Mocha® Pro V5.0.0 Release Note
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mocha® Pro v5.0.0 Release Note Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................ 1 New Features Guide ................................................................................................. 2 GPU Tracking .................................................................................................... 2 Redesigned Insert Module ................................................................................. 3 Copy and Pasting Contours ............................................................................... 3 New Import: Silhouette Projects ........................................................................ 3 New Export: Silhouette Shapes ......................................................................... 3 New Export: Fusion Shapes .............................................................................. 3 Improved Export for Adobe After Effects Shapes .............................................. 3 Vastly Improved Python API .............................................................................. 4 Built-in Python Script Editor ............................................................................... 4 Command Line Render Tools ............................................................................ 4 Manual Cache Clearing Tools ........................................................................... 4 Marquee or Lasso Selection .............................................................................. 4 New Licensing Method ...................................................................................... 5 Fixed Issues Since 4.1.3 ........................................................................................... 5 Known Issues .......................................................................................................... 16 Hardware Requirements ......................................................................................... 69 Recommended Hardware ................................................................................ 69 Minimal Requirements ..................................................................................... 69 Software Requirements ........................................................................................... 69 Operating System ............................................................................................ 69 Compatible Third-Party Software ............................................................................ 70 Installation ............................................................................................................... 72 Windows ........................................................................................................... 72 OS X ................................................................................................................ 73 Linux ................................................................................................................. 73 Introduction These release notes accompany mocha Pro 5.0.0. Documentation is available inside mocha Pro 5.0.0 by pressing the F1 key. 1 mocha® Pro v5.0.0 Release Note New Features Guide This release contains many new features, including: • GPU-Enhanced Tracking • Redesigned Insert Module • Copy and Pasting Contours • New Import: Silhouette Projects • New Export: Silhouette Shapes • New export: Fusion Shapes • Improved Export for Adobe After Effects shapes • Vastly Improved Python API (see Python guide for more details) • Built-in Python script editor • Command line tools to render and export files (See Python guide for more details) • Manual Cache Clearing Tools • Option to Choose Marquee or Lasso for Selection. • New Licensing Method GPU Tracking You can now use the GPU to speed up tracking. GPU tracking requires OpenCL 1.2. Graphics cards manufactured since around 2012 will support this but might require an updated driver from the manufacturer. There are known problems with the NVIDIA graphics driver included in all current versions of Mac OS X. To use an NVIDIA GPU on Mac, please install the updated driver available via the NVIDIA website. To turn on GPU tracking: 1. Go to mocha preferences 2. Go to the GPU page 3. Turn on "Track using GPU" 2 mocha® Pro v5.0.0 Release Note 4. Choose your appropriate GPU device or leave it as "Automatic" 5. Restart mocha GPU tracking currently does not support clips modified by the Lens module or interlaced footage. In these cases, mocha will automatically switch back to CPU tracking. Redesigned Insert Module We have refined and added to the original Insert module to make it easier to use: • Now foreground masks can be selected individually or all at once to mask out your insert • Removed redundant features such as Background alpha clips • Restructured subtabs to make it easier to focus on which items you need for a particular task. Copy and Pasting Contours You can now select any layer or contour within a layer and copy it, then paste it to its own layer or to an existing layer. This works across projects as well. New Import: Silhouette Projects You can now import Silhouette project files. New Export: Silhouette Shapes You can now export layers to Silhouette fxs format. New Export: Fusion Shapes You can now export layers to Fusion shapes. These can be pasted directly into Fusion from mocha via the clipboard. Improved Export for Adobe After Effects Shapes Shapes for After Effects now paste directly from the playhead, like tracking data does. 3 mocha® Pro v5.0.0 Release Note This removes the frame padding that existed in the original the shape data so it is easier to control the position in time that you paste to. Vastly Improved Python API We have added a huge range of new features to the Python API, including: • Write custom importers and exporters • Read and write custom image formats • Tool creation to read mouse events • OpenGL handling to allow drawing on the canvas See the Python guide and new reference for more details. Built-in Python Script Editor To perform quick batch actions or test larger tool ideas, we’ve added a basic Python script editor. This allows you to load, run and save scripts. Note that this is not meant to replace a fully functional IDE. Command Line Render Tools You can now render and export project file data directly from the command line, making it easier to perform batch render tasks and get back to work in the mocha GUI. See the Python guide for more details. Manual Cache Clearing Tools New cache management tools are now available from the File menu. You can clear either local project files or the global cache directory. Marquee or Lasso Selection The selection (Arrow) tool now lets you choose between the usual marquee box or a lasso selection, making it easier to select more complex shapes. 4 mocha® Pro v5.0.0 Release Note New Licensing Method This edition also introduces a new licensing format to help make activation and deactivation easier for your licenses. To license the mocha Pro Standalone: 1. Click on Activate in the Welcome Screen or Licensing from the Help menu 2. Enter your details into the Registration dialog 3. Paste or enter your serial number 4. Click Next. 5. Click Activate. 6. mocha will then exit to reset the license state. Start mocha again to see the licensed product. Fixed Issues Since 4.1.3 Issue: DE4581 Drift Compensation often doesn’t run the first time a layer is tracked Platform: All Platforms Bug Description: Tracking correction was sometimes missed on the first run of a layer track. Issue: DE4509 mocha python method track_layers() does not track backwards Platform: All Platforms Bug Description: You can now track backwards by entering frame ranges in track_layers() Issue: DE4494 Wrong Film Type chosen when creating a project with 960 by 540 footage Platform: All Platforms Bug Description: Mocha doesn’t auto-choose a PAR of 1.0 when using a resolution of 960x540 5 mocha® Pro v5.0.0 Release Note Issue: DE4461 Mattes are not invalidated when tracking keyframes are deleted Platform: All Platforms Bug Description: Layer mattes are now always recreated when modifying layers Issue: DE4452 Cleanplate clips cannot be relinked Platform: All Platforms Bug Description: You can now correctly relink clean plates Issue: DE4451 Parameters panel takes up too much vertical screen space Platform: All Platforms Bug Description: We have reduced the size of the parameters panel so there is more vertical space. Issue: DE4375 Crash when autosave read-only projects in LE mode Platform: All Platforms Bug Description: A read-only project will no longer mocha if in LE mode. Issue: DE4281 Severe pan/zoom lag on some systems Platform: All platforms Bug Description: Pan and Zoom shortcut toggles are no longer slow. Issue: DE4106 When viewing a Layer Matte Clip, the user cannot edit contours Platform: All platforms Bug Description: You could not edit the spline when viewing a layer’s matte clip. Issue: DE4027 Sometimes changing PAR doesn’t cause recalculation of tracking data Platform: All Platforms Bug Description: You can now adjust PAR and have tracking data recalculate correctly. 6 mocha® Pro v5.0.0 Release Note Issue: DE4022 Export to BCC centrepoint is missing headers Platform: All platforms Bug Description: BCC Centrepoint export now exports with correct headers. Issue: DE3992 Exporting camera solve for moving object doesn’t export nulls Platform: All Platforms Bug Description: You can now correctly export moving