Softpedia >Windows >Multimedia >Video >Other VIDEO Tools >GBTimelapse >  Changelog

GBTimelapse Changelog

What's new in GBTimelapse 3.13.13.0

Aug 17, 2016
  • Fixed: GBTMonitor would sometimes fail on startup
  • Added: Support for 1DX Mark II, 80D, and 1300D (T6)

New in GBTimelapse 3.13.10 (Feb 18, 2016)

  • Fixed: Bug with very large 5DS images displayed in Window (B&W and distorted)
  • Fixed: Some image quality settings were displayed wrong on screen
  • Changed: 5DS and 5DS_R are no longer beta versions

New in GBTimelapse 3.13.7 (Jan 22, 2016)

  • Fixed: Bug when choosing Tools/Options menu item

New in GBTimelapse 3.13.6 (Jan 22, 2016)

  • Changed: Now using Canon SDK v3.2 for Group 3 cameras
  • Fixed: Windows 10 bug, remove extra characters in COM port names
  • Added: An option to save LRTimelapse compatible XMP side car files for RAW images
  • Added: Testing of 5DS, 5DS_R, T6s, and T6i

New in GBTimelapse 3.12.5 (Jan 20, 2016)

  • Fixed: Pan/Tilt settings count was inadvertently being reset when Begin Program
  • Fixed: A condition where the camera settings might not get initialized correctly
  • Fixed: Sometimes a minor blip in AutoRamp luminance when sun gets to 2 degrees above horizon

New in GBTimelapse 3.12.2.0 (Jul 16, 2015)

  • Changed profile for 1Ds Mk III so it will recognize Av steps custom function.

New in GBTimelapse 3.12.1 (Jul 16, 2015)

  • New:
  • The license ticket file has been changed to GBTEOSProduct3.Ticket. You will need to re-register your serial number.
  • New: Tested with 7D Mk II
  • Fixed: Removed incorrect error message “liveViewDoAfError” when starting time-lapse.

New in GBTimelapse 3.11.6 (Jul 16, 2015)

  • New: Option to limit counter diurnal exposure changes
  • New: Option to set the camera date/time to match computer when camera is connected.
  • New: Option to send an email message if the license is found to be invalid when GBTimelapse is started.
  • New: Option to specify a folder location for the most recently capture image
  • New: Option to communicate with a separate monitor program. The monitor program can invoke another program if GBTimelapse fails to communicate.
  • New: Option to send email if license is not valid on startup
  • New: Option to specify an interval schedule over the course of 24 hours
  • New: Option to invoke an external process to mechanically switch a camera between Manual and Bulb mode
  • New: Option to change the email subject line to an arbitrary string
  • New: Option to specify the format of a date/time in an image file name
  • Fixed: A bug where the AutoRamp plan would be blank if a totally black image was captured
  • Added: An option to recalculate the AutoRamp plan when a new session be
  • gins. Use this when running multi-day time-lapse with AutoRamp on.
  • Added: An option to note the GBTimelapse is running unattended on a long term project
  • Fixed: When running unattended and started automatically on power-up the license would sometimes fail if Windows had not completely initialized before the license was checked

New in GBTimelapse 3.10.3 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Fixed: An MX2 would sometimes need to be disconnected and then reconnected before it could be opened by GBTimelapse

New in GBTimelapse 3.10.2 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Added: An option to not save the sessionlog.txt file in the folder with the images.
  • Added: A short delay after setting the Av value when switching to Manual AEMode

New in GBTimelapse 3.10.1 (Sep 20, 2014)

  • Fixed: Was not able to turn off 'Enable email notifications' in Options/Communications
  • Added: New option to not allow multiple instances of GBTimelapse to run on the same computer
  • Added: Option to adjust ISO when calibrating a lens allowing much quicker calibrations
  • Change: Public release of Master/Slave methods as beta.
  • Added: Can operate as a slave to the eMotimo TB3
  • Added: Can operate as a slave to any device connected by Phidget USB interface
  • Added: Can trigger any motion control device connected by a Phidget USB interface.
  • Added: Cross hairs to image guide overlay and added image guides to live view display
  • Fixed: When setting a locked Av value in the AutoRamp settings would sometimes cause overexposures.
  • Changed: Notify monitor is no longer dependent on using mirror folder.
  • Fixed: A program set to start immediately on specific days of the week would begin immediately regardless of the day of the week.
  • Added: An option to save a copy of the session log file in Documents/GBTimelapseEOS/SessionLogs
  • Added: Option to save mirror copies of each image in a separate folder, for long term site photography.
  • Added: More file naming options

