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    Isadora 3 Release: No Later than May 31st

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    • mark
      mark last edited by mark

      Dear All,

      I hope this finds you well. This post is to make it official: we will release Isadora 3 no later than May 31st. The depth map camera plugins we've promised for Kinect 1 + 2, Orbec Astra, and Intel Realsense will be released two to four weeks later.

      For those of you who follow me on Facebook, and whom have seen my occasional rants, you know that this has been both a marathon and an odyssey for me. I've never worked so hard in my life, yet we are still far later than I would have hoped. I could go on and on about the specifics of why, but I'll save that for a "Mark's Blog" entry when there is more time to write it. (No rest for the wicked you know; we're not done yet.)

      I will say this much: the transition to 64 bit and updating the entire program to use the most up-to-date media playback systems (AVFoundation on MacOS, Windows Media Foundation on Windows) along with updating the user interface system code to the latest and greatest, took much longer than I thought. Putting the "media engine" into a totally separate "thread" that cannot be slowed down by the user interface was also fraught with peril. But these two time consuming features (which you can't even see immediately on the surface of the program!) were essential steps solidify Isadora's long term well-being into the future.

      Honestly, I probably would have released a buggy version too soon because I was so damn sick of working 15 hours a day.  But (thankfully) my incredible team of primary testers (@DusX  @Woland and @mc_monte) told me releasing was a "no go" until they felt confident we were going to give the community something truly strong, reliable and thoroughly tested. I am grateful for their tireless work and attention to all the little details. I also need to mention here TroikaTronix's company manager, Xenia Leydel, who kept things running smoothly even though we repeatedly delayed the release. Without her help and willingness to accept the chaos that is software development, we simply wouldn't have made it.

      At this writing, there are 15 known crashes and 45 failures (i.e., things that don't work as expected but don't crash.) Before we release the known crashes will be zero, and the failure list very small if not gone entirely. (Some of the latter are truly minor issues.)

      You'll also be seeing a face-lift to the front page of the website, and something else we're very excited about: a new area where you will be able to share and download User Actors, additional plugins (like the Depth Map plugins mentioned above), awesome patches and the like. Users have wanted this for ages. It's ready and we'll unveil it soon. (@Michel was the lead on this, and I am also grateful for his hard work preparing this incredibly useful tool for us all.)

      Finally, I'll just say that the past year of programming has meant I've barely been on the forum at all. I miss that.... I miss seeing what you are all doing, and the surprising works of art that you create with my now twenty-year old "daughter." Being able to be here with you more is something I look forward to once we put Isadora 3 out into the world.

      And now, back to fixing bugs. ;-)

      Warm Wishes,
      Mark

      Media Artist & Creator of Isadora
      Macintosh SE-30, 32 Mb RAM, MacOS 7.6, Dual Floppy Drives

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      • kdobbe
        kdobbe @mark last edited by

        Bravo you to Mark!  And the whole team.  We are all looking forward to creating with the fruits of your hard labor.  Thank you!

        Mac Studio M2-Ultra, MacBook Pro M1 Ultra. OSX-14.4.1

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        • D1gits
          D1gits Beta Tester last edited by

          Thanks a lot for all your effort, in creating this next Gen. tool for us! I'm so much looking forward to upgrade to Isadora 3.0 and all the new possibilities that comes with it! Keep up the good work. 

          All the best from Stockholm. Erik 

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          • RIL
            RIL last edited by

            Thank you Mark and the whole Team !! The wait is worth it

            Best,

            Red Isadora Latina | redisadoralatina.blogspot.com | redisadoralatina@gmail.com
            page facebook.com/Red-Isadora-Latina-1319037108171197/ | Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/315960249155308/
            MacBook Pro 2015 High Sierra. Isadora 3.2
            MacBook Pro M3 Pro Sonoma. Isadora 4.1

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            • bonemap
              bonemap Izzy Guru @mark last edited by

              @mark

              That is an amazing announcement! Let us keep the faith that from your world of software development pain bright, energetic and astonishing works of art emerge from the darkness into light.

