Important changes in version 15.0.0.146 compared to version 15.0.0.113

Check out what's new, improved, fixed and better:

Features and improvements

• Support has been added for hardware rending from qualifying AMD graphics cards to speed AVC/AAC (both versions) and HEVC (Platinum only) rendering considerably
• Added an option to disable hardware acceleration when creating custom presets in Intel HEVC Render plugin
• Added a preference that enables you to bypass QSV hardware acceleration and operate without this technology
• The user can now add an unlimited number of video and audio tracks (Platinum only)
• The default freeze frame length is now dictated by the New still image length preference on the Editing tab of the Preferences dialog box (Platinum only)
• A new AutoLooks plug-in lets the user instantly apply color adjustment presets to make their video look like famous movies, film genres, or distinctive styles (both versions)
• A Tiny Planet OFX plug-in enables the user to create interesting effects such as making a video look like it's a tiny ball (or planet) or creating a "tiny sky" effect
• Jumpstart Templates Vol. 2 give VMS Suite users even more creative starting templates to create professional-looking projects

Bug Fixes

• Improved the efficiency of undo history when making changes to parameters of an OFX plug-in
• H.263 files are now properly supported on the timeline
• Docking window tab order no longer gets mixed up
• Pressing Enter in the Render dialog box now properly executes a render instead of opening render options
• Rending an image sequence to BMP and JPEG formats in 32-bit mode now yields the correct output
• Color levels are properly preserved when rendering a 32-bit project to XDCAM-EX format
• Resolved a conflict between QSV and 10-bit HEVC file renders on i7-770/i7-8700 systems
• Event header buttons no longer get clipped by the vertical scrollbar
• Memory management has been improved to enhance render performance for GPUs with less than 4GB memory on 4K 32 bit projects
• Right-clicking to open the context menu with several events selected, some of which are empty, no longer causes a crash
• MAGIX AVC/AAC plugin now shows the full set of encoding modes when the QSV global preference is disabled
• Regions from Sony A7s footage are now properly supported
• AVC/AAC files with four channels of audio are now properly read
• Render templates are now properly highlighted so the selected one can be more easily identified
• Tabbing now properly progresses through the Render As dialog box focus items