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.44 (Jun 17, 2014)

  • Added Support for the Canon SL1/100D and T5/1200D.
  • Fixed: Invalid focal length was displayed for manual lenses
  • Fixed: It was not possible to uncheck Ext bulb under some circumstances
  • Changed: If LiveView is on and in Bulb Mode; before the shutter is released, LiveView will be stopped.
  • Added new MX3 firmware and GBTimelapse Slave to MX3 Master MX3 USB drivers are now digitally signed so they will install in one step on Windows 8

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.40 (Jun 17, 2014)

  • Fixed: Sunrise/sunset times were incorrectly calculated in the southern hemisp here during daylight savings time.
  • Added: Beta version of new Master/Slave operation mode

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.39 (Mar 13, 2014)

  • Fixed: There was an erroneous AutoRamp warning that the TimeZone offset didn’t match the location offset during Daylight Savings time

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.37 (Mar 6, 2014)

  • Changed:
  • Added suppor t for the Dynamic Perception MX3
  • Added: The Cosine aperture ramping method in addition to linear and logarithmic

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.35 (Feb 11, 2014)

  • Changed: The AutoRamp Wizard now has options for Bulb Only Manual Only and Manual/Auto Switch and presents choices that are possible for group 3 cameras which can’t switch AEMode remotely
  • Added: An AutoRamp option to change the Av setting in 1/3 stop steps

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.34 (Jan 28, 2014)

  • Fixed: In non English localizations, the AutoRamp TvRange values were being saved as a number in the local style, but read back as a number in English style. This caused values with a comma to be misinterpreted

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.33 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Changed:
  • Ramper "Sun angle range limits are now (+90, -90) degrees for new projects. The former (+90, -13) degree range is still enforced for old projects. To get the new limits, create a new project.

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.32 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Changed: AutoRamp default is now “don’t ramp interval”

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.30 (Dec 18, 2013)

  • Added: You can now enter GPS coordinates in Degrees, Minutes, seconds
  • Added: AutoRamp will warn if your computers Time Zone doesn’t match the location Time Zone
  • Added: Support for the Canon 70D
  • Fixed: AutoFocus was missing from the Live View panel
  • Change: Live view histogram is not available for group 3 cameras.

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.23 (Nov 5, 2013)

  • Fixed: Changes to FTP options were sometimes not saved

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.22 (Nov 1, 2013)

  • Added AutoRamp option to specify the sun angle range for twilight compensation
  • Added: AutoRamp options to set the minimum timelapse interval during twilight

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.21 (Nov 1, 2013)

  • Fixed: Setting the start end or home position in the Pan/Tilt tab would randomly change the Aperture when using aperture ramping
  • Changed: Added controls to the Pan/Tilt tab to change the aperture value
  • Fixed: If using multiple ND filters of different values, AutoRamp would sometimes recommend removing them in an incorrect order

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.20 (Oct 17, 2013)

  • Changed: Allow the AutoRamp switch to bulb” time to be set to a long value (> 32 seconds) to extend the range of possible Tv value available when AEMode is Manual.
  • Changed: Allow the AutoRamp maximum change in stops to be up to 9 stops.
  • Fixed: The AutoRamp plan was shown incorrectly when the maximum change in stops was greater than 1.0

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.19 (Sep 30, 2013)

  • Fixed: Some errors could occur if Windows was set to a Regi on where decimal numbers use the comma as a decimal point

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.18 (Sep 30, 2013)

  • Fixed: GBUploadFirmware (version 1.6) now will now upload “DollyShield_v0_922B.hex” for the MX2. The previous version (1.5) uploaded “DollyShield_v0_921B.hex” which had a bulb timing error

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.17 (Sep 30, 2013)

  • Fixed: AutoRamp Av controls were sometimes not visible when they should have been.
  • Fixed: AutoRamp plan was incorrect if set to single release but Tv was set to Bulb

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.16 (Sep 23, 2013)