              Best wishes

              Russell

              http://bonemap.com | Australia
              Izzy STD 4.2 | USB 3.6 | + Beta
              MBP 16” 2019 2.4 GHz Intel i9 64GB AMD Radeon Pro 5500 8 GB 4TB SSD | 14.5 Sonoma
              Mac Studio 2023 M2 Ultra 128GB | OSX 15.3 Sequoia
              A range of deployable older Macs

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              • goodboy
                goodboy last edited by

                Amazing work Mark and crew! Well worth the wait, bravo! 

                Joe

                Macbook Pro 2020 / 13' M1 chip / 16GB Memory / Big Sur

                MacBook Pro (2017) - Intel Core i7 - 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 - Radeon Pro 560 4 GB
                Intel HD Graphics 630 1536 MB

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                • Bill Cottman
                  Bill Cottman last edited by

                  🏋🏾‍♂️ excellent news! 

                  http://www.BillCottman.com : Isadora3.0.8f09 with MBP OS X 10.11.6 in Minneapolis, MN

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                  • Armando
                    Armando Beta Gold @mark last edited by

                    @mark We are with you my friend! Thanks a thousand times for the word you are providing. Isadora IS a work of art for me. And the love and work you put in are rewarded with people's attachement to izzy (and we all hope some prosperity for the team too. Thanks to all the testers and friends on the verge of this major release.

                    Cheers

                    Armando Menicacci
                    www.studiosit.ca
                    MacBook Pro 16-inch, 2021 Apple M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 4TB SSD, Mac OS Sonoma 14.4.1 (23E224)

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                      ppp586 last edited by

                      Hi,Mark

                      Thank you and the whole team for all effort.

                       I'm so much looking forward to upgrade to Isadora 3.0 and I will write a book about how to using Isadora 3  for my students.

                      Best.

                      Running in : Razer Laptop, GeForce RTX2060,6GB VRAM, 9th Gen intel Core i7-9750H 6 Cores,16G RAM, Windows 10 Home-1903Version || Kinect Xbox One-- Model 1520 || Isadora 3.07 USB key

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                      • jfg
                        jfg last edited by

                        Very good news. Thank for all the team working on it. I can't wait to work with the new version.

                        best

                        • Izzy 3.2.6
                        - MacBook Pro M1 Max 16" 64GB RAM, Mac OS 15.3.2 Sequoia
                        - Mac Pro 5.1 middle 2012 (3,33 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon, 32GB RAM, Radeon RX 580 8 GB ),
                        Mac OS 10.14.6 (Mojave)
                        - Mac mini Pro M4, Mac OS 15.3.2 Sequoia

                        • A range of deployable older Macs
                          Located in Bremen, Germany
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                          topherbb last edited by

                          Thank you to your incredible team!

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                            RenegadeBoy last edited by

                            Like everyone else, a big thank you to all involved for the effort that's being put in to release a well tested product. 

                            looking forward to hours of creativity 😎 

                            Izzy 3| Metabox Laptop 3.70GHz Intel i7-8700K CPU 64GB NVidia GeForce GTX 1080 8GB 2*2TB SSD | Windows 10

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                              ian Beta Platinum last edited by

                              toi, toi, toi

                              Ian Winters
                              2022 M1Max 64gb osx 13.x, 2020 ImacPro 12 core 32gb 13.x, 2018, Retina MBP 2.9ghz i7 / 16gb / Radeon Pro 560x 4gb / 13.x /
                              video and media design / ianwinters.com

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                              • postl
                                postl last edited by

                                Great news! Thank you for all the hard work. I look forward to experimenting with v3!

                                @POSTL ---> running: OSX 15.3 (Sequoia), MackBookPro18,2 (16-inch, 2021), Apple M1 Max, 64 GB ram | located in Ohio, USA.

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                                  IP_Trinity_Laban last edited by

                                  I love the new video on the front page! Good work! 

                                  Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance - AV Advisor
                                  London, UK
                                  Primary device: 13" 2019 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 MBP
                                  Secondary device: 14" 2021 M1 Pro MBP

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                                  • Salimelo
                                    Salimelo last edited by

                                    Looking forward... thank you for the effort 💐 

                                    MacBook Pro 13" 2015 ||| 2,7 GHz Intel Core i5 ||| 16 GB 1867 MHz DDR3 ||| 250GB SSD Hard Drive ||| Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536 MB

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