Capture 2020 revision history
The first release of Capture 2020 was version 2020.0.28, the 10th of March 2020.
Version 2020.0.55, released the 2nd March 2021
- Open Project
- Opening older project files with old fixture definitions could lead to a crash.
Version 2020.0.54, released the 8th January 2021
- Mac AMD GPUs
- The automatic quality restrictions for Macs with some AMD GPU's have been lifted provided that macOS 11.1 or later is used.
- Broken Files
- Capture could hang when loading broken project files.
- Plot Snapping
- Snapping of plot insets malfunctioned under specific circumstances.
- Rendering
- Glitches in the screen-space ambient occlusion could be seen in lower rendering qualities.
Version 2020.0.53, released the 3rd December 2020
- Compulite VC
- Support for Compulite VC as external DMX source for CITP universes.
- Laser Feeds
- Support for encrypted CITP/CAEX laser feeds.
- Snapshot Rendering
- A DMX frame could occasionally be omitted when during movie snapshot rendering.
- macOS Stability
- Capture could potentially crash on startup for users with international characters in their user names.
Version 2020.0.51, released the 27th October 2020
- Mac Intel
- Lifted restrictions on Intel GPUs on macOS.
- Video Panels
- Improved the quality of video on panels.
Version 2020.0.48, released the 21st September 2020
- Fixture Patch
- Fixtures patched on invalid DMX addresses could cause crashes.
- Reflection Planes
- Beams could render at incorrect locations in reflection planes under very specific circumstances.
- Fill Lighting
- Fill lighting could not be completely turned off without being set to 0%.
Version 2020.0.47, released the 28th August 2020
- Pixel Tubes
- The "Throws Light" property has been enabled for pixel tube fixtures so that they can be removed from the fill lighting effect.
- Windows Resizing
- Resizing plot and universe editors could cause Capture to hang on Windows.
- Emissive Materials
- Emissive materials did not render correctly for some GPUs on macOS 10.14.
- Fixture Focusing
- Focusing of some multi-part fixtures behaved incorrectly.
Version 2020.0.45, released the 3rd July 2020
- CITP CAEX
- Support for CITP CAEX revision F.
Version 2020.0.44, released the 26th June 2020
- Shadow Quality
- The quality of shadows for multi-aperture fixtures has been increased.
- Stability
- Capture could hang or crash on exit if failing to connect to an Eos console.
- Stability
- Capture could crash on exit if another project file was opened in the Explorer on Windows before it had finished exiting.
- Mapping Regions
- It was not possible to input 0 offsets for mapping regions.
- Console Patch
- Patch information could linger across different shows.
- Console Patch
- The position and orientation of fixtures not yet patched could be lost under specific circumstances.
Version 2020.0.42, released the 28th May 2020
- Reports
- Frame list report contents were incorrect.
- Undocked Views
- Commands could become incorrectly available or unavailable in undocked views on macOS.
- Quick Focus
- The quick focus (right click) tool always took focus planes into account.
- Fill Lighting
- The fill lighting effect responded incorrectly to some zooming fixtures.
Version 2020.0.41, released the 8th May 2020
- Visualisation
- Capture could crash if no smoke was present.
Version 2020.0.40, released the 7th May 2020
- Reports
- Deleting all sources from a report would cause Capture to crash.
- Reflection Planes
- Objects using self illuminated materials could be seen from the wrong side of reflection planes.
- Colour Mixing
- Some types of RGB colour mixing fixtures visualised very dark.
- Laser Projections
- Laser projections could not be seen on transparent surfaces.
- Plot Editing
- Navigating plot view insets was very slow.
- International Chars
- Many international characters did not show on plots on macOS.
- Shutter Control
- Opening the shutter of some multi-cell fixtures using the control pane could cause some cells to strobe.
- Aperture Vis.
- Apertures of large (typically panel) fixtures did not visualise properly at large distances.
- Fill Lighting
- Atmospheric fill lighting from fixtures without beams did not render unless some fixtures with beams were on.
- Laser Rendering
- Lasers did not appear in renders.
- Fixture Focusing
- Focusing fixtures with 3D models that do not tilt upwards when pan is homed caused focusing offsets.
Version 2020.0.37, released the 28th April 2020
- ETC Eos
- Capture could stop saving files after a while if an IP address was configured for an Eos that did not exist or Capture could not connect to.
- Patched Smoke
- Capture could hang when receiving DMX for patched smoke boxes.
- Annotations
- Annotations of imported objects could appear in incorrect locations.
Version 2020.0.36, released the 21st April 2020
- Automatic Quality
- Quality favouring automatic rendering quality has been adjusted to trade framerate for quality to a higher extent.
- Art-Net & sACN
- Art-Net and sACN universes disappearing could cause Capture to hang.
- HDR Rendering
- Rendering to HDR EXR files could cause Capture to crash.
- Camera Patch
- Making project modifications while cameras are patched could cause Capture to crash or hang.
- Drag & Drop
- Certain aborted drag and drop operations could cause Capture to hang.
- DWG Import
- Importing DWG file with broken material references could cause Capture to crash.
- Movie Rendering
- It was possible to render a movie snapshot while playing it back which could cause camera position flickering in the rendered output.
- Fixture Patch
- Patching grouped fixtures using drag and drop could skip the grouped fixtures.
- Rendering
- Some fixtures rendered with incorrect colours and colour banding.
- glTF Import
- The KHR_texture_transform extension was not handled correctly.
Version 2020.0.33, released the 9th April 2020
- Panel Location
- It is now possible to edit the location property of LED panels.
- Rigging Points
- The maximum weight of rigging points has been increased to 50 tonnes.
- Render Quality
- Offline renders did not force multi-aperture fixtures to render with individual apertures.
- Model Import
- Closing Capture with open model import windows would lead to a crash.
- Eos OSC
- Capture could hang while connected to Eos.
- Framing Shutters
- Changing the external accessory of a fixture with framing shutter cuts would reset the shutter cuts.
- Report Items
- The multiplier property of report items did not reflect properly in reports.
Version 2020.0.30, released the 26th March 2020
- Performance
- Improved performance of colour mixing fixture visualisation.
- Beam Quality
- Improved quality of beams in lower resolutions.
- Eos OSC
- Shutting down Eos could cause Capture to crash.
- Model Import
- Importing models with textures larger than 8192 x 8192 pixels could cause Capture to crash.
- Presentations
- Keyboard shortcuts did not work for commands in the Edit menu.
- Intensity Scaling
- The intensity scaling property of fixtures only worked in one beam in fixtures with multiple beams.
- Property Editing
- Dropdown menu properties rendered overlapped on macOS when in Dark Mode.
Version 2020.0.29, released the 12th March 2020
- Focus Planes
- Deleting a focus plane could cause a crash.
- SketchUp Import
- SketchUp 2020 files did not import on Windows.
- Eos OSC
- Capture could freeze as connections attempts to Eos were being made.
- View Navigator
- The orbit / panoration button of the view navigator did not change its icon based on the global free-flight navigation setting.
- Patched Cameras
- Playing back movie snapshots with camera positions of patched cameras could produce spurious jumps of the camera to origo.
- Decorative Fixtures
- The performance of decorative fixtures in large projects was poor.
- Translation Tool
- The local language could be shown instead of English on the right hand side.
For older versions of Capture, see the Capture 2019 revision history.