• DSOF-13670 & DSOF-29213 - Changing any Indirection will now wait to swap content for a few frames to allow for that content to be loaded. This means you should never see a flash to black when swapping a live indirection. We have also removed the Indirection delay (frames) field from indirection controllers as the correct delay is now computed automatically.
• DSOF-23779 - The implementation of CEF and Chromium used in disguise are now more modern. We now support CEF 132.3.2+g4997b2f and chromium 132.0.6834.161. This means you get more features, stability and performance in the following layers:
• Web Layer
• Text Layer
• DSOF-26455 & DSOF-25328 & DSOF-28943 & DSOF-28387 - Content played on the timeline will now always load before the playhead jumps when jumping on the timeline. This will mean you should not see intermittent flashes to black or performance spikes when jumping on the timeline via the mouse, LTC or other transport control mechanism.

Because Designer now prefetches content only when the jump command is issued, we have also significantly reduced the overhead of playing the normal timeline as Designer will no longer decode video frames from other parts of the track unnecessarily. This means that you should see performance improvements when entering new sections, jumping to new tracks or playing simple sections that lie just ahead of busy sections.

• DSOF-28949 & DSOF-28523 & DSOF-28524 - Video playback at speeds other than 1 or for videos with a higher content FPS than the timeline, now only decode the frames necessary for playback, improving performance in these states.
• DSOF-28515 - The debug section for the prefetcher under ALT + D is now easier to read.
• DSOF-29056 - The Find Usages button for media now displays the track, beat AND the Cue that the content is sequenced at if a cue exists.
• DSOF-29429 - You can down define a set of environment variables to launch an RS asset under by placing a file named: assetname_variables.env next to the RS asset in the RenderStream Projects folder.
• DSOF-28865 - FFMPEG has now been updated to 7.1 from 5.0.1. FFMPEG is used for:
• Rendering Feed Movies
• Rendering Stage Movies
• Rendering Animation Movies
• Uploading to Previs These workflows will now be a bit faster and more stable.
• DSOF-29085 - Mesh Mapping now has a new field called Render resolution scale which allows you to render the content at a higher or lower resolution than the mapping is resolution is warped to.
• DSOF-29123 - The Find/Replace Usages button has moved to be above the “Hierarchy” tab for mappings.
• DSOF-29085 - Mesh Mapping now has a new field called Render resolution scale which allows you to render the content at a higher or lower resolution than the mapping is resolution is warped to.

• DSOF-29071 - Receiving tracking data over an extended period of time (5+ days) will no longer result in glitchy or jumpy tracking.
• DSOF-29303 - 3rd party tools can now correctly pick up the DNS-SD record published by d3service.

r30.7 brings new support for user created plugins. With this new feature you can load user-created plugins directly within the Designer GUI.

We are also launching with a few Disguise developed plugins:

1. Ask Aid3n - Our Disguise Helper
2. Disguise Cloud - Access media in your Disguise Drive

You can find more information about how to access, install and manage plugins here.

Documentation of our Plugins Framework can be found here.

Remember, plugins cannot be loaded with Starter versions of Designer so make sure you are using a Full install to use the plugins!

• DSOF-29317 - We've made a range of improvements to expression:
• DSOF-28577 - A variable for "Fade up" and "Fade down" is now exposed for use with OSC Output Expressions.
• DSOF-27706 - A variable for Pre-Roll in TC Status is now exposed for use with OSC Output Expressions.
• DSOF-28310 - Float expressions in the Expressions Variable Device now have a settable min and max.
• DSOF-28501 - Expression function variables can now have parameters defined.
• DSOF-28657 - Expression variables are now re-orderable by left-click and drag.
• DSOF-28666 - Expressions now support returning an array of composite vector types. Note that to use them in a field you still need to access the individual floats. These are:
  • Colour
  • Vec2 (alias float2)
  • Vec3 (alias float3)
  • Vec4 (alias float4)
• • DSOF-28734 - Expressions now have a range of string manipulation functions:
    • Split
    • Replace
    • Strip
    • Title
    • Upper
    • Lower
    • Combine
• DSOF-29656 - When renaming a project or folder via d3manager the previous name is now editable as the starting-point for your rename.
• DSOF-28794 - OSC Event Transports now highlight in red if no OSC device is selected.
• DSOF-28623 - Mesh Mapping now has adjustable zNear and zFar clipping planes.
• DSOF-28634 - Solo machines will now notify clearly that versions of Designer about r30 are not supported.
• DSOF-29330 & DSOF-29331 & DSOF-29643 - Designer now sends us additional telemetry data about plugin usage. Remember, if you want to opt-out of telemetry you can do so in the installer or at any time in d3Manager by going to Help > About Manager. We still do not include whole project files or content.
• DSOF-29023 - Web Layers interactable windows can now receive numpad events.

• DSOF-26526 - Designer will no longer intermittently CTD after playing back video with embedded audio for a very long time.
• DSOF-26545 - Transparent projection surfaces will no longer cast shadows on objects behind them as if they were opaque.
• DSOF-28529 - Large list views will no longer have input boxes that can detach and float around the GUI like a ghost.
• DSOF-28929 - Text in the feed mapping visualizer now scales correctly with DPI so it's actually visible.
• DSOF-29020 - Opening the metafield editor of two identical fields will no longer show the first fields metafields for the second ones.
• DSOF-29209 - ExpressionVariables module has moved to it's correct place under the Control header in the layers library.
• DSOF-29715 - Opening the Colour Calibration widget will no longer automatically add a rogue MRset to the sets being calibrated. Now if there is only a single MRset associated with that calibration it will set the MRset to that one, otherwise it will leave the list un-changed.

• DSOF-29890 - Added a new Plugins method: `Editor.exportResource` for exporting .d3export files. You can find our extensive developer documentation for the Plugins API here.
• DSOF-29767 & DSOF-29874 - Various error messages about opening Starter and Full versions of the software are now clearer.

• DSOF-29934 - Playing into the first VideoClip keyframe on a video layer will no longer start the video from 0.
• DSOF-29930 - Starter can now open projects normally on machines running Windows Home.
• DSOF-29825 - Modifying the joints of skeletons on Editor machines now correctly updates on the Director machine.
• DSOF-29879 - Quantised timelines now respect their transport's "On Clock Lost" setting.
• DSOF-29990 - Installing multiple versions of Designer in the same network will no longer produce notification spam in rare circumstances.
• DSOF-29537 - Resizing plugin windows no longer causes the content in the window to flash.
• DSOF-29861 - Full versions of Designer can now make checkpoints again.
• - **DSOF-29765** - Layers that do not require prefetching (like Control layers) will now no longer be prefetched.

• DSOF-29389 - 2.5D assets from modern versions of Cuebric no longer load with
  unexpected depths between plates.
• DSOF-29526 - EX range servers will no longer display NDI video feeds in the
  wrong order in the Video Input Patch editor.

• DSOF-21826 - Assets assigned to a bank/slot in a bank editor no longer appear in the
  “unused.txt” file when pressing the Prepare To Archive Unused Objects button.
• DSOF-24396 - The remote status of Disguise servers in d3Manager’s Network tab is now more
  responsive when machines launch or close Designer.
• DSOF-28373 - VFC cards that fail to initialise but are present will no longer be reported as
  missing.
• DSOF-28419 - d3service will no longer intermittently fail to detect all IP-VFC cards if the cards
  were previously configured to a different FPS than the one currently configured in the Designer
  project.

• DSOF-29785 - After holding at the end of a section for a while, Designer will no longer occasionally display the wrong frame of upcoming content when moving to the next section.
• DSOF-29936 - d3service will no longer crash under rare circumstances executing tasks.
• DSOF-29660 - Designer will no longer fail to launch on RX range machines even when they have a valid Designer or Pro license.

With r30.6 we have introduced the new Starter version of Designer! With Starter you can use all the key features of Designer, for free! Starter is designed for learning and so it will always output with watermarks, but it will run on servers, laptops, PCs and can do full network and session control, including RenderStream and OmniCal. Starter comes with its own free perpetual license built in, but it does require that you log in to your Disguise Cloud account in d3Manager to launch projects.

Remember, Starter projects use the file extension: .d3starter and cannot be opened in the un-watermarked Full version of Designer, so if you're working on a production that will eventually output from a server, you'll need a Pro license and to use Full.

• DSOF-29226 - d3Manager now highlights which projects were built with Starter and Full versions of Designer.
• DSOF-29231 - We've improved the Help -> Disguise Licenses page within d3Manager to be more user friendly to view the status of all your licenses.
• DSOF-29313 & DSOF-29402 - We've added additional details to our telemetry about how users use Designer. Remember, if you want to opt-out of telemetry you can do so in the installer or at any time in d3Manager by going to Help > About Manager. We still do not include whole project files or content.

• DSOF-29304 - VX 4+ servers will no longer struggle to maintain Genlock under certain uncommon Windows states.
• DSOF-29693 - VX 3 servers now correctly map video capture inputs 11 and 12 to K and L when first configured.
• DSOF-29704 - Keyframing a projection surface's Render layer parameter via an Open layer now works properly.
• DSOF-29774 - Unreal assets running via RenderStream will no longer report multiple errors when they have multiple levels and a level using texture parameters is not the first level represented in the Schema.

• DSOF-28855 - Using a Designer license to launch Designer on a Solo as an editor will no longer cause the Solo to initiate a count-down and quit the software due to licensing restrictions. (This will still happen if you try to use the server in other roles with its Solo license in versions after r30.0).
• DSOF-29365 - Setting the “Camera plate” setting of a spatial map to “Horizontal Back and Front Plates” setting will now work correctly again.
• DSOF-29463 - Jumping to a timecode cue on a different track will no longer fail to jump if the time jumping to happens to be very close to the current playhead.

• DSOF-28985 - Duplicating projectors will no longer cause an ACCESS_VIOLATION when certain GUI elements are open.
• DSOF-29315 - System Diagnostics now include more detailed licensing logs for faster diagnostics.
• DSOF-29352 - You can now copy and paste text into the interactable window of web modules.
• DSOF-29378 - Mousing over the software version in the bottom right of the Track widget now shows the full version of Designer in a tooltip.

• DSOF-29304 - VX 4+ servers will no longer struggle to maintain Genlock under certain uncommon Windows states.
• DSOF-29693 - VX 3 servers now correctly map video capture inputs 11 and 12 to K and L when first configured.
• DSOF-29704 - Keyframing a projection surface's Render layer parameter via an Open layer now works properly.
• DSOF-29774 - Unreal assets running via RenderStream will no longer report multiple errors when they have multiple levels and a level using texture parameters is not the first level represented in the Schema.

• DSOF-29727 - Consoles now have improved logging about renewed licenses for easier debugging.

• DSOF-29205 - Editing a ClusterPool on one RenderStream layer on top of other RenderStream layers will no longer report spurious notifications.
• DSOF-29216 - Reduced idle traffic sent over d3Net while RenderStream layers are under the Playhead.
• DSOF-29219 - RenderStream layers will no longer report a spurious error and fail to update properly when the cluster assigner of a texture parameter is set to a non-default value.
• DSOF-29324 - Long-clicking on a project in d3Manager will no longer open a rename box over the project name. You have to rename from explorer.

• DSOF-26577 - After searching for a Cue in the Cue List and selecting it the GUI focus is now moved from the search box to the Track widget to enable faster, more intuitive programming.

• DSOF-29173 - Various improvements to IP-VFC Colour Format behaviour:
• Applying feeds on an IP-VFC will now attempt to apply the selected colour format and not force the output to RGB.
• The feed outline will now correctly highlight in green when the colour format set in the GUI and the active output of the GPU match.
• With the enableColourFormat option switch enabled Designer will no longer display a Sub Sampling option in the IP VFC GUI as it is now replaced with Colour Format.
• Colour format options now specify in the GUI whether they are RGB or YCbCr to make it easier to select the correct format.
• DSOF-26872 - Designer now correctly responds the POST indirections/set endpoint again. For information about our public APIs can be found here.
• DSOF-29207 - Designer will no longer occasionally product an Access Violation error when in OCIO mode and the input source to a layer changes from an Arrow source to a Texture.
• DSOF-29309 - Actor machines are able to receive tracking data again.

• DSOF-23588 - d3Service will now automatically check CodeMeter WebDepot for updated licenses and will update them for you. This will mean that monthly and yearly Pro subscriptions as well as updates to expiry dates on any legacy licenses will be updated automatically on your machine without you needing to manually activate a new license each time it renews. License update checks happen every 12 hours, and only if Designer is not running.

• DSOF-27234 - Pressing the button **Prepare to archive unused objects** will now correctly identify props as in use.
• DSOF-28930 - Applying feed settings on an IP-VFC card in SDI mode is now more reliable in some circumstances.
• DSOF-29535 - Setting the **Colour format** field of a VFC slot to **Auto** or setting the **enableColourFormat** option switch to **False** will no longer always select a CVTRBv2 timing and will now correctly select the timing that best fits within the bandwidth available.
• DSOF-29420 - Logs about expired licenses are now easier to understand.

• DSOF-22123 - xR for VR - r30.5 adds native support for VR workflows when working with XR stages.

The following improvements related to the above xR for VR workflow, but are also generally applicable to spherical camera workflows:

• DSOF-22124 & DSOF-28753 - Designer now supports virtual spherical cameras.
• DSOF-22125 & DSOF-28588 - Spherical cameras now support backplate and frontplate mappings.
• DSOF-28492 & DSOF-28628 - Spherical cameras can now output 180 degree lat/long format (previously only 360 degree lat/long was supported)
• DSOF-28548 - Spherical cameras now have a button which allows you to toggle between a lat/long view and a spherical interactive view.
• DSOF-28655 - Virtual cameras now highlight the field for the Live-action position marker if it is not set.
• DSOF-29028 - Fields that should not be set to None under normal operation are now highlighted in red when they are set to None to make them easy to spot.
• DSOF-28776 - Spherical camera cube-map faces now have settable Padding and Overlap fields.
• DSOF-29017 - Spherical mappings now have settable Padding and Overlap fields.

The following improvements are unrelated to the xR for VR workflows but are still cool:

• DSOF-28981 - In d3Net Manager "Pro" range servers have been renamed to "VX" range.
• DSOF-29300 - The term "d3" will now appear as "Designer" or "Disguise" in the EULA text.
• DSOF-29305 & DSOF-29372 & DSOF-29423 - Improve performance of d3service when querying licenses (this should improve d3manager startup time in most cases).
• DSOF-29307 - System diagnostics now include a detailed summary of all Codemeter Container details for easier troubleshooting.
• DSOF-20755 - Designer now has a user-defined DPI scale which can be accessed under Project Settings > User Interface.

• DSOF-4950 & DSOF-29613 - Licenses will no longer be incorrectly reported as Perpetual in d3Manager in certain rare cases.
• DSOF-29291 - RenderStream streaming to a spherical map now is rendered at the correct resolution instead of 36x higher than expected.

• DSOF-6438 & DSOF-25483 - Add ‘Border expansion’ field to Geometric mappings.
• We have added a ‘Border expansion’ field In the Mapping editor for all geometric mapping types. This can be used when there is an empty space within the screen UV map to stop black pixels blurring into visible screen space. The units are pixels in pixels. The following mappings have this field:
• Spherical
• Perspective
• Cylindrical
• Camera Plate
• Parallel
• Mesh
• DSOF-26513 - Update the Shot Recording API to v2.
• The Shot Recording HTTP API has been updated to comply with the other V2 APIs. You can find more information about this by visiting our developer site here
• DSOF-28542 - Allow LED screens and green screens in the same MR set You can now mix Green screen and LED screen objects in your MR sets, and camera calibration will work correctly on Luma-keyed inputs. Set extension will be applied outside of the LED screens and around any Luma-Keyed performers in front of Green screens. We now only account for keying specifically within the green screen object. Content being used by the LED screen with green in will no longer be keyed out.
• DSOF-28978 - Designer will now log when a resource is set on a layer via HTTP sockpuppet within the console file to enable faster debugging.
• DSOF-29037 - Our OCIO implementation has been updated to support v2.4! You can read more about OCIO 2.4 release here.
• DSOF-27857 - Designer and d3Services API V2 endpoints are now discoverable via windows MDNS. You can learn more about API discovery with DNS-SD here.
• DSOF-28714 - You can now adjust output phase offset by lines and pixels in Designer with the option switches: genlockPhaseAdjustLines and genlockPhaseAdjustPixels. This is the same as setting a phase offset within the Nvidia or AMD interface, but will re-apply these settings during Apply Feed Settings.
• We have created two debug option switches in Designer - genlockPhaseAdjustLines and genlockPhaseAdjustPixels - to enable users to apply a phase offset when using an external sync signal. This is the same as setting a phase offset within the Nvidia Control Panel by lines and/or pixels, but will prevent that information from being wiped out after applying feed settings in Designer.

DSOF-25575 - Designer will now include additional information from Mellanox NIC within System Diagnostic package to enable faster debugging.

• DSOF-27602 - Non-English keyboards can now reliably use Ctrl shortcuts.
• DSOF-28361 - Projects with Tables will no longer hang when saving takes longer than expected.
• DSOF-28382 - NatNet device recordings are no longer much larger than they need to be.
• DSOF-28388 - The Remove Media API endpoint will no longer sometimes fail to delete the file from disk.
• DSOF-28614 - Designer will no longer sometimes delete media from the disk on startup when the enableResourceDeletion option switch is enabled.
• DSOF-28904 - XR calibrations now work when using a Luma keyed video input.
• DSOF-29031 - Device recordings no longer load incorrectly when a track with same name as your current track is in the trash.
• DSOF-29109 - Frame counters on the timeline will now be correct when Custom Timeline FPS is set to Global.
• DSOF-26779 - RenderStream compressed streams will no longer fail to be received properly in very rare circumstances.

• DSOF-28540 - Render machines are no longer shown as Offline on Editor machines.
• DSOF-28784 - RenderStream streams from renderers using Vulkan (e.g. TouchDesigner) will no longer be out of sync when using Mesh Mappings.
• DSOF-29006 - Versions in the version selector will no longer be coloured unless SLC is enabled.
• DSOF-29016 - New tracks will no longer sometimes fail to appear in the tracks list until a project restart.
• DSOF-29044 - 2x4Pro no longer incorrectly reports that the latest Designer versions are not supported. You can find our product compatibility table here.

• DSOF-29041 - Designer API documentation now has a useful dropdown for selecting a scheme.

• DSOF-28368 - Changing camera render mode to Lux on a camera used in an MR set no longer affects the projected content in the MR set spatial map when using 2.5D assets.
• DSOF-28522 - Mapping a RenderStream layer to a camera plate mapping targeting a camera that is currently the visualiser camera will no longer cause Designer to crash to desktop.
• DSOF-28654 - Outputting Sockpuppet layer values with the option switch isSockpuppetBidirectional will no longer invert numerical properties.
• DSOF-29019 - Texture parameters shared to Unreal via an uncompressed transport are now displayed in the correct colour space.

• DSOF-23680 - Media distribution will no longer fail if the reg key for the d3 Projects folder path is changed.
• DSOF-28232 - Running in windowed mode will now be more reliable in the following ways:
• Framerates will no longer spike to very high values.
• Machines will no longer intermittently fail to join sessions.
• Moving the playhead will now respond immediately.
• DSOF-28505 - Designer will no longer sometimes hang indefinitely after scrubbing the Playhead through many video layers with embedded audio.
• DSOF-28859 - RenderStream texture parameters now work correctly with colour transforms in ACES and OCIO modes.
• DSOF-28919 - Removing EDIDs via a Four Finger Salute shortly after applying feed settings will no longer result in black outputs on V1 backplane machines.
• DSOF-28955 - Fields on a camera that were previously controlled by a tracking source are now editable again after the tracking source is removed.
• DSOF-28995 - CDL layers now look correct in OCIO mode using the default transform.

• DSOF-23236 - Add support for HDMI & DP VFCs to output in 4:2:2 or 4:4:4

Setting HDMI and DisplayPort VFC cards to 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 is available behind the option switch enableColourFormat. It will stay behind the option switch until we are certain the EDID changes have no adverse downstream effects. The options available are RGB, RGB Limited, 4:4:4, 4:2:2, and Auto.

Auto Behaviour varies by VFC card:

• IP -> Selects YUV 4:2:2
• HDMI -> Selects RGB unless bandwidth Exceeds HDMI 2.0 spec at which point it will drop down to YUV 4:2:2
• DP -> Selects RGB

DVI and SDI VFCs do not have this option. The colour format for DVI cards is always RGB (and that is all they support) and for SDI VFCs it is determined by the SMPTE standard format selected.

• DSOF-24079 - Designer now has the option to skip setting d3 projects share on installation. There is now an option during d3 installation to share the d3 projects folder. When it is ticked, the d3 projects folder is shared and Everyone is given read and write permissions (This is the current default behaviour). If it is un-ticked the user-configured sharing settings are not changed. You can find more information about this feature here.

Un-ticking this will mean that you can no longer access the shared folders via Manager and several features like content distribution won’t work unless you manually configure sharing settings.

