Capture 2019 revision history
The first release of Capture 2019 was version 2019.0.18, the 26th of March 2019.
Version 2019.2.9, released the 18th February 2020
- Property Editing
- A few rare property editing scenarios could cause Capture to freeze.
- Fixture Snapping
- Snapping fixtures to vertical trusses could causes fixture to disappear.
- Fixture Data Export
- The DMX channel count of fixtures was always exported as 0.
- Control Pane
- Some fixtures with dual dimmer channels were not controllable.
- DWG Import
- Fixture orientation was not preserved for block references with block references.
- Widget Fast Copying
- Fast copying widget type objects produced offsets.
- Small Apertures
- Very small fixture apertures could occasionally be omitted.
Version 2019.2.7, released the 26th November 2019
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- The keyboard shortcut to hide/show quality information in a live design view collided with a macOS system shortcut and has been changed from Shift + Q to Shift + K.
- Motion Fixture
- Grouping and breaking groups of objects including motion fixtures lead to the motion fixtures being deassociated with objects they were controlling.
- Object Selection
- Drag selecting measures and annotations was not possible on macOS.
- Video Card Crashes
- The video card crash error dialog could cause Capture to freeze on macOS.
- Transparency
- Transparent objects did not render correctly in perspective view plot insets.
- Measurements
- Cloned measurements were incorrectly rotated in the process.
- Object Properties
- Property group headers overlapped properties of objects on macOS.
- Application Signing
- The Capture executable was not propertly signed on Windows.
Version 2019.2.4, released the 25th October 2019
- Model Import
- Closing the model import window lead to crashes if a new project had been opened in the meanwhile.
- macOS Distribution
- Capture was reported as being from an 'Unidentified Developer' on macOS 10.14 and 10.15.
- Rendering Artefacts
- Dark horizontal lines could appear in renderings.
- Multiaperture Fixtures
- Fixtures with more than 128 apertures could fail to visualise correctly.
- Media Servers
- Streaming video input from media server could fail to work when reopening a project.
- Welcome Window
- Filenames containing an ampersand were shown with double ampersands.
- DMX Mover & Rotator
- It was not possible to home DMX Movers or Rotators in the control pane.
- Object Shadows
- Shadows of objects did not update correctly when resized.
Version 2019.2.3, released the 10th October 2019
- Art-Net
- Receiption of Art-Net on macOS did not work due to a bug introduced in 2019.2.2.
Version 2019.2.2, released the 9th October 2019
- Fixture Selection
- Selecting fixtures with the control pane open could lead to crashes under rare circumstances.
- Edit Material
- Using the material editing shortcut from the Selected items Design tab category could cause crashes.
- Repeated Add
- Repeatedly adding items in the Design tab could cause crashes on macOS.
- Art-Net
- The wrong ESTA manufacturer code was used in ArtPollReply packets.
Version 2019.2.1, released the 26th September 2019
- macOS Catalina
- Exporting presentations on macOS now creates a zip archive containing a (protected) version of the project file paired with a presenter app.
- Texture Rendering
- When rendering images and videos, material textures are now rendered using anisotropic filtering, improving the fidelity of textures.
- Patch Sync
- When Capture detects a patch mismatch with fixtures reported by the console, an option has been added to break the patch link for these fixtures, thus treating all mismatching fixtures as new fixtures.
- Art-Net
- In order to support Art-Net controllers dependent on Art-Net polling for transmission, Capture now sends ArtPollReply messages in response to ArtPoll messages using directed broadcast. This allows the ArtPollReply messages to reach the controller if it is running on the same computer.
- SketchUp Import
- The rate of polygon and line progress feedback during import from SketchUp has been reduced. This reduces the risk of the report from reaching its maximum length and the following information to be lost.
Version 2019.1.7, released the 29th August 2019
- Framing Shutters
- Framing shutter cuts could get stuck when replacing fixtures with fixtures that don't support framing shutters.
- Video Rendering
- Smoke did not animate in movie snapshots rendered to video.
- DWG Materials
- Materials were not read correctly for objects in blocks.
- Flatscreens
- Changing the material of a flatscreen lead to its frame becoming light gray.
- Attached Fixtures
- Fixtures attached to other fixtures could be left dangling if the host fixture was given a paper adjustment.
