Whats New In Version 4.6.0

Hippotizer Version 4.6.0 adds new features and functionality to V4 and V4+ systems.

• Systems currently running 4.4.X or 4.5.X should export all programming, carry out a clean install and then import data into 4.6. Some Changes in 4.6 may require updates to programming. See the Release Notes for more information.
• Systems currently running 4.3.3 or older software must clean install 4.6.0; all existing programming and settings will be lost.

!Always back up your show before changing software version.

New Features in 4.6.0

New Timeline A brand new timeline UI and toolset has arrived. Located from the home page of ZooKeeper this timeline has been revised and optimised for greater performance and operation for any show (Old timelines can be imported into new version). Coupled with the new and improved visualizer, editing and programming shows has never been easier.

Visualizer The visualizer has seen a great change from its original conception. This new version utilises project files from our 3D software SHAPE to provide a digital representation of your screen configuration and content playback.

MPCDI Integration You can now load an MPCDI file in the viewport to auto configure the blend, warp and colour filtering stored in the file.

Single Mix type The single mix type disables the crossfade options on a layer at the benefit of system performance. Expect higher layer counts and lower resource utilisation using this new mix type in Output Manager.

1 Layer mode We now allow users to create a single layer mix in Output Manager, using this alongside the crossfade feature will provide great performance for a single layer playback configurations.

24 Layer Mode For the larger scale shows and our most powerful machines Hippotizer now supports 24 layer mixes. This gives even greater options over a single mix for compositing large arrangements of content utilise this with the single layer mode and expect to see rewarding system performance.

RFID Reader Support RFID is now fully supported in the Multicontroller component, you can find the new RFID Reader in Control sources. Configure your RFID devices to trigger any number of commands from the MultiController component.

GPS Support Multicontroller Source

Live Clock Support The new MultiController Control Source type clock source has three options for generating a time, geographic localisation, Time Zones and NTP servers. Use this source to control timeline for a scheduled project.

Media Manager Progress Bars now has progress bars for each client as data is shared at start-up

New Texture Mapper Types SHAPE now includes UV, Spherical, Cylindrical and Radial Texture Mapper for greater flexibility mapping content onto models in a 3d environment.

Improved Case Study mode Added extra Case Study modes providing a more detailed pre production workflow for projection based project planning and visualisation.

Functionality Changes In 4.6.0

• Media Manager now caches a local set of data to help with ZooKeeper performance at start-up
• Output Manager ‘default’ mix type has been replaced with the ‘XFade’ mix type. In addition a ‘NonXFade’ mix type is now available which removes the hidden layer for each layer using less system resources, and a ‘Special’ type for Notch utilisation.
• The visualiser is no longer included in Hippotizer and has been replaced with the SHAPE visualiser accessible from the ZooKeeper home page.
• Timeline has been removed from the homepage and replaced with Timeline+. The original timeline component can still be added in the configuration page as a component.
• New Texture Mapper Types. SHAPE now includes UV, Spherical, Cylindrical and Radial Texture Mappers for greater flexibility mapping content onto models in a 3d environment.
• Improved Case Study mode. Added extra Case Study modes providing a more detailed pre production workflow for projection based project planning and visualisation.
• Added a new ‘Layer Lite’ personality in the DMX2 component to minimise the component system resource usage on larger shows.

For a full list of changes and fixes please see the release notes.