What's new in FacadeSignage 2021.1.4.1
Oct 12, 2021
- Fixes:
- Up to F12 key to call sets/cues
- Fix for AMD Radeon cards showing black textures
- Recompiled with flags to avoid false virus alert
New in FacadeSignage 2021.1.4.0 (Sep 3, 2021)
- Fixes:
- Up to F12 key to call sets/cues
- Fix for AMD Radeon cards showing black textures
New in FacadeSignage 2021.1.2.0 (Jun 10, 2021)
- Standard license supports 4K resolutions (4096x2160)
- Added VSync startup option
- Added support for HAP codec (K-Lite codec pack)
- Added config parameter to suppress thumbnail retrieval (ThumbnailRetrievalEnabled)
- Updated K-Lite and various libraries
New in FacadeSignage 2020.1.0.0 (Jan 23, 2020)
- Updates:
- Added ChromaKey effect with user defined key color
- Updated Mesh warping to allow easy selection/deselection of multiple points
- Fixes:
- Fixed UI problems in Windows 7 when opening Surface Options window
New in FacadeSignage 2019.1.0.0 (Oct 9, 2019)
- Updated libraries and dependencies for improved Windows 10 compatibility
- Performance improvements
New in FacadeSignage 2018.3.1.0 (Oct 7, 2018)
- Slow UI performance in Playlist resource dialog
New in FacadeSignage 2018.2.2.0 (Jun 23, 2018)
- Minor fixes on UI (confirmation dialogs sometimes won't open)
- Project list didn't refresh properly after project delete or remove
New in FacadeSignage 2018.2.1.0 (Jun 20, 2018)
- Updated Window and PowerPoint grabbers for stability and performance
- Decklink grabber resource now allows choice of source video modes (auto is default)
- New Tutorials Window with dynamic content from website
New in FacadeSignage 2018.1.0.0 (Apr 10, 2018)
- Updates:
- New versioning, every version will be marked with the year of release and the incremental changes/fixes
- Fixes:
- UI performance has been improved for Surfaces lists
- Refresh of thumbnails is not forced anymore at project start, faster loading times
- Region thumbnails didn't work if region was outside frame bounds
- Media resources panel lost the current selection
- More robustness for player connection
New in FacadeSignage 1.10.2.3 (Mar 7, 2018)
- Fixes:
- Region Tool manual edit for coordinates and size was not working
- Slideshow would not loop after last slide
- Spout was failing in 32bit builds
New in FacadeSignage 1.9.16.2 (Aug 29, 2017)
- IMPORTANT UPDATE: Fixed major memory leaked introduced in last version
New in FacadeSignage 1.9.16.1 (Aug 22, 2017)
- Updates:
- NEW Edge Blending filter on any surface and edge with gamma and luminance
- NEW Irregular poligonal regions for artistic videowalls installations
- NEW Video export now supports audio and different MP4, AVI and MOV profiles
- Added API calls for surfaces and resources
- Upgraded shader model for higher performance and faster load times
- Added option to check for updates at startup
- Fixes:
- Audio fade was not working with Cue Timeline
- Reported screen size is now always pixel perfect
- Restart Resources option could fail in some cases
- Client connection could fail
- Many compatibility and performance fixes
New in FacadeSignage 1.9.13.2 (Apr 20, 2017)
- Released on 24/03/2017
- Updates:
- Added Tutorials window
- Added PlayCue action in MIDI
- Thumbnail transfer optimized for local player
- Installer will configure firewall for any protocol
- Fixes:
- Audio only resources in Playlists were muted
- Flipping a resource with region discarded the source region
- More robustness in asynchronous operations, less UI stalls
- Fixed problems with hardware keys
- Update dialog rewritten
New in FacadeSignage 1.9.9.19 (Apr 20, 2017)
- Released on 19/01/2017
- Updates:
- Added choice for recording FPS in AVI movie creation
- Removed VC++ runtime dependency control in panel
- Fixes:
- Fixed project import problem accross different volumes