- Line Widths
- The line width of lines rendered incorrectly in perspective views.
- Patch Overshoot
- Fixtures patched beyond the limits of a universe could display odd behaviour.
- Fixture Home
- Homing a fixture always returned wheels to their first frame even if it was not open.
Version 2019.1.6, released the 7th August 2019
- Pangolin Projectors
- The maximum number of projectors supported has been increased to 256.
- Renders
- The top left rectangle of renders was of lower quality than the rest of the image or first video frame if the automatic quality rendering setting was enabled.
- Animation Wheels
- The orientation of animation wheels in the visualisation was incorrect.
Version 2019.1.5, released the 1st August 2019
- Omnidirectional Smoke
- Omnidirectional fixtures did not visualise in smoke on macOS.
- Video Capture
- Used video capture devices were not released until Capture quit on macOS.
- grandMA2 XML
- Fixture data exported to grandMA2 XML did not transfer layer names correctly.
- Plot Printing
- Single pixel gaps between printing tiles could be seen in printed plot views.
- DWG Layers
- Attempting to export a model with two layers with identical names in different upper/lower case to DWG would result in an internal error.
- Broken Positions
- Objects with broken positions caused model export to DWG to fail.
Version 2019.1.4, released the 24th June 2019
- Model Import
- Capture could crash on Windows when minimizing the import model window.
- Measurements
- The edges of measurements did not snap to the measurement points and could not be positioned exactly using the transform command.
- Symbol Key
- The plot symbol key configuration dialog scrollbar on Windows did not work correctly with high DPI settings.
- Library Tab
- Dragging items from the library tab did not always work if done very quickly.
- Motion Fixtures
- The Select all Motion Controlled command did not selected motion fixtures.
- Fixture Data Import
- Importing CSV files exported by Capture preferred the external identifier column.
Version 2019.1.3, released the 4th June 2019
- Reference Manual
- The manual command in the menu now links to the new online reference manual.
- Media Servers
- Capture could crash when media servers disappear from the network.
- Video Input
- Capture could crash when using video capture devices and web cameras on macOS.
- Model Export
- Exporting the model to DXF/DWG did not work if a layer had an empty name.
- Animation Wheels
- The orientation of animation wheels in the visualisation was incorrect.
- Illuminated Materials
- Illuminated materials could appear fuzzy in the visualisation.
Version 2019.1.2, released the 16th May 2019
- Control Pane
- Control of non-white non-colour mixing emitter fixtures, such as for instance warm and cold white, is now supported.
- Pangolin Projectors
- A settings option to configure the maximum number of projectors supported has been added.
- Fullscreen Presentations
- The white border around the view in maximised presentations has been removed (as long as the snapshot pane is not open).
- Slider Properties
- The popup slider editor used for some properties can now be operated and closed with the keyboard.
- Plot Precision
- A precision option like that for distance measurements has been added for truss trim height and rigging point coordinate annotatoins.
- Library Tab
- The layout of the library tab has been improved to work better on narrow screen layouts.
- Window Locations
- Window location memory has been added to plot, universe and report windows.
- Mac Mouses
- A new settings option has been added to disable trackpad panoration.
- Wide Shadows
- The precision of shadows from very wide angle fixtures has been improved.
- Bloom Strength
- The strength of the bloom effect has been increased significantly.
- Metal Timeouts
- Metal driver timeout detection has been improved.
- SketchUp Import
- Support for importing models from SketchUp 2019 files has been added.
- Fixture Adjustments
- New options to adjust the intensity and zoom and iris directions of fixtures have been added.
- Movie Rendering
- Traces of the current state of fixtures when beginning movie rendering could be seen in the beginning of movies.
- Hidden Fixtures
- Lighting from hidden and filtered fixtures could be seen.
- Vanishing Properties
- The values of recently edited properties could become invisible in Dark Mode on macOS.
Version 2019.0.24, released the 13th May 2019
- Visualisation
- Capture could crash when adding a laser projector under certain rendering settings.
- macOS Language
- The computers language wasn't detected correctly on macOS.
- Presentations
- Experted presentations would be prevented from opening by the macOS gatekeeper on certain macOS versions.
- Asymetric Optics
- Asymmetric optics of some types would not be visualised.
