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Wayne Waag
June 3, 2019 at 2:59 amNew version 1.0.2.58 released with a new tool, added scripts, features, and bug fixes. Change log may be found here. https://tools4vegas.com/wp-content/uploads/HappyOtter-Change-Log.pdf
A new tool has been added–FrameFixer
Some of its features include:
o Optical scene detection optimized for both video and still frame sequences
o Bad frame detection including black frames, flash frames, and duplicate frames
o Bad frame replacement with interpolated frames using optical flow techniques
o Replacement of multiple adjacent bad frames
A demo of the new FrameTool may be found here. https://tools4vegas.com/frame-tool-demo/
The MediaFinder dialog has been changed so that included and excluded filters are always shown.
Comments are welcome.
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Wayne Waag
June 6, 2019 at 2:43 amNew version 1.0.2.59 released with added features, and bug fixes. Change log may be found here. https://tools4vegas.com/wp-content/uploads/HappyOtter-Change-Log.pdf
Only one new feature has been added. All dialogs are now scalable with a selection of three font sizes from the title bar. Additionally, the default font size may also be changed from inside the Theme Designer.
To download the new version, Launch Help and click on Check Now.
Comments are welcome.
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Wayne Waag
July 16, 2019 at 6:26 pmNew version 1.0.2.60 released with added features, and bug fixes. Change log may be found here. https://tools4vegas.com/wp-content/uploads/HappyOtter-Change-Log.pdf
The major change is the integration of the new DebugMode FrameServer build 3.0 into HOS. Other changes include:
o AudioTrim—added track render option plus options to bypass event gain, envelopes, and pan settings
o VideoSmartTrim—support for subclips added
o RenderEvents—added checks to insure that video exists in the selected tracks for region and project renders
To download the new version, Launch Help and click on Check Now.
Comments are welcome.
wwaag
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Wayne Waag
July 30, 2019 at 10:56 pmNew version 1.0.2.61 released with added features, and bug fixes. Change log may be found here. https://tools4vegas.com/wp-content/uploads/HappyOtter-Change-Log.pdf
New Features Include:
o ProxyAssist—added option to resize stills to proxy resolution in addition to video
o ImportAssist—added still images import option
- High quality crop/resize with choice of save formats
- Option to import small images (less than Project frame size) without timeline “zooming”
o AudioTrim—additional options for selecting which event and track Fx to keep including gain, pan, volume and track envelopes
To download the new version, Launch Help and click on Check Now.
Comments are welcome.
wwaag
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Wayne Waag
September 7, 2019 at 4:59 pmNew version 1.0.2.62 released with three new tools plus bug fixes. Change log may be found here. https://tools4vegas.com/wp-content/uploads/HappyOtter-Change-Log.pdf
New Tools Include:
o KwikPreview- Similar to RAM preview (Shift-B) except saved to disk with same choice of render quality options
- Choice of preview size with option for half frame rate rendering
- Choice of built-in or custom x264 templates from Render+ as well as lossless options
- External preview using MediaPlayerClassic with choice of shaders to simulate levels conversions
o MediaRenamer Extension
- Bulk rename of media files from the Project Media Window
- Renaming rules similar to those found in other external renaming apps
- Options to select media from media bins or timeline events plus an Undo option
o DeshakerRedux – a dedicated deshaker app with additional features not previously available
- Turbo option for Pass 1 motion analysis (roughly 2X for HD and 6X for UHD)
- GUI for creating masks to include/exclude areas to be analyzed during Pass 1 motion analysis
- Dedicated deshaker log files to support batch Pass 1 and/or Pass2 processing.
- Option to add head/tail time for events to eliminate “bobble” often seen in first few frames
- Select VirtualDub filters can now be directly added through advanced options dialog
- New crop-resizing GUI
To download the new version, Launch Help and click on Check Now.
I’ve also added the SHA-256 hash to the download window. For anyone concerned with malware warnings from Windows, you can go to VirusTotal, load the setup file and view the results of the latest scan.
