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Aspect HD - Prospect HD/2K Update Logs
Aspect HD v5
Aspect HD v4
Prospect HD / 2K  v3
Prospect HD / 2K  v2
 
Aspect HD v5 Update Log

December 18: v5.2.2 (Build 101)

  • Added à Added: XDCAM-EX support to HDLink
  • Added à Count offset for HDLink split scene naming
  • Added à Improved cross platform decoder threading
  • Fixed à Support on quad core systems for some "old" clips was broken
  • Changed à Progressive decoding to RGB of YUV sources
  • Changed à "Force YUV" now defaults to ON as too many cards could not support RGB overlays.

December 4: v5.2.1 (Build 98)

  • Added à Program Files --> CineForm --> Tools scripts to control metadata ON/OFF processing within other applications (AE, Windows Media Player, etc)
  • Fixed à Pulldown removal for 8-bit sources was broken in v3.2.0
  • Added à QuickTime encoder now defaults to I-Frame only with keyframe control off.
  • Added à QuickTime codec naming now reflects the licensing for HD, 2K or 4K.

November 20: v5.2.0 (Build 95)

  • Added (BETA) à RedCine export support to CineForm QuickTime files. 1920x1080 (or smaller) exports default to YUV 4:2:2; 2K exports (Prospect 2K) are automatically CineForm 444 (RGB 4:4:4)
  • Added (BETA) à M2T export from Premiere Pro via the newly-integrated Tsunami MPEG Encoder
  • Added à Force YUV control, disable will help those who are have difficult calibrating the overlay on their NVidia cards
  • Added à Importer and AEIO updated to handle new bayer headers on older files
  • Added à CineForm RAW decoding for VfW and QuickTime codec engines
  • Fixed à HDV batch capture crash in Premiere Pro CS3 now fixed
  • Fixed à DirectShow Encoder in I-frame mode would sometimes drop the very first frame
  • Fixed à HD Link no longer reports errors when capture from Decklink cards is stopped
  • Fixed à QuickTime encoder would improperly truncate 1556 tall images to 1552 (Prospect 2K)
  • Fixed à Premiere Pro CS3 in Vista added "\\?\" before the path name of rendered preview files

October 4: v5.1.2 (Build 92)

  • Fixed à Keyboard scrubbing in CS3 sometimes didn’t update cursor and timecode position
  • Fixed à AE CS3 thumbnail decoding of YUV clips would sometimes show up as pink
  • Improved à AE CS3 now properly reports the compression type as one of the following: CineForm Intermediate (4:2:2), CineForm 444, CineForm 444 + Alpha, or CineForm RAW.
  • Fixed à Premiere CS3 scrubbing of titles over nothing wasn't properly mixing the background to black
  • Fixed à Premiere Pro NTSC SD imports were defaulting to 0.9 pixel aspect ratio
  • Fixed à Decklink capture format settings correctly maintained in HDLink for each new session
  • Added à Centercrop control for HDLink conversion of non-16x9 sources.

September 11: v5.1.1 (Build 91)

  • Fixed à Progressive 1080 clips previously imported into AE as interlaced
  • Fixed à 16-bit per channel QuickTime decodes now work in both CS3 and AE7 (CS3 was byte swapped thanks to an undocumented Adobe change.)
  • Fixed à QuickTime encoder exports issues with AE and Premiere Pro
  • Improved à DeBayer noise filter for CineForm RAW (Prospect 2K only)

August 28: v5.1.0 (Build 90)

  • Improved à Multi-cam editing performance under Premiere Pro CS3
  • Improved à AE CS3 importer now works without having to remove any AE components
  • Fixed à distorted audio exports from After Effects.
  • Fixed à user control for changing timecode within Premiere Pro CS3.
  • Fixed à scaling of HD for SD BMP exports now works
  • Fixed à conversion of JVC 24p sources in HDLink (broken in 3.0.3)
  • Fixed à quality level controls for HDLink when capturing from HMDI cards – every setting was one lower than it should have been, and Low was undefined.
  • Fixed à XDCAM-HD conversion issue for non-English installs of Windows.
  • Fixed à Windows Media Player under Vista was displaying weird colors (recommended: don’t use WMP as it is very slow)
  • Added à Holding the Ctrl key at the start of playback (PPro) will force playback on non-real-time elements (optimized for CS3).   Enabling Scroll Lock will make this the default behavior with the Ctrl key acting as a toggle.

