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