Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (121.82MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.xz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.xz (121.64MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (397.69MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (306.83MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the fourth Release Candidate of Autopano Video 3.0. This new version solves a lot of bug, mainly about CUDA and D.WARP. We are also releasing Linux versions with CUDA enabled, without any official support. Now you are also able to test CUDA in trial mode. This version will most likely be the last one before the long awaited final release!
Check out the post blog on our website.
This release candidate version can only be registered with an Autopano Video 3.0 license key, to learn more on how to obtain such license key please read our FAQ. During the release candidate phase - before we publish the final AV 3.0 version - all licenses purchased on our store or from one of our resellers will grant access to both Autopano Video Pro 2.6 and Autopano Video 3.0.
If you've lost your license key, you can retrieve it at any time from your user account.
Compatibility
Autopano Video 3.0 requires at least Windows 7 or Mac OS X 10.10.
Fixes since 3.0.0 RC 3
- [ALPS-468] : [BUG] Crash in undo exposure scaler
- [ALPS-1310] : [BUG] Crash in D.Warp Topology
- [ALPS-1312] : [BUG] Crash in D.Warp Topology : vector Dtor
- [ALPS-1313] : [BUG] Crash in D.Warp : hasParallaxCompensation
- [ALPS-1496] : [BUG] Crash in RANSAC Fisheye : ippmLUDecomp_m_32f with recent intel card Intel Core i7 7800X @ 3.50GHz
- [ALPS-1680] : [BUG] Anaglyph render is broken
- [ALPS-1681] : [BUG] Preview in GoProVRPlayer : auto-start the player when clicking on the button
- [ALPS-1800] : [BUG] CUDA not compatible with watermarks
- [ALPS-2551] : [BUG] RGB / BGR bug with CUDA
- [ALPS-2647] : [BUG] Crash in PanoVideoDef::isParallaxCompensationSupported()
- [ALPS-2653] : [BUG] Crash caused by division by 0 in GPGPU multiband
- [ALPS-2655] : [BUG] crash on fisheye circle detection
- [ALPS-2682] : [BUG] Prores encododer broken in CUDA workflow
- [ALPS-2683] : [BUG] Frame output not working in CUDA workflow
- [ALPS-2691] : [BUG] OpenCL image creation crash on version prior to OpenCL1.2
- [ALPS-2696] : [BUG] Memory overflow causing crashes in CUDA video decoding
- [ALPS-2716] : [BUG] For D.WARP computation, less efficient GPU can sometimes be used over better GPUs
- [ALPS-1381] : Analytics refactoring
- [ALPS-2697] : Activate CUDA accelerations on Linux (no official support)
Known Issues
- [ALPS-1488] : [BUG] Cannot save project after calculating a long D.WARP (crash)
- [ALPS-1377] : [BUG] Crashes in rigs where there is a too much overlap (3D rigs)
- [ALPS-1363] : [BUG] Stereo mode not compatible with CUDA
- [ALPS-1362] : [BUG] Timecode burn-in not compatible with CUDA
- [ALPS-1360] : [BUG] CUDA not compatible with 4K UHD inputs
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (121.6MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.xz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.xz (121.43MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (397.37MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (304.91MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the third Release Candidate of Autopano Video 3.0. This new version is coming with the audio support when using the CUDA pipeline and it also solves some bugs.
Check out the post blog on our website.
This release candidate version can only be registered with an Autopano Video 3.0 license key, to learn more on how to obtain such license key please read our FAQ. During the release candidate phase - before we publish the final AV 3.0 version - all licenses purchased on our store or from one of our resellers will grant access to both Autopano Video Pro 2.6 and Autopano Video 3.0.
If you've lost your license key, you can retrieve it at any time from your user account.
Compatibility
Autopano Video 3.0 requires at least Windows 7 or Mac OS X 10.10.
Fixes since 3.0.0 RC 2
- [ALPS-1361] : [BUG] No Audio output with CUDA
- [ALPS-1484] : [BUG] MacOS : DWARP crashes in CPU mode
- [ALPS-1642] : [BUG] D.WARP broken with CM
- [ALPS-1679] : [BUG] Encoding fails : Uncompressed output format
- [ALPS-1754] : [BUG] Corrupted weight map with KGPURenderer
- [ALPS-1521] : Parallax Topology not handled long term fix : unsupported rig topologies
Known Issues
- [ALPS-1488] : [BUG] Cannot save project after calculating a long D.WARP (crash)
- [ALPS-1377] : [BUG] Crashes in rigs where there is a too much overlap (3D rigs)
- [ALPS-1363] : [BUG] Stereo mode not compatible with CUDA
- [ALPS-1362] : [BUG] Timecode burn-in not compatible with CUDA
- [ALPS-1361] : [BUG] No Audio output with CUDA
- [ALPS-1360] : [BUG] CUDA not compatible with 4K UHD inputs
- [ALPS-1359] : [BUG] CUDA rendering widths must be multiple of 128
- [ALPS-1680] : [BUG] Anaglyph render is broken
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (121.54MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.xz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.xz (121.39MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (397.21MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (304.74MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the second Release Candidate of Autopano Video 3.0. and it comes with some bug fixes / optimizations.
Check out the post blog on our website.
This release candidate version can only be registered with an Autopano Video 3.0 license key, to learn more on how to obtain such license key please read our FAQ. During the release candidate phase - before we publish the final AV 3.0 version - all licenses purchased on our store or from one of our resellers will grant access to both Autopano Video Pro 2.6 and Autopano Video 3.0.
If you've lost your license key, you can retrieve it at any time from your user account.
Compatibility
Autopano Video 3.0 requires at least Windows 7 or Mac OS X 10.10.
Fixes since 3.0.0 RC 1
- [ALPS-1507] : [BUG] "Parallax Compensation is not supported" wrongly displayed before stitching
- [ALPS-1626] : [BUG] Parallax Topology not handled short term fix : increase label map rendering size
Known Issues
- [ALPS-1488] : [BUG] Cannot save project after calculating a long D.WARP (crash)
- [ALPS-1484] : [BUG] MacOS : DWARP crashes in CPU mode
- [ALPS-1377] : [BUG] Crashes in rigs where there is a too much overlap (3D rigs)
- [ALPS-1363] : [BUG] Stereo mode not compatible with CUDA
- [ALPS-1362] : [BUG] Timecode burn-in not compatible with CUDA
- [ALPS-1361] : [BUG] No Audio output with CUDA
- [ALPS-1360] : [BUG] CUDA not compatible with 4K UHD inputs
- [ALPS-1359] : [BUG] CUDA rendering widths must be multiple of 128
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (121.54MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.xz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.xz (121.37MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (397.2MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (304.71MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the first Release Candidate of Autopano Video 3.0. and it comes with a lot of bug fixes / optimizations and some UI changes.
Check out the post blog on our website.
This release candidate version can only be registered with an Autopano Video 3.0 license key, to learn more on how to obtain such license key please read our FAQ. During the release candidate phase - before we publish the final AV 3.0 version - all licenses purchased on our store or from one of our resellers will grant access to both Autopano Video Pro 2.6 and Autopano Video 3.0.
If you've lost your license key, you can retrieve it at any time from your user account.
New Name / New Logo
Autopano Video Pro and Autopano Video are now only one software: Autopano Video. Autopano Video 3 also come with a brand new icon. Please visit our FAQ for more informations.
GPU - CUDA accelerations
The preview in Autopano Video 3, using CUDA accelerations, can be up to 5 times faster than before. And the rendering time can be divided by a factor 3.
The software capabilities will highly depend on your NVidia card and driver versions. We recommend using at least a GTX 760. For now 4K UHD inputs are not supported.
The audio output is not implemented in the CUDA mode, we will work on that as soon as possible, by this time you can always add it in post production. Make sure to take a look at the known issues section at the end of the change log.
Compatibility
Autopano Video 3.0 requires at least Windows 7 or Mac OS X 10.10.
Fixes since 3.0.0 Beta 1
- [ALPS-1072] : [BUG] CM is IsoEdge working?
- [ALPS-1073] : [BUG] CM YUV to RGB gives brighter results
- [ALPS-1349] : [BUG] Desactivate parallax compensation UI when needed
- [ALPS-1367] : [BUG] CUDA pipeline used if SW decoder
- [ALPS-1368] : [BUG] Color veil with 3 cam rig (CUDA)
- [ALPS-1376] : [BUG] Crash in convertAndInterpolateWarpToSourceSpace
- [ALPS-1379] : [BUG] pixel apsect ratio false in do not keep mode
- [ALPS-1390] : [BUG] Open Recent files does not work on mac
- [ALPS-1441] : [BUG] Batch Manager restarts everytime even paused
- [ALPS-1245] : Rename Autopano Video Pro into Autopano Video
- [ALPS-1246] : Change Autopano Video Icons
- [ALPS-1336] : Integrate new warp map diffusion
- [ALPS-1351] : Still images D.WARP in OMNI Importer
- [ALPS-1352] : Test CUDA with other than 2 or 6 camera rigs
- [ALPS-1364] : Update CLUF/EULA for Autopano Video
- [ALPS-1483] : [BUG] DWARP crashes on Imac late 2015 (GeForce GT 650 M)
Known Issues
- [ALPS-1488] : [BUG] Cannot save project after calculating a long D.WARP (crash)
- [ALPS-1484] : [BUG] MacOS : DWARP crashes in CPU mode
- [ALPS-1377] : [BUG] Crashes in rigs where there is a too much overlap (3D rigs)
- [ALPS-1363] : [BUG] Stereo mode not compatible with CUDA
- [ALPS-1362] : [BUG] Timecode burn-in not compatible with CUDA
- [ALPS-1361] : [BUG] No Audio output with CUDA
- [ALPS-1360] : [BUG] CUDA not compatible with 4K UHD inputs
- [ALPS-1359] : [BUG] CUDA rendering widths must be multiple of 128
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (121.91MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.xz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.xz (121.73MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (394.97MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (305.01MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the first Beta version of Autopano Video 3.0. and it coming with a lot of great features! The D.WARP is now compatible with any rig with 3 or more cameras. We added CUDA accelerations to the Windows version, the rendering and the preview playback can now be 3 times faster!
Even if this is a 3.0 version, you have to register this version with a v2 key, which will be accepted all throughout the alpha-beta testing phase. This means that this version is time-locked, and will lock itself (removing the registration) around the time a new alpha, beta or the final release comes. When the final version is released, you will need an upgraded version 3 key to use the software. If you've lost your license key, you can retrieve it at any time from your user account.
D.WARP with 3 cameras or more
The D.WARP technology is now compatible with set-ups of 3 cameras or more, fully spherical or not. One currently known limitation are cases where 3 cameras overlap in the scene. We also added a new D.WARP preset: the "still" mode. This is a static D.WARP for your video segment, using different positions in your selected range to compute an average D.WARPing of the scene like the range stitching algorithm.
GPU - CUDA accelerations
This is a major improvement for Autopano Video Pro. If you are running under Windows with a recent NVidia GPU and up-to-date drivers you can enjoy a 3x gain in terms of performances for the previewing and the rendering.
For now this feature is not compatible with every AVP feature: stereo, masking markers, timecode burn-in, watermarks, patches, etc. When you are doing something unsupported by CUDA the software will automatically fall back to the old mode: OpenGL. You can always see which mode is currently used by look a the top of the preview: "Realtime preview - OpenGL or Cuda". Please also note that the CUDA accelerations have only been enabled for 2 or 6 cameras, we will be testing other set-ups and add the support as soon as possible.
The software capabilities will highly depend on your NVidia card and driver versions. We recommend using at least a GTX 760. For now 4K UHD inputs are not supported.
The audio output is not implemented in the CUDA mode, we will work on that as soon as possible, by this time you can always add it in post production. Make sure to take a look at the known issues section at the end of the change log.
Display frontiers in the preview
The beta 1 version allows you to display the frontiers between your cameras directly into the preview. We added a small icon for that under the preview.
Roadmap to final release
We decided to go with a very incremental update policy for the Alpha - Beta period. We will release new updates as often as possible until we have a release candidate. A lot of cool stuff is coming!
Compatibility
Autopano Video 3.0 requires at least Windows 7 or Mac OS X 10.10.