- Hog4 Export
- Universe indexes for universes above 16 were not correctly exported.
Version 2019.0.23, released the 1st May 2019
- Presentations
- Presentations created on Windows would not start.
Version 2019.0.22, released the 29th April 2019
- Console Link
- Capture could crash when closing projects if a console link was present.
- Snapping Issues
- Broken objects could cause snapping to send objects into invalid locations.
- DWG Export
- Distance meusurements of no distance prevented DWG and DXF files from being exported.
- Camera Focus
- The camera focus all and focus selection commands could send the camera to invalid locations.
- macOS Dropdowns
- Dropdown could render incorrectly on macOS Dark Mode.
- Window States
- The fixture and universes floating tool pane windows did not remember their location.
- Quick Information
- Wattage information did not always show in the quick information window on Windows.
- Plot Focus
- Textual fixture symbol information could render twice under certain circumstances.
- Fixture Optics
- Changing the optics of a fixture did not always update the visualisation.
- Control Pane
- When using the lamp on/off and home functions of the control pane with unpatched fixtures their controls did not update.
- Snapping Inconsistencies
- The snapping point of fixtures to truss in front and section views could be unpredictable.
Version 2019.0.21, released the 11th April 2019
- Crash Reporter
- When starting Capture on Windows by double clicking a project file the crash reporter could not be found.
- Laser Visualisation
- Beams would disappear in high quality atmospheric resolution if transparent objects were present but no lasers.
Version 2019.0.20, released the 9th April 2019
- Rendering Crashes
- Capture could crash when rendering images or videos when using laser projectors or many transparent objects.
- Property Editing
- Slider and material colour property editors could open partially off-screen.
- Laser Visualisation
- When lasers were present in the project file, other beams would sometimes not show.
- Quick Information
- The quick information window was unreadable when using Dark Mode on macOS.
- Automatic Quality
- It was not possible to enable or disable the automatic quality rendering setting.
Version 2019.0.19, released the 28th March 2019
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- New shortcuts for Replace and Fixture Information were added.
- External Universes
- Capture could crash when external universes were lost.
- Visualisation
- Transparent objects were not always visualised correctly on Windows.
- CITP Universes
- Using sACN universes as external DMX sources for CITP universes did not work.
- Console Link
- Unpatched fixtures would always appear in the console patch list even if they had already been identified.
- Console Link
- The reason for mismatching patch error messages is written to the log file.
For older versions of Capture, see the Capture 2018 revision history.
The first release of Capture 2019 was version 2019.0.18, the 26th of March 2019.
Version 2019.2.4, released the 25th October 2019
- Model Import
- Closing the model import window lead to crashes if a new project had been opened in the meanwhile.
- macOS Distribution
- Capture was reported as being from an 'Unidentified Developer' on macOS 10.14 and 10.15.
- Rendering Artefacts
- Dark horizontal lines could appear in renderings.
- Multiaperture Fixtures
- Fixtures with more than 128 apertures could fail to visualise correctly.
- Media Servers
- Streaming video input from media server could fail to work when reopening a project.
- Welcome Window
- Filenames containing an ampersand were shown with double ampersands.
- DMX Mover & Rotator
- It was not possible to home DMX Movers or Rotators in the control pane.
- Object Shadows
- Shadows of objects did not update correctly when resized.
Version 2019.2.4, released the 25th October 2019
- Model Import
- Closing the model import window lead to crashes if a new project had been opened in the meanwhile.
- macOS Distribution
- Capture was reported as being from an 'Unidentified Developer' on macOS 10.14 and 10.15.
- Rendering Artefacts
- Dark horizontal lines could appear in renderings.
- Multiaperture Fixtures
- Fixtures with more than 128 apertures could fail to visualise correctly.
- Media Servers
- Streaming video input from media server could fail to work when reopening a project.
- Welcome Window
- Filenames containing an ampersand were shown with double ampersands.
- DMX Mover & Rotator
- It was not possible to home DMX Movers or Rotators in the control pane.
- Object Shadows
- Shadows of objects did not update correctly when resized.
Version 2019.2.3, released the 10th October 2019
- Art-Net
- Receiption of Art-Net on macOS did not work due to a bug introduced in 2019.2.2.
