Animation:Master Changelog

What's new in Animation:Master 19.0p

Jun 29, 2021

Fixed All:
7081 PNG transparency not working
Fixed All:
7074 Chain of bones scales erratically
Fixed All:
7077 Bone color not displayed only OpenGL affected, not OpenGL3 (recommended to use this driver)
Fixed All:
7057 Crash during A:M Backup it should have now a better error message for this (both as messagebox and in the logfile), let me know if the crash still occur.
Fixed All:
7073 OBJ export or Prop import not working 5 point / hook export fixed Repeated decal export not fixable, due obj file format doesn't know anything about repeatable decals
Fixed All:
7075 5 point patches render with gaps
Fixed All:
6976 crash on Paste Mirror on a Pose
Fixed All:
7072 Progressive renders are blank
Fixed All:
7070 Shift-cursor key doesn't move rotoscope. Shift + Cursor moves now the rotoscope/bitmap 10 pixel Ctrl + Cursor scales around center
Fixed All:
7071 CFA creates unnecessary copies of Materials
Fixed All:
7062 Copying patches dosen't copy decals on patches
Fixed All:
7060 Copying a patch (only 1) with a decal does not copy the decal
Fixed All:
7054 Decal exporting:
A new menu entry for single stamps / a opened stamp view is added. "Render Stamp to File"
This renders the actual stampview to file with a user defined resolution. If You start from the stamp entry in the PWS and the stampview isn't open, a new stamp view is opened.
In the dialog , which opend after hit the menu entry, You can change the Path and Filename (the button on the right side) fileformat is selected trough the filename extension (supported OpenEXR, TGA, PNG and PSD) the "Width" and "Height" for the newly created file limited to 16384 x 16384 for Win64 version, 8192 x 8192 for the others the limitation is the result size, means a resolution from 32768 x 8192 is also possible.
Warning: On the highest resolution around 14 Gigabyte is needed at the creation process. The width and height are always changed to a even size. (1025 becomes 1028 , always modulo 2)
"Save layered" If this checkbox is checked, two layers are created, one for the decal self and one for the splines. For all formats ,excluding OpenEXR, in this case two files are created with the naming scheme "Filename"_Decal".Extension" and "Filename"_Splines".Extension" OpenExr is saved as one file with two layers.
"Render with CP's" rendering also the CP's on the spline layer
Fixed All:
7061 Snap Group to Surface snaps to wrong surface.
Fixed All:
7068 Rename Bone renames wrong bone
Fixed All:
7066 Crash on Radiosity render
Fixed All:
7052 Environment Map materials not working
Fixed All:
7059 Tooltips only show for keyboard-shortcutted buttons
Fixed All:
7058 Progressive Render of shag crashes

New in Animation:Master 19.0o (Feb 4, 2021)

New in Animation:Master 19.0N (Feb 4, 2021)

New in Animation:Master 19.0M (Oct 12, 2020)

New in Animation:Master 19.0L (Jun 25, 2020)

Changed All:
Particlesystem Streak and Blobbie there is a new Boolproperty "Color change over lifetime" , this controls how the color is changed as default the color is changed over the lifetime from each particle, if it set to "Off" the color change is done for all particles equal
Fixed All:
7011 Particle systems should only display modifyable properties
Fixed All:
import plugins
if peaktolerance is set to 0 , all cp's are peaked ,usefull for importing mechanical models
if peaktolerance is set to 360 , all cp's are smooth
New All:
obj import plugin dialog changed added option for displaying the info messagebox (default the messagebox is displayed)added option for open a frontview for the imported model after the plugin has finished
Fixed All:
7010 Selecting a spline by "Spline select" with Mirror Mode on and hiding everything else results in a different selection
Fixed All:
7012 Crash , when loading a obj file created from blender
Fixed All:
6827 Changing Decal parameter turns all light off
Fixed All:
7008 Crash when activation pose slide (on/off) in Action
Fixed All:
7006 Editing Toon Gradient causes freeze
Fixed All:
7009 Crash when rotation STL-Prop in Chor
Internal:
Dumpfile for unhandled exceptions has now a new naming scheme:
"ApplicationName_DayMonthYear_HourMinuteSecond.dmp"
Dumpfiles deleted , when the Master / Master_64 starts
Dumpfiles now enabled in release builds and netrender
Posteffect Frameburn changed:
added PercentProperty "Opacity" -> control the text opacity:
Default : 75% (as before)
Min Value : 1%
Max Value : 100%
added BoolProperty "Display name" -> display the filename:
Default : True (as before)
if it set to False, only the framenumber is burned
the default font is now "MS Sans Serif"
Windows only:
added BoolProperty "With shadows" -> display the text with shadows
Default : True (as before)
if it set to False, only a white text is displayed (better readable in my opinion)
Changed All:
Stampview , "Plugin properties" not longer displayed , makes no sense in this context (if You have one let me know and I revert this change)
Changed All:
for groups in a choreography
fixed a crash , when a object in a named group was deleted from the chor
removed properties, which makes no sense in this context
added the possibility to add other objects to the named chor group(select the chor group -> than Shift + LMB Selection
objects can be deleted with a Dialog (RMB -> "Remove From Groups...")
popup menu only displayed menu items , which make sense for this type of group

