Pandoras Box Version 8.9.0 public BETA

[Thomas Mrozek]

Dear customer.

Pandoras Box Version 8.9.0 public BETA is ready for download.

This version concentrates hugely on workflow and performance improvements. Please take it as an opportunity to tell us you thoughts and findings on this release in the Pandoras Box V8 section. We are currently planning to have the full release still this year.

The most visible change for sure is that the layer visibility can now be attached to one or more Sequences. This will provide more overview of the currently used Layers and avoid accidental use of same Layers on different sequences. A new button has been added to get the overview for all layers. We added "Tech"-Cues, this cue type can be shown and counted differently than normal Cues in the Time-Monitor Tab, also the Cues Tab now provides a filter function to only display one type of cue.

Long time missing, we now added a button to store active values to the beginning of the container where the Nowpointer is currently located. In the status bar you will now find a counter for available undo steps (sequence actions only), along with a new tab to list single undo steps. Audio channel numbers are now shown in the track layer directly to give you more overview.

The Sequence has a bit of a new look, cues are now displayed below the sequence to unblock mouse events on the time and to identify the different cues better. The default state after unlocking containers from the sequence is “Play/Loop” now. The spreading speed has increased. The NotchLC playback performance has increased. New automation commands have been added. And so much more, please have a decent look through the whole changelog (please find it below) from top to bottom to not miss anything.

Please download here:
https://www.christiepandorasbox.com/sup ... 0/file-280

Enjoy the new workflows, cheers,
Thomas

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Version 8.9.0 Beta (22.11.2023)

- Miscellaneous:
added: Layer visibility is assigned to Sequences.
added: Cues can be marked as Tech Cues and filtered accordingly.
added: Sequence undo history tab and number of undo steps in the status bar.
added: The bit depth of 16 bit enabled parameters can be centrally changed in the configuration.
added: Active values can be stored to container beginning.
added: The audio patch channels are shown in the audio layer name.

changed: Spreading speed is increased.
changed: The default value of the transport parameter is "play/loop".
changed: Cues are placed below the timecode so the timecode is better readable.
changed: Text input based parameter value changes apply absolute values to all selected layers.
changed: Updated Deltacast SDK to version 6.21.03.
changed: Multiselected elements of different kinds cannot be removed in project tree.
changed: Cue tooltip also apears when hovering over the Cue label and includes Cue Id.

fixed: Increased NotchLC performance by a factor of four. (ticket 9396)
fixed: No hang of PB on close if NDI live source has been used in the project. (ticket 9272)
fixed: Layers won't move arbitrarily anymore when deselecting and simultaniously dragging. (ticket 9280)
fixed: Sped up project load time when no assets are available. (ticket 9362)
fixed: Selected audio device is saved correctly. (ticket 9370)
fixed: Mov files can be added to the project independently of engine availability. (ticket 9333)
fixed: No clip group can be created with a single element. (ticket 9391)
fixed: Long cue names don't overlap into other grid cells. (ticket 9392)
fixed: When changing camera/output assignments to multiselected layers only the specific change is synchronized between the layers. (ticket 9409)
fixed: Clone Site does handle hidden layers correctly. (ticket 5643)
fixed: No broken strings in GUI after usage of context menu. (ticket 8373)
fixed: Watched subfolder is spread to Submanagers. (ticket 8555)
fixed: JPEG Grayscale images are correctly rendered when used as part of a Playlist. (ticket 9094)
fixed: Last submesh cannot be deleted using the 'Del' Shortcut. (ticket 9149)
fixed: Keymode state of transport parameter is saved in project. (ticket 9498)
fixed: Device tree and sequence stay in sync when scrolling down using the arrow keys. (ticket 9498)
fixed: Removed save/remove context menu items from project node in Project Tree. (ticket 9481)
fixed: Tree selection change is shown before corresponding operations are performed. (ticket 9465)
fixed: Sites can be reordered in device tree. (ticket 9457)
fixed: Delayed playback is prevented for very large mov image sequences. (ticket 9163)

- Workspace Mode:
added: Size of selected layer can be changed in preview.
added: The distance of the selected layer to the closest layers is shown.
added: Distance and size values can be changed relatively.

fixed: Preview won't show negative distances in Workspace-mode when toggling distance visibility. (ticket 9301)
fixed: Snap to Camera is working correctly. (ticket 9295)

- Automation:
added: Commands to toggle freerun and loop state of Container.
added: Various commands to handle newly established Tech Cues.
added: New command AutoStoreMediaToTimeByID to store media at specified time.
added: Command AutoStoreActiveToContainerStart to store active values to container start.

fixed: HAP files can be imported via automation. (ticket 9265)
fixed: SDK command SaveProjectCopy runs without copying relative asset files. (ticket 9250)

[Thomas Mrozek]

Dear customer.

Pandoras Box Version 8.9 public BETA 50 has been updated. This beta version might still be unstable, so please use at your own risk.

There are a lot of bugfixes included since Beta.0, including Key editing, playback of small NotchLC files, preset handling for invisible Layers, Workspace controls, and many more.