CORTEX v4.1.1 Release Notes

VERSION 4.1.1 b13164

Is now available. Click here to visit the download page

FEATURES

  • COLOR: Add Nits scale to waveform monitor
  • COLOR: Add new still store bin to show color corrections from imported CDL events
  • GENERAL: Update R3D SDK to 6.3.0
  • GENERAL: Update Mainconcept SDK to 10.5
  • GENERAL: Able to import AAF to create clips
  • GENERAL: Add ability to export a XML file indicating each reel events source file name and deliverable file name
  • EDIT: Add ability to parse BDN subtitle format and render PNG subtitles
  • EDIT: Add ability to burn in subtitles
  • RENDER: Add ability to render DNx OP-1a files
  • RENDER: Add ability to do a ProRes insert edit
  • RENDER: Add ability to render only composition differences for file per frame formats
  • RENDER: Add ability to render “same as source” deliverable of a composition

IMPROVEMENTS

  • COLOR: Shift-Quote now toggles between the thumbnails of imported stills and those of imported CDL events
  • COLOR: When importing CDL events, any available Tape or Camera Roll metadata in the CDL file is used to map CDL corrections to existing clips
  • COLOR: When importing a CDL, any events that have a conflict (e.g. more than one event matches an existing clip) are highlighted in yellow
  • COLOR: When importing a CDL, the event list can be sorted by clicking on the column headers
  • COLOR: Still store context menu now contains options for sorting the currently visible thumbnails
  • COLOR: Color tool memories can now be saved or recalled when working in a composition
  • EDIT: Add a complete list of languages to IMF audio configs
  • EDIT: Dolby Vision metadata export now allows the user to set the color encoding parameters
  • EDIT: Add ability to set subtitle track name for IMF render
  • EDIT: Add ability to set comments on a composition
  • GENERAL: Improved playback speed for J2K and rendering with multiple GPUs
  • GENERAL: Improved playback speed of TIFF files
  • GENERAL: Warn user if they attempt to close a reel with no deliverables
  • GENERAL: New installations will now default the Sqlite database folder to C:\Users\Public\MTI Film
  • GENERAL: Display selected clip and event index at the bottom of the loaded job
  • GENERAL: Limit wav files to 16 channels and display message indicating the issue
  • QA: Add option to control the size of the dead pixel repair
  • RENDER: Add a warning message if the user tries to re-render a composition in the render tool that has changes
  • RENDER: Add option to change the pixel aspect ratio for ProRes deliverables
  • RENDER: Replaced rec709_to_P3DCITheater with a 3D LUT to include the rec709 black knee
  • RENDER: Add burns for Total Frame Count and Clip Duration
  • RENDER: Add 25i as a frame rate

BUG FIXES

  • COLOR: Fixed highlighting of the memory buttons in the color tool
  • COPY: Archive jobs now properly indicate the size of the clips in the job
  • EDIT: Supplemental IMFs should be sorted underneath their master properly
  • EDIT: Fix issue where cursor would not update properly when playing a composition in Full Screen mode
  • EDIT: Fix issues editing/deleting audio config in an imported IMF
  • EDIT: Audio effects and comments should be moved/trimmed when corresponding composition events are moved/trimmed
  • GENERAL: Fix issue getting color encoding metadata from v2.0.4 dolby vision files during export
  • GENERAL: Fix issues playing back Sony XAVC-L files
  • GENERAL: Fix issue with extraction settings not always being set during EDL import
  • GENERAL: Fix issue decoding 4472x3112 ProRes file
  • GENERAL: Fix sluggishness updating Sony XOCN decode settings
  • RENDER: Fix crash when trying calculate max fall/cll during render with more than one GPU
  • RENDER: Fix sizing issue when rendering ProRes 3.2K clips

VERSION 4.1.1 b13180

Is now available. Click here to visit the download page

IMPROVEMENTS

  • EDIT: Add warning message when trying to save IMF audio config and a track has no events
  • GENERAL: Improve TIFF playback speed from SAN hardware

BUG FIXES

  • EDIT: Fix issue saving audio config where tracks are remapped to different locations than the ScratchPad
  • GENERAL: Fix J2K licensing issue
  • RENDER: Fix crash attempting to do a “Same as Source” render for QuickTime file with no embedded audio

VERSION 4.1.1 b13327

Is now available. Click here to visit the download page

IMPROVEMENTS

  • GENERAL: When resampling audio, remove original audio from clip
  • GENERAL: Add TIFF to list of types we can update automatically in the Edit Timecode dialog
  • RENDER: EXR and TIFF file writing speed has been further improved
  • RENDER: When creating supplemental IMF make sure video MXF properties match the ones set in the master

BUG FIXES

  • GENERAL: Fix issue reading 59.94 DF timecode from ProRes Amira files
  • RENDER: Fix issue doing Samsung upres on EXR clips with multiple layers

VERSION 4.1.1 b14480

Is now available. Click here to visit the download page

BUG FIXES

  • GENERAL: Fix issue opening Cortex after database has been updated to v5