• DSOF-26889 - Designer now has various ways of using the CTRL modified to interact with text fields. Here is a comprehensive list:
• CTRL + Delete to delete the word to the right of the cursor
• CTRL + Backspace to delete the word to the left of the cursor
• CTRL + Left-click to move the cursor left to the next word boundary
• CTRL + Right-click to move the cursor right to the next word boundary
• CTRL + SHIFT + Left-click to extend the selection left to the next word boundary
• CTRL + Shift + Right-click to extend the selection right to the next word boundary
• DSOF-28149 - Designer will now warn the user in the UI when understudies are set up in an invalid configuration in the following ways:
• An understudy that has no target will be highlighted orange and show a helpful tootip.
• Two understudies with the same target will be highlighted red and show a helpful tooltip.
• DSOF-28342 - On launch, Designer will now auto-update expressions that fail due to case sensitivity. In r29.2 we changed expressions to be case-sensitive to make them more powerful. This unfortunately left some old projects relying on case insensitivity to have broken expressions. We’ll fix that for you now when you update so you don’t have to!
• DSOF-28716 - You can now control the float fields of Expressions Variable Layers with DMX Sockpuppet. These values are 16-bit, so each variable gets assigned 2 DMX Channels : A broad value, and a fine value. Strings and function fields are not controllable.
• DSOF-28829 - Designer now allows you to independently set the Bit Depth of the GUI to 8-bit regardless of the setting for the rest of the project. To do this you simply enable the option switch forcePrimaryOutputTo8Bit on each machine you want to behave in this way. This is to help in scenarios where you want to output 10-bit but the KVM you have only supports 8-bit.

• DSOF-8398 - Setting TC Adjust to offset timecode on a track now applies correctly to TimecodeTester and TimecodeSystemTime transports.
• DSOF-27341 - Designer will now provide a helpful warning during installation if the CPU is an older generation than what we support.
• DSOF-28185 - We have updated our automated log file management to only delete old files, and only start deleting files if logs exceed a certain total size. This should generally mean we can gather and review older log files more easily.
• DSOF-28673 - Detect systems API will no longer intermittently fail with a 5000 error code. See our developer documentation for more information about our APIs.

• DSOF-28483 - Added a new Colour Inspector for validating OCIO and ACES colour workflows. Documentation on the new tool can be found here

• DSOF-27941 - Designer will no longer produce an Access Violation when making a precomp in a Layer whose mapping contains no screens.
• DSOF-28286 - Shutting down Designer on a laptop in fullscreen mode is now much faster.
• DSOF-28335 - Accessing the Designer API documentation via Manager > Help > Open API Documentation now correctly shows the v1 documentation again.
• DSOF-28360 - Designer will no longer leak memory when not in focus on a Director.
• DSOF-28527 - VFC Device editors now open correctly again.
• DSOF-28787 - Tabbing between GUI fields once again loops to the top of the editor when you get to the bottom
• DSOF-28908 - d3preview now opens files correctly again.
• DSOF-28909 - Global crossfade now correctly overrides a track crossfade when the track crossfade duration is set to 0.
• DSOF-28912 - Layers with Square Brackets [ ] in their names can now we used in Expressions again with the same syntax as normal
• DSOF-28923 - You can now output the value of a layer parameter via custom OSC output expression even when it is keyframed.

• DSOF-27786 - Manager will now display whether or not you have a Realtime Connector License on EX range machines under “Help > d3 Licenses”.

• DSOF-27372 - Loading an H.264 encoded file will now give you a helpful error message explaining that the codec is unsupported instead of an access violation.
• DSOF-28364 - Designer will now correctly detect new files that are added to sub-folders within shortcuts in the objects folder.
• DSOF-28768 - Designer will now correctly output the value of a layer parameter via custom OSC output expressions and will no longer report a “recursion limit” error. Examples of values that can now be sent include:
• module:video.brightness
• module:video.speed
• module:video.volume
• etc.
• DSOF-28769 - Single-layer Notch blocks no longer fail to load if they do not expose a layer parameter.

• DSOF-28258 - Designer now supports full SDI HDR video capture and output via the Quad 3G VFC.
• DSOF-21271 - Quad 3G VFC Cards now support Rec.2020.
• DSOF-28179 - Quad 3G VFC Cards now support super black/white luma with HDR transfer characteristics (HLG and PQ).
• DSOF-28397 - Designer will not allow the user to select HLG or PQ when outputting with Rec.709 or Rec.601.

Dynamic range describes the ratio between the brightest and darkest parts of an image. High Dynamic Range (HDR) is a technology that represents an increased dynamic range in an image to provide a greater level of contrast, brightness and colour.

Both Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) and Perceptual Quantiser (PQ) transfer functions for HDR video are supported for SDI HDR capture.

We now support HDR video capture on all Disguise media servers with SDI capture cards. For the signal to be captured properly as HDR it must be:

• In the REC.2020 (also known as BT.2020) colour space.
• Set to 10-bit.

In the Video Input Patch Editor, the Input Transform needs to be changed to HLG - Rec.2020 or PQ - Rec.2020. The format field will then show the colorimetry and transfer characteristics as seen in the screenshot below:

We also support SDI HDR video output using the Quad 3G VFC card. In the Feed View we have added the option to change the YCbCr Conversion Matrix to Rec.2020 (BT.2020). The Transfer Characteristics setting will then need to be changed to either HLG or PQ depending on the transfer function being used.

We also support SDI HDR video output using the Quad 3G VFC card. In the Feed View we have added the option to change the YCbCr Conversion Matrix to Rec.2020 (BT.2020). The Transfer Characteristics setting will then need to be changed to either HLG or PQ depending on the transfer function being used.

• DSOF-27428 - You can now link tracking axes to skeletal joints of skinned meshes more easily.
• DSOF-27536 - A range of fields that were previously not settable via an expression are now settable. Specifically Skeleton joint rotations. These values can also now we arrowed in to parameter collections to correctly capture their value.
• DSOF-28500 - Designer will now more gracefully handle high-GPU-memory scenarios to avoid dropping frames.
• DSOF-28537 - The spec of the .2p5d file format has an added a new optional field mean_depth which can be used to define the depth of the planes. You can find more information about this under our developer documentation here https://developer.disguise.one/formats/2p5d/.
• DSOF-28554 - Removing missing media from Designer via the resource management API is now much faster.
• DSOF-27396 - Designer will now notify you if it detects that NDI Tools 5 has been installed, as this software has been tied to multiple BSOD events on D3 servers. Our recommendation is not to use NDI Tools 5 at this time.
• Please see TA-54 for more information.

• DSOF-13435 - The Multi-mapping feature in d3labs will now render multiple parallel maps correctly.
• DSOF-28015 - The MR set Output Resolution field is now nested under the Settings separator in the UI. Right where it belongs.
• DSOF-28531 - Loading .avdn codec encoded files will no longer incorrectly report the file as a supported format and fail to play it. Designer will now give a useful error message explaining that the format is not supported.
• DSOF-28561 - Changes made to objects via the Mixed Reality [https://developer.disguise.one/api/session/mixedreality/ and QuickCal https://developer.disguise.one/api/session/quickcal/ APIs are now distributed to Actors and Editors correctly.

• DSOF-25924 - V1 api calls to netconf and content\remotesources endpoints now work correctly again. (These APIs are deprecated so we may not guarantee functionality going forward)
• DSOF-27929 - Clear Media Ingestion History will no longer fail with an access violation in projects that use projectors.
• DSOF-28511 - Analysing GPU pool usage with the profileGPUPoolFromLaunch option switch will now be easier to use to diagnose GPU memory issues.
• DSOF-28553 - Exception logs are now more useful to our developers by correctly identifying the memory address of the module.
• DSOF-28632 - The expressions: currentFeatureName, currentFeatureTime, nextFeatureName and nextFeatureTime now correctly report about upcoming Tags as well as Notes.
• DSOF-28732 - OSC output expressions now display helpful tooltips when there is an expression error.
• DSOF-28805 - Actors will now correctly receive Renderstream streams again.

In r30.0.1 and r30.0.2, RS streams cannot be received on Actor machines. Please revert your Designer version to r30.0 as the current workaround. This has been fixed in the next release.

Reminder: You can freely move a project from and r30.0.1 and r30.0.2 to r30.0 without consequence.

• DSOF-28555 - When not genlocked, setting the project to 59.94 FPS and applying feeds will no longer actually output at 60 FPS.
• DSOF-28724 & DSOF-28741 - Improved some internal logging.
• DSOF-28726 & DSOF-28731 - Various internal improvements to test systems.
• DSOF-28751 - Changing Load Weight for a Workload assigner now correctly updates Pool usage and Bandwidth estimates.
• DSOF-28757 - Double-clicking on a project folder in d3 Manager will no longer allow you to rename the project.

• DSOF-28160 - Actors will no longer sometimes fail to receive correct timings from director understudies after failover.
• DSOF-28576 - RenderStream engines rendering with Vulkan (including TouchDesigner) no longer crash when launched with a Mesh Mapping.
• DSOF-28636 - Controlling a field of an open layer via Sockpuppet when in a session of machines will now properly update projector blending if the field you are controlling impacts projector blending.

• DSOF-28407 - Move solo to a long-term Designer software version release

Users will be unable to run a project built in Designer software version from r30.0 onwards on a Solo. The final Designer software version to run on the Solo will be r29.2. This will become a long-term release model, with fixes only for show-critical issues that do not require large changes, for a period of 1 year. 

We have released final video playback performance metrics for the Solo that are specific to this Designer software version, which can be seen here.

We have put together an overview on the product life cycle which explains each of the phases in more detail. This can be seen here.

• DSOF-26046 - API: Include Setlist in Active Transport endpoint

We have included both the name and the UID of the setlist within the Active Transport API endpoint as found here: https://developer.disguise.one/api/session/transport/#get-setlists 

• DSOF-28313 - Remove OCIO shader properties from layers that don’t require them. These layers are:

• RGB Colour
• Tracking Marker
• LUT

• DSOF-28324 - VideoAsset editor enable/disable entire versions

The Video Version selector is now better formatted and easier to use. Versions will now be presented with friendly colours and you can shift-click to enable and disable all the fragments within a particular version at once.

DSOF-28401 - - You can now disable notifications about unsupported audio codecs embedded in video by setting the option switch: disableUnsupportedEmbeddedAudioNotification

• DSOF-22931 - Setting a CDL parameter via the API will now properly clamp the value on input to the min/max of the field in the GUI (you can still change the min/max in the GUI to change the clamping behaviour)
• DSOF-24076 - “ALT+G” GUI hidden splash screen text is no longer repeated and is now simpler
• DSOF-24154 - Playing in Loop XFade mode with a fade duration of 0 will now correctly loop with 0 fade instead of playing right through the section break.
• DSOF-25883 - QSDI VFC cards can now output 1080i at 50, 59.94 & 60 fps with the correct VPID so they are now correctly consumable by downstream devices.
• DSOF-26351 - The detectsystems API endpoint now always correctly returns the d3net adapters IP address.
• DSOF-27985 - Exporting frame as screenshot from an LED screen now works correctly when the enableSLC option switch is set.
• DSOF-28084 - Deleting the time string from a TC tag will no longer generate a notification.
• DSOF-28250 - In ACES mode, rendering 2 layers on the timeline targeting the same surface where one has content in ACEScg and another in ACEScct will not longer result in black sparkles on output.
• DSOF-28358 - Omitting the easing value from an HTTPSockpuppet API command will now default to easing linearly rather than returning an error.
• DSOF-28386 - Changing the GUI Mode for a machine via the API now works correctly and behaves the same way setting it in the GUI does.
• DSOF-28395 - Notch layers patched to HTTP sockpuppet will no longer display a spurious notification.
• DSOF-28402 - status/session API no longer returns an error when a machine in session is offline
• DSOF-28440 - HTTPSockpuppet patches no longer expose some fields which are not visible in the GUI.
• DSOF-28433 - Changing the refresh rate of d3 will no longer cause MTC transports to think that timecode has been dropped.
• DSOF-28484 - Texture streams over RenderStream is now correctly sent from the controller machine instead of always from the Director media server.
• DSOF-28602 - Changing the type of a surface, LED screen or DMX screen will no longer report an error and fail to change the surface type.
• DSOF-28638 - Using Porta to delete video clips in Designer will now happen much faster.
• DSOF-28643 - Holding tab and Shift+Tab while moving the mouse now correctly pan and rotated the visualiser camera again.

• DSOF-28433 - Designer will no longer treat MTC as lost when running at lower than 55 FPS.

• DSOF-25006 - Shortcuts in the d3 project folder now show content in sub-folders.
• DSOF-28214 - These objects are also correctly considered for missing media notifications and highlighting
• DSOF-25713 - Designer no longer fails to process multiple Midi notes controlling an event transport if the notes are sent very close together.
• DSOF-27426 - FBX skeletons with multiple root bones now load correctly. (A root bone is automatically added as the parent of all roots).
• DSOF-28041 - The expressions “self.min” and “self.max” no return the min and max values of a Metafield correctly again.
• DSOF-28208 - RenderStream: channel mappings list now automatically updates when adding and removing channel mappings.
• DSOF-28224 - Controlling an Open Layer field by pick-whipping another field to make an expression will now work correctly again.
• DSOF-28290 - In OCIO mode, arrowing a Layer in to a LUT layer and then undoing the creation of the arrow will now correctly break the link and un-apply the LUT.
• DSOF-28423 - OCIO options are no longer visible in the PreComp Texture Widget when in Normal Gamma Colour Space mode.
• DSOF-28456 - Renderstream assets that are configured to have a custom gamma in ACES mode, and then are turned back to gamma mode will no longer spam the console.
• DSOF-28460 - Editing multiple layers at once now correctly displays OCIO fields and the fields correctly affect the layers.
• DSOF-28539 - Certain 2.5D assets when updated from r29.1.1 to r29.1.2 will no longer render in GUI colour space when it should be rendering in working space.
• DSOF-28590 - Spatial mapping outlines now correctly turn invisible when their editors are closed.

• DSOF-23165 - Texture Widget: Type filters are now always visible for all created texture types
• DSOF-27913 - Non-functional Lock/Unlock Files button removed from VideoClip object
• DSOF-28311 - The Test Pattern layer now renders consistently across colour management modes
• DSOF-28323 - Tracking marker layer now displays the correct colours when using different OCIO input transforms.

• • DSOF-21329 - Support non-16:9 camera aspect ratios with “region of interest”
  • Video input configuration now supports the ability to crop the image with two new configuration fields:
  • Crop size: The crop rectangle size in pixels to apply to the incoming video. The applied crop will be centered on the frame e.g. a horizontal crop of 1600px on a 1920px original frame will remove 160px on the left hand side and 160px on the right hand side.
  • Crop offset: The offset in pixels to apply to the crop rectangle. Offsetting the crop rectangle more than half the crop size in an axis will cause the crop rectangle to shrink in order to stay within the original frame. This functionality is useful for use cases such as when a camera produces non-16:9 output over SDI which is restricted to 16:9, resulting in black bars. The black bars can be cropped out with this feature. Productions using anamorphic lenses will also benefit from this feature. For more information about video in cropping, see setup-video-input.
  • DSOF-26311 - OSC output with customisation using Expressions
  • In addition to existing functionality to receive commands over OSC, Designer now supports outputting OSC for monitoring purposes with a flexible approach using Expressions. For detailed documentation on this feature, see OSC Monitoring and OSC Custom Monitoring.
  • DSOF-27760 - OSC Output Expressions: Ability to output via OSC what Timecode is coming into Disguise
  • Using the new OSC output expressions functionality described above, timecode coming into Designer can be outputted over OSC using the expression transport.timecode.current.__str__()
  • DSOF-24047 & DSOF-27975 - It is now possible to resize the track widget horizontally instead of only vertically and there is a useful button for restoring the default size.
  • DSOF-27356 - The quit and quit-all confirmation pop-ups will now appear above splash messages to make closing Designer easier.
  DSOF-28297 - The title of the Blend Profile graph has been renamed from “Blend Region Black Level” to “Dynamic Blend Region Black Level” so that it is more obvious that it is referring to the black of the blend zone, not to the projector black.

• DSOF-27813 - Sockpuppet protocol text no longer extends past the end of layers.
• DSOF-28243 - DMX lights will no longer produce an “INTEGER_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO” exception when deleted from the stage.
• DSOF-28399 - When double clicking on project file in D3Manager, the project name will no longer be editable by default.
• DSOF-28412 - A sockpuppet layer controlled from Porta no longer displays a single frame at the default value before setting controlled parameters.
• DSOF-28439 - The time synchronisation between multiple Designer machines will no longer break under specific network configurations involving multiple VPNs.
• DSOF-27357 - Designer will no longer extend an inserted layer beyond the timeline end.
• DSOF-28459 - The CDL setting in Video module now works correctly in OCIO.

• DSOF-24905 - Setting the placeholder of a VideoIn to None will no longer retain the last placeholder image selected until a system reboot.
• DSOF-27970 - HDMI VFC cards will no longer occasionally be detected as DP 1.2.
• DSOF-28223 - Designer now displays a friendly warning instead of an Access Violation when arrowing from an Open Layer to a Metafield (min, max, step etc.).
• DSOF-28237 - Zoom & Focus data is now correctly captured in the shot recorder again.
• DSOF-28327 - Designer will no longer intermittently hang after boot or applying feed settings when in very noisy networks.
• DSOF-28336 - Custom OCIO configs which do not define the built-in transform to be sRGB now display correctly in the visualiser.
• DSOF-28372 - The SpinBitmap layer now correctly shows dynamic OCIO transform fields.
• DSOF-28389 - Actor status icons now show tooltips again.
• DSOF-28417 - Resolved an issue where d3 could crash to desktop during apply feeds or when in certain rare GPU states.
• DSOF-28437 - Designer will no longer log lots of errors to the console when entering the feed scene while colour management is set to Gamma space

• DSOF-28283 - TrackSection Fades with Precomps no longer cause precomps to snap instead of transitioning smoothly
• DSOF-28295 - Designer now properly accepts variables in "selected index" expression of list indirection controllers
• DSOF-28338 - OCIO - Dynamic properties no longer affect all videos with the same colour space

OCIO

OCIO is a widely adopted open-source colour management solution. For more details on OCIO, visit https://opencolorio.org/.

For details on how OCIO is implemented in Designer,  see the Disguise User Guide for detailed documentation: https://help.disguise.one/designer/colour-management/ocio

Known issue: When using an identical colour space transform on multiple different resources (videos, textures, LEDScreen, etc.), changing the OCIO dynamic properties (exposure, contrast and gamma) on a resource will also affect all other resources which use the same colour space and transform. This issue will be resolved in a subsequent hotfix. For more information on OCIO dynamic properties, refer to the user guide link above.

Colour Inspector

The Colour Inspector is a new tool in Designer for inspecting the specific colour values of pixels within an image. It is useful for verifying content and colour workflows.

See the Disguise User Guide for detailed documentation on the Colour Inspector:
https://help.disguise.one/designer/colour-management/colour-inspector

• DSOF-22938 Make XR Colour Calibration work with ACES/OCIO

Colour calibration for XR now supports ACES and OCIO modes.

• DSOF-26828 Notch colour management in OCIO

Using Notch with Designer now supports both ACES and OCIO modes.

• DSOF-26830 OCIO working space selection

In OCIO mode, the working colour space is configurable. See the user guide OCIO section for details on how to set the working colour space.

• DSOF-26832 Implement OCIO for Renderstream module

OCIO supports the RenderStream layer. Sharing OCIO information with content engines over RenderStream was out of scope for this improvement.

• DSOF-26927 Selectable default input and output transforms in OCIO config

In OCIO mode, default input and output transforms can be configured so they are automatically applied to media and output devices. See the user guide OCIO section for details on how to set the default input and output transforms.

• DSOF-24246 Ability to duplicate and rename projects from within d3 Manager

Right-licking on a project or project file within d3 Manager now provides options to:
- Duplicate project
- Duplicate project file (option is disabled if right-clicking the project rather than the project file)
- Delete project
- Delete project file (option is disabled if right-clicking the project rather than the project file)
Projects and project files can now also be renamed via d3 Manager.

• DSOF-28287 Improve or explain the new VimbaX pop up in r29.0

The notification “Vimba X SDK/Driver not installed” now only appears when using the OmniCal workflow.

• DSOF-19120 - Logging now contains a full stack trace for certain error conditions
• DSOF-23972 - Sockpuppet:  Fixed an issue where exporting generic DMX personality for VIDEOTRIGGER produced divide by zero error
• DSOF-28251 - Fixed an issue where selecting masks in feed rectangles made 1 pixel of gradient
• DSOF-27635 - Content now looks correct in the visualiser in ACES mode
• DSOF-28011 - The ACES transform box is now properly aligned with other fields
• DSOF-28060 - Gamma space profile no longer applied to feed rects in the UI
• DSOF-28227 - The tracking marker module is now properly applied the IDT of the palette

• DSOF-28225 - CTRL + SHIFT + D now correctly duplicates and renames layers again!
• DSOF-28267 - Designer will no longer report an access violation on launch when certain rare configurations of history files exist on disk.
• DSOF-28292 - The visualiser camera will no longer stop rendering when an LED screen is added to the stage and no default gamma space has been set.

