Capture 2023 revision history
The first release of Capture 2023 was version 2023.0.20, the 14th of March 2023.
Version 2023.1.10, released the 12th March 2024
- Dropdown List
- Editing dropdown list properties using the keyboard on Windows could lead to crashes.
- Visualisation
- Running on systems without MSAA support could lead to issues.
Version 2023.1.9, released the 9th February 2024
- DWG Import
- Text imported from DWG could appear offset.
- Fixture Information
- The location of fixture information could shift when zooming in wireframe views.
- Measure Mode
- Measure mode did not function in views after the Swing Camera to Selection command had been used.
- Ambient Occlusion
- Ambient occlusion issues could result in too bright ambient lighting.
- Aperture Orientation
- Framing shutters, gobos or any patterns appeared upside down in apertures.
- Pixel Tubes
- The shape of pixel tubes did not always update when optics were changed.
- Laser Beams
- Laser beams could disappear when other lasers were turned off.
Version 2023.1.8, released the 14th December 2023
- glTF Import
- Added support for embedded images in glTF files.
- Plot Editor
- Closing the plot editor while editing properties could lead to crashes.
- Edit Material
- CSelecting "Edit Material" for an object's material could lead to a crash.
- Universe View
- Resizing universe views could lead to crashes.
- Polygon Editor
- It was possible to add overlapping points to polygons, resultin in broken geometry.
- Transparent Panels
- Transparent panel rendering could break up at larger distances.
- Frosted Materials
- Frosted materials rendered too bright with ambient lighting.
- Focus Visualisation
- Visualisation of focus did not work unless a gobo, iris or framing shutters were inserted.
- Saving Files
- Including a dot in filenames when saving on Mac could result in the wrong file format.
- Sequential Patch
- Dots in universe names could result in incorrect sequential patch behaviour.
Version 2023.1.7, released the 30th October 2023
- Casts Shadows
- The casts shadows property of imported objects is now available when in groups and the group is selected.
- Duplicate Report
- Duplicating reports could lead to crashes, both immediately and when closing the project file.
- sACN Discovery
- Spurious crashes could occer when sACN discovery was enabled.
- Library Updates
- Capture could crash after library updates if certain objects had been used.
- Material Mapping
- The specified size of the material was not taken into account correctly while mapping.
- Colour Options
- Changing colours of the user interface could affect the transparency of user interface elements.
- Eos CSV
- Importing patch information using Eos CSV did not work as intended for some patch notations.
- Paperwork Order
- When exporting multiple plots or reports they would not always be exported in the correct order.
- SSAO Flicker
- Screen-space ambient occlusion could cause flickering on objects at great distances.
- Video Freeze
- Video player movie playback could freeze if no live view was open for more than 20 seconds.
- Licence Uninstall
- Licence key files could not be uninstalled if they had not been unlocked.
- Large Files
- Project files larger than 4 GB could not be opened.
Version 2023.1.6, released the 19th September 2023
- Motion Fixtures
- Assigning motion fixtures in a group to control the group itself could result in a hang.
- Control Pane
- The mouse could jump to odd positions in multi-monitor setups when using the control pane on macOS.
- Water Jets
- Wide water jets did not render well at lower intensities.
- Motion Fixtures
- It was not possible to delete a motion fixture that had been added to a fixture group.
- Gobo Wheels
- The speed of gobo change was too slow in fixtures with very slow variable gobo rotation speed.
- Emissive Surfaces
- Depth precision glitches could be observed in emissive surfaces.
Version 2023.1.5, released the 21st August 2023
- Sort Order
- The sort order of DMX patch and fixture groups was incorrect.
Version 2023.1.4, released the 18th August 2023
- Report Layout
- Table content could overflow page boundaries.
- Rigging Reports
- Sorting by rigging coordinate in reports produces unintuitive results.
- Group Layer
- Newly created groups were not assigned to a layer.
- Gobo Rotation
- The direction of gobo rotation, both indexed and spinning, was incorrect.
- DWG Import
- Lines imported from blocks in DWG files ended up at the wrong location.
- MVR Export
- Exported MVR files were missing all but the first fixture types' GDTF files.
- Panel Reports
- Panels did not provide any power rating in reports.
Version 2023.1.3, released the 4th July 2023
- Hanging Dialogs
- On Windows, Capture could hang temporarily in dialogs that have been open for several minutes.
- Throws Light
- Turning on and off the Throws Light property of fixtures could cause erratic lighting behaviour in other fixtures.
- MVR Unit
- Fixtures' Unit properties could export incorrectly when containing a combination of text and numbers.
Version 2023.1.2, released the 20th June 2023
- MVR Import
- Support for GDTF 1.2 and GLB geometry files has been added.
- MVR Export
- Trusses are now exported as symbols.
- NDI Update
- Updated to NDI 5.5.4.
- MA-Net3 NIC
- It is now possible to select the network interface to use for MA-Net3.
- Project Files
- Various improvements to verify and ensure the integrity of saved project files.
- Corrupt Projects
- Replacing internal fixture identifier when importing fixture data could lead to corrupt project files.
- Rendering Glitches
- Visualisation on Mac could contain glitches with emissive materials at certain angles and distances from objects.
- Distracting Edges
- Built-in forms such as the cylinder could leave distracting edges.
- Off-screen Windows
- Dialogs and windows could sometimes open partially off-screen on Windows.
- Measure Units
- Measurement units in automatic unit mode now allow mixed imperial units, i.e. 4' 2".
Version 2023.0.25, released the 5th June 2023
- Window Resize
- Resizing a design view in Live mode to a wide but very low height size could lead to a crash.
- Pixel Tubes
- Using pixel tubes and omnidirectional fixtures could lead to crashes on some Macs with Intel GPUs.
- Corrupt Project Files
- Recording snapshots with missing thumbnails could result in project files that could not be loaded again.
- Library Download
- Automatic installation of library updates downloaded inside Capture could fail with an incorrect incompatibility error.
Version 2023.0.24, released the 17th May 2023
- Open Project
- Opening a valid project file could fail under extremely rare circumstances.
- Save Project
- Shutting off the computer forcibly immediately after saving a project could lead to corrupt files.
Version 2023.0.23, released the 18th April 2023
- Demo Timeout
- The demo version could crash after the demo timeout had elapsed.
- Movie Rendering
- Occasional black frames and glitches could appear in rendered movies.
Version 2023.0.22, released the 30th March 2023
- Chinese Reports
- Capture could crash when displaying some reports in Chinese.
- Snapshot Recording
- Visualisation would freeze when opening modal dialogs on Windows, such as the movie snapshot recording dialog.
- Layer Key
- Plot layer keys could show layers in the wrong order.
- Snapping
- Snapping could malfunction after having used a keyboard shortcut to navigate away from a design view.
- Transform
- The transform dialog did not remember what type of transformation was last performed.
- Page Setup
- The built in page sizes for Letter was incorrect.
- Slide Projectors
- The quality of images projected with slide projectors was very low.
- glTF Import
- Importing glTF files from paths containing international characters failed without an explanation.
- Symbol Key
- Symbols in the plot symbol key were shown mirrored.
- Fixtures Window
- When opening the fixtures window it did not initially reflect the current selection.
- DWG Export
- Exporting imported objects with modified drawing units could get the wrong scale.
For older versions of Capture, see the Capture 2022 revision history.