Pandoras Box Version 8.9.0

[Thomas Mrozek]

Dear customer.

Pandoras Box Version 8.9.0 has been released.

This version concentrates hugely on workflow and performance improvements.

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 Layer-filter 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 in which 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 a quicker 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.

There are many more great improvements, please check the changelog below to not miss anything.

Known issues:
Multiuser Run operation: Push/Pull Sequence not working correctly. Workaround possible by creating seqence and layers before using the "Push sequence" feature.
PB Menu 7.5.2 Remote install/deinstall feature is not working. Please update to PB Menu 7.5.3. However, PB Menu must be installed manually on each system to reenable this feature, sorry for inconvieniences.

cheers
Thomas

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Version 8.9.0 (25.01.2023)

- 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: NotchLC video files with certain compression rates can be played back and don't cause crash. (ticket 9645)
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 9364)
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 7498)
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)
fixed: Only one layer bounding box is rendered for virtual layer. (ticket 9568)
fixed: No crash when assigning a media to an output while in mesh editing mode. (ticket 9578)
fixed: Inspector of Notch and particle system layers is complete. (ticket 9584)
fixed: Opacity of particle system does not flicker when using particle system on video layer. (ticket 9591)
fixed: 2D particle system is working. (ticket 9504)

- 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.