New in Animation:Master 19.0j (Nov 25, 2019)

New in Animation:Master 19.0i (May 28, 2019)

New in Animation:Master 19.0f1 (Aug 30, 2018)

New in Animation:Master 19.0e2 (May 31, 2018)

New in Animation:Master 19.0c (Nov 14, 2017)

New in Animation:Master 19.0b (Nov 2, 2017)

New in Animation:Master 19.0 (May 15, 2017)

New:
Interface: Save before Render:
saves the project, if it is modified, after hit "OK" in the "Render to File Settings" Dialog can be controlled with the "Save upon Render" checkbox at Tools/Options/Rendering , Default is ON
Physic: Bullet Integration into A:M
added Bullet Constraint for physic simulation with the bullet physics engine Alpha Documentation
Modelling: Scale to X=0 option
Before we do a Copy-Flip-Attach it is good practice to select all the CPs we presume to be on the center Y axis, go to their properties, set their pivot point to X=0, then scale them to 0% in the X axis. It would be a convenience if we could select the CPs and then just RMB>"Scale to X=0" to accomplish this frequent task in one step.
Interface: Clear Undostack (menu Edit)
removes all entries from undo/redo , has also a button
Modelling: Fix Internal Patches
"Remove internal patches" Tries to break internal patches , detach cp's from detected internal patchesand create a named group with this cp's. for 3 and 5 point patches it works only partially depends on the spline layout
Interface: Reset Toolbars (menu Help)
Reset all toolbars to their default layout
Particlesystem: Hair
support for Turbulence on forces
Interface Rendersettings
6782: Render UX 000: Maximize Render Dialog Window
6783: Render UX 001: Add Render Option to File Menu
6784: Render UX 002: Allow Render Setting Open/Collapse State to Persist works only in "Advanced mode" Two new buttons here too, "Expand All" and "Collapse All", expand/collapse all possible properties
Plugins:
6759: Feature: update .ai importer to accept other vector formats added a plugin for importing the SVG format Plugin to add bullet constraints to multiple models in a chorRMB on choreographie -> "Add Bullet Constraints to multiple models"
Interface View:
6720: Feature suggestion: Birdseye View Queue undoing/redoing for view position have now a seperate undostack has their own buttons and shortcuts
shortcut for view undo Shift+Alt+Z
shortcut for view redo Shift+Alt+Y
If You don't make a new install or "Reset Toolbars" You must manually add the buttons from Tools->Customize->Commands->Standard
Choreographie
6779: Feature: Right Click/Duplicate Menu entry "Duplicate" for objects in a chor If the Shift key is hold down , while clicking "Duplicate" keys from the source object are not copied.
Interface Timeline
Constdrivers displaying now their values in the timeline
Interface CPweight dialog
6772: Feature Request: Weight Menu Undo
the weight dialog has now a "Cancel" button , which reverts the changes done in the dialog to the state before the dialog was started. Weighting has now also a general Undo/Redo , if the dialog is exited with the "Done" button.
Interface Modelling
6773: Bias Handler Snap to Grid
New button for this , Tools->Customize->Commands->Manipulator default key Shift+2 act's like "Snap to Grid" Existing installations needs to add this button manually to the toolbar or "Reset Toolsbars" additional: new menu entry for the RMB menu, if a group of cp's is select "Snap Bias To Grid", snaps the in and outbias for the slected cp's to the nearest grid interval
Interface Modelling
6771: deleting all "Relationships" new menu entry for models "Remove User Properties" , delete all user properties and relationships for this model avaible only for modelcache, not for instances Warning : This action is not undoable
Interface Modelling
new menu entry for models "Remove unused drivers" , delete all drivers without a key avaible only for modelcache, not for instances
Interface Rendersettings
6744: Feature: Save before Render saves the project, if it is modified, after hit "OK" in the "Render to File Settings" Dialog can be controlled with the "Save upon Render" checkbox at Tools/Options/Rendering , Default is ON
Changed:
Plugin: Brick
it's now possible to add Bullet Constraints for the instanced model
z position can be set
models can be imported in userfolders
