BlendAlgebra and BlendProgram major blending enhancements
have been implemented and documented in the Manual.
Flac library has been updated from 1.4.3 to 1.5.0.
-2024 November/December changes of note:
+.
+2024 New Features of note:
Building with oneVPL now available using --with-onevpl.
- SVT-AV1 has been updated from 2.2.1 to 2.3.0.
- There are new vaapi/qsv/mediacodec rendering formats.
- Nvidia encode headers updated from 10.0.26.0 to 12.2.72.0.
-2024 October changes of note:
Updated libraries include:
- x265 to version 4.0, libvpx to 1.14.1, libwebp to 1.4.0,
- libjpeg-turbo to 3.0.4.
-2024 September changes of note:
- Updated libraries include: dcraw, flac, giflib,
- openjpeg, tiff, svt_av1, and x264 to current latest.
-2024 July changes of note:
+ SVT-AV1 to 2.3.0, Nvidia encode headers to 12.2.72.0,
+ x265 to 4.0, libvpx to 1.14.1, libwebp to 1.4.0,
+ mjpegtools to 2.2.1, ffmpeg to 7.0, libsndfile to 1.2.2,
+ libaom to 3.8.0, libjpeg-turbo to 3.0.4.
+ The following have been updated to the current latest:
+ dcraw, flac, giflib, openjpeg, tiff, svt_av1, x264.
+ There are new vaapi/qsv/mediacodec rendering formats.
All of the AppImages are now being built with x265.
8/10/12 bit encode options (multibit).
-2024 June changes of note:
ChromaKeyAVID new plugin to use instead of ChromKeyHSV
with an improved algorithm based on Avid SpectraMatte.
-2024 May changes of note:
- FFmpeg has been updated from 6.1 to 7.0.
ChromaKey and ChromaKeyHSV have improved menus/options.
- Mjpegtools upgraded from 2.1.0 to 2.2.1.
-2024 January changes of note:
- X265 library has been updated to snapshot of 17-12-2023.
- Libsndfile is now at version 1.2.2.
- Libaom is updated to 3.8.0 but does not work on older O/S.
- The Resources window info/details now shows sar/dar values.
Libsvtav1 is a buildable option for newer distros.
Histogram/Videoscpe now allow for greater than 1 values.
-2023 November changes of note:
+.
+2023 New Features of note:
New build farm for Ubuntu, Debian, Suse, and Fedora at:
https://github.com/einhander/cin-gg-packages/releases
- FFmpeg has been upgraded to 6.1.
- Libvpx has been upgraded to 1.13.1.
- Tiff has been upgraded to 4.6.0.
-2023 September changes of note:
- Libwebp has been upgraded to 1.3.2.
+ Updated libraries include:
+ FFmpeg to 6.1, Libvpx to 1.13.1, Tiff to 4.6.0,
+ Libwebp to 1.3.2, X264 to r3106 stable release,
+ Flac to 1.4.2, Libjpeg-turbo to 2.1.5.1, Libvpx to 1.13.0.
Alternative shortcuts (more Standard) AppImage available.
-2023 August changes of note:
Mirror new video plugin has been added.
- Copyright messages now include GG team & earlier CV team.
-2023 June changes of note:
- Capability to create DVDs with BFF interlace added.
-2023 April changes of note:
- X264 has been upgraded to r3106 stable release.
-2023 March changes of note:
- Flac has been upgraded to 1.4.2
- Tiff has been upgraded to 4.5.0
- Libjpeg-turbo upgraded to 2.1.5.1
- Libvpx is now upgraded to 1.13.0
-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