Pdplayer 1.0.4 features improved audio support, dynamically updated text fields for burn-ins, improved 3D LUT precision, RED SDK 3.0, improved Nuke flipbook integration with stereo support, and various minor improvements.
In a holiday promotion that runs till 15.01.2010, Chaos Software offers V-Ray and Pdplayer bundles that allow savings of up to $333 or 218 EUR.
Pdplayer now offers hardware (dongle) licensing. Existing V-Ray customers can add a Pdplayer license to their dongle.
This update uses the new RED SDK 2.3, re-enables the R3D color controls in the 64 bit version and enables embedded frame number, timecode, and edge code indicators for R3D files.
This new release adds support for RED R3D files, secondary monitor as an external output device, and alpha (key) output on Decklink cards.
Volume discounts are now available from the online store. The price for 5 to 9 licenses is now 200 EUR per license. Buyers of 10 to 19 licenses pay 175 EUR. 20 licenses or more cost 150 EUR each, a saving of 40%.
This minor update adds two more stereoscopic modes, green/magenta anaglyph and checkerboard. The trial versions are now available from the download area.
This new free upgrade adds support for stereoscopic playback, EXR and VRIMG image layers, versioned footage, layer fade in/out and various minor improvements.
The download area has been updated with a sample composition demonstrating how to use the Alpha Source feature of Pdplayer to achieve a depth fog effect.
The download area has been updated with a new video demonstrating how to use Pdplayer with LightWave. It covers the topics of:
Version 7.1 of Blackmagic Design's Decklink drivers now contains support for 64 bit DirectShow applications. Decklink output now works under Pdplayer 64.
The download area has been updated with a sample composition demonstrating how to reconstruct a V-Ray rendered image from its elements.
The download area has been updated with a sample composition demonstrating how to reconstruct a Lightwave-rendered image from its elements and apply color corrections to the element layers to achieve a different look without re-rendering.
The download area has been updated with a sample composition demonstrating how to build an interlaced stereoscopic image with Pdplayer.
The download area has been updated with one new color key video tutorial and three sample compositions.
This new release adds support for 3D lookup tables (LUTs), live video layers, realtime color keying, improved integration with Lightwave, support for Softimage PIC images and various minor improvements.
Pdplayer now supports text layers. Use Edit » New Text Layer to insert a text layer, and the Text tab of the property panel to change the attributes of the text.
This release also handles files with '#' in the name, such as img#001.tga, and allows for TIFF as an export format.
Chris Nichols's Pdplayer video tutorials have been made available by Chaos Software. The videos are in AVI format and use TechSmith's Screen Capture Codec (TSCC).
To download, you need to have an account on Chaos Software's website (registration is free). Log in and go to the downloads, then choose the Documentation section. In addition to the videos, you will also be able to download the Pdplayer manual in PDF format. Trial versions of the software can be found in the Pdplayer section.
This is primarily a maintenance release. It fixes several issues identified by our users, such as incorrect alpha for 16 bit TIFF images, problems with the audio playback when multiple audio layers are present, and more. One notable new feature is the ability to copy and paste layers and color corrections, even from one Pdplayer instance to another.
This version adds support for V-Ray .vrimg images and 1D look-up tables (LUT); the frame indicator now has four more settings: frame from name, embedded frame number, embedded time code, and embedded egde/key code. It also contains various mask and command line improvements.
This release improves significantly the network load speed for TGA, SGI and JPEG images and has better RPF depth channel range estimation. The included menu.py Nuke integration script now works on Win64 and with Nuke 5.1.
Asynthetic and Chaos Software announced the immediate availability of Pdplayer.