save/restore settings
documentation
Plugin: Simple_Scatter
it's now possible to add Bullet Constraints for the instanced model
models are now imported into userfolder
documentation
SDK
added Bullet Constraint (HConstra.h)
added Userfolder for chor (hhashobj.h HHashObject::InsertUserFolder) (sample how to use both at HXT/Brick)
added OpenView for HChor
6687: SDK missing method for joining splines? (HModel.h BOOL JoinSpline( HCP *cp1, HCP *cp2))
GetObject() is changed to GetHObject due a nameclash with wingdi.h
6689: No API method for CP detaching (HModel.h void DetachCP( HCP *cp1))
added GetPlayRange and SetPlayRange for HChor, HAction and HActionCache
example:
BOOL CTestPluginApp::OnChor(HChor *chor) {
TimeRange tt = chor->GetPlayRange();
tt.m_end.StepFramesBack(5, GetHProject()->GetFPS());
chor->SetPlayRange(tt);
return TRUE;
Help
AMAindex.txt rebuild ("Display help for current property")
Particlesystem: Hair
Forces need not longer high magnitudes to affect hair dynamics
groom mode
selected guidecp's now drawn with the selected cp color
added possibility to select more than one hairguide for operations except the "Brush Mode" operation
two new buttons
"Select Hairguides"
if You press this button you are now in the selection mode, and can select more than one Hairguide Limitation, it's only possible to select one HairguideCP, for the other selected Hairguides the HairguideCP from the first selected Hairguide is used
"Deselect Hairguides"
deselect all selected Hairguides
Distortion Action Objects
6686: Distortion Action Objects Resolution limited to 10 Has now the same resolution as the modeling window (maximum 1000), and use as initial value now the same settings as for the distortion in the modelling window
Bake Surface
6732: larger border for Baked Surfaces
Plugin: Ai import
AI import can be find now under "Plugins->Import" (before at "Plugins->Wizards")
Interface
6777: Increase size of Info Properties Description and Notes
Fixed:
6755: computation error for normals
6748: Space Marines project renders differently than original (tweaked darksimbiont materials)
6749: Flocking birds does not render correctly in Render Lock Mode
6737: Animated Material loses animation in saved file
Particlesystem: Hair
Hair dynamics are not updated, if project fps was set to 25
undo/redo now working as expected
when some patches hidden , not all hairguides for the visible patches are drawn
Distortion Action object
changing the resolution for the distort action object after the target is applied works now as expected (distortion box is updated properly)
bug fixed , when the Target is set back to the default value (default values for the distortion box was not restored)
All Particlesystems redraw error for all Particlesystems fixed , if the model or group is translated,rotated or scaled
6740: A:M crashes if try to render to file with multipass after reset
Decal crash, when a decal has two (or more) images with maptype "Other..." ,the driven properties are the same and one should be deleted
6739: Hair renders white in netrender
Choreographie
If a model is scaled and a constraint with transform properties added,scaling is incorrectly
chor translate mode broken
6733: 5-Pointers seem to have a different behaviour for hair particles...
6728: Bullet Rolling Friction > 1.0 suddenly halts object
6727: Three-point patches render texture incorrectly
6718: Mirror Bone not mirroring CP weights correctly
6730: loading old file causes crash
6729: Adding CP causes crash
6717: Slow Paste when DSTS material present
6722: Smooth Plugin causes crash
6724: plus key not always working for frame change
6721: Props view inside-out in shaded-wireframe Note: Normals can be displayed now for Props too
6716: CP at Bone origin is ignored by Compute Bone weights.
6725: Using Sweeper on this model brings A:M to a crash
6713: Changing CPs from Peaked to Smooth doesn't "dirty" PRJ
6714: PRJ is already "dirty" when loaded
6715: Can't adjust bias of CPs next to Hooks
6704: Rotate Manipulator doesn't work on D-box in Action
6712: Altering hair doesn't add asterisk to PRJ
6711: Undo not working in Hair Grooming mode
6707: NetRender ignores Camera Fog Keyframes
6706: Crash after moving mouse between windows
6703: Crash after importing Rotoscope...