Fixes since 3.0.0 Alpha 3
- [ALPS-1074] : [BUG] Crash when rendering UHD or HD from AVP with CUDA
- [ALPS-1075] : [BUG] Out of memory error when changing blending mode on CUDA
- [ALPS-1076] : [BUG] 360 boundary conditions not respected with CUDA
- [ALPS-1077] : [BUG] Green rendering on CUDA
- [ALPS-1142] : [BUG] CUDA memory leak when seeking in the preview
- [ALPS-1143] : [BUG] CUDA color correction wrongly applied
- [ALPS-1152] : [BUG] CUDA rendering is not working with 2.7K inputs
- [ALPS-1155] : [BUG] GPGPU - CUDA rendered videos are slower than real time
- [ALPS-1158] : [BUG] Drag'n'dropping a CineForm render in the batch won't render the right project size
- [ALPS-1220] : [BUG] Audio rendered not compatible with Adobe apps
- [ALPS-1268] : [BUG] Reduce Kava file size when warp is computed
- [ALPS-1283] : [BUG] Size limit (8192) to switch from GPU to CPU was not set correctly for videos
- [ALPS-1317] : [BUG] Batch manager does not display the correct rendering engine
- [ALPS-1318] : [BUG] Masks are not discarded when computing rig topology for D.WARP
- [ALPS-1335] : [BUG] Crash in Omni Importer when seeking in chaptered videos
- [ALPS-1347] : [BUG] Artifacts in label map used in topology
- [ALPS-483] : Display stitch lines in AVP
- [ALPS-918] : CUDA Blending mode support
- [ALPS-1221] : Enable GPGPU (CUDA) mode
- [ALPS-1229] : Not full spherical rig support in D.WARP
- [ALPS-1248] : Change processing settings for GPU/CPU/KGPU
- [ALPS-1273] : Constant D.Warp over range
Known Issues
- [ALPS-1359] : CUDA rendering widths must be multiple of 128
- [ALPS-1360] : CUDA not compatible with 4K UHD inputs
- [ALPS-1135] : D.WARP not compatible with STEREO mode in AVP
- [ALPS-1230] : D.WARP not compatible with patches
- [ALPS-1361] : No Audio output with CUDA
- [ALPS-1362] : Timecode burn-in not compatible with CUDA
- [ALPS-1363] : Stereo mode not compatible with CUDA
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (108.6MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.xz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.xz (108.42MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (329.71MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (284.73MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the third Alpha version of Autopano Video 3.0. The D.WARP feature is now compatible with rigs from 3 to 7 cameras. And now you can export invidual warp video from AVP
Even if this is a 3.0 version, you have to register this version with a v2 key, which will be accepted all throughout the alpha-testing phase. This means that this version is time-locked, and will lock itself (removing the registration) around the time a new alpha, beta or the final release comes. When the final version is released, you will need an upgraded version 3 key to use the software. If you've lost your license key, you can retrieve it at any time from your user account.
D.WARP from 3 to 7 cameras rigs
The D.WARP technology is now compatible with rigs from 3 to 7 cameras, including the Z CAM S1. The feature has been approved for some rigs listed in the interface but you can use it with any full spherical configuration.
Individual camera export for post processing
From the new batch renderer you are now able to export individually each camera warped on the sphere. You will have an alpha layer if you are using CineForm 'high' 4444 or ProRes 4444 XQ. This allow you to work on your stitching / cutting / masking in a post processing software. To use this feature you just need to check the box 'export individual video' in the render window.
Roadmap to final release
We decided to go with a very incremental update policy for the Alpha - Beta period. We will release new updates as often as possible until we have a release candidate. A lot of cool stuff is coming!
Compatibility
Autopano Video 3.0 requires at least Windows 7 or Mac OS X 10.10.
Fixes since 3.0.0 Alpha 2:
- [ALPS-1063] : [BUG] Color correction progress bar is not progressive anymore
- [ALPS-1081] : [BUG] Crash when warping a generic rig
- [ALPS-1091] : [BUG] OpenCL.dll missing on Windows 10 Creator Update
- [ALPS-1181] : [BUG] crash on parallax compensation quit
- [ALPS-1227] : [BUG] Gear 360 - 2017 videos crash in AVP
- [ALPS-1232] : [BUG] Photo Timelapses not detected in Omni Importer
- [ALPS-1036] : Generic corner extraction for N cameras (no holes)
- [ALPS-1038] : Insure consistency between different D.WARP states
- [ALPS-1141] : Individual layer export with alpha
- [ALPS-1179] : Update AVP new CLUF/EULA
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (108.54MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.xz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.xz (108.38MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (329.35MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (282.93MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the second Alpha version of Autopano Video 3.0. We worked hard to make D.WARP feature compatible with 6 and 7 cameras rigs. We chose to expose to presets for the D.WARP feature: prioritize time or space. We also worked on the batch renderer to make it more efficient and more convenient to use.
Even if this is a 3.0 version, you have to register this version with a v2 key, which will be accepted all throughout the alpha-testing phase. This means that this version is time-locked, and will lock itself (removing the registration) around the time a new alpha, beta or the final release comes. When the final version is released, you will need an upgraded version 3 key to use the software. If you've lost your license key, you can retrieve it at any time from your user account.
D.WARP for 6 and 7 cameras rigs
The D.WARP technology is now compatible with 6 and 7 camera configurations. We tested and approved it on Freedom360 Classic Mount, 360RIZE H3PRO6 and 360 RIZE H3PRO7. Even if it has been approved on this three rigs only, you can try it on any 6 or 7 cameras.
D.WARP presets
You can now choose between two D.WARP presets:
- Prioritize space: the default preset, already used in Alpha 1. "Try to correct as much parallax artifact as possible: correction can be very different from one frame to another." You should use it when everything is moving in your scene, and when you have fast space or subject changes.
- Prioritize time (slower): "Try to correct parallax artifact with greater respect to temporal coherency: moving objects can be less corrected but your background won't be moving." You should use it for a static camera scene.
Improved batch renderer
We worked a lot on the new batch renderer. You are now able to change the settings of a project directly into the batch render list without opening it, you can open the directory or the file rendered with a right-click and and you are also able to reorganize your rendering list.
Roadmap to final release
We decided to go with a very incremental update policy for the Alpha - Beta period. We will release new updates as often as possible until we have a release candidate. A lot of cool stuff is coming!
Compatibility
Autopano Video 3.0 requires at least Windows 7 or Mac OS X 10.10.
Fixes since 3.0.0 Alpha 1:
- ALPS-1001 : [BUG] Preview, tools, ... are closed when minimizing and maximizing AVP main window
- ALPS-1064 : [BUG] Motion synchronization is broken
- ALPS-1092 : [BUG] null pointer access when rendering stereo project
- ALPS-1094 : [BUG] crash when encoding cineform avi
- ALPS-1104 : [BUG] crash when changing blend mode in general settings
- ALPS-901 : Generic D.WARP Corner solver
- ALPS-902 : Show render settings in batch projects
- ALPS-919 : CM Blending mode support
- ALPS-920 : Smart cut mode support CUDA CM
- ALPS-1030 : Tune (and expose?) D.WARP parameters
- ALPS-1032 : Template based on stitch or camera knowledge
- ALPS-1034 : Transform batch renderer tool in dialog box
- ALPS-1035 : Make render settings editable in new batch renderer
- ALPS-1046 : Parallax timeline : Enable shortcut
- ALPS-1053 : Disable masks when D.WARP is enabled
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (61.23MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.xz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.xz (61.06MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (328.52MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (282.01MB)
Changelog
Main changes
Here are really proud to introduce this first Alpha version of the new Autopano Video 3.0. The new D.WARP feature is offering a big step forward in terms of stitching quality and will drastically reduce the post processing time. Also, to make Autopano Video more efficient for professional workflows we decided to add timecode support for both input and output videos. To have a quick preview of Autopano Video 3.0 Alpha make sure to watch this video.
Even if this is a 3.0 version, you have to register this version with a v2 key, which will be accepted all throughout the alpha-testing phase. This means that this version is time-locked, and will lock itself (removing the registration) around the time a new alpha, beta or the final release comes. When the final version is released, you will need an upgraded version 3 key to use the software. If you've lost your license key, you can retrieve it at any time from your user account.
D.WARP for OMNI
D.WARP technology offers a new way to stitch footage from the GoPro Omni rig and dramatically reduces the need for post-processing. Just click on the D.WARP button and many stitching errors due to parallax will be removed. It works for both static and moving shots! Currently, this feature works with the GoPro Omni rig thanks to several advantages that enable D.WARP to work properly:
- the geometry is known
- the camera position cannot change
- the synchronization is perfect
- the overlap between the cameras is large enough
All these points are required to focus mostly on the parallax compensation that D.WARP offers. Applying the D.WARP should be the last step of your workflow. Have at look at this quick tip video to learn more about D.WARP.
Timecode support
This new version supports timecode that allows videos from any genlocked rig to be directly imported in Autopano Video Pro without the need to synchronize the videos again. On the export side of things, you can either choose your start time in the render box or pass-through the source timecodes. The burn-in function will also help you working with proxy files in post-processing. This feature works with solutions offered by 3d-party companies like Timecode Systems, and results to a faster and more precise workflow. Have a look at this quick tip video to learn more about timecode support.
GoPro VR live preview
This new feature gives you the ability to preview the 360 video you’re working on in GoPro VR player, our free MacOS / Windows VR player. GoPro VR player is compatible with the Oculus and HTC Vive which will allow you to preview your footage in a VR headset without exporting your video or leaving Autopano Video Pro! Have a look at this quick tip video to learn more about GoPro VR live preview.
Frictionless Nuke / Autopano Video Pro workflow
Whenever a user imports an Autopano Video Pro project into Nuke, their nodes will be created automatically, providing a seamless workflow they can immediately apply to Cara VR. With a robust bridge between the two apps, Foundry and GoPro customers can access the right tool for the job, at every stage of their workflow.
Roadmap to final release
We decided to go with a very incremental update policy for the Alpha - Beta period. We will release new updates as often as possible until we have a release candidate. A lot of cool stuf is coming!
Compatibility
Autopano Video 3.0 requires at least Windows 7 or Mac OS X 10.10.
Fixes since 2.6.1:
- ALPS-200 : User can warp Omni content in AVP, using all GPU modes
- ALPS-203 : Use input video timecode for synchronization
- ALPS-213 : Color correction working with WARP
- ALPS-216 : Burn-in timecode into exported videos
- ALPS-217 : Warp compatible CPU / KGPU - OpenCL implementation
- ALPS-220 : Add timecode to output videos
- ALPS-487 : Make iso edge cutting compatible with mask points and circular crop
- ALPS-488 : Warp compatibility / integration with rolling shutter compensation
- ALPS-501 : [BUG] Check ISO EDGE mask and diffusion differences
- ALPS-502 : Warp support for all OMNI modes
- ALPS-503 : Integrate WARP in OMNI importer
- ALPS-509 : Study OMNI warp quality using 9 different contents
- ALPS-519 : Review and finalize all timecode uses
- ALPS-538 : [BUG] Warp not compatible with ERS
- ALPS-539 : [BUG] Iso-edge cut not applied when importing videos
- ALPS-603 : Study sample repartition for warp
- ALPS-612 : CPU renderer compatible with Omni warp
- ALPS-626 : Warp compatibility with stitching changes
- ALPS-694 : Code refactoring around WARP integration
- ALPS-695 : Timebombs and licenses for AVP 3.0 ALPHA
- ALPS-696 : Study and block OMNI warp incompatibilities with current features
- ALPS-697 : Discuss UX/UI for WARP
- ALPS-903 : Optim matching for D.WARP
- ALPS-906 : [BUG] Warp not working as expected
Known issues:
- ALPS-1001 : [BUG] Preview, tools, ... are closed when minimizing and maximizing AVP main window
- ALPS-1053 : Masks are not compatible with D.WARP -> Disable masks when D.WARP is enabled
- ALPS-1064 : [BUG] Motion synchronization is broken
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (60.98MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.xz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.xz (60.82MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (185.07MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (123.62MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (176.41MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This first release candidate version comes with some bugfixes especially about the video export.
Fixes since 2.6.0 beta 2:
- KOI-317 : Unable to merge H.265 videos
- KOI-319 : Rendered h264 video cannot be played
- KOI-331 : broken GoPro video merging
- KOI-320 : Frames dropped at the beginning and the end of a rendered video
- KOI-334 : CPU rendering broken on AVP standard when using MOV/H.264 pipeline
- KOI-332 : ProRes framerate was unproprely rounded when doing 59.940 fps
- KOI-342 : Fix ProRes encoding with insane frame sizes
- KOI-333 : Pixel Aspect Ratio information wasn't set in MP4 when doing 16:9 video aspect ratio in 2:1 display aspect ratio
- KOI-287 : Corrupted stitched preview when item is expanded
- KOI-335 : AVP linux packages now use tar.xz format
- KOI-336 : OpenSSL dependency missing for analytics on Windows
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (60.92MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (91.8MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (185.06MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (122.91MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (175.34MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the second beta release of the new Autopano Video engine 2.6. It comes with some nice UI improvements in the Omni Importer and some bugfixes in AVP. The following paragraphs will detail the changes.
Autopano Video
We made some updates in the stitching engine for this 2.6 that brought some issues. This release comes with some bugfixes related to that point. Don't hesitate to report bugs you found in this beta through the forum.
Omni Importer
We expect that minor improvements we made will make life easier. For example, user will be prompted the number of selected sequences, or the percentage of fetched footage during the loading phase.
Fixes since 2.6.0 beta 1:
- KOI-180 : autogenerate Save Project filename
- KOI-308 : [Omni Importer][UI] Display a percentage of fetched sequence when loading files
- KOI-307 : [Omni Importer][UI] Display the number of selected sequences
- KOI-305 : [Omni Importer][UI] When opening a capture, preview expands to be visible in the available area without scrolling
- KOI-306 : [Omni Importer][UI] Display a 'Restart to apply' message when user modifies settings
- KOI-211 : [Omni Importer][UI] add a window displaying EULA/CLUF in Omni Importer and AVP
- KOI-204 : Anonymous usage statistics
- KOI-312 : [BUG] Float settings not saved properly on MacOS sierra
- KOI-311 : [BUG] does not re-stitch after opening already stitched project
- KOI-309 : [BUG] Crash when exporting to cineform avi
- KOI-188 : [BUG] Render settings ask for file overwriting at apply
- KOI-275 : [BUG] Preferred rendering settings seems to not be taken into account
- KOI-253 : [BUG] crash in GpuRenderer::yuvConvert
- KOI-185 : [BUG] Stereo settings needs saving even when nothing was modified
- KOI-241 : [BUG][Omni Importer] Quitting Omni Importer during processing results in crash
- KOI-284 : [BUG] auto cut does not work on apply or edit
- KOI-315 : [BUG] On some rendering videos are clamped
- KOI-316 : [BUG] No I frames when merging some videos
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (60.65MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (91.6MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (183.2MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (122.1MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (174.26MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the first beta release of the new Autopano Video engine 2.6. It comes with some nice improvements. The following paragraphs will detail the changes.
