RED 5.3 Release Notes

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The Boris RED 5.2.2 release is an update to the following releases: Boris RED 5.0 (RED 5.0 Release Notes), Boris RED 5.0.1 (RED 5.0.1 Release Notes) Boris RED 5.0.2 (RED 5.0.2 Release Notes), Boris RED 5.0.3 (RED 5.0.3 Release Notes), Boris RED 5.0.4 (RED 5.0.4 Release Notes), Boris RED 5.0.5 (RED 5.0.5 Release Notes), Boris RED 5.0.6 (RED 5.0.6 Release Notes), Boris RED 5.0.7 (RED 5.0.7 Release Notes), Boris RED 5.0.8 (RED 5.0.8 Release Notes), Boris RED 5.0.9 (RED 5.0.9 Release Notes), Boris RED 5.1.0 (RED 5.1.0 Release Notes), Boris RED 5.1.1 (RED 5.1.1 Release Notes), Boris RED 5.1.2 (RED 5.1.2 Release Notes), Boris RED 5.1.3 (RED 5.1.3 Release Notes), Boris RED 5.1.4 (RED 5.1.4 Release Notes), Boris RED 5.1.5 (RED 5.1.5 Release Notes), Boris RED 5.2 (RED 5.2 Release Notes) and Boris RED 5.2.2 (RED 5.2.2 Release Notes).

This document updates the changes made since the 7/26/2012 RED release.


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Contents

Features

The following are the major new features for this release:

Preview to monitor has been implemented.

On Mac the following hardware vendors are supported

  • AJA hardware running AJA drivers 10.4 and higher (Kona 3G, Kona 3, Kona LHe Plus, Kona LHi, IO Express, Io XT, T-Tap)
  • Blackmagic cards running the DeckLink drivers
  • Matrox MXO2 hardware family: Requires 10.8 or later. Any hardware that implements the Core Media I/O interface - Requires 10.8 or later

On Windows the following hardware vendors are supported

  • AJA hardware running AJA drivers 10.3 and higher (Kona 3G, Kona 3, Kona LHe Plus, Kona LHi, IO Express, Io XT, T-Tap)
  • Blackmagic cards running the DeckLink drivers


Audio support has been added on the Mac - Some features require 10.7 or later

Support for audio samples rates > 64 KHz is now supported on the Mac

Added support for Apple Retina Display MacBooks

Bug Fixes

The following are the user observable bug fixes made since the RED 5.2 release.

  • Styles font dialog: The dialog prompting that a certain font is not available on the user's system appears truncated
  • Text Scroll bar does not show up in the text window when size percentage is increased.
  • Register dialog: Erroneous message when verifying with an incorrect serial
  • Image brushes are not getting installed on windows platform
  • 16-bit rendering Color shift in Avid when you render in 16-bit depth
  • Import picture: Importing large JPEG files in 10.7 crashes Avid
  • Gradient editor live update feature is not updating image
  • Insert Text: When inserting large text file RED will crash as it tries to update.
  • Installer takes a long time before it actually starts installing the product on Windows
  • Insert Composition: Insert composition does not work if you have a face track highlighted in the timeline.
  • Scroll Bars cannot use mouse scroll to vertically scroll in the comp window.
  • Undo/redo. Undoing after deleting text twice will not work
  • Paint Animated paint in 16 bit will crash RED if you export it as an image file.
  • Pressing the Shift key & Command or Control dragging does not draw a Circle or a Square centered around the cursor as described in the User Guide
  • Preview channel: Change preview channel does not work in RED x64 when OpenGL and 16-bit are on
  • Saving RED as a preset in Premiere CS6 and launching the UI will cause a crash
  • Selected keyframe time does not update when the keyboard short cuts Cmd--> Cmd-<- are used to change its position.
  • Installer. Installing only the plugin to host without the standalone will not install the uninstaller.
  • Mac Language packs do not work
  • RED crashes when preview to RAM and then stopping
  • Mac OS 10 7/10 8 If a drive name has a special character then you get "Cannot find prmL resource file" message when RED is launched
  • RED standalone: The range button skips when you click on it in a zoomed timeline.
  • All Win OS Using the numeric field/mouse wheel for V2 track's parameter values affects the V1 track as well.
  • All Mac "Use Fonts in Fonts Menu" preference does not work.
  • All Mac Fonts are listed in Descending order unlike in x32bit where they are listed in ascending order
  • Retina display- Bezier handles do not show live update with OGL on
  • Even with video track selected filter applies as separate track
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