22 Feb 2013

All releases linked with Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 (v10.0.40219). Windows 64 bit versions available for TroublePix, Hermes API and StreamPix 5. The 64 bit version supports only a limited number of compatible cameras and frame grabbers due to lack of native 64 bit drivers. StreamPix 5: New version 5.17.0. (32/64 bit) changes:  

• New option so that StreamPix can prompt the user before closing the current file
• New SMPTE support for Quick Time files
• New "Duplicate Camera Stream" option that allows two workspaces to work with the same camera feed
• New QuickZoom feature
• New JPEG lossless compression using IPP
• New argument for workspace addressing with SendRM utility SNAP_IMAGE command
• New support for Adobe Cinema DNG file format
• New support for JPEGXR (Windows Media Photo (.wdp))
• New Kinect module for StreamPix: Record both video and depth data as well as detected skeletons. Use Kinect depth information to start or stop recording
• New Saturation pseudo color LUT to give visual feedback while adjusting camera exposure and gain
• New Image Statistics module to replace Image Level module with multithread support, standard deviation calculation, 10 and 12 bit image format
• New NVIDIA Cuda based high speed JPEG compression for monochrome images
• New metadata management: Metadata are now saved to a separate file aside from the sequence file. Metadata can then be played back with the sequence and overlaid
• Complete rerwrite of Bayer interpolation algorithms for faster performance and better rendering (new Adaptive Homogeneity-Directed Demosaicing Algorithm)
• Complete rewrite of color processing, grading and white balancing for faster performance and more options for 8, 10 or 12 bit images
• Histogram module is now multithreaded for faster performance
• AVI files can now be exported to any supported formats
• Simplified and/or reworded the content of some settings pages
• Fixed a bug with the Recording Scheduler not working with some locales
• Fixed a bug where the "auto-export on stop recording" feature would not export correctly
• Linked with MCC DAQ v6.25
• AEC module: Bug Fix - The reader gets disabled if switching between NTSC and PAL
• Updated Batchprocessor and command line utility CLExport.exe for more functionalities

TroublePix: New version 2.27.0.5138 (32/64 bit) changes:

• Linked with Norpix Shared v5.17.0
• New option to browse recorded sequence by time stamp
• New "Go to Previous/Next Marker" commands
• New JPEG lossless compression using IPP
• New: Mouse wheel operates like sequence slider: Next / previous frame on wheel activation
• New: When opening status, display marker tab as default rather than log/status tab
• New: Mouse pan/scroll
• New Color Processing changes (color balance, color remapping)
• New 16 bit raw image to 48 bit color Bayer conversion for exports
• If loading a new grabber fails, reload previous grabber instead of switching to Norpix Virtual
• Some bug fixes and improvements
• Linked with MCC DAQ v6.25
• Bug Fix: On the Recording page the recording time control may display seconds part as negative value (-1)
• Bug Fix: Tool tip for sequence file name is not correct when opening multiple sequence files
• Bug Fix: When loading multiple sequences, double clicking on a sequence file should bring the viewer focus to the already open file rather than displaying an error message

Hermes API: New version January 22, 2013 (32/64 bit) changes:  

• Linked with Norpix Shared v5.17.0
• New JPEG lossless compression using IPP
• New support for Adobe Cinema DNG file format
• New support for JPEGXR (Windows Media Photo (.wdp))
• New NVIDIA Cuda based high speed JPEG compression for monochrome images
• New classes for Bayer interpolation algorithms for faster performance and better rendering. Old classes are deprecated
• New classes for color processing, grading and white balancing for faster performance and more options for 8 and 10 or 12 bit images. Old classes are deprecated
• New metadata management: Metadata are now saved to a separate file aside from the sequence file
• Update Hermes .NET: Replace in_addr by unsigned long in the classes related to TCP
• Upgrade to IPP 7.0.7 for all accelerated pixel processing libraries.
• Bug Fix: Exporting 16 bit raw images to 48 bit TIFF color return corrupted images when using Laplacian 1 or 2 algorithm
• Bug Fix: Crash when pushing a raw 12 bit image to ApplyColorProcessing (color balance should not be allowed on raw/mono image format)
• Bug Fix: Color remapping applied on a 16 bit raw image produces a black image

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