Version 2019.2.2, released the 9th October 2019
- Fixture Selection
- Selecting fixtures with the control pane open could lead to crashes under rare circumstances.
- Edit Material
- Using the material editing shortcut from the Selected items Design tab category could cause crashes.
- Repeated Add
- Repeatedly adding items in the Design tab could cause crashes on macOS.
- Art-Net
- The wrong ESTA manufacturer code was used in ArtPollReply packets.
Version 2019.2.1, released the 26th September 2019
- macOS Catalina
- Exporting presentations on macOS now creates a zip archive containing a (protected) version of the project file paired with a presenter app.
- Texture Rendering
- When rendering images and videos, material textures are now rendered using anisotropic filtering, improving the fidelity of textures.
- Patch Sync
- When Capture detects a patch mismatch with fixtures reported by the console, an option has been added to break the patch link for these fixtures, thus treating all mismatching fixtures as new fixtures.
- Art-Net
- In order to support Art-Net controllers dependent on Art-Net polling for transmission, Capture now sends ArtPollReply messages in response to ArtPoll messages using directed broadcast. This allows the ArtPollReply messages to reach the controller if it is running on the same computer.
- SketchUp Import
- The rate of polygon and line progress feedback during import from SketchUp has been reduced. This reduces the risk of the report from reaching its maximum length and the following information to be lost.
Version 2019.1.7, released the 29th August 2019
- Framing Shutters
- Framing shutter cuts could get stuck when replacing fixtures with fixtures that don't support framing shutters.
- Video Rendering
- Smoke did not animate in movie snapshots rendered to video.
- DWG Materials
- Materials were not read correctly for objects in blocks.
- Flatscreens
- Changing the material of a flatscreen lead to its frame becoming light gray.
- Attached Fixtures
- Fixtures attached to other fixtures could be left dangling if the host fixture was given a paper adjustment.
- Line Widths
- The line width of lines rendered incorrectly in perspective views.
- Patch Overshoot
- Fixtures patched beyond the limits of a universe could display odd behaviour.
- Fixture Home
- Homing a fixture always returned wheels to their first frame even if it was not open.
Version 2019.1.6, released the 7th August 2019
- Pangolin Projectors
- The maximum number of projectors supported has been increased to 256.
- Renders
- The top left rectangle of renders was of lower quality than the rest of the image or first video frame if the automatic quality rendering setting was enabled.
- Animation Wheels
- The orientation of animation wheels in the visualisation was incorrect.
Version 2019.1.5, released the 1st August 2019
- Omnidirectional Smoke
- Omnidirectional fixtures did not visualise in smoke on macOS.
- Video Capture
- Used video capture devices were not released until Capture quit on macOS.
- grandMA2 XML
- Fixture data exported to grandMA2 XML did not transfer layer names correctly.
- Plot Printing
- Single pixel gaps between printing tiles could be seen in printed plot views.
- DWG Layers
- Attempting to export a model with two layers with identical names in different upper/lower case to DWG would result in an internal error.
- Broken Positions
- Objects with broken positions caused model export to DWG to fail.
Version 2019.1.4, released the 24th June 2019
- Model Import
- Capture could crash on Windows when minimizing the import model window.
- Measurements
- The edges of measurements did not snap to the measurement points and could not be positioned exactly using the transform command.
- Symbol Key
- The plot symbol key configuration dialog scrollbar on Windows did not work correctly with high DPI settings.
- Library Tab
- Dragging items from the library tab did not always work if done very quickly.
- Motion Fixtures
- The Select all Motion Controlled command did not selected motion fixtures.
- Fixture Data Import
- Importing CSV files exported by Capture preferred the external identifier column.
Version 2019.1.3, released the 4th June 2019
- Reference Manual
- The manual command in the menu now links to the new online reference manual.
- Media Servers
- Capture could crash when media servers disappear from the network.
- Video Input
- Capture could crash when using video capture devices and web cameras on macOS.
- Model Export
- Exporting the model to DXF/DWG did not work if a layer had an empty name.
- Animation Wheels
- The orientation of animation wheels in the visualisation was incorrect.
- Illuminated Materials
- Illuminated materials could appear fuzzy in the visualisation.
Version 2019.1.2, released the 16th May 2019
- Control Pane
- Control of non-white non-colour mixing emitter fixtures, such as for instance warm and cold white, is now supported.