New in FacadeSignage 1.9.9.16 (Apr 20, 2017)
- Released on 14/12/2016
- Updates:
- MAJOR Update in Cue handling and timeline
- Cue playout can be scrubbed through time slider
- Cue timeline options, each surface can define starting resource time and fading
- Custom Cue durations and redesign of conditions and actions
- Added new ShowControl panel
- Added new MultiPlayer Cue panel
- Redesigned Project Export panel
- Added BlackMagic Decklink native grabber
- Fixes:
- Undo/Redo actions are now reliable
- Faster connections in local and remote cases
- Flash32 installer has been removed for obsolescence
- Panel is now built with AnyCPU to favour 64bit machines
New in FacadeSignage 1.9.8.3 (Sep 26, 2016)
- Removed temporarily Media Foundation grabber for instability on some Windows editions
New in FacadeSignage 1.9.8.2 (Sep 9, 2016)
- Updates:
- MAJOR CHANGE Lite version now supports 1920x1080 resolution
- TRIAL nag screen time is less annoying the first days of trial
- NEW Swedish language support
- Engine update to 2015 runtimes
- K-Lite codec pack updated to 1125
- New API and RPC library (breaking change) for HTTP / OSC receivers
- Added single-string OSC commands
- Fixes:
- Information panel on player in EDIT mode is hidden when dragging surfaces and vertices
- Handled crash cases when using Media Foundation video resources
- Cue EndResource condition works even if resource is looped
- Fixed some bugs related to remote player connection
- Remote hostname not saved in panel configuration
- Slideshow doesn't properly handle Cues with different masks
- Wrong screen resolution is reported if DPI is not 100%
New in FacadeSignage 1.9.6.5 (Jun 6, 2016)
- Updates:
- NEW Many PRO features are coming to the Standard version
- NEW Application Grabbing, Epiphan native support are now Standard
- NEW Added Media Foundation resources in the Video Input section
- NEW MIDI Panel with routing and commands
- DirectShow devices can now choose different input resolutions
- Resources are now ordered by name in Media Resources tab
- Added global Volume in faders, can be linked to opacity faders
- Fixes:
- Volume is now working in WebResource too
- Handled some Out of Memory exceptions in x86 builds
- Fixed lost bindings in Region Tools between rectangle and textboxes
- Playlist did not honor global audio mute
- PowerPoint resource didn't work if file had spaces in filename
- Remote connection could have some problems
- Web Resources now are paused when switching Cues
New in FacadeSignage 1.9.5.7 (Feb 9, 2016)
- Fixes:
- Important memory leak in the UI caused crashes with many surfaces
New in FacadeSignage 1.9.5.5 (Jan 19, 2016)
- Updates:
- Added media thumbnail picker directly in Region Tool
- Region image visualization in listbox
- More robust WCF connection between player and panel
- Updated some libraries and packages
- Fixes:
- Finer handling of errors related to DirectX9, shaders and codecs
- On Windows 7 text was white and difficult to read, now is black
- Resources were not correctly paused/started in some transition cases
- Shared surface options were not always updated in the dialogs
- Region number was incorrectly numbered starting from zero
- Thumbnail on last video frame caused an error sometimes
New in FacadeSignage 1.9.4.5 (Dec 16, 2015)
- Updates:
- AlwaysOn option in resources to keep them running (disables pause)
- Fixes:
- In multi-monitor setups sometimes surfaces could get offscreen
- Keyboard shift/ctrl modifiers could be wrong in some cases
- Fixed cases of trial activation error
New in FacadeSignage 1.9.4.1 (Nov 26, 2015)
- Updates:
- NEW PlayList resource for images and movies
- NEW APIs to remote playlists and resources
- Effects now have all parameters in Surface options dialog