  • Fixed Pan Tilt was not working correctly if the Windows Region and Language was set to something other than English (United States)
  • Setting to some other region sometimes caused the TB3 resolution to be misinterpreted because of differences in the use of the comma and period in decimal numbers
  • Changed: Upgraded eMotimo TB3 f irmware to version 1.08b. The aperture ramping stepper was losing accuracy when powered off

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.14 (Sep 20, 2013)

  • Changed: Upgraded eMotimo TB3 firmware to version 1.08a. This new version saves the eMotimo battery by only powering the aperture stepper when it is moving

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.13 (Sep 16, 2013)

  • Changed: Upgraded GBT/MX2 firmware to version 0.921B.
  • Changed: New version of GBUploadFirmware
  • Changed: GBT now checks the MX2 firmware version and shows necessary alerts
  • Fixed: The MX2 firmware could not control bulb times greater than 65.535 seconds
  • Fixed: If using Dolly control and not using EXT bulb control, GBT would capture an extra image each step.

New in GBTimelapse 3.9.8 (Aug 19, 2013)

  • Changed: The SaveTo property is not saved in the camera settings. This avoids a camera problem when initializing with SaveTo = camera.
  • Fixed: Ambiguities between using MX2 and TB3 for external bulb control
  • Could not uncheck the MX2 or Pan/Tilt bulb control without opening the device first.
  • Added: In Tools/Options under the Feature tab, you can choose to allow the AFMode to be changed remotely.
  • Fixed: AutoRamp was not changing ISO in 1/3 stop steps when that option was checked
  • Fixed: The AutoRamp NDEV value was sometimes shown incorrectly. It now correctly shows the combined number of stops of bulb exposure time relative to NDEV base time plus ISO relative to lowest ISO.
  • Fixed: Several problems with eMotimo control
  • Added: Firmware upload for eMotimo TB3 Black
  • Added: Beta version of aperture ramping using a stepper driven by the eMotimo third axis
  • Fixed: Faster image download for Group 3 cameras

New in GBTimelapse 3.8.23 (Apr 29, 2013)

  • Added: Support for Canon 6D.
  • Added: Support for Windows 8 Desktop - Only Group 3 cameras can be used with Windows 8
  • Known Issue: Reading the camera serial number is not reliable with Group 3 cameras due to a bug in the Canon Software Development Kit version EDSDK 2.12

New in GBTimelapse 3.8.7 (Feb 18, 2013)

  • Added: Pan/Tilt control for Emotimo TB3 and Directed Perception PTU-46
  • Changed: Tools/Option to add Features tab and Pan/Tilt tab

New in GBTimelapse 3.7.12 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Added: Installer and program are signed with a certificate to allow installation on Windows 8
  • Added: Support for Canon 1DX

New in GBTimelapse 3.7.9 (Oct 24, 2012)

  • Added: Can use MX2 Dolly Engine to control very short and accurate bulb times
  • Added: Screen alert when it is time to add/remove a ND filter during AutoRamp.
  • Fixed: When ramping with AutoRamp Interval Ramping the initial interval was sometimes in error.
  • Added: Support for the T4i/650D/Kiss X6i

New in GBTimelapse 3.6.1 (Aug 30, 2012)

  • Added: Added the AutoRamp setting wizard large value ND filter settings to the AutoRamp project settings.
  • h Changed: If you are using a large value ND filter, AutoRamp will now automatically change the ISO shift time when you add or remove the filter according Large ND filter values specified in the setting wizard or AutoRamp project settings. There is no need to manually change them.

New in GBTimelapse 3.5.7 (Aug 24, 2012)

  • Changed: Added a new Ramper tab to the Camera Settings group and moved the AutoRamp parameters from Project Settings to the new tab. This makes it much easier to make changes to the AutoRamp plan.
  • Changed the default AutoRamp max ISO to 3200 from 1600.
  • Fixed: AutoRamp would sometimes behave erratically when using lens-twist, if the Av value was unknown. Now AutoRamp pauses and warns when this condition is detected.
  • Changed: 5D Mark III support is no longer in beta
  • Fixed: 5D Mark III gave unreliable Av reading when using Canon lens twist method
  • Fixed: Load historical ImageLog data now correctly handles sequences going past midnight
  • Added: A new Setting Wizard button in the AutoRamp tab of Camera Settings. It makes it easy to setup AutoRamp for sunset and sunrise time-lapse.

