Dear Friends of 3DE!

after some endless development work we're finally ready to provide you the next big update to 3DE4 Release 6. Beta 4 provides some cool new features:

• - a new editor for extracting real 3D mocap animation data out of a single camera (rotomation editor)

• - a new infrastructure for warping image sequences, including the ability to create stmaps directly out of 3DE4
• - drastically improved performance of functions "open project..." and "save project (as...)"
• - separate near/far clipping planes for orientation controls only

For more details, check out the changelog below. As usual, we also made a "little" video which demonstrates r6b4 in its full glory:

ƒFeaturette R6b4: Rotomation Editor and more

Cheers, Rolf

r6b4

• added a new GUI script "rotomation editor"
• added a new python command "calcRotomationSkeleton()" (rotomation solver frontend)
• added a new command line tool for applying/removing distortion/rolling shutter to/from footage
• added a new script "image warp" which provides a GUI for applying/removing distortion/rolling shutter
• added a new python scripting tag "3DE4.script.gui.attribute_editor:" which allows to add python GUIs to 3DE's attr. editor
• added separate clipping planes to be used for orientation controls only (attribute editor)
• added a new script for importing ".csv" files into curve editor (such as exported by "Arri meta extract")
• added a new 3D export script for BM's Fusion software
• added new python commands for accessing a camera's rolling shutter "content distance" parameter
• updated script "save out rendered frames" now allowing to display frame numbers in the exported images
• added a new python command "setRenderCacheCommentString()" which allows to add text to the output render image
• improved the performance of functions "open/save project (as)" by a factor of up to 20
• fixed a performance problem with python command "updateGUI()" (rare)
• fixed a problem within 3DE's python-based timer infrastructure which caused progress requesters not to work properly anymore
• added new python command for accessing 3DE's current display area transform parameters
• added a new view option to orientation controls for hiding distance constraints
• added a new view options to orientation controls for showing mocap point's 3D trajectories
• added a new python command "setOptionMenuWidgetItemSensitiveFlag()" for setting an option menu item's sensitivity status
• added a new python command "getAvailableCPUCores()" for reading the currently configured number of cpu cores
• added new python commands for creating/deleting "display ranges" within a curvearea widget
• added new python commands for creating/deleting frame silder "marks"
• added new python scripting tags which allow to place custom buttons everywhere on 3DE's display area
• added "hide" switch to script "tde4Widget" in order to let it disappear from 3DE's python menu
• fixed a minor bug with function "f2->edit->merge points" (rare)
• officially added "flcinfo4" to distribution (windows)
• patched an opengl/nvidia display bug which caused problems in curve editor (large "numbers" situations, rare)
• updated script "copy current frame to reference frame" now allowing "8bit color conversion" settings to be copied as well
• fixed a bug within script "export maya" which caused problems when exporting in meters (v2.7)
• improved 3DE's file browser which no longer truncates file paths within its history menu
• fixed a performance problem with 3DE's GUI editor when creating widget links with the mouse (RMB-drag, v1.5)
• patched a problem in script "curve editor->edit->euler flipping filter" (object pgroups, v1.2)
• fixed a memory leak/performance problem within python command "delete3DObject()" (rare)
• fixed a problem where some shortcuts were displayed as "???" within menus (rare)
• updated script "triangulate mocap points" now taking camera weight properly into account
• fixed a bug with python command "convertOpenEXRMetaDataToXML()" which could cause problems (rare)
• fixed a bug which caused script "calc overscan distortion bbox" to return false results (rare)
• fixed a number of calculation core related bugs (postfilter, lsf solver, regular solver)

r6b3

• added command line tool "create_identity_uv_map" for generating plain stmap files (openexr format)
• added a python command for retrieving the resolution of the current main window
• added a command line option to "tde4mhpd" to output its version only
• added the ability to import animated meshes into 3DE through alembic
• disabled scale widget "prefs->allow for network calc" under windows (because it made no sense)
• added an upper limit for row/columns of distortion grids (attr. editor)
• fixed a bug within script "Python GUI Editor" (save, "can't pickle" error)
• fixed a bug within script "align to reference pattern" not taking frame offset into account
• fixed a bug with "lock channels" constraints not working properly (sync/stereo, object point groups)
• fixed a bug which caused parameter adjustment to crash 3DE (script parameters and network calc enabled)
• fixed a bug which caused 3DE to crash during startup (rare, specific VPN configuration)
• fixed a bug with function "generate uv texture map" not working properly for "regular" cameras
• fixed a bug within script "export flame lens distortion" not working under windows properly
• improved the behavior of script "calc->triangulate points"
• fixed a bug with python command "getContextMenuObject()" not working properly on points
• fixed a bug which caused option "match frame lineup points only" not working properly (F5)
• fixed a bug which caused lineup controls not to work properly (rare, invert point cloud mode enabled)
• a number of minor bugfixes and improvements

