Change Log for Livegrade Pro

Livegrade Pro - 6.4.2

Tue, 30 Jan 2024

Changes

  • Improved: Localized sorting of look preset metadata.
  • Changed: Applying linked look presets to selected shots is only possible with linked looks
  • Changed: "Store permanently on Devices ..." is disabled for look presets that are linked
  • Changed: Warning at exporting and importing linked slot configurations

Bugfixes

  • Fixed: Editing router configurations on Blackmagic Videohub 12G did not work
  • Fixed: Loading a locked shot into the library slot locked all slots
  • Fixed: In rare cases, scopes were not always aligned to the right
  • Fixed: In rare cases, Livegrade crashed after switching the project

Livegrade Pro - 6.4.1

Wed, 06 Dec 2023

Changes

  • Added: New controller actions for Tangent devices
    "Create Shots for Linked Slots", "Create Shots (2nd Label) for Linked Slots", "Apply Preset to Current Slot", "Apply Preset Including Metadata to Current Slot", "Apply Preset to Selected Shot"

Bugfixes

  • Fixed: Upgrading from 6.3.5 to 6.4.0 failed under some circumstances
  • Fixed: Certain characters didn't work as shortcuts with some keyboard layouts

Livegrade Pro - 6.4.0

Wed, 15 Nov 2023

Changes

  • Added: Revised False Color mode with 1D-LUT-based filter profiles for most common camera formats (e.g., LogC4 and SLog3) with a separate filter selection for "Original" or "Graded" signals and the possiblity to add custom false color LUTs
  • Added: Optional daily license activation mode
  • Added: Adjust and update individual looks of a linked look in the library slot
  • Added: Menu item and controller actions to create shots of all linked slots
  • Added: Hide column for shot library outline and show smart group column only
  • Added: Apply look and node presets to (multiple) selected clips in library
  • Added: Save node presets including metadata and override slot metadata fields with the saved values on applying the preset
  • Added: Auto-complete suggestions for lens metadata fields
  • Added: View presets with metadata within a new table view in the look library
  • Added: Integration of Stream Deck +, introducing SPL and Printer Lights controller actions for dials
  • Added: Menu items and Stream Deck controller actions for controlling SPL grading parameters
  • Added: Additional options for adjusting step-sizes of SPL, Printer Lights and Saturation controls in the Grading Settings
  • Added: Migration of Stream Deck profiles (from Livegerade Pro to Studio)
  • Added: Customise default reset values for slate info
  • Improved: Optimized sorting of smart groups (e.g. when using letter pre-fixes in "scene" field)
  • Improved: When configuring stages the previously used global metadata is retained
  • Improved: Warning on PFLA import/export if a look archive (PFLA) file exceeds the max. file size of 2GB

Bugfixes

  • Fixed: Stream Deck plugin and default profiles could not be installed under Stream Configuration App v6.1 or newer
  • Fixed: Under some circumstances it was not possible to open a global metadata field by hitting the enter key
  • Fixed: Under some circumstances video scopes could not be restored on application start which broke UI elements in the grade editor
  • Fixed: Viewer window opened in full screen if main window was in full screen mode
  • Fixed: Updating a look from a linked slot created a linked look also if the "Create linked look from linked slot" setting was disabled
  • Fixed: Under some circumstances importing a setting file was not possible as checkboxes in import dialog were disabled
  • Fixed: Under some circumstances slot labels were not used as camera metadata
  • Miscellaneous smaller fixes and improvements

Livegrade Pro - 6.3.5

Tue, 06 Jun 2023

Changes

  • Added: AJA ColorBox framegrab can be disabled
  • Fixed: Livegrade does not read Sony metadata and timecode from AJA ColorBox framegrab
  • Fixed: Update Look does not respect "Create linked looks from linked slots" setting
  • Fixed: Clear history after database reached size limit does not work

Bugfixes

  • Miscellaneous smaller fixes and improvements

Livegrade Pro - 6.3.4

Thu, 04 May 2023

Changes

  • Improved: Updated AJA SDK to v16.2.3.33

Bugfixes

  • Fixed: Under certain circumstances some global metadata fields could not be edited
  • Fixed: The slot and device configuration was not restored after being in read-only mode, resuming with a new valid license
  • Fixed: Controller action for video routing configuration could not be triggered if there was an active cursor in a textfield
  • Fixed: Global metadata panel may reset to blank after applying slot metadata view to all other slots
  • Miscellaneous smaller fixes and improvements