August 2: v5.0.5 (Build 88)

  • Added à HDLink now converts JVC TOD files to CineForm AVIs
  • Added à HDLink file selector now defaults to all convertible media rather than just MPEG media
  • Fix à Alpha channel and frame blended export - a low-end memory condition is now handled better
  • Fix (Vista) à COM Surrogate errors eliminated when using thumbnail view in Windows Explorer
  • Fix (Vista) à Some system would fail to playback if the timeline was shortened

July 26: v5.0.4 (Build 87)

  • Added à XDCAM–HD conversion support within HDLink
  • Fixed à real-time playback of titles and color bars in non-square pixel projects under Premiere Pro CS3 – they would play with the wrong pixel aspect.
  • Updated à Restored YUY2 support within the Video for Windows codec.
  • Fixed à Premiere Pro memory leak on exports that would sometimes crash.
  • Fixed à MOV rewrapping to AVI within HDLink for files greater than 4GB.
  • Fixed à HDlink upscale from assuming SD sources are interlaced
  • Fixed à Gamma support when rewrapping CineForm files from AVI to MOV and vice-versa
July 18: v5.0.2 (Build 86)
  • Fixed: real-time playback of titles and color bars in non square pixel projects under Premiere Pro CS3 – previously they would play with the wrong pixel aspect
  • Fixed: properly reading CineForm 444 files within Premiere/AE CineForm importers that were created with Video for Windows
  • Restored: YUY2 support within the Video for Windows codec.

June 15: v5.0.2 (Build 85)

  • CS3 Compatibility à Scopes support upgraded to support Premiere Pro CS3
  • Fixed à rare encoder failure that occasionally happened with a lot of encoding including HDV capture
  • Fixed à CineForm MOVs now import properly with real-time performance in Premiere Pro
  • Fixed à when capturing HDV source to CineForm MOV files with scene detection ON, AVIs are no longer created for for the second and third clips

June 1: v5.0.1 (Build 84)

  • Fixed à installs properly into Premiere Pro CS3 correctly to match an Adobe change
  • Improved à Installation now includes all versions of Premiere Pro found on the system
  • Improved à Premiere’s handling of 32-bit float exports, now with lower memory footprint
  • Improved à Encoders are now listed as supported in more third party tools under “Video Compressors"
  • Added à New metadata handling in preparation for future features (keep your eye on this one - we'll disclose more later....)
  • Improved à Many other minor enhancements
May 18: v5.0.1 (Build 83)
  • Fixed à File re-wrapping from MOV to AVI would occasionally assign an incorrect frame rate
  • Fixed à HDLink would sometimes stop early during conversions of large files
  • Improved à Support for consumer HD cameras like the JVC HD Everio GZ-HD7
  • Added à Control to disable the HDSDI/HMDI capture window within HDLink (it would previously always be visible)
  • Improved à Vista support (we still consider this BETA until we declare otherwise, so give us feedback if you find issues)

May 2: v5.0.1 (Build 82)

  • Fixed à Bug when importing AVIs with 8-channel audio
  • Improved à After Effects importer bug fix when loading or saving older projects
  • Fixed à CineForm QuickTime Importer which was conflicting with Premiere for other QT media.
  • Fixed à NTSC SD capture within HDlink
  • Improved à MOV to AVI re-wrapping

 

Aspect HD v4 Update Log


Update to the latest Aspect HD v4 Build - only for those who have not upgraded to Aspect HD v5

February 16: v4.3.1 (Build 76)

  • Improved à Capture performance when using the Blackmagic Intensity card (by >20% CPU efficiency)
  • Fixed à Audio playback bug

February 8: v4.3.0 (Build 75)

  • Added à Support for real-time acquisition from HDMI sources using the Blackmagic Intensity card. This enables high-quality 4:2:2 capture directly into CineForm Intermediate files at a horizontal resolution up to 1440x1080 using cameras such as the HVR-V1. Read more....
  • Added à Enhanced pulldown removal for the Sony HVR-V1 24p modes.  Supports files from both tape and the HVR-DR60 disk recorder.
  • Added à HDLink can now select folders for batch conversion.  This is particularly useful for converting files from Sony’s HVR-DR60 disk recorder
  • Added à Various internal VfW enhancements, including performance enhancements particularly for Vegas 7.0c users
  • Added à Warning message within Premiere notifying users when mixed 23.976 and 24.0 content is added to a project timeline
  • Fixed à Deinterlacer for the 8-bit modes (it would previously only be active with the scaling on)
  • Improved à More multi-generation visual quality enhancements