We have made a number of significant improvements to the IP-VFC. Due to changes to the IP-VFC firmware, any user wishing to use the IP-VFC on a Designer project built in software version r29.0 onwards must also update the IP-VFC firmware version to 23.0.7. The firmware version on an IP-VFC can be upgraded and downgraded, but must be used with a compatible Designer software version. 

Please refer to the following compatibility table in order to understand which IP-VFC firmware versions are compatible with which Designer software versions:

All IP-VFCs being used in the session must be updated to run on the same firmware version. The IP-VFC firmware updater tool and a guide to updating the firmware can be found under the VFC Firmware Update tab here.

IP-VFC SDI mode changes

• DSOF-22892 - You now no longer need to enable the enableSDIIPVFC option switch to use your IP-VFC with SDI SFPs
• DSOF-23731 - The IP-VFC card's list of supported formats now correctly hides unsupported formats.

720p and QUAD video output modes on the IP-VFC when running in SDI mode are greyed out by default as they are not currently fully supported. They can be enabled for testing via the enableIPSDIExperimentalModes option switch, however they are not fully supported and if you do plan to use them please reach out to support to discuss the limitations and risks.

• DSOF-27405 - IP-VFC cards will now output an SDI video stream correctly if only a single SFP is attached to the 2nd output port.
• DSOF-25602 - IP-VFC cards now no longer expose a TPG field when in SDI mode

In previous releases, when an IP-VFC was in SDI mode, there was a field in the output port properties called TPG, which stands for Test Pattern Generator. We have removed this field as the functionality is replicated by rendering a test pattern via a video layer.

• DSOF-25603 - IP-VFC cards in SDI mode can no longer independently be set to "Frame Replay".

In previous releases, when an IP-VFC was in SDI mode, there was a field in the output port properties called "Frame Replay". We have removed this field as the functionality is replicated by the ‘Hold output’ function, which allows the user to freeze the output on one or a selection screens.

IP-VFC ST 2110 mode changes

• DSOF-26523 - You can now select your PTP profile on the IP-VFC from the Designer interface when in ST 2110 output mode.

The options we support are:

SMPTE2059-2015

SMPTE2059-2021

• DSOF-26546 - You can now fully configure your IP-VFC card without requiring SFPs be connected first.
• DSOF-26999 - IP-VFC cards in an understudy machine will no longer take on the network port configuration of the IP-VFCs in the machine they are taking over from during failover.
• DSOF-27487 - IP-VFC cards now startup network interfaces on boot much more quickly.
• DSOF-22772 - IP-VFC cards will no longer intermittently hang indefinitely when you modify their network configuration.
• DSOF-23944 - Selecting PTP sync in the feed view will now automatically set all installed IP-VFCs in ST 2110 output mode to PTP sync mode (you can change them manually later, but this configuration is the most reliable for sync).
• DSOF-26532 - The Genlock indicator in the feed view no longer intermittently reports that IP-VFC cards in ST 2110 output mode are PTP locked when they are not.
• DSOF-26541 - Manual changes to the IP VFC cards network configuration are now correctly undoable.
• DSOF-26542 - IP addresses in the IP-VFC editor will no longer react erratically to the scroll wheel.
• DSOF-26543 - IP-VFC cards in ST 2110 mode will now correctly stay in EXT sync mode when it is set.
• DSOF-23860 - The IP-VFC editor will now warn you if you enter an invalid multicast address.
• DSOF-26700 - The IP-VFC editor will now highlight your network settings in red if the IP address supplied is not on the same subnet as your gateway.
• DSOF-27392 - IP-VFC cards in ST 2110 mode will no longer intermittently fail to create a video stream.

IP-VFC General changes

• DSOF-26574 - The IP-VFC will now display a grey-pink border in the feed view if it is non-responsive.
• DSOF-24968 - d3service and Designer now log more verbosely about the state of IP-VFC when it's being configured to help us better diagnose problems in the field.
• DSOF-26641 - Designer will no longer display an access violation when joining session with an IP-VFC card and loading directly in to the feed view.
• DSOF-26651 - The IP-VFC GUI will now always update with the correct PTP clock ID after applying genlock or feed settings.
• DSOF-26666 - Machines will no longer hang indefinitely when applying feed settings if the first IP-VFC card in the server cannot detect a genlock source.
• DSOF-26679 - Designer will no longer intermittently display an access violation when inspecting a machine that has IP-VFC cards attached.
• DSOF-26685 - Once configured, the IP-VFC will now wait less time to output a video stream.
• DSOF-26803 - Designer will no longer display and access violation when opening the editor of a machine that had IP-VFC cards installed but is now offline.
• DSOF-27404 - IP-VFC cards will no longer intermittently fail to initialize properly on machine boot.
• DSOF-27424 - Genlocking a machine via the IP-VFC card is now much more reliable.
• DSOF-28012 - EX range director machines will now correctly apply IP-VFC configuration to actor machines with IP-VFC cards connected.
• DSOF-24289 - Servers with IP-VFC cards installed that are set to genlock in EXT sync mode now respond correctly to upstream genlock signal changes.
• DSOF-24868 - You no longer need to apply feed settings on every system reboot to output from IP-VFC cards.

Other Improvements

We've been working on things other than the IP-VFC too.

• DSOF-28200 - You can now specify a default gamma space colour transform for all new ingested media and all newly created displays.

In Project Settings under ‘Colour Management’ you will find two new entries when the mode is set to ‘Gamma Space’ which each accept a colour profile object:

‘Default ingest profile’

‘Default display profile’

DSOF-28053 - For DMX Screens you can now select the new GRBW Fixture type (one step closer to having all the permutations!).

• DSOF-20707 - Selecting a new feed scene for a machine will now correctly update the feed name displayed in the feed view.
• DSOF-22779/22970 - Changing the split mode of a Quad-split capable VFC card from Mirror to Quad or Quad 4K will no longer randomly create or delete virtual heads erroneously.
• DSOF-22969 - When changing the split mode of a VFC card it will no longer move the Matrix Routing settings of subsequent VFC cards on to their neighbors.
• DSOF-23271 - Changing Quad-split to Mirror mode will no longer intermittently display an access violation in specific projects.
• DSOF-24035/28127/26713 - We have made various improvements to tooltip behaviour in this release:
• Tooltips will now be slower to display and display more consistently across the UI.
• We have improved a range of tooltips to make them more explanatory and helpful.
• Tooltips for broken expressions now better explain what's wrong and how to fix it.
• DSOF-25733 - All OSC Event Transport messages now correctly highlight in blue when triggered.
• DSOF-28138 - d3service logs are now simpler to assist with troubleshooting.

• DSOF-27052 - Projects that specify extra dlls like d3labs.dll in their dlls.txt file will not longer fail to open if the dlls.txt file has mixed line endings.
• DSOF-27831 - Layers with mappings that target no screens which apply affects to PreComp textures no correctly force the layers rendering the PreComps to become active.
• DSOF-27839 - Video layers patched to Sockpuppet that have a live video input sequenced now correctly show the placeholder video clip (if one is selected for that video input) when the video input is disconnected. This matches the behaviour of normal video layers.
• DSOF-27869 - Updated the test patterns that come with Designer in the following ways:
•  Fixed the 100% -> 0% greyscale to have correct colour values
•  Fixed the "Full Range" text to be the correct limited range colour values
•  Re-centred the content

• DSOF-11562 & DSOF-24738 mp4 video format files will now correctly be reported as unsupported when loaded, instead of reporting a cryptic error.
• DSOF-17285 Include link to release notes webpage in help tab in d3manager
• DSOF-24890 Performance improvement when modifying custom parameters for web layers
• DSOF-27989 Shortcuts added to move selected layers/groups where the  Playhead is

• CTRL + [  Extend/Trim the start of the selected layers to the playhead position
• CTRL + ]  Extend/Trim the End of the selected layers to the playhead position
• CTRL + ALT + [    Move the start of the selected layers to the playhead position while maintaining the length of the layers
• CTRL + ALT + ]    Move the end of the selected layers to the playhead position while maintaining the length of the layers

• DSOF-27793 - Hierarchy->Add Child now allows you to select grandchildren objects. For example consider the following object hierarchy:

Stage → Screen 1 → Screen 2 → Screen 3

                            → Screen 4

Now when selecting children for Screen 1 you can select Screen 3 and Screen 4, whereas previously you could only do so if you removed Screen 2 as the parent of screens 3 and 4.

• DSOF-11057 - Fixed an issue where low resolution screens appeared blurry in the visualiser. (Does not affect video output)
• DSOF-24353 & DSOF-24890 - Fixed some performance issues in the web module
• DSOF-26516 - The Format field of a video input will now always update to the correct format instantly upon assignment of a new capture source.
• DSOF-26802 - Fixed an issue where Designer would sometimes not automatically create a share for the d3 projects folder if sharing settings had been manually edited.
• DSOF-27748 & DSOF-27814 - Layer editors for groups now properly close all related keyframe widgets when closing
• DSOF-27972 - Mousing over the session icon in d3manager for a project will now correctly show the list of servers participating in that session again.
• DSOF-28043 - Notch and Renderstream Notch layers can now have their custom parameters controlled correctly by HTTPSockpuppet.
• DSOF-28045 - Renderstream layers can now have their scene field controlled correctly by HTTPSockpuppet.
• DSOF-28072 - The warning about expiring Notch licenses has been reworded to not say the word "Warning" twice. (unlike this note, ironically)
• DSOF-28081 - Designer will no longer intermittently fail to quit fully when using ProRes video content, causing remote start-up to fail.
• DSOF-28136 - The UVLookup module will no longer sometimes show artifacts where there are large discontinuities in the UV lookup texture.

• DSOF-20204 - Fixed an issue where VFC Firmware and Generation would not be visible for remote machines in the feed view
• DSOF-27491 - Fixed an issue where the CameraControl layer did not send strings on playback
• DSOF-27593 - Fixed an issue where the CameraControl layer could not send a Preset above 15
• DSOF-27720 - Fixed an issue where BlackTrax with RTTrPM device did not snap points to tracked points correctly
• DSOF-27767 - Fixed an Access Violation when using RigidBody tracking workflow
• DSOF-27864 - Fixed an issue where adding a DMX screen with labels rendered to the stage would cause parallel and cylindrical mapping to no longer render their outlines
• DSOF-28004 Fixed an Access Violation when viewing the Machine properties for any unconfigured/newly created Machine
• DSOF-28025 - Fixed an issue where running an xR or VP project that was using an NDI source caused the input to stutter once a RenderStream layer is started
• DSOF-28039 - Fixed an issue where max() and min() expressions had the same behaviour
• DSOF-28069 - Fixed an issue where Nginx couldn’t start after installation if d3 nginx log folder is missing

• EX 2, EX 2C and EX 3+ Product Support

• DSOF-24180 - Added confirmation dialog to global apply feed settings button
• DSOF-26244 - Right-clicking on a projector from the projector list view now opens the projector editor. This now behaves the same as other right-click behaviour
• DSOF-26719 - When dropping frames, outputs between machines and on the same machine will now re-synchronize faster.
• Also, output will no longer stutter intermittently on Vx3 and Vx2+ machines
• DSOF-26937 - EX range: Outputs in the feed view are no longer labelled as "No VFC"
• DSOF-27365 - Improved performance when using lots of HTTP Sockpuppet video layers
• DSOF-27908 - OSC SockPuppet: Text fields now have examples in their personality viewer

• DSOF-24265 - Fixed an issue where multiple feed rectangles in the same output feed could misalign by 1 pixel in certain scenarios
• DSOF-25102 - Fixed an issue where  LUTs applied to DMX Screens did not apply to DMX output
• DSOF-25165 - Fixed an issue where d3manager could sometimes report understudy machines to still be in session after they were quit remotely from Designer
• DSOF-25217 - EX Range & Solo: Fixed an issue where Edid emulation set to ‘always’ did not work unless there were displays connected
• DSOF-26788 - Fixed an issue where projector config from projector list editor could not be changed
• DSOF-27209 - Fixed an issue where FPS in the network status widget does not match FPS in the HUD
• DSOF-27801 - Fixed an issue where Windows 11 reported as Windows 10 22631 in d3manager

All Notch blocks flickered when they were not being rendered at full frame rates when a user upgraded their project file to r27.8. As a result we removed r27.8 (build number 191665). This has now been resolved in r27.9, which includes a number of additional fixes and improvements.

The original release notes for r27.8 are also listed at the end of this document.

• DSOF-11388 More Zoom Steps when Zoom In

Additional zoom levels have been added to zoom in and out of the timeline, for example using Alt Scroll or the timeline magnifier icons.

• DSOF-27451 Move 'Collapse All Groups' and 'Clear Arrows' into a dropdown

The Track Editor menu now contains a new Actions section which contains the following:

• Clear Arrows (if the option switch isClearArrowsEnabled is enabled)
• Toggle Groups
• Close Layer Editors (see next item)

• DSOF-26612 Add way to close all open layer editors

The Actions section of the Track Editor now contains a Close Layer Editors function, which ensures that the list of layers which would open when the timeline scrubs over them is cleared.

• DSOF-27484 'Collapse all Groups' Should toggle to expand all groups

The “Collapse all Groups” button in the Track Editor has been renamed to Toggle Groups, and it now collapses or expands all Groups across the whole track. If even one group is open then clicking the button will close the group(s). Expanding will only happen if there are no open groups on the entire track. The shortcuts Ctl Alt + and Ctrl Alt - also perform this action.

• DSOF-27207 QuickAlign option to disable adding new points

In order to easily move existing points without accidentally adding new points when doing QuickAlign, a checkbox has been added to toggle on or off adding new alignment points. The checkbox is under the Interface Options menu.

• DSOF-27246 Support multiple OSC floats in OSC position receiver

The OSC Position Receiver can now use multiple arguments in the same OSC message. This means that one message can be received for the three arguments x, y and z, rather than three separate messages.

• DSOF-27420 Transport "engaged" button should have a tooltip explaining when it's allowed and when it's not allowed to engage/disengage

The Transport Engaged / Disengaged button now has a more helpful tooltip to inform as to why it cannot be engaged and/or disengaged.

• DSOF-24911 Notes API - to be able to GET and POST notes

A new HTTP API to get and set notes has been added. For details, see the documentation at https://developer.disguise.one or the documentation bundled with Designer, which is linked from d3manager->Help->Open API Documentation.

• DSOF-27204 Manager to show list of locally connected (physical) CodeMeter containers in "d3 License" window

The d3Manager License dialog (accessible from d3Manager->Help->d3 Licenses) now contains a section detailing the serial number(s) of local Codemeter license containers.

• DSOF-25823 - Fixed an issue that occurred on project launch, where d3manager warned "No valid Designer licence detected from d3service!" but continued to open the project
• DSOF-26562 - Fixed an issue where head names did not appear in the feed view
• DSOF-26726 - Fixed an issue where remote graphs sometimes failed to be sent to the director
• DSOF-26909 - Fixed an issue where DMX screens appeared inactive when the position was controlled with automation data until the visualiser camera was moved
• DSOF-27074 - Fixed undo (Ctrl + Z) not working work when deleting a tag
• DSOF-27144 - Sped up the timeSlideShow setup takes on projects with large number of video clips
• DSOF-27262 - Fixed an issue where WSAWaitForMultipleEvents was seen when using ArtNet
• DSOF-27280 - d3 installer now sets the d3.exe file properties to disabled for Windows versions later than 1809
• DSOF-27282 -  API Docs page no longer returns blank white screen
• DSOF-27289 - Fixed an issue where a Note did not unsubscribe ResourceActions when deactivated
• DSOF-27290 - Fixed an issue where ObjectView did not unsubscribe ResourceActions before adding new ones
• DSOF-27315 - Fixed a hang that occurred when on adding / removing from timeline
• DSOF-27359 - Fixed an issue where live update was blocked blocked after long hangs on director
• DSOF-27382 - Fixed access violation when two machines on network have duplicate hostnames 
• DSOF-27553 - OmniCal: Fixed an issue where the number of Projector inliers and total points were not serialised
• DSOF-27567 - Fixed shadow artefacts in dynamic blend with three projectors
• DSOF-27568 - Fixed barn doors not removing all projections
• DSOF-27596 - Fixed an issue where mask blur shadow was not accounted for by other projectors
• DSOF-27629 - Fixed multiple Access Violations when fading out of a sockpuppet layer
• DSOF-27640 - Fixed an issue where EventTransportMidiNote Notes and CC messages were no longer highlighted blue when receiving
• DSOF-27649 - Fixed an issue where setting load weight to 0 or negative caused an infinite hang
• DSOF-27665 - Fixed Access Violations in cleanup prefetch
• DSOF-27702 - Fixed an issue where inputs went black when a timeout occurred
• DSOF-27759 - Fixed an issue where Media Distribution was unable to distribute to editors
• DSOF-27763 - Fixed a crash to desktop on video file removal
• DSOF-27784 - Fixed an issue where Notch blocks flickered at all framerate fractions < 1

New Features

• DSOF-17036 ProRes Support

ProRes video codecs are now supported for playout on Disguise. ProRes is a visually lossless codec that uses intra-frame compression, where each frame is stored independently and can be decoded with no dependencies on other frames.

Users are now able to playout the following ProRes codecs from Disguise:

• ProRes 422
• ProRes 422 HQ
• ProRes 422 LT
• ProRes 422 Proxy
• ProRes 4444
• ProRes 4444 XQ

ProRes RAW playback in Disguise is not supported.

ProRes video codecs are CPU-based. We recommend checking the video playback performance for the Disguise media server(s) when deciding whether ProRes is appropriate for your show or production. 

Improvements

• DSOF-22928 Allocate buffers through GpuPool

This improvement prevents an error message outlining that access to the GPU device was lost on the actor machine when many high-resolution Notch LC video layers are used.

• DSOF-25479 Export profiles of GPU memory allocation

We have added profileGPUPoolFromLaunch as an option switch to enable users to trigger the creation of a memory profile so that they can understand the behaviour of a GPU pool for debugging purposes. This is exported as a .json file to a project folder called ‘output’. 

• DSOF-27549 On Understudy machines, don't set output status to orange in the network status widget if the GUI is on

Fixes

• DSOF-19231 - Fixed an issue where the debug console jittered when Video Prefetcher Report is visible during video playback, and the widget could not be resized
• DSOF-24304 Fixed a BSOD when Scrubbing Timeline
• DSOF-24583 - Fixed new textures pool not responding to scrubbing
• DSOF-24584 - Fixed scrubbing detection failing during lengthy system hangs or in low frame rate scenarios
• DSOF-24608 - Fixed console logging omitting timestamp on some lines
• DSOF-24662 - Fixed an issue where the prefetcher created many unnecessary prefetch jobs while scrubbing
• DSOF-25240 - Lowered the GPU usage of  Discovery ndirelay instance
• DSOF-25395 - Fixed an issue where overly active 'Strict mode' caused prefetch to miss and exhibit many errors
• DSOF-25712 - Requests in freelist no longer appear in the debug widget
• DSOF-25718 - Fixed an issue where VariableVideoModule held a reference to the last frame used even when not active
• DSOF-27157 - Texture parameters no longer switch places when using multiple texture parameters
• DSOF-27261 - Fixed an issue where  CPU textures were constantly re-allocated while playing NotchLC blocks.
• DSOF-25035 - Fixed an issue where the Shot Recorder with a note in parameter collection caused a problem on project restart
• DSOF-25743 - Fixed an issue where EventTransportDmx did not highlight "Stop" in blue when it was selected, and Brightness was permanently highlighted when DMX is connected.
• DSOF-27361 - Fixed an issue wherelLayers with missing media did not update the red highlight when the layer start is dragged earlier
• DSOF-27468 DMX SockPuppet: 'DmxPersonality' object is not callable when attempting to 'View Personality' in Patch Settings widget
• DSOF-27518 'GroupLayer' object has no attribute 'controlPatch'
• DSOF-27653 Using UX fade with a UVLookup module results in an error and the playhead won't advance beyond the section break.

• DSOF-27746 - Fixed a critical issue where Notch blocks were getting 'LOGIC ERROR' in r27.7.3

• DSOF-26647 - Fixed an issue where a duplicate process started when clicking on the start workload button from the timeline while the workload was already launching
• DSOF-26766 - Fixed an issue where timecode playmodes for layers were behaving inconsistently when playing to end of section with RenderStream
• DSOF-26953 - Fixed an Access Violation after closing the Renderstream widget
• DSOF-27243 - Fixed an issue where the debugLiveUpdate option switch was non-functional
• DSOF-27251 - Fixed an issue where Colour Calibration returned a black LUT and an .cube file with null values
• DSOF-27363 - Fixed an issue where extending the start of a layer using ctrl+< with the end of the layer at the end of track resulted in track lengthening
• DSOF-27466 - OSC/HTTP SockPuppet: Fixed an issue where Designer threw an error when attempting to display an alert box after exporting personality
• DSOF-27472 - Fixed errors being raised when attempting to drag the heading in the RenderStream cluster workload window
• DSOF-27485 - Fixed an AccessViolation when patching RenderStream layer to sockpuppet
• DSOF-27498/DSOF-27500 - Fixed an issue where slideshows did not load
• DSOF-27523 - Fixed an Access Violation on startup relating to QuickProfiler
• DSOF-27271 Notch instances that get prefetched but never end up being played through don’t return to Sleeping state

• DSOF-21378 - Render nodes marked as failed are now notified to prevent them contributing to network traffic
• DSOF-25240 -  Discovery ndirelay instance now has a lower CPU usage
• DSOF-26705 - Fixed an issue where RenderStream Layers connected to sockpuppet may not have initialised personality types leading to Exceptions
• DSOF-26899 - Fixed an issue where the first command to an OSC Indirection did not change the resource
• DSOF-27329 - Fixed an issue where a capture group config can't be saved on bluefish card

• DSOF-27010 Add a link to learn.disguise.one in d3manager
• DSOF-22053 Upgrade to Vimba X SDK for OmniCal 
• DSOF-25066 Custom colour primaries in Gamma Space mode

We have added the option to add custom output colour primaries from Designer to enable high performance colour transforms for LED panels. This is available when Gamma Space mode is selected as the colour management mode in Project Settings. This can be found by right-clicking a LED Screen found in a project and right-clicking Colour Profile underneath the Output dropdown menu.

