LightWorks V12.0.2 OSX-AlJill-Team

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New Content Manager Structure
• Bins and Groups (previously racks) are now all visible within the Content Manager
• Multicam Bins (previously Sync groups) are now all visible within the Content
Manager
• The Search function has been incorporated into the Content Manager (click the
magnifying glass)
• Added Clips, Subclips, Prints, Syncs, Edits, Searches, Everything and Recent filters to
the Content Manager
• Added ability to create Filters
• Added ability to create Filters based on search criteria
• Added ability to manage Filters. To show/hide their visibility based on content
• Added ability to create new bins with the click of a button
• Added ability to create an empty Group
• Added ability to group bins together by highlighting them, right clicking and
selecting Make group
• Added ability to copy/move bins/groups to another project simply by right clicking
them
• Added ability to move between previous and last bins with the arrows (top left of the
Content Manager)
• Added ability to show Current items from the edit timeline (Recent Filter)
• Added ability to sort Bins by Date, Name or Type (Bin or Group)
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Fixes and Features in Version 12
• Added ability to view Bin in a new browser window
• Added ability to open Edits/Syncs/Prints made in the application in the Content
Manager recent filter
• Added the ability to hide the Content Manager Filter/Bin list
• Added the ability to tear off a Bin to the desktop
• Added the ability to create a Group Shortcut by tearing off a Group from the Content
Manager to the desktop (Appears like the old style Racks)
• Added the ability to see the contents of a selected Group as tabs along the top, when
the Filter/Bin list is hidden
• Added the ability to edit a user created Filter in the Content Manager
• Added the ability to drag/drop files from the OS directly into an open bin (cannot
import to Filters)
• Added the ability to import directly into an existing bin (cannot import to Filters)
• Added the ability for users to choose where to reveal new imports, in the Recent filter
or in the Searches filter (Import->cogs menu)
• Bins opened from the Group Shortcut open automatically with the Filter/Bin list
hidden
• Bin sizes are now remembered by the Content Manager (Automatic Positioning must
be set to No)
• Allowed multiple bins to be dragged from the Content Manger to a rack on the
desktop
Bin Modifications
• Creation Date will now always be the Lightworks creation date ie. import date, or
date of creation within lightworks
• Added 'Media Date' This will now show the actual creation date of the media itself
(when it's available)
• Added Frame rate bin column header
• Added aspect ratio bin column header
• Added Modified date bin column header (which you can also search by)
• Added Take bin column header
• Added the ability to create an empty edit from a bin
• Added "Loading" text to tiles in bins
• Added a message box when you create an edit or a bin to say the contents have been
saved automatically
• Added support for Alacrity-style bins
• Added Move/Copy labels to clips when dragging and dropping clips from one bin to
another
• Renamed Source Format column header to Media Format
• Renamed Location column header to Media Location (which you can also search by)
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Lightworks v12 Release Notes
Multicam Bin Modifications
• No longer automatically enter 'compact' mode when selecting 'Display viewers' You
can now highlight some tiles then just click 'compact' to replicate the old behaviour)
• We now store the size/positions of viewers, based on the number of viewers that are
visible - If you have 4 viewers visible we store that layout, if you have 3 viewers visible,
we store that layout separately -
• Added hide viewers function
• Added the ability for multicam viewers to appear when opening a multicam bin. Set
"Automatically restore viewers" to yes on the cogs menu
Improved Delete Panels on Bins
• The delete panels will now be the same whether selecting multiple bins, individual
bins or a selection of entries inside the bin
• Changed the wording on the delete panel to explain more clearly what will happen
with the deleted items
• Changed the options on the delete panel to explain more clearly what is being
deleted
• Included the number of Bin/Log/Media files that will be deleted
• Prevented users from deleting Logs only resulting in orphaned media
• Prevented users from being able to delete a bin when tagged entries are selected
• Renamed "Destroy" to "Delete"
FX Panel Enhancements
• Added tabs to the effects settings panel for multiple tracks
• Combined the effects sliders panel and keyframes panel into one
• Cleaned up the effects parameter appearance
• New effects can now be added from the effects settings panel
• Allowed effects to be dragged/dropped from the effects browser window to the
effect settings panel
• Some effects parameters are now collapsed/hidden by default
• Used F6 for revealing the effects settings panel (Lightworks.prefs file will need to be
reimported)
Search Panel Improvements
• Search fields can now be reordered
• Search panel can now be resized vertically
• Restored the ability to keep the search card open after a search
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Fixes and Features in Version 12
New XML Interchange
• Import FCP7 generated XMLs
• All XML imports will automatically link to existing media or import missing media
• All XML imports will use the media files in the same location as the XML if the path to
the media contained in the XML is not accessible
• Transitions are not currently supported
• FX are not currently supported
• Limited XML import to FCP7 version 5 XMLs only
General Fixes
• Rewritten Lightworks Play engine to remove the need for the Display Optimization
Field/Frame button
• Moved Clip references function from the Searchcard to a right click function on edits.