November 16: v4.24 (Build 72):

  • Fixed à Video for Windows saturation overflow for VSRGB modes.
  • Fixed à Crash that occurs on some graphics cards
  • Fixed à Issues with Premiere Pro scopes and non-RT filters.
  • Fixed à Scopes edge view
  • Improved à Timecode handling (fixes source window exports losing timecode.)

October 16: v4.23 (Build 71):

  • Improved à Inverse telecine algorithm. Many overall algorithm enhancements, especially for 24p sequences embedded in 60i.
  • Fixed à Problem that would cause occasional crashes in Windows Media Player.
  • Fixed à A memory was fixed relating to HDLink file conversions

October 3: v4.22 (Build 69):

  • Fixed à Problem with Build 68 that prevented proper installation on some machines

September 28: v4.22 (Build 68):

  • Fixed à a memory leak for scaled exports using Premeire Pro.
  • Added à 24p to 23.976p conversion to HDLink and Premiere Pro capture

September 19: v4.21 (Build 67):

  • Improved à When converting AVI-to-AVI files, passing of header data is improved to maintain aspect ratios
  • Fixed à 960x720 MXF conversion to 1280x720 AVI

September 14: v4.20 (Build 66) adds numerous features including:

  • Add à Batch conversion of many different file formats into CineForm Intermediate: most AVI files, many MOV files, P2 (mxf) files, .m2t, .ts, and WMV, including SD. 
  • Add à Spatial and temporal rescaling from various SD or HD resolutions to HD: 1280x720p, 1440x1080i/p, 1920x1080i/p (Prospect HD), or SD: 480i/p, 486i/p, 576i/p; including scaling SD Û HD
  • Add à Letterboxing and pillarboxing for SD material
  • Add à Improved SD export quality for both progressive and interlaced outputs
  • Add à Enable/Disable overlay surface fixes color-shift and "desktop-flash" problems with NVidia cards
              
    Þ Recommendations - for Nvidia cards: DISABLE; for ATI cards: ENABLE
  • Add à 16:9 aspect ratio flag for SD eliminates "squeezed" SD exports
  • Add à Spatial resizing added for CineForm HDV capture using the Premiere Pro capture interface
  • Add à Codec quality enhancement for certain image statistics
  • Bug Fix à eliminates audio conform problem (Yes Virginia, we occasionally have bugs too....)
  • November 16: v4.24 (Build 72):
    • Fixed à Video for Windows saturation overflow for VSRGB modes.
    • Fixed à Crash that occurs on some graphics cards
    • Fixed à Issues with Premiere Pro scopes and non-RT filters.
    • Fixed à Scopes edge view
    • Improved à Timecode handling (fixes source window exports losing timecode.)

    October 16: v4.23 (Build 71):

    • Improved à Inverse telecine algorithm. Many overall algorithm enhancements, especially for 24p sequences embedded in 60i.
    • Fixed à Problem that would cause occasional crashes in Windows Media Player.
    • Fixed à A memory was fixed relating to HDLink file conversions

    October 3: v4.22 (Build 69):

    • Fixed à Problem with Build 68 that prevented proper installation on some machines

    September 28: v4.22 (Build 68):

    • Fixed à a memory leak for scaled exports using Premeire Pro.
    • Added à 24p to 23.976p conversion to HDLink and Premiere Pro capture

    September 19: v4.21 (Build 67):

    • Improved à When converting AVI-to-AVI files, passing of header data is improved to maintain aspect ratios
    • Fixed à 960x720 MXF conversion to 1280x720 AVI

    September 14: v4.20 (Build 66) adds numerous features including:

