Email cin@lists.cinelerra-gg.org 4 help.
For usage help, refer to the following:
- https://cinelerra-gg.org/downloads/CinelerraGG_manual.pdf
- https://cinelerra-gg.org/downloads/Features.pdf
+ https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/CinelerraGG_Manual.pdf
http://g-raffa.eu/Cinelerra/HOWTO/basics.html
-Cinfinity icons selected in Preferences Sam (CC BY 3.0,
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
-Cakewalk and Neophyte themes by Olaf Wolff (CC BY 4.0,
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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-December 2019 New Features of note:
+2022 February changes of note:
+ Updated libraries: libvpx, libogg, tiff, and fftw to current.
+2022 January changes of note:
+ This month has only had minor changes and fixes added.
+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.
- New Compressor Multi, Alpha, and Foreground plugins.
- Sketcher plugin improvements for aliasing/scaling/rotating.
- Fastpath minor speed improvement for titles/bkg colors.
- Improved hardware accelerators support.
OTA TV support for Happauge 1657 Dual USB device recording.
-November 2019 New Features of note:
Audio improvements added for playback/speed/sampling.
- Spanish po and website translations updated by Sergio.
+ 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.
-October 2019 New Features of note:
Scaling for any size monitor now available in Preferences.
- New Shape Wipe video transitions have been contributed.
- Russian translation contributions for better coverage.
- Insertion Strategy icons added back in for ease of use.
- Several additional ffmpeg opts files contributed for use.
-September 2019 New Features of note:
- Crop & Position new plugin now available.
- New "Load recent" in File pulldown, for recently used media.
- Library x265 has been upgraded to 3.1.2.
- Camera and Projector menu has added Add Keyframe/Reset.
-August 2019 New Features of note:
- FFmpeg in use with Cinelerra is now version 4.2.
- Lipvpx has been upgraded to version 1.8.1.
- Dav1d is now the default/faster decoder for AV1 media.
- Performance improvements were added for Mask feathering.
-July 2019 New Features of note:
- Completion of Masking improvements with Preset Shapes, Center
- and Normalize buttons, plus x/y scaling in 1 direction only.
- Provision for usage of Rectified Audio waveforms was added.
- Spanning Keyframes is now isolated to avoid interference.
-June 2019 New Features of note:
- Hardware acceleration Nvenc for Nvidia boards rendering in.
- More masking improvements to include tracks, solo, & gangs.
- Cuda capability optional if do your own builds.
- Gradient plugin improved for OpenGL + color picker.
- Blade cute/Hard edges is now less intrusive.
-May 2019 New Features of note:
- Masking enhancements added to include Rotate and Scale.
- Some encode hardware acceleration for vaapi graphics boards.
- More decode options for vdpau/vaapi hardware acceleration.
- French and German improved program translations.
- Additional args capability for Shell Commands setup.
-April 2019 New Features of note:
- GPU usage for MPEG/H.264 formats with vdpau/vaapi for decode.
- New Tracer plugin to outline objects available.
- A Clear button for 15 plugins sliders eases usage.
- Camera and Projector slight improvements with yellow line.
- Enhanced ffmpeg error reporting.
-March 2019 New Features of note:
- Mixers, multiple cameras, now has Audio Alignment.
+ 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.
- ShuttlePro/Xpress will work on multiple instances.
- Insert Mixers for multiple cameras at Insertion point.
-February 2019 New Features of note:
- AV1 and WebP format usage is now included.
- ShuttlePro/Xpress stabilization/setup/definition is complete.
- Transitions now allow for length in frames, time and seconds.
- Gif formatted files have had major improvements added.
-January 2019 New Features of note:
- Capability for Shuttle usage has been added.
- Drag Handle management includes Slide and Edge too.
- Updated x264 (now includes 10-bit and 8-bit) and x265.
- Undo stack can now be dumped into the terminal windows.
- 23 more plugins have reset buttons included.
+ Capability for ShuttlePro/Xpress usage has been added.
+ Insert Mixers for multiple cameras general improvements added.
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2018 New Features of note:
Inter-View mode / Identifying Source Targets added.