• DSOF-25138 Designer will now respect the clipping planes defined in notch blocks. Note: Notch blocks which do not define a clipping plane will have a default one set by Designer.
• DSOF-25646 Omnical will check and notify the user if the wrong Vimba SDK is installed for use with the latest version of Designer.
• DSOF-26353 Implement colour management interface with Notch version 1.0

We now support colour management settings included in a Notch block exported from version 1.0 or later to a Notch layer in Designer

• DSOF-26356 Raise warning about Notch version 1.0 compatibility on unsupported servers

Notch Blocks that have been exported in version 1.0 or later have a number of requirements in order to run on a Disguise media server:

Windows OS - must be Windows 10 1607 or higher

GPU - support for Nvidia GPUs only (Maxwell Architecture or later)

Notch Blocks that are exported in version 1.1 or later will have the following requirements in order to run on a Disguise media server:

Windows OS - must be Windows 10 1607 or higher

GPU - support for Nvidia GPUs only (Turing Architecture or later)

We have created a notification in Designer to warn a user that attempts to run a Notch block that has been exported in version 1.0 or later on a Disguise media server that is not supported. 

A compatibility table can be found below.

• DSOF-26694 Upgrade nsis to 3.10
• DSOF-27009 Prewarm notch instances

We have reduced the load time when a user adds a Notch layer to a project for the first time, or starts a project with a Notch layer already assigned to a track. We have enabled this as default behaviour.

• DSOF-27056 Add support for double to rational conversion
• DSOF-27095 Update to latest FastBuild version v1.13
• DSOF-27152 Update NDI SDK to NDI 6

We have updated the NDI SDK to support NDI 6.0. This includes improvements to the 16-bit colour formats that are supported (P216/PA16) and a new specification for NDI HDR metadata. More information on NDI 6.0 can be found in their release notes here (link). It is important to note that NDI 5.0 video inputs continue to work as expected.

• DSOF-27247 Add pagination for Porta and the media API
• DSOF-27306 Include AudioFiles in the media/get api

• DSOF-24822 - - Fixed an issue where VideoAsset SLC Region Regex checked full path instead of just the filename,  causing a blue screen of death
• DSOF-25043 - Fixed an issue where VimbaCamServer used the incorrect ID for non-GigEVision cameras
• DSOF-25481- Fixed an issue where "display as" was broken for all unit types
• DSOF-25571- Fixed an issue where a 'NoneType' object had no attribute 'positionNear' when clicking on MIDI Personality names in Event Transport MIDI Note
• DSOF-26367 - Fixed an issue where Notch pass-through blocks gave a black texture when transforming with Gamma2.2 curve
• DSOF-26589 - Fixed an issue where there was no anti-aliasing on a set extension when feather is under 10
• DSOF-26595 - Designer now profiles automatically when performance is low
• DSOF-26633 - Improve Actor performance drops when running RenderStream
• DSOF-26648- Fixed an issue where RenderStream error notifications caused network spam
• DSOF-26650 Fixed an issue where bringing the brightness up on Renderstream layers caused unsynchronised pop-in across Actors
• DSOF-26897 - Fixed and issue where d3killer failed to kill nginx
• DSOF-27006 - Fixed an Access Violation in QuickProfiler subsystem when shutting down Designer
• DSOF-27034 - Fixed an issue where setting centre shift turned overscan red with zero distortion
• DSOF-27047 - Standardised HTTP sockpuppet API endpoints are in /experimental/ namespaces
• DSOF-27064 - Fixed an issue where Protoc router plugin was not generated at build time
• DSOF-27131 - Fixed an issue where removing all keyframes on a RenderStream custom event displayed a long value number
• DSOF-27153 - Fixed an issue where corrupt stage objects causes visualiser to fail to render anything
• DSOF-27244 - Fixed an issue where Undo / Redo of measurements resulted in NULL objects and drop to 2 FPS
• DSOF-27245 - API: Fixed an issue where a session did not return director status when in solo mode
• DSOF-27269 - Fixed an Async error notification not registering due to uninitialised pointer
• DSOF-27309 - Fixed an issue where Designer failed to load images in VideoFile folder with incorrect file extension
• DSOF-27338 - Fixed an issue where sorting scenes in the unreal project schema broke applications that rely on index
• DSOF-27370 - Fixed Unreal RenderStream failover in UE5.3/UE5.4

• DSOF-24431 - Fixed an issue where LUT files created textures directly rather than through the GpuPool
• DSOF-24747 - Textures allocate less memory
• DSOF-24909 - Fixed an error message when patching strobe/radar layer to Sockpuppet
• DSOF-25308 - Designer no longer tries to reload unsupported audio files
• DSOF-25449 - Fixed an "Error 500" loading consoles or projects URLs
• DSOF-26833 - Fixed an issue where RenderStream custom event keyframes did not trigger on first frame when running timeline on loop
• DSOF-26994 - Fixed an Omnical Crash
• DSOF-27040 - Reverts DSOF-26131, which was introduced in r27.4. The change caused playback modes in a Sockpuppet video layer to behave incorrectly. As a result of the revert, DMX sockpuppet triggers will no longer be in sync between machines, however, sockpuppet inframe/outframe will once again work as intended
• DSOF-27237 - Fixed an issue where Actors failed to load MeshDeform deformed mesh
• DSOF-27310 - Fixed an issue where Natnet driver editor failed to populate with ‘onClose’ error

• DSOF-26045 API: session/status/health does not return statuses from solo mode machines

We have enabled the Designer APIs to return status information when the machine(s) that has been queried is running in solo mode.

• DSOF-26527 Update test cards with new logo

We have updated both the colour and test patterns included as part of the Designer installer and made available in both 16:9 and 4:3 versions. We have added the following:

• Full or limited colour test pattern
• Chroma subsampling test pattern to prove 4:2:2 or 4:2:0
• Updated Disguise branding

• DSOF-27199 API: session/gototag returns 200 even when tag isn't found

In previous releases, the session/gototag endpoint returned a 200 OK HTTP status code even if a transport tag was not found. This has been resolved by returning a 400 bad request status code instead.

• DSOF-26587 - Fixed an issue where video receive delay would drift during time in a Matrox server with OS24Q1 in r27.0
• DSOF-26898 - Fixed an m_file->codec error when ingesting content
• DSOF-27051 - Fixed an issue where Matrox Videoin Hardware Identifiers got card-swapped
• DSOF-27124 - Fixed an issue where DSE mask could be not updated properly on Animate Objects
• DSOF-27139 - "Adding machine media" console logging is now less verbose
• DSOF-27206 - Fixed an error where mesh deform gives out of bounds error when deformed mesh already exists
• DSOF-27219 - Fixed a crash to desktop on shutdown, if shutdown was triggered during startup
• DSOF-27225 - Autosave: Fixed an issue where only the current selected Transport Manager was considered when checking if we're currently in show
• DSOF-27226 - Fixed an issue where mesh deform applied maxDistance in local rather than global screen scale
• DSOF-27230 - Fixed an issue where the ProxyMaker did not unsubscribe removeResourceAction

• DSOF-26801 Promote propSelectionPriority == 10 as default behaviour

Selection of objects in the Designer visualiser is prioritised based on the type of object. For example, if a camera is behind a projector, the camera will be selected even if the projector is visually in front. In previous releases, the Prop object had the lowest selection priority of all object types. This could be changed with the option switch propSelectionPriority. In this release, the default selection priority of Props has been changed so it is the same priority as a projector, puck, skeleton and 2.5D asset. It is still possible to use the option switch to change this, whereby setting propSelectionPriority to 0 is the lowest priority and 25 is the highest priority. 

• DSOF-27059 Add async error notification to Matrox API

Async notifications from Matrox are now logged to the console which helps debug any problems with the Matrox card or driver.

• DSOF-26510 - Fixed an issue where it was not possible to duplicate a 2.5D asset 
• DSOF-26878 - Fixed an issue where the MessageBox popped up under Designer, causing the system to appear as though it were hanging
• DSOF-26993 - Change of "RenderStream Projects Folder" registry key caused the  RenderStream workload to use an incorrect nDisplay file
• DSOF-27088 - Fixed an issue where the Video Asset Editor went out of alignment when version strings were different lengths

Skinned Mesh Workflows

Summary

The skinned mesh workflow allows a rigged mesh to be selected in a Skeleton, so that the mesh can be deformed based on the positions of the skeleton’s bones. This can be used to represent deforming surfaces, so that they can be used across other standard workflows within Disguise.

In this release the two main features are:

• Skinned mesh support for Skeletons
• A new SkeletalPointTrackingSource for controlling skeleton bones based on tracked points

Taken together, these features allow us to deform a mesh based on tracked marker positions from a system such as Blacktrax or Optitrack.

How-To

To use a skinned mesh as a projection surface:

1. Find or create an FBX file which contains a single rigged mesh, and copy this into the project’s objects/Mesh folder
2. Create a new skeleton, and select the FBX mesh in the skeleton’s mesh field
3. Create a new projection surface, and select the mesh named after the skeleton (not the original FBX mesh)
4. Try moving the skeleton’s bones using the manual posing controls in the skeleton editor. The mesh should deform in both the skeleton and the projection surface
5. If you want to hide the skeleton mesh, set the Display mode under Appearance to Hidden

To set up a SkeletalPointTrackingSource to control a skeleton:

1. Set up a marker tracking system e.g. Blacktrax or Optitrack to receive tracked points in Disguise
2. Create a rigged mesh with joints at each tracked marker position, export as FBX as select in a Skeleton
3. Under Hierarchy in the Skeleton, click ‘Create Reference Points’ to create a reference point for each joint
4. Create a new SkeletalPointTrackingSource as the Skeleton’s tracking source
5. In the tracking source editor, add points to link each tracked point to its corresponding reference point
6. Points can be sorted into groups. If a point stops receiving tracking data, its position will be estimated based on a rigid body transform from other receiving points in the same groups
7. Each point can also have an offset applied relative to the fixed point, and can have ‘Twist’ ticked to calculate the twist of that joint based on the positions of points within the same group
8. Adjust the ‘Rejoin velocity limit’ to change the speed at which points catch up with the tracked position when tracking is received again after being lost

This workflow is also documented in the user guide at https://help.disguise.one/en/Content/Workflows/Motion-Capture/Skinned_Mesh_Workflows/Skeleton.htm  and https://help.disguise.one/en/Content/Workflows/Motion-Capture/Skinned_Mesh_Workflows/Skeleton_Point_Tracking_Source.htm

Skinned skeletal mesh support

• DSOF-25206 Add deformable mesh functionality to skeleton
• DSOF-25221 Ability to import skeleton rig from FBX file
• DSOF-25307 Make skeleton layout persistent
• DSOF-25409 Render mesh when it is selected in a Skeleton
• DSOF-26074 Add retargeting to control skeletal mesh with tracked skeleton data
• DSOF-26599 Instance skeleton-controlled deformable meshes so the same mesh can be used multiple times
• DSOF-27004 Expose skeleton joint pose manual controls to users

SkeletalPointTrackingSource for marker-based skeleton control

• DSOF-25223 Ability to add tracked points to Skeleton
• DSOF-26734 Add option to clear reference points in Skeleton
• DSOF-25366 Account for non-receiving tracked points in Skeleton control
• DSOF-25407 Automatically detect and control duplicate joints
• DSOF-25484 Skeleton tracking  - avoid points jumping when they stop receiving
• DSOF-25497 Skeleton tracking - avoid points jumping when they start receiving again
• DSOF-25498 Skeleton tracking - calculate bone twist angle from rigid body group

• DSOF-24875 Add API call to indicate GUI state/selected option
• DSOF-25528 Add API call to set GUI mode

The above two items are in a new API endpoint /session/status/setguimode

• DSOF-25063 Add API call to query timecode receive status of a transport

A new receivingTimecode field has been added to TransportIndo in the Session API.

• DSOF-25088 Add API endpoints to query QuickCal pixel error and overwrite manual calibration

Two new endpoints have been added:
/quickcal/overwritemanualcalibration which overwrites the manual calibration for the given projector
/quickcal/projectorcalibration which returns information about the projector config including the error values

• DSOF-25222 Omnical - ability to mesh deform without adding verts

It is sometimes desirable to deform with Omnical without adding extra vertices. This is now configurable in MeshDeform in the new Topology Behaviour setting. Selecting “Discard inserted vertices” will result in a deformed mesh without added complexity. The number of vertices and triangles before/after MeshDeform will remain the same.

• DSOF-25351 OmniCal: minor MeshDeform performance improvements

Performance of the Omnical mesh deform feature has been improved.

• DSOF-25367 Add prediction to tracked points

A new section for Prediction has been added to the natnet driver. This can help to minimise lag. The new fields in the Prediction section are as follows:

Prediction time (sec): How much time to predict
Sample interval threshold (sec): This is the threshold of time intervals between samples to filter out noise. If the interval time between samples is bigger, detection will be ignored.
Sample size: The number of samples to use for prediction. More samples will make prediction less prone to the noise
Terms: This is the term of curve that is used for curve fitting.  Value can be set to either 1 or 2

• DSOF-26057 Add user facing option to render normals

Mesh normals can now be toggled on in the Designer visualiser. To turn on normals, go to Stage -> Visualiser Camera -> Render settings -> Object visibility -> Mesh normals. Normals will then be displayed for any mesh which is selected.

• DSOF-23836 - Fixed an issue where feeds dragged over a GUI could no longer be suppressed by Alt+G or Alt+F
• DSOF-24884 - Fixed an issue where toggling the GUI with ALT+G persisted the state through a project restart
• DSOF-25021 - Fixed an issue where NatNet driver could introduce subtle rotation errors in Rigid Bodies
• DSOF-25331 - Fixed an issue where unlabelled markers in Motive created infinite unnamed TrackedPoints in Designer
• DSOF-26190 - Fixed an issue where a dormant Sockpuppet Video Layer briefly became active when changing media slot
• DSOF-26622 - Fixed FBX mesh collisions mesh being generated incorrectly
• DSOF-26704 - Fixed FBX mesh thumbnail being empty
• DSOF-26901 - Fixed an issue where Alt+G GUI Is Disabled splash was not always in bottom right of screen
• DSOF-27011 - Offline editors no longer affect aggregate status in the session widget

The range finder option was toggled on by default when an user upgraded their project file to r27.5. In addition, an access violation was reported during the OmniCal calibration process which led to the project freezing. As a result we removed r27.5 (build number 186871) from the website. These have now been resolved in r27.5.1, which is otherwise identical to r27.5.

• DSOF-27185 - Fixed an issue where the range finder option was toggled on by default when upgrading projects to r27.5
• DSOF-27186- Fixed a Renderer Access Violation during OmniCal calibration that locked up Designer

• Added support for RXIII server type

We have added software support for the RX III render node.

• DSOF-11797 Improve DMX screen position receiver to enable reception of other byte formatting

The DMX Screen Position Driver now has the option to specify the number of DMX channels to use per axis, allowing the use of 16-bit (2 channels) and 24-bit (3 channels), up to 64-bit (8 channels).

The following fields were added:

• Number of Channels per Axis - number of 8-bit DMX channels per axis
• Signed - signals whether the value is a signed integer. Toggle on for yes and toggle off for no. This allows the value to be negative
• Little Endian - signals whether the value is in Little Endian (toggle on) or Big Endian (toggle off). This is the order the channels are used to create the value.

• DSOF-25698 Add a modifier to locking to director, which first jumps the director to the editor playhead before locking

When using an Editor that is running in session, users can now press ALT + SHIFT + click ‘Lock to Director’ to jump the Director to the Editors’ time location before locking. 

• DSOF-25854 Add range finder option to camera visualiser

We have added a range finder option to the camera visualiser to enable users to know how far away from a screen when completing pixel pitch calculations. This can be turned on by right clicking anywhere in the stage view, and then right clicking the Render settings. The Range finder can be toggled on and off from this menu and will appear as an overlay in the stage view.

• DSOF-26839 Allow padding outside of Renderstream full-frame renders

When the Splitting Strategy is set to ‘Full-Frame’ mode in the Cluster Assigner menu - found within the Config section the RenderStream layer - the Padding value is now applied to the outside of the full frame.  This can also be used with Mesh and Direct Mappings if using the RenderStream layer. 

• DSOF-26887 Remote GUI status and toggle for actors

We have added GUI status to the ‘Output’ indicator on the Network Status Widget as seen in the screenshot below. The GUI icon follows the same convention as the other icons, namely if the GUI is on a Disguise media server running in session then the icon will be green. If it is off then the icon will be grey. A tooltip also states this information if the user hovers over the icon. 

• DSOF-26890 Add hotkeys to next/last through the tracks in the setlist

We have introduced hotkeys to allow users to jump between tracks in the setlist. This can be completed by pressing ‘PgDn’ to go to the next track in the setlist, and ‘PgUp’ to go to the last track in the setlist.

• DSOF-25041 - Fixed an issue where the package destructor would try and compact the project file even when opened in write disabled mode
• DSOF-26121 - Fixed an issue where media distribution failed because the incorrect path was used
• DSOF-26871 - Remove VideoFile references (RPs) when a resource is removed

• DSOF-26229 - Fixed an issue where levels were marked as invalid when using an actor as a controller
• DSOF-26291 - Fixed an issue where 2.5d depth maps were unnecessarily included in the project diagnostic
• DSOF-26446 - Fixed an error message "wasn't expecting a frame receipt for a never-subscribed stream" when stopping RenderStream compressed
• DSOF-26708 - Fixed an issue where Dynamic Blend edge had jagged edge on dome with quickcal
• DSOF-26793 - Fixed an issue where feed warp 'draw control points on output' did not work in Custom mode
• DSOF-26870 - Machine List in Monitoring Manager is now sorted correctly
• DSOF-26874 - Fixed an issue where a projector mask surface with population mask in Alpha blend mode renders incorrectly in Feed output
• DSOF-26911 - Fixed an issue where Stage Movie recordings audio was 2 frames offset from video
• DSOF-26943  - Fixed incorrect blend implementation for Projector Alpha Mask
• DSOF-26949 - Fixed an Access Violation when receiving 16-channel ArtNet data

• DSOF-26760 - Receive health widget is now resizable
• DSOF-26933 - Resized d3manager columns in the ‘Network’ tab

• DSOF-25916 - Fixed an issue where device recordings with multiple states played back packets out of order
• DSOF-26271 - Fixed an issue where the d3 version of projects was not visible in in d3manager
• DSOF-26379 - Fixed an issue where the frame counter incorrectly changed when jumping on from a section using a direct map to one using a precomp
• DSOF-26447 - Fixed an issue where late joining Actors could be out of sync when in play to end of section mode
• DSOF-26467 - Fixed a crash to desktop when shutting down on Gx3
• DSOF-26840 - Fixed an issue where RX nodes published a display adapter list every 10 seconds
• DSOF-26958 - Fixed an issue where Frame Blend could become reversed when changing speed, causing jerky motion
• DSOF-26961 - Fixed a RenderStream Uncompressed crash

• DSOF-26926 - BlueFish card temperature is now logged on startup

• DSOF-25176 - Fixed an issue where the Videoin preview widget failed to open when using GUI fractional framerate
• DSOF-26000 - Fixed an issue where the input configuration menu caused the Videoin preview widget to crash while using GUI fractional framerate

Improvements

• DSOF-17967 Make "Find Usage" more useful (jump to usage etc)

We have improved the Find Usage functionality in the VideoClip, DfxFile, and AudioTrack layer editors. This can be found by right clicking on the respective pieces of media and left-clicking on the ‘Find Usage’ button in the layer editor for VideoClip, DfxFile and AutoTrack. This will open a window with all occurrences of the current piece of media across all tracks and layers. An example can be found here:

Each entry will contain the Track, Layer and usage location, shown as the timecode time from the timeline. A left-click on the entry will jump the playhead to the start of the layer that uses that piece of media. 

All Find Usage information can now be exported as a .TXT file.

