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    Piranha
    Version 4.0b18 :  Release Notes Feb 4, 2004
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    o = New Feature
    * = Optimization or Bug fix
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4.0b18 - Changes since release 4.0b16 (1/26/04)


General


   o View menu now has an option to draw a center line for helping
     with layouts.

   o Grid added to View menu.  Size, color are editable, includes grid snap
     currently implented for layer transfrom points and corner pinning.

   o Current title safe, grid and center values are now saved
     in the piranha project

   o Redo added to undo menu

   * Fix for White frames appearing when rendering very large texture
     mapped projects.

   * Piranha now raises a dialog if the file permission on a configuration
     file wont allow for changes to be made.

   * The Return key can now be used to accept modal piranha dialogs
     such as the quit dialog.

   * Title safe is now 80% of the current setup resolution.

   * Fixed crashing related to undo.

   * Better undo support for Ripple and Overwrite Replace
     mode in Edit.

   * Better undo support for Edit Razor (much faster now)
  
   * Fixed undo when editing cutpoint between two layers

Video 
   
   o New 'video' scripting command added.
     Adds support for scripted batch captures as well as
     scripted deck control and status querying.

   * Fixed problems related to loading of Piranha projects made
     using the video plugin into systems without video.



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4.0b17 - Changes since release 4.0b16 (1/26/04)

General
 
    * SGI image file reader now handles RLE decoding errors better.


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4.0b16 - Changes since release 4.0b15 (1/15/04)


General

    o Media Player now responds to space bar as play and stop

    o Media Player now supports some keyboard combinations for
      tablet users
	pan  = left mouse + CTRL-ALT-SHIFT
	zoom = left mouse + CTRL-ALT

    o Main project canvas now uses 
	pan  = left mouse + CTRL-ALT-SHIFT

    * Fix for media player redraw (4.0b15)

   
Video

    o Video Input preview now has deck status text
      Play, Rew, FF, RecInhibit, Eject, Shuttle etc.

    o Video window now supports new keyboard combinations for pan and zoom
	pan  = left mouse + CTRL-ALT-SHIFT
	zoom = left mouse + CTRL-ALT

    o Space bar now controls play/stop on the deck.

    * Reel name from EDL is now always used for Autonaming
      (was using typed Reel name in video input panel)

    * Fix for failing to capture audio when capturing
      first clip to a new reel directory.

    * Dragging a layer from piranha to video input edl
      now transfers reel name from piranha layer

    o Autoname menu command added to Video Input : resets names on 
      selected edl edits.

    o "Set Reel Name" added to video input menu 
      sets Reel name of selected edits to current
      Tape Name

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4.0b15 - Changes since release 4.0b14 (1/5/04)


General

    o Wipe effects now have a position control.
 
    * Trackers now properly reverse Y coordinate when
      loading DPX and Cineon files.

    * Tracker keyboard bindings are now controllable
      from the keybinding preferences.
  
    * Fix for middle mouse compare function (4.0b13)

    * TCL control over Piranha ColorWheel Effects angle.
      Yes no-one can agree on a direction to face the 
      color wheel.

      Add this to the users ~/.piranharc file to rotate
      the color wheel back to where it used to be.
      default is currently (120)

      set PIRANHA_COLORWHEEL_ROT 0 
        

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4.0b14 - Changes since release 4.0b13 (12/15/03)

General

   o Paint system now has Paint Original mode
     When in Original mode, "Save Painted" will save to
     the original file, relieving the user from
     having to render the changes.
     
   * Rendering no longer crashes the system if  
     "Increment" is set to 0

Video

    * Audio broken on capture fixed

    * Last frame not captured fixed

    * Support for capturing from imported edl fixed

    * default naming of captured files changed to
      include EDL edit number

    * Preallocation turned back on for capture
      (big improvement to performance for HD)

    * Record out no longer short by one frame
                                                                                
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4.0b13 - Changes since release 4.0b12 (12/11/03)

General

   * Loglin now works correctly when used with levels

   * Levels Effect now works correctly when another 
     color correction effect is on the layer.

   * Fix for media player background problems in b11/b12

Video Output

   o Record out now will retry on drop frames

   * Record out no longer stops short of video out point


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4.0b12 - Changes since release 4.0b11 (12/08/03)


Video Capture

   o Video capture now retries on failure 

   * Fixed memory issues when capturing onto slow drives
     with threaded rendering flag on

   * Dragging from edl to timeline now updates timeline correctly

   * EDLS are now longer changed when loading a piranha project

   * Audio and Video only edits now recall and capture correctly


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4.0b11 - Changes since release 4.0b10 (12/02/03)


General
 
   * Generic Windowed Plugins now appear in desktop as well as project
     plugin menus.

   * Wipes now field render correctly.

   * Audio waveform now displays left channel on top.


Video Capture

   * Capture selected and capture all menu items now work correctly

   * No deck control capture now sets inpoint on arcfile to 00:00:00

   * Capture window no longer gets confused about whether its stowed

   o Edl Window now has sorting

   o Video capture window is now resizeable

   * "Create Piranha Project" now matches content correctly and
     allows for individual edits to be converted.


Video Play Out

   * now uses timeline fps for varispeed playout

   * changing fps no longer requires turning video off and on
    
   * piranha no longer asks the user if they would like
     to switch video modes based on project resolution.

Linux
 
   * Fix for AIFF writing


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4.0b10 - Changes since release 4.0b9 (11/11/03)

General
  
    * Levels effect accuracy and usability improved

    * Fix for HW convolution effect hiding other
      effects and layers.

Video 4.0

    [Note Video Plugin version 4.0b3 needed.]

    o Video capture window now has audio meters

    o Video input now makes a directory for each reel

    * Video input - too captures one less frame, handles
      now function

    * Fix for Variframe output (now sets video out point correctly)
 
    * Captured arc files now log interlacing and dominance

    * 60fps timecodes now displayed as 30 in EDL view

    * Multiple selections in EDL are now captured
    
    * Fixes for 4 channel audio

    * Fixes for 30fps audio

    * Improvements in display flashing

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4.0b9 - Changes since release 4.0b8 (10/24/03)

General

    * Disappearing View Menu toggles fixed

    * Render button now properly grabs fields which are
      currently being edited in the dialog.

    o Fast blur now has Edge Grow mode for blurs that extend
      past the edges of a layer image.

    o  Media players now display large timecode numbers

    * Improvements to Framrate Adjust Clip Length button
      (now checks for unentered fiels and is undoable)

    * Framerate looping and ping pong modes improved.
 
    * Fixes for floating point tiff file reading
      (support for Canon EOS 10D 16 bit files)

    * Fixes for read/writing piranha marks and video data.

Video

    o New improved video capture controls 

    o New improved video output controls 
 
    * Screen capture mode now supports 10 bit per channel.
 
    * Captures now show small video view
 
    * 60fps timecode now displays in 30fps mode for matching
      EDLs and Panasonic 60p decks.

    * Fixes for middle mouse clip preview

Audio
 
    o Audio layers now have a Constant mode for generating
      blank samples.

    * Fix for 23.976 audio trims


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4.0b8 - Changes since release 4.0b6 (10/2/03)

General

    * Old Primatte back till issues surrounding saving are fixed

    * Fix for color bars


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4.0b7_np - Changes since release 4.0b6 (9/26/03)

General
 
    o Edl Conform now has button for merging edls with the current
      project
  
    o 23.98 cinema timing now locks to 23.976 by default


    * HLSV keyer back revisioned from last beta


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4.0b6_np - Changes since release 4.0b5 (9/20/03)


General

    o Framerate effect now has additional clamp, loop and 
      ping pong modes which support animated framerates 
      correctly.

    o Keyer mode added to Hue corrector.


    * Arc and DPX files now use default user umask when creating
      files
  
    * Reference color added to HLSV keyer.

    
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4.0b5_np - Changes since release 4.0b5 (9/3/03)

General
  
    * test release with primatte effect removed so the
      primatte 2.0 plugin will load

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4.0b5 - Changes since release 4.0b4 (9/3/03)

General

    o New marker menu added to frame jog area of main interface.
      Hold down right mouse to get the following choices.
      Marker Next, Marker Prev, Add Marker,
      Delete Marker, Delete All Markers

    o Marker Next and Marker Prev added to canvas keyboard bindings 

    o New offset mode added to trackers where output values are 
      simply offsets from 0.   Works better with stabilization
      and roto offsetting.

    * Fix for Roto mode of transform 3D, Roto shapes are 
      now editable after transforming.  Basically this
      release fixes the tying rotogons to trackers.

    * Fix for occasional crashing when piranha is configured in
      audio "Play Only" mode

    * Fix for Hue corrector missing hue=0 in 4.0b4

    o Light Effect now has a faceted mode

Video 

    o New Video Output panel with FPS controls 
      and drop frame indication.

    o new "open on startup" option for video plugins added
      to preferences->video

    o New Vectorscope tool
    
    o Waveform viewer now has a new RGB Waveform mode.


Linux
   
    * Better HW effects support on Nvidia

    * Less tearing during playback on Nvidia cards

    * More font improvements


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4.0b4 - Changes since release 4.0b3 (8/22/03)


General
   
    o Simple marker system added to project timeline.
      Can add or delete a mark, also keyboard bindable
      from the canvas key binding window.

    o HW Convolution and HW Blur both rewritten 
      no longer have hardware line artifacts, dont affect
      background layers and are now more useable in
      combination with other effects.

    * 1/3rd proxy 3channel issue fixed.

    * More space for bigger display fonts (especially in Edit)

    * More 4.0 debug messages removed
    
    * Support directory display no longer prints out at startup.
      (can be reinabled with setevn IFX_SUPPORT_INFO)

Color Correction

    o Histogram now has a black and white points reference
      points  Currently controllable from ~/.piranharc
      example:
      set PIRANHA_HIST_FILM_BLACK 100
      set PIRANHA_HIST_FILM_WHITE 924
      note these are 10bit values (0-1023)

    * Wheel corrector, saturation value now updates
      when effect is controlled with track ball panel

    * Wheel corrector, hue circle rotated to match
      standard vectroscope.

    * Hue corrector now locks left side graph point
      with right side graph point for a continuous
      hue control int reds.


Video 

    o New Video plugin option in piranha preferences/video
      "Startup"  can control whether to open video immediately
      on startup, or wait till the user turns on video.

    * Improvements to video plygin interface for stability
      (now more thourough with play out mode and avoids
       having video in and video conflicting with each other)

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4.0b3 - Changes since release 4.0b2 (8/4/03)

General

    * Fix for Octane1 Display tables which made main display font
      impossible to read.

Video
    o Varispeed effect now has adjustable offsets
      and handles cuts better.

    * Improvements to video plugin architecture for SGI.

Effects
  
    * Hue Corrector now has Luma and Saturation controls

Edit 
 
    * Autoconformer now able to ignore imbedded number ranges
      in edit names.

Audio

    * Audio layers with audio effects no longer repeat last 
      frame of audio when stretched past the end of the audio
      stream.


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4.0b2 - Changes since release 4.0b1 (7/9/03)

Edit

    o Autoedit Layer added to Layer menu.  Automatically creates
      cuts based on image analysis.

General
 
    * 16bit blurs now work correctly      
 
    * Tear off graphs now handled in canvas area instead of separate window
   
    * changing color gadget controls no longer pauses playback

    * Stowed clip bins now have more space for directory name

    * Dragging layer names with '[]' characters to the clip now
      removes the brackets so filename isnt confused with a sequence.

    * Project Texture effect no longer crashes app (4.0b1 bug)

    * Proxy maker (from layer settings) no longer creates
      draw issues after finishing.

    * Dialogs are now better about not getting cropped
      when switching between screen layouts and resizing canvas

Paint

    * Sharpen Brush now correctly added to tool bar instead of
      Sharpen effect.  Note, users will need to
      delete the file  ~/.piranha/piranha/tools/paint.pir
      to overide old toolbar.


Video 
    o New Quick Capture tool for doing non deck controlled captures

    * New video plugins available for irix dm6/dm2 and Linux SD/HD DVS cards 

    * Video capture now increments record time as captures are added


Linux
  
    * Custom display fonts (Preferences->Display) now work correctly

    * Arcs and DPX/Cineon files now render correctly on non-xfs local storage


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4.0b1 - Changes since release 3.6.0 (6/25/03)


General

   o Improved dissolve out effect...now does audio and has a selectable
     interpolation curve.

   o Layer settings constant color settings now have a popup palette

   o New Layers now have start and stop points at setup start stop time
     (if no layer is selected)

   * Setup "Autoset" Toggles now turn off as text is edited
     to avoid having user entered numbers get defaulted back
     after closing the dialog.

   o Additional Layout mode added to main piranha window
     Clicking vertical bar twice creates swaps between controls
     on left and right side of monitor.

   * New Layer menu item now creates a layer the size of the 
     project resolution by default.

   * Reordering of layer order in composite now takes less time to 
     undo. 

   * No direct IO flag enabled on preferences no longer causes 
     failures for reading arc files over NFS.

   * IR4 dissapearing layer when rotated 180 degrees in z bug has
     been fixed.

   * Image Particle effect 'Over' operator now works correctly

   * edit file when getting errors loading a script now calls
     preference editor not jot.

   * 10bit images no longer messed up when Source2x mode for the layer is
     set and display is in no-proxy mode.

   * Effect Menus and calc switch now trigger a layer recalc.

   * Improvements to Fast Blur 

   o Fast Blur now has RGBA mask control
     [note old scripts will use the old fast blur for backwards compatibility
      so be sure to create a new effect]

   * Fast Blur now animateable (smooth steps)
   
   * Fast Blur improvement to acceleration

   * Blend Mode no longer scales images when opacity > 1
     (created inconsistancy with textured mode)

   * Vault config on initial user startup now has an exit button.
  

Groups

   o While in Edit mode, edit lines for group sublayers are now
     visible.

   * Group layers now correctly respond to trimming, razoring

   * Ungroup command now trims layers to match group in/out and 
     is sensitive to changed edit layer positions

   * Group menu command no longer accidentally swallows other layers

  
Edit
   o Split Audio command added to Edit Right mouse menu.
     (separates a Video/Audio layer into one Video and One Audio layer.)

   o Edits can all be assigned an unique color by the user now.

   o Drag and drop of effects can now be done to multiple layer selections
     in Edit mode 

   o New Edit menu command "Forced Heal" added (will heal clips
     regardless of the clips sharing the same content

   * Src Time out and Rec Time out in piranha edit now show +1 frame
     so as to match edl style in/out exactly.

   * Heal edit menu item now only creates one undo

   * Remove Gaps edit menu item now only creates one undo

   * Undo no longer accidentally sucks a layer into a nearby group 
   
   * Src Out and Rec Out time codes in edit are now shifted + 1  
     on screen to match EDL

   * Adding a dissolve or wipe is now properly undoable

   * Export EDL now properly writes Dropframe EDLS

   * EDLS now written with proper audio src timecode

   * Framerate effect now has an additional "offset" value
     and is now razorable.

   * Edit now properly updates the selected layers' timecode info
     when auto-selecting based on the current frame.

   * Single frame image clips no longer cause crashes when dragged
     from the clip bin to the edit timeline.

Audio

   o Audio Layers now have source time code information.

   o Combined Audio/Video effects now possible. (see dissolve)

   * Audio read-ahead buffering increased from 2 to 4 seconds.

   * Audio layers STC now shows up in effects mode

Tree Mode

   * layers nolonger visible in tree mode when their 
     parent group layer isnt in scope

   * Groups are now displayed cleaner.

Linux
 
   o ATI fixes for Radeon/FireGL 9000 and Above
     Texture mapping fixed.
     Transparency now works

   o Faster Color correction for ATI 9700 and NVIDIA FX cards

   * Clip Bin no longer crashes Nvidia drivers when a directory
     is selected with Icons Off.

   * Layermenus now work for Lizard plugins under Linux

   * Improved disk performance and NFS bug fixes for Arc Files


DevTools

   * Lizard API Layermenus now have a title tag

   * TCL 'tcode' command now shows full usage.

   * New TCL bindings for Piranha Edit keyboard commands.
     'editpir -usage' to see the list.

   * TCL function 'ease' INOUT option now works correctly

   * the 'editfx' TCL function now redraws the effect value when
     it is changed. 

Video

   * Updates to video plugin for storing audio source time code
     on capture

   * Fixes for video plugin Audio Enable flags

   * Dragging from capture EDL to timeline now sets Audio FPS
     automatically to timeline FPS.



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3.6.0 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b17 (5/9/03)

General
   
    * Audio rendering now renders the appropriate
      length (was 1 frame short)
 
    o New Proxy directory configuration setting
      allows user to assign a global proxy directory
      instead of the default path relative setting.
 
    * Fixes for IR3 and IR4 Zoom in/out redraw issues
      on 4k image content.
 
    * Smoother alt-mouse zooming on IR3 IR4
 
    * Fix for 4K arc renders on low maxdma system settings
 
    * Fix for 4K arc reads ""
   
    * Particle layer generator no longer needs Particle effect
 
    * Layer generator effect now compatible with image particle effect


Linux

    * Fixes for 10bit display and playback on Nvidia
 
    * Particle Layer generator now works correctly
 



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3.6.0-b17 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b16 (4/2/03)

General
 
    * Faster DPX rendering
 
    * EDL Importer now resizes better.
     
    * EDL Importer color codes now more consistant
  
    * EDL Importer now does a better job matching found content
     to Edits and uses reel names as name hints for file matching.

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3.6.0-b16 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b15 (3/28/03)

General 
  
    * Fix for save project rounding error on clips that
      start after 11hrs on the time line.

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3.6.0-b15 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b14 (3/18/03)


General

    o Printer Lights effect added to Color correction tools

    o Direct IO switch added to disk configuration

    * DPX rendering now correctly sets GenericSize, IndustrySize
      and EncryptKey header variables.
 
    * "Export Layer Image" command now works correctly for 
      non-RGBA 8 bit layers
 
    * Undo no longer relaunches clipbins and other windows
 
    * Play reverse keybinding works again

    * Paint layer sources now easier to set back to "This Layer"
 
    * Render Queue fixed for 3.6.0
  
Edit

    * Two frame edits now razorable

    * Clips now display the correct length when being dragged
 
    * Out priority editing now has proper anchoring.
 
    * Trimming no longer allows vertical movement of a clip


Audio   
     
    * Volume effect now clips negative values to zero.

Linux

    * Fixes for Layer positioning overlay problems
 
    * Varispeed effect no longer crashes the system
 
    * Hue Corrector no longer crashes the system
   
    * Primatte now only available as plugin on Linux

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3.6.0-b14 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b13 (3/4/03)

Audio
 
    * Audio Dissolve in and out effects now work
      correctly

Audio API

    * Audio example added to plugin SDK

    * lizard_get_frame() now returns the correct frame
      number for audio effects

    * lizard_get_audio_frame() added to return
      the current 'sample frame number' (unsigned long)

Edit
    * Src-out time code no longer sets itself to strange
      values when editing and the layer content is unavailable

    * more frame snap improvements

    * Some fixes for "Restack Edits" menu command


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3.6.0-b13 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b12 (2/24/03)

General

    o  Audio Router effect added for remapping and mixing
       audio channels.