6710: "recall view/position" never works the first time.
6708: STL export doesn't include displacement
6694: Dragging Groups causes crash
6680: Crash after dragging Groups
6693: Dragging Bones causes crash
6679: ALT for Free Rotate not working on axis
6563: Add with Shift-Key pressed does not add a new non-continuies spline
6695: Undo after extrude causes crash
6700: On-screen renders very slow
Bullet
if no cp/patch is assigned to a Bone with bullet constraint , crash occured
joints hasn't worked correct
new behavior, if the constraint is added to a model, which is created from the "Explode Rebuildmodel" plugin.
In such a case , bullet constraints are added to each "Explode_" bone
with a breaking value off 1,
constraint's between the pieces from the model automatic generated
most of other settings not avaible in this case
see the Fracture example
6691: Extruder plugin causes crash
Force -
Type "Cone"
falloff not handled correct
Type "Cylinder"
false result for Kind "Fan" fixed
Type "Box"
fixed real time view for "Width Softness"
6685: Decal placement tools do not work correctly in Camera view
6631: Depth sorting problems in choreography
6643: Bias-Handler not showing (the line of the bias handlers not visible)
Rendering: material on 3 point patches now correct calculated (in some cases a division by zero has occured)
6511: RMB Menu incomplete with Patch Group Tool
6540: copy loose decaling on 5 point patch
6645: Patches render inside-out in shaded mode
6505: Layers drawn in front
Realtime: crash ,when Draw Normals is on, and a other project is loaded , where the shaded mode for a model was not set[/u]
6647: Grid only shows when an object is selected
Interface: deleting RigidBody constraint from popup menu not possible
"Constraint to Path" position updated after select a Pathmodel or Spline from combobox or cursorpicker
Modelling Chor creating Pathmodel in chor is back now
6657: Rendering to file: No file saved...
6661: Screen stops updating after using CTRL-Z
6662: After closing PRJ and starting New PRJ, crash on drawing new spline.
ModellingCrash, when deleting a bunch of cp's and splines, and heavy use of Undo/Redo
6663: After Deleting a spline, Undo does not restore it.
6664: Crash upon drawing spline in new PRJ
6666: Crash after multiple Undos
6667: Tutorials Splash screen missing background image.
6668: Axis handles for Scale mode not drawn properly
6660: Play range do not stick when saving and loading a scene/project
6670: Patches not completely drawn in in real-time view
6671: Distortion Box CPs disappear
6672: Undo doesn't work in Distortion Mode
6673: Lens flare errors in Net Render
6571: Net Render slaves cannot load camera from Technocrane
6674: Prop not visible after Turn
6675: rop textures not displayed correctly
Note: For decaltype "Color" the alpha channel is not used in final render, if You need this, change the decaltype in the chor to "CookieCut" (the obj file format doesn't know such a type) in contrast the realtime render use the alpha channel , even the decaltype is "Color", but I will not change this behavior due heavy sideeffects
Decal crash , when the decaltype for a prop decal is changed to Bump or Displacement
Decal Combobox for decaltypes displaying now only the usable decal types for props
Decal Bump and Displacement maps for Props now working properly
Modelling false RMB menu displayed , when selecting cp's with holding the Shift or Ctrl key and no group was selected before
6791: Crash when doing Move or Zoom
6787: Much longer rendertime compared to previous version,if reflectivity is != 0
6786: Changing preroll from one particle system affects all other too
6781: No reflections below reflectivity values of 0.501
6780: The Modeling Grid turns itself off
6774: Crash upon Rendering (Texture Size)
6775: After fresh install, mfc140.dll not found
6776: Copy/Paste crash
6770: flockfx model not saved
6741: shag hair problem rendering
6769: Channels not displayed properly with N or R
6766: Unable to correctly select render quality in Net Render
6760: Snapshot doesn't remember last directory used
6763: (OSX only) JPEGs cannot be loaded into the application
6757: A:M stops updating display during SimCloth
6753: Flag does not wave correctly when doing cloth simulation
6756: SimCloth fails in V19

