3.x Vixen builds and new location based effects.

Kitman said:
Been playing with some of these builds and the new effects are certainly very cool and needed.
Noticed a few small issues which I am sure will be corrected soon if not already.


Wish I knew more about programming so I could try and help you guys out every year but sadly my programming knowledge is stuck back in the Dos Basic days hahahaha.


Great work on this thanks to all involved.
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Please raise tickets on even the small issues. One issue per ticket.

If anyone is interested.


Here is a preview the the release notes for the changes that are in the current dev builds since 3.2u2 was released last December. See details of tickets in JIRA.

VIX-1073 V3 build not loading data from a release version
VIX-1057 Auto save sequence time position on exit without the annoying message box
VIX-1076 crash when dragging layers in the docking area
Performance improvements and layering.
VIX-1075 Pinwheel Center Start
VIX-1074 Dev 209 Random Crashes
VIX-1071 Add Location Positioning option to the new Plasma effect
VIX-1067 Add Location support to Butterfly effect
VIX-1066 Add Location support to Bars effect
VIX-1065 Add Location support to Colorwash effect
VIX-1063 Add a Description field to the effect editor for effects that may need it.
VIX-1061 Cut Copy Paste order on Editor shortcut menu
VIX-1060 Existing Previews no longer open and Vixen crashes
VIX-1059 Show current layer in layer selection menu
VIX-1058 Create new Plasma effect
VIX-1055 Editor Minimized Crash
VIX-1052 Create new Pinwheel effect
VIX-1048 Effect Preview not following Layer settings
VIX-1047 Default Layer Type
VIX-1046 Make some minor improvements to the Mark Collections Docker
VIX-1045 A few issues I have found with the newest dev release
VIX-1042 Investigate preview drawing to check if it's double dimming.
VIX-1039 New Multiply Color Mixing Filter
VIX-1035 Make Improvements to the Firework effect.
VIX-1033 New Firework effect doesn't seem to honor explosion count
VIX-1030 The Discrete Color Picker still has the old theme
VIX-1029 Firework effect does not work after changing the number of Explosions to 100
VIX-1024 Random crash when zooming in and out quickly.
VIX-1023 Preview Pixel Grid Smart Object Size
VIX-1017 Create Native Spirograph Effect based off the Nutcracker one in Vixen
VIX-1016 Create Native Life Effect based off the Nutcracker one in Vixen
VIX-1013 SnowFlake Effect doesn't perform the same as the Nutcracker SnowFlack effect does.
VIX-1004 Create Native Color Wash Effect based off the Nutcracker one in Vixen.
VIX-1003 When creating a new sequence the start and end time on the time line is set to 00:00:00
VIX-992 Create Native Glediator Effect based off the Nutcracker one in Vixen
VIX-987 Create Native Curtain Effect based off the Nutcracker one in Vixen
VIX-986 The new feature to save row expansion has random bug in saving.
VIX-985 Save the play from location in the ruler.
VIX-983 Terminology consistency for grid/matrix related items
VIX-982 Save dialog doesn't appear if only the Row height was changed and user exits the sequencer.
VIX-981 Display Setup Additonal Buttons
VIX-978 Vixen 3.2u2 Crashes/freezes with firework effect
VIX-976 Create Native Video Effect based off the Nutcracker one in Vixen.
VIX-975 Create Native Meteor Effect based off the Nutcracker one in Vixen.
VIX-974 Deleting and Adding Timeline Marks
VIX-973 Minor Improvements to Sequence editor Timeline Panel
VIX-972 Align Effects to Marks
VIX-966 Remove the "Configure" sub menu under "Web Server" menu in the Vixen Main App Form
VIX-954 unable to open new or saved sequence
VIX-947 Add alignment tool for both start and end to marks
VIX-946 Increase limit on align to marks tool
VIX-944 Add additional header info to FPP exported files
VIX-933 Add ability to adjust individual mark weight.
VIX-920 Installed modules screen columns don't line up with headers.
VIX-914 When zooming in\out using CTRL-Scroll, keep mouse timeline position
VIX-913 Set row sizes
VIX-906 Vixen crash after deleting an empty collection in Mark manager
VIX-904 Vixen name on main admin window is Black
VIX-894 Enhancement request to twinkle effect
VIX-890 Stop trying to install .Net 4.5.2 on Windows 10
VIX-887 High-DPI Scaling issue with Vixen
VIX-875 Generic Numbered Group wizard naming improvement
VIX-874 Add Multiple Screen should have "endless" checked by default
VIX-872 Vixen crashes with attempted zoom in
VIX-871 Add date stamp to show scheduler log.
VIX-867 feature request for meteor effect
VIX-850 Beat Mark Manager: Playback delay & Jump to start of track
VIX-843 Export Default
VIX-742 Add fit to time on effects
VIX-649 Friday is part of weekend and weekday
VIX-641 Mouse scroll wheel zoom rows
VIX-622 Preview exit methods behave differently
VIX-540 Shortcuts in Display do not work - Cntrl C, V, X do not work in the main Display module
VIX-528 Restructuring of Nutcracker effects
VIX-483 Request for 2 Vixen 2 Effects - Waveform and Frequency Spectrum
 
