Features and enhancements introduced in the v2.3 release.
DESIGNER 2.3 introduces great new workflow and integration features, including the ability to save timeline presets for reuse in other projects, auto-patch when duplicating fixtures and a new HTTP API for all controllers.
Layout:
- Minimap – a handy navigation and zoom tool for fixture layouts, enabled from the toolbar
- Auto-patch with fixture duplication – when duplicating fixtures, there is now an option to automatically patch the fixtures in any row/column order
Timeline:
- Save timeline presets – all built-in presets are now listed together and custom configurations of these presets may be saved for reuse
- Clearer preset naming and thumbnail preview to distinguish presets more effectively in the new Built-in folder. Presets may be filtered by the type of timeline rows that they support
- Timeline rows change appearance to indicate even more clearly which rows a preset can be dropped on when in painter mode
- New Tiles timeline preset, plus many presets that were previously restricted to fixture/group timeline rows may now be placed on pixel matrix or VLC timeline rows
- New gradient workflow tools (beta) – to access, right-click on the gradient editor in the properties of a timeline preset
Trigger:
- Trigger variables and custom presets now hidden in new projects by default to simplify experience for new users
- New project feature button to enable advanced features in situ
- Hold/repeat options for contact closure and digital input triggers
- Search in script editor (beta) – use keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F (Windows) or Cmd+F (OS X)
TPC:
- Change TPC font – choose the font to use for a TPC interface, including fonts with extended character sets
- New themes added to installer – the Dark and Light themes that have been available for download are now directly available within Designer
VLC:
- VLC blur effect, available as a trigger action
- Intensity master trigger actions now support VLC
- Crop media presets on VLC timeline rows
Patch:
- Support for custom KiNET power supply configuration, which also allows KiNET power supplies to be imported from Philips Color Kinetics Video Management Tool map files
Public API:
- New HTTP API for integration with a third-party device or web server
- The version of the Lua API, JavaScript API and new HTTP API can be chosen in Project Properties
Notable changes:
- Reduced upload time and memory use for media-rich projects
- Uploading a modified LPC, LPC X or TPC project only uploads media that has changed since the previous upload, bringing these controllers in line with the VLC
- Media file format information displayed in media library
- Background & text colours are now independent in the Text preset
- Line break now supported in TPC control captions, using
\n - The TPC page name is captured as a variable by TPC control triggers
- In-app alerts for known issues, for future use