New in Animation:Master 18.0p (Feb 29, 2016)

New in Animation:Master 18.0o (Dec 26, 2015)

New in Animation:Master 18.0n (Sep 23, 2015)

New in Animation:Master 18.0m (May 30, 2015)

New:
Button "Snap to CP" snap a bone to the nearest cp You must manually add this button from "Tools->Customize->Commands->Manipulator" (Cube with red point and arrow) to add a keyboard shortcut search for "Snap Bone To CP" only active in modelingviews , when the view is in bonesmode Snap the selected bone manipulator (Chain,End,Shaft) to the nearest cp, hidden cp's are excluded from the calculation except of moving the shaft, the bonelength isn't preserved
Fixed:
6609: Do not select hidden CP function In shaded modes , cp's which are covered by other patches not longer selectable (also not selectable with group or lasso modes), works in all views. It's now configurable , the button must add manually from Tools->Customize->Commands->Manipulator" (filled cube with a red Z) to add a keyboard shortcut search for "Respect Z-Order" at "Tools->Customize->Keyboard"
Displaying the correct keyboard shortcuts in the view popup menu
Export plugins "Generated Modelmapsize" can now be up to 8192x8192
6610: Rotoscope not visible in Pose and causes Exception on Delete
6608: Preview render gamma correction function is incorrect. Desired gamma (== gamma for previewrendering) has now it's own spincontrol for changing the value and also a displayfield
6602: Input PNG gamma correction function is incorrect. The gamma correction is now done in dependency of the current gamma
Flocksystems false icon in chor unusable icons for instanced models removed.
Bonemanipulator not refreshed , when the bone length is set in the Length edit field
6612: Normal indicators display strangely when some geometry is hidden.
6592: All normals are visible in shaded mode (when display normals is enabled).
6614: OBJ sequence exporter needs bigger image size options- 1 setting to work for all frames Export plugins extend the resolution for "Generate Model Maps" up to 8192
6614: OBJ sequence exporter needs bigger image size options- 1 setting to work for all frames obj export plugin ask only at the first frame , if the filenames for decals should be unique, when a range of frames should be exportet
6575: Model Geometry Not Visible In Choriography In Shaded Mode (Mac)

New in Animation:Master 18.0l (Apr 7, 2015)

New All: (0006593: Wizard: Import Images on Grids)
Plugin "Gridimages" , avaible from a choreographie
"Add Images"opens a image selection dialog for selecting the decalimage, multiple selection is possible if the checkbox "Import as an animation or a sequence of images" (win) or "Import as sequence" (mac) is checked and the selected image is a imagesequence a animated decal is created can be used multiple times, new selected images are added at the end of the imagelist
"Clear List"
remove all items from the imagelist
Listbox Imagelist
you can drag and drop the entries to make a specific order with RMB You get a menu
Menu item "Add Images"
the same as the Button "Add Images"
Menuitem "Remove selected"
removes the selected item from the list
"Pixel per unit"
let You define the gridsize for the create model/layer, can be a float value (as example 6.4)
resulting gridsize is shown in the listbox
"Subdivision"
how many subdivision in the width/height axis should be createt, has only influence if "Create as" "Model" is selected
"Create as"
"Model" , creating models for the images
"Layer" , creating layers for the images[/b][/b]
"Create as CookieCut Decal"
create the decal as a CokkieCut deacltype instead of the default Color typ decal has only influence if "Create as" "Model" is selected[/b][/b]
"Add to chor"
add the created models/layers to the choreographie, if more than one image is in the imagelist a general offset between the importet models is computet, so they don't overlap[/b][/b]
"First position"
the position for the first created model[/b]
"Offset"
a additonal position offset
"Orientation"
in which view the grid should be created has only influence if "Create as" "Model" is selected
"Modelname"
the basename for the created models/layers
New:
menu entry bones menu "Bone snap to CP" snap Bone to nearest cp
no keyboard modifier -> bone pivot is snapped
keyboard modifier Shift -> bone pivot is snapped, bone end is moved to maintain bone length
keyboard modifier Ctrl -> bone end is snapped, bone pivot is moved to maintain bone length
popup menu entry for imagecontainer "Reload Images"
reload all images, if the timestamp for a image is modified , refresh icons in the projectbar and realtime textures related sdk command GetHProject()->ReloadImages();
popup menu entry for single image
"Reload Image"
reload the image, if the timestamp for the image is modified , refresh icons in the projectbar and realtime textures
SDK addition
HLayer creation and import into a chor
Fixed:
Turn rotates only around the global axis of selected objects , not the local axis
6605: Group constraint does not obey normal Compensate Mode practices.
6606: Moving Bone does not "dirty" model
"Snap group to grid" for CP's in action or relation
Imagefile dialog has now the checkbox "Import as sequnce" similar to the windows version
file open dialog has now the checkbox "Cancel all remaining missing files during this load." similar to the windows version
Informational
"Bone snap to grid" snap Bone to nearest grid position no keyboard modifier -> bone pivot is snapped keyboard modifier Shift -> bone pivot is snapped, bone end is moved to maintain bone length

