ColorPlay3 Release Notes

Release 1.10 (August 9, 2011)

New Features
Bug Fixes

Release 1.9.2 (November 19, 2010)

Bug Fixes

Release 1.9.1 (October 28, 2010)

IMPORTANT: iPlayer3 must be updated to firmware v1.0.54b1 (or newer)

If you have not updated your iPlayer3 firmware, you can download it here.

New Features
Bug Fixes

Release 1.9.1 b1 (September 14, 2010)

Bug Fixes

New Features in ColorPlay v1.9:


Release 1.9 b4 (July 9, 2010)

Bug Fixes

Release 1.9 b3 (June 22, 2010)

Bug Fixes

Release 1.9 b2 (June 18, 2010)

Bug Fixes

Release 1.9 b1 (June 4, 2010)

Bug Fixes

Release 1.8 Release (18 December 2009)

Bug Fixes

Release 1.8 Release (17 December 2009)

Bug Fixes

Release 1.8 Release (7 December 2009)

Bug Fixes

Release 1.7.5 Beta 1 (11 November 2009)

New Features
Bug Fixes

Release 1.7.4 Alpha 1 (9 October 2009)

New Features
Bug Fixes

Release 1.7.3 Alpha 1 (10 September 2009)

New Features
  • RGB Limit modifier effect: Modify the ranges of the color channels for effects.
  • Fade In/Fade Out modifier effect: Fade effects in or out by Brightness, Hue, or Saturation.
  • Effect End Time property: Set an End Time for any effect.
  • New Color Picker: A more powerful and user-friendly color picker.
Bug Fixes
  • 3025: Added a time property editor widget that doesn't convert back to frames (keeps time in seconds) for use with the In/Out parameters of the Video Effect.
  • 3015: Quicktime now initialized at launch on Windows to improve performance when adding video effects.
  • 3016: Added a file chooser property editing widget for Video and Image Fade effects.
  • 3079: Optimized effect node color calculation for speed.
  • 3036: Fixed the wave modifer hue calculation.
  • 3013: The Video Effect file dialog now lists valid file types.
  • 1898: Background Color, Fade In Color, and Fade Out Color now display as a color swatch.
  • 1887: Added "reverse" property to the Streak effect.
  • 3082: Solid Color, Stroke and Random Color effects now use a color picker that can only choose one color.
  • 3089: Browsing for directories now uses native dialogs for better performance.
  • 3027: Project files now contain what version of ColorPlay created them, their last modified date, and where they were saved.
  • 3113: Fixed a crash editing an invalid light range in Live Color mode.
  • 3114: Fixed a Chasing Node and Sweep Node Effect crash.
  • 3052: Fixed a Rendering bug in the Particle effect.
  • 2303: Fixed a crash copying a show with a Streak Effect to the controller.
  • 3120: Optimized rendering for some effects.
  • 3055: Fixed a bug changing directories in the properties table's file chooser dialog.
  • 3056: Fixed a bug where the bottom effect didn't always show when the top effect contained transparent palette colors.
  • 2995: Refactored visualizer code.
  • 3057: Fixed a bug when deleting groups from an existing, saved project.
  • 3076: Fixed Particle Effect negative velocity bug.
  • 2990: Fixed Sweep Node effect to behave like the (original) geometric version.
  • 3145: Fixed Wave Modifier min and max result value calculation.
  • 3075: Fixed a bug where editing the start and duration of sparkle and particle effects would freeze the app.
  • 3123: Video file path is now corrected if you open an invalid file.
  • 3122: Video effect now plays mpg files.
  • 3077: Particle effect particle size is now calculated correctly.
  • 2981: Fixed a bug where deleting an effect could leave behind image resize handles.
  • 3158: Square Wave modifier effect no longer starts from a negative value and goes to a positive value.
  • 2918: Sweep effect now paints correctly with a background color that has a transparent background.
  • 2882: Fixed a bug with Configuration panels repainting.
  • 2984: Automatic update check now works correctly.
  • 3119: Video Effect In/Out times no longer accept negative values.
  • 3133: Modifier effects now paint the effect block to reflect their value.
  • 3153: Ripple effects with transparent foregrounds now display correctly.
  • 3151: Property disc and property table ranges now match.
  • 3140: Random color effect now works correctly when you edit the base color.
  • 3090: Fixed a bug where the project didn't know it was unsaved if you saved the controller image first.
  • 3139: Undo should now work correctly for all effect properties.
  • 3168: Fixed a bug in the Modifier effect painting.
  • 3177: Optimized the rendering of Modifier effects.
  • 3024: Fixed a bug when copying/pasting the Fade In property of Modifer effects.
  • 3104: Fixed a bug where loading an old project would not load the palettes panel correctly.
  • 3185: Modifier effects now work as expected when the underlying effect is missing.
  • 3165: During similation, nodes without a group are now painted correctly (black).
  • 2281: Fixed a bug where ColorPlay treated show names as case sensitive.
  • 3171: Users can no longer enter the same Start and End time for effects.
  • 3017: Image Fade file dialog now lists valid filetypes.
  • 3071: Can now create a show with a duration > 621 days.
  • 1050: Changing tabs between Fixtures, Groups, and Effects now pauses live playback.

Release 1.7.2 Alpha 3 (4 August 2009)

New Features
Bug Fixes

Release 1.7.1 Alpha 2 (19 June 2009)

New Features
Bug Fixes

Release 1.7.0 Alpha 1 (10 June 2009)

Bug Fixes

Release 1.6.1

Bug Fixes

Release 1.6

New Features
Bug Fixes

Release 1.4.2

Release 1.4.1

Release 1.4

New Features
Bug Fixes

Release 1.2