2.3.0.123 – November 7′th 2010
- New: Rotoscoping mask expansion (positive/negative).
- New: When rotoscoping up/down keys select next/previous keyframes.
- Improved: Matte expansion on all keyers instead of erode. Better edge handling. Positive/negative expansion.
- Improved: FreeImage can be used to open jpeg files, for better compatibility.
- Improved: Matte calculation is calculated a bit more accurate now.
- Improved: Slider control – improved event handling.
- Improved: Left/right keys work more consistently as next/previous frame.
- Improved: Changed the way memory is purged, to get smoother playback.
- Improved: Made the rotoscoping data save/load more robust.
- Changed: Rotoscoping points hit-box reduced. Making it easier to select points that are close together.
- Changed: Removed white overlay on closed roto-masks.
- Changed: Matte expansion is calculated before blur. Not after, like erode was.
- Fixed: Possible crash when reading rotoscoping data from project file.
- Fixed: In special situations not all rotopoints would be loaded, when opening project.
- Fixed: Rotoscoping bezier-handles sometimes became unselectable.
- Fixed: Exception when opening certain projects created in older versions.
- Fixed: CTRL when editing mask didn’t work as it should.
2.2.4.113 – April 30′th 2009
- Fixed: A crash when opening background images over a certain size.
2.2.3.112 – February 28′th 2009
- Improved: Projects saved in this version(and in future versions) are now culture invariant.
- Improved: Updated FreeImage library to v. 3.11.
- Improved: Several small optimizations.
- Fixed: Preview background wasn’t updated correctly when new video was imported.
- Fixed: Exception when creating mask.
2.2.2.111 – February 12′th 2009
- Fixed: Crash when drawing mask on a frame other than the first, and then changing the play position to an earlier position.
2.2.1.110 – January 10′th 2009
- Improved: Optimized some conversions.
- Fixed: An Exception were thrown in difference keying, when using the controls in a certain order.
- Fixed: Blur algorithm could in some cases throw an exception.
- Fixed: Difference keying blur didn’t blur the correct amount.
2.2.0.109 – September 23′th 2008
- New: Built in help.
- New: Render preview modes Matte, Diagnostics, Empty frame and Final result.
- New: Use video as preview background.
- New: Import GIF, ICO, JP2, PCX, PSD, TGA and TIFF image sequences (using FreeImage library).
- New: Export to TARGA (.tga).
- New: Output resizing with selectable resizing filter.
- New: Alpha channel support in input video.
- New: Rotoscoping masks can now be individually blurred/feathered.
- New: Blur empty frame for difference keying.
- New: Edit menu: Set start/end output range to current frame.
- New: Edit menu: Reset output size to video size.
- New: Edit menu: Set empty frame/frames to current frame.
- New: View menu: Loop output range.
- New: Input file RGB/RGB + Alpha displayed in status bar.
- New: Check web site for updates.
- New: Portable version available.
- Improved: Better calculation of the empty frame used for difference keying.
- Improved: Blur speed optimized when using garbage matte.
- Improved: Erode speed optimized when using garbage matte.
- Improved: Rotoscoping masks are now rendered anti-aliased.
- Improved: Rotoscoping masks in preview are now drawn anti-aliased.
- Improved: Menu accesskeys.
- Improved: Shortcut Alt+C for centering preview.
- Improved: Added F12 as hotkey for Play/Stop.
- Fixed: Changing “Screen primary color” didn’t initialize render properly.
- Fixed: Recalculation of empty frame wasn’t always triggered correctly.
- Fixed: Changing certain parameters when difference keying, sometimes changed the play position.
- Fixed: Dragging the preview with the mouse, triggered re-calculation.
2.1.0.97 – July 4′th 2008
- New: Linear interpolation of rotoscoping keyframes.
- New: Adjustments in mattes(black threshold etc.) now works with garbage & additive mattes.
- New: Mask move tool.
- New: “Add keyframe” in rotoscoping menu.
- New: “Reset point’s bezier handles” function in edit mode.
- New: “Reset preview to center” in View menu.
- Improved: Optimized keying speed when using a garbage matte.
- Improved: “AVI with alpha” compatibility with other software f.inst. After Effects.
- Improved: Interpolation is now disabled when zooming in, making the preview show the actual pixels.
- Improved: Deinterlacing quality improved.
- Improved: After changing a value in the rotoscoping list, the list now stays selected.
- Fixed: Output range/Start frame wasn’t set properly when opening project.
- Fixed: Exception was thrown if point was deleted on a frame that was not a keyframe.
- Fixed: Exception when cancelling save/render to AVI.
- Fixed: It was possible to draw a rotoscoping mask even if no video was loaded.
- Fixed: Save video dialog title was always: “Name first file in image sequence” even when saving AVI.
- Fixed: An exception when changing to the rotoscoping tab, after opening several projects.
2.0.2.91 – June 15′th 2008
- Fixed: Rotoscoping was very slow when working with large video files.
2.0.1.90 – June 14′th 2008
- Improved: After moving rotoscoping point/handles the point stays selected.
- Fixed: Keyframes wasn’t animated when rendering to file.
