Build 2.10.02
Official release
Date - Jan , 2024
New Features
- Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8;
Improved Features
- Faster loading of EXR files;
Bug fixes
- Fixed installer errors preventing re-installing Chaos Player;
- Fixed a crash when an image sequence was replaced with a video file;
- Fixed OCIO color space applied incorrectly in some cases;
Build 2.10.01
Official release
Date - Mar 22, 2023
Bug fixes
- Fixed a crash on startup;
- Fixed a slowdown at startup while waiting to obtain a license;
- Fixed corrupt export to MP4 when low compression is used;
- Fixed stuck frames in video playback;
- Fixed --attach flag not starting a new instance if no instances are running;
- Fixed --attach flag not bringing the running instance to the foreground;
- Fixed --attach_nf flag not working for attaching to an instance without bringing it to the foreground;
- Removed file association for .PSD files;
- Added missing file association for .CHPCMD Chaos Player Command Files;
Build 2.10.00
Official release
Date - Oct 26 2022
New Features
Modified Features
- Added an option to choose a default color mapping table per file type
- Updated playback hotkeys with J, K, L to for play backwards, stop, play forwards
- Added additional ALT+ hotkey binding for choosing the R, G, B, A, L image channels
- Renamed some UI elements with more intuitive names
- Added flag aliases with the new more intuitive UI element names
- Added a --frame command flag that aliases the --time flag for setting the current frame
- Color sampling now shows a fixed number of digits in the information bar
- Removed the e-mailing options from the menus
- Associated .TX files with Chaos Player
- Updated OpenEXR to version 2.3.0
Bug Fixes
- Fixed command-line exporting not working because of wrong order of passing the flags (--save*, --export*)
- Fixed halted script execuation caused some command flags triggering pop-up messages
- Fixed corrupt header error thrown by DWAA compressed EXR files in some cases
- Fixed numpad hotkey bindings for changing the FPS not working
- Fixed clamped pixel info values with .HDR files
- Fixed files with multibyte characters in the filename do not open
- Fixed a crash when deleting multiple layers in ABCD wipe mode
- Fixed missing file association for Chaos Player composition files
- Fixed segmentation fault on exit on Linux
- Fixed installation warning on Linux caused by missing check for the "chaosplayer" symlink
Build 2.00.22
Official release
Date - Apr 29 2022
New Features
- Added read support for tiled mip-mapped .tx and .tex TIFF files
Modified features
- Implemented OpenGL rendering for faster playback
- Added a --enable_cpu_render startup flag for CPU rendering mode
- Moved the pixel sampling information to the main info bar
- Added a startup shortcut link on Linux
- Limited the layer stack's height to display only a reasonable number of layers
- Playback is now automatically paused when rendering to file
- The property panel can now be scrolled by mouse dragging
- Now reading metadata from V-Ray Image .vrimg files
- The default color correction mode is now Gain
Bug fixes
- Fixed broken --attach command-line flag
- Fixed wrong state of some toolbar icons
- Removed wrong .dng file association on Windows
- Fixed "Open Containing Folder" for layer not working
Chaos Player
Official release
Date - Jan 17, 2022
Build 2.00.21
New Features
- Export to MP4 video files
- Added A/B wipe compare with up to 4 inputs
- Added HiDPI interface scaling
- Added support for OCIO v2 configurations
- Changed the interface color theme to neutral grey
- Added interface workspaces layouts
- Integrated the Chaos installer
Modified Features
- Improved floating-point precision handling
- Changed caching defaults for improved performance
- Improved Full-Screen workflow
- Extended toolbar for easier access to often used tools
- Premultipled Alpha is now the default alpha blending mode
- Removed the Premultiplied Mask alpha blending mode from the interface