
- Exporting a 3D model
- Importing a 3D model
- Materials
- Shadows
- Planar Reflections
OBTAINING GRAPHICS AND VIRTUAL ASSETS - DE
- UE5: How to Install and Work with the Unreal Engine-Based DE edition
- UE5: How to Install Third-Party Code Plugins for Unreal Editor for Aximmetry
GREEN SCREEN PRODUCTION
LED WALL PRODUCTION
SCRIPTING IN AXIMMETRY
► 2023.1.0
build 23385 / 2023-JAN-25
UNREAL CHANGES
- Aximmetry DE upgraded to Unreal Engine version 5.1.0. We strongly recommend uninstalling the previous version of Aximmetry DE and Unreal Engine for Aximmetry manually before installing the new ones.
TRANSLATIONS
- Added Japanese translation that covers the studio operator usage of Aximmetry.
COMMON LIBRARY DE ADDITIONS
- BILLBOARD Inverse Tonemap function reproduces the original colors of the talent much more accurately. Also, it always adapts to the current Tone Mapping settings of the Unreal project.
COMMON LIBRARY ADDITIONS
- LEDWallCam: unified the two delay values Digital Extension and camera changing (they are the same). Also, it can be specified per-camera. It is found on the SELECT CAMERA panel.
- LEDWallCam: added a dual-machine solution for the desynchronization of animations when Digital Extension is used.
- LEDWallCam: fixed artifacts of the Digital Extension image when the edge of the camera picture is very close to the LED wall edge.
- TrackedCam_AR: added Pattern Size to MARKERS for the cases when very large scenes (e.g. football stadium) have to be set up.
- TrackedCam_AR: added Show Axes option to MARKERS to allow displaying the coordinate system axes at the origin.
- TrackedCam_AR: added Marker X Cone options to MARKERS to allow creating a spiked marker(s) frequently needed when calibrating a tracking system. Also added Marker X Thickness.
- Added Zoom Timecode Sync option to INPUT panels to support standalone encoders capable of sending timecode (e.g. DCS).
- Tracking Delay can be applied even if Timecode Sync is selected. Note that it only works properly if the tracking system's Framerate is correctly specified in Manage Devices (in the cases it is not determined automatically).
- Added PBR_*_RefractB shaders which implement an advanced refraction method.
COMMON LIBRARY DE FIXES
- Fixed that Nanite meshes behind the billboard caused errors in the light wrap when Allow Virtuals = OFF. Nanite meshes will not affect these rendering features due to UE limitations (clip planes have no effect on Nanite meshes).
- Fixed the "Missing Material Function" error when an AR camera was added to the scene if the VirtualProductionUtilities plugin was not enabled.
- LEDWallCam: fixed that the native engine AR overlay render could not be expanded with the Edge Expand setting.
COMMON LIBRARY FIXES
- LEDWallCam: fixed that camera position and data were transmitted with the wrong delay through tunnels which caused issues in the case AR overlay graphics were used.
- LEDWallCam: fixed that Edge Expand was not transmitted through a tunnel for use by AR overlay render.
- TrackedCam: fixed that recording tracking data continued even if the video recorder stopped with an error, which caused logging a timecode error.
SOFTWARE ADDITIONS
- Added support of SRT protocol both for video input and output.
- Added Playlist module and Playlist Editor to allow creating a sequence of automated scene changes. See more info.
- Removed Macros functionality, it is now replaced by Playlist.
- Added support of DCS zoom/focus encoders.
- Added support of Perception Neuron systems for camera tracking. It is available starting from the Community Edition.
- Added options for selecting a specific network card and joining a multicast group to all UDP-based tracking devices.
- Loupedeck API upgraded to 5.4.1.
- Added "H.265 10-bit" and "DNxHR 10-bit" formats to Video Recorder to allow recording 10-bit HDR content. To achieve that you also have to select an HDR-capable Out Color Space + Out Gamma Curve, typically Rec.2100 HLG or PQ.
- Added Rec.2100 Perceptual Quantizer to the selectable Gamma Curves.
- Added Linear mode to Color Selector dialog to allow choosing between linear and gamma-corrected color space. Please note that this is only a convenience option for the color property editors. The numeric color values traveling within the node graph are always gamma-corrected.