New in Animation:Master 18.0k (Mar 26, 2015)

Fixed:
6601: Percentage pose and skeltal keyframe bug
6599: Filepath recognition is not the same as used in master.exe and renderserver.exe
6311: Patch Images do not Bake
6598: realtime display error for textures with alpha channels
6595: Boolen Cutter is working from some viewpoints perfectly, but from other not....
6539: average normal
6597: Crash when rendering from a non camera view and Motionblur is active
New:
6391: Set camera to current view two new menu entries for camera objects in a chor
Set camera to bird view" transfer the actual camera view into a birdseye view in perspective mode
"Set bird view from camera" transfer the actual birdseye view to the selected camera, switch to camera view and make keyframes for rotation and transformation, the birdseye view must be in perspective mode otherwise this option is not avaible
new plugin "Textured Grid", avaible only from the objects folder self
"Select Image", opens a image selection dialog for selecting the decalimage to use
"Pixel per Unit", let You define the gridsize for the create model can be a float value (as example 6.4)
"Subdivision x" , how many subdivision in the width axis should be createt
"Subdivision y" , how many subdivision in the height axis should be createt
"Offset (Pixel)", how much pixel the decal should moved on the gridplane in x and/or y axis , if there any other value as 0 in this editfields a wraparound for the decal is done
"Copies", how many models should be createt , minimum value is 1 makes only sense if a offset is used , the offset is shifted for each model
"Use offset for the first model",if the checkbox is checked the offset values are used also for the first created model
"Orientation" , in which view the grid should be created
"Modelname" , the name for the created model , if "Copies" > 1 then a numericalvalue is add to the name
Changed:
new button for "Zoom Selected Object", add this button manually from "Customize->Commands->Navigation" to a toolbar keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Z (as before), but can be changed now
if You use this from camera or light view , it creates a keyframe for the computet new rotation
ViewSettingsDialog added a "Apply" button applied changed settings without closing the dialog
Switching viewmode to perspective has now as default keyboard shortcut VK_NUMPAD9 (9 on the numpad) , only active if You have not changed any keyboard acceleration at "Customize->Commands->Keyboard" to get the default acceleration back , You need to delete the file Master.MAC(Master_64.MAC for the 64bit version) in the A:M directory
Particle systems speedup for Blobby (rendering) and Fluid (computation)
Final rendering with SSS on speedup, if OpenMP is enabled

New in Animation:Master 18.0j (Mar 3, 2015)

New in Animation:Master 18.0i (Jan 5, 2015)

New in Animation:Master 18.0h (Dec 11, 2014)

New in Animation:Master 18.0g (Oct 23, 2014)

New in Animation:Master 18.0f (May 3, 2014)

New in Animation:Master 18.0e (Apr 24, 2014)