    • Add à Batch conversion of many different file formats into CineForm Intermediate: most AVI files, many MOV files, P2 (mxf) files, .m2t, .ts, and WMV, including SD. 
    • Add à Spatial and temporal rescaling from various SD or HD resolutions to HD: 1280x720p, 1440x1080i/p, 1920x1080i/p (Prospect HD), or SD: 480i/p, 486i/p, 576i/p; including scaling SD Û HD
    • Add à Letterboxing and pillarboxing for SD material
    • Add à Improved SD export quality for both progressive and interlaced outputs
    • Add à Enable/Disable overlay surface fixes color-shift and "desktop-flash" problems with NVidia cards
                
      Þ Recommendations - for Nvidia cards: DISABLE; for ATI cards: ENABLE
    • Add à 16:9 aspect ratio flag for SD eliminates "squeezed" SD exports
    • Add à Spatial resizing added for CineForm HDV capture using the Premiere Pro capture interface
    • Add à Codec quality enhancement for certain image statistics
    • Bug Fix à eliminates audio conform problem (Yes Virginia, we occasionally have bugs too....)

    June 27: v4.13 (Build 61) adds/fixes the following items, and is a recommended (and free) update for all Aspect HD v4 customers:

    • Added support for extracting duplicate frames from DVCPRO-HD MXF files
    • Fixed the selector rate change to correctly allow 60p to 24p 2.5 X slow motion.
    • Fixed codec compatibility with some very old CineForm files.

    June 7: v4.12 (Build 60) fixes the following items, and is a recommended (and free) update for all Aspect HD v4 customers:

    • Threading improvements for applications that use the CineForm Intermediate DirectShow decoder (like Windows Media Player) that take advantage of four or more logical/physical CPU cores.
    • Bug fix for "smart rendering" setting within HDLink for compatibility with Sony Vegas
    • Bug fix for improved compatibility with Panasonic P2 viewer

    May 23: v4.11 (Build 59) fixes the following items, and is a recommended (and free) update for all Aspect HD v4 customers:

    • Fix for the AVI importer to work correctly with the Adobe Media Encoder (for WM9 exports.)
    • Installs the AVI importer for compatibility with Encore DVD .
    • Fix for HDLink when converting MXF files with the "automatic" setting (previously used interlaced encoding for 720p sources – no visual impact.)
    • Fix for HDV capture within Premiere Pro - Interlace vs Progressive options where reversed.

    May 17: v4.1 (Build 58) adds BETA support for Panasonic HVX200 (DVCPRO HD), plus numerous spatial and temporal format conversion options such as

    • Deinterlacing from interlaced material to progressive including 60i to 30p
    • Pulldown removal for 60i to 24p conversion
    • Spatial resampling; Various, including 1440 x 1080 ó 1280 x 720 ó 960 x 720

    May 1: v4.03 (Build 55): There are numerous feature enhancements and bug fixes present in this release.  We recommend that all Aspect HD v4 customers update to Build 55.  Following are a few of the notable additions:

    • Disable preview option of 1080i (disabling of preview mode for 720p has been available for a while)
    • Audio quality is enhanced on conversion to M2T files
    • Linear motion control is now marked as RT when using PPro 2.0
    • Fix for single-frame AVI export bug
    • Fix for Premiere bug which left one-frame timeline "holes" when using the multicam feature
    • Crash on M2T exports fixed
    • There are many minor features/bug updates not itemized one-by-one
    Mar 2: v4.02 (Build 54): Fixes multi-cam bug for 1080i material.  Optional update for those who need multi-cam support.

    Feb 28: v4.02 (Build 53): Fixes bug that occasionally generates bad frames in CineForm Intermediate files.  Recommended (free) update for all Aspect HD v4.0 customers.

    Jan 27: v4.01 (Build 52)   Minor update fixes a render problem when using Adobe's Radial Blur filter (thanks to Michael for finding this)

    Jan 21: v4.0 (Build 51b).  Main Aspect HD v4.0 release


 

Prospect HD/2K v3 Update Log


 

December 18: v3.2.2 (Build 148)

  • Added à Added: XDCAM-EX support to HDLink
  • Added à Count offset for HDLink split scene naming
  • Added à Global (application independent) playback controls for RAW metadata
  • Added à Improved cross platform decoder threading
  • Fixed à Support on quad core systems for some "old" clips was broken
  • Changed à Progressive decoding to RGB of YUV sources
  • Changed à "Force YUV" now defaults to ON as too many cards could not support RGB overlays.