Livegrade Pro - 6.3.3

Wed, 30 Nov 2022

Changes

  • Added: Create a shot with still at the playhead's position from a movie loaded in library slot
  • Added: Activate/deactivate thumbnail preview in look reports
  • Added: Activate/deactivate automatic opening of look report (PDF) and shot metadata (CSV) after creation
  • Added: Disable automatic framegrab for IS-mini LUT boxes in devices preferences
  • Added: Receive Clip Name ANC metadata from SDI-connected RED cameras
  • Improved: AMF import allows importing AMFs without IDT

Bugfixes

  • Fixed: Under some circumstances application might crash if preference "Follow shots table selection only when selected" and auto-loading the currently selected shot from library were enabled
  • Fixed: Under some circumstances ANC metadata from IS-mini framegrabs was not detected
  • Miscellaneous smaller fixes and improvements

Livegrade Pro - 6.3.2

Tue, 25 Oct 2022

Changes

  • Prepared for MacOS 13 Ventura

Bugfixes

  • Miscellaneous smaller fixes and improvements

Livegrade Pro - 6.3.1

Wed, 28 Sep 2022

Changes

  • Added: ShotHub upload wizard supports new team selection
  • Added: Application ships with the ACES IDT for ARRI's LogC4 colorspace

Bugfixes

  • Fixed: Saving look uploaded via ARRI CAP does not save the correct look if a read-only look is currently selected in camera
  • Fixed: Application might crash after connecting ARRI ALEXA Mini LF via ARRI CAP
  • Fixed: AMFs including CLF sidecar files might not be imported under some circumstances
  • Miscellaneous smaller fixes and improvements

Livegrade Pro - 6.3.0


Fri, 02 Sep 2022

Changes

  • Added: AJA ColorBox integration with support for 4K framegrab and ancillary metadata
  • Added: Support for ARRI ALEXA 35 framegrab and interactive grading
  • Added: LUT presets for the new ARRI Log-C4 colorspace used in the ARRI ALEXA 35

Bugfixes

  • Miscellaneous smaller fixes and improvements

Livegrade Pro - 6.2.0

Wed, 27 Jul 2022

Changes

  • Added: AMF Import: Round-tripping with third-party applications by importing the ACES Metadata File format (including CLFs used in LMT nodes)
  • Improved: AMF export supports advanced ACES pipelines with LMTs before and after the CDL nodes
  • Added: Chinese Localization: UI available in in Chinese language
  • Added: Menu item “Load at Thumbnail Frame Position” allows loading movies at the first frame or at the thumbnail frame’s position
  • Changed: System Requirements: Application runs again under macOS 10.15

Bugfixes

  • Fixed: CLFs loaded in LMT node clamped values above 1
  • Fixed: Loop playback state was not retained when loading another movie into the viewer
  • Fixed: Under some circumstances sharing still images via Airdrop only exported a placeholder image
  • Fixed: Under some circumstances the device configuration did not restore correctly when using two identical Blackmagic capture devices
  • Miscellaneous smaller fixes and improvements

Livegrade Pro - 6.1.0

Wed, 01 Jun 2022

Changes

  • Added: "Show Slot Label Only" hides slot characters from the UI allowing to indicate slots consistently using the custom slot label text
  • Added: Export shot metadata as CSV from shot library, folders, bins or smart groups
  • Added: Advanced "Grade Still as Frame Callback" option for grading and updating a look via frame callback on FSI BoxIO devices
  • Added: Individual "Reset" menu items and controller actions for SPL grading parameters and Saturation
  • Added: "Lens Model" metadata token in wildcards for clip identifier
  • Added: Clip identifier default scheme "D4" (Slot Label - Reel - Clip) for use with enabled "Show Slot Label Only" option
  • Improved: "Scene" smart group sorting ignores letter characters in prefixes (e.g., "X" or "VFX")
  • Improved: PFLA Import: Media folders referenced in imported look archives are found automatically if they are available under the last known path and last known path is displayed when choosing media folder manually
  • Improved: Dedicated XPC service for IS-mini device integration improves overall stability and allows using IS-mini devices while running application on M1 machines natively
  • Changed: Linked looks: Applying a look does not affect the values in un-synced nodes of linked slots

Bugfixes

  • Fixed: Look preset from linked slots applied wrong sync status
  • Fixed: Look preset could not be applied to library slot
  • Fixed: Under some circumstances adding inputs from two or more identical Blackmagic 3G Recorders was not possible
  • Fixed: Hang when triggering "Share Stills of Selected Shots via Airdrop..." from Stream Deck controller
  • Fixed: "Share Stills of Selected Shots via Airdrop..." exported first frame instead of thumbnail frame
  • Miscellaneous smaller fixes and improvements

