Smode 9.4

What’s new in 9.4? (20/07/2023)

Enhanced Test Pattern

Test Pattern now has a color grid option.

New Color Selector

Discover the HSV Color Selector for better color management.

Power Save Mode

Use the Power Save Mode to enable an Eco mode.

Full ChangeLog of Smode 9.4

2D:

• New: Fast Denoise (new blur color aggregator)

• Fix: WarpPoint not visible in warp texture modifier parameter

• New: Colored Checker Board in Test Pattern texture generator

• New: Grid Justification selector in Test Pattern texture generator

• New: Tiles Label in Test Pattern texture generator

• New: OCIO Texture Modifier for advanced color space management

• Chg: Better performance and stability when playback large video file

3D:

• Fix: FBX animation import regression

• Chg: Enable a clipping distance override inside current content map

• New: Tracking System as a Vortex parameter for particles

• Fix: FBX with sphere light do not let Smode Crash

UI/UX:

• New: HSV Color Selector selector ( HSV / RGB / Hexa wheel )

• New: Power Save Mode ( shortcut CTRL+shift+F9 )

• Fix: Align audio level in devices

• New: Remaining Time in Timelines ( before next marker or end of timeline )

• Chg: Allow use of decimal when doing expression in Integer parameter

• Fix: Popup windows workspace are not correctly restore after import

• New: Learn is working with existing remote control device

• New: Device in the quick start panel

• New: Access to Display preference in the Output Toolbar menu

• New: Access to Network adapter preference in the Network Toolbar menu

• Fix: Per server content loading no longer prevent to render a layer in deactivated pipeline elements

• Chg: Stage Lights are now available from search bar

Engine:

• Chg: Improved Video playback automatic pre-buffering ( you should generally not enable the preload and unload option in timeline )

• Chg: Update Adobe Substance 3D Materials SDK from version 7.0.0 to version 8.6.2

• Chg: Update NDI from 5.1.1.0 to 5.5.4.0

• Chg: Update to Imath 3.1

• Chg: Update to OpenEXR 3.1

• Chg: Update Snappy from v1.1.8 to v1.1.10

• Chg: Update Eigen from v3.3.7 to v3.4

• New: Support new Posistage Net-PSN (PSN) 2.03 fields: status, accel, target_pos and timestamp

• Fix: Delay link modifier with Set link modifier not working

• Chg: Improved usage of multi-core for video export performance for intensive CPU encoding ( like ProRes )

• Fix: Connecting to a remote is less prone to aborted connection

• Fix: Remote viewport change is now faster

• Fix: Remote viewport resize crash

• Chg: Update Nvapi from R440 to R530

• Chg: Update Cuda Toolkit from 11.4 to 12.2

Pipeline / Stage:

• Fix: FBX import in stage and wizard 3D stage creation result in wrong illumination

• New: number of Trackers read only parameter in the Tracking System advanced parameters

• Fix: better support of per content loading for

Device:

• New: Engine External Object

• Chg: AMD graphic card support was downgraded to experimental level. (not to use on show critical event)

• Chg: Remove ASPhoenix capture card support

• Chg: Improved precision in Audio Clock / MIDI Clock clocks

• Chg: Improved interlaced decoding and encoding support for video devices

• Chg: Update Decklink from SDK 11.4 to 12.3

• New: BlackMagic Output video output

• New: DeltaCast 10 bits video capture

• New: Blackmagic Decklink 10 bits video capture

• Fix: mjpg direct-show support

• Chg: Pixel format and resolution selector inside the direct-show device

• Chg: Optitrack NatNet API from v3.1 TO v4

• Chg: Update Oculus SDK from v43 to v64

• Fix: Let FreeDControlDevice support camera Id

You can find the fix made for the Smode 9.4 revision

See the changelog of Smode 9.3