December 4: v3.2.1 (Build 145)

  • Added à 2048x1024 24p Premiere presets to Prospect 2K/4K
  • Added à Finer control over global active metadata channel. Using Premiere Pro, global settings for using white balance, matrix, and look data can now be set independently (rather than just disabling them all together.)
  • Added à Program Files --> CineForm --> Tools scripts to control metadata ON/OFF processing within other applications (AE, Windows Media Player, etc)
  • Fixed à Pulldown removal for 8-bit sources was broken in v3.2.0
  • Added à QuickTime encoder now defaults to I-Frame only with keyframe control off.
  • Added à QuickTime codec naming now reflects the licensing for HD, 2K or 4K.

November 20: v3.2.0 (Build 143)

  • Added (BETA) à Support for Redcine exports of 4081-4095 (horizontal raster) to overcome a Redcine bug when exporting as 4096
  • Added (BETA) à RedCine export support to CineForm QuickTime files. 1920x1080 (or smaller) exports default to YUV 4:2:2; 2K exports are automatically CineForm 444 (RGB 4:4:4) NOTE: for
  • Added à Improved real-time decoding support under in Premiere Pro (P2K only) for 4K timeline files.
  • Added (BETA) à M2T export from Premiere Pro via the newly-integrated Tsunami MPEG Encoder
  • Added à Force YUV control, disable will help those who are have difficult calibrating the overlay on their NVidia cards
  • Added à Importer and AEIO updated to handle new bayer headers on older files
  • Added à CineForm RAW decoding for VfW and QuickTime codec engines
  • Fixed à HDV batch capture crash in Premiere Pro CS3 now fixed
  • Fixed à DirectShow Encoder in I-frame mode would sometimes drop the very first frame
  • Fixed à HD Link no longer reports errors when capture from Decklink cards is stopped
  • Fixed à QuickTime encoder would improperly truncate 1556 tall images to 1552
  • Fixed à Premiere Pro CS3 in Vista added "\\?\" before the path name of rendered preview files

October 4: v3.1.2 (Build 139)

  • Fixed à Keyboard scrubbing in CS3 sometimes didn’t update cursor and timecode position
  • Fixed à AE CS3 thumbnail decoding of YUV clips would sometimes show up as pink
  • Fixed à AE CS3 QuickTime export in 16-bit mode
  • Improved à AE CS3 now properly reports the compression type as one of the following: CineForm Intermediate (4:2:2), CineForm 444, CineForm 444 + Alpha, or CineForm RAW.
  • Fixed à Premiere CS3 scrubbing of titles over nothing wasn't properly mixing the background to black
  • Fixed à Premiere Pro NTSC SD imports were defaulting to 0.9 pixel aspect ratio
  • Added à multiple curve options for BYR4 pixel formats (Requires CineForm RAW License)
  • Added à Bayer order select to BYR1 8-byte RAW, for high speed RAW cameras (Requires CineForm RAW License)
  • Fixed à Decklink capture format settings correctly maintained in HDLink for each new session
  • Added à Centercrop control for HDLink conversion of non-16x9 sources.

September 11: v3.1.1 (Build 138)

  • Fixed à Progressive 1080 clips previously imported into AE as interlaced
  • Fixed à 16-bit per channel QuickTime decodes now work in both CS3 and AE7 (CS3 was byte swapped thanks to an undocumented Adobe change.)
  • Fixed à export issues with AE and the QuickTime encoder
  • Improved à DeBayer noise filter for CineForm RAW (Prospect 2K only)

August 28: v3.1.0 (Build 137)

  • Added à CineForm QuickTime Mac Codec
  • Improved à Multi-cam editing performance under Premiere Pro CS3
  • Improved à AE CS3 importer now works without having to remove any AE components
  • Improved à AE memory handling when rendering very large CineForm 444 frames.
  • Added à Alpha channel decoding support within Premiere Pro & AE – CineForm 4:4:4:4.
  • Fixed à distorted audio exports from After Effects.
  • Fixed à user control for changing timecode within Premiere Pro CS3.
  • Fixed à scaling of HD for SD BMP exports now works
  • Fixed à conversion of JVC 24p sources in HDLink (broken in 3.0.3)
  • Fixed à quality level controls for HDLink when capturing from HMDI cards – every setting was one lower than it should have been, and Low was undefined.
  • Fixed à XDCAM-HD conversion issue for non-English installs of Windows.
  • Fixed à Windows Media Player under Vista was displaying weird colors (recommended: don’t use WMP as it is very slow)
  • Added à Holding the Ctrl key at the start of playback (PPro) will force playback on non-real-time elements (optimized for CS3).   Enabling Scroll Lock will make this the default behavior with the Ctrl key acting as a toggle.