Livegrade Pro - 6.0.1

Thu, 14 Apr 2022

Bugfixes

  • Fixed: Sporadical crashes when running IS-mini devices using Rosetta
  • Fixed: ARRI CAP: "Look sync" could not be disabled when using "Interactive" grading method
  • Fixed: Playback Controls: "Set Thumbnail Frame" and "Jump to Thumbnail Frame" and "Jumpt to Timecode" could not be set for movies used as reference
  • Fixed: Using "." in naming scheme for LUT package export lead to truncated output file names
  • Added: ARRI CAP v1.3 support: Lens metadata (Lens model, Focus Distance, Aperture and Focal Length) can be received from connected cameras via ARRI CAP
  • Miscellaneous smaller fixes and improvements

Livegrade Pro - 6.0.0

Thu, 17 Mar 2022

Changes

  • Added: “Output Colorspace” node auto-detects output colorspace of built-in LUT presets and transforms or allows choosing the output colorspace manually
  • Added: “Output Colorspace” shot attribute for handling looks within multi-monitoring setups in shots table, info tab, smart groups and wildcards
  • Added: Export output colorspace attribute as comment in custom LUTs and auto-detect attribute on loading custom LUTs
  • Added: Auto-configure color primaries of video scopes based on the current look’s output colorspaces
  • Added: Enable/disable color profile tagging for still image export and tag still images with color profile for most common output colorspaces
  • Added: Set the “YCbCr-RGB Conversion” matrix (Rec709/Rec.2020) for video I/O devices and pass on color conversion attribute in recorded QuickTime movies
  • Added: Force to apply the "False Color" filter on the “Graded”, “Bypass”ed or “Original” image
  • Added: Support for ACES version 1.3.0 including “Reference Gamut Compress” parameter
  • Added: Load Common LUT Format (CLF) files in ACES LMT node
  • Added: New ACES look metadata fields “ACES Input Transform”, “ACES Input TransformID”, “ACES Output Transform”, “ACES Output TransformID and “Reference Gamut Compress”
  • Added: “Knee Curve” node for creating simple “knee” and “toe” curve adjustments
  • Added: Sony VENICE 2 Remote Grading: Interactively grade on Sony VENICE 2 cameras via CDL-compliant nodes
  • Added: Sony VENICE 2 Remote Grading: Upload looks as User 3D LUT onto Sony VENICE 2 cameras
  • Added: Improved HUD in image viewer with controls for “Set Thumbnail Frame”, “Jump to Thumbnail Frame” and enable/disable “Loop” playback
  • Added: Duplicate shots with movie recordings as shots with still images
  • Added: Delete shots and their associated media files independently
  • Added: Reveal the media file of a shot in Finder
  • Added: Share graded still images from the shot library via Airdrop
  • Added: Use all SDI-connectors of half-duplex capture devices as inputs (e.g., AJA Io4K Plus)
  • Added: LUT Interpolation Preferences: Choose between different interpolation methods including tetrahedral interpolation for improved color accuracy
  • Changed: Projects Preferences: Labels and Custom fields are now project-dependent
  • Added: Projects Preferences: Assign individual titles for Custom fields
  • Added: Import/export look library or a section of look presets as look archive
  • Changed: Application runs natively on Apple Silicon M1 machines
  • Changed: Linked Slots: “Graded”, “Bypass”, “Original” and “False Color” can now be applied individually for each slot
  • Added: Camera Metadata: ARRI and RED cameras connected via network can be added as a metadata-only source in all grading modes (with grading disabled)
  • Added: Record movies in H.264 video codec
  • Added: Export still images in HEIC (8-Bit) format
  • Added: New Smart Groups: “Reel” and “Clip” metadata can be used in the smart groups
  • Added: AJA Kona Cards: Support for capture and playback of 6G/12G signals
  • Added: Option to "Hide/Unhide Empty Metadata Columns" in shots table

Bugfixes

  • Miscellaneous smaller fixes and improvements

 

 

To take a look at the Livegrade Pro 5 Change log, click the following link:
https://updates.pomfort.com/livegrade5/changelog.php

To take a look at the LiveGrade Pro 4 Change log, click the following link:
https://updates.pomfort.com/livegrade4/changelog.php

To take a look at the LiveGrade Pro 3 Change log, click the following link:
https://updates.pomfort.com/livegrade3/changelog.php

To take a look at the LiveGrade Pro 2 Change log, click the following link:
https://updates.pomfort.com/livegrade2/changelog.php

To take a look at the LiveGrade 1 Change log, click the following link:
https://updates.pomfort.com/livegrade/changelog.php

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