Well its been an interesting two weeks for the Dev team as we have merged a total of 49 builds, including many new features and improvements, including 3 existing effects (snowflakes, Fireworks and Picture) getting massive make over, 14 effects from the Nutcracker effect and 5 new effects (3 Audio, Plasma and Pinwheel).

The latest build (228) is the last before the main release, unless there is any bug fixes that pop up over the next couple of days.

All the Nutcracker effects are now native with many more feature and the Nutcracker effect has now been removed from the list. If you still have Nutcracker effects within your existing sequence then you will still be able to use and edit them, however we do recommend when you get time to replace them with the new native effects.

If you are using the builds then please raise tickets for any issues you find. We'll be preparing a release candidate build early next week and the official release will be coming soon after that.

Thanks for supporting Vixen 3
 
I should also add, that if you had loaded the previous audio-plugins, these will need to be files will need to be removed from the Vixen program files folders.
 
I just download the latest dev build so I could have a look and test out some singing faces I have.
Well knock me down with a feather, there is more in there than I ever dreamed.
As soon as I opened it I exclaimed "holy S..." my daughter yells whats up.
I didn't mean to say it out loud.


Well done guys!
 
scamper said:
I just download the latest dev build so I could have a look and test out some singing faces I have.
Well knock me down with a feather, there is more in there than I ever dreamed.
As soon as I opened it I exclaimed "holy S..." my daughter yells whats up.
I didn't mean to say it out loud.


Well done guys!
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Thanks mate, it's been a big 6 months for us and we got done more then what we thought we would.

I am still looking at adding the location positioning to some of the other effects and maybe port some more over.
 
I have just imported last years sequences into the new build and I can confirm that all your work has definitely paid off.
I am using a 3 year old, bottom of the range laptop.
The first year I only had 200 odd channels as I was using dumb strips and it was fine.
Last year I went pixels and with almost 5000 channels, I had to turn everything I could off and it still struggled to render the items in the preview. I could output it to my pi and that was when I found out if I got my timing right.
However, with this new build, everything works seamlessly. I am going to be a happy sequencer again :D
 
gnarmstr said:
I am still looking at adding the location positioning to some of the other effects and maybe port some more over.
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Mate.. Awesome work is all I can say. Location based configs appear to be working pretty much straight out of the box..

I wish I knew how to program and help out, but unfortunately I don't :-(
Don't know if its possible but with the new layer effects, I really want to be able to perform a wipe & fill across the entire display (to mask wipe in some effects) I can do it sort of with a Wipe and changing the pulse length, but it takes some tinkering and usually ends up with the tail of the pulse pulling up as well.

I was thinking if the Chase effect was location aware, I could just do a Chase (in the direction I want) with 'Extend Pulse to End' enabled.

Alternatively, if the new Curtain effect was location aware, that would probably work as well.

Cheers and thanks again,
Stew
 
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