Find -> Clip references
• Renamed Sync Groups to Multicam Bins throughout the application
• Renamed Racks to Groups throughout the application
• Renamed Find Groups function to Find Bins throughout the application
• Renamed Groups on the searchcards to Bins
• Added Filename as a comment to EDL generation
• Added Auto-reveal for submenus (ie. hovering over a menu item for a short period
will now cause its submenu to appear)
• Changed keyboard shortcut F5 & F6 to show/hide the Content Manager
• Changed Drag and Drop import to automatically import the dragged file. Batch
import is still accessible by right clicking the import tool
• Changed Clipboard behaviour. When the Clipboard opens users can decide whether
the Clipboard automatically opens again next time or not
• Bin view option is now a toggle switch
• Improved background import to populate imported files in a bin as they become
available (Copy Local and Transcode only)
• Improved Make edit function from the Bin now opens the Recent filter in the Content
Manager
• Used 'Classic' console speed toggling behaviour by default
• Optimized the drawing pipeline. Any/All UI elements are now drawn more efficiently
(less laggy)
• Improved the low-level threading efficiency which helps to reduce the amount of
CPU time spent whilst idling (and at all other times)
• Removed any historic mention of Groups from within the application
• Render panel now pops to the top when it is hidden and the render button is pressed
• Fixed appearance of compression options on the transcode options of the batch
import panel
• Fixed Content Manager Filter>Bin boundary incorrectly scaling the bin width. You
can still force the old behaviour by holding down 'shift'
• Fixed Auto-reveal for submenus not working correctly after clicking a submenu item
• Fixed potential crash enabling and disabling Standby on the record panel repeatedly
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Lightworks v12 Release Notes
• Fixed no image appearing on RAW .MOV sample files
• Fixed not being able to enter a project due to room lock without a name
• Fixed media folders not being created when changing the local project space
location
• Fixed viewer showing incorrect image for an offline file
• Changed Bin group key assignment to bring the current Content Manager to the
front and to open a Content Manager if one is not currently open
• Reordered the bin settings menu
• Used the background tasks mechanism to compile pixel shaders at startup
• Fixed crash using the find material function if "original audio filename" is ticked
• Fixed timeline size not being remembered correctly after closing and opening if the
individual tracks have been resized
• Fixed incorrect image when rendering 1080i as 1080p
• Fixed Reset all function on key assignments panel
• Fixed incorrect image on Image Sequence exports
• Fixed crash cancelling a transcode on import
• Fixed outline parameter on Titling effect not fading out correctly
• Fixed bin columns (audio rate/duration) not changing when project output-format is
changed
• Added Changelists panel to the key assignments
• Added "(H.264/MP4)" to the YouTube export option
• Added further improvements for entering a locked room
• Added the ability to cancel an ALE import
• Added ALE config.dat entries to import cogs menu
• Added WMV option to the export panel
• Added descriptions for many of the key assignable console functions
• Removed Reset Selected Category option from key assignments panel
• Removed Reset Selected Command option from key assignments panel
• Changed 'Mark all' key assignment to 'mark segment end'
• Updated the AVID and FCP keyboard .prefs files with the CMD functions on Mac
• ALT keyboard functions are now replaced by CMD functions on Mac
• Fixed timeline track size being remembered when closing and reopening a timeline
• Fixed concurrent players setting not working on multicam bins
• Fixed 1080p 23.98 exports being incorrect length if the audio sample rate is anything
other than 48khz
• Fixed incorrect image on UYVY AVI exports being (video pink and green)
• Fixed column resizing on the Cue panel
• Fixed drag and drop segment preview being incorrectly aligned prior to drop
• Fixed title text updating slowly during playback
• Fixed alphanumeric cue sorting
• Fixed cue panel redraw bug
• Fixed redraw error when renaming bins
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Fixes and Features in Version 12
• Fixed tooltip for empty edit
• Fixed Pop out original function so that tiles now open in the Recent filter Current tab
• Fixed deleting tagged cues from a sorted cue list failing
• Fixed potential crash playing a viewer with AJA or Blackmagic hardware
• Added the ability to drag out a tile from the Pop out original button
• Added improvements to the export panel to make it easier to select a format for
export
• Added entirely new Blur effect to the Effects panel
• Improved responsiveness for image display when moving the timeline marker