New in GBTimelapse 3.4.6 (Aug 9, 2012)

  • Changed: Patent pending

New in GBTimelapse 3.4.5 (Aug 9, 2012)

  • Fixed: The free trial version always watermarks the output images and RAW images are not saved to disk.

New in GBTimelapse 3.4.3 (Jul 30, 2012)

  • Fixed: Kiss X5 was being incorrectly identified as Kiss X

New in GBTimelapse 3.4.1 (Jul 11, 2012)

  • Added: Beta version of support for the Canon 5D Mark III.

New in GBTimelapse 3.3.35 (Jul 2, 2012)

  • Added: Added documentation to the User’s Guide regarding the new “Load Historical Data from ImageLog” menu option under Tools.

New in GBTimelapse 3.3.22 (Mar 30, 2012)

  • Fixed: Sunrise/sunset times were incorrect for Nepal and other locations in time zones between +5 and +6 hours of GMT.
  • Added: Options to enable/disable recording email and ftp events in the session log.

New in GBTimelapse 3.2.34 (Feb 10, 2012)

  • Added: Added an ISO calibration table for the 5DMkII. See Tools/Options to enable use of this table.

New in GBTimelapse 3.2.32 (Feb 10, 2012)

  • Fixed: 1D Mk IV, default camera settings did not allow bulb mode shooting
  • Change: Maximum ND filter value has been increased from 9.9 to 12.0 to allow use of 10-stop filters.
  • Added: In the Camera/Profile menu, under the advanced tab, you can specify the default f-stop value when using the lens twist method.
  • Added: Added an ISO calibration table for the 7D. See Tools/Options to enable use of this table.

New in GBTimelapse 3.2.22 (Feb 10, 2012)

  • New: MX2 Dolly can now be controlled by direct connection by USB cable. No need for a USB relay. Requires MX2 firmware release 0.91. Other Dolly systems can still be controlled using a USB relay
  • New: AutoRamp Plan, see documentation
  • Changed: When Av value cannot be read (such as when using “Lens Twist”), it will use the last known Av value instead. So capture an image before twisting the lens.
  • Added: More lens calibration files
  • Added: AutoRamp can now change the ISO in 1/3 stop steps if supported by the camera
  • Added: AutoRamp now will reduce the ISO, if possible, when a ND filter is added (or increase ISO, if possible when ND filter is added). This is useful for ND filters greater than 3-stops.

New in GBTimelapse 3.1.56 (Feb 10, 2012)

  • Changed: When multiple cameras are connected, AutoRamp panel is disabled.
  • Fixed: Errors in T3i lens calibration files

New in GBTimelapse 3.1.54 (Feb 10, 2012)

  • Fixed: There was a bug in 3.1.5 and 3.1.53 that caused an “Object not set…” exception

New in GBTimelapse 3.1.53 (Feb 10, 2012)

  • NEW FREE TRIAL PERIOD: If your free trial has expired, you can begin a new free trial period with this release.
  • Improved: Project Settings/AutoRamp parameters have been reorganized and the default values have been changed.

New in GBTimelapse 3.1.51 (Feb 10, 2012)

  • Fixed: Was not reading or writing lens calibration tables correctly when running on systems in some other cultures (where comma was used as a decimal point).
  • Changed: Now checks for conflicts among AutoRamp settings and warns you if any are detected.

New in GBTimelapse 3.1.49 (Feb 10, 2012)

  • Fixed: Added a more accurate bulb exposure timer.
  • Added: The ability to control the Dynamic Perception Motion Control dolly.

New in GBTimelapse 3.1.42 (Feb 10, 2012)

  • Fixed: Occasionally a camera will report an incorrect value for Av. This caused a jump in the bulb time during AutoRamp. This error is now detected and ignored.

New in GBTimelapse 3.1.41 (Feb 10, 2012)

  • Fixed: Can check and uncheck AutoRamp while time-lapse program is running.
  • Changed: Current location and sunrise/sunset times are shown in main window title bar
  • Fixed: History graph is displayed correctly when saving images to camera

New in GBTimelapse 2.1.19 (Nov 3, 2009)

  • Now supports Rebel 500D T1i

New in GBTimelapse 2.1.15 (Mar 20, 2009)

  • Now supports 5D Mark II

New in GBTimelapse 2.0.20 (Apr 24, 2007)

  • Added camera data files for A20, SD100, D60 and 1Ds.
  • Incorporated the new Canon PSReCSDK 1.1.0.b drivers