August 2: v3.0.5 (Build 135)

  • Added à HDLink now converts JVC TOD files to CineForm AVIs
  • Added à HDLink file selector now defaults to all convertible media rather than just MPEG media
  • Fix à Alpha channel and frame blended export - a low-end memory condition is now handled better
  • Fix (Vista) à COM Surrogate errors eliminated when using thumbnail view in Windows Explorer
  • Fix (Vista) à Some system would fail to playback if the timeline was shortened

July 26: v3.0.4 (Build 134)

  • Added à XDCAM–HD conversion support within HDLink
  • Added à support for maximum bit depth within Premiere’s exporters.
  • Added à Beta support for alpha channel encoding and decoding within AE and VFW.
  • Fixed à HD-SDI export to tape, which would sometimes fail.
  • Fixed à real-time playback of titles and color bars in non-square pixel projects under Premiere Pro CS3 – they would play with the wrong pixel aspect.
  • Fixed à reading CineForm 444 files within Premiere/AE CineForm importers that where created with Video for Windows.
  • Fixed à export to CineForm 444 within AE for 8-bit mode. 16-bit and 32-bit modes were fine.
  • Updated à Restored YUY2 support within the Video for Windows codec.
  • Fixed à decoding error on the right handle edge some footage, only impact 12-bit 444 footage.
  • Fixed à Premiere Pro memory leak on exports that would eventually crash.
  • Fixed à threading problem when rendering out 3D LUT enabled clips on 8 CPU/core systems (CineForm RAW)
  • Improved à 3D LUT clips now scrub and render much faster (CineForm RAW)
  • Modified à Prospect 2K now defaults to 4:2:2 for renders, and only outputs 4:4:4 upon request within the “Compile Settings…” when using “CineForm HD Export”.
  • Fixed à MOV rewrapping to AVI within HDLink for files greater than 4GB.
  • Fixed à HDlink upscale from assuming SD sources are interlaced
  • Fixed à Gamma support when rewrapping CineForm files from AVI to MOV and vice-versa
June 15: v3.0.2 (Build 131)
  • CS3 Compatibility à  Scopes support upgraded to support Premiere Pro CS3
  • Fixed à HD-SDI operation when using SD timelines
  • Fixed à rare encoder failure that occasionally happened with a lot of encoding including HDV capture
  • Fixed à CineForm MOVs now import properly with real-time performance in Premiere Pro
  • Improved à rewrapping of AVI to MOV files from older Prospect HD installations is now much faster
  • Fixed à when capturing HDV source to CineForm MOV files with scene detection ON, AVIs are no longer created for for the second and third clips
June 1: v3.0.1 (Build 130)
  • Fixed à installs properly into Premiere Pro CS3 correctly to match an Adobe change
  • Improved à Installation now includes all versions of Premiere Pro found on the system
  • Improved à Premiere’s handling of 32-bit float exports, now with lower memory footprint
  • Improved à Encoders are now listed as supported in more third party tools under “Video Compressors"
  • Added à New metadata handling in preparation for future features (keep your eye on this one - we'll disclose more later....)
  • Improved à Many other minor enhancements

May 18: v3.0.1 (Build 129) Currently posted for both Prospect 2K and HD.

  • Fixed à File re-wrapping from MOV to AVI would occasionally assign an incorrect frame rate
  • Fixed à HDLink would sometimes stop early during conversions of large files
  • Improved à Support for consumer HD cameras like the JVC HD Everio GZ-HD7
  • Added à Control to disable the HDSDI/HMDI capture window within HDLink (it would previously always be visible)
  • Improved à Vista support (we still consider this BETA until we declare otherwise, so give us feedback if you find issues)

May 2: v3.0.1 (Build 128) Currently posted for both Prospect 2K and HD.