The same functionality has been added to the ‘Find/Replace Usages’ button in the Mapping editor, which was introduced in r27.1 for sequenced mappings only, only in this case the window shown will display all occurrences of the mapping. In the menu, to the side of ‘Replacement Mapping’, if a user clicks on ‘None’ then a different mapping can be selected. Click ‘Replace with selected Mapping’ to assign the new mapping as seen here:

• DSOF-22572 Redistribute DMX and OSC data to allow for synchronisation

In previous releases, both DMX and OSC packets were received independently and actioned by each Disguise media server running in the session. We have changed this behaviour so that both DMX and OSC packets are now received by the director machine running in the session and distributed to the actors. This means that all DMX and OSC packets are executed at the same timestamp.

This improvement allows for the DMX and OSC protocols to be used in situations which require operations to happen in synchronisation, such as triggering DMX or OSC changes on a screen split across multiple actors for example. 

If Disguise is receiving DMX or OSC packets, we can right click DMX or OSC on the state tab at the top of the Designer GUI to open the ‘DMX Recorders’ or ‘OSC Recorders’ editor menu. This includes a ‘Redistribution Delay’ field where we can customise the frame delay to enable the redistribution of the DMX or OSC packets to take place. A higher frame delay will compensate for a high-latency network as it allows more time for the DMX or OSC packets to get from the director machine to the actor machines.

• DSOF-15782 Sockpuppet - Fixed an issue where sACN Sockpuppet playback could be out of sync
• DSOF-23659 - Fixed an issue where the tracking axis filtered value of zoom and focus failed send to system
• DSOF-24426 - Fixed an indefinite hang on mapping a bluefish input to video input
• DSOF-26481 - Fixed an issue where OSC expressions did not re-evaluate after a project restart
• DSOF-26520 - Fixed an issue where LocaleMetaData was missing from diagnostics, meaning events logs were not completely readable
• DSOF-26773 - Fixed a DMX/OSC-related error when right-click on the Devices
• DSOF-26775 - Fixed an issue where "redistributionDelay" field under the Devices was written in an incorrect style
• DSOF-26819 - RMAXd3: logging now handles 3 error codes

• DSOF-25391 - The MIDI Beat Clock Timecode Transport, when set to Metronome mode, now holds at the end of a section when in Playing to End of Section playmode
• DSOF-26439 - Fixed an Access Violation that sometimes occurred when starting a project with pre-configured video ins
• DSOF-26631 - More than 8 RenderStream streams in Mesh Mapping no longer cause black outputs
• DSOF-26721 - Fixed an issue where RenderStream duplicated one stream across outputs

• DSOF-26759 - Added machine name to time readout in the Readout module
• DSOF-26760 - The RenderStream Receive health widget is now resizable
• DSOF-26674 - Increase I/O limit for Designer licence to 6GByte/s

• DSOF-26632 - Fixed an issue where UV mappings were not applied accurately in Mesh Mapping mode
• DSOF-26677 - Fixed an issue where arrowing a Blur layer into video layer degraded the quality of the arrowed media
• DSOF-26678 - Fixed an issue where we, ‘Timed out while transmitting Art-Net packet’ when setting Tracking Recorders mode to Play
• DSOF-26737 - Made Artnet packet sequence count per universe instead of globally
• DSOF-26756 - Fixed an issue where Prop surfaces were masking surfaces behind them when in Add blend mode

The size of the Designer installer for r27.3 (build number 183205) and a number of custom branches exceeded the available RAM permitted as part of the reimaging process. This caused the reimaging process to stop and prevented the user from booting the Disguise media server into Windows. 

We removed r27.3 (build number 183205) from our website. This has now been resolved in r27.3.1, which is otherwise identical to r27.3.

• DSOF-9390 Lux Transparency Support

Non-opaque blend is now supported in Lux mode.

• DSOF-24027 TCP Indirection Controller

There is now a TCP variant of the Indirection Controller, in addition to the existing variant which uses UDP. It works like a UDPIndirectionController with a key value pair list and when the user sends a TCP message with a new key it causes the indirection to switch.

• DSOF-24933 HTTP Sockpuppet

In addition to control via OSC, Sockpuppet now supports control via the HTTP protocol. This makes Sockpuppet more easily controllable by web-based control interfaces and other networked components that utilize HTTP protocols.

The sockpuppet commands are sent to the director, from which the animation values are applied in sync across all machines in the session.

Patching a layer

1. Create a layer in d3 that you wish to patch.
2. Right click layer and select Patch to HTTP

API Overview

HTTP sockpuppet exposes the following HTTP API endpoints, currently under the experimental namespace which is not documented at developer.disguise.one. See http://127.0.0.1/docs/experimental for the Swagger documentation. Note that as these APIs are in the experimental namespace, they may be subject to change before promotion to the non-experimental namespace.

API Usage Workflow

Expected usage of APIs are as follows;

1. Call sockpuppet/easingfunctions to get list of possible easing functions
2. Call sockpuppet/patches to get list of possible patches
3. Using data from sockpuppet/patches, use /sockpuppet/live to make changes to the patch, and therefore the layer. Send to the director only, or controlling understudy.

Live changes sent to the director will be played back in sync across the session with a 2 frame delay.

• DSOF-4156 Shortcut to Expand all/Collapse all groups

The following keyboard shortcuts expand and collapse all groups:
CtrlAlt= (expand)
CtrlAlt- (collapse)
In addition, there is a new Collapse All Groups button in the right click menu of the track which collapses all supergroups and smart groups.

• DSOF-19079 Make strobe layer less intense when created

When a strobe layer is created the rate is now 1hz by default.

• DSOF-23033 Sequencing: Add hot key for layer 'fit to contents'

When a layer is selected using the key bind 'CTRL + SHIFT + F' it will fit layer to contents
The key bind is noted in the 'F1' Shortcut menu.

• DSOF-23439 FolderWatcher abort logs are unclear (e.g. if d3service fails to clean up) 
• DSOF-25049 Add text to manual observation alignment widget explaining initial alignment

We have added text in the Manual Observation widget that explains to users that if a wireframe is not visible, then the user should increase the Stage Render Opacity and adjust the Solved Position and Rotation until the alignment objects are in view.

• DSOF-25224 DSE accounting for surface normal relative to projector

We have added functionality to the Dynamic Blend workflow which accounts for the surface normal relative to the projector. When users edit the ‘Cutoff angle’ in the Dynamic Blend section of each projector and the relative angle of the projector and the surface normal exceeds this value, then we remove the contribution of that projector and use projectors with a better view instead.

• DSOF-25614 DSE: promote "dynamicSoftEdgeFullRes" to user-editable per-projector option

The option switch dynamicSoftEdgeFullRes has been promoted to a user-editable per-projector option. This enables the soft edge resolution to vary per projector rather than set across the whole project. In the projector settings, the “Dynamic Blend” section has a “Resolution factor” field 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 and Full. 1/16 is the default for best performance. The "Resolution factor" changes DSE resolution, affecting blend quality (it is visible).

• DSOF-25623 DSE: re-organise Dynamic Blend section to hide less-used settings

The Projector Dynamic Blend section now has an Advanced Blend Setting sub-section with less frequently used options, to save on screen real estate.

• DSOF-25657 Make crash reporting disabled by default

Crash dumps are created when an unhandled exception occurs. This incurs a brief stall while the dump is generated. This behaviour is now opt-in and disabled by default. It can be enabled by one of the following two methods:

1. Option in Designer.  d3 > Advanced > Enable Crash Reporting > On / Off

When On, it generates a dump file on the local machine when an Access Violation thrown.
When Off, it doesn't generate a dump file on the local machine when an Access Violation thrown.

1. Advanced Project Setting > Option Switch: enableCrashReporting is Project Wide and depending which machine has the Access Violation thrown, it will generate a dump file on that specific machine.

• DSOF-25922 Keyboard modifiers for fine and coarse control of feed warp points

When on a KVM or on a laptop trackpad it tends to be easier to use a keyboard than use the cursor. Using the keyboard means the points move really slowly though. Adding modifiers means easier control of points without the movement being forced to be one slow speed. The following modifiers have been added:
- Holding Ctrl while moving feed warp points with arrow keys causes them to move in smaller increments

- Holding Shift while moving feed warp points with arrow keys causes them to move in larger increments

• DSOF-26395 Allow users to use field of view for XR calibration when focus encoder unreliable

If a tracking system is not sending a reliable focus encoder value, it can be preferable to disable it and use the field of view instead as a basis for XR calibration. Now, when the focus encoder value in the camera tracking source is disabled, it will be overwritten by the horizontal field of view if the focal length value is enabled

This value is shown as the zoom value when doing XR spatial calibrations, and is also used as the zoom encoder value when interpolating calibrated lens poses during operation

When overriding, the field in the tracking source is highlighted red, with the help text explaining why it is overridden. Similar highlighting and help text is also shown when the field is locked from the spatial calibration. All the equivalent of above is also true for focus encoder, overriding with focus distance where available.

• DSOF-7470 Removing resources doesn't work in session (previously Remove missing media on editor machines resets on reconnecting to session)
• DSOF-8134 - Fixed an issue where population masks with alpha gradients were not respected in the Lux renderer
• DSOF-23636 - Dynamic Soft Edge:  Fixed an issue a banding effect on blended region when brightness changed
• DSOF-23747 - fixed a CHECK_LOGIC error when launching RenderStream for mesh mapping with no screens
• DSOF-23788 - Fixed an issue where mesh mapping frustum jitters when following a camera
• DSOF-24891 - Fixed an issue where Tracking History would cast time to float and back, potentially causing minor issues for long running projects
• DSOF-25012 Fixed an issue where the installer had no 25G/100G rivermax licence files if offline
• DSOF-25036 - Fixed an issue where mesh projection would give strange viewpoints when a camera is very close to screen
• DSOF-25046 - Fixed an issue where graphics semaphores would not be released properly on Nvidia machines.
• DSOF-25101 - Fixed an issue where 'StageEditor' object had no attribute 'onResourceChanged' error when opening Stage Editor Menu.
• DSOF-25157 - Fixed an issue where the QuickAlign/AR alignment tool would inaccurately select vertices
• DSOF-25195 - Arri Lds driver: removed "sensor height" field to avoid overwriting aspect ratio
• DSOF-25358 - Fixed TrackedPoint labels  being incorrectly offset
• DSOF-25576 Dynamic Soft Edge: Fixed an issue where a profile would not be created if the empty project was created after d3 version was updated
• DSOF-25648 - Fixed an issue where OscDevice 'receiving' attribute did not match the true state
• DSOF-25856 - Fixed GraphicsDebugger log missing newline
• DSOF-25859 - QuickCal: Fixed an issue where rendering lineup was very slow for large meshes
• DSOF-25871 QuickCal: Fixed an issue where occlusion calculation for hidden markers was incorrect
• DSOF-25878 QuickCal: Fixed an issue where mouse-over help text was not shown for some settings
• DSOF-25919 - d3service: Fixed an issue where getThisMachine() would mix up machine Range and Model in API v1 response
• DSOF-25940 - Improved the resolution of the disguise logo in the installer 
• DSOF-26162 - Quest 3 headset now works properly with d3
• DSOF-26199 - Improved performance of DMX screen
• DSOF-26580 - Fixed a RenderStream workload crash on launch with Exception: ILLEGAL_INSTRUCTION

• Added support for VX 3 server type
• DSOF-26613 - "d3-events" EventLog now included in System Diagnostics

• DSOF-24757 - Fixed an issue where focus distance showed negative values in the object
  tracking mode
• DSOF-26575 - Fixed an issue where 2.5D assets incorrectly said it was at zero depth

Due to some issues discovered during the release process, we have delayed our recent releases. We are now releasing r27.10.3 which includes the Fixes listed below.

• DSOF-27660 - Fixed an issue where the HardwareList instance had no attribute 'close' error when closing Video Input Patch Editor
• DSOF-27688 - Fixed an Access Violation when using RenderStream with Notch Blocks
• DSOF-27844 - Fixed an issue where enabling VITC on Matrox cards causes console spam failing to signal surface read completion
• DSOF-27885 - Fixed an issue where a black frame was present on a RenderStream layer when move section to next section
• DSOF-27894 - Fixed an issue where a new track select widget opened on every click in MultiTransport
• DSOF-27935 - Fixed a crash to desktop when failing to setup topology
• DSOF-27796 - Fixed a crash to desktop in d3 when jumping to cue on another track
• DSOF-27854 - Fixed an issue where the Video asset editor did not show file versions

• DSOF-24626 Expression Variables

Expression variables enable the sharing of values between Designer expressions. For details on Expression variables, visit https://help.disguise.one/designer/configuration/expressions/variables.

• DSOF-23702 API - Failover API for Understudies

New APIs have been added to failover a machine using the API. The following endpoints have been added and are documented at https://developer.disguise.one as well as in the documentation bundled with Designer which can be accessed from d3Manager at Help->Open API Documentation

/failover/applydefaultrouting
/failover/failovermachine
/failover/restoremachine
/failover/settings
/failover/understudytargets

• DSOF-27090 - Fixed an issue where string formatting did not allow `module:name.field` syntax
• DSOF-27229 - Fixed a machine hang in MatroxTopology::cleanupSurfaceBufferPool
• DSOF-27586 - Fixed spherical mapping rotation being incorrect
• DSOF-27644 - Fixed an issue where  the Sockpuppet Notch layer moved the Effect field under Timecode Separator
• DSOF-27692 - Fixed Web browser based layers not limiting to the max texture size available to the renderer

• DSOF-26470 IP VFC: inform a user when no SFPs are connected

When using an IP-VFC card, we have added error reporting into the feed scene in the form of a tooltip for the ‘Sync Mode’ button. 

When a user is using the PTP option in sync mode, if there is no compatible 25Gb SFP in Port 1 on the IP-VFC then the sync mode button will turn red and a message will state the Disguise media server and VFC slot number which has the invalid configuration as seen below:

When a user is using the  EXT option in sync mode, if there is no compatible single or dual SDI SFP in Ports 3 and/or 4 on the IP-VFC then the sync mode button will turn red and a message will state the Disguise media server and VFC slot number which has the invalid configuration.

• DSOF-26538 IPVFC - change PTP_LOCKED mode name to PTP_SYNC

When using IP-VFC, we have changed the name of the PTP sync mode located under the Sync Info tab in the IP-VFC control widget from PTP_LOCKED to PTP_SYNC

• DSOF-26571 TrackJump - increase maximum section number from 32 to 1000

• DSOF-26139 - Changed the wording of "Replace with another Mapping" button to “Replace with selected Mapping”, and a tooltip with further explanation has been added to video layers

• DSOF-22638 - Fixed a video memory leak when mapping/unmapping video inputs
• DSOF-24199 - Fixed a hang that could occur on shutdown due to in-flight HTTP requests
• DSOF-24760 - Fixed an issue where object tracking mode for camera focus distance did not account for object hierarchy
• DSOF-25317 - Fixed occurrences of `toFree.addr4 != 0` error messages when using RenderStream
• DSOF-26140 - Fixed an issue when key-framed, Mapping Replacement names only updated after refresh of layer
• DSOF-26168 - Stage Render Layer - Fixed an issue where screens in 'Frontplate' layer mapped to the backplate showed up red
• DSOF-26339  - Fixed an issue where Dynamic Soft Edge did not affect Actors in session
• DSOF-26361 - Fixed an issue where the ‘Find/replace usages’ widget did not have a scrollbar when it extended offscreen
• DSOF-26377 - Fixed a shader errors being thrown when using radial mapping
• DSOF-26410 - Fixed an Access Violation using Blur layer

• DSOF-23937 IPVFC: Device names in NMOS are more descriptive

When using the IP-VFC in ST 2110 mode, we have changed the NMOS device label so that it clearly states the slot that it is occupying on the Disguise media server, for example ‘Slot 1’. In previous releases, the NMOS device label of each IP-VFC would be ‘Disguise Port 0’. 

We have also changed the NMOS node label to be the user-defined name, which is often changed from the Windows name to match the role in which it occupies within the d3net session i.e. Actor01.

• DSOF-25640 - Fixed an issue that occurred when as an Editor, you were not prompted to join a session when opening project file
• DSOF-26138 - Fixed an issue where asset sync in RenderStream did not sync deleted files
• DSOF-26350 - Fixed console spam caused by setting a placeholder clip on a videoin
• DSOF-26391 - Fixed an issue where LayerStack was not being applied to video input

• DSOF-25853 - Fixed an Access Violation that occurred after changing plates meshes within a 2.5d asset, and then undoing changes with ctrl + z clicked quickly several times
• DSOF-25991 - Fixed an issue where malformed PSN data when recorded could not be played back and caused other device recordings to fail
• DSOF-26094 - Fixed an issue where RenderStream Compressed caused d3 framerate drops
• DSOF-26097 - Fixed an issue where Device Recordings would intermittently appear empty if continuously receiving data and jumping through sections on the timeline
• DSOF-26157 - Fixed an issue where the Editor moved forward in the timeline rather than following the Director's timeline after unlock and lock to Director
• DSOF-26185 - Fixed issue where itu709 setting in gamma mode corrupted the display of certain files
• DSOF-26208 - Fixed 2.5d assets included in project diag resulting in very large file sizes
• DSOF-26288 - Fixed an issue where the DPX feed export yielded an unexpected colour space shift
• DSOF-26305 - Fixed an OmniCal lenscalibrator crash on startup due to a DLL issue
• DSOF-26319 - Fixed an issue where d3 could intermittently crash to desktop if a connection was lost while sending a failed HTTP Request

• DSOF-23762 Ability to see usages of mappings
• DSOF-25935 Replace all usages of a mapping

The above two improvements are accessible via the 'Find/Replace Mapping Usages' button in the Mapping editor.

• DSOF-23946 Remove "CodeMeter USB Mode" check from installers
• DSOF-24291 Show Designer software version in UI

We have added the Designer software version in the bottom right of the UI next to the machine name.

• DSOF-25256 Machine List in Monitoring Manager should be alphabetical

We have made the Machine List alphabetical within the Monitoring Manager window, found by left clicking on the FPS in the lower right hand corner of the track.

• DSOF-25700 Warn the user when the audio codec in their embedded audio is not supported

We have added a notification to warn the user that an unsupported audio codec is recognised when using embedded audio, and to convert the audio codec to either ‘sowt’ or ‘twos’.

• DSOF-25873 Define a certain degree of a cylinder mapping

We have added an Arc field to allow users to choose the degree, (0 to 360,) of coverage on a Cylindrical Mapping. This option is the same as the Arc field on the Spherical Mapping

• DSOF-25936 Auto-select first enabled layer in feed warp editor

In previous releases, when a user left-clicked the + button under Deformation layers - found within the Edit Warp Menu in the feed view - the first deformation layer was selected, even if the deformation layer had been disabled. In r27.1 the first deformation layer that is selected is the first one within the stack that is enabled.

• DSOF-26029 OmniCal: export unstructured point clouds (without invalid points)

We have enabled users to be able to export unstructured point clouds when using OmniCal. Structured point clouds directly correspond to the 2D grid output by projectors, and will include invalid points as NaN values. These values are usually those that were not visible to enough cameras or where 3D reconstruction failed. Unstructured point clouds provide no invalid points as NaN values within the export.

 This can be found in the Advanced section in OmniCal Calibration and clicking on ‘Save PointCloud’. This will save four PCD files for each projector grid within the Optical Stage Plan folder:

• Aligned and unaligned (as captured)
• Structured and unstructured 

• DSOF-21670 DMX String: Now defaults to 1 fixture

We have changed the default behaviour of new DmxStrings to one fixture.

• DSOF-24032 - Fixed an issue where an 'Indirections' object had no attribute 'role' - d3net Manager
• DSOF-24561- Fixed an issue when starting a RenderStream workload, RMAX receiver was being attached/detached several times
• DSOF-25904 - Sockpuppet: Fixed an issue where moving the Frame Index value caused stuttering and jumping of playhead in Video Clip
• DSOF-25950 -  Asset preview for 2.5D beach asset no longer clashes
• DSOF-25987- Fixed an issue where adjusting prediction would break spatial mapping
• DSOF-26146 - Added feedback when active latency automatic calculation is higher than the manually set active latency override
• DSOF-26247 - Fixed an  Access Violation when starting DSV video in preview
• DSOF-26251  - Fixed an Access Violation opening Virtual Reality Navigator editor
• DSOF-26290 - Fixed an issue where MAC addresses stored in NetworkAdapter were wrong
• DSOF-26137 - Fixed an issue where UE would crash on launch when a single fragment was too large
• DSOF-26562 - Fixed an issue where pre-multiplied alphas did not look correct in 2.5d workflows
• DSOF-26250 - Fixed an Access Violation when using VR headset

r27 introduces a number of improvements specific to Disguise media servers with a Matrox SDI capture card installed. These include:

• Mixed frame rate support - users can now work with any combination of video resolution formats and refresh rates across each video input. This resolves the outstanding TA-19: Matrox Video capture cards advisory found here
• Ultra low latency mode - we have reduced the video latency when running in ultra low-latency mode from 4 frames per second to 3 frames per second at 30Hz, 50Hz and 60Hz
• General performance improvements

These improvements are only available when running Designer software version r27 and above alongside the following OS builds - all of which are available to download on disguise.download/#hardware or https://disguise.cloud/account/software/os-downloads:

• DSOF-21761  Support for mixed frame/ refresh rates which are not related
• DSOF-24646 - Fixed an issue where 1080psf  29.97 VideoIn  on a gx3 gave half quadrant artefacts
• DSOF-24666 - Fixed an issue with interlacing modes other than discard did not work
• DSOF-25337 - Fixed capture buffer delay sporadically being too large resulting in tearing
• DSOF-25394 - Fixed interlaced capture on driver 10.4.101.1269 having fields in the wrong order
• DSOF-25460 - Fixed an issue when using Quad coupled mode, losing inputs 2-4 would result in a black frame
• DSOF-25465 - Fixed an issue where only the 12G-enabled ports hold onto the last frame if input was removed

• DSOF-26466 -  Fixed an issue where RenderStream Proxy did not show up on Director if both 25g connectors were active
• DSOF-26550 - Fixed an issue where a duplicate process was started when clicking quickly on the start or restart workload button

• DSOF-25851 - Fixed Manage Renderstream Workloads not working reliably

• DSOF-26273 - Fixed console spam with 'Updating Scene Due to Change in Resource' every time feed scene is changed

• DSOF-25410 - Updated the way proxy and non-proxy streams are filtered in health status widget
• DSOF-25448 Receive Health status in the RenderStream layer editor should no longer report "Frames Dropped Recently" for Proxy streams.