    *  Cineon file reader fixes for non-generic header sizes.


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3.6.0-b12 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b11 (2/23/03)

Paint

    o Source Layers in paint mode now have a "frame offset"
      control.  Only enabled when the Layer is in Orig or
      Last Saved modes, the frame offset control
      can be adjusted by clicking and dragging on the 
      number.

General

    * Further memory improvements for long form editing

    * Fix for 3.6.0b9-b11 crashing during paint effects 
      and drawing tools

Edit

    o New "Restack Edits" menu item added to right mouse
      edit menu.  (restacks overlapping layers)
 
    * Clips no longer immediately move when picked up
 
    * Frame snapping improved in accuracy and consistancy.
  
    * Undo Roll bug fixed

    * Undoing layer moves now much much faster and stable

    * Auto Info in edit mode disabled by popular demand.
      User must now select a layer to see it's details.
      Legacy use available through setenv IFX_EDIT_IDLE_INFO


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3.6.0-b11 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b10 (2/16/03)

    * Dropframe flag timecode flag now stored in arc file

    * Dropframe flag set on output for STC edls from Piranha


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3.6.0-b10 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b9 (2/15/03)

    o DM5 option added to Video Preferences 
      (forces piranha to follow video dominance preference)

    * Fix for avideo created piranha projects
      (bug from b9)

    * fullscreen playback optimizations

 
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3.6.0-b9 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b8 (2/4/03)

    * Many memory improvements for long form editing

    * SGI 12 bit image files created by oxberry scanners
      now read correctly and are scaled properly to 16 bit
      only if IFX_SGI12_ALWAYS environment variable is set.

      Use:  setenv IFX_SGI12_ALWAYS 

      Note IFX_SGI12_DISABLE in now ignored as its the default.



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3.6.0-b8 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b7 (1/18/03)

General

    * Still store now closes all open views when its 
      main control window is closed.

    * Color correction "color scale" changes now properly
      force an update of the layer when its in texture mode.
    
    * Layers now get auto updated when an effect is reset
      using "Set Default"
  
    * Preferences "Color" settings now restores default
      display table colors when display tables are turned off.

    * Tree mode now supports full drag and drop for effects
  
    * Tree mode now redraws smoother during frame changes.

    o SGI 12 bit image files created by oxberry scanners
      now read correctly and are scaled properly to 16 bit.
      Use:  setenv IFX_SGI12_DISABLE
      to disable 12bit SGI scaling support.



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3.6.0-b7 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b6 (1/9/03)

General 

    o 16 bit per channel images are now supported without
      texturing enabled when running piranha -10 -16

    o Framerate and Timewarp effects now support interlaced rendering

    o Still store now will stay visible if the shift key
      is held down during Wipe mode.  

    * Still Store now aligns correctly in Fullscreen mode

    * App no longer hangs when in fullscreen mode and a
      modal dialog is opened.

    * color gadgets now all scale the color when grabbed on the
      label text.  (some color gadgets would color grab which
      is no longer necessary due to new color grabber button)
      
    * Levels tool no longer resets black and white points

    * "About Piranha" crashing bug fixed.

    * Piranha now using different core memory manager 
      (should improve long form editing of large projects and
       improve speed)

    * Video plugin Live Video window no longer has redraw problems 
      after dialogs are opened and closed on top of it.

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3.6.0-b6 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b5 (12/6/02)


General 

    o New "Levels" tool added to Color Correction Effects.

    o Color Picker button added to all Color gadgets

    o DPX Auto Opaque config setting added to File Preferences.
      Automatically sets hardware-opaque on 10 bit images.
      (default is off)

    * Layer settings V/C toggles are now just button switches.

    * Fix for b5 draw flicker when opening some tools

    o Piranha Edit now has its own menu (Right mouse click in
      edit window)

      Has basic layer commands for cut/copy/paste as well as 3
      new commands:

      Heal : turns selected clips that match content into one clip.
             (basically removes Razors)
   
      Remove Gaps : Removes space between selected clips.

      Remove Trims:  Forces a clip to be its full length (ie no handles)

Linux
 
    * Drag and Drop interface now draws correctly.
      (a vast improvement for Piranha Edit on Linux)

    * Clip bin no longer crashesx when file permissions
      make a file unreadable.

    * Layer settings no longer get opened and not drawn
      leaving the app in a bad modal state.
 
    * Default color on brush tool in paint module no longer
      defaults to NAN.

    * Color grabber under linux now works correctly


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3.6.0-b5 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b4 (11/20/02)

   o Layer interlacing dominance is now autoset to odd or even
     based on source clip.
   
   * Software based effecs such as rototext and rotospline
     now correctly handle animation when field rendering.

   * Fixes for Audio Input disabling.  (was causing playback problems
     when disabled)

   * Mipmapping on Linux now works correctly

   * VTEXTURE_MEM variable added for configuring 
     amount of texture ram available for graphics cards which lie
     about how much texture memory they have.
 
   o TclScript now has more calling modes allowing it
     to be used for OpenGL based effects and color correction,
     and transforming layers.  Layer parameters can now be controlled
     using thislayer command.  ex  thislayer cscale 1.5 1.1 1.5


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3.6.0-b4 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b3 (11/5/02)

General

    * Rototext Object settings panel wont open bug (since 3.6.0-b1) 
      fixed.

    * File browser, setup dialog, render dialog, confirm dialogs
      and layer settings dialogs now set the window size to 
      fit the entire dialog.

    * Bugs with setup dialog not responding with new frame
      size or in/out fixed.

    * Framerate effect now works correctly for 10bit source images

    * Improvements to YUV accuracy

    * Improvements to timing resolution on linux

    * Autosave time now configurable from preferenes.
   
    * Autosave no longer wastes compute time writing piranha
      files when nothing has changed.
   
    * Video plugin audio output routing now available in 
      configuration preferences.

    * Video plugin now has record out capability

    * Video plugin capture now supports audio

    * Video plugin capture now follows threaded rendering flag
      for determining multiproc threaded writing.

    o Opengl command set now available from within tcl
      scripts


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3.6.0-b3 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b2 (10/25/02)

General
    o  Shift Key can now be used to contrain roto point and object 
       movement.

    o  Arrow keys can now be used to move roto points
       (default 1 pixel, Shiftkey = 10, Control Key = .1)

    *  Flipped Layer source issues fixed for 
       Rotogon, Paint Tools, Roto Text and Rotospline Effects.

    *  Fix for Roto spline add new point bug. 
       Now correctly inserts new points inside animated keyframes.

    o  Clip bin now responds to ~ to go to the users home directory

    *  Clip bin now correctly saves pathnames with spaces in them
       
    *  Bug with clipbin not showing top level / directory fixed

    *  Clip bin now handles ./ relative pathing.

    *  Wire Remove tool now much more stable and no longer
       rotates pixels inappropriately.

    *  Video plugin "Playout" mode now more frame accurate
   
    *  Transform 3D  Position Point control now easier to 
       control when using nested layers.

    *  Proxy creation inside piranha now works correctly with
       DPX files. 

    *  Close menu item in media player no longer causes desktop to
       go black.

    *  4K DPX files now read correctly
 
    *  4K now textures correctly at 10bit on Octane2 and Fuel


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3.6.0-b2 - Changes since release 3.6.0-b2 (10/10/02)

General 
    o  Clip bin now groups numbered files together to create clips

    o  Clip bin now has a switch to turn off icons

    o  Media player now shows source time code as frame reference

    *  Default clipbin director is no longer mangled for 
       autosaved piranha projects.

    *  Better memory handling for long form editing
       especially when dragging and dropping from clip bin or
       media player

    *  Video plugin for Irix/HD systems should center odd
       sized screen resolutions better

    *  Cineon and DPX now default to 10bit loads regardless of
       -10 setting.  (Octane 1 users may need to specify
       -cineon_no10 flag)

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3.6.0-b1 - Changes since release 3.5.6-b4 (10/3/02)


General 
    o  New Rotogon/Rotospline Bezier mode with Editable tangents.  
       Very slick!


    o  New Still Store Tool allows for snapshotting of still
       and recall for comparison

    o  Histogram now has a color grabber for checking sample
       location
  
    o  Holding down the shift key while grabbing colors in 
       piranha now samples a 5x5 area.

    o  Paste Effect Into menu option added to Effects menu.
       Allows for easy "replacement" of effects in a layer.
       Instead of adding a new effect like Paste Effect.
       Paste Effect into will first check to see if the layer
       already has an effect by the same name and then replace
       it with the copied effect.  This is good for
       moving color corrections between clips in an edit timeline.
              
    o  Clip Bin states are now saved with the piranha project
 
    *  Clip Bin preview mode (middle mouse button) now
       uses much less memory.

    *  Media player no longer names clips "Media Player" when
       dragged to the timeline now uses original content name.

    *  Curves Set Black Point and Set White Point now adjust
       R,G,B scale and bias separately.

    *  Video Plugin middle mouse video out preview can now
       be disabled from the Preference panel under Video    .
       (useful for GVO users now wishing send previews directly
       out the video card)

    *  New Cinema FPS timing added to video prefs (supports both
       24 and 23.98

    *  Timecode text entry problem fixed (autosave was deselecting
       timecode fields)

    *  Fixed bug with "Edit Project" button under layer settings
       for layers whose source clip is another piranha project.

    *  Dropframe now disabled when not 30fps

    *  Particle Rotate effects Z axis not responding bug fixed

    *  Fix for Image Particle crashing under linux

    *  Rototext effect now updates layer after autoswitching flip modes

    *  Circle not drawing until after recalc bug in rotospline fixed.


Narcer (offline arc conversion utility)

    o  Now has ability to make Proxies in both gui and 
       command-line modes.

    o  Now runs on Linux

Paint

    *  Store + Prev and Recover Orig paint hotkeys now work

    *  noise fixed in 16 bit eraser and 16 bit stamp

Scripting/TCL

    o  "new_player" tcl command added.  Allows for media players
       to be launched from TCL scripts

Edit

    o  Improvements to EDL support and conforming

    o  Holding down control key over a selected layer in edit mode
       now brings up the Add Effects menu (same as Effects mode)
 
    *  Fixed default Wipe in edit to be transition wipe,  
       not Wipe Keyer. (3.5.5)
   



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3.5.6-b4 - Changes since release 3.5.5 (9/3/02)


General
    o  Layers now all have an Interlace Flag *Should set these to odd on video layers

    o  Canvas has a "Fields" mode for viewing frame fields.
       When in field mode arrow keys step through fields green means its +1
       (only affects layers with interlacing set to Odd or Even)

    o  Paint on fields now supported

    o  Media Player now handles audio as well as video

    *  Piranha Edit mode now much faster.

    *  Edit Roll no longer forces audio offset to equal clip offset

    *  Edit Razor no longer forces audio offset to equal clip offset

    *  Can now from a timeline layer to an open media player

    *  Layers and Effects dragged to clip bin can now be renamed easily
       and no longer create .info files.

    *  Render with Field motion now does correct motion renders, handles
       deinterlacing and animates effects for each field.

    *  Application desktop startup now much faster

    *  Keymaster now handles 3 and 4 channel images the same.
    

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3.5.5 - Changes since release 3.5.4 (8/29/02)

General   

    o  Render Dialog now has a "Queue in Mediaplayer" option for 
       "render into existing" mode.  Clicking on the button will 
       open the current output Arc file in media player.  When player 
       is closed, In and Out marks are copied to render dialogs 
       Start and Stop frame.

    o  Dither switch added to Preferences::App to enable/disable 
       dithering on the canvas  (default is disabled)

    o  Keyboard focus switch added to Preferences::App to toggle 
       between old mouse focus text input and new global mode. 

    o  Desktop Icon pref switch  added to 
       Preferences::app to toggle saving of all open scripts 
       as opposed to just crash recovery (default)

    o  Curves effects now has "Set Blackpoint" and "Set Whitepoint"
       tools available from the Canvas Effect menu.

    *  Curves "Scale" parameter now much faster and more reliable for
       for values > 1.
       (use "set LEGACY_COLORSCALE 1") in ~/.piranharc to use
       old pipeline.
  
    *  Curves effect now shows up as Curves in the canvas controls
       (was identitfying itself as Corrector)
     
    *  Rototext Object Settings window problems from 3.5.4 fixed

    *  Rototext now finds default Ariel font correctly and will 
       issue a warning if it cant find it.

    *  Transform 3D effect : on screen scaling now works consistantly!

    *  Fullscreen mode no longer allows floating windows to obscure 
       menu or canvas controls.

    *  Paint Clone Tool now draws clone source offset correctly when
       painting on flipped layers. (ie DPX)

    *  Image Particle effect now able to control dissolve on 
       models with shaded vertices. 
  
    *  Fix for Image Particle effect texture not animating after loading
       (3.5.4)

    *  Audio and Frequency tracker no longer require audio file to 
       be loaded (will work with just Input Audio jack as source)

    *  Frequency tracker no longer updates grab when the effect isnt 
       selected.

    *  Switching projects now stops playback on all non-visible 
       projects. (background playing was causing some strange issues)


MediaPlayer/Video Plugin

    o  New deck playback buttons as well as Mark/Go fields for  in and out
       marks in Media player.

    *  Mediaplayer now opens larger (no longer requires resize to
       see full frame content)

    *  Shuttle mode when source is live video much better.
  
    *  New "easier on the eyes" layout and deck control icons.

    *  When canvas is in Playout mode for video, floating windows now continue
       to work.

    *  Hidden Live Video windows now idle when not visible 
       (ie user switches projects)

    *  Live Video media player no longer draws above other floating windows
       when its not the top window.


Scripting   

    o   New TCL Commands added to Piranha

	ifx_app     - will return piranha
	ifx_version - will return version numnber of the app
	ifx_time    - will return number of seconds since the 
                      application started

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3.5.4 - Changes since release 3.5.3 (8/5/02)

General   

    o  New Video Vectorscope added to tools.

    o  DPX option panel added to Preferences.  Allows for fix
       in Frame to Timecode conversion (was off by one based on Philips 
       frame numbering) Can now also enable Time code embedded in DPX files.

    *  Fix for Render dialogs : Scan Output files.  Now only shows
       first and last 100 frames, avoids memory problems of trying
       to show 250000 frames.

    *  Fix for 3.5.3 crashing due to file browser and confirm dialogs
       getting deleted when closing a project.
 
    *  tcl vdialogs now have a migrate call to move global applets between
       projects and desktop.

    *  Desktop no longer memorizes all open scripts when quiting.

Paint   

    o  Piranha Paint now has more tools and a tabbed tool panel
  
    o  Paint now has a select mode for moving layers while in Paint

    *  Better error messages in Paint when having write permissions

    *  Paint on DPX files now works with new DPX writer without
       flipping issues.

Edit

    *  Edit : Trim out now ripples clips correctly 

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3.5.3 - Changes since major release 3.5.2 (7/15/02)

    o  Aspect Ratio setting added to Project Setup.
       Automates layer scaling and anamorphic rendering.
       Setting this to 1.125, NTSC 720x486 layers will appear taller
       in the interface and animated moves and drawing
       will be anamorphically correct when rendering.

    o  Dialog and popup windows are now less modal and appear as
       windows in the application canvas.

    *  Text Entry improvements
       - No longer need to have mouse or pen inside text box to type.
       - Tabbing through fields now works much better.

    *  Interface Improvements
       - Less truncating of button labels when running piranha with 
         larger interface fonts
       - Changing the menu font in preferences now updates all the
         menus in the current project.  (used to require restart)
       - Edit and Tree mode now use preference fonts.
       - Edit mode settings easier to read.

    *  Histogram tool updates:
       - Now has RG and B Channel viewing modes
       - Now draws bar graph instead of lines
       - has min and max boundry lines.
       - no logner samples outside of setup region
       - now disabled when iconified or hidden  
       - now works when using middlemouse to compare layers/effects


    *  Improvements to Fullscreen mode interface. 
       - menu keyboard accelerators now work.
       - no longer creates a second window.
       - better placement of controls for different display sizes
       - Adding effects in fullscreen mode no longer creates 
         display problems
       - No longer resets zoom and pan on the canvas when
         switching between modes.

    *  Vault config now easier for new installs.
       - Now verifies that a vault is valid.
       - Supports system wide vault default stored in 
         /usr/ifx/piranha/piranha/prefs/vault_MACHINENAME

    *  Improvements to Cornerpin effect "Build Trackers" interface.
       Now names trackers and sets points to script mode.

    o  Render dialog now automatically fills in File suffix when 
       choosing a format for the fileformats menu.

    o  Added tcl layer source timecode variable:
       example:   editlayer get stc

    o  Audio now has Preference setting for disabling
       either record or playback globally for the application.


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3.5.2 - Changes since major release 3.5.1 (6/20/02)

    o  Wipe Keyer, non transition based Wipe control
       for use as composite operator or secondary color correction

    *  Fixed screen flashing issues from 3.5.1
 
    *  Histogram tool now more accurate

    *  Dithering now disabled

    *  Fixes for Particle Image effect.
       No longer requires opening a sequence of images to use the 
       current layer image.
       Use Layer Blend option now works so particles can be 
       subtractive etc.  Fixed memory leak

    *  Tablet now obeys the on the off switch
       (was causing mouse drawing with tablet configured to apply
       very low pressure)

    o  New Piranha TCL Bindings for script based automation control

       editfx :  Performs a tcl command on the currently active effect.
                example editfx -usage
      
       editlay:  Performs a tcl command on the currently active layer.

       editpir:  Performs a tcl command on the currently active project.

       ifx_mouse: tcl command to move the mouse cursor

       supportUser: so scripts can tell where to find users 
       .piranha directory is located

    o  Vastly improved JL Cooper Controller support
    
    *  Audio rendering fix (was broken if not using 4 channel audio) 
     
    *  new_vplugin_persistant() plugin function added.
       Allows plugins to receive project events and read/write settings
       into the project file.


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3.5.1 - Changes since major release 3.5.0 (5/20/02)

    o  Film Keycodes now supported

    o  Recursive Import Script added to distribution.
       Will descend directories and build a timeline
       from files it finds on disk.  

    o  Interface colors are now adjusted when global color
       curves are loaded into the machine

    o  New Realtime Histogram tool added to Tools menu

    o  Texture Map effect added.  Can do Planar, Cylindrical and
       Spherical mapping
 
    o  Texture Transform effect added to Geometry menu.  
       Allows for Position, Scaling and rotating of a texture 
       map on a 3D model.

    o  TCL now gets idle events from Piranha allowing it to run
       network scripts

    o  Export Layer Model added to Layer menu - Allows for exporting
       a model from piranha to several 3D file formats

    *  Multi-line text widgets scroll bar works correctly

    *  File->Render Preview now loads the image into a media player
       and names it according to the current frame or timecode
       (useful for scene->scene color correction)

    *  Objread Effect now bases Uniform scaling on a 720x486
       target size to avoid inconsistancies when loading projects.

