1 Email cin@lists.cinelerra-gg.org 4 help.
2 For usage help, refer to the following:
3 https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/CinelerraGG_Manual.pdf
4 http://g-raffa.eu/Cinelerra/HOWTO/basics.html
6 2023 November changes of note:
7 New build farm for Ubuntu, Debian, Suse, and Fedora at:
8 https://github.com/einhander/cin-gg-packages/releases
9 FFmpeg has been upgraded to 6.1.
10 Libvpx has been upgraded to 1.13.1.
11 Tiff has been upgraded to 4.6.0.
12 2023 September changes of note:
13 Libwebp has been upgraded to 1.3.2.
14 Alternative shortcuts (more Standard) AppImage available.
15 2023 August changes of note:
16 Mirror new video plugin has been added.
17 Copyright messages now include GG team & earlier CV team.
18 2023 June changes of note:
19 Capability to create DVDs with BFF interlace added.
20 2023 April changes of note:
21 X264 has been upgraded to r3106 stable release.
22 2023 March changes of note:
23 Flac has been upgraded to 1.4.2
24 Tiff has been upgraded to 4.5.0
25 Libjpeg-turbo upgraded to 2.1.5.1
26 Libvpx is now upgraded to 1.13.0
27 2023 February changes of note:
28 GPL headers have been added to essentially all program
29 files with contributor attribution for CV or known author.
30 2023 January changes of note:
31 New shell script added to delete background render files
32 that exist on /tmp named brenderX.
33 Speed up for rendering VP9 4K/8K videos on computers with
34 more than 16 cpu-s has been applied.
36 2022 New Features of note:
37 FFmpeg has been upgraded to 5.1 from 4.4.
38 DPX image reader added to easily load a list file of DPX images.
39 A new script, bld_appimage.sh, includes rework of linuxdeploy
40 in order to create appimages for aarch64 and armhf + x86_64/i686.
41 Speed up using direct copy for EXR and PPM sequences.
42 Updated libraries include:
43 Flac to 1.3.2, Tiff to 4.4.0, Libaom upgraded to 3.4.0,
44 Libvpx to 1.12.0, OpenJPEG to 2.5.0, libogg, and fftw.
45 BSD compiled CinGG for version 13.0 and 12.3 is available.
46 New script, vaapi_proxy.sh, speeds up vaapi proxy creation.
47 Bluray lpcm and tsmuxer audio options added + chapter intervals.
48 Context Help for the Shuttle has been improved for reliability.
49 New render formats - h264-rgb.mp4 fixes problem in OBS 28,
50 vp9.webm, ALAC-Apple Lossless audio, and VP9 lossless.
52 2021 New Features of note:
53 Context Help has been added using hotkey alt/h by Georgy. The
54 help page will come up in your web browser tab for the item
55 most relevant to where Alt/h used on a menu, plugin, button,
56 icon, transition, window, or tooltip. Additional information:
57 /https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/CinelerraGG_Manual/Troubleshooting_Help.html
58 The manual can now be used in HTML format besides PDF.
59 AppImage is now the method of distributing new releases;
61 CinGG-20210331-x86_64.AppImage
62 CinGG-20211231-multibit.AppImage
64 CinGG-20210331-x86_64-older_distros.AppImage
65 CinGG-20211231-x86-64-older_distros-multibit.AppImage
67 CinGG-20211231-i386.AppImage
68 CinGG-20211231-i386-newer_distros.AppImage
69 Procedures to build for Android tablet/phone using Termux and
70 for aarch64 have been proven and partially documented.
71 The following libraries have been upgraded to newer versions:
72 ffmpeg to 4.4; libjpeg-turbo to version 2.1.2; x264; x265;
73 libaom to v3.2.0 and may be faster; openjpeg to 2.4.0.
74 Render formats have been added or improved to include:
75 Cineform, DPX, mxf, miscellaneous FFmpeg video/audio;
76 and high fps rendering formats added for over 60 fps.
77 Plugin changes and additions:
78 Speed PerCent plugin for easily changing speed added.
79 Posterize and Timelapse Helper are new plugins.
80 The update of ffmpeg, included several new plugins.
81 Improvements have been made to the LV2 plugin code that
82 makes it more robust and prevents crashes on startup.
83 15 plugin GUIs are visually improved and minor changes.
84 FAST_SPEED and SLOW_SPEED variables to personalize your
85 playback speed have been added.
86 YUV Colorspace 601 and 2020 have been split into more
87 available options of 601 NTSC/PAL and 2020 NCL/CL.
88 Autosave backups optional feature in Preferences added.
89 Batch Render menu now has hidden feature to avoid mistakes.
91 2020 New Features of note:
92 Drag select and deselect edits was added on the timeline.
93 Tile mixers allows for designating a rectangular area.
94 Motion plugin improvements by SGE for better results.
95 Faster transition playing with cache + drag capable.
96 Bump Autos new feature; especially useful for speed.
97 Language preference now in Settings->Preferences.
98 Added drag speed highlighting for easier usage of auto.
99 Option and shortcut to select multiple edits.
100 Align Timecodes for various timecodes/stamps is available.
101 Subtitles can be generated in either SRT, SUB, or uDVD form.
102 Mix masters make it easy to use multicam mode on timeline.
103 Ganging modes added for DAW-like editing of channels.
104 Rotate plugin has been modernized and improved.
105 Audio track height button added, separate from video height.
106 New patchbay toggle to vary individual vertical track height.
107 Potential Performance improvements added.
108 New way of creating and using a stack of Effects.
109 Additional ShapeWipe transitions are now available.
110 BoxBlur plugin allows forjust blurring an area.
111 Videoscope is now on the Compositor and Viewer.
112 Several new Shape Wipe transitions are included.
113 New ColorSpace plugin to convert color space/range.
114 Updated 17 thirdparty libraries to keep up to date.
115 Rewrote and replaced OGG/Theora/Vorbis file codec.
116 PulseAudio option is now built in as audio choice.
117 Updated reference Manual using LaTeX now complete.
118 File by Reference capability now available.
120 2019 New Features of note:
121 Edit EDLs feature added for easily editing nested EDLs.
122 OTA TV support for Happauge 1657 Dual USB device recording.
123 Audio improvements added for playback/speed/sampling.
124 Spanish, Russian, French, and German translations updated.
125 Transcode 1:1 added to convert to a different format.
126 Compositor zoom using the wheel & panning is available.
127 Scaling for any size monitor now available in Preferences.
128 Improved and new transitions and plugins to include:
129 Tracer, Crop & Position, Compressor Multi, Alpha, Foreground.
130 Libraries updated for FFmpeg, libvpx, x264, x265, and Dav1d.
131 Major improvements for Masking in the Compositor.
132 Camera and Projector menu and usage improvements added.
133 Hardware acceleration capabilities added to include:
134 nvenc for nvidia boards, vdapu and vaapi hardware, + cuda.
135 Additional options for Preview mode in Resources window.
136 Named layouts for easier identification purposes.
137 Capability for ShuttlePro/Xpress usage has been added.
138 Insert Mixers for multiple cameras general improvements added.
140 2018 New Features of note:
141 Inter-View mode / Identifying Source Targets added.
142 Cut and Paste behavior added; right mouse button on clip.
143 Grouping and ungrouping possibilities in Arrow mode,
144 Color titles and media with changable colors and alpha.
145 Change thumbnail size, vicon memory usage and color mode.
146 Preview window zoom scale for vicons in Resources window.
147 Sketcher plugin newly added to "pencil in" lines/curves.
148 Window layout save and load feature added - total of 4.
149 Title plugin has unlimited number of characters allowed.
150 Histogram Bezier bug fixes and some improvements applied.
151 Trim Feature enhancement with drag handle and split look.
152 Dynamic keyframes implemented so can use large numbers.
153 Color correction+others highlighted with expand subtrees.
154 Motion plugins now have more visible stippled lines.
155 Neophyte theme and German translations compliments of Olaf.
156 Bins/Folders added for organizing media.
157 Preview capability with Mouse Over and vicon tweaks.
158 Find in Resources, User title, and Show edit options added.
159 Added Display packed icons and Display icon list in Resources.
160 LV2 Audio plugins have been hooked in to include Calf, X42, +.
161 Unbundled build scripts are now available and tested a few.
162 OpenCV FindObj updated and StyleObj, PuzzleObj added.
163 Perpetual Session preference and 1 extra backup.
164 Speed automation will now update the track duration.
165 Can now Paste Silence a single frame at hairline cursor.
166 Audio waveform partial image will show in the Viewer.
167 Loop play added in Viewer and Compositor.
168 Mouse play action implemented in Viewer/Compositor.
169 Nested EDLs are now available and automatically render.
170 Raw Video (yuv/rgb) and raw audio available.
171 Audio waveform icons, color coded, in Resources Media.
172 Allowance for piped file usage has been added.
173 2 Pass option for VP9/webm added.
175 2017 New Features of note:
176 Many plugin icons and other new icons modernized by Sam.
177 Mixer Viewer for multiple media/cameras was added.
178 Blade cut and hard edges are now available.
179 Snap/Cut editing and snap while dragging stickiness.
180 New plugins of CriKey, Motion51 and HistEq added.
181 Perspective/BlueBanana/C41 plugins were fixed/improved.
182 Grabshot/Snapshot new options for screen grab/shot.
183 Colorspace & Color range improvements for BT601/709/2020.
184 HV7 mods merged in to include X11 Direct playback.
185 Alternative shortcut keys for computers without numpad.
186 Search box in the Resources window to narrow choices.
187 Proxy Editing added to Settings pulldown.
188 OpenCV optional compile with 4 plugins now available.
189 Shortcuts.html added to shell cmds icon for easy view.
190 Faststart option added for Mp4 and QT ffmpeg format.
191 Probe Order preference added for flexibility.
192 Dcraw program updated to latest Coffin version.
193 Zoom bar in compositor handles any size.
194 Upgraded FFMPEG to 3.3 + other 3rd party libraries.
195 Title plugin major changes to include:
196 ColorPicker added, fast Font selection,
197 Stroker for fonts added, BC_FONT_PATH.
198 Drag with 9 different handles, Background
199 video, individual character attributes of
200 Color, Size, Font, Underline, Bold, Italic,
201 Caps, Blink, Alpha, Nudge, Sup(erscript,
202 subscript), and PNG inclusion + Rt. Click.
203 Now handles 3071 characters and a count provided.
204 Bluray creation improved & allows for non-root usage.
205 Unicode characters can be put into textbox.
206 Smooth Lines create near-perfect circles/curves.