• DSOF-23229 - Fixed an issue where the current status of RenderStream was not shown under ‘Network’ tab within d3manager
• DSOF-23266 - RenderStream Workload widget does now automatically shrinks
• DSOF-23889 - Fixed an issue where d3manager did not update network share location when changing d3 projects folder
• DSOF-23890 - Fixed an isse where d3manager did not update network shares if not running as admin / elevated
• DSOF-24449 - Fixed an issue wher eRenderStream uncompressed streams intermittently only rendered black
• DSOF-24474 - Fixed an issue where Heap corruption in Rivermax cleanup code caused a crash in touchdesigner
• DSOF-24475 - Fixed a CL_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY error on vx using RenderStream
• DSOF-24622 - Fixed an issue where workloads could occasionally get stuck in awaiting requests
• DSOF-24648 - Fixed an intermittent flickering issue when starting RenderStream
• DSOF-24706 - Fixed an issue that occurred when using an uncompressed Unreal RenderStream, some actors showed RECV 0
• DSOF-24707 - Fixed an issue where an exception occured when trying to remove a channel mapping
• DSOF-24715 - Fixed an issue where actors crashed whilst starting and stopping workload
• DSOF-24838 - Fixed an issue where pool usage was not shown for assets using the default channel name
• DSOF-24855 - Fixed d3 heap corruption and a crash to desktop with RenderStream compressed in LibGpuVideoCodec (AMD 22.Q2)
• DSOF-24918 - Fixed an issue that occurred If the drive that d3manager was pointed at disappeared, launching d3 remotely on that machine would default to another drive
• DSOF-24943 - Improved RenderstreamSystem system speed when updating statistics about many streams
• DSOF-24974 - Fixed an issue where starting and stopping a render stream workload reduce performance of the director
• DSOF-24984 - Fixed an issue where launching d3manager with a missing d3 projects folder would result in the next project folder from the list being launched
• DSOF-25009 - Fixed an issue where adding samples to an uninitialized graph descriptor caused an exception
• DSOF-25023 - Fixed a crash on director when receiving proxy streams
• DSOF-25028 - Fixed an issue where if d3service crashed while RenderStream is running, all renderstream processes on that machine will no longer be controllable via d3net
• DSOF-25039 - Fixed an intermittent issue where streams were occasionally never received
• DSOF-25096 - Fixed an issue where calling an invalid API endpoint can intermittently caused a crash to desktop
• DSOF-25113 - Fixed an issue where 16K or higher screen couldn’t use blur layer even using enableSLC switch
• DSOF-25136 - Fixed an Access Violation can occur when moving the playhead out of a RenderStream layer after the GUI had been reloaded during development.
• DSOF-25137 - Fixed an issue where Renderer Graph was not accessible via the Workload details GUI
• DSOF-25183 - Fixed an issue where a video layer missing media highlight no longer updated as frequently to changes in sequencing
• DSOF-25185 - Fixed an issue where a vx occasionally dropped all received frames with RenderStream Uncompressed
• DSOF-25237 - Fixed an issue where missing media scenarios with a Bitmap layer caused notification spam: Corrupt keyframe, please check sequencing
• DSOF-25327 - Fixed an issue where Feed Mapping Editor still opened and is interactable even if the feed mapping is "Locked"
• DSOF-25338 - Reduced active time of "Packets dropped recently" 
• DSOF-25556 - Fixed an issue where editing Feed Warps intermittently did not take effort on actor machines in session, but the control points did move
• DSOF-25568 - Fixed an issue where RenderStream failed to initialise due to an exception, rs_initialise returns success
• DSOF-25629 - Fixed an error when launching project on actor, "Current d3projects folder not available on machine..."
• DSOF-25631 - When opening d3 manager "Run Project" buttonis now populated with the "current" project
• DSOF-25765 - Fixed an issue where Understudy takes over but does not indicate on director, sometimes failing to trigger matrix failover
• DSOF-25829 - Fixed RenderStream Failover
• DSOF-25892 - Improved Track widget updates when RenderStream workload status is updating
• DSOF-25893 - Improved receive health widget
• DSOF-25932 - Fixed an issue where workload state intermittently got stuck in "Launching"
• DSOF-26095 - Fixed an issue where some RenderStream uncompressed streams failed to start on the director when using an actor controller to run many streams
• DSOF-24245 - Fixed an indefinite hang/crash due to exhausting video memory
• DSOF-25905 - Fixed an issue where mesh mapping fragments teared when the engine origin is changed in real-time

• DSOF-25476 - Fixed an issue where Projection Screens could be inactive on Editors when animated with Animate Object Preset
• DSOF-25569 - Fixed stYpe Focus Distance not being used
• DSOF-25930 - Fixed an issue where 2.5D assets did not auto-extract on Actors
• DSOF-25983 - Fixed Black Magic Video Hub 3g no longer receiving commands
• DSOF-26026 - Fixed a topological sort error for 2.5D assets and plates
• DSOF-26093 - Fixed an issue where 2.5D had an error parsing depth map when an image was fully transparent

• DSOF-21902 - Fixed an issue where projects failed to load with error: m_delayDsp
• DSOF-23674 - Fixed an issue where video layers used in Layer Stacks were previewing the second to last requested media
• DSOF-25485 - Fixed an issue where pop-ups from session widget flickered back and forth between being on top and behind of the session widget
• DSOF-25499 - Fixed an issue with ncam tracking
• DSOF-25880 - 2.5D assets no longer have lower selection priority than displays
• DSOF-25912 - Fixed an issue where Device Recordings did not play back captured PSN data correctly
• DSOF-25943 - Fixed an issue where d3 was unable to import proxy files it had just made of versioned fragment replacement video clip
• DSOF-25949 - 2.5D - Depth maps no longer interpreted incorrectly
• DSOF-25976 - Fixed an issue where Perspective Mappings only appeared n Director, not Actors
• DSOF-25990 - Moved Variable Timecode implementation behind the option switch 'forcePIDTimecodeChase
• DSOF-26027 - Fixed an issue that occurred when using sockpuppet bank editor, using NONE did not respect transition times
• DSOF-26028 - Fixed an issue that occurred when switching from a NONE clip in a sockpuppet video layer the frame counter did not reset on the clip
• DSOF-26051 - Fixed an issue where machines with capital letters in their hostname did not show VFC status information

• Added support for vx2+

• DSOF-25920 2.5D - Fixed an issue where changes in z-offset for plates with depth maps don't get saved to 2p5d file

• DSOF-24939 - Fixed an Access Violation when selecting the tracker delay calibration thumbnail
• DSOF-25649 - Video mode Inframe - Fixed an issue where a sockpuppet video layer playing audio caused d3 performance to drop
• DSOF-25869 - Fixed an issue where transparent screens had a black background in non-UV regions in an upgraded project
• DSOF-25898 - Fixed an issue when using 2.5d where an artifact was present in parsed depth maps containing narrow non-alpha columns
• DSOF-25926 - Fixed an issue where the GUI was black when starting Designer on a server when Parsec Virtual Display Adapter is installed

New 2.5D Workflow

The new 2.5D workflow is also covered in the Disguise User Guide, together with a demonstration video, here.

What is 2.5D?

2.5D workflows bridge the gap between traditional 2D video plates and full 3D generative scenes.  By building up a scene with layers of images or video plates, with the possibility to add depth or shaping to the plates, users can quickly create a realistic-looking scene with parallax. 2.5D assets can be saved as .2p5d files and shared across projects or created using external integrations such as Cuebric to harness the power of generative AI to optionally create the image or just to speed up the process of image segmentation using AI.

What has changed?

2.5D has been possible with Designer prior to 26.3, however, it required the manual creation of plates using a projection surface per plate, manually applying specific settings to each plate, and the use of a StageRender layer. With r26.3, 2.5D has been made a first-class citizen in Designer with its own layer type and the concept of a 2.5D asset. This dramatically increases the usability and speeds up the workflow, as well as making it more intuitive and less error-prone.

In addition, the Cuebric integration speeds up the pipeline between the creative and volume control stages of the end-to-end workflow.

How-To

The following instructions assume an LED and MRset have already been set up in the Designer project

To set up a 2.5D asset from an existing .2p5d file:

1. Copy the .2p5d file to objects/2p5DFile in the project folder
2. Add a 2.5D layer to the timeline
3. Click on the asset field in the 2.5D layer. The copied 2p5d file should appear in the list of assets
4. Click on the asset to select it, it should then load and be visible in the stage
5. Select the desired 3D mapping in the 2.5D layer, e.g. MR set backplate
6. To reload the asset from the file and overwrite any local changes, click ‘Reload from file’ under Import/Export in the 2.5D asset editor

To create a new 2.5D asset from scratch:

1. Add a 2.5D layer to the timeline
2. Click on the asset field in the 2.5D layer, and create a new 2.5D asset
3. Add a new 2.5D plate to the ‘plates’ field in the 2.5D asset
4. Under ‘Layer Stack’ in the plate editor, click ‘Add Video’ to add a video or image to the plate
5. Continue adding plates and modifying their properties until the desired scene composition is achieved
6. Select the desired 3D mapping in the 2.5D layer, e.g. MR set backplate
7. To export the asset for use in other projects, click ‘Export to file’ under Import/Export in the 2.5D asset editor. The exported .2p5d file will appear under objects/2p5DFile in the project folder.

Modifying 2.5D asset properties:

• The 2.5D asset is an Object which can have its offset and rotation set by changing the values in the editor or moving the white box in the visualiser. Doing so changes moves all the plates to change the origin point of the 2.5D scene. It is recommended that the origin is set roughly in the middle of the range of movement of the camera, to achieve the most realistic-looking parallax.
• The ‘Field of view’ and ‘Maximum depth’ fields can be adjusted to scale the total area encompassed by the 2.5D scene. This can be used to ensure that the edges of the plates are not seen when moving the camera within its expected range.
• Plates can be added to or removed from the asset using the +/- buttons in the ‘Plates’ field. Plates are ordered by depth, and reordering the plates in the list will update the plates' depth to reflect their new positions.
• The Import/Export settings can be used to load or save .2p5d files. When loading files that contain depth maps, the ‘Depth map minimum override’ setting can be used to change the minimum distance from the origin, represented by full white in the depth map.

Modifying 2.5D plate properties:

• The plate depth can be changed by modifying the z offset value, or by dragging the plate in the visualiser. If the option ‘Scale with depth’ is ticked, the scale and x/y offsets will automatically be adjusted with depth so that the plate looks the same when viewed from the asset origin. If ‘Scale with depth’ is not ticked, the scale and x/y offsets will not change, so the plate will appear smaller as it moves further away.
• By default new plates will be scaled to match the total field of view of the asset. However, the scale values can be adjusted in the 2.5D plate editor to change the scale. Similarly, the x and y offsets can be adjusted to move the plate position.
• The plate’s mesh can be changed to add depth to a layer and make the parallax effect more realistic. Some .2p5d files will contain depth maps, which will be converted to meshes when importing. To remove the depth from the plate, the standard rectangle mesh can be selected instead.
• The plate Layer Stack is used to set up the layers appearing on the plate. To quickly add an image or video to the plate, use the ‘Add Video’ button. Otherwise, layers can be created as normal and stacked to create effects such as blur or colour adjust. Note that these layers can’t be keyframed, see ‘Advanced Workflows’ for methods to keyframe layers on plates.

Advanced workflows:

The 2.5D layer and assets are designed to provide a user-friendly way to quickly create 2.5D scenes which are portable between projects. The standard workflow should allow for the majority of use cases, however, more advanced workflows can also be achieved by combining 2.5D assets with other tools in Designer.

• Generally, images, videos, and effects should be added to plates using the plate Layer Stack. However, this does not allow for keyframing within these layers. To keyframe content on plates, layers should be added to the timeline as normal. Content can be mapped to 2.5D plates from the timeline similarly to any other display.
• 2.5D assets and plates are both Objects, so it is possible to animate them from the timeline, or parent assets to other objects which are controlled using tracking data
• The ‘Stage render layer’ which was used for 2.5D workflows prior to r26.3 still functions as it did previously, so it is still possible to use the old workflow if desired.

Cuebric Integration

Cuebric is a web-based tool for creating 2.5D scenes with the help of AI. For more information visit https://cuebric.com/.

With r26.3, 2.5D scenes can be exported from Cuebric and imported into Disguise. At the time of writing, the Cuebric scene is exported from Cuebric by clicking on “Plug & Play 3D” in the Segmentation view under the Depth option. Once exported, follow the instructions in the section above on “To set up a 2.5D asset from an existing .2p5d file”.

When the Cuebric export includes AI-generated mapping depth information, Designer will auto-generate a 3D mesh from the depth data to add shape to the plates.

To remove the depth mapping from the plate, the standard rectangle mesh can be selected instead in the plate properties.

For a video explanation of the Cuebric to Disguise end-to-end workflow, click here.

• DSOF-17618 - HDR processing of Notch content
• DSOF-25812 - Branding updates

• DSOF-25844 - ResourceTransport: Fixed an Undefined Behaviour copying "UID not found Reason" list

• DSOF-24356 - Fixed an issue where inserting time that would push layers beyond the end of a track did not extend the track
• DSOF-25007 - Fixed 'Invalid t: > track length' error when dragging to the end of timeline that had a video that was a frame long at the end
• DSOF-25595 - Fixed an issue that occurred when global crossfade pairing with audio layers caused stuttering and hangs when jumping around timeline
• DSOF-25637 - Fixed an issue where "Director is under heavy load" notification did not always clear
• DSOF-25663 - Fixed an issue where the compose layer would sometimes display black when being shifted horizontally
• DSOF-25691 - Fixed an issue where matrix commands sent to a Blackmagic Smarthub 12g sometimes didn’t set the configuration correctly

• DSOF-23262 - Fixed an issue where the Bank Editor widget resized when adding a new bank, hiding all of the slots in the top half of the widget
• DSOF-24284 Fixed an issue where the RenderStream Assets List text was drawn partly outside of widget
• DSOF-25151 Fixed an issue where using some blend modes while SLC was active stretched and compressed the content
• DSOF-25644 Fixed audio not looping when Locked and Paused At end point
• DSOF-25685 - Fixed API issue where a malformed d3 version would cause an internal error
• DSOF-25701 - Fixed an issue where a brighter line of content showed in some SLC configurations
• DSOF-25711 Fixed an issue where Mesh Policy rendered black frames when the Unreal Project in film/video & live events mode

• DSOF-24937 - Fixed an issue where SaveOnDelete Resource Transport commands shouldn't blocked Resource Transport if a resend failed
• DSOF-25413 - Default Variable Timecode Implementation

• DSOF-25050 - Fixed an issue where right clicking a Screen of DMX lights on an editor while in a 2 machine or more session stopped DMX outputting
• DSOF-25186 - Fixed an issue where remote installation occasionally failed to start d3service with 'Entry Point Not Found' errors on RX servers
• DSOF-25420 Fixed an issue where the Position Receiver Axis could not use "Set" button for input ranges

• DSOF-25507 - Fixed an issue seen in AMD machines, where SLC affected output when using Stage Render layer

• DSOF-22666 - Fixed an issue where d3 would hang due to a network security sweep
• DSOF-24346 - Added logging to Live Update option switch
• DSOF-24360 - Fixed an issue where RenderStream Uncompressed only received texture parameters on the first adapter
• DSOF-24786 - Fixed an issue where installing HDMI VFC REV E cards in a system after having QSDIVFC cards installed caused d3 to stall when loading
• DSOF-25156 - Added DCS sensor width manual column
• DSOF-25283 - Fixed an issue where project templates caused an error during install
• DSOF-25440 - MatroxApi now warns the user when there is driver and SDK version are mismatched
• DSOF-25468 - Fixed an issue where Arri LDS device was not parsing raw encoder values for zoom or focus distance
• DSOF-25527 -  lenscalibrator.exe is now code-signed

• DSOF-25401 - Fixed an issue where it was not possible to select objects after opening 'Points' separator in Rigid Body Tracking Source editor
• DSOF-25423 OmniCal: Fixed an issue where editing the camera plan in upgraded pre-r23 projects froze d3
• DSOF-25450 OmniCal: Fixed Rig Check workflow

• DSOF-24126 - Fixed an issue where MidiBeatClock jumped backwards in the timeline when set to Loop Section
• DSOF-25089 - Arri Lens Data System version 102 is supported in addition to version 103.
• DSOF-25244 - Fixed an issue where the Sockpuppet video layer media did not turn black when 'None' is selected
• DSOF-25335 - Fixed existing TransportJumpCommands being broken broken when upgrade to r26.0
• DSOF-25401 - Fixed an issue where it was not possible to select objects after opening 'Points' separator in Rigid Body Tracking Source editor

• DSOF-24932 - Fixed an issue where Deltacast vx4+ video input group 2 is duplicated

• DSOF-17119 - Fixed an issue where the PSN receiver assigning to rotation.x and rotation.z would not doing full 360
• DSOF-24221 - Fixed an issue where it was not possible to open the port editor of QSDI with 'NoneType' error
• DSOF-25068 - Fixed an issue with installing fonts when the user had a space in their user folder name
• DSOF-25120 - Fixed an issue where RenderStream download_buffers did not release its download queue on destruction
• DSOF-25121 - Fixed an issue where starting and stopping a RenderStream workload reduces performance of WorkloadManager on the director

• DSOF-25123 - We have implemented a preview feature that allows d3 to chase timecode at non-standard framerates. This can be used for example to adjust the playback speed of video in line with a DJs adjustments to the BPM of a track.To utilise this preview feature you can enable the option switch "forcePIDTimecodeChase". Chasing LTC or any kind of timecode will smoothly follow adjustments to timecode playback while this is set.If you perform large timecode jumps you may find that the playhead will fast-forward to get to the new timecode rather than immediately jump to that point.If you have feedback about this new preview feature please let us know via our support@disguise.one email so that we can take that into account for the finished implementation.

• DSOF-23668 - PreComps - Fixed an issue where clicking Effect or Generative layer caused feed blur
• DSOF-24802 - Fixed an issue where a video layer with speed ‘0’ was interpreted ambiguously.
• DSOF-24835 - Fixed an issue where deleting a VirtualLineup layer mapped to a camera's perspective after timeline focus was taken away from the layer and then returned causes Access Violations
• DSOF-24921 - Fixed an issue where an Object Tracking error blocked Spatial Calibration when not receiving Tracking data
• DSOF-25037 - Fixed an issue where the TrackingMarker output showed incorrectly when using feed map with SLC
• DSOF-25146 - Reduced the amount of wireframes shown in QuickAlign alignment widget

• DSOF-16666 Simple FBX mesh support

The FBX file format can now be successfully imported into Designer as a single mesh, meaning that users can now export models without the need for conversion from their respective 3D tool of choice. These can be used in the schematic, lux and heatmap renderers. Any FBX mesh will be imported with global positions, and non-triangulated meshes are triangulated on import. FBX files imported with up to 3x UV maps are supported. 

It is important to note the following mitigations with this feature:

• Object hierarchies found within the FBX file in Designer are currently not supported

FBX file format support can be used with the option switch enabled. To access, right click on a project folder in d3manager, select ‘Advanced project settings’ and then select ‘enableFbxMeshImport’. Please contact product-team@disguise.one for feedback on this feature.

• DSOF-22271 TransportJumpCommand locations should use time adjusted by timecode tag when using timecode location

When making a TransportJumpCommand in the TransportControl module, the location value has the option of being set with ‘CUE <cue>’ or timecode. 

In previous releases, when there are timecome tags on the track that a user wants to specify a location on, the timecode displayed in the GUI is based on the timecode tags, but the location that the TransportJumpCommand uses does not take the timecode tags into account.

In r26, the location for TransportJumpCommand now uses the time adjusted by timecode tags when using the timecode location. 

• DSOF-23321 Show RenderStream proxy stream status in the GUI

We have added RenderStream proxy information in the RenderStream Editor widget.

• DSOF-23699 Make list/grid view selection for media/texture browsers persistent

In previous releases, the behaviour of the media and texture browser in Designer was not persistent when a user would switch between grid view and list view. In r26 we have made the selection of grid or list view in the media/texture browser to remain persistent across all machines running in a session.