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3.5.0 - Changes since minor release 3.5.0-b9 (4/24/02)

General

    o Fast DPX writing support added

    * Fixes for Fast Crop tool (bug from 3.5.0b8

    * old style RGB files are now gone to avoid video
      confusion.

    * No longer run out of open files when fast streaming cineon
      files from renderer.

    * Better error recovery from file rendering.

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3.5.0-b9 - Changes since minor release 3.5.0-b8 (4/18/02)



Scripting
    * TCL variable enabled scripts can now be loaded using
      new_piranha TCL command.  Was unlinking variables
      for trackers when executed from TCL and now the
      standard file loader.
    o Scripting added to Rototext and Rotogon Text

    o Added tcl_command_enumerate function for enabling
      multiple scripting engines such as python.

    * Fix for 'tcode' time code generator for TCL

    o getmouse and getbutton tcl commands added 

    o Piranha Devices can now be created from TCL using
      the new_vdevice command.  Allows for creating background
      scripts which get events and can do work during idle
      time.

General

    o Command keys can now be bound to switch between Effects, Edit, Graph
      and Desktop.

    o Clipbin, right mouse button will now open the Edit menu.

    o Project Texture effect now has a comp and getview button for
      controlling projection direction.

    o Particle Rotate effect added to allow rotation of particles
      around a static or random axis.

    o Hue corrector can now do saturation adjustment of a particular hue
      for simple spill removal.

    * Timewarp effect now has improved drag accuracy.

    * Fixes for Vector Rototext mode.  No longer creates interface
      redraw issues.

    * Many effects now work much better in groups

    * Scale parameter in transform 3D now retains aspect ratio
      and uniformly scales z axis.

    * Fix for audio tracker rendering. (broken w/8 chan audio)

    * 3 Channel images when textured and used with Holdout effect or
      HW alpha now work correctly.


    * Better jog increments set for effects.

    * Keyboard parameter Jog (Up Arrow Down Arrow) now uses the 
      parameters jog increment instead of 1.;

Desktop

    o Desktop management screen is now the default

    o Desktop button added to get to the desktop quickly from
      open projects.

Paint 

    * Fixes for paint on multiple layers, now able to read the project
      back correctly.   

    * Paint "Save Painted" now writes out all layers now just
      current paint layer.


Plugins

    * Fixes for Lizard OpenGL effects, no longer possible to write
      effects which confuse interface drawing.

    * lizard_get_model_matrix and lizard_set_model_matrix api 
      commands added

    * lizard_get_camera_matrix and lizard_set_camera_matrix api
      commands added


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3.5.0-b8 - Changes since minor release 3.5.0-b7 (3/25/02)


Desktop
 
    o Desktop mode for working with clips available from
      Tools menu.

    o Can now drag Images and Arc files to the desktop to
      create new projects

    o Open piranha projects are now shown on the desktop
      as icons.  Image and Audio files can be dragged to
      open projects (equivelent of dragging to the project
      canvas);

    o Right mouse click over project icons provides access
      to the projects file menu.


Video Plugins

    o New avideo.so and avideodm.so plugins which integrate 
      piranha and avideo.

    o Tools Video In/Out now opens floating deck control window
      within either the project canvas or desktop

General

    o VariSpeed effect added for supporting the Panasonic 
      C27-AV Varispeed 720P Camera pulldowns

    o Better performance and support for 60fps playback. (720P);

    * Piranha no longer opens a window for each project.
      Provides faster project switching, less memory use and
      improved window management.

    * Arrow keys for incrememnting edit text numbers now
      works correctly for time code and other gadgets which
      do something when the number changes.

    * Clipbin now supports renaming of files

    * Right mouse in clipbin now opens the Clip bins edit menu

    * Curves : Hardware correction effect now even faster

    * Playback no longer loses rate when looping while the
      user is controlling the app with the mouse.

    * Dragging layers or files to the piranha logo no
      longer prompts for a filename before creating
      the project.

    * Color sampling for Primatte,  Hue Corrector, Curves, HLSV Keyer and 
      Keymaster,  now much more accurate.

    * Curve editing in Curves, Loglin, Hue Corrector now undoable.


Primatte
   
    * Color sampling much better.
  
    * Holding shift now samples a rectangular area.

    * Interface and fonts now match user prefs.






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3.5.0-b7 - Changes since minor release 3.5.0-b6 (3/15/02)


General

   o Color Wheel effect now moves with more accuracy when its small
     Also supports Control and Shift Key

   * New Blend mode effect now forces a recalc when changed.

   * Arc files no longer preallocated if they already exist
 
   * Fix for RGBA rendering when "threaded rendering" is
     enabled.  
 
   * Gamma control in curves effect no longer conflicts with
     LogLin or other curves effects.  (wasnt processing blue channel)

Edit
    
   * Painted frames now work correctly when trimmed in edit

   * Groups now move correctly in edit (was causing offset problems)

Audio

   o Audio now configurable for upto 8 channels of output.
   
   o Audio rendering can now render up to 8 channel aiff files

   o New Tone Generator for creating reference tones added.

Plugin API

   o lizard_get_camera_matrix() and lizard_set_camera_matrix() added 
     for doing 3D camera control from within a plugin
 
   o lizard_create_group() and lizard_set_group() added for
     maintaining control groups (ie pages)

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3.5.0-b6 - Changes since minor release 3.5.0-b5 (3/4/02)

General

   o New Strobe effect added to Video effects.  Maintains rate
     while holding and interpolating between a user defined
     number of frames.

   * Moving audio layers in effects mode is now is undoable.

   * Audio in edit : durations and trim values are now correct
     for 29.97 and 23.98 video playback.

   * Clip bin now opens in a users vault area by default
     when in non-managed mode.

   * Fix for curves editor - new hide/show toggles now keep hidden
     curves from being editable.

Edit

   o Improvements to wipe effect including, rotation controls
     and pixel based falloff for soft edges.  

   o Axle and Square wipe added to wipe choices
 
   * Custom wipes have been added to plugin programming api.

   * Adding or changing  a Wipe or Dissolve now adjusts transition layers
     roll to maintain sound sync and timing.

   * 3:2 effect can now be added to a layer with trims
     and start frame will remain constant at the in point.
   
   * Layers with 3:2 add/remove can now be razored without
     changing in point.

  

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3.5.0-b5 - Changes since minor release 3.5.0-b4 (2/26/02)

General

    *  Time code entry in render dialog now larger

    *  Rendering now displays image as its rendered.

    *  More tweaks on rendering for faster throughput
       and better accuracy across platforms.

    *  Texturing is forced now used doing
       upscaling during output rendering.

    *  Clip bin now recognizes some new image formats:
          BMP,PNG,RLA,TGA,PICT,PPM, and a couple others.
    
    *  Melt effect now renders correctly at large resolutions


Audio

    *  Audio offsets (cuts) are now based on frames not seconds
       (was causing problems with cutting audio and playing
       back at variable FPS.)

    *  Audio rendering now renders correct length aiff files
       (was truncating or rendering too many frames.)

    o  Audio rendering now has a progress meter 

    *  Audio rendering now prompts for file overwrite

    *  Audio rendering now supports F12 escape key

Audio Edit 

    *  Audio layers now razor and playback cleanly between edits.

    *  Audio layer editing now works the same as video layer editing.

    *  Cut and transtion controls now work on audio layers.

    *  Now easier to drag transitions and cut bars between layers


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3.5.0-b4 - Changes since minor release 3.5.0-b3 (2/19/02)

General 
 
    *  Fix for broken proxy mode in 3.5.0-b3

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3.5.0-b3 - Changes since minor release 3.5.0-b2 (2/19/02)

General

    o  New Image Compare function added.
       Middle mouse button click and drag on effect or layer name
       in the effects list.   Shows layer render up to selected effect
       and allows comparision with current comp.

    o  New fast Crop effect added to Geometry effects.  

    o  New Blend Mode effect added.   Provides
       both a Transfer mode (ie. Over, Add, Mult) and opacity 
       controls for each layer.  Supported Transfer modes include:
            Over
            Matte x Alpha
            Add
            Mult RGB x RGB
            Mult RGB x ALPHA
            Mult ALPHA x RGB
            Mult Add RGB
            Darken
            Lighten
            Subtract
            Subtract Reverse


    *  Primatte now correctly follows blend mode effect and
       alpha is matte toggle.

    *  Fixed Onyx render tile accuracy issues.

    *  Texture mapping rendering accuracy improved.

    *  Rendering 10 bit arc files while in 8 bit mode
       no longer produces a flipped image.

    *  Go Menu and browser "Previous" menus now obey
       custom user fonts.
 
    *  Custom user fonts not as easily chopped off for menu labels
       and menu items. (more space)

    *  Preallocation is now done by default at render time
       to insure fragment-free file creation

Paint

    *  Paint now faster (hides paint tools while painting)

    *  16 bit clone brush fixed

    *  16 bit pattern brush fixed
  
    *  Save Defaults button now named Save Toolbar


Edit

     o  Auto Edit: Renaming and redesign of new edit 
        toggles for clarity and ease of use.

     o  Auto Edit: Fit/Fill now fits a clip and adds a frame rate effect

     o  Auto Edit: now has In/Out Marks and support fill/replace and 
        overwrite.

     *  In/Out Markers now display arrows for visual clarity
    
     *  Time code gadgets now correctly support +/- increment 
        when in Frame mode.  (example: typing +10 in the Frame field)

     *  More space for dropping layers into the timeline


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3.5.0-b2 - Changes since minor release 3.5.0-b1 (2/08/02)

General

    o  New Color Corrector "Corrector Wheel" added to
       the correction tools.  Allows for 3 band hue based
       correction of Shadows, Midtones and Highlights as well
       as Gamma Gain and Pedestal controls and onscreen color sampling.

    *  Improved configuration control for Audio synchronization
       now found in the Audio preference panel.  Can set separate
       sync delays for Screen, Live Video Out and Direct to Video
       (no screen) playout modes.       

    *  Fixes to field motion rendering option in renderer.

    *  Beta Archiver now supports drag and drop directories

    *  Archiver now supports building of output edls for archiving
       directories of video footage to Digibeta and HD decks.
   
    *  Unused sequence alpha panel has been removed.

    *  Layer reordering changes are now undoable.

    *  Improved performance and stability for plugins which
       build 3D geometry using the lizard_vertex3f() call.


Internationalization

    *  Fixes for Japanese Help system (piranha -jhelp)

    *  Default Japanese text editor now Xedit.


Edit

    *  layer stacking now much better

    *  Fix to edit cache selection (broken in 3.5.0-b1)
 
    *  Now much easier to place and stack layers.

    o  Can now drag and drop audio files onto a video layer
       to add a video sync audio track.

    o  Video layers with attached audio tracks now show a
       orange sound stripe.

    o  Video layers with attached audio can now be muted.


Scripting
 
    o  gauss function added to return a gaussian random number
       from -1 to 1
    
    o  drand48 function renamed to "rand"  to  simplif creation of 
       random numbers from 0 - 1


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3.5.0-b1 - Changes since major release 3.4.1 (1/24/02)

Edit
 
    o  New 3.5 Editing interface with Ripple, In/Out Priority and 
       Fit/Fill toggles.
 
    o  Auto snapping makes layer placement faster

    o  Drag drop now shows insert frame number

    o  Drag drop now shows the size of layers dragged from the 
       mediaplayer

General

    o  App now automatically selects and deselects the
       current focus layer when frame jogging.

    o  App now automatically selects the same effect when
       when switching layers during frame jogging.
       (easier to edit transform for all the layers in the edit timeline)

    *  Tree mode now stays in sync with the current edit layer/effect

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3.4.1 - Changes since major release 3.4.1 (1/9/02)


General

    * Less performance penalties now when interacting with effects 
      or opening menus while playing back a sequence.

    * When in Drop frame time code mode, entering an invalid time code
      now corrects to the nearest valid time code.

    o Blend Particle effect added for switching between over and
      add operations for particles.

    * Improvements to edititable effect and layer names

    o When a text item is selected the up and down arrows now
      increment and decrement the value.  Holding shift will
      increase the increment, control reduces.

    * 23.98fps video now synced with Audio correctly

    * Plugins are now ignored if they conflict with existing
      piranha effects (ie the scripting command is not unique)
      

    * Fixes for Particle Layer Generator (scale problems)

    * Increased max particles for layer generator

    * Fixes for triangulator (was causing memory problems with rotogons)

    * Non-textured and texture mapped layers now line up consistantly
      when zoomed in.

    * Fix for quick render command (was defaulting to writing relative
      projects which isnt necessary)

    * Fix for disappearing top level mounted directories in clip bin.

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3.4.0 - Changes since minor release 3.4b24 (12/5/01)

    * Piranha now looks for configuration and files in
      /usr/ifx/piranha or /usr/IE/piranha.

    * Piranha now keeps user files in ~/.piranha/

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3.4b24 - Changes since minor release 3.4b23 (12/4/01)


General

    o New TCL Script Effect added to Add Effects-> Utilities
      Replaces "Script" effect from same menu.
      - Uses less screen space
      - Code is compiled so much faster
      - Scripts can now be run everyframe or once
        for installing custom functions
      - Uses the default editor command found in prefs

    o Field Motion switch added to render dialog
      (allows for rendering layer motion on fields)
      Replaces Progressive, Odd, Even switch in canvas
      which has been removed.
 
    * Holdout Matte and Displace effects now support source layers
      which have both Calc and Visibility turned off. 
      (much faster for Single frame source layers)

    o Effects names can now be edited by double clicking the effect

    o Layer names can now be edited by double clicking the layer

    * Piranha user directory has changed from ~/.amazon/piranha to ~/.piranha


Graph Editor

    o Graph editor now has toggle switches for turning 
      visibility on an off for individial channels

    o Graph editor now has a "Smooth Points" menu item
      which will smooth selected points in a given curve.

    o Shift key can now be used to constrain X/Y when moving 
      a rect selection in the graph editor

    * Minor improvement to graph rect mover (harder to hit scaling edges)
   
    * Graph menu has been reorganized so that point functions are
      on the top level.

    o The last menu command used in a graph is now automaticall made
      available as an accelerator button in the graph control panel.
      (makes repeating commands much easier)

    o Next, Prev, First and Last Keyframe commands added to Graph.


Piranha Edit

    o Trim mode can now be used without marks.  
      (With no marks set, trim will cut the dragged clip in from
       the current frame position)

    * Trim Mode is now undoable

    * Trim mode now correctly sets clip durations of trimmed clips

    * Trim now disposes of clips which have become zero length
 

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3.4b23 - Changes since minor release 3.4b22 (11/16/01)

    o Color Grabber in Color Palette tool now more accurate
      and has optional 10 and 12 bit display modes

    * Right mouse + Ctrl key over a layer or effect now brings up the
      Add Effects menu

    o Ability to save a relative project file added to File menu.
      (allows for creation of relocatable projects.  currently does
       not relocate content, but notifies user of content outside
       project directory)

    * Narcer now sets src time code correctly by default
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3.4b22 - Changes since minor release 3.4b21 (10/29/01)


    * Fixes for Red channel error on 10bit render luts

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3.4b21 - Changes since minor release 3.4b20 (10/24/01)


    * Render Progress meter now has less noisy fps and eta times.

    * Rendering now as much as 2 times faster.

    * Rendering now has a Linear to Log lookup curve toggle 
      for outputing cineons and any other log format.

    * All versions of piranha now running TCL 8.3.3

    * piranha -install  can now be used for tuning system
      and editing license files.

    * Narcer utility now writes out files with opaque alpha channels
      if "opaque" flag is set.

    * Field rendering with Interlacing offset now works correctly when
      beginning a rendering from an odd frame or timecode 0:0:0:0


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3.4b20 - Changes since minor release 3.4b19 (10/05/01)

    * Fix for crashing rotogon tool problem occuring only in 3.4b19


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3.4b19 - Changes since minor release 3.4b18 (10/04/01)

    * Drop frame timecode fixes for piranha edit.

    o new tcl commands usefull for Text effect:

      tcode $F   - formats a timecode string in 30fps timecode
      tcodedf $F - formats a timecode string in 30fps dropframe timecode
  
    * Reference layers now support 10 bit when in software ref mode.
 
    * Improvements in performance and reliability for Cineon rendering
      in -10 mode

    * Single frame Cineon clips now read quickly in -10 mode

    * Loglin effect no longer pops a confirem window when
      no default curve is found.
   
    * 10 bit/channel arc files now default to unflipped

    o Fixes and changes to Narcer program for offline arc building

      - Now defaults to unflipped for 10 bit arc files.
      - -s flag now sets source timecode on arcs in addition to startframe  
      - Narcer much more efficient for -10 mode when converting 
        DPX and Cineon Files
      - Narcer now automatically converts flipped arcs to nonflipped.

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3.4b18 - Changes since minor release 3.4b17 (10/01/01)


    *  Parent back

    *  Octane RGB tracking quite fast now

    *  Further changes for videoplugin 

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3.4b17 - Changes since minor release 3.4b16 (9/25/01)

    o  Some new dialog boxes

    *  Fixes for videoplugin
 
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3.4b16 - Changes since minor release 3.4b15 (9/23/01)

    o  System preferences now has controls for 
       Display gamma and custom lookup tables.

    o  16 bit software and 12 bit hardware bit depth controls
       now have their own floating palette.

    *  Many fixes for Octane2 and Infinite Reality 12 bit hardware
       path.

    *  Piranha now supports 16 bit / channel texture maps when in
       16 bit software mode on 12 bit hardware.

    *  Piranha now supports automaticall draws 16 bit images at 12 bits per 
       channel when on 12 bit hardware.

    *  Piranha now uses 12 bit color tables when running on 
       12 bit hardware.

    *  Fixes for painting on layers with Color correction or other
       hardware curves active.

    *  Cineons are now considered flipped.

    *  Updates for new vidplugin features

    *  Loglin effect no longer causes redraw problems.
  
    *  Fixes to Mesher resize function


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3.4b15 - Changes since minor release 3.4b14 (9/09/01)


New Features/Enhancements

    *  Opening menus now now longer pause playback

    *  Some value would pause plaback - fixed

    *  File permission errors when rendering now report the
       filename correctly

    *  Non functional circle icon removed from rotogon controls

    *  Octane2 now defaults to noflipping for all rendering
       (DM2/DM3 doesnt need flipped D1 like DIVO and Octane1 video )
 
    o  Edit cache now has a video flipping toggle

    *  Render dialog now much smaller

    *  Running in fullscreen mode now uses borderless dialogs 

    o  Mesher now has an onscreen cursor

    *  Projection mode in mesher is now disabled till full
       functionality is added

    *  Grab tool removed from mesher
   
    *  Project management now off by default, use piranha -manage to 
       enable project management.
 