Autopano Video new features
We added some very cool new features on Autopano Video. Here's a detailed list of the new features.
- User template stitching Use your templates like presets by saving your favourite or best .pano files in your user directory and access them easily from Autopano Video. Using template stitching will position your cameras in exactly the same position as they are defined in your .pano file, with the same distortions and offsets. So you just need to calibrate your camera once and then re-use the template for any other shots. It can be combined with a geometric analysis in APG to adapt the stitching to your scene.
- New video pipeline, allowing native spatial metadata injection We coded a new video pipeline. With this pipeline, spatial metadata injection and progressive MP4 writing are native and don't need any 3rd parties like python. We will stabilize this new video pipeline during the beta phase : do not hesitate to use it and post your feedback in the beta forum
- The mask timeline is not available any more in smooth blending mode Many users were confused on mask poor efficiency when blending was set to smooth. To prevent this confusion, the mask timeline is now only available in sharp blending mode.
GoPro Omni Importer
In August 2016, we launched an amazing 6 GoPro synchronized rig called Omni, and provided GoPro Omni Importer with Autopano Video Pro in order to solve many pain points you had by using unsynchronized rigs, like syncing, data management, etc.
This release comes with an upgraded Omni Importer, able now to deal with photos. Here are listed the main new features:
- Photo modes support Many customers wanted the support of still images directly in Omni Importer. This is possible with this new release, which also comes with the support of photo timelapse, burst and nightlapse. Users must note that support of photos comes with an update of the Omni firmware. Hence old still images shot with Omni will not appear in Omni Importer.
- Default options customization We have added a preferences window, allowing you to choose :
- customized video / photo / multi-shots default settings
- customized export default directory
- Sharp blending option availability In the first version, we decided to use by default the smooth blending mode. Many users asked for having the possibility to choose between smooth and sharp blending for their exports.
- Filtering by capture type This new feature allows users to focus quickly on the kind of capture they want to work with. With the filtering bar, the Omni Importer can display only videos, photos or multishots.
- Starred shots We implemented this feature to improve professional workflows. Users can now select the sequences they want to work on by clicking on the little star, and then display only those shots.
- UI improvements We worked a lot on making the Importer as smooth and useful as possible, following some customers feedback. In particular, now the multiselection is fully implemented as expected in a data management tool.
Adobe Premiere Pro Plugins
We continued to work on GoPro VR Horizon and GoPro VR Reframe, to enable an amazing 360 video edition workflow. On both plugins we added a slider to fine tune the transitions smoothness
Fixes since 2.5.3:
- KOI-262 : add a pickup list of .pano feature in the "stitch as template"
- KOI-251 : [NLE Plugins] NLE Plugin refactoring
- KOI-240 : [Omni Importer] Filter favorite items
- KOI-239 : [Omni Importer] Filter items by capture type
- KOI-237 : [Omni Importer] CineForm render produces unpredictably different resolutions with trimmed clips
- KOI-228 : integrate QuickTimeFaststart
- KOI-218 : [Omni Importer] Apply the updated UI for 2.6
- KOI-216 : [Omni Importer] Save user preferred settings and apply them when app is launched
- KOI-214 : [NLE Plugins] new installer for NLE Plugin
- KOI-208 : Masking timeline should not be available in smooth mode
- KOI-194 : [NLE Plugins] use a slider to fine tune the transition smoothness in GoPro VR plugin for premiere
- KOI-172 : Video merger : GPMF to be merged
- KOI-168 : Discussion about the number of stitching positions and quality
- KOI-159 : [Omni Importer] identify my favorite shot/capture
- KOI-155 : [Omni Importer] Add a 3rd party window in Omni Importer
- KOI-151 : retain directories in merger
- KOI-145 : [Omni Importer] Option for audio alert upon completion
- KOI-132 : [Omni Importer] add a Iso / Sharp blending preset for video and video time lapse
- KOI-077 : Update CineForm libraries
- KOI-009 : [Omni Importer] Multiple selection
- KOI-271 : [Omni Importer] Omni Importer / AVP 2.6 finalization before public release
- KOI-269 : [Omni Importer] Omni Importer 2.6 stabilization (crash, performances)
- KOI-264 : [Omni Importer] fully support of photo modes (single, burst, timelapse), with the correct options applied for processing according
- KOI-241 : [Omni Importer] Quitting Omni Importer during processing results in crash
- KOI-197 : finalize MainConcept mov exporter - remove python script for metadata injection
- KOI-148 : [Omni Importer] Omni Importer: App will crash sometimes when quitting while rendering
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (58.41MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (88.39MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (193.96MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (107.68MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (151.28MB)
Changelog
- KOI-140 : [NLE Plugins] Change Premiere Pro NLE plugins install folder for MACMain changes
This new RC 3 release comes with some bugfixes.
What's new ?
- Main bugfix are related to crash reports analysis
- Little UI modification : the remaining rendering time is now displayed instead of the total estimated time
Fixes since 2.5.0 RC 2:
- KOI-191 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Poor preview performances on Windows laptop
- KOI-184 : [GoPro Omni Importer] crash on chronometer access
- KOI-158 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Player does not loop on Windows
- KOI-143 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Playback stops after a few play throughs
- KOI-127 : [GoPro Omni Importer] "Oops...Some of your files may have been renamed or deleted" pops up if you open mp4 in QT
- KOI-206 : Progress time indications can be corrupted
- KOI-205 : Crash : on shotID process with GoPro importer
- KOI-203 : Crash : Undo set exposure slider not applied at the right moment
- KOI-187 : Render settings needs saving even when nothing was modified
- KOI-186 : Stereo settings needs saving even when nothing was modified
- KOI-173 : Video merger : proper AAC support
- KOI-170 : Windows high DPI / freetype : homepage has wrong aspect label
- KOI-167 : Display the remaining time of a rendering instead of the elapsed time
- KOI-166 : allow special foreign characters for opening file
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (58.39MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (88.39MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (193.96MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (107.66MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (151.26MB)
Changelog
- KOI-157 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Remove medium initial value for color correctionMain changes
This new RC 2 release comes with some bugfixes.
What's new ?
- Main bugfix is related to the NLE Plugin functionality issue on GTX1080 GPU cards.
Fixes since 2.5.0 RC 1:
- KOI-146 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Omni Importer: Sorting by date has no consistency from system to system
- KOI-133 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Check if the user has write permissions in the import directory
- KOI-024 : [GoPro Omni Importer] When Omni will be final, check if template stitching use the right camera order
- KOI-144 : [NLE Plugins] Premiere plug-ins are not applied correctly to clips from Omni Importer & AVP if you have a GTX 1080 graphics card
- KOI-113 : [NLE Plugins] Plugins not working on GPU Nvidia GTX 1080
- KOI-161 : Forbid drag of a single video
- KOI-154 : ProRes render in wrong format when using CPU mode
- KOI-153 : Prevent GPU mode selection
- KOI-150 : AVP: When installing newer versions, you have to re-enter the registration key
- KOI-128 : Render performances regression on MacOS for Cineform
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (58.39MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (88.39MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (193.93MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (107.66MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (151.22MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the first release candidate of Autopano Video 2.5. The global stability is satisfying, we should be close to the final version.
Fixes since beta 3:
KOI-117 : Omni Importer: After rendering is complete, 'Open In Finder' is displayed instead of 'Open In Explorer' for Windows
KOI-115 : Omni Importer: Freezes when adjusting the size of the window
KOI-63 : UI Refresh Issues when Processing Multiple Shots.
KOI-120 : Feature Request: Render Dropdown should show more information
KOI-137 : Render performances between Omni Importer and AVP are different
KOI-83 : Stitched video playback has ghosting
KOI-114 : Omni Importer: Sometimes 2.7K rendered with None Render Quality will render at 1920x1440
KOI-116 : Omni Importer: Need better contrast of drop down menus in Windows version
KOI-121 : Invert Open in Finder and Open in AVP buttons
KOI-131 : Exclusive directory name should be case insensitive
KOI-136 : Progress Disappear while scrolling
KOI-135 : Crash when scrolling while import
KOI-88 : Handle 100FPS videos
KOI-138 : improve timeline precision
KOI-44 : Slow UI when many shots in the importer
KOI-112 : Watermarks in NLE Plugins even when AVP is activated
KOI-125 : Remove automatic load of Premiere Pro plugins in After effect
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (49.76MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (77.12MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (193.95MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (107.65MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (151.21MB)
Changelog
- KOI-111 : [NLE Plugins] GPU-Opencl bug in export renderingMain changes
This new beta 3 release comes with some bugfixes, based on our valuable customer feedbacks.
What's new ?
- Only bugfixes for this release, refer to the full changelog to learn about what was fixed.
Fixes since 2.5.0 beta 2:
- KOI-58 : Frame shift between input video preview and real time preview
- KOI-105 : GPU rendering does not support mixed color format
- KOI-103 : frame offset bewtwen different decoding pipeline (mp4, prores...)
- KOI-102 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Add version number + trial version to app header
- KOI-97 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Importing two shots with the same name, to the same overwrites existing Stitch .mp4 and .Kava Files.
- KOI-96 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Quitting Omni importer kills imports in progress.
- KOI-109 : [GoPro Omni Importer] SHOTX denomination to start at SHOT1 instead of SHOT0
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (82.34MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (135.75MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (193.91MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (107.64MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (151.21MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This new beta 2 release comes with some bugfixes, based on our valuable customer feedbacks.
What's new ?
- We found what's wrong in frame synchronization on some NVIDIA cards since 2.3 release and provided in beta 2 a workaround for this issue.
- We kept on improving ProRes support by fixing some bugs.
Fixes since 2.5.0 beta 1:
- KOI-98 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Importing the same shot twice, makes all the previously imported .mp4's disappear
- KOI-95 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Font Size Problem When using higher DPI display on windows
- KOI-91 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Color issue on Open in Finder / Open in AVP buttons
- KOI-70 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Bug with progress bar when cancelling at restart a task (does not start again from 0)
- KOI-69 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Crash at cancel 2 time a task
- KOI-66 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Exclusive shot naming in the UI
- KOI-62 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Local footage takes a long time to populate importer, sometimes it never populates
- KOI-47 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Test and debug cancel button in OmniImporter
- KOI-13 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Scroll bar in Imports List
- KOI-10 : [GoPro Omni Importer] svg are ugly on some retina screen
- KOI-92 : ProRes export have their soundtrack rounded to the inferior second (no milliseconds)
- KOI-90 : Invert ProRes encoding profiles order to match the CineForm order (higher bitrate first)
- KOI-89 : Fix MainConcept H.264/MP4 rendering when input sources have more than 1 audio track
- KOI-84 : quick edition of aspect ratio is not applied
- KOI-76 : Handle more PCM audio formats for our custom render pipelines
- KOI-52 : frame synchronization when rendering on nvidia
- KOI-28 : Skipping / duplicating frames on output video
- KOI-27 : Qt 5.6 and QuickPaintedItem
- KOI-22 : Problem with buffer size adjustment for switching from retina to non retina screens and vice versa (AVP et APG)
- KOI-100 : CineForm and ProRes pipeline can now encode multiple audio tracks found in input videos as long as they have same configuration
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (90.66MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (144.76MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (189.34MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (107.74MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (151.32MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This new beta 1 release comes with the last features planned for this version, especially for the Omni Importer. A few bugs, mostly related to ProRes, were also fixed.
What's new ?
- GoPro VR Plugins for Premiere Pro : the installer was fixed in order to be compliant with the new version CC 3.2015.
- GoPro Omni Importer : A new homepage has been designed, allowing the user to choose and pick videos either from SD Cards or from hard drives.
- GoPro Omni Importer : The importer is now able to detect SD Cards unplugging, and then prompts the user accordingly.
- We provide improved builds for Linux, you can download packages here. Be aware that we offer very limited support for Linux platforms.
Fixes since 2.5.0 alpha 3:
- KOI-73 : Unlock maximum ProRes and CineForm resolution for stereo rendering
- KOI-71 : Fit render to selection shortcut does not always work
- KOI-74 : Fix VLC preview windows for Linux builds
- KOI-56 : [GoPro VR Plugins] NLE plugins not installed when updating Premiere Pro to version CC 3.2015
- KOI-78 : [GoPro VR Plugins] Fix GPU rendering when multiple output sequence sizes
- KOI-57 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Omni importer videos does not loop
- KOI-53 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Copy: Locate your "footages" - Incorrect grammar
- KOI-17 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Make import stitching faster
- KOI-12 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Create Welcome UI
- KOI-11 : [GoPro Omni Importer] SD card unplugging monitoring
- KOI-55 : [GoPro Omni Importer] Chaptered Source LRV Stitch has cameras out of place
- KOI-65 : [GoPro Omni Importer] After importing/rendering a clip, Omni Importer allows you to manipulate and attempt to re-render/import
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (77.54MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (116.79MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (189.26MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (107.7MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (151.23MB)
Changelog
Main changes
Fixing detected and reported issues.
Fixes since alpha 2:
Freezing when changing preview resolution while playing
Edit does not open APG if file path contains accents (é,ê....)