- Fixed: Selection of rotoscoping points were sometimes unpredictable.
- Fixed: Go to next/previous keyframe didn’t update correctly.
- Fixed: Rotoscoping mask wasn’t always updated correctly when opening project.
- Fixed: Rotoscoping curve and mask wasn’t synchronized when repainting.
- Fixed: Rendering to one type (f.inst. PNG) followed by another (f.inst. AVI) and accepting the default filename, would result in an exception.
- Fixed: Preview background image wasn’t reset when creating new project.
- Fixed: Project was marked as unsaved when changing play-position.
2.0.0.89 – June 10′th 2008
- New: Rotoscoping. Create keyframed garbage mattes and additive mattes.
- New: Video resolution in DPI.
- New: Frame size displayed in statusbar.
- Improved: New preview window with mouse wheel zoom.
- Improved: Finer zoom range.
- Improved: Lowered memory usage considerably.
- Improved: Save state of project is now reflected in the save button’s/menu’s enabled status.
- Improved: Configuration file and temporary AviSynth files are now stored in application data.
- Fixed: Open using AviSynth, couldn’t open files with special characters in the filename.
- Fixed: Saturation and Lightness had increment of 1 should be 0,01.
1.6.2.74 – March 7′th 2008
- New: Color difference keyer now able to key on exact color.
- New: Detail keyer now able to key on exact color.
- New: Output image channels: preview.
- New: Preview of selected “Exact color”, with color dialog.
1.6.1.72 – February 19′th 2008
- New: Option for choosing the file numbering method.
- Improved: Hue width in the hue keyer now has smaller increments.
- Improved: Saturation threshold in hue keyer can now be set to 0.
- Improved: Saturation threshold in the hue keyer now has smaller increments.
- Improved: Better handling of missing video files. Checks automatically in project folder.
1.6.0.70 – February 5′th 2008
- New: Chroma keying. 3 new keyers: Hue, Shadow & Highlight.
- New: Difference keying.
- New: Output render range.
- New: Recently used projects in file menu.
- New: Numeric input added to trackbars.
- Improved: Threading code rewritten.
- Changed: Split General/Pre key into two separate tabs.
- Fixed: Crash when opening/creating new projects while video is playing.
- Fixed: Trying to save 32 bit data using a non 32-bit codec would sometimes make the program exit to desktop with an error.
- Fixed: Removed annoying “enter” sound from frame rate control.
- Fixed: Play/Stop button displayed the incorrect state, when clicking main windows close button.
- Note: Project files saved in v. 1.6. are not backwards compatible.
- + lots of other small improvements/fixes.
1.5.0.47 – November 28′th 2007
- New: Online manual.
- New: 4 different color difference algorithms.
- New: Chroma smoothing.
- New: New spill suppression algorithm with brightness compensation.
- Improved: Changed luma keying algorithm.
- Improved: Better matte blur algorithm and larger range.
- Changed: Rearranged “Black threshold” and “Opacity” controls.
- Changed: Cleaned up threading code.
- Fixed: Exception thrown if interlacing was enabled on a frame with an odd number of lines.
- + other small improvements/fixes.
1.4.0.42 – October 6′th 2007
- New: AVI export.
- New: BMP & JPG export.
- New: Default JPG quality in options.
- New: Frame rate support.
- New: Default frame rate in options.
- New: Image channels has a new type: RGB only.
- Improved: Reading AVI files is now much faster.
- Changed: Guess aspect ratio & frame rate.
- Changed: Credits simplified in about box.
- Fixed: Some pixel aspect ratios calculated wrong.
- Fixed: Video continued to play when opening another project.
- + other small improvements/fixes.
1.3.0.36 – September 24′th 2007
- New: Toolbar with render/preview buttons.
- New: White luma-keying.
- New: Open video using AviSynths DirectShow interface.
- New: Pixel aspect ratio supported on preview.
- New: Select preview background. Solid color, 3 sizes of checker patterns or image.
- New: Choose colors for checker patterns.
- New: Guess screen color.
- New: Guess pixel aspect ratio.
- New: Options dialog.
- Changed: All mattes off by default.
- Changed: Screen color radio buttons changed to a combo box.
- Changed: Project file is now overwritten when saved to existing filename, and not appended.
- Changed: Installer Inno setup updated to v. 5.20.
- Fixed: Opened video was not cleared if project without video was loaded.
- Fixed: Zoom factor was not always correct.
- Fixed: Wrong header in “Import Video” dialog.
- + other small improvements/fixes.
1.2.0.28 – September 12′th 2007
- New: Open AVI & AviSynth files.
- New: Deinterlacing: Blend, Discard upper & Discard lower.
- Improved: Keyer optimized, now 2-3 times faster.
- Fixed: User was not asked to save project, when clicking forms close button.
- Fixed: Wrong blur type on detail matte.
- + other small improvements/fixes.
1.1.0.23 – September 7′th 2007
- New: Open/Save projects.
- New: Input tab. Shows current video file.
- Changed: Menu hotkeys changed.
- Fixed: A minor bug in spill suppression.
- + some small fixes.
1.0.0.21 – September 4′th 2007
- First released version