    *  Desktop now defaults to off, use piranha -desk or piranha -wdesk
       to bring up piranha with desktop

    *  Octane 2 now tiles textures with they are larger
       tha 4096 x 2048
    
    *  Improvements to autosave files (now properly deleted)

    *  New defaults font is slightly bigger
 
    *  Old geometry and color correction effects have been
       removed (ie warp, color balance, parent)
    
    *  Rendering now works when a videoplugin is enabled

    *  Extreme speed increase for Octane RGB and 10 bit rendering

    *  piranha -10 now makes better use of 12 bit framebuffer
  
N32
    *  Tiff now works under N32

    *  JPEG now works under N32

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3.4b14 - Changes since minor release 3.4b13 (8/13/01)


New Features Enhancements

    o Particle Magnet effect added

    o Image Particle effect now has:
	- Looping option for looping particle images
	- Composite mode for drawing particles as an over operation
          (default is additive)
 	- Zsorting for drawing particles while in Over mode.
        - Support for 3D object instancing when combined with
          an OBJread effect.  

    * Particles now face the camera during rotates and transformations
  
    * Particles now handle flipped source clips

    * Particles now correct for aspect ratio of source clips
  
Fixes

    *  Render fixes for high res rendering  (broken in 3.4b13)
 
    *  Project manager now longer skips files which 
       match the prefix of another file in the project directory.

    *  Render manager, Archiver and Color Picker now much more stable
       when working with multiple piranha projects.
  
    *  in 3.4b13 RGBA rendering changed slightly.  For those
       finishing up RGBA based projects in 3.4b13 a TCL variable
       can be set.  The folloing can be added to the 
       users ~/.amazonrc file:
	
       set RGBA_LEGACY 1
  
    *  F12key no longer crashes O2 during render canceling

    *  F9key has taken the place of F12 key for breaking
       out of hung reads due to network problems.
  

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3.4b13 - Changes since minor release 3.4b12 (8/3/01)


New Features and Enhancements

    o Color correction in texture mode now 2x faster.

    o Melt effect now renders at any resolution
      and works like a normal effect.

    o When opening a piranha script with missing plugins,
      the script will now load and save placeholders for the missing
      effects.

    o When duplicating effects and layers the new layer or effect
      now appears after the current selection, not at the bottom
      of the list.


Bug Fixes

    * Objread effect now tiles UV seams properly on imported 
      geometry.

    * Submenus bigger than the screen now scroll correctly

    * Popup color palettes now work in windowed mode

    * Mesher effect now works with Geometry displace effect

    * strange screen display problems related to groups
      and holdout mattes corrected.

    * Holdout now works correctly with curves

    * FIxes to new Quit routines in b12

    * targa file output now about 25 times faster

    * Project map no longer gets messed up by projects which rendered
      their own content.

    * Ungroup no longer misplaces layers in effects mode.

    * 4 channel files now display the same way as 3 channel images.

    * Archiver now recognizes devices better

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3.4b12 - Changes since minor release 3.4b11 (7/11/01)


General

    o piranha -geom <x1> <y1> <x2> <y2> added for controlling
      default window size and placement

    * User name checking for vault assignment is now controllable
      using the USER environment variable

    * Goto In and Goto Out in EDIT now work correctly
  
    * Fast blur now uses numerical acceleration values

    * The Camera effect no longer blocks keyboard commands
      from going to the canvas

N32
    * Should now be more stable

    * Memory usage now displays

    * sgi.complib package should no longer be required

    * Guarenteed rate no longer crashes n32 version
    
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3.4b11 - Changes since minor release 3.4b10 (6/26/01)


New Features, Enhancements

    o Fast blur now available in Hardware effects
      supports hardware acceleration and multiple filters.

    o piranha -desk is now the default, use piranha -nodesk

    o Floor Particle effect now shows grid for floor.

    o Lizard plugin api 3.4b11 released, now supports 
      interactivity, overlay redraw and new controls.


Bug Fixes

    * Minor bugs with environement mapping fixed

    * Fix for moving the looping out point arrows easier

    * Control-Spacebar now works again for fast playback.

    * Guarenteed rate fast playback switch added to timeline

    * RGB octane now the default output render format

    * switching between open project now fast and less memory 
      intensive

    * Autosave files are now checked at startup for forgetful
      animators and crash recovery

    * Piranha now prompts for files saves when quitting
      the application from the file->quit menu item.


    * Project management directories now shared with avideo app


    * fix for piranha plugin menu, now works correctly for
      discerning tcl scripts from DSO plugins


    * Clipbin icons now work better acrosss multiple filesystems.
  
    * new option piranha -geom x1 y1 x2 y2 for telling piranha
      size and placement of windows.

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3.4b10 - Changes since minor release 3.4n4 (6/5/01)


General

    o Import images now auto name layers based on chosen file

    o Reinterlace mode added to render dialog
      (takes 60fps source material and reinterlaces)

    * non-fullscreen rendering now the default
      use piranha -frender to enable full screen rendering

    o New Stabilize Rotate/Scale effect added
      uses trackers to do both a rotate and scale stabilization   
 
    * Tracker now turns off when frame jogging
 
    * Tracker now stays on when moving the position or 
      setting an offset 
 
    * Go menu no longer messes up the file browser when a / is 
      missing from the end of the Go director entry.


Piranha Edit

    * Source time code EDL output fixed

    * audio edits are now merged with video for edl export

    * EDL output now added FCM: NON-DROP flag


    * new_vlayermenu command added to lizard api

N32

    * n32 piranha TCL now works correctly

    * n32 piranha "cut effect" now works properly


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3.4n4 - Changes since minor release 3.4n3 (4/19/01)

General

   * n32 version with much improved primatte

   * Mesher now works in Proxy mode

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3.4n3 - Changes since minor release 3.4n1 (4/19/01)


Piranha Edit

   * Transition moving now requires less mouse accuracy

   * Transition moving now works with Ripple selections

Bug Fixes


   * Audio levels effect now handles stereo correctly

   * Audio dissolves now work 

   * No Calc + No Vis layers can now be used with Holdout 
     and other multilayer effects.

   * Reference layers now have flipping control

Project Management
 
   o Project Maps now have a right mouse menu for creating 
     new projects.

   o Dragging  content to the project map now spawns a new project

   * Newly created projects now Project map correctly without
     having to save the project

   o Project manager now sets the default rendering Arc file
     to be the similar to the the project file name and placed
     in the appropriate render directory

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3.4n1 - Changes since minor release 3.4b8a (4/17/01)

  
New Feature/Effects

   o Project management browser added to -desk

   o Project map browser added for following dependancies of a project

   o A Render Queue is now available for batch rendering
     multiple piranha projects 

   o First release of Archival Tool

   o Edit now has draggable transitions

   * Mesher now automaticall starts working when the 
     effect is added.
  
   * Mesh now saves correctly
  
   * Bad mesh interpolation fixed

   o Content can now be dragged to the Piranha Logo
     to spawn a new composite

   * Clipbin now draws directories as a single line of text

   o Runon switch can now be toggled off to allow overiding
     by administrator controlled processors

   * Single frame arc files now handle flipping correctly

   * Keys other than the space bar triggering playback has been fixed

   * Rotogon no longers clips the layer until at least one closed
     shape has been build   

   * Audio dissolve effect added


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3.4b8a - Changes since minor release 3.4b7 (3/21/01)


New Feature/Effects

   *  Clipbin now has all directories at the top of the
      list.

   o  Project tab added to setup panel
      Currently in dev.  Allows for project management
      be turned on.  Currently what this means is
      Undo files go in projectdirectory/tmp
      Autosave files go in projectdirectory/project/autosave

   *  Mesher much faster
   
   *  Mesher Dynamics much much faster
 
   *  Improved dynamics keyframing

   *  Mesher now supports motionblur
   

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3.4b7 - Changes since minor release 3.4b6 (3/18/01)


New Feature/Effects
 
   o Shadow Effect now has rotation and scale controls

   o Setup window now contains graph preferences for 
     autoslope and curve types.


Bug Fixes and Optimizations

   * Fix for Octane2 Font drawing problems
 
   * Mesher now interpolates well and doesnt confuse keyframes

   * Mesher can now be turned off
  
   * Mesher now supports some basic undos

   * Mesher no longer stops clip playback when the mouse
     is not moving.

   * Particle Image effect no longer gets confused and 
     presents endless confirm dialogs

   * EDL Importer now recognizes the "Black" reel for Media 100 
     and Avid CMX.

   * Are rendering now prompts before rendering to an existing 
     arc file

   * Frame canvas loop arrows now match new timeline layer 
     in/out fix from 3.4b6

   * Paint mode : Cloneing from a 3 channel (RGB) source 
     layer now works while playing back.

   * Icons now work a bit better when browsing multiple 
     filesystems

   * Piranha now uses much less memory when doing long form
     editing of Tifs, Jpegs and other single image files.


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3.4b6 - Changes since minor release 3.4b5 (3/9/01)

New Feature/Effects

   o Mesher 1.0beta

     New Modeling effect allows for editing and animation of 
     image warps using a paint like interface.
      
   o Guarenteed rate playback option added
     (hold down control key when playing)
      - Hides all floating dialogs
      - Zooms to 1:1
      - uses faster drop frame indicator
      - hides overlay drawing on the canvas

   o Media players can now be frame locked with the current project.
     Good for checking hD conforms by loading the media player with
     imported D1 offline.
     To lock the media player, type 'L' with the mouse in the player 
     window.  


Bugs and Optimizations

   * Color tracker's autonamed export variable now works

   * tcl support for resizeable windows added
 
   * new image particle effect no longer opens 
     an endless stream of confirmation dialogs

   * Speed improvements to the audio system

   * Piranha Edit, setting "Rec In" field when more than one 
     clip is selected is much better.

   * HW Copy for Reference layers no longer causes problems with
     Octane RGB files.

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3.4b5 - Changes since minor release 3.4b4 (2/27/01)


New Feature/Effects

   o Light effect now has onscreen position control

   o Effects mode Layer list can now be panned vertically using the middle
     mouse button

   o Color Tracker added to tracker effects.  Allows for a pixel
     regions pixel color values to be passed to other effects.

   o Image Particle effect added. Allow for individual particles
     to each follow their own animated sequence of images.
  
   o Particle Point Generator now has on screen positioning control
 
   * Point Particle Generator no longer requires a "Particles Effect"

   o EDL Export now writes Audio tracks

   o Quit option added to the File menu


Rendering Enhancements

   o Render dialog now shows how much space is available on 
     the current volume as well as the space needed for current
     output arc file.

   o Render now has an "add 3:2 pulldown" toggle.

   o Arc Rendering now has an "Insert into existing" toggle which 
     allows for rendering into the middle of an existing arc file
 
   * The Media player now opens much larger after rendering

   * Go menu no longer has problems loading default menu


General Fixes
 
   * Camera effect now defaults to values which
      keep the image the same size.

   * Image File sequences now show the proper "source time"
     frame numbers in the timeline.

   * Plugin toggle buttons now write out to project files
     correctly

   * better error messages when loading bad plugins

   * Clips now butt up against each other better in the effects mode
     timeline.

   * Effects timeline now has a faint grid making it easier
     to determine layers on the timeline.

   * Big menus now scroll when the mouse reaches the edge of
     the screen.

   * The Clip Bin now uses the same Go menu as the file browser

   * New Layers now adopt the currently selected
     layers position in the list and its in and out points on
     the timeline

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3.4b4 - Changes since minor release 3.4b3 (1/31/01)

   o Go menu now has an "Edit" option to edit paths

   * Go menu no longer prints scary messages at startup

   * Piranha better about choosing a default font 
     (3.4b3 bug)

   * Config panel Display Options now has a "Set Default" button
     for returning Piranha to its original font settings.

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3.4b3 - Changes since minor release 3.4b2 (1/30/01)

   o New Piranha Font selector added to configuration manager
     for customizing the fonts for buttons and menus.

   o Effect Color gadgets now have a popup palette

   * Arcfile preallocation now defaults to off for 6.5
     and has a configuration button.

   * More edit cache bugs from 3.4b1 fixed

   * geometry and drawing plugins based on lizard api 
     are now much faster.

   * $F is now calculated correctly when cooking Point and Color
     scripts to graph.

   * Fix for EDL export not including cache files (3.4b1)

   * Octane2 no longer flashes when editing text values
     while a project is playing back.


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3.4b2 - Changes since minor release 3.4b1 (1/24/01)


   o New Import Text and Edit Text options added to 
     Roto Text and Rotogon effects

   o New support for Foreign character set encodings
     [note you'll need to put the program aiconv into your
      /usr/IE/bin directory.]

   * Fixed 3.4b1 Edit Cache bug

   * Octane2 no longer switches to fullscreen mode when rendering.
     (avoids Octane2 bug involving rendering with too many layers)

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3.4b1 - Changes since major release 3.3 (1/5/01)

   * Skip Frames playback mode now queues Audio correctly

   * Clip bin now recognizes TGA, Amazon Project files and
     several new species of SGI movie files

   * O2 Crashing when first initializing the vault is fixed

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3.3 - Changes since minor release 3.3b24 (12/10/00)

   o  New user configurable menu in file browser for
      specifying 'favorite' directories.

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3.3b24 - Changes since minor release 3.3b23 (12/8/00)

   *  Culling and Lighting effects now work properly within groups

   *  Rotogon editing in projection mode no longer crashes the system

   *  Shadow lighting effect now supports soft shadows 
  
   *  Culling effect front and back mode now shows both surfaces
      correctly

   *  3:2 pulldown adjust clip length button is now undoable

   *  drag and drop now more consistant

   *  Keyboard events now get passed to Piranha Edit from 
      the main canvas even when a transform effect is selected.

   *  Rototext effect now automatically software flips
      clips that need it to avoid upside down text.


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3.3b23 - Changes since minor release 3.3b22 (11/25/00)

   o  new -config <configfile> option for commandline
   
   *  Config file, now always initializes correctly.

   *  Video tools were always being launched.
   
   *  -wdesk now overides -nosplash

   *  Constant layers now show correct source time code.

   *  O2 fixes coredumping fixes
 

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3.3b22 - Changes since minor release 3.3b20 (11/10/00)

   o  New Global Configuration for Piranha
   
   o  Support for Wacom Intuos tablet pressure

   *  Tablet pressure curve now editable graph
 
   *  Octane 2 now faster


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3.3b21 - Changes since minor release 3.3b20 (10/27/00)

Piranha

   o  New Wire Remove painting tool added to 
      Drawing Tools Effects and piranha paint system.

   o  New Toggle switch added to timeline allowing for quick 
      switching between Time and Frame based timecode display

   o  New Default Texture mode Preference added to Setup
      (allows setting  Billinear, Mipmapping, Nearest or 
       Quad Filtering globally)

   o  TCL scripts can now be loaded from the Plugin Menu

   *  Holdout Matte Effect, Alpha Save mode Bug from 3.3b13 Fixed.

   *  Redraw problem with Octane RGB images when image size is 
      same as piranha canvas size.  (Layer refused to draw and
      interface text became unreadable)

   *  piranha -noport -tty now works properly again

   *  Wacom Tablet now useable for parameter dragging

   *  Bug with Realtime mode and software effects 
      parameter dragging when using 3 channel images fixed.

   *  Source Layer now works correctly for Clone brush and other Paint tools.

Audio
 
   *  Rendering with Audio FFT tracker added to a layer now works correctly

   *  File->Save Audio is now File->Render Audio


Piranha Edit


   o  Group and Ungroup menu items now allow for quick creation and
      expansion of groups.  To make a group select a sequence of layers 
      in edit and then choose Layer->Group.  To expand a group, select the group
      and select Layer->Ungroup

   *  Alt dragging now properly locks a layer to other layers.
      Also, a yellow ghost reference is now drawn to show where
      mouse is relative to a locked layer position

   *  Trim In now adjusts the Record In Time and no longer
      has problems when trim values go < 0

   *  Layer moving now more consistant for vertical moves

   *  Moving a clip horizontally across the time line no longer
      flips to locked vertical mode if the cursor moves vertically.

   *  Keyboard layer commands now work correctly
      - Frame offset in Set In and Set Out
      - Roll works correctly
      - Slip,Trim In and Trim Out now redraw the timeline 
        after a value is changed
      - Wipe and Dissolve commands now redraw correctly

   *  Caching necessary no longer will render frames outside
      the current start and stop frame of the Piranha Project

   *  Trim mode no longer moves chopped clip off to the right.


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3.3b20 - Changes since minor release 3.3b19 (10/20/00)

Piranha

   * -gvo flag core dump bug in 3.3b19 fixed

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3.3b19 - Changes since minor release 3.3b18 (10/19/00)

Piranha

   * Fixed problems with some floating windows allowing mouse events
     to pass through to windows below.

   * piranha -gvo_odd now works
     piranha -set VIDEO_VERBOSE 1 now turns on video debugging

   * Fix for onyx font size problem

Piranha Edit

   o Edl Importer now opens a media player preview when a
     file selector menu is middle clicked (same as clip bin)

   * Edl Importer now works with Arc files

   * Edl Import file selector interface now much bigger

   * Edl Import now writes out entire conform settings including
     menu choices.



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3.3b18 - Changes since minor release 3.3b17 (10/17/00)

Piranha

   o Time code edit text now responds to relative frame number
     Ex Timecode reads : 00:00:11:00, user types +4  and resulting
        timecode will be set to 00:00:11:04

   * Fix for piranha -gvo (videout) field dominance issue


Piranha Edit
  
   o EDL Importer now allows filename match for each edit to be
     hand selected through a menu.
 
   * New Src In and Out sliders now display the correct timecode
     and work well when dragged

   * New Edl Importer now sets the correct clip record time 
 
   * Edl Importer now displays info to the user in EDL time coordinates
     (better for checking)

   * Trim in now works predictably when scrolling through
     negative trim values.
 
   * Edit key board commands now work when the mouse is in the 
     frame jog.

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3.3b17 - Changes since minor release 3.3b16 (10/16/00)


Piranha

    * Fix for 3.3b16 bug - Unable to delete a layer while in effects mode


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3.3b16 - Changes since minor release 3.3b15 (10/15/00)


Piranha Edit

    o New Import EDL feature allows for full conforming 
      of Spirit Telecine DPX files.  Features include 3:2 removal and retiming
      of edls.  Stitching of transitions.  Ability to search a directory 
      tree for content and fully active handles based on extra scanned frames.

    o Edit sliders now include Source In and Source out as well
      as Duration.  

    o Overlapping edits are now viewable as a color change in
      the timeline.
 
    * Export EDL renumbering  fixed 

    * Edit Short cut keys now work in the canvas 
 
    * Trim in controls now keeps the layer "out" point locked down.

