+2023 February changes of note:
+ GPL headers have been added to essentially all program
+ files with contributor attribution for CV or known author.
+2023 January changes of note:
+ New shell script added to delete background render files
+ that exist on /tmp named brenderX.
+ Speed up for rendering VP9 4K/8K videos on computers with
+ more than 16 cpu-s has been applied.
+.
+2022 New Features of note:
+ FFmpeg has been upgraded to 5.1 from 4.4.
+ DPX image reader added to easily load a list file of DPX images.
+ A new script, bld_appimage.sh, includes rework of linuxdeploy
+ in order to create appimages for aarch64 and armhf + x86_64/i686.
+ Speed up using direct copy for EXR and PPM sequences.
+ Updated libraries include:
+ Flac to 1.3.2, Tiff to 4.4.0, Libaom upgraded to 3.4.0,
+ Libvpx to 1.12.0, OpenJPEG to 2.5.0, libogg, and fftw.
+ BSD compiled CinGG for version 13.0 and 12.3 is available.
+ New script, vaapi_proxy.sh, speeds up vaapi proxy creation.
+ Bluray lpcm and tsmuxer audio options added + chapter intervals.
+ Context Help for the Shuttle has been improved for reliability.
+ New render formats - h264-rgb.mp4 fixes problem in OBS 28,
+ vp9.webm, ALAC-Apple Lossless audio, and VP9 lossless.
+.
+2021 New Features of note:
+ Context Help has been added using hotkey alt/h by Georgy. The
+ help page will come up in your web browser tab for the item
+ most relevant to where Alt/h used on a menu, plugin, button,
+ icon, transition, window, or tooltip. Additional information:
+ /https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/CinelerraGG_Manual/Troubleshooting_Help.html
+ The manual can now be used in HTML format besides PDF.
+ AppImage is now the method of distributing new releases;
+ Newer distros use:
+ CinGG-20210331-x86_64.AppImage
+ CinGG-20211231-multibit.AppImage
+ Older distros use:
+ CinGG-20210331-x86_64-older_distros.AppImage
+ CinGG-20211231-x86-64-older_distros-multibit.AppImage
+ 32-bit distros use:
+ CinGG-20211231-i386.AppImage
+ CinGG-20211231-i386-newer_distros.AppImage
+ Procedures to build for Android tablet/phone using Termux and
+ for aarch64 have been proven and partially documented.
+ The following libraries have been upgraded to newer versions:
+ ffmpeg to 4.4; libjpeg-turbo to version 2.1.2; x264; x265;
+ libaom to v3.2.0 and may be faster; openjpeg to 2.4.0.
+ Render formats have been added or improved to include:
+ Cineform, DPX, mxf, miscellaneous FFmpeg video/audio;
+ and high fps rendering formats added for over 60 fps.
+ Plugin changes and additions:
+ Speed PerCent plugin for easily changing speed added.
+ Posterize and Timelapse Helper are new plugins.
+ The update of ffmpeg, included several new plugins.
+ Improvements have been made to the LV2 plugin code that
+ makes it more robust and prevents crashes on startup.
+ 15 plugin GUIs are visually improved and minor changes.
+ FAST_SPEED and SLOW_SPEED variables to personalize your
+ playback speed have been added.
+ YUV Colorspace 601 and 2020 have been split into more
+ available options of 601 NTSC/PAL and 2020 NCL/CL.
+ Autosave backups optional feature in Preferences added.
+ Batch Render menu now has hidden feature to avoid mistakes.
+.
+2020 New Features of note:
+ Drag select and deselect edits was added on the timeline.
+ Tile mixers allows for designating a rectangular area.
+ Motion plugin improvements by SGE for better results.
+ Faster transition playing with cache + drag capable.
+ Bump Autos new feature; especially useful for speed.
+ Language preference now in Settings->Preferences.
+ Added drag speed highlighting for easier usage of auto.
+ Option and shortcut to select multiple edits.
+ Align Timecodes for various timecodes/stamps is available.
+ Subtitles can be generated in either SRT, SUB, or uDVD form.
+ Mix masters make it easy to use multicam mode on timeline.
+ Ganging modes added for DAW-like editing of channels.
+ Rotate plugin has been modernized and improved.
+ Audio track height button added, separate from video height.
+ New patchbay toggle to vary individual vertical track height.
+ Potential Performance improvements added.
+ New way of creating and using a stack of Effects.
+ Additional ShapeWipe transitions are now available.
+ BoxBlur plugin allows forjust blurring an area.
+ Videoscope is now on the Compositor and Viewer.
+ Several new Shape Wipe transitions are included.
+ New ColorSpace plugin to convert color space/range.
+ Updated 17 thirdparty libraries to keep up to date.
+ Rewrote and replaced OGG/Theora/Vorbis file codec.
+ PulseAudio option is now built in as audio choice.
+ Updated reference Manual using LaTeX now complete.
+ File by Reference capability now available.
+.
+2019 New Features of note:
+ Edit EDLs feature added for easily editing nested EDLs.
+ OTA TV support for Happauge 1657 Dual USB device recording.
+ Audio improvements added for playback/speed/sampling.
+ Spanish, Russian, French, and German translations updated.
+ Transcode 1:1 added to convert to a different format.
+ Compositor zoom using the wheel & panning is available.
+ Scaling for any size monitor now available in Preferences.
+ Improved and new transitions and plugins to include:
+ Tracer, Crop & Position, Compressor Multi, Alpha, Foreground.
+ Libraries updated for FFmpeg, libvpx, x264, x265, and Dav1d.
+ Major improvements for Masking in the Compositor.
+ Camera and Projector menu and usage improvements added.
+ Hardware acceleration capabilities added to include:
+ nvenc for nvidia boards, vdapu and vaapi hardware, + cuda.
+ Additional options for Preview mode in Resources window.
+ Named layouts for easier identification purposes.
+ Capability for ShuttlePro/Xpress usage has been added.
+ Insert Mixers for multiple cameras general improvements added.
+.
+2018 New Features of note:
+ Inter-View mode / Identifying Source Targets added.
+ Cut and Paste behavior added; right mouse button on clip.
+ Grouping and ungrouping possibilities in Arrow mode,
+ Color titles and media with changable colors and alpha.
+ Change thumbnail size, vicon memory usage and color mode.
+ Preview window zoom scale for vicons in Resources window.
+ Sketcher plugin newly added to "pencil in" lines/curves.
+ Window layout save and load feature added - total of 4.