Rolling shutter is always applied on rendering
Crash when computing stabilisation when input video sizes are not multiple of 8
output as ProRes 4444 renders a proper alpha channel
CPU version of plugins not working when using adjustment layer
Add smooth transition before first and after last keyframe
[Omni importer] :Settings & registration
[Omni importer] : Handle Chaptered Videos
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (71.86MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (110.16MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (189.22MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (107.61MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (150.99MB)
Changelog
Main changes
We're quickly releasing this alpha to fix one main issue. After computing RMS curves, all others actions would cause crashes. We are already working on other issues but this one was often encountered and wouldn't allow users to test other features.
Fixes since alpha 1:
Crash at computeRMS
Exception error on motion compute
Crash after ComputeRMS
Render in MP4 has a different FPS from source videos
Crash at stabilization computation
Horizon Straightening
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (71.87MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (110.15MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (189.16MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (107.59MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (150.98MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This release introduces a new cycle in Autopano Video software. This version is the first alpha version for the new 2.5 branch. It comes with some nice improvements. The following paragraphs will detail the changes.
GoPro Omni Importer
At NAB 2016, we announced a new 6 GoPro synchronized rig called Omni. This rig solves many pain points you have by using unsynchronized rigs, like syncing, data management, etc. You can learn more about GoPro Omni by just following this url: GoPro Omni Rig.
Alongside with GoPro Omni, we created a standalone application called Omni Importer, included with Autopano Video Pro, that is here to help you to manage the camera content in a simple and efficient way. This made the rig offloading as well as the stitching of your shots really easy to do.
With the Omni importer, our idea of ideal workflow is the following:
- Plug the SD cards to the usb hub
Launch the Omni importer. It will scan for SD cards and if Omni content is found on them, it will automatically show all content in a nice interface.- For each content, decide what you want to do with them
Each scene, can be previewed directly from the SD cards through a quick stitch (it isn't a high quality stitch as it is based on video thumbnails and not low quality videos (.THM and .LRV), but it is super fast and reflects well the captured content). When reviewing a video, you can select a range in the content in which you are interested in. Note: you can edit the title of each video in the video's header.- Import, stitch steps
Once you have reviewed your content (removing those you are not interesting in and adjusting the range for the others), you can import, stitch and compute the selection. This is when the real calculation happens. You will find several options at the bottom of the window, so you can apply stabilization, color correction and choose if you want render or just import files. In any case, even if you don't select any options, the importing and stitching processes will happen. Import means SD card content will be copied locally and reorganized by the title name you have edited in the content title. Stitching is when a stitch is created for this content. That stitch is based on a pre-calibrated stitch so it cannot fail even in case of full black videos. At the end of the stitch, you'll have a .kava project file.- Compute steps
If you have selected some computation to be done while importing, after the stitch, these computation will be done on the .kava project file. On the selected range, we can compute stabilization track, the color correction tracks or even do a rendering of the quality you have selected. This is really a good workflow to do so, as at the end of the import process, you have a .kava project file that is ready to be fine-tunned in AVP and that already contains all the time consuming computations done.The idea of Omni importer was really to ease the work at capture time. Just remove the SD cards from omni, put a new set of SD cards in it to continue capturing. While continuing the shot, an other member of the team can review on stage what has been captured. If needed a stitch can be done in a few clicks too. But at any time, as you have access to the project file, you can be also really accurate thanks to Autopano Video features. The Omni importer can be used in a fast workflow or a powerful workflow.
Some technical notes:
- File naming / metadata scheme
One of the complicated tasks when using multiple camera rigs, is to associate SD cards back to cameras. This is a delicate and time consuming task. With Omni, the rig itself solves that problem by having a file naming scheme that allows you to know from which camera the content comes from. We also added dedicated metadata within the mp4 itself to do the same. The Omni importer makes uses of this metadata to associate each camera with their scene.- GoPro Omni Importer Settings
The Omni Importer shares the same settings as AVP. So if you decide to do CPU rendering in AVP, it will do the same in Omni Importer. We decided for such a design so you don't need to change general settings in two places, only one place which is in AVP settings.- Smart horizon on static scenes
For static scenes taken from a pole, your horizon is directly straightened in the preview of the Omni ImporterAutopano Video new features
While working on the Omni importer, we also added several cool new features on Autopano Video. Here's a detailed list of the new features.
- Undo / Redo / History framework
Yes, that standard part of a good software wasn't available before. We took it really seriously and now, you can do a CTRL+Z in AVP. You also have access to a history window that allows you to rollback several operations.- Apple ProRes support
By popular demand, we added official support to Apple ProRes in input and output of AVP. This feature allows some strong workflows if you are going to edit the footage afterward in final cut for example.- New Stereo Rendering Options (AVP only)
Most of the time, default 3D-stereo settings (known as interoccular and convergence) are the most suitable. But in some very specific setups, you may have to face compromi deviates from standard values. For that purpose, we allow you to alter (when possible) those two key values. See the documentation for more details.- MP4 file merger
One of the features that AVP 2.3 users really loved, is the fact that gopro importer wizard merges MP4 files together automatically when the content was from the same long duration shot (The GoPro camera divides long shots into several MP4 files). Our customers told us that they were interested in having the merge tool only. It is now available as a single action in the AVP menu.- Clever interface to retrieve missing videos
Added an interface to relink videos that are missing when opening a kava file.- Improved batch renderer
Re-organize your batches, drag'n'drop you kava files that are ready to render directly in the batch render of AVP to add batches.- Small UI updates
Moved some menu, added short cuts, and tool tips with shortcuts in them- Rolling shutter effect reduction for Omni videos
Autopano Video detects shots captured by GoPro Omni rigs and applies corrections for rolling shutter, allowing to reduce the related artefacts.Adobe Premiere Pro Plugins
This is also new for this 2.5 series. Customers were really interested in having more tools to improve the 360 workflow after stitching was finished. And this is why we got into NLE plugins development specifically for VR. This version introduces 2 Adobe Premiere Plugins: (These two plugins are available in the Video Effects menu under GoPro VR folder)
- GoPro VR Horizon
This plugin assumes that the input video is a 360 spherical video and the output after processing is a 360 video as well. It lets you straighten the horizon according to 3 sliders representing the yaw, pitch and roll axes. You may even do this job more easily by using the mouse directly on the composition window. You may also place some keyframes to create transitions between spherical point of views. An optional "Smooth transition" checkbox helps you smooth complex transitions.- GoPro VR Reframe
This second plugin assumes that the input video is 360 spherical video and the output a standard video. By moving the FOV slider and the 3 axes yaw, pitch and roll (mouse is available as well) you can change the field of view and the point of view of the video and obtain a projection going from little planet to a classical planar projection. And just like GoPro VR Horizon, you can use keyframes and the "Smooth transition" checkbox to create your storytelling.
Note: A 360 video viewer plugin for Premiere Pro is available when downloading KolorEyes desktop and lets you see direct result of your video editing in Premiere Pro.
Roadmap
This is the first alpha of this new engine. We expect to have a lot of feedback and bug reports. It is important for users to post report in the right forum. This is the direct link for AVP bug report forum:
Autopano Video - Preliminary releases feedback, bugs and discussionFixes since 2.3.3:
- 0005656: [UI Preview] [Omni Importer] : Preview Player
- 0005773: [UI behavior] [Omni Importer] : Fix point size different between OS
- 0005760: [UI behavior] UI : tooltip and shortcuts
- 0005220: [UI Preview] Double hit on apply in preview has a strange behaviour
- 0005372: [UI behavior] Improve batch render
- 0005625: [Unclassified] Spherical NLE Plugins integration into installer
- 0005650: [Unclassified] [Omni Importer] : Installer
- 0005652: [UI behavior] [Omni Importer] : QmlLib integration
- 0005659: [Algorithms] set rolling shutter value for each Omni mode
- 0005664: [UI behavior] define and create historic UI
- 0005665: [UI behavior] Check project dirty status with undo/redo
- 0004924: [Rendering] separate rolling shutter compensation and stabilization
- 0005242: [Video I/O] input video framerate reading
- 0005337: [Rendering] Cineform on Mac - low and medium presets give the same output size/bitrate.
- 0005491: [Algorithms] template stitching for Omni
- 0005645: [UI behavior] [Omni Importer] : Transfer UI from Widget to QML
- 0005646: [Unclassified] [Omni Importer] Play LRV files
- 0005647: [Rendering] [Omni Importer] : Import Engine
- 0005653: [UI Preview] [Omni Importer] : THM preview
- 0005661: [UI behavior] Create a historic framework
- 0005662: [UI behavior] Create an undo command for all UI actions
- 0001490: [Video I/O] output format, ProRez422HQ
- 0005122: [UI behavior] Retrieve video files when they are missing (move their location on disk)
- 0005603: [Algorithms] Faster visual stabilization
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (60.06MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (90.61MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (88.69MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (89.82MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (118.38MB)
Changelog
Main changes
We hope this version is the last one before the final release. We mainly fixed GPU issues and input framerate reading.
Fixes since RC 1:
- 0005381: [Rendering] Loop glitch at rendering
- 0005519: [Video I/O] wrong framerate reading
- 0005521: [UI behavior] Bad Frame rounding display for render In/out in timeline
- 0005501: [UI behavior] UI Adjustment in Batch Render(er)
- 0005487: [Rendering] Clicking on render resumes batch manager even if previously paused
- 0005239: [Rendering] black pixels in little planet GPU rendering
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (62.13MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (93.33MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (88.65MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (89.79MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (118.35MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This version version mainly fixes some issues arround new video feature (merging files and cineform support). Some GPU issues have been reported but not reproduce yet.
Fixes since beta 2:
- 0005248: [Timeline] Frame difference between timeline and preview in CPU mode without cache preview
- 0005380: [Algorithms] Autopano Video Standard : Play and Cache preview
- 0005410: [Rendering] [GPU] Iso weight has wrong pixels on diagonal
- 0005414: [Rendering] Bug stereo rendering
- 0005411: [Video I/O] dirty audio with cineform inputs
- 0005416: [UI behavior] Empty name for pano when no common parts in video name
- 0005409: [Rendering] Vignetting correction applied from image center
- 0005384: [UI behavior] Corrupted render dimensions
- 0005397: [Video I/O] dirty audio with cinforme export
- 0005396: [Video I/O] mp4 merger with some files
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (102.6MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (144.04MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (88.58MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (90.19MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (118.75MB)
Changelog
Main changes
Output frame numbering
We added an option to name the output frames with the frame number from the timeline. So exported sequences will not always start by 0.
Input support
This beta 2 mainly fixes issues for supporting input formats.
Fixes since beta 1:
- 0005338: [UI behavior] Magic Mouse behavior on combo box
- 0005331: [UI behavior] UI Adjustments in GoPro Importer
- 0005351: [Rendering] Preserve Frame Numbering/Choose Start Frame
- 0005261: [Video I/O] cineform input
- 0005346: [Algorithms] Stabilization & motion sync broken with ProRes inputs
- 0005176: [Performance] Automatic GPU preference to High performance
- 0005339: [Rendering] Cineform export size - multiple of 8 and 4
- 0005344: [Rendering] ProRes source videos are not supported anymore
- 0005328: [Algorithms] Broken stereo O/U - SbS - Anaglyph render and preview
- 0005330: [Video I/O] H264_MOV_OUTPUT still not hidden on MACOS
Download
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (88.8MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (86MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (114.24MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This release introduces a new cycle in the Autopano Video engine. This is the first beta of 2.3 branch with some nice improvements. The high level goals for this version were performance and workflow efficiency. The following paragraphs will detail the changes.
Over 4K workflow
If you use GoPro 4 Black cameras, the native resolution can go up to 8K in the spherical space. Nevertheless, current workflows are complicated if you go over 4K which is the maximum size allowed by h264. We had to introduce another codec so that this size would be manageable. The solution was easy to find: Cineform. That codec is a really good solution for over 4K workflows, as it is really fast, compresses quite well and optimized for editing. Producing Cineform videos from within AVP will make them easily editable inside Adobe products like Premiere, as Adobe products already support Cineform. You can keep the master file at maximum resolution through the full editing workflow using that new codec in AVP.
You can find the Cineform codec in the render dialog box. It can be selected for the AVI container on windows only or for the MOV container for both Windows and Mac. You have the following encoding options:
- High: RGB444, with high quality compression, almost lossless
- Medium: YUV422, with high quality compression, almost lossless
- Low: YUV422, with low quality compression
Batch rendering
A real batch rendering system was missing in the previous versions of the software. We've worked on that and now you have a real batch rendering dialog that allows you to manage rendering jobs. The details:
- UI: the inspiration was the batch rendering dialog box from Autopano Giga. It works in a similar manner. Start the queue, pause the queue, stop current job, remove job, etc. You can also add new jobs without having to open the project file by using the open job button on the batch rendering dialog box.
- Backup queue: the job queue is automatically saved. If you close the software while something is rendering, at next launch, the queue restarts by asking you what you want. Easy and efficient.
- Command line rendering: You can add one job to the batch rendering queue through the command line, without opening the software. It will render that job and quit the software when finished. If you have a render farm and want to use AVP for massive rendering, you can do it now with this option.
AutopanoVideo -batch filename.kavaPerformance boost
The speed of the software is something that is important so you spend less time during rendering. We did a big study on how we use the GPU in the software by adding some internal benchmarking timeline into the software directly. This huge study did allow us to measure timing in 3 main areas which are, the decoder, the rendering and the encoder pipeline. By doing this study and analysing the results did end up in a speed boost during rendering of up to 50% on windows and up to 15% on mac. But that really depends on the hardware tested.