    * When clicking on a layer thats part of a group of selected layers, 
      edit now deselects the other layers unless the mouse is held down and
      moved.

    * Faster undo for jogged edit slider.

    * Trim adjustments are now undoable
  
    * Roll value now updates properly

    * Multiple layer deletes now show up as one undo in the undo menu

    * Undoing a vertical layer move no longer loses the transition
      and causes sorting problems

    * Timecode edit text is now bigger to accomodate Onyx font differences


Piranha

    * Sequences of images now display source time code 
      (calculated based on their frame numbers)

    * bug introduced in 3.3b15 which caused problems
      the software mode for primatte, roto text and rotospline tools
      has been fixed.

    * Text and script modes now have white text in their doc editors.

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3.3b15 - Changes since minor release 3.3b14 (10/11/00)

Piranha
     * Performance increase for many software effects

     * middle mouse pan, Alt-middle mouse zoom
       now works in Edit, Effects mode and on the Frame jog.

Piranha Edit

     * Piranha edit rubber band zoom is now ALT-SHIFT left mouse

     * Moving edits now much faster
 
     * Alt-Middle mouse zoom now works well


     * Control-Key (ripple select) and Shift Key (add selection)
       no longer cause strange selection wackiness after the layers
       are moved.

     * Continued improvements to alt-key layer moving    

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3.3b14 - Changes since minor release 3.3b13 (10/6/00)

Piranha

    o  Layers source can now be a Piranha File.
       Allows for full project management based on 
       a multiple project hiearchy.  Note, this only works
       if a project has been rendered.

    o  If an imported sequence is a piranha file, an edit button
       will now appear in the layer settings allowing the
       source piranha script to be opened.

    o  When using ALT-R to quick render a project, both the arc
       and a reference piranha project are saved to the Scratch 
       directory.  In 3.3b12, the Scratch piranha file has the
       necessary info to be imported into another project.

    o  Curves effect now has RGBA Gamma controls

    o  Transfer Beta Command added
       Has additional boolean operations, and full blend controls
       and is very fast

    o  Project texture now has Channel selection and Planer vs Geometry mode

    *  Project texture now works more reliably and doesnt require
       source layers to be rotated to see a result

    *  Groups and sublayers now playback correctly
       when in "Single Layer" Effects Mode

    *  Hardware Holdout now works correctly with sublayers

    *  Transform Blur now works correctly with sublayers

    *  Curves effect Scale/Bias sliders now lock the Alpha
       so it doesnt change

    *  Transform 2D now gone, Transform 3D now default

    *  Position Rotate and Scale tools gone

    *  Possible Fix for Onyx Font problems

    *  Clip Looping is now much faster

    *  YUV Arc files now properly have alpha set to Opaque
       when transcoding to RGBA

    *  ALpha is matte layer as only layer issues fixed.

    *  Zooming in on the timeline now insures that the current frame
       is visible.

    *  Playing while zoomed in causes the current view to scroll
       as the project is played back.

Audio

    o  Audio now has improved sync which compensates
       for dropped frames and general drift due to monitor refresh rate.
 
       Note: New tcl variable AUDIO_VERB added to turn on drift stats
 	     set AUDIO_VERB 1
 	     New tcl variable AUDIO_DRIFT controls the amount of drift
             which forces a compensation.  Default is 1/50 second. (.02)
	     set AUDIO_DRIFT <drift value>

    *  When importing an audio file into an image layer clip,
       layer is no longer resized to the length of the audio.

    *  Creating a "New Audio layer" now automatically opens the Audio 
       clip settings dialog.

    *  Piranha no longer hangs if a machine has no audio support.
       (Onyx 3000)


Piranha Edit

    *  Export EDL now numbers edits from 1-N

    *  Alt key now bypasses strict layer positioning rules
       added in 3.3b12

    *  Edit cache now has a "Render Selected Clips" button.
       When clicked, all selected layers are rendered to cache.

       



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3.3b13 - Changes since minor release 3.3b12 (10/3/00)


Piranha

    * Fixes for Octane RGB files.  No more problems with 
      resolutions not divisible by 4.  (fixes media player, 
      canvas, caches, and texturing)

    * Moving a layer into a sublayer no longer auto adjusts 
      the layer's start frame

    * Undoing Deleted Layers is now much faster


Piranha Edit

    o Can now pan vertically in Edit

    o Moving groups of layers is now undoable

    o Moving groups of layers is now faster

    o Piranha can now write out Source Time Code EDLs

    o Now possible to delete multiple layers at once in edit

    * Alt Zoom no longer flashes the screen

    * Audio source time code now displays correctly
      Bug introduced in 3.3b11

    * Vast improvements to moving layers around

    * Transition label no longer interferes with ruler

    * Layer Menu now comes up in edit consistantly

    * Unselect All now works in Edit

    * Now possible to move edits up as well as down

    * Edits move vertically easier now.

    * Piranha EDL exporter record time is more accurate.

    * Moving small layers vertically now easier

    * Moving layers now always locks in and out point 
      when moving vertical


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3.3b12 - Changes since minor release 3.3b11 (09/27/00)

Piranha

    o File->Setup Preferences now has a toggle to turn on
      project level Zbuffering.  Allows images to share a common
      zbuffer and pass in front and behind each other.


    o Ruby Lithe mode added to RGBA view toggle for canvas.
      Shows alpha as red component for painting.

Piranha Paint

    o Control key click and drag now works for adjusting 
      brush size on screen.
 
    * Brush outline is now updated as soon as parameter is changed.

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3.3b11 - Changes since minor release 3.3b10 (09/21/00)

Piranha

    * Clip bin now prompts before moving a file

    * 3.3b11 has some new threaded writing code which can 
      increase rendering performance close to 2:1
      run:  piranha -set FARC_THREAD 1 
      to enable threaded writes.

Piranha Edit
   
    * Cache no longer used when rendering

    * Cache now flips off for current frame when switching
      out of edit moe

    * Cache rendering more accurate now.


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3.3b10 - Changes since minor release 3.3b9 (09/20/00)

Piranha

    * Source time code for clips now correctly displayed in
      layer settings

    * Source time code is now displayed in the timeline for each
      clip./


Piranha Edit

    * Groups no longer trigger cache rendering

    * Cache now does a better job of picking unique names 
      for rendering.  (avoids conflicts with other scripts)

    * Cache no longer displays cache segments which have been
      deleted from the disk

    * More fixes to rect select mode in edit

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3.3b9 - Changes since minor release 3.3b8 (09/20/00)

Piranha
 
   o New -runon flag added to command line to allow configuring of
     piranha procs
     
Piranha Edit

   * Transitioned layers can now have same in and out points
  
   * Razoring the first edit in a clip now properly layer stacks

   * Picking layers with transitions now improved
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3.3b8 - Changes since minor release 3.3b7 (09/19/00)

Piranha 

   * Much better memory usage for projects with lots of layers or edits

   * Better playback rates after initial loading of a script

Piranha Edit

   * Edit cache is now automatically turned off when leaving edit mode.

   * Long form editing now uses much less memory
 
   * Edit Rect select drawing fixed on Onyx2

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3.3b7 - Changes since minor release 3.3b6 (09/17/00)

Piranha
    o "Clear audio file" button added to layer settings dialog to
      remove a reference to an attached audio file

Piranha Edit

    o Zoom to rect added (Hold alt key and drag in a black area of
      the edit interface)

    * Dragging layers with the Alt key held down now
      does a better job of locking clips together.

    * Cache flashing fixed

    * Improved Cache tiled rendering

    * Cache no longer considers audio layers as necessary when
      doing alt cache or render necessary

 
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3.3b6 - Changes since minor release 3.3b5 (08/31/00)

Piranha

    * Fixed bug in 3.3b5 which would cause transform controls to 
      not function when in Tree and Edit Modes.

    * Piranha Paint clone tool no longer require source layer to be
      set to clone from Original or Last Stored.

    * Piranha Paint now handles source layers which arent RGBA.

Piranha Edit 

    * Edit Cache is now saved in the piranha project

    * Warning box no appears when effect parameter is changed
      while viewing the cache
   

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3.3b5 - Changes since minor release 3.3b4 (08/30/00)

    o New Desktop added to Piranha (currently optional)
      use piranha -wdesk or piranha -desk options to take a test spin.

    * Stabilize and Stabilize Rot Effects now have point based values
      (Trackers can now be dragged to them instead of requiring 
       manual input of tracker variables)

    * Performance much much better when playing back clips with
      floating tools such as Clip Bins and Paint Tools visible on the 
      screen.
   
    * Flickering of layer list scroll bar fixed

    * Transform Blur Scale Controls now work correctly when
      dragging on the effect parameter

    * Tools -> Layer manager now properly redraws after being 
      opened and closed

    * Piranha Paint no longer conflicts with selected effects.
      To grab transform controls such as a rotate handle while
      painting now requires the shift-key.

    * Full screen menus now appear and disappear correctly depending
      on mouse position.

    * piranha -gvo no longer causes tiling issues when rendering 
      2K images.

    * -nosplash option no longer crashes piranha
   
 
    * More OCTANE 2 Fixes

      * Main drop down menus now have all the items visible
      * Pop up Switch menus in the interface no longer cause flashing
      * Toggle buttons no longer flash
      * Edit text now shows you what you are editing
      * Adjusting parameters for effects no longer causes flashing
      * Switching between Texturing and wireframe modes now redraws
      * YUV arc files now load correctly
  
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3.3b4 - Changes since minor release 3.3b3 (08/17/00)

    o "Nearest" filtering texture mode added to Layer Settings : Geometry
      allows for unsampled texturing (good when default bilinear texture filter
      is too blurry and big square pixels are desired.)

    o "new_edl" command added to TCL bindings for scripting of 
       edl conforming.

    * Octane2 - Clipbins and other floating windows now drag correctly

    * Licensing : ISS_associate_feature: Index exceeds number of features
      bug fixed.

    

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3.3b3 - Changes since minor release 3.3b2 (08/13/00)

    * Octane2 Fixes

      Double buffering fixes
      Color correction fixed
      D1 and odd sized texturing fixed
      Text redraw performance improved
      Now 10 bit enabled
      Up to 4096 x 4096 textures enabled
      Playback flashing fixed


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3.3b2 - Changes since minor release 3.3b1 (08/10/00)

    o File support added for Sierra HD 1080I 444 YUV files

    o new -cineon_usetable flag  forces piranha to 
      apply the default log to linear cineon lookup curve.

    o Layer settings now have a proxy force mode to tell
      piranha that the selected clip is actually a proxy
      (good for working on proxied pre-renders)

    * Quality improved for Brush tool in paint module

    * Soft rotogons faster

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3.3b1 - Changes since major release 3.2 (07/22/00)


    o New Tree mode for editing layers

    o added -ccfast option (faster color correction on Octane)

    * Fixes to gouroud shading bug (causes rotogons and color picker to break)
  
    * Color cycle tool no longer cycles alpha channel
 
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3.2 - Changes since minor release 3.2b9 (07/19/00)

    * Fixes to loglin effect (no longer loses alpha)
    
    * browser make directory interface upgraded

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3.2b9 - Changes since minor release 3.2b8 (07/14/00)

    * SGI complib dso no longer necessary
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3.2b8 - Changes since minor release 3.2b7 (07/13/00)

Piranha

    * Camera Twist parameter now works correctly

    * Defunct effect Hue Rot removed

    * Browser issues with ../ path fixed
 
    * Clip settings Arc info now shows capture time code and 
      src tape description

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3.2b7 - Changes since minor release 3.2b6 (06/13/00)


Piranha

    o Undo is now bound to Alt-Z
  
    o Clicking on an effect parameter now selects that effect

    o Effect parameter controls can now be dragged past the end
      of the screen

    * fixes to rotospline crashing when in projection moe

Audio
   
    * Audio effects no longer crash system when dragging parameters

    * Audio wavefroms now appear again in edit timeline 
      (3.2b6 bug)

    * Audio tracker no longer crashes when in "This Layer" source mode
      (3.2b6 bug)


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3.2b6 - Changes since minor release 3.2b5 (06/08/00)


Piranha  

   o Current project name is now displayed on the menu
     bar and has a menu for selecting between all the currently
     open Piranha projects

   o Color Picker now available from the Tools menu

   o Color Picker now has a Grab Color button

   * O2 YUV arc files now pan and zoom correctly

   * YUV to RGB conversion now faster

   * Arc and image files passed to piranha on the command
     line are loaded and appear in the new piranha project
     as video players.

   * autoimport.tcl script now supports single file images and is
     much faster.  Autoimport.tcl also handles numbered directories
     now.

   * Browser, Clip Settings and Setup window are now black

   * Fix to Filter 4 Texturing for the IR2 (found under
     clip settings->Geometry->Texture

Audio

   o Audio now plays from disk (uses much less memory and
     scripts load faster)

   * Trimout point for non-48KHZ audio files now correct
  
   * Audio scope now shows exact audio output 

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3.2b5 - Changes since minor release 3.2b4 (06/01/00)


Piranha

   o Transfer Mode effect added to Keying Effects
     (does fast subtraction/and lighten/darken layer transfer modes)

   * Piranha now syncs to 29.97 when fps is at 30.
     (better audio sync with -gvo too)

   * Fixed bug which caused piranha scripts to not read back
     in if curve data was corrupted with nan values

   * Better handling of source layer recursion errors (shouldnt crash)

   * Fix for curve undo causing crashes after an effect is deleted

   * Transparency effect now reads/writes mode menu correctly to/from
     a piranha project.
  
   * setting Frames per second to zero no longer crashes the app with
     nasty floating point division by zero errors

   o new_vmount plugin function added for support of virtual filesystems

Piranha Edit

   * Multiple clips can now be moved using the IN point clip
     edit text.

 

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3.2b4 - Changes since minor release 3.2b3 (05/21/00)


Piranha

   o  Color Palette in Paint much improved:
                Now displays 16 bit values
                Now captures picking
                Now changes color of current drawing tool
                when adjusted

   *  Graphics pipeline speedups for large format image playback.

   *  Save As and then cancelling no longer remembers the 
      filename the user "didnt want to use" causing problems
      and confusion later.
  
   *  Vault configuration is no longer required when running
      piranha -noport for command line software rendering.

Piranha TCL

   o  TCL Variables can now be set from the command line:
      example: piranha -set TLINE_VERB 1 

    
   o  New TCL Commands added 
         mglob <directory>  : Same as standard TCL glob routine, but
                              takes image sequences and groups them
                              the same as the piranha file browser

         checkbreak         : Returns 1 if the user is holding down the f12 key          browse_expandlist <filename> : converts a multi file as returned
                                        from mglob into a list of files

         fileinfo <filename> : returns the size of the file or zero if its
                               not a loadable image file.


         Piranha projects now have the "newlayer <name> <type> <path>"
         command for adding layers to a project via a TCL script
         Example:  _pirprj0 newlayer "ImageLayer" IMAGE "/film/colorbar.sgi"
         Example:  _pirprj0 newlayer "AudioLayer" AUDIO "/film/noise.aiff"


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3.2b3 - Changes since minor release 3.2b2 (05/4/00)

Piranha Audio

   o  Image layers now have audio attachments
      so audio can be edited with image data

   *  Audio layers now support editing Razor command

   *  Audio files sampled at rates other than 48khz
      now import with the proper frame length

   o  Audio files can now be dragged onto the canvas and edit panel
 
   o  SGI movie files, Quicktime and Mpeg files reading now
      supports audio.

   *  Single channel audio files are now supported in addition to 
      standard stereo

   *  Clip browser now knows about WAV audio files

Piranha

   *  Field based rendering now works correctly with
      spline graphed transforms and motion blur

   *  Fixes for tiling issues when rendering Octane RGB fils

Piranha Edit

   *  Dissolve Out effect now has a switch for dealing
      with sequences with transparent alpha

   *  Alt key clip dragging can now be used to lock a clips
      in point to the current frame


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3.2b2 - Changes since minor release 3.2b1 (05/2/00)

Piranha

    o Color cycle effect added

    * Rotoscope Keyframes are now visible in black interface

    o New user configurable Vault directory added which allows for
      caching of file icons and storing of user scratch renderings.

    * Hue corrector, Primatte and Curves effects now work
      when grabbing colors in proxy mode.

Piranha Audio

    o Piranha now has variable output sampling rates
      piranha -audiorate 44100 can now be used for setting
      output to CD quality instead of 48khz.

      Variable PREF_AUDIO_RATE is available for 
      setting this pref from the script level

    * Audio now stops playing quicker during jogging

    * Audio sync improved

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3.2b1 - Changes since minor release 3.11b12 (04/16/00)


Piranha Interface

    o  New 3.2 Interface with smaller fonts, improved contrast
       and better space management
  
    o  Add Effects menu cleaned up with new 
       menus for Color Correction and Lighting added

    o  Support for GVO and Octane video screen to video
       transfer.  piranha -gvo

    *  Defaulting an effect to its creation value no longer 
       messes up open/closed arrows.

    o  Primatte effect now has onscreen controls and 
       no longer needs editor window.

    *  Much less interface redraw flashing.

Color Correction

    o  Reference layers now have a setting for acting as correction
       layers.

    o  New Hue Corrector effect added for adjusting hue on
       selected colors.
 
    o  4 new color correction hold out modes added
       Rotogon Curves
       Primatte Curves
       Holdout Curves
       HW Key Curves
       Paint Curves for painting with color correction


Motion Blur

    o  New holy grail of Blur tools - Transform Blur
       added to effects.

    o  Scale blur now has hardware mode.
 
    o  Transblur, rotblur and scale blur now have
       an Artistic mode which allows for quick blurring.


Piranha Audio
  
    o  New Frequency tracker added for selecting individual
       frequencies amplitudes for use in effects.

    *  Audio trackers now better at rendering.
    
Piranha Edit

    *  Razor command now selects the next layer after doing a cut.

    *  Razor and layer duplicate now do a much better job of
       renaming layers

    *  Edit now keeps better track of the currently selected
       edit layer.

    o  Cache now supports several different pixel packing
       modes for better performance on Octane and Onyx at 
       1080i 30.

    o  Cached segments can now be autolooped for playback
       by double clicking the segment 

    o  Cache necessary option now just renders transitions

    *  Moving clips around improved greatly

Piranha Video        

    o  Avideo Interface is now Gothic black
   
    o  Avideo now writes EDL files which can
       be referenced from Piranha's clipbin

    o  Color Bar Effect added

Piranha Particles

    *  Particles now face the camera better.

Piranha Clip Bin       

    o  Clipbin now shows EDL Files and will launch avideo application


Piranha Paint

    o  Reference layers now have a frame offset so images
       can be onion skinned and time offseted more easily.

    *  Interface cleaned up, tool bar and and tool settings
       integrated into one window.

    *  Current tool name is now displayed in the paint window

    *  Paint control buttons now placed better for running piranha
       on smaller displays.