- Ready Resources option for smoother media transitions
- Compatibility option to solve issues with YUY2 textures on some hardware
- Audio mute/unmute button
- Media operation now asynchronous by default for greater reliability
- Improved Window Grabber for faster FPS and less CPU
- Fixes:
- Fixed masks could be distorted when using regions
- Fixed Help window not being shown
- Fixed Fn keys not working to call cues and sets from player window
- Fixed regions resetted in cue after region modify
- Fixed window displacement when DPI>100%
- Fixed audio starting high
New in FacadeSignage 1.9.3.7 (Oct 19, 2015)
- Updates:
- NEW Translated in 7 languages
- NEW Updated Crop and Region tool
- NEW Output to VideoClip (AVI)
- NEW Live Faders window
- NEW Desktop Duplication grabber resource
- NEW PowerPoint live resource (experimental)
- Support for Subscription licenses
- Updated Window grabber resource
- Maximum image size set per-image
- Fixes:
- Fixed non working automation commands for playSet / playCue
- Fixed session timeout with HardwareKey
- Fixed movie would play when added in global pause
- Fixed crash using remote preview window
- Fixed wrong indexes when moving Cues
- Fixed deleted resources remained active
- Fixed wrong regions when image size is limited
- Fixed audio heard also when muted in Cue transitions
- Fixed loops non working for audio resources
- Fixed Cue timer wrapping
- Updated installer for Windows 10
New in FacadeSignage 1.9.1.3 (Apr 23, 2015)
- Fixes:
- HOTFIX: Control panel would not recognize license type
New in FacadeSignage 1.9.1.2 (Apr 20, 2015)
- Updates:
- NEW Audio Resources playing in sync with videos
- NEW Virtual Screen to design for multi-monitor projects on a single screen
- NEW Alpha channel videos, supported with uncompressed formats
- NEW Loop in/out points for videos for each Cue
- SlideShow Resource update with auto-region fit and random order
- Clone and Delete Project
- Clone Resource
- Audio volume
- Quicker switches to/from live, edit and xray modes
- Quicker UI updates
- Fixes:
- PNGs now always use alpha channels also with masks
- Added support for non-standard jpeg extensions
- Fixed not being able to play Sets when starting with None
- Fixed visual cues not consistent
- Fixed black Cue not pausing resources
- Fixed Spout resource not pausing
- Fixed not being able to switch to live mode with ESC
- Fixed Slideshow non applying properties
- Quicker live Opacity on surfaces
New in FacadeSignage 1.9.0.1 (Feb 3, 2015)
- Updates:
- NEW Project management with subfolders
- NEW Project export and import
- NEW Undo/Redo feature
- NEW Spout resource to grab any Spout-enabled sender (Standard Version)
- Better mask manager
- Redesigned and improved REMOTE player control
- WebGL optimizations in Web Resource
- "Solo" Surface to simplyfy direct manipulation
- Up to 90 Cues can be called from the QuickPlay panel
- Fixes:
- Solved file corruption happened on rare cases
- WMV hung the player when Set was rewinded
- Fixed problems with Color/Mask on Bezier/Mesh
- Fixed masks not functioning on regions
- Fixed errating drag of surfaces
New in FacadeSignage 1.8.6.2 (Sep 26, 2014)
- Updates:
- MAJOR optimization in video player, 80% of CPU time saved results in smoother video playback
- Multiple points can be selected while warping
- Updated Surface Properties dialog with Loop media option
- Added crash detection dialog
- Live preview now working at every screen DPI setting
- Fixes:
- Start time optimized for projects with many offline media
- Restart of Set was not always synchronous
- Saving the project to another filename did not update the path
New in FacadeSignage 1.8.5.17 (Aug 16, 2014)
- Updates:
- Added "Last Projects" listbox in the Dashboard
- Fixes:
- Fixed problem with paths for some Web resources
- Some panels remained disabled in Lite version
- Support function to send report could generate exceptions
New in FacadeSignage 1.8.5.16 (Aug 7, 2014)
- Fixes:
- Fixed dealocks in player connections
New in FacadeSignage 1.8.5.15 (Aug 5, 2014)
- Updates:
- Remote automation methods can be called to HTTP port 15000 on player machine
- Fixes:
- Connection to a remote player showed problems on some configuration
- Effects disabled if shader compilation fails
- More checks on Web resources not starting
New in FacadeSignage 1.8.5.14 (Jun 17, 2014)
- Updates:
- Improved process for Mask editing and external editor
- Fixes:
- Slideshow crashing with a lot of images, improved performance
- 8-bit masks and contents are automatically converted to 32-bit
New in FacadeSignage 1.8.5.12 (Jun 2, 2014)
- Updates:
- Improved player performance with mp4 files
- Fixes:
- Minor bugfixes
New in FacadeSignage 1.8.5.11 (May 29, 2014)
- New update system with package installer
- Fixes:
- Minor UI bugfixes
- 32bit version had some problems obtaining video thumbnails
New in FacadeSignage 1.8.5.9 (Apr 25, 2014)
- Updates:
- Enabled Set control with Play/Pause/Rewind
- Fixes:
- Slideshow was not advancing in some conditions
- Filenames with special characters are handled correctly
- Crossfades with same resources do not change opacity
New in FacadeSignage 1.8.5.7 (Apr 23, 2014)
New in FacadeSignage 1.8.5.6 (Apr 18, 2014)
- Release with a vast amount of changes and fixes
- WEB Resources added, new Chromium core for offrscreen web rendering
- SWF File resource
- SlideShow resources
- New realtime shader-based effects per surface
- New Resource creation panel and handling
- Surfaces can be locked
- Masks can be edited or replaced in place, more options for templates
- Start in Safe mode from the Panel
- Reset surfaces by aspect and position
- Added support tab with log collection
- DMX: multiple universes and surface banks
- Runtime libraries updated to .NET 4.5, VS2013, FFMpeg
- Help tab is now an individual window
- Remote auto-preview
- Change media works in remote
- Fixes:
- Time-limited licenses now fallback to trial when expired
- Flip resource now works for Mesh warp types
- Disabled auto-update without user confirmation when a new revision is found
- Remote screenshot does not pause rendering process anymore
- Player window-active time has been greatly reduced with progress message
New in FacadeSignage 1.8.4.6 (Dec 30, 2013)
- Updates:
- NEW Multiply blend factor
- TRIAL screen reduced during evaluation
- More information on failed Player start due to antivirus
- Fixes:
- Better handling of DirectShow devices
New in FacadeSignage 1.8.4.5 (Dec 3, 2013)
- Updates:
- Surface settings exposed in UI
- Media retains aspect when added with surface or reset
- Added upload Mask template from mask context menu
- Added GDI window grabbing alternative to DWM
- DMX Added automation for scale,rotate,vertices
- DMX Set added to Professional
- Fixes:
- Texture rendering with clamp to avoid edge artefacts
- Bug which caused all masks to reset on change
- Bug on increase/decrease mesh grid
- High DPI: texts on textures too big, preview disabled, player DPI aware
New in FacadeSignage 1.8.4.1 (Oct 26, 2013)
- Updates:
- Scale and Rotate Surfaces with SHIFT or CTRL + Mouse Wheel
- Change Media action to replace media file on existing resource
- Improved performance switching between Sets
- Notification color based on last message
- DMX: automated surface warp, blend, position, play state
- Fixes:
- Some UI interface objects and images were missing
- Updated to lastest XML libraries
New in FacadeSignage 1.8.3.5 (Oct 7, 2013)
- Updates:
- Surface Blending modes (Add,Subtract)
- Surface RGB Colors
- Surface quick viewfinder