For people that want to optimize their hardware, we added an output log after each rendering in the batch rendering dialog box. This output calculates the activity of each subparts of the software, decoding/rendering/encoding. It is really interesting to look at the values there. Here's an example.
Settings : AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series Synchronous Statistics : Total time : 54.2792 s FPS : 19.05 Decoding : 83 % Rendering : 97 % Encoding : 9 %If one of the areas is around 100% while the others are much lower (< 50%), it means that this part of the process is the limiting factor to get better performance. Some advice:
- Decoder is at 100%: The CPU or I/O is most certainly the limitation. Use ssd or change the input file format for a faster decoding.
- Rendering is at 100%: This is easy, it means that the GPU drives the performance. Better GPU, better global rendering time.
- Encoder is at 100%: Here, you should try to switch from synchrone to asynchrone mode in AVP. Sometimes, the GPU drivers are not behaving well with texture transfers. If it doesn't change anything, just use another codec as output format, for example, Cineform.
We are really interested into having customers sharing their rendering logs and results on their hardware. Please use the forum for that.
Cache preview
The preview window is one of these zones that you always look at. It has to be fast so that you can work fast. To be able to get that at maximum speed, we are introducing in this version a cache system that computes this preview in the background. It gets that window refreshing rate at realtime. To be able to understand how it works, we added a small green line in the timeline that highlights the part that is cached into the memory. Scrubbing inside that green zone by moving the cursor forwards and backwards is realtime.
GoPro Importer
Working with a lot of cameras is challenging, especially for managing so many videos. We refreshed the GoPro importer to improve the workflow when importing videos from the camera. We worked on several aspects in this wizard.
- Sequence/Camera organization: You have an option to switch the wizard between camera view or sequences view. It will reorder the videos differently to understand better the datas. Note: we suppose that for a shooting, you cleared all the memory cards beforehand.
- Subfolder creation: That option creates folders which have the name of the top organization, so for example sequences or cameras names.
- Chapters support: With GoPro, if your video is getting over 4GB, the file will be cut into several individuals files, but it is the same video. We detect and find that videos were part of a chapter.
- Chapters merging: If you have Chapter, you can decide if the wizard should just copy the files or do a merge while copying. So on your hard drive, you will have a single big video file and not individuals 4GB videos which are in fact the same continuous sequence.
- USB Hub workflow: We still don't support MTP which is the protocol used by cameras when they are plugged directly to the computer. This means that you still need to use USB hub / SD card reader.
Efficient workflows
In several areas, we have improved the workflow efficiency by bringing new options. Let me highlight some of the small features for faster workflow.
- Timeline highlights: Our design of the timeline is quite unique and some users did get back to us saying that it was not that intuitive. But as soon as you understand it's logic, it is easy to use. We tried to address this by adding highlighting on the timeline as soon as you modify something. Clicking on a button will highlight the state(s) that is affected by this action. The states that were not affected will not highlight. If nothing lights up, there must be an issue.
- GoPro lens presets: Now that we have the knowledge of the GoPro lenses, we can provide much better calibration.
- Entaniya presets: We worked with Entaniya team to add direct support of their lenses inside AVP. The calibration is really accurate now.
- MP4 Preset: Changing bitrates was a bit challenging in the previous version. We added an option directly in the rendering UI, so you can change the rate quickly from there ( audio and video bitrates ).
- Temporary files: One of the key challenges when working with professional workflow, for example with networks disks that are read only to prevent any loss. So it wasn't possible to work on such videos directly as AVP was creating temporary files in the same location as sources videos. We've changed that behavior and now working from a read only drive is possible without copying video files locally.
- Shortcuts: To speed up editing, keyboard shortcuts are really important. We did review the software to add shortcuts where they were needed. Example: in preview, 'A' to apply, 'I' and 'O' for input and output range, 'F' to fit selection to rendering range, 'Shift+F' to fit rendering to current selection, 'arrow up/arrow down' to go to previous/next selectable edge in the timeline.
- Magic Mouse support: The support trackpads and the Magic Mouse was lacking. These devices are now supported, improving the workflow.
- Authoring editor: We changed the way the editor worked in that mode. We use now less pixels, a lower resolution, but the edition experience is much better.
- Camera numbers: Ever wondered which camera is where in the preview? Now, you have a switch that will put a number over the camera. This is especially helpful during the synchronization stage.
Roadmap
This is the first beta of this new engine. We expect to have a lot of feedback and bug reports. It is important for users to post report in the right forum. This is the direct link for AVP bug report forum:
Autopano Video - Bug and DiscussionFixes since 2.2.2:
- 0005263: [UI behavior] Wheel event toggles combo boxes in stereo settings pannel
- 0005280: [Unclassified] remove layers in range stiching
- 0004986: [Video I/O] encoding preset sharing
- 0005200: [UI behavior] Always reset the UI when hitting new project?
- 0005233: [UI behavior] Synchronization panel with cache preview
- 0005256: [UI behavior] Asks to save a kava file when only general settings are changed
- 0001571: [Video I/O] Support for gopro video over 21minutes
- 0005243: [UI behavior] Play problem with cache preview
- 0005249: [Timeline] Frame difference between timeline and preview with Cache Preview
- 0005257: [UI behavior] AVP Stereo assignment - modification of the inverted mode to the default mode and vice versa
- 0005285: [UI behavior] Zoom is too strong with magic mouse on macos
- 0005260: [Unclassified] use temp directories for working files
- 0004991: [UI behavior] add select all into GoPro importer
- 0005125: [UI behavior] Trackpad / Magic Mouse behaviour
- 0005259: [Rendering] rework mp4 rendering UI
- 0003237: [Rendering] Batch rendering
- 0005121: [Rendering] Cloud rendering - Deadline tool integration
- 0005234: [Timeline] Frame difference between timeline and preview in GPU mode without cache preview
- 0005208: [UI behavior] Asking to much if we want to overwrite
- 0005180: [UI behavior] Shortcut for previous/next transition
- 0004445: [Performance] Benchmarking tool inside AVP
- 0004915: [Video I/O] export Cineform
- 0004917: [Video I/O] support cinefrom into vlc player
- 0004919: [Video I/O] avi muxing
- 0004920: [Video I/O] mov muxing
- 0005019: [UI Preview] Cache preview
- 0005051: [UI Preview] draw camera numbers in stitched preview
- 0005052: [UI Preview] synchro in preview can be slightly different from the one at rendering depending on the exact seek time
- 0005069: [Timeline] Highlight actually modified timeline states
- 0005244: [Performance] Activate/Desactivate cache preview at run time
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (90.66MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (138.52MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (84.08MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (102.32MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (113.76MB)
Changelog
Roadmap
The next version will be the final release.
Fixes since 4.2.0 RC2:
- 0005018: [UI behavior] Space bar for play/pause working randomly
- 0005030: [UI behavior] C/V shortcuts work randomly
- 0005031: [UI behavior] Add shortcut in editor preview
- 0005032: [UI behavior] Add feature to link render & selection interval
- 0005033: [UI behavior] Dirty flag is not always updated
- 0005055: [Synchronization] error boxes at rendering when synchronizing with negative shifts
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (90.68MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (138.52MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (84.07MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (102.32MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (113.76MB)
Changelog
Roadmap
The global stability is satisfying, so the next version should be the final release.
Fixes since 4.2.0 RC1:
Update some dependencies.
- 0004970: [Rendering] 3D left and right rendering can be identical
- 0004945: [Crash Dump] memory issue at the end of asynchronous rendering
- 0004969: [Rendering] can't render video when input path are relative
- 0004950: [UI behavior] prevent the context menu allowing to hide the toolbar
- 0004949: [Algorithms] force weighting mode to iso-cutting when rendering stereo video with split sources
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (90.68MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (138.54MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (84.09MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (102.31MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (113.77MB)
Changelog
Roadmap
The global stability is satisfying, so the next version should be the final release.
Fixes since 2.2.0 beta4:
- 0004934: [Crash Dump] crash in render preview
- 0004932: [Crash Dump] crash when decoders are not well created
- 0004912: [Crash Dump] ExpoScaler out of bound case
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (90.12MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (137.69MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (83.72MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (99.46MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (106.43MB)
Changelog
Main changes
Some UI adjustments:
- stitching actions have been moved into a toolbox
- we added a slider for seeking into the preview when the widget is detached from the main window
Roadmap
The global stability is satisfying, so the next version should be the release candidate.
Fixes since 2.2.0 beta3:
- 0004891: [UI behavior] integrated editor not adapted to stereo project
- 0004880: [GPU] color GPU rendering consistency
- 0004858: [Performance] memory not freed when project is closed
- 0004859: [Video I/O] memory leak on project closing
- 0004861: [GPU] line glitch on some GPU device
- 0004857: [Timeline] timeline curves are blurry when project duration is over 10 minutes
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (90.18MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (137.75MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (83.67MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (106.38MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (113.34MB)
Changelog
Main changes
Fix rendered output framerate. According to input and output framerates, video sources were not well seek (wrong frame speed, wrong sound synchronization).
Some UI adjustments.
Fixes since 2.2.0 beta2:
- 0004843: [Video I/O] wrong output framerate - 0004822: [UI behavior] Planar preview editing: inconsistent mouse wheel direction - 0004821: [UI behavior] Exposure compensation slider behavior - 0004832: [Performance] speed up stabilization computation of high resolution input videos - 0004831: [Crash Dump] crash at rendering if GPU has been turned off without restarting AVP - 0004823: [UI behavior] Lock X/Y in editor - 0004819: [UI behavior] Source videos does not seek before stitch - 0004820: [UI behavior] Motion curve rendering not refresh when zooming
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (90.12MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (137.7MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (83.65MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (106.35MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (113.31MB)
Changelog
Main changes
We're quickly releasing an update of the lastest beta version for fixing an issue for saving new color correction parameters.
Fixes since 2.2.0 beta1:
- 0004810: [UI behavior] Fisheye 1:1 aspect ratio in preview
- 0004813: [Unclassified] new color correcrtion is not well saved and reload
- 0004816: [UI Preview] preview duration limited to the previous project duration
Download
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (83.65MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (106.35MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (113.31MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the first public beta of the new Autopano Video engine v2.2. It contains a lot of new features.
Flexible UI
When working with a video editing tool, it is really important to be able to adapt the software to your workspace. We wanted to address this demand by adding some nice UI features.
The software can be divided in several windows which contain a task: sources players, the preview zone, the timeline, synchronization parameters, etc. For all these zones, you can now, Attach / Detach them from main windows, make them fullscreen, move them to a second screen, etc. You can completely revamp the organization to match what you want. And if you close the software and reopen it, it will keep the layout you have chosen. These new options in the UI are intended to make the workflow more user friendly.
New automatic color correction
With the new color correction engine created in Autopano Giga, we were able to have color correction applied along the time. This is really nice and works really well. Just define how many keyframes you want and autopano video will calculate and optimize through time the color / exposure of the video.
Moreover, as you have the new exposure slider, you can adjust that through time too. It applies on a state and is interpolated to next state.
Integrated projection and horizon editing
I'm sure, you were all waiting for that feature to happen. An integrated editor for the most time consuming part, the horizon and projection adjustments. So you don't need to switch to Autopano Giga anymore to be able to create a director's cut video or correct the horizon.
Nevertheless, you will still need Autopano Giga for more advanced adjustments, for editing control points for example.
Miscellaneous
- Stereo improvements: Creating stereo content is now really easier. You can directly render to anaglyph, side by side. No more need to use ffmpeg afterwards for that.
- Better input format support: We support now quicktime format better if quicktime 7 is installed.
- Direct show 32bits under 64bits: This is quite nice, as now, we can read videos using 32bits direct show codecs while using Autopano Video in 64bits. It opens the door for stitching really huge input sources (over 4K).
- Images sequence support: Through a easy understandable XML format that describes an image sequence, you can now use these images as input to stitch. No more conversion before stitching.
Roadmap to final release
We think that Autopano Video 2.2 is fairly advanced. So besides bugs that will be reported, there is little work left, like translation and small UI adaptation.
Fixes since 2.0.2:
- 0001926: [Video I/O] Input format, images sequences
- 0004132: [Algorithms] Color correction, generate one color key each x seconds button
- 0001829: [MainConcept] Mac QuickTime codec support - os 64
- 0003548: [Algorithms] Integrated workflow to produce 3D video
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (79.95MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (121.04MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (72.85MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (93.03MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (108.34MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This version is a release candidate (RC) which means that the product is stable enough for production work, but also means that if no big crash is found, it will be the final version.
Miscellaneous
Some noticeable minors fixes:
- Google spherical metadata support
Google has released a specification about spherical metadata here: https://github.com/google/spatial-media. We added direct support of this metadata to our software. That means that generated video out of Autopano Video will now be compatible with the upcoming 360° video support on YouTube. To support this specification, we need your operating system to have Python 2.7 installed. On MacOS, it is installed by default. On Windows, please install Python and put it to the path so we can use Python to write this specification in the output video.- VLC 2.2 final integration
Luckily for us, VLC released one week ago a final version LibVLC 2.2. It has been integrated into our software and allows to be more stable in several cases. One nice side effect of this new VLC is that a better Linux version of Autopano Video has been made possible. We officially don't support the Linux version, but we'll make it accessible to users whising to try it at their own risks.- Qt and compilers updates
To be really up to date in the development tools, we used here the latest version of both Qt and Intel compilers. You should notice a small improvement in terms of performance.Warning: registration keys
As we are now in release candidate stage, the registration keys that should be used for this version are keys of version 2. Be sure to go to your user account to get them.
