2022 Revision History

The first release of Capture 2022 was version 2022.0.17, the 8th of March 2022.

Colour Picker: The new colour picker on macOS could end up partially outside the screen, making it impossible to close.
Location Property: Manually entered location information for cables and LED panels was not saved.
Emissive Materials: Rendering of objects with emissive materials could appear glitchy under specific circumstances.

Colour Picker: The colour picker on macOS has been enhanced with an HSV mode and a colour palette.
MVR Import: Importing MVR files with other than 3DS geometry content now warns that this is not supported.

Measurements: There were decimal separator inconsistencies between different measurement unit options.
Cable Location: The location displayed for cables was sometimes incorrect.
Dual Patch: Filters did not apply correctly to dual patch fixtures when only one patch point was in use.

Movie Rendering: Rendering movies to EXR did not work on Mac.
Auto Quality: Automatic visualisation quality exhibited erratic behaviour on some Windows systems.
MVR Import/Export: Fixture orientations did not conform to stipulated GDTF fixture orientations when exporting and importing MVR files.
Pixel Tubes: The whole aperture failed to render for pixel tubes shorter than 1m.
Movie Rendering: Bitrate options did not adjust properly for other than 25 fps frame rates.
Laser Visualisation: Artefacts could sometimes be seen in laser projector beams.

Open Project: Reduced the time it takes to open project files with many fixture groups.
Annotation Selection: It has been made easier to select annotations using Ctrl/Cmd + drag select.
Prism Facets: Increased maximum number of supported prism facets to 72.
Video Projections: The resolution of video projects has been increased.

Colour Picker: Defining custom colours in the (non material) colour picker could cases crashes on macOS. The system colour picker has been replaced with a new custom colour picker.
File Types: Capture c2p and c2s were not correctly associated with Capture on macOS.
Fixture Update: Updating effect fixtures with new library definitions caused them to loose some properties.
Groups: The Delete and Break Group commands were incorrectly available in groups with only one remaining object.
Snapshots Naming: The text input box used for entering new snapshot names was transparent in Dark Mode on macOS.

Model Import: Capture project navigator visibility settings are now ignored in model import window.

Model Export: Exporting models to glTF or GLB could cause crashes with troubled models.
Aperture Rendering: Aperture rendering and bloom could appear broken on Macs with Intel GPUs.
Mirroring: Mirroring was enabled by mistake when individual groups in objects were selected, possibly leading to objects disppearing.
Equipment Reports: New equipment reports included an invalid column that prevented cables from being shown. (This needs to be removed from existing reports, or have the equipment report recreated.)
Windows Locations: Window locations were not remembered correctly.
Fixture Data Export: The filter option was not applied correctly in fixture data export.
Omnidirectionals: There were rendering issues with omnidirectional lights on macOS.
View Navigator: Changing the View Navigator option did not always refresh the view.
Dialog Placement: Dialogs (such as Transform or Duplicate) always opened on the main display on macOS.
Search Fields: Fixture and library tab search fields did not scroll with entered text.

Open Project: Capture could freeze when opening project files with patched cameras.
Camera Changes: Capture could crash when triggering camera changes over DMX.
View Panoration: It was not possible to toggle panoration on and off while navigating using a touchpad.
Chopppy Navigation: View updates were choppy when navigating on Mac.

Truss Snapping: Trusses could vanish when snapped to line snappers.
SketchUp Import: Importing SketchUp files could malfunction on Windows.
DWG Export: Exporting to DWG could result in crashes.
Flame Jets: Flame jets occasionally visualised as pure white.
Distance Measures: Selection of the start point of cumulative distance measures did not work well.
Prism Effects: Visualisation of prism effects was broken.
Beam Edges: The edges of beams could look noisy.
Undocked Windows: Undocked windows lost their window titles.
Group Center: Excessive amounts of group centers rendered in groups containing groups.
Student Edition: It was not possible to open project files in the Student Edition unless the library had been installed.
Aperture Location: Apertures could render at incorrect locations.
Strobe Control: The visualisation of strobe with secondary speed control could malfunction.

For older versions of Capture, see the Capture 2021 revision history.

Capture fixes and changes have been categorized as follows:

Improvements
Major bug fixes
Minor bug fixes