Build 540
After a few minor wrinkles were ironed out and tested, we are happy to push out our official MacOS 10.15 Catalina release. This build includes loads of optimisations and background work to provide a better foundation for new feature space.
Single Angle Export With Notes is likely the biggest new feature in this release for the composer and timeline. This export renders the clip notes and/or composer topics into a new movie. It is what we call a "what you see is what you get" feature, this means that whatever display options are turned on in the clip will be included in the exported movie. So, if you have one clip with a specific note type viewable and the next clip with a different note type viewable, the exported movie will reflect these perfectly.
This export comes with a new settings panel that can be accessed in the export menu in the composer and timeline toolbars. The options are saved as a preference, the options are:
- Include Notes - Includes the notes overlaid in the movie
- Include Composer Topics - Includes composer topics in the movie
- Open Movie - Opens movie in Quicktime Player when the export is complete
- 1280 x 720, 4 Mbit - Exports movie with a framesize of 1280x720 at 4 Mbits/sec
- 1920 x 1280, 6 Mbit - Exports movie with a framesize of 1920x1080 at 6 Mbits/sec
- 1920 x 1080, 3 Mbit HEVC - Exports movie with a framesize of 1920x1080 at 3 Mbits/sec using HEVC * For machines that support HEVC hardware
- Minimal conversion (faster) - Exports a movie based the movie characteristics found in the source movies, this export can result in a large sized movie file
- The directory that is selected will become the preferred location for the exported movie
MarkUp Shortcuts can be displayed on a button by ticking the show checkbox next to the shortcut.
Merge Clip option added to clip button type. When this option is selected, clips that have negative Time Down time that overlaps a previous clip, the clip will be merged with the previous overlapping clip. This feature goes out to our friends at QPR. I think we got two features Bartek requested in this build!
When merging native Angles timelines, identical qualifiers and notes will no longer be duplicated. Thanks to Max at CA Brive for pointing this out!
Hold down Command key to accelerate the angle offset adjustments in the movie collection. Thanks to Ackers at Insight Analysis for suggesting this one.
Compact Rows and Show Table options added to the Export Qualifier CSV Table save panel.
Hide Or Show Rows in the timeline is a global switch and is persistent. Be aware when this is set, no rows may appear depending on the filter.
Angles folder locations are tracked as they are moved in the file system. However, do not move the folders while Angles is running! This can result in corrupted data.
When the camera or microphone macOS security preferences do not allow access, the capture collection indicates the problem with a banned graphic over a camera. This can be clicked on to take you to the security preferences. We call this our "Mikey Said NO" feature, appreciate Sheffield United for their patience while we tried to solve why the hell the capture would not show the signal.
When notes are pasted in the clip from apps like Pages or Word, the font color will be pasted to best match background. For example, if the note background color is black, the text will be white even though the font color was black when it was copied. This was added to help our friends at Leeds United. Thanks for the suggestion Willy!
Quick Zoom keyboard shortcut added to quickly zoom in and out the timeline or composer. Pressing Control Z will toggle between two zoom views, zoomed in and out. To set the Zoomed In view, zoom the timeline or composer in to a point that show the clips in closer detail, then right click on the Zoom In button in the toolbar and select "Remember Zoom". Set the Zoomed Out view to show more clips, then right click on the Zoom Out button in the toolbar and select "Remember Zoom". Pressing Control Z will now toggle between the two settings for all timelines and composers.
Stats Perform XML import merges overlapping clips by default. To override this and allow clips to overlap, drop the XML file onto the timeline while holding down Option. A new feature called Oscillate Clip Colors was added that alternates clip colors for overlappling clips, this helps in identifying where clips overlap. There are occassions where not merging is desirable, especially when using the matrix exports.
BUG FIX: When a new movie + timeline was created and both files were named, the movie collection would be cleaned up automatically if no movie was dropped into it. This was problematic when creating archives. The empty named collection is now saved.
New archive icon in timeline toolbar.
Added new routines for merging clips to support clip notes.