Comments are welcome.
wwaag
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Wayne Waag
December 12, 2019 at 5:53 pmNew version 1.0.2.66 released. Change log may be found here. https://tools4vegas.com/wp-content/uploads/HappyOtter-Change-Log.pdf
New Features
o RenderPlus
-Use of Vegas render templates to create intermediate for 10bit Avisynth filtering and x264 renders
-Image sequence with alpha and choice of bit depth (including 16bit/channel) for png, tif, and dpx
-Gif Animation encoding
-Joined file from regions now CFR—support for playback and import to timeline addedo ImportAssist
-Enhanced MKV and MP4 import including choice of audio streams, chapters, and subtitles
-Gif animation importo GoToFile –single app that combines the previous GoToEvent and GoToMedia
o FileInfo—new tool that provides detailed media info for selected project media or timeline events
o Simplified Vegas Template Selection dialog for RenderPlus, RenderEvents, and ProxyAssist
o Quicker loading and simplified dialogs for RenderEvents and ProxyAssist
o AviDub – improved dialog logicBug Fixes
o Import Assist—import folder dialog not working for still images—fixed
o Audio Trim – erroneous error message after track renders—fixed
o RenderPlus—x264 render of interlaced footage crash—fixed
o AviDub—use of VFW direct renders not working–fixedComments are welcome
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Wayne Waag
February 8, 2020 at 6:17 amNew version 1.0.2.68 released. Change log may be found here. https://tools4vegas.com/wp-content/uploads/HappyOtter-Change-Log.pdf
New Tool
o FxAssist – simple tool to help user manage effects in VegasCreate and save sets of individual favorites and filter chains that can be applied to events, media, tracks, or output buses
Actions include adding, replacing, removing, enabling, bypassing and searching for individual Fx and filter chains
Insert at index allows user to add filter to an existing filter chain at a specific position
Easily select track and events for applying FxNew Features
o RenderPlus
Specific option added to include alpha channel during render
Added Apple Animation and Motion-PNG codecs for alpha channel support
Added support for Wave64 long program renders including use of FDK-AAC encodero RenderEvents – additional alpha channel rendering support
o Select Regions-option to render only selected regions added to Render+, RenderEvents, AudioTrim, AviDub, and DeshakerRedux. In Loop regions render option added to RenderEvents.
o AudioTrim – added By Tracks option which allows the loop region, regions or project to be rendered for selected tracks. Also enables choice of Fx to bypass/enable for such renders.
o ImportAssistAdded support for import of Webm media with alpha—can be imported into Vegas as lossless PNG’s or rendered to a lossless file
Added Apple Animation codec to import render optionsBug Fixes
o Deshaker-Redux
Non English filenames caused crash when using turbo option—fixed
Reworked dialog logic to ensure compatibility between main UI and Advanced Options UIo Setup—failed when registry entries from previous Vegas versions not removed—fixed
o AviDub–Virtualdub scripts with frame rate changes not working–fixed
o GPU Check—failed to show VCE encoding available with new render app–fixedwwaag
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Wayne Waag
February 18, 2020 at 6:14 pmNew version 1.0.2.69 released. Change log may be found here. https://tools4vegas.com/wp-content/uploads/HappyOtter-Change-Log.pdf
New Tool
o ExternalApps—launches external applications including those requiring a media file as an argument such as photo and audio editors. Launch ColorCop and VirtualDub are now included within this tool.New Features
o AudioTrim- Now shares the same saved Vegas audio templates as RenderPlus
- Added after render options to Open Folder, and Play Media
o FileInfo—added MediaInfo as the default file info tool
o FrameFixer- New frames now saved in a sub-folder of the media file folder
- Added FrameFixer media bin where new frames are added
o ImportAssist—added VirtualDub render templates for direct import of Webm files with alpha
o Preferences—provides for selected launch of either ThemeDesigner or ToolFileSetupBug Fixes
o ImportAssist-Folder import only worked for still images and not video files—fixed
o RenderPlus- Crash when opening EncoderSettings dialog—fixed
- Long program audio (>4gb) support using wave 64 and fdk-aac now working correctly
o GPU encoding check results only worked correctly in RenderPlus–now fixed in all tools
o Lots of minor bug fixes and update to help fileswwaag
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