- When using a Linear color key in a color curve, also the transition gradient from the previous key is generated in linear space.
- Added support of HDR colors in color curves.
- Added SS Refract shader module for screen-space refraction.
- Added Reflectivity output pin to Lighting PBR-* shader modules to output the reflectivity with current per-pixel viewing angle.
- Improved specular reflections of sheen shaders when applied on a transparent object.
- File Browser: search lists matching folders as well.
- Added LUT Inverter module.
- Added Filter mode Bicubic (for additive) to Placer and Lens Distort modules to avoid artifacts when the image contains an additive component.
- Added ComposerFindModulesAction HTTP command to allow enumerate modules with a name pattern in the flow graph. See more info.
- Added ComposerEnumPinsAction HTTP command to allow enumeration of all accessible pins and their types of a specific module. See more info.
- Added ComposerRestartApplicationAction HTTP command to allow restarting Aximmetry with running the same or any other compound. See more info.
- Added Restart Application module to allow restarting Aximmetry via any trigger with running the same or any other compound.
- Added returning the correct type of pin when queried with ComposerGetPinValueAction HTTP command.
- The Smooth module was renamed to Smooth Scalar for consistency.
- The Int Peeker module was renamed to Integer Peeker for consistency.
SOFTWARE FIXES
- "Cannot keep latency" display behavior set to "Last frame" by default.
- Fixed that joining a multicast group with Free-D devices did not work.
- Fixed that SMPTE 2110 config page displayed garbage for DHCP status.
- Fixed faulty conversion into Rec.2100 Hybrid Log-Gamma.
- Fixed that Video Player output negative RGB values in certain cases when color space conversion was applied.
- Fixed rare crash of the UI docking system on exit.
- Fixed crash when closing a document while the focus is still on an already modified Import Source property editor.
- Fixed a rare crash of streaming output after stopping it.
- Fixed that extensively dragging a scale handle in Scene Editor could lead to a crash in some cases.
- Fixed a rare crash when closing the Edit / Video Outs dialog.
- Fixed crash of camera tracking system in rare cases.
- Fixed that output interfaces 2, 3, and 4 only transmitted black frames on Bluefish444 Kronos Optikos cards.
- Fixed that ComposerOpenAndRunDocumentAction HTTP command resulted in displaying a MessageBox when the document had already been loaded.
- Fixed that performing control board button actions via HTTP incorrectly appeared in the undo list as well.
- Fixed that Sequence Trigger emitted an unwanted trigger whenever the looping jumped back if both directions were enabled.
- Fixed that the MIDI Note module incorrectly allowed any number for Poly Count and Poly Index, causing a crash in certain cases.
- Fixed incorrect behavior of Trigger input and output pins in the Script module when Once On Change was active.
- Fixed crash of Text File Module if the file contains a BOM but otherwise is empty.
- Fixed crash of the Time To Text module when the Date and Time option was used, but the format string was invalid.
- Fixed crash when Time Format was set to Date and Time with an invalid format string in the Sequence Editor.
- Fixed crash of Format Vector module if it had more format tags than input values.
- Fixed that Video Device Out module incorrectly listed Mapped devices as well.
- Fixed that in some cases the wrong device type page appeared when Manage Devices opened.
- Fixed that Reorder Pins did not allow renaming pins if the casing was changed only.
- Fixed that after removing a video out device in the Device Mapper it still remained active until quitting Aximmetry.
- Fixed incorrect behavior of the Shader Index property in the Instance Item module.
- Fixed that when using Change Module Type the pins that changed to non-connectable ones keep the already existing connection.
- Fixed crash when creating a specular, irradiance, or sheen environment map from an 8-bit input image in the linear pipeline.
KNOWLEDGE BASE CHANGES
- We published the all-new Knowledge Base structure called Virtual Production Workflow.
- Please note that we are currently in a transition period where the old Knowledge Base structure called Tutorials and its documents are still available.
NEW DOCUMENTS
UPDATED DOCUMENTS
Please note that this was the final update of the documents in the Tutorials (old Knowledge Base) structure (see below). In the future, only the documents in the Virtual Production Workflow will be updated.