Changed: Plugin "Merge and purge decals" added check for Percentage,Repeat,Seamless and Exporttype properties for equality, only if this values are also equal the decals are merged
if A:M is running out of memory during final render, a more informative messagebox is displayed and the used memory is freed now. A typical scenario for such a exception is rendering with some lights with Z-buffered shadows,high Map Resolution,Penumbra on and Multipass off. 32 bit programs (OSX is a 32 bit process too), can use only at max 3GB memory equal how much memory is installed
Expression RGB(rgb) clamp the values between 0 and 255 self (as example 500 is the input value, than 255 used as value) use absolute values (-100 will then be 100)
Fixed:
6505: Layers drawn in front
6513: Rotoscope hides model in shaded view
6510: Memory leak after finalrender with zbuffered shadows and Penumbra On
6500: Request these standard resolutions in the industry for the resolution drop down menu added to the resolution drop down menu in this order
"UHD" Ultra high definition television 3840 × 2160
"DCI 2K cropped" (CinemaScope cropped) 2048 × 858
"DCI 2K native" (native resolution) 2048 × 1080
"DCI 4K cropped" (CinemaScope cropped) 4096 × 1716
"DCI 4K native" (native resolution) 4096 × 2160
6503: Patches Not Displaying Correctly
6495: Displacement from materials results in heavy, black render artefacts
- 6509: Render with SSAO causes crash
6507: Pressing Bones Mode Button locks computer
OpenGL3 driver
fixed application crash for nvidia gpu's  Error code:6 "Your hardware configuration does not meet minimum specifications needed to run the application. The application must close." if this error occured again , please set in the registry (OSX Masterprefs.ini) the value for "OpenGL3" "Max Vertices" to a lower value
redudant state changes reduced
reworked the opengl3 property page
all settings on this page having only influence for the realtime rendering
bilinear filtering for real time textures removed
the next 3 options are having only influence for realtime textures
"Anisotropic filter" for textures added, can be switched with the same named checkbox on the opengl3 properties page, only avaible if the "GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic" extension is supported from the gpu driver
"Scale always to power of two", if this checkbox is checked all textures are scaled to the next power of two value for width and height (256,512,1024 and so one)
"Compress if x or y > xxx", if this checkbox is checked the textured are stored as compressed texture in the gpu accesible memory, the value means the size for the texture width or height , and is the computed from the "GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE" value , for Your gpu this value can be shown if You save the list of extensions "Show All" on the property page than "Save")
"Antialiased Lines" only a hint for OpenGL , that lines should drwaed antialiased
"Inverse sortorder" transparent Patches are drawn in reverse order (Z- to Z+)
"Polymode" in shaded views , the polygon structure is displayed , which will be used, when You export the model/chor in a polygon export format like stl/obj and so one .
special note for OSX users if You get uglish decals/rotoscopes please try first to set "Scale always to power of two" to On , even the OpenGL extension "GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two" is reported , it looks like there is problem with the driver (seen the problem on systems with a nvidia gpu, ati or intel seems to be ok)
6471: Decals Not Displaying Corectly In v18a On Macs
6481: AM does not render images correctly set "Scale always to power of two" to On in the opengl3 properties
appcrash , when selecting controlpoints from a decal, where the cp's are removed but the stamp still exists
6515: Can't reorder sequence of a model's constraints in a relationship
6425: No longer possible to resequence a relationship's constraints in the PWS
6516: Can't reorder sequence of an Actions constraints in a relationship
6438: No longer possible to resequence constraints in an Action or Choreography window.
6517: Crash when trying to resequence the order of contraints in an Action in the PWS without having its action window open.
6188: Hair Density Maps do not work correctly on 5-point patches
6520: Decals on background objects appear over foreground objects in real-time
6480: AM Crashes when trying to remove a hook
6512: Multipass not dividing motion blur increments properly

New in Animation:Master 18.0d (Apr 3, 2014)