r6b2

• fixed a bug which caused lineup points not to work properly (F5)
• fixed a bug which caused function "finetune all objects" not to work (lock channels constraints activated)
• improved script "shift curves" (v1.2, timeline editor, thanks to Unai)

r6b1

• added new script "Align Point to Ref. Pattern"
• added a new script for exporting distortion to Flame
• added a new script for importing "undistort stMaps" and converting them to a matrix
• added new python commands for retrieving specific pixel information of a given image file
• added new python commands for reading and writing 3DE's preferences
• added a new, interactive script for importing alembic files
• added a new script for exporting an alembic file
• added new functions for extracting 3D survey coordinates from lines and polygons of 3D models (F6)
• added a new display option to lineup controls for hiding all 2D tracking points no matter what
• improved the rendering of dense points clouds (F6, z buffer)
• improved line rendering performance up to 300%
• added a "FOV crop mask" feature to F1, F2 and F5
• added a script which allows to define "FVO crop mask"
• added actual point colors to points object being displayed in the object browser
• object browser now allows to rearrange the order of 3D models (RMB)
• added little dots to the 2D tracking curves (F2)
• significantly improved performance of 3DE's timeline editor (reference frames, many points)
• added features for rotating the overlay grid (F2)
• added a new "foreground rendering" feature to overview controls
• improved script "Save out Rendered Frames" now allowing to define a number of different rendering modes
• added a python command for setting various rendering modes used by command "saveRenderCacheFrame()"
• added a new mode to prefs which forces 3DE not to import any compressed buffers into memory (instead always loading those from file)
• improved the speed for importing .obj file by nearly 50%
• added a new option to script "Object PGroup Z Distance Tool" which allows to set a tracking point as pivot
• added a requester which asks for permission to import any "reference only" 3D models (open project)
• 3DE now deletes deviation curves of disabled points (calc all from scratch)
• added script "Calc Lens Distortion Overscan Bounding Box"
• added script "Insert Track" (many thanks to Wolfgang!)
• added new python commands for supporting hierarchies of list widget
• added an option to 3D area widget which allows to catch raw mouse events
• added a new distortion model "3DE4 Anamorphic - Rescaled Degree 4"
• added a GUI editor for python scripts
• added some minor improvements to script "export maya" (v2.6)
• added a few python commands for reading and writing openexr camera attributes
• fixed a bug which caused curve editor to "generate" new keyframes (object point groups, global space option enabled)
• added new python commands for manipulating a scene node's selection state
• added a new python command for saving out a screen capture of the main window
• added a new python command for setting the selection state of a curve key
• added a new camera attribute for importing openEXR data- or display window
• added a new camera attribute for importing the left or right eye of openEXR files (sxr "extension")
• added display/data window, sxr support to warp4 (v1.6b1)
• added a "-scale" command line option to warp4
• added a "-sxr_import_right_eye" command line option to warp4
• added a new option to 3DE's "Nudge Tool" (frame toggle - explicit frame)
• added a feature to parameter adjustment window which forces 3DE to display samples with a deviation greater than 10 pixel
• 3DE now automatically adds a scrollbar to "docked' python panels
• improved font rendering performance by up to 50%
• added a progress requester to script "Reload 3D Models"
• improved stability of 3DE's license server software "flcd4" (v2.1b1)
• fixed an annoying bug which caused the system ID of a machine to change on a regular basis (Windows only)
• fixed an update problem when importing footage through python (setCameraSequenceAttr() command)
• fixed a problem were zoom curves became unintendedly replaced (calc zoom curve, frame range calculation)
• fixed a bug which caused 3DE to crash when loading a project (rare)
• fixed a bug which caused 3DE to crash during parameter adjustment procedure (windows, many to-be-adjusted parameters)
• fixed a large number of calculation core related bugs
• fixed a bug which caused 3DE to partially create flatlines in their 3D pos/rot curves (segments with low number of points)
• improved performance of parameter adjustment window (cancel complex adjustment procedure)
• fixed a bug which caused 3DE's solver to cancel a calculation (10000+ frames)
• improved performance of 3DE's network calculation feature (rare, small projects)
• fixed a bug which caused 3DE to crash when generating a UV texture map (sync/mocap)
• fixed a bug which caused 3DE to crash (calc all from scratch, mocap, extract overall motion manually)
• fixed a bug which caused 3DE's solver to mix up zoom values and fixed focal length (dynamic distortion)
• fixed a bug which caused script "triangulate points" to create "bad" point positions (rare, v1.2)
• improved script "export fast buffer compression file" (thanks to Unai)