Isadora 3 Release Notes

[Woland]

Hello all,

The Release Notes for Isadora 3 are now live: https://support.troikatronix.com/support/solutions/articles/13000064496-isadora-3-release-notes

We apologize for the delay (Mark added a LOT of cool new things so there was a lot to cover! )

Best wishes,

The TroikaTronix Team

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Release Notes Update:

1. Added more information to the System Requirements section.
2. Included an important link to an article for Windows users on laptops.
3. Added a new section with information about when we will launch the TroikaTronix Digital Sponsorship Program.

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Updated List of Release Note Topics:

• The new pricing structure
• How to apply for the 50% academic discount
• The Isadora 3 System Requirements
• Important information for Windows users on laptops
• The new Isadora 3 Manual
• The TroikaTronix Digital Sponsorship Program
• The new TroikaTronix Plugin Page (User Actors/Macros, FFGL, GLSL, Themes, Patches, and more!)
• The new licensing system (with an online portal for easy license management!)
• The new licensing options (affordable rentals and subscriptions!)
• The new Stage Setup (use up to 16 displays, assign multiple displays per Stage, automatic edge-blending, and split displays in half, thirds, or quarters!)
• How to output content from any display or Stage via Syphon/Spout, Blackmagic device, or NDI!
• NDI OUTPUT!!!
• The new Blend Maker (quickly set up a blend using up to eight displays, with up to two Matrox or Datapath splitters, in any of 18 display configurations!)
• Numeric point editing in IzzyMap
• The threaded media engine and playback improvements
• The list of recommended video file formats for Mac and Windows 10
• The update of the entire codebase to 64-bit!
• BLIND MODE EDITING OF SCENES!!!
• New linking features to speed up your creation process!
• Major Movie Player actor overhaul (including MIDI TIMECODE SUPPORT, clicking to jump to a position, manual playhead adjustment, and play, pause, stop, and mute buttons for rehearsal!)
• MIDI TIMECODE SUPPORT!
• Updated versions of the FFGL and Artnet plugins (and how to install plugins like the TroikaTronix GLSL Shaders)
• Moving User Actors/Macros to Isadora 3
• TWO NEW ISADORA PLUGINS! (Get Stage Image and Value Changed)
• JAVASCRIPT ACTOR - CREATING CUSTOM NAMES FOR INPUTS/OUTPUTS
• Updates to the Live Drawing, Measure Color, and Shuffle actors
• Actors that have been renamed
• Legacy actors that have been removed
• Updating files to Isadora 3
• Updates to the main user interface
• NEW THEME EDITOR!!!
• Changes to Isadora Preferences (most notably, most of the settings for Stages moved to Output > Stage Setup)
• Updates to the Scene Select (Click-to-jump now enabled by default!) and Bin Picker Control (now bigger by default and supports 3D models!)
• Keyboard shortcut updates
• Updates to the menus (items added, renamed, and removed)
• The “Coming Soon” list (NDI input support, Body-Tracking plugins, 64-bit Rutt-Etra Plugin, native BlackTrax support, PJ Link plugin, H265.mkv support for Windows, example patches for GLSL Shaders, new video tutorials, and reworked advanced audio output/sound routing)

[CitizenJoe]

Holy crap, Lucas, that's a huge job! I learned lots!!

Cheers,

Hugh

[Woland]

@citizenjoe

I was just documenting it, Mark is the one who actually made all of those changes and improvements.

[jfg]

super

Thanks a lot

[RIL]

@woland Thanks a lot ! Huge work from all the Team. And several new things to lern !!

Best,

[Woland]

Release Notes Update:

1. Added more information to the System Requirements section.
2. Included an important link to an article for Windows users on laptops.
3. Added a new section with information about when we will launch the TroikaTronix Digital Sponsorship Program.

[Woland]

Bumping this because I added to the post.

Updated List of Release Note Topics:

• The new pricing structure
• How to apply for the 50% academic discount
• The Isadora 3 System Requirements
• Important information for Windows users on laptops
• The new Isadora 3 Manual
• The TroikaTronix Digital Sponsorship Program
• The new TroikaTronix Plugin Page (User Actors/Macros, FFGL, GLSL, Themes, Patches, and more!)
• The new licensing system (with an online portal for easy license management!)
• The new licensing options (affordable rentals and subscriptions!)
• The new Stage Setup (use up to 16 displays, assign multiple displays per Stage, automatic edge-blending, and split displays in half, thirds, or quarters!)
• How to output content from any display or Stage via Syphon/Spout, Blackmagic device, or NDI!
• NDI OUTPUT!!!
• The new Blend Maker (quickly set up a blend using up to eight displays, with up to two Matrox or Datapath splitters, in any of 18 display configurations!)
• Numeric point editing in IzzyMap
• The threaded media engine and playback improvements
• The list of recommended video file formats for Mac and Windows 10
• The update of the entire codebase to 64-bit!
• BLIND MODE EDITING OF SCENES!!!
• New linking features to speed up your creation process!
• Major Movie Player actor overhaul (including MIDI TIMECODE SUPPORT, clicking to jump to a position, manual playhead adjustment, and play, pause, stop, and mute buttons for rehearsal!)
• MIDI TIMECODE SUPPORT!
• Updated versions of the FFGL and Artnet plugins (and how to install plugins like the TroikaTronix GLSL Shaders)
• Moving User Actors/Macros to Isadora 3
• TWO NEW ISADORA PLUGINS! (Get Stage Image and Value Changed)
• JAVASCRIPT ACTOR - CREATING CUSTOM NAMES FOR INPUTS/OUTPUTS
• Updates to the Live Drawing, Measure Color, and Shuffle actors
• Actors that have been renamed
• Legacy actors that have been removed
• Updating files to Isadora 3
• Updates to the main user interface
• NEW THEME EDITOR!!!
• Changes to Isadora Preferences (most notably, most of the settings for Stages moved to Output > Stage Setup)
• Updates to the Scene Select (Click-to-jump now enabled by default!) and Bin Picker Control (now bigger by default and supports 3D models!)
• Keyboard shortcut updates
• Updates to the menus (items added, renamed, and removed)
• The “Coming Soon” list (NDI input support, Body-Tracking plugins, 64-bit Rutt-Etra Plugin, native BlackTrax support, PJ Link plugin, H265.mkv support for Windows, example patches for GLSL Shaders, new video tutorials, and reworked advanced audio output/sound routing)

[bonemap]

@woland

I have read and looked over the  release notes a few tones now. Congratulations on getting the notes together so thoroughly. I do notice a gap though, and that is changes to recording video to file. I for one would really appreciate an explanation of the changes and options currently    available in v3 concerning recording video files of active stages.

Best Wishes 

Russell