Preferences added

    o   set TLINE_RTDS 1 will now cause piranha to provide
        feedback on disk queing 

    *   set RTDS_MAXBUFFERS <num> allows the max number
        of buffers allocated for playback to be increased.
	(default is 32)

    *   PREF_PARTICLE_FACING = 0 : Dont face particles

    o   Interface Preferences added
 
        PREF_FONTFACE   THe default font
        PREF_FONTSIZE   The default font size
        PREF_CBG        Background Color
        PREF_CPANE      Panel Color
        PREF_CTEXT      Text Color
        PREF_CLINE      The white line color
        PREF_CBUTT      The button Color
        PREF_MFONTFACE  The Menu font name
        PREF_MFONTSIZE  The menu font size
        PREF_MENUBLACK  if 0 Menus will not be black

Text
    o  Sublayer Rototext effect added to Text Effects
       Sets up a sublayer for rototext.

    o   Rotogon and Rototext text controls now have a Zdepth
        setting for doing 3D Text

    *  Roto text settings no longer allow for precision to go
       to zero, locking the interface for long periods of time.

    *  Roto text precision no longer reset when changing font size.


Geometry and Lighting 

    o  "Shadow Effect" added to Lighting effects

    *  Environment map and Light effect now force
       texture mode on layers.

    o   Lights now have a Front/Back toggle for assiging separate
        lighting to front and backfacing geometry.

    o   Poly FrontFace/BackFace Culling effect added to Geometry tools


Bug Fixes and Performance

    *  Piranha no longer hangs in the splash screen 
       when you pass it a bad piranha file.

    *  Moving mouse in effects list during slow redraws no longer
       results in layers and effects being moved around

    *  Hardware option now available for layer alpha transfer 
       options.

    *  Reference layers now adopt parents vertical flip setting     

    *  Using Graph mode in realtime mode no longer causes 
       canvas redraw problems
   

    *  Hw Keyer now defaults to composite output, not matte channel

    *  -gvo flag no longer affects rendering
 
    *  Autosave timing no adjustable with PREF_AUTOSAVE parameter.

    *  Fullscreen mode cleaned up and no longer loses track
       of dashboard controls for current layer/effect

    o  Pan and zoom no longer stop playback when manipulating
       during playback

    *  Zoom now much more consistantly controllable

    *  Lots of fixes to IO for improved read performance
       and better consistancy.


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3.11b12 - Changes since minor release 3.11b11 (03/30/00)

Piranha 

    o  Primatte Effect now has color picking and other gadgets
       available in Piranha interface.  (no longer have to open
       the editor)

    *  Arc rendering crashing from 3.11b11 fixed.


Piranha Edit

    *  Clips no longer overlap rudely when they have the same IN/OUT points.

    *  Icons now draw cleaner

    *  Lassoo selection is no longer forced when picking a clip
  
    *  No longer have to click on a clip twice to move it.


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3.11b11 - Changes since minor release 3.11b10 (03/29/00)

Piranha Edit

    o  Export EDL... added to File menu
       (will export a basic CMX edl of the current piranha project)


Piranha

    *  Various fixes for Piranha hanging in 3.11b10

    *  Deleting a layer no longer pops a confirm dialog

    *  Save Layer Image menu option has been moved to the Layer
       menu.

    *  F12KEY escape added to new file buffering routines

    *  Yet another fix for Onyx GVO window position

    *  Clip bin now prompts user when deleting actual files

    *  Piranha project name is now stored in the header of
       arcfiles written out to disk.

    *  Dropping raw arc files onto a layer no longer leaves a mess
       on the timeline



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3.11b10 - Changes since minor release 3.11b9 (03/29/00)


Piranha

    o  Media player now much faster.

    o  Clipbin Middle mouse scrub now scrubs alpha when
       the right mouse is held down as well.


    o  Clipbin now shows all the files in a directory
  
    o  Piranha Scripts can now be launched from the clip bin.

    *  Clipbin no longer has problems displaying very
       full direcories.

    * Clipbin now scrolls to the top of when a directory 
       is opened.

    *  Clipbin scrubbing now centered at mouse click instead of 
       far left of canvas
 
    o  Layers now have an "Alpha is Additive" switch for 
       comping a layer using additive comping

    o  Drop Frame time code is now a display option.  Switch
       can be found in time code section of the Setup dialog.

    *  Onyx GVO now syncs, new -gvo_channel <chan> option added 
       to piranha commandline.  Onyx GVO autoposition fixed again.
    
    *  3.11b8 bug with rendering to an already loaded arc file is fixed.
  
    *  Possible bug related to creating new audio layers fixed.
  
    *  Fixed obscured deck controls in fullscreen mode

    *  Fixed strange redraw problem where canvas becomes gray and wont redraw

Piranha Edit

    *  Clips which do not have a transition associated with them
       now drop differently in the Edit timeline
    

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3.11b9 - Changes since minor release 3.11b8 (03/24/00)


Piranha 
     o -gvo option now support the Onyx IR2

     * Fixes to improved file io - 3:2 and framerate effect now
       work correctly, loop in movement no longer causes dropframes

Piranha Edit

     * Prerendering now works on the Onyx IR2

     * Prerenders now render more consistantly
  
     * Prerenders now use the project setup resolution,
       not the final rendering res.

     * Prerender now uses threaded writing for additional speed.

     * Moving a layer while in Realtime update mode is no longer
       flickers between frames.

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3.11b8 - Changes since minor release 3.11b6 (03/21/00)

Piranha Edit

     o Edit now has the ability to prerender and cache
       comps in the edit interface.  This allows quick realtime playback
       of comps and complex transitions.

     o Multiple clips can now be selected in Edit and dragged
       together.

Piranha    

     o File reading now much more efficient for multiple streams.

     o GVO sync now works farely well.  Recommend GVO and octane
       video users to use:  setmon -Fe 1280x1024_59
       To sync to Givo, start piranha -gvo

     * Small layers are now easier to move.

     * Edit ruler works correctly

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3.11b7 - Internal release (03/16/00)
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3.11b6 - Changes since minor release 3.11b5 (03/12/00)

Piranha 

    o Middle mouse can now be used in clip bin to 
      view thumbnail sequences.

    * Piranha -gvo  (Video Out Option)
	Now positions correctly.
	Should now be synced
	Properly shows drop frames
	Handles zooms and panning
	Supports non-30fps playback

 
    * Now opens in fullscreen mode.
      Use piranha -windows to use old style for now
  

Piranha Edit

    * In and and Out handles can now be adjusted on the timeline

    * Clip dragging much faster now

    * No more annoying flashing after a clip is moved


     
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3.11b5 - Changes since minor release 3.11b4 (03/10/00)

Piranha

   o New -gvo option added:
	- First attempt at syncing to GVO video out during playback
 	- Piranha should automatically move the Video Region
          when the X1 zoom control is pressed in the canvas window 
   
   o Initial Vault database now implemented.
     Importing of image sequences and edit cutting and layer duplication
     should be noticably faster.

   o Clipbin now recognizes SGI movie files

   * Environment map effect moved to Model Effects

   * Some threaded memory issues fixed.

   * Occasional Double buffer flashing when using zoomX1,FIT etc fixed

   * Effects editor scrolling is now double buffered

   * Layer manager  no longer flashes.

Piranha Edit

   * Bug fixed with Arc and Movie files not appending
     to the edit correctly when drag and dropped.

   * Toggling between Edit and Effects cleaned up

   * Edit time line is conformed now after adding new layers

   * Double buffer flashing following Edit moves fixed.


Piranha -2000

   o Window Layouts can now be saved and appear in a menu
     at the top of the Piranha Project window

   o Windows now snap to eachother and handle movement of shared
     edges.

   o Window decorations much lighter

   * Fixed layermanager strangeness with adding effects
     
   * Fixed layermanager strangeness with opening effects

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3.11b4 - Changes since minor release 3.11b3 (03/01/00)

Piranha Edit

    o  New Interface to Edit
  
    o  Now uses standard V1,V2,A1,A2 Labels

    o  New slider controls for:
          Frame Rate
	  Transition Length
          Clip Roll
 
    o  When moving clips, the distance moved is now displayed
       as feedback.

    o  Moving the cursor over an edit clip now automatically 
       displays information about that layer.

    o  Dissolve and Wipe transitions are now 
       selectable from a popup menu

    o  Middle mouse now pans the edit window

    o  Middle+Left mouse now zooms the edit window
 
    o  Right mouse button now opens the Piranha Layer menu

    *  Creating new layers and deleting layers now refreshes
       the edit window correctly.

    *  Moving clips vertically now has inpoint/outpoint 
       contraining so clips no longer move horizontally.

    *  Moving clips vertically now works smoother.

    *  Current edit layer now accepts drag and drop request.
       (makes replacing a clips source material much easier)
  
    *  Much easier to get to a source clip's layer settings now.

    *  Much harder to accidentally move layers

    *  Improved fonts

    *  No more flickering

    *  Rulers now work more consistantly

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3.11b3 - Changes since major Release 3.10.1 (02/26/00)

Piranha

    o Clip Bins now have a vertical scroll bar 

    o Clip Bins now have edit text for the current path

    o Clip bin can now read images and arc files

    o Trail Blur effect added to motion blur effects

    o Left + Right mouse now zooms in the canvas

    * Torn off correctors now close when the effect is cut or deleted

    * Time code now shows an extra zero in the hours field.

    * Shift key mouse press over the piranha logo updates all now

    * Fixed color corrector double calculate bug when loading a project
      or switching from Effects mode to Layout mode

    * Media player now faster for pan, zoom and frame jog.  

Edit

    o Editor now has a ruler

    * Improvements added to   keyboard binding added to Edit

    * Fixed bug with layers get improperly popped to the front

    * Fixed bug where layers get improperly popped to the front

    * Roll keyboard binding added to Edit

    * Now less difficult to move a layer accidentally in Edit

    * Flickering gone when moving layers in Edit

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3.11b2 - Changes since minor release 3.11b1 (02/16/00)

Piranha

    o Primatte now has a premultiply alpha switch

    * Frame rate effect now goes to 100x normal speed
       (was limited to +-300%)

    * Import images now drops at the start frame for the project, not frame 1

    * Alpha is matte setting for layers is now compatible with
      hardware hold outs.

    * Possible context switching issues fixed with cursor changing

    o Audio layers now have FPS basis in their layer settings
      and will play back slower when the script fps is set lower.

    * Fixes to the audio tracker for non 48KHZ audio files

    * Audio tracker now saves the source menu

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3.11b1 - Changes since major Release 3.10.1 (02/12/00)

Note-  Audio Trackers may have problems with non-48KHZ AIFF FILES


Piranha
    * Playback in Effects mode now faster when multiple
      layers are in a comp

    * Frame Jogging while playing back now maintains playback rates.

    * Effects mode now plays back much quicker
      (no longer drawing as much information)

    o Primatte now follows "alpha is matte" setting in layer settings.
      This delays the multiply of RGB pixels by the alpha channel
      letting the matte be further adjusted prior to comping.

    * Reference Layers now work correctly with non 4 channel image sources.

    * Piranha no longer asks you if you want to quit when reopening
      the current project.

Audio

    * AIFF files are no longer required to be 48khz to load quickly

    * Vastly improved audio buffering and queuing

    o Digital Recording capability added.
      Audio layers now have a record switch and the ability
      to save the recorded audio as a sound file.

    * Audio layers now properly free up all memory when closed

General

     * TCL eval() command bug fixed

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3.10.1 - Changes since major Release 3.10 (01/31/00)

Piranha

    * Rotospline Ani button no longer pops up by itself

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3.10 - Changes since minor Release 3.08b18 (01/24/00)

Piranha

    * Rotospline, Rotogon, RotoText multi-level undo support 
      now greatly improved.

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3.08b18 - Changes since minor Release 3.08b17 (01/23/00)

General

    * Local .amazon/* files are always found first now.

    * Keybindings are now deletable

    * Keybindings are now consistancy checked to keep from
      using the same one twice.

Piranha
    * Arc Files are no longer sorted in the file browser

    * Realtime file reading while Jogging is now faster

    * Keyboard commands in Paint when no layer is selected no
      longer viciously crashes the system.

    * Switching to proxy mode on layers without prebuilt proxies
      now works more consistantly.

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3.08b17 - Changes since minor Release 3.08b16 (01/20/00)


Note- If you are upgrading from version 3.08b6 or later,
      you'll want to install the arender and tcl files:
      cp -r IE/amazon/tcl8.2 /usr/IE/amazon/
      cp  arender /usr/IE/bin

Piranha
    o New "Check Web for Updates" option added to Piranha's
      help menu.  The Check Web feature quickly tells 
      the user via netscape if a new release of 
      the software is available for download.

    o New "Save this Project as the Default Startup Project" 
      button added to setup preferences.  Allows for 
      new Piranha projects to be based on prefered 
      Setup size, fps, and rendering settings.

    o New Texture mode (Default, Always and Never) added
      to layer settings -> Geometry

    o New Texture Filter switch (Bilinear, Mipmap) added
      to layer settings -> Geometry

    o New Menu option "Layer Save Image" added to the File menu for
      quickly saving a painted or modified image layer. 

    o New Menu option "Render Image..." added to the File menu for 
      hardware rendering one frame to a user specified output file.
    
    o All roto effects now have an ANI button which allows keyframe
      animation to be turned off.
 
    o Piranha Media player now shows drop frames

    * Graph Editor now has better resize sync with jog bar.

    * Graph Editor "Delete Curves" option removed.

    * Tracker no longer flashes when moving using cursor keys

    * Setup... Geometry grid Min values are now properly
      updated when a project or layer is loaded from disk.

    * Layout/Effects mode switch now properly updates
      layer geometry when switching back from Effects mode.

    * Piranha Projects now properly refresh geometry when they
      are first loaded.

    * Render Preview now does hardware rendering.

    * Layer settings clip info now tells you if a loaded arc is
      flipped.

    * Canceling the file dialog from "Import Audio" no longer 
      leaves an empty audio layer.

    * Alt-Mouse offset for painting now draws the rubber band
      line correctly again (broken in 3.08b14)

    * 3:2, Fields and Interlace effects now take into account
      Layerflipping when determining field dominance.

    * Movie Renderer now saves interlacing and audio rendering flag
      to the Piranha project.
  
    * Fps setting is now saved in the Piranha Project.

    * About Piranha now shows memory info the first time it 
      is opened.

Edit

    o Audio Layers now appear as waveforms in Edit.

    * Invisible layers can no longer be selected in edit mode


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3.08b16 - Changes since minor Release 3.08b15 (01/13/00)

Note- If you are upgrading from version 3.08b6 or later,
      you'll want to install the arender and tcl files:
      cp -r IE/amazon/tcl8.2 /usr/IE/amazon/
      cp  arender /usr/IE/bin

Piranha
    o Timeline layer controls now show clip's Trim-in and Trim-out
      handles

    o Moving the Layer in-point handle, now Trims the in-point
      of the clip instead of just moving it.

    * Canvas extents are no longer obscured by selected layers.

    * Media player now opens with a default blank clip when 
      its opened from the Tools menu.

    * Media player File menu reorganized.

    * File -> Save no longer confirms overwriting files
      ("Save as" still does this)

    * Software blur now defaults to box filter.

    * Piranha online plugin once again works (broken in 3.08b1)

    * Mouse clicking response speed greatly improved.

    * Arc pixel packing rendering bug from 3.08b15 fixed.

    * Painting onto the bottom layer of a comp works again
      (broken in 3.08b15)

    * Canvas menus for Current Layer and Current Effect always
      respond to keyboard input (ie Space Bar)

    * New TCL variable PREF_TEXTUREMOVES added to turn off
      automatic texture mapping of layers when a position
      is animated.  usage :  set PREF_TEXTUREMOVES 0
  
    * Fixes for drawing problems with flipped image sources

    * Hardware/Software flipping toggle added to layer settings
      to allow a layer to be flipped in software (for use
      with software effects such as text)

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3.08b15 - Changes since minor Release 3.08b14 (12/21/99)



Piranha Edit

    o Clips can now be dragged verticaly for assembling multiple
      composite tracks (i.e. V1/V2)

    o Audio layers now support trimming and cutting 
 
    * Audio playback and mixing performance greatly improved
      for multiple audio layers.

Piranha

    * Piranha TCL command 'dispose' no longer asks
      user if they wish to close the project.

    * Right mouse roto menua now work when in paint and edit modes.

    * Media Player now stops playing and disposes of itself when
      its parent piranha project is closed
    
    * Floating window manager now does a better job keeping windows
      positioned inside the viewing canvas.

    * Floating windows now pop to the front when picked on the edges.

    * Greater than 4K x 2K Onyx IR2 textures now display

    * Opacity and Hue Rotate onscreen controls now work correctly
      (broken in 3.08b14)
   
    * Color space bug when rendering to non-arc files is fixed 
      (broken in 3.08b14)

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3.08b14 - Changes since minor Release 3.08b13b (12/13/99)


Piranha

    * HW Holdout with rotated mattes now works
      correctly for RGB channel mults.

    * User Clipbin directories no longer need to be
      on the local file system.

    * Tracker effect now works correctly with flipped
      arc file sources.

    o Tracker effect now has 'Transformed' output option
      to allow traveling layers to follow rotations, scales and
      position effects.

    * Proxies now work correctly with flipped arc files
  
    * 1/3rd res proxy creation bugs fixed.

    * Floating window transparency controls
      are interactive again (disabled in 3.08b12)

    * Floating dialog auto-nudge strangeness fixed.

    * Multistream playback buffering speed improved

    * rtds_buffmem command can now used to control 
      the maximum amount of buffers and maximum amount of
      memory useable per unique resolution file stream. (yow)

      Usage is: 
      rtds_buffmem <MaxBuffers> <MaxMemory>
      Default is 12 12.  No disks : 1 1.  Fast disks video : 24 32
      Fast disks, lots of ram and running HD or video : 24 128

      The rtds_buffmem command can be placed in the users ~/.amazonrc
      or the global /usr/IE/amazon/tcl/init.tcl file.


Cineon/Fido/DPX Support

    * Cineon file rendering speed now faster

    * Cineon file reading speed greatly improved
  
    * Cineon reading in piranha no longer uses software luts.

    * Better 16 bit support for Cineons in Piranha

    * Gzipped image loading now works correctly


Piranha Edit

    o Razor command added for cutting clips.

    * Dissolve/Wipe and Cut Edit commands are now undoable


Piranha Paint

    * Rotoscoping of non-arc images now works correctly.

    * "Original" switch now functions regardless of selected layer.
 

Piranha DevKit

    * lizard_cc_lookup() functions now implemented
      (see http://www.ifx.com/dev/)

    * Color correction plugins now work correctly
      when 3D cameras are active


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3.08b13b - Changes since minor Release 3.08b12 (12/1/99)



Piranha

     * Greatly improved DPX/Cineon reading when running piranha -10

     * Improved 10 bit accuracy

     * Cineon output now fully supports piranha -10 hardware rendering

     * Slow load of first frame when loading new clips
       has been fixed.