Fixes since 2.0.0 beta 5
- 0004542: [Video I/O] Google spherical metadata integration
- 0004543: [Video I/O] integration VLC 2.2 final
- 0004521: [UI Preview] preview does not always consider stereo settings
- 0004514: [Crash Dump] crash at line qpaintdevice.h : 70
- 0004509: [Rendering] add "No audio" option to MP4 rendering
- 0004499: [UI behavior] Current time cursor snap to each element of all the timelines whatever tab you are editing (authoring or editing)
Download
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (69.33MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (91.02MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (107.31MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is probably the last public beta of the new Autopano Video engine v2.
Camera presets introduction
The camera presets let you configure the stitching optimizer with advanced options. The presets let you define the lens type (fisheye or standard), initial focal and distorsion values, enable or disable their estimation, and choose their scopes.
The full documentation about this feature will be here (Warning: Work in progress): Stitching and presets
In practice, what does it allow?
- Accurate lens calibration
If you use back to back configurations, like 2 Kodak SP360 for example, the overlapping zone is not enough to be able to calculate the lens distortion. You will need to create a first panorama while rotating the lens, so you can calculate the lens distortions. Once you have some accurate distortion, through the presets, you can inject them in the stitching process. The presets is exactly about that, use for example, calculated k1,k2,k3, while optimizing focal and sensor/lens offsets. The way we integrated presets allows users to create their own presets super easily for their cameras, for example, if you modify gopros to get 185° lenses, this system will work perfectly.- Improvements
This new system doesn't really reduce the RMS value, you should notice that, but as the lens distortion are really accurate, the visual experience that you have through HMD is really improved. You don't have any more visual bumps like if you were looking at a mirror ball.- Current presets
There are already some presets shipped inside the software. You can add you own by just creating a XML.
- GoPro: Generic GoPro preset that already stores lens distortions. The distortion will still be optimized. This mode is a really generic mode.
- QBic: Generic QBic mode, but it doesn't contain any precalculated distortion yet. It may be improved in the future.
- Kodak SP360: For back to back set-up with 2 Kodak cameras. The distortion are forced as they have been calculated before. A good example of calibration and reusing the calibration is available here: How to stitch back to back rigs
- Generic mixed lenses: To be used with heterogeneous rigs that have different fisheye models in the same rigs.
Roadmap
We hope it will be the last beta version and next update will be a release candidate.
Fixes since 2.0.0 beta 4
- 0004205: [Crash Dump] crash on seek when playing
- 0004414: [Algorithms] new camera presets engine for configuring the stitching
- 0004364: [Algorithms] Stitching resets previously adjusted fisheye circles
- 0004363: [UI behavior] AVP does not suggest to save project when closing if rendering parameters have been modified
- 0004339: [Crash Dump] crash at closing in GPU asynchronous mode
- 0004337: [Algorithms] A new stitching do not update matches list
- 0004336: [UI behavior] opening of a project from AVP 1 fails with message "videos not found"
- 0004335: [UI behavior] default video output filename can be one folder level up from the sources
Download
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (69.38MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (91.08MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (107.36MB)
Changelog
Main changes
We fix most recurrent issues for allowing most of users to use the beta and help us to continue the stabilization stage.
Fixes since 2.0.0 beta 3
- 0004280: [UI behavior] Cluf font
- 0004309: [UI behavior] check if videos are found when loading a project
- 0004304: [UI behavior] Rendering and working intervals can be retracted until they get invisible
- 0004294: [UI behavior] add "New Project" in menu bar
- 0004285: [Crash Dump] crash in inHorizonTransition()
- 0004212: [Crash Dump] crash in LoweSift.cpp
- 0003798: [Video I/O] Non-standard video size / input AVP / GPU bug.
Download
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (68.14MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (91.09MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (106.77MB)
Changelog
Main changes
We fix most recurrent issues for allowing most of users to use the beta and help us to continue the stabilization stage.
Happy New Year
Fixes since 2.0.0 beta 2
- 0004244: [Rendering] Output larger than 8192x4096
- 0004254: [Crash Dump] RMS analysis crashes when you have a "patch" in your panorama
- 0004212: [Crash Dump] crash in LoweSift.cpp
- 0003702: [UI behavior] Black triangle "stitch as" is too small
Download
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (68.15MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (91.1MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (106.79MB)
Changelog
Main changes
We did a mistake with the compilation of the first beta 1. It was optimized for CPU that have AVX instructions set with no fallback. That means that only recents cpu could use the software. We fixed that quickly so that everyone can enjoy the software.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Fixes since 2.0.0 beta 1
- 0004208: [UI behavior] unsynchronized global orientation between APG and AVP
- 0004209: [UI behavior] Crash when project opening is canceled
- 0004211: [Timeline] Some transitions are ignored when motion is computed partially
- 0004214: [Performance] don't start with some CPU
Download
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (66.78MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (91.13MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (106.42MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the first public beta of the new Autopano Video engine v2. It is by far the most advanced video stitching engine we've built, with a lot of new and unique features.
Although this is version 2, you can register this version with a v1 key, which will be accepted all throughout the beta-testing phase. This means that this version is time-locked, and will lock itself (removing the registration) around the time a new beta or the final release comes. When the final version is released, you will need an upgraded version 2 key to use the software. If you've lost your license key, you can retrieve it at any time from your user account.
Director's cut mode
When creating 360 video, one of the big challenges after that, is to be able to produce a standard video out of the 360 video, by selecting projections, crop zones, orientation, etc. This means framing the view and allowing creativity after stitching.
The director's cut is all about that. It allows you to define a rendering camera, with projections and orientation that can change over time. The video generated in this mode can have the aspect ratio of your choice and is dedicated to be shared as a standard video (no 360 video viewer needed). All the Autopano output projections (Planar, Little planet, Fisheye...) are available and can be smoothly interpolated from one to another. At any time, you can switch the video editing mode between standard full sphere output and director's cut video output.
The new timeline tab "Authoring" gives access to two new tracks, defining the director's cut rendering camera over the time:
Watch the introduction video on director's cut in Autopano Video 2
- Orientation: orientation of the rendering camera.
- Projection: projection of the rendering camera.
Improved stitching / horizon track / RMS curve
The "Camera" track of the previous Autopano Video version has been split into two separate tracks: "Horizon" and "Stitch". These new tracks allow you to compute new stitches without losing all the work you did to keep a straight horizon over the time. This improves the production workflow.
When we did that split, an idea came to us. How cool would it be to be able to visually see the stitching quality. That could be a good solution to understand what is happening along a video. This is the RMS error curve, which is the equivalent of the RMS value when stitching a still panorama but along the video. This is displayed over the stitching track in a curve function, the lower, the better. High peak means, high RMS, so big parallax and bad stitch.
Due to inevitable parallax in every 360° video capturing system, getting a perfect render requires the stitching to be adjusted to the scene over the time. This new curve is a very useful tool to detect problematic moments and fix them. After a first computation, that can be long, the RMS curve can be updated almost instantly even if you calculate a new stitch locally.
Watch the introduction video introduction on RMS curve in Autopano Video 2Range stitching on a selection
Getting a good stitch template can be a complicated problem. There are 2 cases that were complicated to manage:
- Not enough details at any moment: Typically in an underwater video, you cannot find a single moment in the whole video where all input videos have enough good content that allows you to get a stitch. It is only at some different moments, that some pairs of cameras have relevant links. Over the full video or a large range of time, globally, all the data needed to get a stitch is there, but not at a single moment in time.
- Optimal stitch for a given content: If your camera is stationary or if the content relative to the camera is globally the same, it should be possible to get an optimal stitch for that range of time.
To be able to manage the two problems, we introduced range stitching in Autopano Video 2.0. The stitching on a selection allows to stitch on a sequence of the video, using automatically the best instants for each video pair. This function gives very good results in every situations and is also advised for stitching easy cases.
Watch the introduction video introduction on range stitching in Autopano Video 2
It is interesting to look at this feature while analysing the RMS curve. Using range stitching, it will show a lower RMS over the selected range, whereas current time stitching gets the best just for that frame.New Mask timeline track
One of the big projects of 360° video is managing parallax. Both tools, RMS curve and range stitching, are really good for getting a better local stitch, but sometimes, it is not enough. To overcome this problem, Autopano Video 2 introduces a Masking timeline to select what is displayed from which camera at which time.
It contains states like other timelines. The Mask track allows to benefit from all the power of the Autopano Masking tool to make some fixes on video boundaries over the time.
Watch the introduction video introduction on Masking timeline in Autopano Video 2Stereoscopic stitching (AVP only)
Autopano Video Pro is now able to handle stereoscopic videos in a very friendly way thanks to a new interface, allowing you to assign each source video to an output eye. This new interface allows you to work with a rig in which a same camera is used for both left and right, rendering without the need of creating manual Masks.
For more information, see the documentation page: Stereoscopic stitching in Autopano Video 2
A lot of nice and sexy miscellaneous improvements
We addressed a lot of the requests of our users in several areas. Let me highlight some of them:
- Improved audio synchronization: Our audio synchronization algorithm has been greatly improved thanks to the use of state of the art techniques and should no longer fail if enough sound is captured in source videos.
- Local motion estimation: In Autopano Video 2, you will no longer have to compute the motion over the full project before you can start editing. It can now be estimated and updated only on a chosen part of the video.
- Autopano Giga new color correction engine: Autopano Video 2 benefits from the new color correction engine of Autopano 4. It is just amazing, see the following video See the video
- Grid over preview: a grid can be displayed over the preview to help detect horizon drift.
- Preview resolution: the preview resolution can be changed at any time.
- VLC source players: the source videos players are now based on the VLC library which means that more input formats will be supported.
- Timeline editing in key frames mode: a new editing mode accessible from the settings configuration interface allows you to switch timeline editing to a more key-frames-based mode. In this mode, every pano edit automatically inserts a new state.
- Track collapse: unused timeline tracks can be collapsed to save space in your edition workspace.
- Speed up: The exchange file used between AVP and APG were tiff before. We switched to jpeg and it makes the edit button much faster.
- Introduction wizard: The first time you use AVP, you will see a quick introduction wizard guiding you through the first steps in video stitching. That's really handy for beginners.
- Manual synchronisation range: We allow you to use negative shift in the tools, so that the synchronization in manual mode is easier.
4K / High DPI / Retina display support
We've always cared about the visual comfort when using our software, and the experience should be enjoyable during use. But with the latest computers / laptops, everything is quickly evolving to use high resolutions on screen and high DPI. Our software should adapt to that evolution.
Having an interface that adapts itself to high DPI / Retina display depends on the way the software is built. We use Qt for almost all our software. Qt should then be providing us with the solution for High DPI / Retina Display. It happens that Qt has provided this only really recently, with Qt 5.4. Our software relied on Qt 4.8 ( quite old ). It wasn't possible to make the switch before, as it does impact a lot of the codebase. We could only plan the switchover for a major update, as it also impacted the minimal OS configuration needed for the software. The result is that we now have a better interface, with Retina icons / high DPI screen support even for 4K screens. The switch also accelerates every part of the software related to displaying something on the screen. With this upgrade of Qt, we are also ready for Windows 10 and Mac Yosemite.
Roadmap to final release
We think that Autopano Video 2 is fairly advanced and stable. So besides bugs that will be reported, there is little work left, like translation and small UI adaptation.
For feedback and reports, please use the following forum for that: Autopano Video 2 Bug and Feedback forum
Fixes since 1.7.1:
- 0002453: [Algorithms] Better audio synchronization
- 0003650: [UI behavior] Change the default output settings of AVP, especially for the framerate because 48fps cause playback problems.
- 0003656: [Timeline] save timeline zoom/pos in .kava
- 0004129: [UI Preview] Grid switch over the preview for alignement
- 0004127: [Performance] Exchange files speed test
- 0003907: [UI behavior] UI for toggling: stitch at current position/range stitching
- 0003908: [Timeline] UI not enough place for settings of tracks CAMERA and HORIZON
- 0003703: [Timeline] Tooltip explaining the warning in the cameras timeline when the SMART cutting is enabled
- 0004130: [Synchronization] Frame sync, do not renormalize
- 0003795: [Algorithms] Compute motion on a small part, not the whole project
- 0001782: [Algorithms] Interpolation Kernel
- 0001702: [UI behavior] Qt 5.0.0
- 0003905: [UI behavior] UI timeline director's cut
- 0003906: [UI behavior] UI range selection tool
- 0003395: [Algorithms] Quality settings for realtime playback
- 0003543: [UI behavior] Edit the timeline in key mode
- 0002652: [UI behavior] QT Player revamp
- 0002144: [MainConcept] bitrate seems wrong
- 0003569: [UI behavior] Qt 5 integration
- 0003545: [Video I/O] Vlc player
- 0003877: [Algorithms] Use both left and right tracks for audio synchronization
- 0003854: [UI behavior] Horizon track in timeline
- 0003853: [UI behavior] RMS curve
- 0003544: [Algorithms] Mask points in timeline
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (74.56MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (66.6MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (74.38MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (49.86MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (57.87MB)
Changelog
Main changes
- Autopano Video now supports Elmo QBiC cameras. Simply choose the option "Stitch as Elmo QBiC MS-1" and the stitching will be optimized for these cameras.