• New edit viewers now open next to source viewer
• Changed the ordering of the menu items when right clicking an effect on the
timeline
• Restored desired clipboard pop-out behaviour
• Prevented the Clipboard popping out in response to a cue addition
• Prevented the Clipboard popping out in response to an edit deletion
• Removed the FX Interval Update button on the Video tab of the project card. All
Effects are now Frame based
• Removed the Project Update button on the Details tab of the project card. Duration
and Audio Reply Rate now update on the fly
• The import panel is now larger by default on completely new installations
• Fixed potential crash mixing grouped audio levels
• Fixed potential crash playing viewers or tiles
• Fixed thumbnail images displaying incorrectly in bins
• Fixed fullscreen preview not working correctly for source/record viewer focus
• Fixed the incoming shot not updating during a trim if the previous outgoing shot is
offline
• Fixed crash inserting too much text into the Description section of the Cues panel
• Fixed crash deleting a clip after playing it
• Fixed moved cut trim to the left leaving incorrect image behind on the right hand
side of the viewer
• Fixed image frame flashing on viewer when pressing Stop
• Show 'Offline'/'Sound'/'Empty' correctly on all viewers/tiles
• Fixed long timeout with too much text in the description field of the Cue panel
• Fixed flash frames when pressing stop during a trim operation and general playback
if the vectorscope is open
• Fixed audio levels not being duplicated on grouped audio tracks when ungrouping
• Fixed redraw errors on the project card when a background task is present
• Fixed potential crash clicking the cogs icon on a bin
• Fixed crash selecting files in a bin and right clicking whilst an export is taking place
• Fixed image sequences not being detected correctly when dragging and dropping
into the application
• Fixed potential crash removing an effect during playback
• Fixed picture update when selecting/deselecting video tracks
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Lightworks v12 Release Notes
• Fixed thumbnail image not appearing on tile when dragging segment/range from
timeline to bin
• Fixed 75% white level in the color bars effect
• Fixed button width of restore button the restore edits panel
• Fixed undo/redo not redrawing the edit timeline correctly
• Fixed ProRes 4K MOV files importing as audio only
• Fixed 30fps being available for DVCPROHD exports (must be 29.97)
• Fixed EDL export failing due to Clipname/Filename Comments being enabled
• Disabled the import panel from being opened on the project browser screen
• Added the ability to choose thumbnail type to the project browser
• Ignored empty transient bins created in version 11
• Prevented unrelated viewers from popping to front when a another tile/viewer is
closed
• Fixed Rendering/Exporting a clip with a Title effect defaulting to original text
• Fixed EDL advanced panel scaling
• Fixed clicking undo redrawing the edit timeline correctly after mixing audio levels
• Fixed duplicated MXF clips being detected as stereoscopic on import
• Fixed AIFF samples failing to import
• Fixed potential crash scanning for network drives
• Changed ALE media-matching logic
• Avoided checking media offline status so often (drawing tiles/viewers)
• Don't do media offline checks when drawing the edit timeline in network projects
• Fixed crash dragging an audio effect from the effects panel to the edit timeline
• Fixed incorrect number of channels appearing on MXF audio imports
• Fixed macro renaming not updating in the key assignments list
• Fixed crash exporting as XDCAM EX 1080p 25fps Anamorphic
• Fixed crash on startup if a project .odb is missing but a .backup is present
• Fixed items not being removed from the batch import panel after starting import
• Fixed audio waveforms not being displayed correctly when zoomed in part way
through a file
• Fixed crash changing the project output format during playback
• Fixed image sequences not being detected correctly on the second import attempt
after a restart
• Fixed viewer image not updating on edit viewer when undoing an effect
• Fixed metadata added to Subclips in the Subclips filter of the content manger not
persisting
• Make YouTube exports suitable for streaming
• Added the ability to duplicate existing effects from the effects settings panel
• Added a 'Reset' function on the effects settings panel
• Upgraded to Main Concept 9.9 SDK on Windows, Mac and Linux
• Upgraded to Main Concept 3.4 Transcoding SDK on Windows, Mac and Linux
• Removed 720i format from Camera Formats export options list
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Fixes and Features in Version 12
• Explicitly save the project-database immediately after it's generated (as opposed to
when exiting the room/project)
• Removed Normalization and Grouping options from the audio tab of the project card
(To be reinstated at a later date)
• Fixed key assignment search
• Fixed being a