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3.08b12 - Changes since minor Release 3.08b11 (11/30/99)


Piranha

    o Hardware Render file writing is now threaded and substantially faster.

    o The Piranha command line now supports arbitrary file passing...

      Passing a piranha file to the app will open the project in a 
      new window. Passing images or movie files to the app will
      cause piranha to create a new project and load each image/movie
      into its own media players.

      example:

      piranha offset.pir test.arc bob.jpg press.pir

    o Framerate effect now controllable from Edit mode (Speed Keybinding)

    o Framerate effect now has an Adjust Layer Length button
      for doing fit to fill.

    * Framerate effect now works properly at negative frame rates
      (ie reverse = -100%)

    * Edit control over Wipes and Dissolves no longer creates duplicate
      effects.
  
    * Primatte now supports Octane accelerated 3 Channel images.

    * Right hand control key now functions properly for Key Bindings,
      Rotogons and Trackers.

    * Overlay windows such as the Clip Bin can now be moved and
      resized much more interactively.

    * File importing with frame offsets in the file name now
      works again (3.08b10 bug)

    * Fixes to file buffering related to clip length changes
      causing strange looping problems (bugs from 3.08b10)
  
    * Fixes to file buffering related to proxy mode switching (3.08b10 bug)


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3.08b11 - Changes since minor Release 3.08b10 (11/15/99)

Note- If you are upgrading from version 3.08b6 or later,
      you'll want to install the arender and tcl files:
      cp -r IE/amazon/tcl8.2 /usr/IE/amazon/
      cp  arender /usr/IE/bin

Piranha

    o All audio in Piranha is now handled at a 48Khz sampling rate.
      Files which are not sampled at 48khz can be slow to load
      as they are upsampled by the audiofile library now.

    o Default audio volume can now be saved on a per project bases.

    o New flipped Arc file compatibility with Avideo.
      (arcs are now autoflipped if they are at video res)

    o Clips from the latest avideo are now auto flipped
      by piranha when loading.

    o Layers can now be fully manipulated while in Paint mode.
      (i.e. rotospline editing and transforms)

    * Paint mode now automatically switches layers 
      (this will probably be improved upon in 3.08b12)

    * Major improvements to layer selection.
      (Transforms now auto activate select when clicking on a layer.)

    * Currently selected layer now has a different outline color
  
    * Texture mode is now automatically activated on layers
      to ensure proper rendering when any of the following is 
      true:
          Scale, Postion or Rotation of a layer is animated
          Scale values are not -1 or 1
          Rotation is not 0.0

    * Import images no longer leaves a blank layer if the
      user hits cancel.

    * Large Fast Octane RGB images now tile correctly when
      textured.

    * Vista vision default resolution has been changed 
      to 6114 x 4096

    * Onyx 6.5.5 Graphics Crashing fixed

    * Many improvements to new (3.08b10) disk buffering.

      Lower default for buffering now (3 meg read size
      at 12 meg per res of buffering.  
      The rtds_buffmem command can be added to a users
      ~/.amazonrc file to change buffering.

      If you have a gig of ram and 4 cipricos:
      rtds_buffmem 32 96 

      if you are lame and trying to use piranha
      on an internal drive.

      rtds_buffmem 1 1 

    * Piranha now defaults to 64K memory alignment.

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3.08b10 - Changes since minor Release 3.08b8 (11/2/99)


Piranha

    o New RGB arc file support for improved high resolution
      playback on Octanes and Onyxes.

    o Major improvements in disk buffering for long form
      editing and multi-shot film playback.

    * Rotosplines now have option to delete only selected
      keyframes.


Piranha Edit

    o Improved disk cacheing performance for playing back
      transitions in real-time

    o Massive keyboard shortcut support added

    o New auto-wipe/ auto-dissolve quick key support added

    * Trim controls now work correctly

    * Loop and trim problems with 3.08b9a fixed


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3.08b8 - Changes since minor Release 3.08b6 (10/14/99)


Piranha

    o Soft rotogons can now grow as well as shrink.

    * Soft Rotogons now have improved bevel intersection testing.
      bevel outwards

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3.08b7 - Changes since minor Release 3.08b6 (10/12/99)

Piranha

    o Rotogons now have softness controls for edge fall off.
      [Hold Alt Key and drag on a spline to set the fall off]
    
    * Text drawing tool now works correctly (was chopping text)


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3.08b6 - Changes since minor Release 3.08b5 (10/08/99)

Piranha

    o New Keybinding Configuration tool available in Tools Menu
      Allows for any key combo to be tied to user customizable
      functions in Piranha.

    o Audio option now allows for SGI/MPEG/Quicktime movie files to be
      rendered with Audio.

    * Media player now defaults to opaque black background.

    * Bias color correction controls now work correctly when
      using 3 channel RGB content.

    * YUV Arc files now proxy correctly

    * Proxy generation speed much improved

    * Icons now work correctly with YUV and 10Bit source files.

    * 16 bit Tiff files now read correctly.

    * Software effects should now be faster.

    * Redraw problems associated with software effects have been fixed.

    * Fixed 3.08b5 problem with quitting the application


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3.08b5 - Changes since minor Release 3.08b4 (9/29/99)


Piranha

     o Edit mode now draws diagonals to show clip overlap and
       transitions.

     * Layers can now be moved in time without encountering
       the staggering from previous versions
	
     o Interlace now has a 'swap' beta option which
       causes the interlace to only take place temporally
       and not spatially.  (ie fields are pulled with a swap)

     * Piranha file reading bug in 3.08b4 fixed

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3.08b4 - Changes since minor Release 3.08b3 (9/27/99)


Piranha

    o Lizard API Now available for plugin developemnt

    * New Layer and Import Images both now put the new layer 
      on the top of the comp.

    * Clip Name text now autoselects itself when Layer Settings are
      opened.

    * Interlacing 2:1 effect spacial noise problems fixed.

    * Non functional 'P' button removed from piranha window controls

    * tcl8.2 now has its own tcl directory allowing older
      pre 7.2 amazons to continue working.


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3.08b3 - Changes since minor Release 3.08b2 (9/16/99)



General

    *  Numeric Keypad fixed.  

Piranha General

    o  Desktop now defaults to fullscreen mode
       
    o  Desktop now has menus for creating and opening new 
       Piranha projects

    o  Clip Bins can now be opened on the desktop

    o  Amazon and Avideo can now be launched from the desktop

    o  Desktop can now be iconified.

    *  Major fixes to 3 Channel Arc drawing and related crashing

    *  Switching proxy mode now forces recalc on visible 
       layers with cacl turned off.

    *  Bug related to crashing when closing sublayered 
       projects has been fixed

    *  Rotospline, negative shapes no longer crash Infinite reality

    *  Reverse Playback with loop mode turned off bug fixed
       (Playback would stop but state variable wasnt cleared
       so dragging on a control would continue playback.)

    *  Audio now defaults to On.  

    *  Piranha jog control no longer moves after
       releasing the mouse.

Piranha Edit 

    *  In Point dragger now works correctly.
 
    *  Problems with Edit mode affecting the double buffering
       in Piranha are fixed.

Particles

    *  Particle Point Generator no longer causes 
       particle image to be repeatedly drawn at
       the location of the point generator.

    *  Particle layers can now be moved in time.
       (in initial releases particles would only be correctly 
        drawn when beginning at frame 0.)

Desktop Bugs from 3.08b2

    * Bug with hardware rendering and textures fixed

    * Lots of context switching issues fixed.

    * Fixed layer dragger broken under new windows.

    * Floating desktop windows now support transparency

    * Tcl 8.2 Library files now included (enables shell features such as
      history and unix commands

    *  New floating window controls no longer flash the display

    * Stowing floating windows no longer flashes the display

    * Piranha projects now open a confirm dialog before being
       closed by the new floating window close button.

    * help now works again

    * Closing windows no longer results in double buffer flashing

    * Closing windows no longer causes potential crashing

    * Render progress dialog looks normal again

    * TCL TLINE_PERF, TLINE_VERB etc, variables
      now work under TCL 8.2


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3.08b2 - Changes since minor Release 3.08b1 (9/12/99)

Piranha
     o  Piranha is now separate from Amazon

     o  Piranha now has a desktop.

     o  Lots of window controls and changes from previous versions.

     o  TCL Interpreter upgraded from 7.4 to 8.2
    
     o  New HLSV Keyer rewrite.

     *  Geometry script effects now work more consistantly

     *  Media Player switches in and out of RGBA mode without wackiness.


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3.08b1 - Changes since major Release 3.07 (9/6/99)

Piranha
     *  3D Camera zooming bugs fixed.

     *  Fixed file buffer issues with DPX & Cineon Files 
        using piranha -10

     *  Layer settings now show the type of Arc file currently
        loaded.

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3.07 - Changes since minor Release 3.07b14 (8/24/99)

Piranha

    o Particle collision detection effect added
      (computes collision between layers and particles)
 
    o Paricle Layer Generator now has option to adopt color from
      a source image


    o Quicktime/SGI Movie rendering 

      o now has option for opening media player

      * now much faster

      * no longer appends renders to existing files

      * now has improved error reporting

      * no longer inserts black frames when rendering
        at a starting frame number > 1

    * Frame rate and Timewarp effects now work on 10bit, RGB and yuv 
      source clips

Amazon

    * Fix for multi-res layer mode undo crash bug.
   
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3.07b14 - Changes since minor Release 3.07b13 (8/23/99)

Piranha

    o Layer Generator added to particles.  Allows for animated
      layer geometry to be used as an emmitter.

    * Project Texture now stable and doesnt require fullscreen mode
      also capable of doing 2K textures now

    * Dragging a layer onto one of its own effects no longer
      causes crashing

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3.07b13 - Changes since minor Release 3.07b12 (8/21/99)


Piranha

    o Fast "Wipe" transition effect added to Video Effects
      (Currently does Horizontal, Vertical, Diagonal and Circular wipes)

    o Project Texture effect added to Geometry Effects
      Currently very alpha, (best if used in fullscreen mode)
      Projects a source layer onto the current layer and creates a 
      new texture map for the layer.  Coolness points are gained in that
      both the projection layer and the destination layer can have 3D 
      geometry loaded as well as be scaled, warped, rotated and/or rotogoned.


    * Audio trackers no longer cause problems when they are deleted
      from a layer
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3.07b12 - Changes since minor Release 3.07b11(S2) (8/20/99)
 
Piranha
    o Particle effects added, to get started just add a Particle effect and a
      generator to any layer.  

    o Quick renders now save out a copy of the current piranha project
      whenever an alt-r  rendering is created.

    * Scripts and text tool no longer chop '%' characters

    * Auto Proxy when buiding 1/3rd res  memory leak fixed
   
    * No longer crashes when rendering a project after closing a 
      project that has just been rendered.

    * Dragging a layer no longer resets its in and out point (3.07b10 bug)

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3.07b11 - Changes since minor Release 3.07b10 (8/10/99)

Piranha

    o Trackers now do automatic variable creation
  
    o Trackers now can be dragged and dropped to point parameters.
      (Alt key does offset, Ctrl key creates stabilizer)

    o Scratch disk rendering added (Alt-R)
      Scratch disk variable added. PREF_SCRATCH
      in ~/.amazonrc :
	set PREF_SCRATCH /fastdisks/scratch

    * More fixes to layer deleting and undo

    * Rototext now okay for setting justify on more than one text element

    * Media Player is now faster when jogging

    * Improved iconifying for floating palettes.

    * Fixes to Edit module for clip picking
   
    o Editor now has 'insert' mode for inserting new clips

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3.07b10 - Changes since minor Release 3.07b9 (8/7/99)

Piranha
    o You can now drag a layer icon into a layermenu!

    o Hardware rendering has a progress inicator now.

    o Player now supports fullscreen by hitting the 'f' key.

    o Most fullscreen key commands are now accepted in non-fullscreen mode

    o Floating layer manager now has jog and playback control

    * RGB/Opacity Viewing mode now switches back to RGB mode without 
      recalcing layers

    * Cineon/DPX piranha -10 flag will now work on > 4K filesystems

    * Switching a layers source clip from a 3 channel image stream to 
      a 4 channel image would cause playback to flash wickedly with 
      psychodelic images

    * Cut and paste of nested layers is now supported

    * Can now drag nested layers to the clip bin and visa versa

    * Right mouse now works in Floating layer manager

    * Undo now works on hiearchical layers (yow!)

    * Effects are now only shared if they occur before a given sublayer  
      in the parent layer

    * Layer settings no longer pop open after an unsuccessful drag of a layer

    * Undo now works after deleting layers

    * No longer get to watch the tiling on Octane and Onyx

    * Less redraws after rendering

    * Can now type in Lighting and Motion blur effects while playing back

    * Lighting can now be animated


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3.07b9 - Changes since minor Release 3.07b8 (8/5/99)


Piranha
    o Layer Settings now has an additional tab for
      setting up the layer as a Group layer (ie doesnt draw and
      has no image buffer)

    o Creating a new sublayer now automagically adopts its
      in and out points to its parent.

    o Layers and sublayers can now be moved anywhere in a comp

    o Moving a sublayer now adopts the in-point of its new parent.

    * Sublayer recursion problems when using effects with "source layer"
      parameters is now fixed

    * Transparency is now handled correctly for sublayers

    * sublayers now execute their parents effects in the parents time
      space, not their own.  

    o DPX file support added (fast DPX reading can be enabled using
      the piranha -10 command line option)

    o DPX files, 10bit RGB and YUV Arc support added to narcer application


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3.07b8 - Changes since minor Release 3.07b7 (8/3/99)

Piranha
    o Layer grouping and hiearchical nesting added to Piranha.
      see- File menu-> New Sublayer....

    o Media Player now does fast YUV arcfile playback on the O2

    * Floating Layer Manager now passes events through.
      (if you can see a layer's controls, you can grab them without
       moving the layer manager)

    * 10bit arcfile recording on Infinite Reality is now functional
   
    * Layer stacking and layout tightened up (now 25% more space)

    * Obsolete functions removed from View menu

    * Tracking, Text and Roto menus have been added to the 'Add Effect' menu

    * Fullscreen mode no longer has refreshing problem where half of the
      screen refuses to update.

    * Camera effect control now lists correctly as 'Camera' in the 
      effects menu of an active layer.

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3.07b7 - Changes since minor Release 3.07b6 (7/30/99)

Piranha
    o The Layer Manager/Effects list can now be torn off
      and floated as a transparent overlay panel in the comp.

    o There is now an option to automatically load a rendering
      into the Media Player after rendering has finished.

    o Rendering to YUV arc files is now supported.

    o Rendering to 10bit arc files is now supported on Infinite Reality

    * Icons no longer update while playing back.

    * Playback speed with many layers loaded should now
      be improved.

    * Lighting is now independant from layer transforms

    * Graph editor crashing when choosing 'Delete Selected' from the 'Curve'
      menu has been fixed.

    * Layer Settings dialog no longer opens after dragging a layer to
      the clip bin (3.07b6 bug)

    * Media Player Red, Blue, Green and Opacity viewing modes now
      work more consistantly

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3.07b6 - Changes since minor Release 3.07b5 (7/22/99)

Piranha

    o Lighting Added (Geometry->Light Effect)

    o Effects can now be dragged to the clip bin 
      Effects in the clipbin can be dragged to a layer in the timeline

    * Texture mapped color correcting should now be faster 

    * Bias color correction controls now update correctly when in texture
      mapping mode

    * Transparent panel resize controls are now easier to grab

    * Media Player now handles 10 bit image streams


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3.07b5 - Changes since minor Release 3.07b4 (7/20/99)

Piranha
 
     * Media player no longer randomly refuses to load clips
	
     * O2 crashing when dragging to the clipbin is fixed

     * Possible crashing from closing a media player is fixed



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3.07b4 - Changes since minor Release 3.07b3 (7/19/99)

Piranha
    o Hardware Motion Blur Effects Added
      Motion Blur - blurs transforms, geometry changes and even 
          hardware color corrections.
      Jitter Sample - Anti-aliases rotogons and vector Roto text
      Position Blur & Rotate Blur now support hardwre motion blur

    * Transparency Effect can now handle values > 1.0 

    * Piranha will now calculate a visible layer with 'calc' turned off when
      the script is first loaded.

    * $T now more consistantly available for scripting in value editors

    * New $FF var for scrips now represents frame number relative the 
      layers inpoint (or $IN)

    * Edit Panel - Ripple moves no longer pick up additional clips
      as you drag a section around.

    * Edit Panel - Clips now overlap if clip hangs over either the
      in or the out point
 

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3.07b3 - Changes since minor Release 3.07b2 (7/9/99)

Piranha

    o Media Player can has full Edit in and out point support
      (i key to set input, o key to set outpoint)

    o Media Player clip can now be dragged to the canvas and clip bin

    o Media Player clip can now be dragged to the Edit timeline for 
      full use as an edit source

    o Media Player now handles YUV arc files

    * Media Player frame numbers are now identical to Piranha

    * Media Player clip names are now editable and appear in
      the title bar.

    * Channel effect no longer will open dialogs during playback

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3.07b2 - Changes since minor Release 3.07b1 (7/2/99)

Piranha
    o New Floating Palette Media Player for doing image previewing and 
      playback of Piranha Clips.

    * Clip bin now handles flipped images correctly

General
    * Major crashing with 16 bit mode fixed.


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3.07b1 - Changes since major Release 3.06 (6/28/99)

Piranha

    * New TCL hardware rendering command added hrenderall
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3.06 - Changes since minor Release 3.06b21c (6/25/99)

General

    * Recompile with optimizations for release

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3.06b21c - Changes since minor Release 3.06b21 (6/22/99)

Piranha

    * Stack size upgraded from 16384 to 1meg for file read threaders
      
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3.06b21 - Changes since minor Release 3.06b20 (6/22/99)

Piranha

    * Fix for HW Hold Out memory bug 

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3.06b20 - Changes since minor Release 3.06b19 (6/21/99)

Piranha

    o Multiple clip bins can now be open at one time

    o Now possible to drag files between two clip bins.

    o Clip bins and other virtual dialogs can now be iconified

    * Major fix for long clip pathnames in Piranha Files
      (would require user to reselect path)

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3.06b19 - Changes since minor Release 3.06b18 (6/19/99)

Piranha
     * Fix for 3.06b18 crash on load project

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3.06b18 - Changes since minor Release 3.06b17 (6/19/99)

Piranha


    o Clipbin now works for deletes and directory moves

    * Layer settings now come up without having to release the 
      mouse within 1/20th of a second. (3.06b17 bug)

    * Threaded reading crashing when having > 20 layers on an
      O2 is now fixed.

    * Rotospline editing now can now undo any point move

    * Rototext now saves and loads letter kerning in the Piranha Project.