• DSOF-23810 Add FBX ASCII format for Shot Recorder export

Users can now export data from the Shot Recorder to the FBX ASCII format.

• DSOF-24041 XR: improve usability of Tracker Delay UI

We have made a number of changes to the Tracker Delay UI. These include changing the overlay colour from magenta to red to signify when no tracking data was captured, or the delay is set to too low or too high. We have also introduced help text in a number of areas of the UI to provide instruction on the Tracker Delay process.

• DSOF-24066 Alert the user when video lookup times becomes unstable or if errors are high

We have added a visible notification within the UI to notify users that the video receive delay is set incorrectly during the spatial calibration process when working with MR Sets. The calibration will be highlighted in red, and hovering over the row with a mouse will explain that there is a video receive delay error and to perform the delay calibration again. 

• DSOF-24089 DSV capture: minor performance optimisations
• DSOF-24090 DSV capture: add dropped frames detection
• DSOF-24099 Shorten RenderStream workload/stream friendly names for the UI

In previous releases, RenderStream workloads and streams were identified within the UI through a 64 bit unique ID to enable users to reference each stream. In r26 we have shortened the RenderStream workload names to make it more straightforward for a user to reference each RenderStream workload.

• DSOF-24153 Expressions: if expressions are broken, the layer they are used in should change colour as well as the parameter

In previous releases, if an incorrect Expression had been written then this would be flagged to the user by turning the parameter orange in colour. 

In r26 we have included the layer that is using the Expression to also change to red in colour so that the user is notified that the Expression is incorrect. If the layer is in a group, then the group will turn red when the layer it contains turns red.

We have also included an error message on the layer via a tooltip. If a user corrects the Expression then the layer will return to its default colour.

• DSOF-24160 Better texture buffer management for LogicalVideoInDevice
• DSOF-24166 Make list editors stickyable

In r26 we have enabled users to pin ListEditors to the Designer UI by clicking the pin in the top left hand side of each ListEditor as seen in the image below.

• DSOF-24271 Change default location for d3 Projects to D:Drive after reimaging a disguise media server

In r26 we have changed the default location for d3 Projects to be in the D:Drive after reimaging a disguise media server. In previous releases, a user would be pointed towards the Documents folder whereas all Designer projects should be located in the D:Drive.

• DSOF-24375 Include display master brightness in the feed UI

We have included the master brightness of LED screens and projectors within the feed UI. This can be seen as a percentage underneath the name of each screen, as shown in the screenshot below.

• DSOF-11028 - Fixed an issue where an embedded audio in a video layer would drift out of sync from the playhead either over time or due to frame drops
• DSOF-17926 - Fixed an issue where setting a value with '=' in an expression locked the value to the conditional value
• DSOF-21117 - EventTransportMidiNote Personality Train is no longer offset in GUI
• DSOF-21827 - MultiTransport Manager: Fixed an issue where  Editors would respond to timecode cues when the Director’s transport had been disengaged
• DSOF-22783 - Clarified active latency mismatch error
• DSOF-22876 - RenderStream: Fixed a stall / crash to desktop when modifying ClusterAssigner options while sending remote texture
• DSOF-22900 - Fixed an issue where pre-capture in spatial calibration did not work when multiple cameras are using same video input
• DSOF-23276 -  It is no longer  possible to rename a group to an empty name, which then prevented opening group options widget
• DSOF-23281 - Fixed an Access Violation in the input manager when using keyframe editor with multi-layer selection
• DSOF-23315 - API: Fixed /sequencing/changeindirections only matching classes not subclasses
• DSOF-23367 - Fixed the keywidget timeline repositioning to the timeline playhead rather than the time indicator when moving between control parameters, thus losing view of keyframes being edited
• DSOF-23645 - Fixed an issue where Actors and Understudies were not showing frame rate at Startup until open the session widget
• DSOF-23661 - Fixed an issue where the missing media window could go off screen
• DSOF-23710 - Fixed an issue where FBX data from disguise shot recorder doesn't import correctly in 3rd party software (UE, Maya)
• DSOF-23749 - Fixed being unable to filter by resolution in list editor
• DSOF-23841- Monitoring manager improvements
• DSOF-23848 - OmniCal: Fixed an issue where NUL was logged instead of integer value 0 for "projectorSimulationOptions"
• DSOF-23898 - Fixed an issue where user made video-in resource used in layers would generate content table fails
• DSOF-23934 - Fixed an issue where d3 switching between full screen and windowed would sometimes caused a crash to desktop
• DSOF-23955 - Inconsistent version tags no longer cause a crash to desktop
• DSOF-24036 - Fixed DSE not work with Face Culling
• DSOF-24088 - DSV capture: Fixed capture failure leading to shortening of capture buffer
• DSOF-24093 -Stop on TC Lost Behaviour is now consistent between director and editor
• DSOF-24105 - Fixed an issue where timecode tags where the frame number is the same as the number of frames per second caused the playhead to show the wrong time
• DSOF-24116 - Fixed an issue where versioning down a file used in smart group versions down every file used in that smart group, regardless of version number
• DSOF-24127 - OmniCal: UI Clarified when Multi-Pose is disabled because of missing cameras
• DSOF-24133 - Fixed an Access Violation when attempting to Empty Trash for LED Screen and Projection Surface
• DSOF-24168 - Fixed an issue where users could not create string literals in expressions
• DSOF-24189 - Fixed an issues ehre Go To Timecode ( Ctrl + / ) went to timecode plus a frame when used after a timecode tag
• DSOF-24204 - Fixed video is not being in sync when an actor rejoined the session
• DSOF-24209 - Fixed frame drops when moving between multiple video clips with audio
• DSOF-24214 - Fixed remote installs of d3 stalling
• DSOF-24269 - Fixed an Access violation when trying to write more than one mpeg-4 feed movie if using an unsupported resolution
• DSOF-24278 - Fixed an Access Violation in VideoInSystem::render when GPU driver had crashed
• DSOF-24343 - Fixed an issue where sockpuppet changes were not actually being applied to an audio layer
• DSOF-24384 - Trial: Fixed an issue where a write compacted package on exit will leave project file empty
• DSOF-24385 - Fixed an issue where an unreadable shader source directory could stop shader cache creation
• DSOF-24429 - Fixed an issue where audio underran at the start of videoclip with audio
• DSOF-24439 - Fixed Text Module failing to update text on project restart
• DSOF-24445 - Groups are now red when they are created containing layers which are already red
• DSOF-24454 - Installer: Fixed d3 Installer hanging when d3 is running the background
• DSOF-24462 - Fixed an issue where every string rendered to screen was copied 1x more than required
• DSOF-24466 - Fixed RSCompressedVideoIn not calling shutdown(), bypasses videoInShutDown actions
• DSOF-24507 - Fixed an issue where ResourceTransport was blocked on Actor / Understudy machines after FeedRect edits
• DSOF-24520 - ResourceManager: search() now includes matching files on disk
• DSOF-24521 - ResourceManager: Fixed remove() calling removeResourceAction twice
• DSOF-24529 - Fixed an issue where the List View and Grid View highlight icons were reversed
• DSOF-24553 - Fixed widget suggestion text being unnecessarily copied
• DSOF-24573 - Fixed an issue where ObjectDeformationSettings::remove used single parameter erase call when used with std::remove_if
• DSOF-24588 - Fixed a virtualCam error when starting a RenderStream workload
• DSOF-24605 - Fixed an error notification "m_cameras.front() == cam" being produced during spatial calibration
• DSOF-24805 - XR: Fixed being Unable to create a Legacy Observation
• DSOF-24806 - Fixed an issue where removing feed rectangle on output threw error: 'Machine' object had no attribute 'feeds'
• DSOF-24807 - Fixed errors thrown when trying to duplicate a feed rectangle
• DSOF-24815 - RenderStream:  Fixed Uncompressed workloads failing to start
• DSOF-24819 - Fixed an issue where users were unable to duplicate multiple feed rectangles in the feed view
• DSOF-24841 - Fixed remote install failing on RX
• DSOF-24847 - Improved LED Screen List Editor duplicate names handling
• DSOF-24956 - Fixed an issue where a combination of Matrox VX2 director and Deltacast VX4 or VXUnderstudy caused “Unable to create video capture stream” error notifications.
• DSOF-25099 - Fixed an issue d3preview caused an Access Violation on opening file

• DSOF-23415 - Overlay message added to alert user "live update ready" if live update recovers
• DSOF-25061 - Fixed an issue where OSC expressions may fail to update with more than one OSC input device until the device list was re-ordered
• DSOF-25122 - Fixed an issue where d3manager showed "no license" popup on disguise servers in some situations
• DSOF-25130 - Fixed an issue seen where an indefinite capture freeze could occur when moving between capture card inputs

• DSOF-24101 - Unified "dropped frames" counting across all videoin classes
• DSOF-24349 - Implemented IMvVideoConnectorNotification for inputs to receive status updates in console

• DSOF-24301 - Fixed an issue where consecutive timeouts on capture cards would abort the thread and not restart it
• DSOF-24443 - Fixed an issue that occurred when a capture card input was unplugged and replugged, all inputs would freeze for a few seconds before recovering
• DSOF-24549 - Fixed Matrox thread 1A Aborting thread due to repeated time out
• DSOF-24552 Fixed an issue where output would get stuck if the video input signal was lost and recovered
• DSOF-24693 - Fixed an issue where checkInputSignalChanged was causing main thread to hang
• DSOF-25115 - Fixed an issue where the capture thread could occasionally crash with an Access Violation while configuring a quad input
• DSOF-23828 - Fixed an issue where setting EDIDS to unmanaged/force off did not work as intended
• DSOF-25064 - Fixed an issue where Mellanox licence failure was not reported as an error on gx3 servers
• DSOF-25070 - Fixed an issue where Canon ACES input transforms were not selectable in the UI

• As part of r25.2.2
• DSOF-23391 - Fixed an Access Violation when opening 'Manage Old Media'
• DSOF-24694 - Fixed an issue where the frontplate was not aligned correctly when in minimal latency mode
• DSOF-24889 - Fixed an issue where OSC Expressions did not working properly after loading snapshot
• DSOF-24985 - Fixed an issue where use of Renderstream texture parameters would eventually cause a crash
• As part of r25.2.3
• DSOF-24726 - Fixed a “No video in texture for videoin_1.mov -” warning error on Video Input device
• DSOF-25031 - Fixed issue related to manual AR calibration
• DSOF-25040 - RenderStream: Fixed multiple Access Violations when starting a workload with proxy streams
• DSOF-25044 - Fixed an issue where Rotation Delay for tracking sources was not updated
• DSOF-24761 - Fixed an issue where Indirection Media didn't indicate that it is a value set by indirection when the value is None

• DSOF-23505 - Fixed an Access Violation that occurred if the Capture Setup widget was open while a capture is in progress
• DSOF-24762 - Fixed an issue where the GUI framerate fraction caused some strange widget behaviours
• DSOF-24888 - Fixed an issue where the Focus distance and Aperture would stick to 0 after an MR set observation
• DSOF-24922 - Fixed an issue where the sensor width was erroneously overridden by spatial calibration
• DSOF-24950 - Fixed an Access Violation when importing objects
• DSOF-24965 -  Fixed an issue where long entries in the debug window would cause a ‘<NULL>’ notification to appear.

• DSOF-24386 - Fixed an issue where an error stating permission was denied [Error 13] when opening project from d3 Manager
• DSOF-24424 - Fixed a delay when launching a project from d3 Manager and Designer opening
• DSOF-24594 - Improved the speed of NDI source discovery
• DSOF-24758 - Fixed an issue where missing dependencies caused Notch Blocks to not load.: “Unable to load error: Error 0x7e: The specified module could not be found”
• DSOF-24808 - Fixed an issue where 12G SDI input limit was reached even using 3G
• DSOF-24814 - Improved audio prefetching limit logging
• DSOF-24816 - RenderStream: Fixed an issue where framerate plummets and/or workload crashes when un/assigning texture parameters
• DSOF-24928 - Fixed a memory leak in RenderStream Uncompressed with Texture Parameters

• DSOF-24204 - Fixed an issue where video was not in sync when an Actor rejoined the session
• DSOF-24799 - Fixed an Access Violation when trying to add a MIDI device

• DSOF-23458 - Fixed  IO stalling due to too many concurrent read operations
• DSOF-23645 - Fixed an issue where Actors and Understudies were not showing frame rate at startup until opening the session widget
• DSOF-24130 - Fixed an issue where the tooltip didn't render text but could grow too tall when you have groups within group
• DSOF-24295 - Fixed an issue where timecode was sometimes ignored when track jumping
• DSOF-24576 - Fixed an Access Violation when stopping uncompressed RenderStream workload on an rx
• DSOF-24595 - Fixed an issue where it was not possible to create a group in an existing group
• DSOF-24734 - Fixed an issue where it was not possible calibrate tracking delay when using object rather than camera tracking source
• DSOF-24748 - Fixed lens calibration not being applied when using Object tracking source
• DSOF-24751 - Fixed an issue where camera focus distance and aperture were usable as layers
• DSOF-24752 - Fixed an issue where d3net session between servers containing different capture card types threw "Unable to create video capture stream" errors and spammed the console continuously

• DSOF-24681 - Improved performance of getContentViewpointsForFragment

• DSOF-24399 - Fixed an Access Violation encountered when using multi transport
• DSOF-24439 - Fixed an issue where the Text Module failed to update text on project restart
• DSOF-24672 - Fixed an issue that occurred when leaving a video layer with embedded audio in "at-endpoint" loop mode  resulted in a hang
• DSOF-24678 - Tracking marker no longer has aliasing at the edge of meshes

• DSOF-24610 - Fixed an issue where RenderStream channels with higher load factor composited behind other channels
• DSOF-24600 - Improved virtual camera stability

• DSOF-22915 - Fixed a crash on exit when DxDevice was lost
• DSOF-24500 - d3service no longer crashes on close
• DSOF-24507 - Fixed an issue where ResourceTransport blocked on Actor / Understudy machines after FeedRect edits
• DSOF-24523 - Fixed ACCESS_VIOLATION 0x280 while renaming the stage from an Editor
• DSOF-24558 - Fixed an issue where  Heap Corruptions caused a crash to desktop
• DSOF-24560 - Fixed an Access Violation when using the 'Removing Virtual Head' option in the FeedHead widget

• DSOF-16856 - Sony IDTs no longer appear wron
• DSOF-16841 - All LED Screens now have a hierarchy dropdown again
• DSOF-16834 - d3 trial build now starts properly
• DSOF-16811 - set extension and led LED walls no longer fall out of sync when AR fade is set to 0
• DSOF-16787 - d3service will no longer crash if empty/corrupted file ending in ".uproject" found in Renderstream Projects folder
• DSOF-16765 - Camera switching is no longer broken when frontplate is in minimal latency mode
• DSOF-16744 - rslogs folder is now correctly included in diagnostics
• DSOF-16734 - RenderStream Active Latency no longer causes excessive stuttering when not set to a multiple of the refresh rate
• DSOF-16703 - Mapping Quick Select slots no longer allow for non MultiChannel mappings to be applied on RenderStream layers

• DSOF-16674 - Renderstream workload actions (Start, Stop Sync) will now be greyed out when the corresponding operation is in progress.
  • The Sync button will grey out while there are running sync operations, on completion of all operations (success or failure) the button will no longer be greyed out
  • The Stop button will be greyed out when the workload is not running
  • The Start and Sync buttons will be greyed out when the workload is running
  • The Start button will be greyed out while there are running sync operations

• DSOF-24186 - TrackingMarker layer now shows red on output when the LED is blocked by another LED in camera view

• DSOF-23300  - Fixed an issue when a signal was lost, video input format did not go to "None" 
• DSOF-24422 - Improved Camera movement in Unreal Engine 5.2 with DirectX12
• DSOF-24531 - Fixed an issue with 12g input on capture cards where it would report “input limit reached” and prevent capture

• DSOF-23420 - Fixed an issue where media which was present on the machine was reported as missing in d3
• DSOF-23859 Fixed - Access Violations when failing to create WebBrowser in Text Layer
• DSOF-23964 - Fixed an issue where DeltaCast Video Input (Capture) Group 1 & Group 2 were flipped
• DSOF-24156 - Fixed an issue where artefacts appear over RenderStream
• DSOF-24393 - Keyframes: Fixed an issue where setTimeQuantised had missing checks which could result in keyframes with the same time
• DSOF-24437 - Fixed an Access violation in folderwatcher causing d3service to be broken silently
• DSOF-24473 - Fixed Access Violations in RenderStreamModule editor running RenderStream Assets with widgets open and crossfades on timeline
• DSOF-24483 - Fixed an Access Violation when programming renderstream layers

• DSOF-23423 - Fixed an issue where placeholder images appear on output for the first frame after a patched videoin becomes active
• DSOF-23692 - - Fixed an issue with IPVFC with no SFP, sometimes launched d3 with a blank GUI
• DSOF-23783 - Fixed an issue where VariableVideoPlayer: "Invalid frame calculated"/ "start != end" notification showed on sharp speed changes
• DSOF-23983 - Fixed an issue where layers with a video keyframe that fell before their start were not prefetched properly
• DSOF-24277 - Fixed an issue where UDP Camera Switching caused frame drops and dirty switches in a session
• DSOF-24376 - Fixed an issue where the background flashed when switching Video layer media via DMX
• DSOF-24288 - Fixed a performance hit caused by unnecessary domain copies

DSOF-21756 Support for Invisible: real-time markerless mocap by move.ai

For details on how to use real-time markerless motion capture with Invisible by move.ai,  please visit: https://help.disguise.one/en/Content/Workflows/Motion-Capture/Invisible/Invisible-Overview.htm

DSOF-23201 Improve lens tracking source workflows

In r25 we have made a number of improvements to the camera tracking workflow within Designer. 

To add a tracking source to a camera:

1. Under Devices, add a PositionReceiver
2. In the PositionReceiver under Drivers, add the relevant tracking driver and set it up to receive tracking data
3. Engage the position receiver
4. Create a Camera in the Stage
5. Under the Camera Settings, select tracking source. This should have been automatically generated by the driver once tracking data started to be received
6. Data from the tracking source should start overwriting the values in the camera

General UI Improvements

We have now highlighted values in the camera that have been overridden when using external tracking sources or spatial calibrations. We have also added tooltips that indicate to the user that each value has been overridden.

We have also added an ‘Open Driver’ button to go straight to the driver from the tracking source, and vice versa we have added an ‘Open Tracking Sources’ button in the driver to go to the tracking source to improve navigation.

Added receive time smoothing to tracking sources

Within the tracking source, we have added a number of new options. The first is the ‘Smooth receive time’ box, which when turned on smooths out the tracking data received by disguise, but may add a small amount of latency. This was previously an always-on option but can now be optionally turned on or off by the user.  

Added the ability to disable particular axes in tracking sources

The Values box can be expanded to provide all values being provided within the tracking source, and these will be highlighted in green. There are also check boxes next to each value to allow users to untick values that they don’t want passed through to the tracking source. These values will change within the camera when unticked, and can be edited by the user manually within the camera. 

To toggle values applied from the tracking source:

1. From the Camera, open the Tracking Source editor
2. Expand the Values separator
3. Values highlighted in green are being received from the tracking source. Values with a dark grey background are not being received. Values with a light grey background are received but toggled off
4. Untick the checkbox to stop the value being applied in the camera
5. Tick the checkbox to apply values again

We have also added a ‘Delays’ option within the tracking source to apply lens delay offset if required.

In previous releases, if users had a tracking source that failed to send a particular value then we would have used a dummy value on the camera. In r25 we now leave the value that has been provided by the tracking source and will not replace them with a dummy value.  

Lens focus parameters for tracking sources

We have also added parameters for controlling focus and depth of field parameters. This has currently been implemented for RenderStream Unreal Engine assets only. Within the Unreal project, the user has to select the ‘CineCamera’ for the channel. 

To use lens focus parameters:

1. Set up a RenderStream layer with an Unreal asset, with a channel created from a CineCamera
2. Map the channel to a Camera or MR set backplate or frontplate
3. Start the RenderStream workload
4. Adjust the ‘Focus mode’ under Camera / Physical / Lens / Focus. There are three options:

1. Disabled - no depth of field. Focus mode is disabled by default
2. Manual - use this mode to turn on the feature. Focus distance and aperture can be adjusted manually to adjust the depth of field. These can also be received from tracking sources which provide them
3. Object Tracking - select an object in Designer to calculate the focus distance from. The aperture will be changed manually or received from tracking data, and the focus distance will be controlled by tracking the specific object within your scene

5. Adjusting the lens focus parameters in the camera should cause the depth of field effect to change in Unreal Engine

Tracking Smoothing graph

We have added tracking smoothing graphs to help debug tracking issues. The lines in the graph can be interpreted as follows:

• Lookup offset (ms) - this is the time in milliseconds between the smooth tracking data that we are looking up, and the latest data received. This should almost never go below zero, as that would mean that we have received the tracking data too late to be able to smooth it. If it is consistently much greater than zero, this means that we are adding unnecessary additional latency whilst waiting to receive smooth data
• Index delta - the change in index of the tracking data that we look up in the buffer across each frame within Designer. If the tracking frame rate is twice the Designer frame rate, this would be around 2. The smoothness of this line shows the success of the receive time smoothing. We are aiming for a consistent index offset between each packet of tracking data that we look up
• Received delta - the change in the receive time of the tracking data of each frame. This shows us how smooth the tracking data would be without receive time smoothing. It can be compared against the ‘Index delta’ line to check that receive time smoothing is working
• Instantaneous smooth data delay (ms) - indicates how far we would have to look in the buffer to ensure that we have received tracking based on the latest received packets. This is aggregated over time to give a stable lookup time
• Local smooth data delay - the maximum smooth data delay for this specific machine
• Global smooth data delay - the maximum smooth data delay over all machines. This is particularly relevant when we are redistributing tracking data across machines. It should provide a consistent period to look back in the buffer to ensure that we have smooth tracking data

DSOF-7571 BlackTrax: Implement BlackTrax Centroid calculations

We have implemented centroid tracking sources into the RTTrPMDriver within the PositionDriver devices. This means that we can now receive centroid data within disguise for Blacktrax tracking systems.

