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   VT[3] Update 3

Thank you for installing this latest update to NewTek's VT[3] software. Numerous changes have been made, both in fixes and in new features. We appreciate your feedback, which plays a large role in shaping this Integrated Production Suite's future. Please send feature requests to vidfeatures@newtek.com.

There is a new Registration process that was implemented with Update 1. If you have installed Update 1 or 2, no further registration action is required. If not, you may skip Update 1 and 2 and just install Update 3. It is a cumulative patch, containing all previous improvements. NewTek has provided an easier system for online registration, and the ability to register over-the-phone with Customer Service.

Step-by-step instructions can be found at:
http://register.newtek.com/howto/index.aspx

VT[3] Build 4909 has completed rigorous beta testing, and is stable. Within VT[3] Update 3, there are some new features and numerous fixes as well:

New Features

• Asynchronous undo project saving - Undo projects are now written to disk on a non-UI thread. This will speed up the editor when working with large projects or projects located on a network drive.
• When windows open up it no longer forces them onto the first monitor. This improves dual monitor support.
• Black BG is always selected on startup.
• VT-Edit / DDRs can log playback activity if enabled in ToasterScript. (Important for TV Stations, billing, air-time calculations, etc.)
• Medium quality reflects the prior scaling engine. Controls were added to Control Tree to now take the scaling engine to High Quality (an “11”on the knob, so to speak).
• CG now allows slower scroll speeds, though speeds that are not divisible by the field rate (60 for NTSC or 50 for PAL) may exhibit artifacting or flicker on playback.
• By popular demand, the video “Fade In”and “Fade Out”timecode values have been added to the control tree.
• Decks that have seek problems can revert to the seek emulation asset... to get the decks to work.
• Added software check on VT startup to detect 150-> 151 update

Software Fixes

• Fixed lockup when quickly dragging audio splines nodes.
• Multi-line textbox text painting fix
• Preferences and Translation files are now build number specific
• EDL reader now handles deck speed settings and reverse direction of clip playback.
• Fixed shutdown problems
• Track clips preference spelled "Centre" not "Center" fixed.
• Auto fade in the advanced audio panel needed to set an undo redo change.
• “Start”and “Length On Disk”text in Edit Props are different colors; they should both be black fixed.
• Switcher Naming of renamed sources in DSK list fixed.
• Fixed “SX8 not found”bug
• Alpha borders on sources with alpha channel fixed.
• Audio mixer fix for manual loading
• Drawing error in overlays with edges fixed on field 1.
• Border anti-aliasing on the right edges of borders fixed.
• Fix for weird banding effect on colored borders
• Fixed loss of clip comments after completing batch capture of clip.
• TMPGEnc fix for 486 line DVEs.
• Fix for 8-pixel problem in TMPEG on right-hand most edge.
• Slight image shift difference between overlay and non-overlay fixed. Also fixes slight overlay blurring.
• Fixed wmv multi-pass encoding hang. Now we actually do multi-pass encoding for wmv/asf files.
• When moving influences in the spline editor it no longer tracks the cursor.
• Chroma line shift in Positioning Panel (PP) fixed.
• Switcher DSK naming bug fixed.
• Scroll bar didn't refresh automatically when collapsing a tree item in a tree view (e.g. Control Tree).
• Sub precision accuracy fix in PP with chroma.
• Fixed RTV After Effects plug-in to work w/ "Collect Files..." Project feature in AE.
• ABABABAB editing and track management improvements made to Storyboard
• Audio resampling bug fixed.
• A bunch of DDR improvements made.
• Fixed bug where error message is displayed if saving After Effects project w/ "missing link" RTV’s. This prevented user from saving project at all.
• Spline presets now have auto unique names by default.
• Spline presets didn't auto save so user could loose work if VT crashed/hung fixed.
• Fixed lockup when stopping a video capture using Main Concept's DV codec and DV type 2 setting with PCM audio.
• Render panel can now go before time 0.
• Fixed Switcher so that Auto will sequence correctly even when the T-Bar was already at the max position.
• Fixed switcher problems with “T”hotkey messing up the next auto transition
• Filebin "Back" button going farther than user's history fixed.
• Added three Quality settings on layers (High, Medium, and Low) to Control Tree.
• File Request buttons update position as necessary when adjusting the column (field) size or position in Details View or SpreadSheet.
• No alpha with CG Player if opened before switcher fixed.
• CG modules on other desktops did not update main out fixed.
• Fixed bug reading alpha channel in RTV Stills (fixes reading RTVs exported by Aura)
• Improvements to minimum clipping amount in PP.
• Colored border Linear Interpolation fixes.
• Several switcher fixes
• Major fix in the TBC code that accounts for the switching problems when on the program row alone.
• Fix for the audio flat line.
• Saving a cg as a still rtv now renders a still instead of a roll
• No audio in playback of some Type-2 DV avi files fixed
• When you fade out the master, it now will always fade out the entire clip, irrespective of if you have a high individual left/right value
• When you fade out the left/right, it now will always fade out the entire clip, irrespective of if you have a high individual left/right value
• Peak levels in VT-Edit did not show -inf dB properly (or at least not the same as they show Mute)
• Record panel fixes to audio levels.
• Mask color problems in the audio mixer, particularly with the VU meters.
• SDI has stuttery playback on 1 bus fixed.
• Half pixel shifting fix in PP
• Fixed data loss when aborting a file move across 2 volumes.
• Fixed After Effects RTV I/O plug-in handling of RGB64
• Fixed bug where “Enable overlay”keyboard shortcut was handled by the Storyboard, even if the Timeline had the focus.
• EDL reading bugs fixed.
• After Effects crash when frame buffer plug-in is initialized and winrtme is dead fixed.
• LR reversal when capturing in capture panel to AVIs fixed
• Hang on exit fixed in VT-Vision
• Bordering single pixel error fix.
• Fixed “No Video Signal Present”problem experienced by some of our users with core version 151
• Fixed bad enumeration of EDL columns.
• Fixed bug, which caused the subproject audio to fade prematurely.
• Rendering to Microsoft MP3 removed because it didn't work
• Fixed some File Requesters not remembering last visited directory
• Writing still crash fixed
• Problem scrubbing in the Spline Pane of the control tree when working on drilled in subproject fixed.
• Deck Control Components... adds a check for updating the bob dot when dragging is finished.

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