    * Roto Trackers nows update the search size as its changed in 
      the interface.

    o New TCL preference variables added to Piranha
      (can be added to the .amazonrc file)
      Examples:

      set PREF_TIMECODE 	0
      set PREF_FPS     		30
      set PREF_XFORM_ORDER	1
      set PREF_VOLUME 		1.0
      set PREF_AUDIO 		1
      set PREF_ALPHAOP 		STRAIGHT
      set PREF_ALPHAMATTE 	0



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3.06b17 - Changes since minor Release 3.06b16 (6/8/99)

Piranha

     o Clipbin now handles directories and auto creates
       a default clipbin at startup.

     * Mpeg and SGI movie file read performance improved

     * Playback now improved between cuts

     * "Trim in" now attains realtime rates

     * Video plugin fixes for flipping added


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3.06b16 - Changes since minor Release 3.06b16 (6/1/99)

Piranha

    o Framerate Effect added.  Uses a single percentage value
      to speed or slow a sequence.  Also has a filter width.

    o 3D Transform points can now be moved in Z using the Alt Key.

    o 3D Transform rotations can now be moved in X and Y as well as Z
      using the Alt and Ctrl Keys.

    * Stacked transform pivot points now display in the correct locations
      when editing.

    * Rotation handles are now much easier to grab at different zoom rates

    * Divo Video plugin should now flip the destination video output correctly



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3.06b15- Changes since minor Release 3.06b14 (5/25/99)

Piranha

    o Beta testing of new Rotospline trackers

    * Hardware Holdout Alpha Save now tile renders correctly

    * Fast Circular and Box blur filters no longer leave random dark
      speckles on the output image. 


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3.06b14- Changes since minor Release 3.06b13 (5/20/99)

General

    * External apps are now called with less memory overhead

Piranha	

    * Cursors and clone offsets now appear correctly in Piranha Paint
    

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3.06b13- Changes since minor Release 3.06b12 (5/17/99)

Piranha	

    o HW Holdout (formerly HW Multiply) now has 'Alpha Save'
      feature witch enables true 4 channel hold out with
      correct alpha in the destination buffer.

    o Setup dialog now has a Transform ordering preference
      for controlling the order of operations for stacked transforms.
   
    * Layers using "Alpha is matte" no longer create incorrect 
      alpha values in the destination buffer when compositeed.

    * The lock down button is now yellow when its turned on.

    * 3:2, Interlace and Timewarp effects are now much faster.

    * 3:2 offset scroll now updates images in real time.

    * Memory leak in Hardware Displacement effect fixed

    * Texture mapped layers with no transforms on them now
      render identical to pixel drawn layers.

    * Accuracy of tiled rendering for texture mapped layers improved.

    * Rotogons are now subpixel accurate
   
    * Rotosplines now render more accurately 

    * Rotospline based brush strokes are now more accurate.

    * Rotosplined Brush strokes are now much faster

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3.06b12- Changes since minor Release 3.06b11 (5/3/99)

Piranha
	o New HLSV Keyer added to FX menu
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3.06b11- Changes since minor Release 3.06b10 (4/28/99)

Piranha	
	* Fixed hardware displacements
	
	* Layer Geometry Grid x and y sizes now save and load correctly


____________________________________________________________________
3.06b10- Changes since minor Release 3.06b9 (4/17/99)

Piranha	
	* Bunch of cool stuff

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3.06b9- Changes since minor Release 3.06b7 (4/16/99)

Piranha
	o Added layer adjust button to the Layer Settings
	  to restore a layer to its original in/out points

	o Edit Mode much cleaner now

	o Time line zoom controls added

	o You can now drag clips to the Edit window and they
          automatically get appended to the current timeline

	* Time code now supports typing of negative time code

	* Time code now supports use of '.' to = 00

	* Time code always show the hours now.

	* Pop up layer menu now has a paste effect item.

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3.06b8- Changes since minor Release 3.06b7 (4/14/99)

Piranha

	o Rotosplines now have cut and paste menu items
	  (alt-c & alt-v)

	o Rototext now opens the editor when alt-e is typed

        o RotoText now has working sliders for interactive scaling etc

	o RotoText now has individual letter kerning using alt + left 
          and right arrow keys.

	* Picking on rototext now moves the cursor

	* Rotospline software render broken in 3.06b6 is fixed

	* Rotogons now have a much improved tesselator for doing warps.

  	* Rotogons now have animatable tolerance

	* Rotogons now have animattable UV subdivisions

	* Rotogons projection mode no longer requires view to 
          be grabbed.

	* occasion destruction of the current project as realized by the evil
          window resize bar when it covers the menu bar, has been fixed.
	
	* Camera effect no longer causes layer to draw in the menubar 
	  (3.06b5 bug)

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3.06b7- Changes since minor Release 3.06b6 (4/13/99)

Piranha
	* Blurs effects were causeing piranha to crash with a 
          'terminated' message when deleting a layer
	
	* Looping during playback and record fixed.
	  (had a problem with non 0 clip offsets via the file browser)

	o Clip bin useable now.  To register new clip directories
	  use the tcl command 'piranhaClipbin <directory> <Labeltext>'
	  example for your ~/.amazonrc 

	  piranhaClipbin /bigdisk/clipbin "My Clips"

	  To add clips to the bin, drag the layers icon into the clip bin
          window.  To add  a clip to a piranha layout, drag  the icon
          from the clip bin to the project's layout canvas.

	  You can also drag clips to an existing layer to
          replace the layers frame source. 

	  
	
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3.06b6- Changes since minor Release 3.06b5 (4/12/99)

Piranha
	* 3.05b5 crashed O2s when creating a new layer

	* Color tools now have HSV capability

	* Color tools now grab properly

	o Clip bin added to Tools menu (very alpha)
   	
	* Fullscreen mode now hides menus unless mouse is over them

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3.06b5- Changes since minor Release 3.06b4 (4/10/99)

Piranha

	o First shot at hardware blur added

	o First shot at hardware 3x3 convolution added

 	o Edit mode makes its debut.

	o You can now close a layer by clicking to the left of
          any effects in the list. (no more scrolling to close)

	o First look at the new rotogon warper 

	* Texture draws should be faster

	* More thread fixes

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3.06b4- Changes since minor Release 3.06b3 (4/8/99)

Piranha

 	* Lots of layout improvements and more image real estate

 	* Rendering to arcs now properly preallocates contiguous
	  disk space.

	* Fixes to hanging introduced in 3.06b1

	* Pixel draw mode no longer allows non-integral zooms
	  past 2x.  (should fix alignment problems seen in pixdraw mode)

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3.06b3- Changes since minor Release 3.06b2 (4/6/99)

Piranha
	o Roto Text now has vector text mode

	o Audio Waveform Scope added - Can view both current frame
          and entire loop.

	* Threader memory fixes (no more out of memory error)

	* Fixes to crashing on project close (possibly audio related)

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3.06b2- Changes since minor Release 3.06b1 (3/29/99)

Piranha
	o Roto Text now draws as an vector outline and obeys rotates and scales 
	  that are appllied to a layer.

	o Roto Text now supports anti-aliasing.
	
	o Proxies now work with Roto Text

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3.06b1- Changes since major Release 3.05 (3/25/99)

Piranha 
	o Audio Layers

	o Audio Volume Effect

	o Audio Panatron Effect

	o Audio Levels Effect

	o Audio Rendering

	o New Setup Dialog Audio controls for master volume etc.

	o New Roto Text effect with Color, animated kerning and drop shadows.

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3.05- Changes since minor Release 3.05b16 (3/19/99)

Piranha 
	* More texture edge problems fixed

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3.05b16- Changes since minor Release 3.05b16g (3/16/99)

Piranha
        * Fixed intermittant texture edge problems introduced in 3.05b10

	* Render dialog now saves the autostart buttons in 
          the piranha Script

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3.05b16g- Changes since minor Release 3.05b15f (3/13/99)

General
	* Reading of files without suffixes is okay again

	* Can now drag current color to the bottom row of the
          color palette
	
	* blur and smudge tools moved from Filters to Painting

	* Seed fill tool now shows sampling trail on screen again

Piranha
	
	* Software rendering now correctly handles negative scales
	  (Requires new arender)

	* Software rendering now correctly letter boxes and crops

	* Software render preview was one pixel too big in x and y

	* Software renders now handle paint


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3.05b16f- Changes since minor Release 3.05b15d (3/12/99)

Piranha
	* More BDS writing problems fixed

____________________________________________________________________
3.05b16d- Changes since minor Release 3.05b15c (3/11/99)

Piranha

	* More Text fixing

	* 3:2 effect broken in 14-16c fixed

	* Paint broken in 14-16c fixed

	* Software arc rendering broken in 14-16c fixed

	* On 4K filesystems with -memalign piranha will now default to 
          writing 16K arc rendering broken in 14-16c fixed

	* Fewer meaningless error message 

	* Narcer now keeps arc starting frame number intact
          when copying from arc to arc in gui mode.

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3.05b16c- Changes since minor Release 3.05b15b (3/10/99)

Piranha

	* HW Curves 'scale' gadget now controls correctly (bug from 3.05b13)

	o Added Academy 1.66 res to Piranha and Narcer

	o Added piranhaResbind tcl command for adding new resolutions
	  to Piranha

	* Rotospline Text now saves and loads properly

	* Problems with deleting rotospline points fixed

	* Some Fixes to Hanging disks reads.

   	* Rendering arcs in software mode should now work again.

   	* Rendering arcs in software mode should now work again. 
          (bug from 3.05b15)

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3.05b16b- Changes since minor Release 3.05b15 (3/4/99)

Piranha
	* Support for > 4K filesystems now okay
	
	* Fixed the amazon wont quit problem in 3.05b16_a

	* Fixed the jog slider bug 3.05b16_a

	* Fixed strange file creation bug from 3.05b16_a

	* Narcer now works happily on > 4K file systems

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3.05b15 - Changes since minor Release 3.05b14 (2/25/99)

General	
	* Many fixes for long path names in amazon/piranha

	* 3D paint memory fixes added

	* New versions of ashow and arender which deal with
          very long paths.

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3.05b14 - Changes since minor Release 3.05b13 (2/22/99)

General
	* Clone beta bug fixed : tool now has accurate offsets and 
	  displays rubber bands. 
 
        * 3D paint window focus crash bug fixed

Piranha
  	o New Text Tool added to Rotospline 
  	
	o Paint now has heads up floating palettes

	* Bad Audio files no longer exit the program
   	
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3.05b13 - Changes since minor Release 3.05b12 (2/11/99)

Piranha
	* Rotogon projections now more accurate

	* Paint now has color controls inside brush/airbrush and eraser


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3.05b12 - Changes since minor Release 3.05b11 (2/10/99)


Piranha

	o Paint Layermenus now have 'Last Saved' and Original toggles

	o Paint now has splined interpolation and pressure sensitivity

	o Its now possible to animate layers and paint while Piranha
          is playing back sequences. (to try this with paint, the layer being 
	  painted should have calc mode turned off so its not 
          reloading image data each frame.)  More on this later.

	* Clone tool now has op menu in Paint

	* Fixes to playback lockups in 3.05b11

	* Cleanups and Fixes to the 3d object reader

	* Resising projects now do better alignment stacking
          of effect parameters.

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3.05b11 - Changes since minor Release 3.05b10 (2/03/99)

General
	o Blurs now have Horizontal and Vertical only options
	  (ie X blurs)

Piranha
 	o Time code option now availble in Setup window.
	  Displays time code for clips in layer manager, fullscreen
          mode and in Setup and Render Dialogs.
 
	o Rotosplines now have popup roto menu for jumping 
          to the next keyframe and managing rotosplines.

	o Render Dialog now has autoset buttons to lock to Setup 
          frame range and image size automatically.

	* Single proc machines now much faster for playback.

	* Rotospline backspace = delete no longer has problems
          cancelling out of delete points.

	* 3.05b10 plugin/undo menu behavior fixed.

	* O2 duping layers bug fixed

	* Time line zooming and panning no longer flash

	* Piranha Paint now updates brush outline correctly.


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3.05b10 - Changes since minor Release 3.05b10 (1/25/99)

Amazon 

    * Fixed color noise switch in noise filter
    
    * Clone tool keyboard offset now defaults to 1 pixel

3D Paint

    o  Beta Texture module added to 3D paint View Menu on the O2.
       Better filtering on irregular sized textures 
       and tiling on huge textures.
 
    *  O2 should filter very fast/fast and quality
       texture modes identical to the impact now.

Piranha

    o  Time code switch added to setup menu 
       Toggles display from frame numbers to video/film 
       time code.

    *  Texture mapping speed vastly improved.

    *  Giant tiling textures now supported on Impact, Octane, and O2

    *  Paint on models and textured layers now exponentially faster.

    o  New Transform 3D effect added (has all rotations and
       an option to transform Rotospline effects)

    o  Alt - clicking a control value now keeps
       the effect from becoming active (due to the new 
       auto activate effect)

    *  Fixed bug with reading piranha files which included
       un-flushed painting on one of the clips.

    *  Paint cache now handles memory better.

    *  Default interpolation for new keyframes is now
       autosloped.  

    *  322 effect now works correctly with 3 channel images

    *  Recursive layer dependencies are now handled better.

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3.05b9 - Changes since minor Release 3.05b8 (1/19/99)

General

    * Spline, Poly and Circle  Selection tools now once again
      properly obey their menu. (3.05b2 bug)

Piranha

    o Render dialog now has a flag for forcing texture mapping during 	   
      hardware renders

    o Curve editor now creates autosloped keyframes by default

    o Curve editor now has "Point Options" for Ease In, Ease Out and 
      Ease In/Out (in addition to autoslope)

    o All curve editor based keyframes can now be moved from the 
      effect timeline by grabbing the keyframe has marks.  
      (Control key can be used for subframe movement)

    * Letterbox, Fill and Anamorphic rendering settings are now saved 
      in the piranha file.

    * Primatte : selecting bg = 0,0,0,0 black  pixels could cause 
      core dumping

    * Corner pin effects when deleted, caused core dumps on the next recalc

    * File browser now correctly re-finds and selects clips with 
      modified start and stop frames.

    * Tracker export variables now ignore spaces

    * Single frame arc files now supported, (as well as sequences of single
      frame arc files)

    * When dragging a value in a layer effect, the layer and the effect are
      automatically made the active layer and effect.

    * Hitting return in an effect control value now auto updates the layer.



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3.05b8 - Changes since minor Release 3.05b7 (1/13/99)

General

    * YUV file writing bug from 3.05b7 fixed.


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3.05b7 - Changes since minor Release 3.05b6 (1/12/99)

General

    o 1080P, 720P YUV files now support for reading and writing

    o Clone tool now has Keyboard arrow controls for bumping the clone offset
      (Default is 10 pixel move, Shift key increases this to 50, 
	Control to 1 pixel)
      
    o Clone tool now support shift key to bump a clone offset

    o New Layer menu item added to file menu

    o New Layer menu item in both file menu and layer manager no longer
      opens layer properties dialog, Holding the alt key when selecting
      New Layer will pop the properties dialog.

    
Piranha
  
     * Fixed playback when looping is turned off (would cause layers to 
       not update after playing stopped at end of timeline.

     * Time warp effect now catches last frame properly.


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3.05b6 - Changes since minor Release 3.05b5 (1/11/99)

Piranha

  3D Cameras

    o Parent tool now supports camera parenting

    o Rotospline editing and display now obeys 3D cameras

    o Z buffering added to 3D cameras

    o New 3D hardware rotogon tool added for warping and generating 
      projected geometry for camera moves on matte paintings.

    * Tranform tool and other tools with point editing now work correctly
      with active 3D cameras.

    * Fixed some bugs with 3D camera views rendering correctly

    * Accidental layer deselection much better now.

    o Piranha Paint clone brush now obeys the postition of 
      a source layer.


  Piranha Paint

    o Piranha Paint clone brush now obeys the postition of 
      a source layer.

    o Piranha Paint now stores paint frame log in the piranha file 
      and supports flush cache for writing frames to disk.

  Piranha Video

     o Deinterlace option added to 322 effect
       (takes 30fps interlaced to  60fps deinterlaced)
   
     * 322 effect "bad first frame" bug fixed.

     * 322 effect "Adjust Clip" button was off by one frame

     * 322 effect now properly clamps last frame when layer outpoint 
	is past end of frames

  Proxys

      * Proxy maker now does all requested resolutions at once 
        instead of one res at a time.

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3.05b5 - Changes since minor Release 3.05b4 (12/29/98)

Piranha

    o New 3D hardware rotospline tool added (Geometry::>Rotogon)
      (Hint - holding down the z key and dragging on rotogon points
       will position the point in z)

    o Piranha Paint - Clone tool now acknowledges source layer positions

    o Piranha Paint - now logs painted frames in the piranha file

    o Layers now have zbuffering when drawn as 3D geometry

    o Parent tool now has option to parent a camera transform

    o Deinterlace added to 322 effect (takes 30 fps and generates 60 fps)

    * Proxy maker now does all requested resolutions in one swoop

    * Landmarks and controls on layers now draw accurately when in
      3D camera mode.

    * Rotosplines and Rotogons now editable in 3D camera

    * No longer possible to deselect a layer in effects mode

    * Loading piranha scripts - fixed double buffer issues


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3.05b4 - Changes since minor Release 3.05b3 (12/10/98)

Piranha  
	* Fixed warper and cornerpin bugs created in 3.05b2

3D Paint
	* 2D/3D project loading & saving now works more consistantly.

	* 2D/3D Project Load and save added to the 3D Paint menus



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3.05b3 - Changes since minor Release 3.05b2.2 (12/7/98)


Piranha
	o Paint now supports 3D Geometry (3D paint)

	o Paint now has animateable values in each tool

	o Clone, Dropshadow and Fill now support ALT-MOUSE offsetting
 	
	* Paint now faster with big brushes

	* Fixed random paint cursor to lower left.

	* Fixed zero page read with tools which use a layermenu.	

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3.05b2.2 - Changes since minor Release 3.05b2 (12/3/98)

General 
	* Field average now just averages 2 fields

	* Field remove now chooses averages only odd scanlines

	* Field copy now copies odd to even etc.

	* 322 Interlace now correctly starts on frame 1

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3.05b2.1 - Changes since minor Release 3.05b2 (12/3/98)

General 
	o O2 fixes as usual
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3.05b2 - Changes since major Release 3.04 (12/3/98)

General
	o New Toolbar with tool group separators
	o Wacom Intuos tablets now supported

3D Paint	
	o 2D projects now have an option to save and load
          3D settings and models.  
	

Piranha
  	o Alpha version of integrated 2D paint tools
	  (very swank btw)

	o New Fields video tool does field averaging,
          field removal and field swapping.

	o Interlace option added to 322 for combining
          60fps animation into 30fps field animation

	* Layout window now retains the same zoom factor
          when resizing the Piranha window

	* Default layout zoom factor is now 1:1