DSOF-22936 Add ARRI LDS as a device driver for receive lens data native from Arri Cameras

We have added Arri LDS within the PositionReceiver devices so that users can receive metadata from Arri cameras into disguise - that being focal length, aspect ratio, vertical and horizontal field of view, sensor size, aperture, and focus distance.

DSOF-22279 Ensure Quad-SDI VFC output signal is not interrupted after configuration

In previous releases, the output from a Quad-SDI VFC card would be interrupted if a project would be restarted within Designer

In r25, if a user was to restart a project within Designer then the output from a Quad-SDI VFC card would be the same resolution as it was before the project was restarted. This prevents the signal being interrupted upon restarting a project within Designer.

The only time that an output will be interrupted from a Quad-SDI VFC will be if a disguise media server was restarted or powered off, or when apply feed settings is executed.

DSOF-22410 Support focus and iris data in FBX export from shot recorder

In r25 we have added both aperture and focus distance to the default parameter collection for new cameras within the Shot Recorder feature. These properties can also be set within the Shot Recorder FBX export. 

DSOF-22460 Keep last-known camera position if camera tracking drops

In previous releases, when camera tracking is lost, the camera will revert back to 0,0,0. In r25, the camera tracking will remain at the last tracked camera position.

DSOF-22672 Make common base project for d3api and d3service

DSOF-22837 Write functionality to clear up exported glb, movie and metadata files

We have added an improvement to the Previz Link within Designer in r25 to clear up disk space by deleting old export files related to Previz that are no longer being used by any other application. Any export file that is still being used will not be deleted until the next time a clean-up takes place, where again we will only delete export files that are no longer being used by any application. 

DSOF-22937 Move nginx logs to d3 app data directory instead of in program files

In r25, nginx logs have been moved from the program files path to C:\Users\d3\AppData\Local\d3\nginx

DSOF-22995 GUI: The layer editor should move to front open keyframe editors when it gains focus

In previous releases, when working on a large timeline that overlaps on-screen with a layer editor, if a user was to click on the layer editor to focus on it, the layer editor widget would be foreground but the keyframe editor would be behind the timeline. In r25, when a user brings a layer editor into focus, the keyframe editor will now foreground with it. 

DSOF-23002 Sequencing: On project upgrade, disable sequencing for all fields which are not sequenced

In previous releases, if a project was upgraded from a version of Designer that did not support the Keyframe Toggle (before r20.0), all fields were set to have Keyframes enabled. This required a significant amount of tidying to be able to benefit from the Keyframe Toggle. In r25, we have enabled any fields that only have 1 frame and therefore no sequencing should have the Keyframe Toggle automatically set to off on project upgrade.

DSOF-23110 Videoins with placeholder images should have the resolution of the placeholder.

In previous releases, when adding a Videoin for a placeholder image, the video would be set to the last resolution of the video input received by disguise. In r25, if a Videoin is added with a placeholder image, the video will be set to the resolution of the placeholder image that is used. The Videoin will override the placeholder image resolution when it is available.

DSOF-23245 Optimize DmxScreenRead layer

In previous releases, it was reported that the DmxScreenRead layer was impacting the performance of Designer. We have now optimised the layer.

DSOF-23336 IP VFC SDP file paths should be discoverable

We have added a ‘Copy SDP path to clipboard’ button within the IP-VFC settings menu. This includes the SDP path that can be copied and added onto a ST 2110 receiver device, such as the Megapixel Helios.

DSOF-23646 GET activetransport API should return the selected track for each transport

We have enabled the ActiveTransport API to return the currently selected track for each transport. This can be found within the GET activetransport API, where we have included a currentTrack property that indicates the current selected track of a given transport. 

DSOF-23756 Add double dot RS plugin version to schema JSON

We have added a new RenderStream release naming convention to include double dots for plugin-specific hotfixes. This can now be seen within the Designer GUI.

DSOF-23808 Implement support for Arri Alexa LogCv4 to ACES workflow

DSOF-23927 Allow user to copy/paste notifications

Users can now copy and paste notifications from Designer without having to open the console.

DSOF-19735 - Fixed an issue where snapshots failed to create after the snapshot widget was closed

DSOF-19736 - Fixed: If a snapshot has failed to create, an access violation was displayed if a widget was opened while taking a snapshot

DSOF-20435 - Fixed an issue where the  CPUMonitor did not respect poll unit/interval settings

DSOF-20791 - Fixed an issue where "Edid port invalid errors" on applied feed settings

DSOF-21510 - Improved the efficiency of Text Layers

DSOF-21687 - Fixed an issue where Media Distribution did not report correct size for image sequences

DSOF-21694 - Fixed an issue that occurred when undoing a creation of a group with the widget open displayed a "not in list" error

DSOF-21839 - Fixed an issue where projects started with a Masking object appearing until the stage is brought into focus

DSOF-21988 RenderStream: Fixed an issue where Designer would hang when stopping a workload

DSOF-22109 - Fixed an issue where list indirections were not triggering multitransport

DSOF-22756 - Fixed an issue that occurred after deleting a Skeleton object from Stage and its Stick Man was still visible

DSOF-22780 - Fixed an issue where it was not possible to open the rollback window of 2 objects at the same time

DSOF-22781 - Fixed an issue where duplicating group with video transition layer

DSOF-22798 - Video Input Patch Editor: Fixed an issue where the format field was not refreshed upon project startup

DSOF-22812 - Fixed an unnecessary error continuously being thrown when an empty texture parameter was assigned

DSOF-22846 - Fixed an issue that occurred when disengaging the Position Receiver, the status didn't work as expected

DSOF-22916 - Fixed framerate drops on solo with section on the timeline

DSOF-23030 - Fixed an issue where a new section break was not dropped on the exact frame when zoomed out and using ; ` shortcut to move playhead

DSOF-23103 - Fixed an Access Violation when using ctrl+z to undo deleting a layer

DSOF-23107 - Fixed incorrect timestamps on a newly created project within d3manager

DSOF-23127 - Mosys Driver: Fixed an issue where it was possible to edit lens values in the GUI when using Mosys GeneratedCameraTrackingSource

DSOF-23153 - Fixed an issue where Video Inputs was not scrollable

DSOF-23157 - Fixed an issue where Udp::connect error didn't specify which port it failed to bind to

DSOF-23159 - Fixed an issue where ObjectView did not expand according to buckets / subdirectories

DSOF-23179 - Fixed an issue where the VideoIn format field was not serialising correct value with director/actor setup

DSOF-23180 - Fixed an issue where Layer Stack did not affect placeholders in LogicalVideoInDevice

DSOF-23215 - Fixed an issue where Movie Output > Output movie size had options for 2K and 4K export on the MPEG-4 drop-down list despite Designer reporting errors that "d3 designer can only export resolutions up to 2160 pixels" and then failed any export attempt

DSOF-23264 - Fixed an Access Violation when taking a Snapshot after closing Snapshot manager

DSOF-23287 - Fixed an issue where a calibrated camera with no tracking source silently overwrote lens intrinsics

DSOF-23303 - Fixed an issue where the console was spammed when Designer was minimised while running in application mode

DSOF-23319 - Fixed an issue where Designer delayed tracking longer than it needs to when doing receive time smoothing

DSOF-23328 - Fixed an issue where many (Save) Actions were not unsubscribed at d3 shutdown

DSOF-23331 - Added detailed logging on shutdown for still subscribed Actions

DSOF-23332 - Fixed an error at 'MissingMediaDomain: checkMissing'

DSOF-23333 - Fixed an issue that occured when changing SLC sizes would result in an error after configuring feed

DSOF-23342 - Fixed an issue where copying and pasting a layer at the end of the timeline did not extend the track

DSOF-23358 - Fixed an issue where keyframes outside of the highlighted grouping area were not deselected and not included in the keyframe grouping

DSOF-23361 - Fixed an issue when assigning empty VideoInTexture caused a parameter size error

DSOF-23368 - Fixed an issue when selecting a group of keyframes whilst there was already an active group selection in the keywidget added the new selection to the old

DSOF-23422 - Fixed [XR] Spatial Cal not working as expected

DSOF-23429 - Fixed an issue where a "'NoneType' object has no attribute '__base__'" notification was displayed when right clicking on proxy maker with disableProxyMaker option switch enabled

DSOF-23513 - Fixed iPod 6 showing as an option in OmniCal

DSOF-23550 - Fixed an issue where the Patch Assignments Widget could not be opened

DSOF-23558 - Fixed an issue where Telemetry would fail with error "queryLogs failed: Can't find manifest"

DSOF-23566 - Previz link: Fixed an issue where props didn't handle alpha material and textures properly

DSOF-23575 - Fixed an issue where Rotational X value flickered between two numbers in Tracking Source Data when Smooth Receive Time unchecked

DSOF-23581 - Fixed an issue where ‘Cannot create a link without a Resource’ error was displayed when adding the new depth of field parameters to the shot recorder

DSOF-23595 - Fixed an issue where the ‘enable Depth of Field (DOF)’ option check-box in Camera settings has changed to a number field input box

DSOF-23598 - Fixed mesh fragment artefacts in a mesh mapping

DSOF-23611 - Fixed an issue where upper and lower-case letters in names of the Camera Settings were mixed up

DSOF-23613 - Fixed an issue where it was not possible to do secondary observations with trackmen camera tracking system as zoom encoder is always 1.f

DSOF-23620 - Fixed an issue where the prop mesh could not be assigned 'None'

DSOF-23629 - Fixed an issue where Mesh Mapping would jump the camera for a few frames to a different position

DSOF-23666 - Attribute Error: Fixed 'NoneType' object having no attribute 'hidden' when adding a spherical camera

DSOF-23685 - Fixed the Focus field inside Camera widget not working as expected

DSOF-23716 - Fixed a VirtualCam notification error when starting RenderStream with MR set mapping

DSOF-23740 - Fixed an m_renderPoseHistory.empty() Error Notification upon re-opening a project with RenderStream layer

DSOF-23751 - Fixed an error spamming whenever opening the Tracking Source widget of a Skeleton

DSOF-23754 - Fixed an issue where a camera with a tracking source selected and no videoin, opening the camera widget showed an error

DSOF-23777 - Fixed Open Tracking Sources widget not working as expected with Skeletons

DSOF-23783 - Fixed an issue where VariableVideoPlayer: "Invalid frame calculated"/ "start != end" notification was shown on sharp speed changed - check

DSOF-23811 - Removed Skeleton Scale

DSOF-23893 - RTTrPM driver - Fixed an issue where centroid positions had Y / Z positions swapped

DSOF-23899 - Fixed an issue where the Inner Frustum was not visible when using Backplate and Mesh Mapping

DSOF-23963 - Fixed NGINX being set to Manual instead of Automatic in Services

DSOF-23978 API: - Fixed an issue where boolean properties in result of /service/system/detectsystems never returned to 'false'

DSOF-24042 - Fixed an issue where alembic mesh centroid did not match when mesh is far away from origin

DSOF-24049 - Fixed a typo on response to http://localhost/api/session/status/health

DSOF-24083 - Fixed multipleAccess Violations and crashes to desktop when trying to stream 3 channels over RenderStream

• DSOF-22798 - Video Input Patch Editor: Fixed an issue where the format field was not refreshed
  upon project startup
• DSOF-23179 - Video Input Patch Editor: Fixed an issue where the format field did not save the
  correct value with a director/actor setup

• DSOF-23379 - Fixed an issue where the proxy maker made proxies 1 frame short for videos 1 frame short of rounded duration to fps
• DSOF-23559 - Fixed an issue where video inputs dropped out with timeout error
• DSOF-23939 - Fixed an intermittent kMvSynchroStatusCancelledLate error which stopped capture
• DSOF-24155 - Fixed option switch for overriding nDisplay config file in Unreal Renderstream

• DSOF-24070 - Fixed an issue where it was not possible to scroll in larger nested folder structures
• DSOF-24191 - Fixed EX3 and Vx4n machine types being missing from HTTP APIs machine enums
• DSOF-24200 - Resolved an issue introduced that could prevent launching projects when spherical, perspective or parallel projections were in use.

• DSOF-23040 - Fixed an issue where the rsync port conflicted with VPN
• DSOF-23732 - Fixed an issue where the proxy generated by the proxy maker was not recognized
• DSOF-23885 - Improved Camera Switching performance
• DSOF-23899 - Fixed an issue where the Inner Frustum was not visible when using Backplate and Mesh Mapping
• DSOF-24083 - Fixed Access Violations and a crash to desktop when trying to stream 3 channels over RenderStream
• DSOF-24106 - Fixed an issue where OmniCal cameras could not be added to a project on EX 3

• DSOF-24056 - RenderStream Uncompressed: Fixed an error where  "packet/frame dropped recently" message did not clear after a stream recovered
• DSOF-24001 - Fixed an issue where quad link capture displayed a black screen

• DSOF-23566 - Previz link: Fixed an issue where props did not handle alpha materials and textures properly
• DSOF-23748 - Fixed an issue where a hang occurred the first time playing into a layer of content
• DSOF-23758 - Fixed a  d3service crash seen in r23.1.2
• DSOF23023 - Fixed an issue where pucks were not exported properly to glTF

• Added product support for EX 3

• DSOF-23375 - Fixed an issue where the Video Prefetcher was not creating video requests for the next section
• DSOF-23797 - Fixed a crash to desktop seen in r24.0
• DSOF-23829 - Fixed Edit VideoClip button
• DSOF-23878 - API: Fixed transport engage/disengage not applying session wide
• DSOF-23961 - Fixed an issue with heap corruption when hot-reloading shaders
• DSOF-23996 - Fixed an issue where d3 could not run on multiple machines with RPVII cards (vx4+ or vx4n)

• DSOF-23365 - The improved GPU memory management system shipped in r24.0 behind
  the option switch 'useGpuPool' is now enabled by default. It provides reliable stability
  for demanding video playback loads and other high-memory-usage scenarios

• DSOF-23038 AV in "Upload assets" test case in test_cloudserver

• DSOF-23694 - SDI-IPVFC: Fixed an issue where 4096x2160 59.94 10bit failed to enable stream
• DSOF-23725 - Updated Designer API documentation
• DSOF-23900 - Fixed an issue where quitting d3 and re-opening, IPVFC stream was disabled

• DSOF-21119 - GPU fan speed is now programmatically set on vx4+
• DSOF-23479 - Fixed Access Violations that occurred when a mapping indirection is added to a slot in the Bank Editor, and when a new indirection is subsequently attempted
• DSOF-23569 - SDI- IPVFC: VX4 output is no longer tearing or not outputting
• DSOF-23726 - IPVFC - Addressed a 10 second sleep that was causing 'Timed out waiting for output mode change' error notification

• DSOF-23660 - Support Riedel MN-Z-SFP-2T-SDI-12G

• DSOF-23630 - Fixed an issue when #upgrading to r24.0, SDI VFC outputs were forced to 444
  and not 422
• DSOF-23691 - Fixed an issue where using 3D perspective projection did not work when using 3D
  content
• DSOF-23714 - Fixed an issue where using 3D perspective projection did not work when using 2D
  content
• DSOF-23722 - Fixed an issue where 'DisplayList' object had no attribute "printimmediate" when
  opening patch editor

• DSOF-23249 - Fixed an Access Violation on deleting a layer mapped to a pre comp
• DSOF-23253 - IPVFC - Fixed issue with 1280x720@24hz mirror mode and various other formats on gx3 presenting some artefacts on the LED. (PTP)
• DSOF-23345 - Fixed an issue where StageRenderLayer displayed certain proxy levels as if they were proxy-off after opening the feed view
• DSOF-23447 - Fixed a RenderStream crash to desktop when using texture parameters
• DSOF-23487 - Fixed an Access Violation when creating the alignment point when using OmniCal
• DSOF-23514 - Fixed all screens being inactive In VR
• DSOF-23556 - Fixed an issue where DCS focal length was incorrect when sensor sizes were not set to 35mm
• DSOF-23615 - Fixed an issue where MR set plate resolution changed when switching cameras with different overscan
• DSOF-23675 - XR: Fixed a Python error "no attribute 'refreshObservationList' when adding a manual observation
• DSOF-23690 - Fixed an Access Violation in feed view with IP VFC on remote machines, causing grey screen on startup

• DSOF-17848 - With "disableDmxPacketSendWait" on, lost sACN node on network still causes the project to slow to a halt.
• DSOF-17540 - Sequencing changes do not transfer to other machines in session when restoring a snapshot
• DSOF-17193 - Multi User Edit in UE requires preferred sync adapter to be set to a network adapter which is available to all machines
• DSOF-17108 - Current NCAM data implementation used can exhibit unreliable packet timing
• DSOF-16935 - d3 cannot set SDI VFCs to Quad 4K 2SI 23.98, 24, 29.97 or 30Hz
• DSOF-16425 - Renderstream: When using MultiChannelMapping, only one spatial map w backplate is able to change position/rotation
• DSOF-15445 - Editor machines with a user account linked to an Microsoft Account can't join d3 sessions due to permissions errors

Q-SDI VFC Firmware advisory

Background:

SDI VFCs are unable to achieve a guaranteed genlock to an interlaced genlock signal. There is 50% chance there will be a phase offset of 1 field (180 degrees). This is due to the way in which the sync cards for both AMD and NVidia GPUs detect genlock signals.

Firmware version 1.9.0 adds a button to reverse the field, which enables you to revert to the alternate field if genlock is phase offset. To properly use this feature, you will need to have the relevant equipment to be able to measure the phase of the SDI output.

Firmware version 1.9.0 requires the use of r17 or greater.

Impact of Issue:

Any Q-SDI VFC shipped with firmware 1.8.0 or earlier and needing to lock to interlaced Genlock Signal

Affected Hardware:

All Q-SDI VFC shipped with previous firmware versions.

How to determine the current firmware version:

• Populate VFC compatible disguise machine with only the SDI cards you want to check.
• Run vfcfirmwareupdater.exe located at C:\Program Files\d3 Production Suite\build\msvc
• Check Firmware Version

How to update to v1.9.0:

• Populate any VFC compatible disguise machine with only the SDI cards required to be updated.
• Download the VFC firmware update from: https://d3packages.s3.amazonaws.com/vfc/quad_sdi_vfc_v1-9-0.rbf
• Run vfcfirmwareupdater.exe located at C:\Program Files\d3 Production Suite\build\msvc
• Click Choose file and load the downloaded VFC firmware update. The filename should be quad_sdi_vfc_v1-9-0.rbf
• Slots will be automatically selected. Ensure only SDI type cards have this firmware update applied to them.

• Click Update Firmware, the update will start and will take between 10-25 minutes.

• On completion, the Firmware version field will not update until all cards have finished updating and have been re-initialised and detected.

• DSOF-3357 Ability to view waveform of audio in modules

The audio waveform allows users to visualise the audio output of a single layer, a collection of layers or the quantized audio track while working in the keyframe editor. This permits them to add keyframes while taking audio output as a consideration at a glance.

How-To

To visualise the audio waveform of one or more layers:

1. Create one or more audio layers

2. Set the audio track of the layer(s)

3. Open a keyframe editor

4. Right-click in the keyframe editor area to access the options

5. Click on

a. layer to visualise the waveform of the currently opened layer

b. combined to visualise the collective waveform of multiple layers

To visualise the audio waveform of the quantized audio:

1. Add an audio track to the track

2. Open a keyframe editor

3. Right-click in the keyframe editor area to access the options

4. Click on quantised to visualise the waveform of the timeline audio track

Key widget audio waveform modes

Single layer audio waveform

Combined layers audio waveform

Quantised audio waveform

Audio waveform with volume keyframes

Audio waveform in quantised mode with quantised track

• DSOF-7298 Dynamic Layer Naming

This feature allows users to rename layers with dynamic tags that will be automatically replaced in the rename process by specific values in the layer.

How-To

1. When renaming a layer either by right-clicking on the layer or pressing alt+r this feature is available.

2. When renaming the layer you can use words between curly braces to create dynamic tags like this {special tag}

3. Hitting rename on a layer will then automatically replace the text in that tag with special values based on the tags.

4. The tags that are supported are:

a. {type} is replaced by the type of the layer.