- Pangolin Projectors
- A settings option to configure the maximum number of projectors supported has been added.
- Fullscreen Presentations
- The white border around the view in maximised presentations has been removed (as long as the snapshot pane is not open).
- Slider Properties
- The popup slider editor used for some properties can now be operated and closed with the keyboard.
- Plot Precision
- A precision option like that for distance measurements has been added for truss trim height and rigging point coordinate annotatoins.
- Library Tab
- The layout of the library tab has been improved to work better on narrow screen layouts.
- Window Locations
- Window location memory has been added to plot, universe and report windows.
- Mac Mouses
- A new settings option has been added to disable trackpad panoration.
- Wide Shadows
- The precision of shadows from very wide angle fixtures has been improved.
- Bloom Strength
- The strength of the bloom effect has been increased significantly.
- Metal Timeouts
- Metal driver timeout detection has been improved.
- SketchUp Import
- Support for importing models from SketchUp 2019 files has been added.
- Fixture Adjustments
- New options to adjust the intensity and zoom and iris directions of fixtures have been added.
- Movie Rendering
- Traces of the current state of fixtures when beginning movie rendering could be seen in the beginning of movies.
- Hidden Fixtures
- Lighting from hidden and filtered fixtures could be seen.
- Vanishing Properties
- The values of recently edited properties could become invisible in Dark Mode on macOS.
Version 2019.0.24, released the 13th May 2019
- Visualisation
- Capture could crash when adding a laser projector under certain rendering settings.
- macOS Language
- The computers language wasn't detected correctly on macOS.
- Presentations
- Experted presentations would be prevented from opening by the macOS gatekeeper on certain macOS versions.
- Asymetric Optics
- Asymmetric optics of some types would not be visualised.
- Hog4 Export
- Universe indexes for universes above 16 were not correctly exported.
Version 2019.0.23, released the 1st May 2019
- Presentations
- Presentations created on Windows would not start.
Version 2019.0.22, released the 29th April 2019
- Console Link
- Capture could crash when closing projects if a console link was present.
- Snapping Issues
- Broken objects could cause snapping to send objects into invalid locations.
- DWG Export
- Distance meusurements of no distance prevented DWG and DXF files from being exported.
- Camera Focus
- The camera focus all and focus selection commands could send the camera to invalid locations.
- macOS Dropdowns
- Dropdown could render incorrectly on macOS Dark Mode.
- Window States
- The fixture and universes floating tool pane windows did not remember their location.
- Quick Information
- Wattage information did not always show in the quick information window on Windows.
- Plot Focus
- Textual fixture symbol information could render twice under certain circumstances.
- Fixture Optics
- Changing the optics of a fixture did not always update the visualisation.
- Control Pane
- When using the lamp on/off and home functions of the control pane with unpatched fixtures their controls did not update.
- Snapping Inconsistencies
- The snapping point of fixtures to truss in front and section views could be unpredictable.
Version 2019.0.21, released the 11th April 2019
- Crash Reporter
- When starting Capture on Windows by double clicking a project file the crash reporter could not be found.
- Laser Visualisation
- Beams would disappear in high quality atmospheric resolution if transparent objects were present but no lasers.
Version 2019.0.20, released the 9th April 2019
- Rendering Crashes
- Capture could crash when rendering images or videos when using laser projectors or many transparent objects.
- Property Editing
- Slider and material colour property editors could open partially off-screen.
- Laser Visualisation
- When lasers were present in the project file, other beams would sometimes not show.
- Quick Information
- The quick information window was unreadable when using Dark Mode on macOS.
- Automatic Quality
- It was not possible to enable or disable the automatic quality rendering setting.
Version 2019.0.19, released the 28th March 2019
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- New shortcuts for Replace and Fixture Information were added.
- External Universes
- Capture could crash when external universes were lost.
- Visualisation
- Transparent objects were not always visualised correctly on Windows.
- CITP Universes
- Using sACN universes as external DMX sources for CITP universes did not work.
- Console Link
- Unpatched fixtures would always appear in the console patch list even if they had already been identified.
- Console Link
- The reason for mismatching patch error messages is written to the log file.
For older versions of Capture, see the Capture 2018 revision history.