- UTF-8 characters are now supported. It prevents from having trouble with file names including Japanese characters for instance.
Roadmap
We are only doing fixes now on 1.X of AVP, and besides that working actively on next version 2.0.
Fixes since 1.6.2:
- 0003830: [I/O] Japanese characters are not fully supported
- 0003831: [UI] Delay before play
- 0003731: [UI] Add '"Stitch as Elmo QBiC MS-1" feature
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (74.52MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (66.57MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (74.28MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (49.83MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (57.85MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This new release candidate introduces Autopano Engine v3.6.
Miscellanous improvements
- With video stitching, it can happen that the maximum size of panorama is nearly 4K, but not really 4K just because of some pixels. Many users expressed the need to be able to render a bit over the maximum size allowed by the input source files. We unlocked that limit to be able to do so.
WARNING: APP/APG 3.6 RC1 is neededRoadmap
The release candidate phase should be really short. All the team is already working on next version 2.0.
Fixes since 1.6 beta 1 stable:
- 0003557: [I/O] crash on ouput frames when directory does not exist
- 0003558: [UI] Add the possibility to render over max panorama size.
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (74.52MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Video Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (66.57MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (74.27MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (49.82MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (57.85MB)
Changelog
Main changes
New motion stabilization that needs less manual adjustements in the timeline (motions of older projects will be recomputed).
Roadmap
This is a short beta stage before working on next version 2.0.
Fixes since 1.5.1 stable:
- 0003524: [I/O] Color changes on the timeline are not considered for the output if there is no geometric transition
Download
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (73.28MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (51.2MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (59.5MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This will probably be the only Release Candidate for the Autopano Video 1.5. The engine is really stable and we rarely get crash reports which is a good indicator of the software stability.
Roadmap
It seems that the previous beta3 was already widely used and really appreciated. No blocking bugs have been reported yet, that is why the changelog is so small.
Fixes since 1.5.0 beta3:
- 0003319: [I/O] check behaviours with networks files
Download
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (73.26MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (51.21MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (59.51MB)
Changelog
Main changes and comments by Alexandre Jenny, CEO and founder of Kolor
This is the beta 3 of Autopano Video 1.5, with several improvements.
Rendering UI
Many people were wondering how the rendering settings worked. It was not really simple as it was split in 2 windows with different settings influencing the real output. So we decided to change everything for a more easy to use UI while dropping one feature. The new UI has the following spirit:
- The size information is at the top. I'll make a warning here, as the size can represent several aspects and this is the main reason why people didn't always understand the rendering settings. The size can be the maximum possible size with the source videos: we call it the maximum panorama size. It can be also the maximum size allowed by the selected output, for example, if you encode in MP4 with HD preset, you cannot render anything over 1920x1080, because in this norm, the size is this one, and nothing else. If you are used to Adobe Premiere or other video tools, you should be used to that. Depending on the encoding choice, it reduces the allowed size. We don't do that differently, but now, you have a visual feedback.
- Below the size, you have the rendering algorithms. This hasn't changed.
- After that, you have a new unified user interface for the output. First, select the type of output and then its options. I think it is more straightforward to understand now. As we did this way, there is no more option to render at the same time the frames and the MP4 file, which was possible before. You can still do that by doing twice the rendering and batching everything.
Also, we found out that the MP4 presets were not really understandable by our users, so the naming has changed as well. Now, you have:
- "H.264 Auto (HD or 4K)" - This default value will select the best MP4 according to the source you have. It can end up with a 4K mp4 if the input allows it or by a HD version if the input is too low quality for a 4K version.
- "H.264 HD" - This is the standard mp4 specification for FullHD ( 1920x1080 ). It is a mp4 level 4.2 so you can render over 30 fps.
- "H.264 4K" - Our preset for panoramic 4K rendering, size 4096x2048. Encoded into a mp4 level 5.1.
- "H.264 4K Cinema" - The 4K cinema has a rendering size 4096x2160, which is the cinema 4K. Also encoded in a mp4 level 5.1.
- "H.264 4K UHDTV" - The UHD 4K which is the size 3940x2160. Encoded into a mp4 level 5.1.
- "H.264 Blu-ray" - This is a variant of the HD preset with a better bitrate. It will restrict the fps to 30 fps to ntsc and 25 fps in pal (anything else should be banned if you want that video to be playable on a bluray).
In the output options, you have a new option which is an uncompressed AVI output. We found out that doing this way is really faster in rendering than doing frame rendering and allows you to have a nice workflow afterward. Besides the huge amount of data it creates, this mode is really nice compared to frame output.
Fixes and improvements
Among the fixes we did, the most noticeable are:
- The timeline becomes usable even if the input video sources are not decoded by the system. Now, you must be able to stitch and work with the timeline even if video preview remains black.
- A better GPU code on Mac. It should not crash anymore on this platform. If it still happens, then switch in the general setting to synchrone mode and not asynchrone. It is a bit slower, but super stable.
- The timeline has a quite final design. We moved the Cut and Open tools a little to the left to prevent the use of too much space over the title zone. We still need to have the final icons integrated and it should be done.
Roadmap
The global stability is satisfying, so the next version should be the release candidate.
Note: we already have a new version of the stabilization algorithm ready. It will appear really soon after the 1.5 final. Be ready for an automatic horizon tracking solution. It is awesome.
Fixes since 1.5.0 beta2:
- 0003335: [I/O] Useable timeline without preview source videos
- 0003307: [Crash Dump] crash in mainconcept decoder
- 0003264: [I/O] Raw codec output
- 0003247: [I/O] wrong pixels on GPU rendering
Download
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (74.64MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (51.18MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (59.45MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This second beta version fixes a bug that prevented users to open old project files.
Fixes
The main crash used to occur when opening a project file created in Autopano Video 1.1. We also fixed a rounding issue in synchronisation UI which could lead to 1 frame unsync depending on how you round a number to the nearest frame.
Roadmap
We are actively working on both software ranges: Autopano Video and Autopano Pro/Giga. This release is the first release to be in sync for both software ranges. It may become the standard way to do.
We think that we reached a stage that is stable enough to make this release public in beta. We hope that the global stability is satisfying which should lead to a short beta stage.
Fixes since 1.5.0 beta 1:
- 0003167: [I/O] frame rounding in UI sync
- 0003180: [I/O] crash when open 1.1 file
- 0003224: [Crash Dump] bad access on rendering preview
Download
- Mac OS X : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X (74.61MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (51.17MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (59.45MB)
Changelog
Main changes
Today, we are releasing the first beta a huge improvement in Autopano Video software range with the introduction of a real timeline. This introduces power in video edition.
Global presentation
The timeline offers the ability to have some parameters evolve along the time. With the current version of the timeline, you can already adjust several settings in the panorama stitching. Among them, you can adjust over time:
- The global orientation of the panorama so you can make it straight everytime.
- The panorama stitching, which means that all camera parameters from the stitching can evolve over time ( focal, distortion, offsets, viewpoint correction, etc ). This is really nice as there is no ideal template for a given video. With this feature, you can decide to make an optimal stitch for a given range and have a smooth transition to a second template during a transition range that you set.
- Global histogram of the panorama : you can change global exposure over time.
- Color correction : in Autopano Pro / Giga, you can change the color correction of each individual image. These settings can evolve over time to correct an over/under exposed zone during a short or long time range.
For the moment, some parameters cannot be interpolated and will be applied globally. Among them:
- Projection modes and crop : there is still no way to have a smooth transition from rectilinear to spherical projection. So if you change the projection mode, it will be applied globally and not on the current state. Same story for cropping. It is global.
- Rendering settings : also for that, you cannot have these settings vary over time. Rendering settings will be applied globally and not only on the current state.
- Anti-ghost pins : for the moment, these constrains are global as well.
With this new version, we also introduced our new anti-shake algorithm. What does this algorithm do?
- It takes the real motion of each individual video that you are trying to stitch. From these motion information and the current active template, it will actively calculate the best panorama orientation to remove any shake. For the moment, it doesn't keep the horizon straight, but this algorithm will continue to improve.
- How to use it ?
- Just click once on the "motion compute" button. It will calculate all motion over the whole timeline.
- Then click on "activate the anti-shake" to use the results. You can see the results by just playing the video in the realtime preview zone.
- Add some transitions in the cameras timeline to correct what the algorithm didn't compensate. It is super simple way to get some complicated videos straight.
Timeline
The timeline is separated in several zones and will be largely documented in the wiki. Let's quickly introduce the zones in the user interface:
- The information header. It is the zone where you can play the current stitched video, select ranges, go one frame forward, backward, and get visual information of where you are.
- Below that, you have the rendering zone header. In this area, you'll have 2 buttons.
- Button : Frame / hh:mm:ss switch. If you prefer to work in frame or hh:mm:ss mode.
- Button : Snap on/off switch button. It allows you to have snapping on states or not.
- Button : Tool mode. It changes the action on double click. If on, the double click cuts and creates a new state or transition. If off, the double click opens the Autopano panorama editor.
- This zone is followed by the rendering extend in red. Notice that both endings can be drag-and-dropped to change the range. The whole bar itself can be moved by dragging it outside of both ranges.
- Cameras timeline
- It starts with 4 buttons. Previous / Next State, allows you to change the current time to next or previous start or ending of a state.
- Cut button is here to cut the state in two parts at current time.
- Compute motion is here to compute the antishake for the global video. More information below.
- Colors timeline
- Again, you have next/previous states beginning or ending.
- Cut button to introduce on color correction a new state.
- In the footer of the timeline zone, you have the current view of the timeline. Through that, you can zoom in/out in time, move your current time, etc.
- We took attention to keyboard shortcuts / mouse shortcuts for the whole timeline manipulation. Among them, we have:
- ALT + mouse wheel : timeline zoom in or out.
- CTRL + mouse drag : timeline panning
- Right click on transition display the local menu to remove / edit / configure a transition
- Left key, Right key : previous or next frame
- Space : play, pause realtime preview
Miscellanous
We also changed some other aspects of the software. Here's a quick sum-up of what has been done:
- Sources window / realtime preview management. You can change how both windows are split. Or just keep one, for example realtime preview. This is a good improvement for an efficient visual workflow.
- Autopano Pro / Giga integration. We found out a good way to work with both pieces of software side by side. Double click on the timeline in Autopano Video Pro, it will open Autopano Pro or Autopano Giga. Then open the panorama editor. Don't close it anymore as each time you'll double click to edit a state in Autopano Video, it will refresh the panorama editor in Autopano Pro or Autopano Giga making the workflow in dual screen configuration really efficient.
Roadmap
We are actively working on both software ranges: Autopano Video and Autopano Pro/Giga. This release is the first release to be in sync for both software ranges. It may become the standard way to do.
We think that we reached a stage that is stable enough to make this release public in beta. We hope that the global stability is satisfying which should lead to a short beta stage.
Fixes since 1.1.0 stable:
- 0003086: [Kernel] crop area reading
- 0002217: [Algorithms] Antighost on changing camera in GPU
- 0001892: [UI] Solution for horizon
- 0002305: [Crash Dump] Crash in math calculation
- 0002494: [UI] Play button just before rendering
- 0002497: [UI] Easier presets
- 0002686: [I/O] one temp project only
- 0002751: [UI] color correction in timeline
- 0002756: [UI] Switching encoding presets don't keep the video bitrate settings
- 0002836: [Algorithms] GPU colors are darker than cpu ones
- 0002866: [I/O] frame rounding
- 0002770: [Crash Dump] CPU description failed
- 0002862: [Algorithms] YUV to RGB conversion darkens colors
Download
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Lion : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Lion (96.09MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (45.3MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (51.45MB)
Changelog
Main changes
With this third beta version, we are fixing some bugs and improving some features too.
Fixes and improvements
Among the corrections made in this version, you have:
- NEW: Even if you are in a stable channel, you can now be warned of a new unstable software release.
- IMPROVEMENT: The 4K output is now supported over 30fps. So you can render 4K video at 48fps which is quite nice, but be aware that some player cannot play such video back.
- IMPROVEMENT: Speed improvements on nVidia GPU. Between 15% and 70% speed increase on such GPU have been observed.
- FIX: In some cases, an edition in autopano pro/giga wasn't reflected in Autopano video.
- FIX: On some nVidia graphics card, there could be a mix of 2 issues like black image at startup, no image at all during rendering, or even partial green picture. This bug was only affecting nVidia GPU.
What's next?
There are no more critical bugs opened for this 1.1 series, so we think we are quite close to the 1.1 release. We'll wait for one or two weeks of feedback on this beta until we go final and meanwhile, we are working fully on the timeline for v1.2.
Fixes since 1.1.0 beta 2:
- 0002520: [MainConcept] check MC preset
- 0002491: [UI] Qt update
- 0002518: [Algorithms] Make texture download asynchronous
- 0002512: [UI] Modification of the global settings forces rendering settings to "Best of h.264"
- 0002503: [UI] preview update
- 0002483: [UI] Beta channel in update manager
- 0002480: [I/O] First JPG frame (4K) is always green
- 0002490: [Algorithms] Partial green frame appears on nVidia gpu
Download
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Lion : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Lion (96.09MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (45.46MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (52.14MB)
Changelog
Main changes
With this second beta version, we are fixing some bugs and improving some features too.