  • Fixed à Bug when importing AVIs with 8-channel audio
  • Improved à After Effects importer bug fix when loading or saving older projects
  • Fixed à CineForm QuickTime Importer which was conflicting with Premiere for other QT media.
  • Added à Support for differing Bayer pattern data organization for pending support of additional RAW cameras (P2K only)
  • Fixed à Analog audio capture with the AJA Xena LHe
  • Fixed à NTSC SD capture within HDlink
  • Improved à MOV to AVI re-wrapping

 

Prospect HD v2 Update Log

For reference only.  Prospect HD customers prior to May 1, 2007 MUST upgrade to Prospect HD v3.  New Prospect HD customers on May1, 2007 or later will use Prospect HD v3 updates.

March 2: v2.3.3 (Build 113)

  • Fixed à Bug when importing AVIs with 8-channel audio
  • Fixed à AE Xena output driver wasn't installed
  • Fixed à frame export from CineForm RAW now uses the specified render demosaic algorithm
  • Fixed à AE Input/Output module wouldn’t start on some systems
  • Improved à Higher quality decodes for CineForm RAW and slightly faster encoders (up to 10%.)

February 20: v2.3.2 (Build 112)

  • Added à CineForm RAW decoding within After Effects now supports 3D LUT look data.
  • Improved à All After Effects 32-bit float operations are now decoded as linear data (as required by Adobe).  If you were previously using 32-bit float with AE, you my need to apply a 2.2 display gamma to restore your images.
  • Improved à Faster scaling for 1920 to 1440 for HDMI captures.
  • Fixed à Bug in QuickTime export that caused the first frame to be duplicated.
  • Fixed à Bug conforming new audio imported or captured into Premiere.  All existing media is fine, just the audio conform data needs to be removed.

February 8: v2.3.0 (Build 110)

  • Added à Support for real-time acquisition from HDMI sources using the Blackmagic Intensity card. This enables high-quality 10-bit 4:2:2 capture directly into CineForm Intermediate files at a horizontal resolution up to 1920x1080 using cameras such as the HVR-V1. Read more....
  • Added à Enhance pulldown removal for the Sony HVR-V1 24p mode supporting files from both tape and the HVR-DR60 disk recorder.
  • Added à HDLink can now select folders for batch conversion.  This is particularly useful for converting files from Sony’s HVR-DR60 disk recorder
  • Added à After Effects exporter now supports arbitrary resolutions (any height up to 1920, widths divisible by 16 up 1920) 
  • Added à Various internal VfW enhancements, including performance enhancements particularly for Vegas 7.0c users
  • Added à Warning message within Premiere notifying users when mixed 23.976 and 24.0 content is added to a project timeline
  • Fixed à handling of large MXF files (>3GB)  which previously could truncate during conversion
  • Fixed à Deinterlacer for the 8-bit modes (it would previously only be active with the scaling on)
  • Fixed à Decoder selection - some clips used an older (incorrect) decoder.
  • Improved à More codec enhancement
  • Improved à Other small fixes....                     

December 1 '2006: v2.28 (Build 101)
 

  • Added à CineForm AVI exports from Premiere Pro now use our N-way threaded encoder for faster performance
  • Added à HD-SDI capture (Prospect HD Ingest-Edit) now supports SD analog for the AJA OEM-LH and OEM-LHe
  • Added à CineForm RAW "Look" Installer tool
  • Improved à CineForm RAW files with look metadata now scrub, render and play correctly within Premiere Pro
  • Improved à Video for Window codec has improved it compatibility with third party tools.
  • Improved à CineForm AVI importer (Premiere Pro) now checks for corrupted header data, which previously could falsely report the presence of audio
  • Simplified à HD-SDI capture (Prospect HD Ingest-Edit) mode list

November 16 2006: v2.27 (Build 99)
 

  • Fixed à Video for Window saturation overflow for VSRGB modes
  • Fixed à crash that occurs on some graphics cards.
  • Fixed à small green shift in CineForm RAW preview playback.
  • Fixed à issues with scopes and non-RT filters.
  • Fixed à scopes edge view
  • Improved à Color Balance and Color Correction filters for floating-point color matching with non-floating point filters
  • BETA Feature à CFHD QuickTime support à import, export and RT playback.  Let's be clear: QuickTime support is in beta and remains work in progress. CineForm QuickTime files only work on Windows inside applications that support QuickTime.  See QuickTime readme after installation for additional details.

October 20 2006: v2.24 (Build 88):

 
  • Added