- Surface settings, resource volume and mute, warp modes
- New notification panel with player messages and errors
- Copy/Paste of surfaces (CTRL+C CTRL+V)
- ArtNet / DMX Receiver for Surface properties, Set opacity fade
- Safe mode added to recover from broken resources (Window Grabbing)
- Fixes:
- Better handling of player critical issues
- Compatibility with other countries and Unicode paths
New in FacadeSignage 1.8.2.7 (Oct 7, 2013)
- Updates:
- Added Project new, load and save
- Quick action to add Surface and Media
- Fixes:
- Corrected uncaught exceptions
- Warning if rendering stalls
- Japanese/Chinese/Russian, and in general western language Windows system should now be able to start the player
New in FacadeSignage 1.8.1.6 (Jul 20, 2013)
- Updates:
- MAJOR UPDATE: Cues, Masks
- Interface improvements, optimization and restyling: QuickPlay
- Cue-based sets, with multiple fading animations with conditions and actions
- Added user defined Masks to any surface
- Resource groups filter in Set
- Much improved remote players handling
- Fixes:
- Generalized AVI DirectShow filters
- Resource thumbnails now refresh in realtime
- Connection/update to players more robust
New in FacadeSignage 1.7.7.3 (Jun 26, 2013)
- Updates:
- Update check in Panel
- Fixes:
- Optimization for large thumbnails
New in FacadeSignage 1.7.7.2 (Jun 17, 2013)
- Updates:
- PRO,STD: Added DirectShow devices capture and preview
- Fixes:
- Problems with images at high DPI, now resulting in correct thumbnails
- Corrected synchronization problems
New in FacadeSignage 1.7.6.13 (Jun 6, 2013)
- Updates:
- Improved synchronizing speed between Panel and Player
- Blue flash for save notification happens only when using keyboard
- DPI independence (same scale level on every screen resolution)
- Blank when starting set is "none"
- Fixes:
- Exceptions handled during quad drawing, saving, and missing resource formats
New in FacadeSignage 1.7.6.10 (Jun 5, 2013)
New in FacadeSignage 1.7.5.1 (May 3, 2013)
- Updates:
- PRO: New Window resource, for realtime window output grabbing
- PRO: New Grabber resource supports Epiphan framegrabbers
- Mesh warping selected after Bezier will keep mesh grid
- Help shortcut from the player on the panel (H key)
- (in progress) support for YUV video grabbing color space for performance
- Fixes:
- player crash on startup when clicking on window
- wrong duplicate of surfaces while copying sets
- better cleanup of video resources
- could not create subregions for images in some cases
- better handling of remote players
New in FacadeSignage 1.7.4.1 (Mar 5, 2013)
- Updates:
- CURVED SURFACES: bezier and mesh types
- Support for retail licenses: Lite,Standard,Professional
- User interface update: new tabs and shortcuts on player pane
- Improved media management and Library files under MyDocuments
- Performance improvements in player, half waiting time when changing sets
- Viewfinder to preview target monitor
- Antialiasing startup option
- Fixes:
- improvements in installation/uninstallation
New in FacadeSignage 1.7.3.1 (Mar 5, 2013)
- Updates:
- MAJOR update with lots of internal and experience improvements!
- Direct editing clicking on panel preview
- Create a resource dropping directly in the panel preview
- Local player and panel is set to auto-commit changes
- Mouse crosshair for easier spotting
- Fixes:
- lots of them
New in FacadeSignage 1.7.2.8 (Mar 5, 2013)
- Updates:
- Player plays MPEG files correctly
- Improvements in panel and player robustness
New in FacadeSignage 1.7.2.6 (Mar 5, 2013)
- Updates:
- licensing system update
New in FacadeSignage 1.7.2.5 (Mar 5, 2013)
- Fixes:
- bug starting player from iPad
New in FacadeSignage 1.7.2.4 (Mar 5, 2013)
- Updates:
- new auto-update system
- new licensing system