Fixes and improvements
Among the corrections made in this version, you have:
- IMPROVEMENT: It seems that audio synchronization was not behaving well compared to automatic motion synchronization. And we found an issue inside the audio sync algorithm. It has been corrected and in the same time improved to get good results in more cases. It clearly raised the quality of synchronization detection. So even with bad audio quality records, we can find and fit better synchronization than before.
- FIX: Encoding 4K at 48fps was not possible before. This part has been fixed.
- FIX: The new patching method was not working under nVidia GPUs.
What's next?
There are no more critical bugs opened for this 1.1 series, so we think we are quite close to the 1.1 release. We'll wait for one or two weeks of feedback on this beta until we go final and meanwhile, we are working fully on the timeline for v1.2.
Changelog compared to 1.1.0 beta 1:
- 0002447: [Algorithms] Better audio sync
- 0002427: [UI] crash on pano remove
- 0002437: [Algorithms] GPU patching does not work under nVidia
- 0002078: [MainConcept] Support 4K 48fps
Download
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Lion : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Lion (89.56MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (40.74MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (47.41MB)
Changelog
Main changes
With this first beta 1 version, we are introducing several new cool features in Autopano Video.
Automatic motion synchronization
When using unsynchronized videos, it is quite hard to get them sync accurately. We found that audio really works well if the GoPros are well resetted, but a difference of one or two frames can still appear. With motion synchronization, instead of using audio, we use the recorded video to synchronize all the streams. See this blog post to understand how it works: http://www.kolor.com/blog-en/2013/07/18/kolor-labs-autopano-video-fully-automatic-visual-synchronization-of-multiple-cameras/
The results are frame accurate. Produced videos are really the best synchronized videos we found out yet. Even if playing with manual +1/-1 frame changes, it appears that the tool always gives the best quality.
Some tips when using motion synchronization:
- The rig has to move! at least once :) So if the rig is on a tripod, start recording, grab it, turn it and put it back. If the rig doesn't move at all, it cannot work. Note: a pure translation of the rig is not really good, so just grab the rig and turn it. This is enough for frame accurate synchronisation.
- The algorithm is using heavy math. It can take up to 1 minute to sync 6 videos. If you want to make it faster, just reduce the search range. In our testing, we generally use a search range of 50s.
- It is nice to adjust the current time to be on a zone where the motion is already visible. It is around this position that the search will occur.
- If you have huge gaps between the videos, you can pre-enter some quick values into the time delay edit box, to make a quick and approximate manual sync. The automatic motion sync will use the current frame shifts to make the calculation. The same trick works with audio too.
- The motion calculated is stored in text files near each video to prevent having to recalculate the motions if you decide to resync again.
New patching mode
When writing the patch tutorial, we found that the resulting logo could be merged a little bit into the video. There was no easy way to tell the software just to put the pixels without altering them.
The new patching mode is about that: you can now add a logo and it will not be altered anymore. The tutorial will be updated to reflect the new changes in the software: http://www.autopano.net/wiki-en/action/view/Autopano_Video_-_Nadir_patching
New import wizard to easily transfer videos from GoPro
If you are shooting with GoPro rigs, you may experience the complicated task of transfering all videos out of the GoPro. We provide a USB hub in our store to simplify this work, but still, the data management is quite complicated and prone to human errors.
That's why we decided to add a wizard to do this work in a more visual and friendly manner. Plug all the GoPros through the hub and just launch the wizard. This feature will save you a lot of time and probably prevent some data loss too.
Tip: When choosing the destination folder in this wizard, as the wizard creates the folder recursively, you can transfer the videos very quickly.
Fixes and improvements
Since the first release version, we made some corrections in the interface and fixed some reported bugs. Among them:
- Added a warning if you quit while something is not saved
- GPU fixes for some isolated cases
What's next?
There are still some bugs opened for 1.1 final, among them the support of H.264 @ 4K and 48 fps which is still not supported. Nevertheless, this is quite solved now.
So next big step is 1.2 where we will have a timeline in the application. A lot of research & development have already been done to allow that, and the underlying engine is ready to provide you with new top features, like projection interpolation ( spherical to rectilinear to little planet to whatever is supported in Autopano in fact ).
We also have the automatic horizon system which is nearly ready too. It will keep the horizon that you set at a given point. It was planned for this version but didn't made it. So for the next one.
Changelog compared to 1.0.0 Final:
- 0002231: [UI] progress bar information in batch mode
- 0002206: [UI] french translation
- 0002033: [UI] Easy video files downloader
- 0002373: [UI] Reference pano (thumbnail) is over another one
- 0002340: [I/O] When exit and save not done => warning
- 0002354: [Algorithms] Color issue in the preview
- 0002347: [UI] Motion to synchronize (video lenght is smaller than search range+current seek)
- 0002282: [Algorithms] GPU strange rendering on one case
- 0002222: [Algorithms] Nadir patching
- 0002098: [Algorithms] Automatic Motion synchronisation
Download
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Lion : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Lion (88.5MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (40.44MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (47.03MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the first release candidate version of Autopano Video (new generic video stitcher by Kolor) and hopefully the only one. So one version before final release.
Since the 4th beta version, we made some little UI corrections and fixed some reported bugs.
Demo limitations update
In order to make easier the trial of Autopano Video, the export duration has been extended to 30 seconds (instead of 250 frames) and the demo version of Autopano Giga is now able to save panorama file since 3.0.6 version (useful for adjusting the horizon).GPU frames export support
We also added the possibility to export frames with the GPU engine. This can be useful when needed size or framerate is not supported.Roadmap to the release
We have finished the bug list that were opened here. We are quite confident that besides some new small issues, the next version should be the final version.
Currently, many part of the documentation are also beeing written. The software is quite stable in the UI, so the tutorials are beeing created while we are fishing the code. Among them, there are already:
- Parallax zones Understanding where the parallax is happening is a keypoint in video stitching.
- Blending Presets You have 2 default ways to handle parallax. Learn about them.
- Template Stitching Does it works or not? Here are some answers.
- Practical Synchronization How to sync videos, tips and workflow within Autopano Video.
More tutorials and videos are also coming. Stay tunned.
Changelog compared to beta 4:
- 0002182: [Algorithms] Export frames in GPU mode
- 0002171: [Algorithms] move GPU lut correction to conversion shader
- 0002091: [UI] Add error message and check button for gpu capabilities
- 0002168: [Algorithms] adapt demo limitation
- 0002035: [UI] Better render progress bar
- 0002162: [Algorithms] Check how multiple frame rates are handled
- 0002147: [I/O] video relative path
- 0002158: [UI] synchronisation search time apply
- 0002151: [Algorithms] Histogram correction not applied in GPU rendering
- 0002157: [Crash Dump] Corrupted memory when rendering 2 times a no video pano
- 0002155: [Crash Dump] Crash when no video decoders (videos are not found)
Download
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Lion : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Lion (88.44MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (40.43MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (47.01MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the 4th beta version of Autopano Video, new generic video stitcher by Kolor.
We made a lot of improvements in this application to offer you the best experience while stitching videos together.
Unified CPU / GPU interface
In the previous beta, we had differents settings and behaviors depending on if you were using CPU or GPU. Now, everything is exactly the same. In the rendering dialog box, GPU blending presets have been removed and the fact that you are in GPU or CPU mode is now a general software setting and not a blending preset anymore. We decided to change this as it smoothes the workflow. If you have Autopano Video Pro (AVP), then you automatically use the GPU ( you can force the CPU use if you want ). If you have Autopano Video (AV), then you use the CPU. That's it.
Because it is now unified, you can play with many blending parameters in the GPU mode, as you were used to in the CPU mode. This is really a major breakthrough as it allows a full range of new possibilities with AVP while still having super fast rendering.
GPU algorithm enhancements
The code behing GPU rendering has been really improved and we can now render 4K videos with only 256 MB of RAM on GPU. So even with a quite old computer, you can use the GPU to get a faster rendering.
Synchronization improvements
The first step of video stitching is always about finding the common timeline between all videos. We already have an efficient audio synchronization scheme, but that might be not enough in every case. With GoPro, it can happen that audio and video are unsynchronized for the same GoPro. Our measurements showed that it can be 1 frame and 20% of the GoPros have this problem.
After an audio synchronization, we need to be able to adjust the videos visually to see if it gives a better result or not. We revamped the UI so that you can have a direct preview if you shift one frame sync.
- In both software versions (AV and AVP), you have a new column that expresses the time shift in frame unit. You can use both columns now to shift videos.
- In Autopano Video, a new button allows you to update the preview according to the current setting.
- In Autopano Video Pro, you also have a button that plays the next 2s with the new values to see if the result is better. This has been made possible because the preview is now done using GPU in AVP.
Other fixes
We've made some other fixes:
- Generated MP4s have the right formatting for streaming. No need to wait until everything is downloaded before it plays through the web.
- In Autopano Video Pro, the preview is now GPU-based. When moving the time cursor, everything is really faster.
- We fixed the bug that used to loose the aspect ratio when rendering to little planet ( or any non 2:1 ratio projection ).
Roadmap to the release
We expect that you still find some bugs. We have finished the bug list that were opened here. We are quite confident that besides some new small issues, the next version should be a release candidate.
Currently, many part of the documentation are also beeing written. The software is quite stable in the UI, so the tutorials are beeing created while we are fishing the code. Among them, there are already:
- Parallax zones Understanding where the parallax is happening is a keypoint in video stitching.
- Blending Presets You have 2 default ways to handle parallax. Learn about them.
- Template Stitching Does it works or not? Here are some answers.
- Practical Synchronization How to sync videos, tips and workflow within Autopano Video.
More tutorials and videos are also coming. Stay tunned.
Changelog compared to beta 3:
- 0002121: [Algorithms] Multibands is wrong when not a 360 pano
- 0002094: [Algorithms] gl_repeat is not supported in texture_rectangle
- 0002066: [Benchmark] Template absolute path
- 0002089: [UI] add visualization of synchronisation effect
- 0002107: [UI] splash screen update
- 0002025: [Algorithms] application does not exit under windows
- 0002063: [Algorithms] GPU : rendering only black frame
- 0001947: [Benchmark] Mac version really slow
- 0002090: [Algorithms] GPU rendering when picture are hidden or not in crop scope
- 0002087: [Algorithms] GPU rendering without weights
- 0002022: [Crash Dump] mc_demux_mp4_ds.ax
- 0002085: [UI] adapt rendering preset
- 0002092: [UI] Add CPU/GPU switch to the preview in AVP
- 0002086: [Algorithms] Incorrect result when Sharp Gpu, then Multiband
- 0002067: [UI] Realtime Preview in GPU instead of CPU
- 0002084: [Algorithms] rewrite mp4 file for being progressively downloadable
- 0002081: [Algorithms] line padding in GPU
- 0002071: [I/O] Little planet aspect ratio lost
Download
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Lion : Autopano Video Pro for Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Lion (88.35MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 32 bits (40.4MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Video Pro for Windows 64 bits (46.98MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the third beta version of Autopano Video, a generic video stitcher.Autopano Video / Autopano Video Pro is the easiest way to stitch and create 360-degree immersive videos
Offer an incredible new experience to your clients or friends. Autopano Video is the new video-stitching software application developed by Kolor. It lets you assemble several videos into a single one covering up to 360 x 180 degrees. The user interface is designed to ease your workflow: drag and drop your source videos, choose a stitching template (including GoPro template) or launch a detection from scratch, use Autopano Pro or Giga to adjust your reference panoramas and click on Render.We had 3 main goals when making these products
Quality first : The world's best image-stitching technology is behind Autopano Video. Quality workflow, quality results. No limitation : We were always determined to bring you cross-platform support as well as cross-hardware support. And that, without any limit in the number of video stream sources nor in the output size. Affordable, accessible : Both in terms of usage and price, Autopano Video gives nearly everyone the chance to create amazing 360° videos.Using Autopano Video during the beta stage
We want you to test it, fully, without any limit, even without watermark, for free. So we decided to let you use the full software for free until the end of June 2013 (with standard version only). Get a temporary license for free and remove to remove the watermark: http://www.kolor.com/360-video/autopano-video-360-video-stitcher.html.
We believe in our community and in our customers that have been supporting us since a long time now. The quality of a software application doesn't only come from the quality of the developer ( come on, still a bit ;) ), but from the quality of the communication between you and us.
For this piece of software too, we've opened a dedicated forum to let you discuss with us about the product. It is always at the same location: http://www.kolor.com/forum/. Go there to find support, report bugs, post results, etc.
Roadmap to the release
We expect that you'll find bugs, for sure. And we already have some bugs opened in our database. Here's a short list of what is still under work here.
- QuickTime codec support with Mac version in 64bits. We support QuickTime Codec in 32bits but not yet in 64bits.
- Mac version can be really slow when having source viewers activated. We advise you to enable them only if needed (untick the boxes "Seek on timeline update").
- Render dialog box UI. We are not totally satisfied with the current layout. If you don't understand how to use it, we'll make some changes there.
- Autopano Video Pro only: GPU rendering is working great and super fast on Windows but not on Mac where graphics drivers are complicated to handle well.
Changelog compared to beta 2:
- 0002079: [UI] Error message when using nadir patching method
- 0002071: [I/O] Little planet aspect ratio lost
- 0002060: [Algorithms] GPU rendering, a green first frame can happen
- 0002065: [UI] Reference pano thumbnails
- 0002077: [Algorithms] Nadir patching in Gpu mode
- 0002058: [UI] Syncro crash when no audio track in the videos
- 0002061: [UI] Empty error dialogbox pops up at the end of a render