Fixed All - 6497: Hair always jittering
Fixed All - 6496: Hair color incorrect in Final renders
Fixed All - 6459: Bake surface resolution replaced by fixed presets
Changed All Bakesurface
default values now the following Resolution 10 Margins 1 Maximum textures size Automatic Overwrite Files True Delete old decals False Delete materials False If Bakesurface is started without the dialog (Shift + LMB) last settings are used
the created decalimages having now a new naming scheme "bs_"modelname"_"texturetype"."extension (jpg as default) with this change it's possible to bake more than one model in one projectfile
new combobox "Maximum textures size", where You can select wich size the created decalimages should have Automatic - based on Resolution , the best matched size (as in previous A:M versions) 128 - maximum texturesize 128x128 pixel and so one up to 4096x4096 only the 64bit version has the possibility to select 8192 as maximum texture size the algorithm tries now to match this value in one dimension
new option "Delete materials" If this is checked , all materialnodes (! INCLUDING particle materials !) are removed from the model and groups and the surface atrributes are set to the default values
New All - 6413: Allow undo functionallity in the stamp editor basic undo/redo funtcionality added, selections are not undoable, only cornercp moving is undoable special functionality for command key's + LMB in the stampview (only as reminder) Ctrl key (Mac Command key) + LMB split uv stack and add the nearest corner to selection Shift key + LMB add uvs to selection Alt key + LMB add vertex to selection
New All - 6456: Feature request: Option to select the visual representation of bones switching to simple bone draw mode (bones are drawn as simple line instead of shaft) possible with keyboard shortcut "Shift+7" or the button from Tools->Customize->Commands->Draw (you need to add this button manually for the first time) keyboard shortcut can found at Tools->Customize->Commands->Keyboard "Toogle bone draw mode
Changes All - 6457: Option to select between Spline/Hold/Linear as default keyframe interpolation !!! Important change !!! affects only new created drivers , for this drivers keyframes are created with the selected default keyframe interpolation You can set this at "Tools"->"Options"->"Action"->"Keyframe Interpolation" if "Default" is selected in most cases the interpolation method is "Spline", the behavior of creating keyframes is in this case the same as in previous A:M versions ! if any other is selected, it overrides the default values for the driver !
Changes All Stampview , if a corner or a group of corners are selectet , not longer display a popup menu , makes no sense in such a scenario
Changes All different cursor for "Add Lock Mode"
Fixed All - 6490: Crash after Save
Fixed All - 6482: New CPs made with Y key not properly placed
Fixed All - 6478: Can't create bone chain with Snap Manipulator to Grid ON
Fixed All - 6491: Can't Keyframe in Composite
Fixed All - 6487: Lights not fully drawn in Bones mode fixed also some realtime draw issues for bones (ghosty circles)
Fixed All - 6494: strange snapping was a unwanted sideeffect from # - 6445: Moving cp's in front view don't keep z axis position
fixed Opengl Driver - 6477: Mac, OpenGL Causing "Bones Mode" Display Issues
Fixed All - 6488: Rotoscopes on lights lost after save and reload of project. see the notes below
Fixed All - 6486: Rotoscope image on light not working Not longer allowed to drag rotoscopes on light or camera caches ,only allowed for instances light/camera in a chor/action or lights inside a model notes for the special case lights inside a model (in the bone hierachie) "if show more than drivers" is selected , the rotoscopes are NOT visible but they are still affects rendering, this is a accommodation for netrender it was very tricky to get this to work ....
Fixed All - 6485: Splines set to "Render as Line" are not smooth in final render I higly recommend to use the "Resamplespline" plugin in such a case for evenly distributed cp's on the spline.

New in Animation:Master 18.0a (Jan 11, 2014)

New in Animation:Master 18.0 (Dec 2, 2013)

New:
All "Snap to nearest CP"
If you select a single cp or a group of cp's, than this new option in the RMB.gif popup menu is avaible. It is snapping the selected cp to the nearest other cp position from the model. If you have a group named "targetgroup" in the model, this group is used as target positions, otherwise a dialog appears, where you must select the target group. Only the cp's from this group are used as possible target cp positions. This option is also avaible in a pose/action/chor, when the muscle mode is selected. The default shortcut is Shift+Ctrl+9.6400: Allow option to invert the functionality of the the "Hide CPs" and "Lock CPs" tool buttons. Holding the Ctrl (for Mac the Command) key down, inverting the affected cp's.
6410: Feature suggestion: Tool buttons for Onion Skin Control Toolbar for Onion Skin added
6347: Feature idea: Automatic Quad view
6389: Please allow deletion of layout presets.
6390: Allow seletion of layout presets from "Load Layout" submenu
Tools> Options> Units (additional for #0006374) "Magnet mode"> "Display single manipulator" With checkbox ON, the magnetic field radius is only drawn for the last selected cp, with the checkbox OFF, the magnetic field radius is drawn for each selected cp, but the radius can be only with the maipulators from the last selected cp
6375: Allow user definable workspace/window layout presets "View"> "Save Layout" for saving an individual toolbar layout "View"> "Load Layout" for restoring an individual toolbar layout.
OpenGL3 driver:
(had also the possibility to use features from newer OpenGL versions, if detected) This is now the default driver, the other OpenGl driver exists only for backward compatibility if the gpu/driver doesn't support OpenGL 3.0 (for gpu postprocessing OpenGL 3.2 is required as minimum) When you switch the drivers, a restart is highly recommended! This driver works faster in realtime mode (in special with high count patch models/models with transparency) and enables some additional features. It also contains some bugfixes for realtime displaying.
Polygonmode (only OpenGL3):
Tools->Options->OpenGL In shaded views, the polygon structure is displayed, which will be used when you export the model/chor in a polygon export format like stl/obj and so on.
Rendersetting "Screen Space Ambiant Occlusion”:
This is a posteffect, which is implemented as a GPU Shader, but has also a CPU fallback implementation, for the case that the gpu doesn't support this or opengl3 is not used. The effects also need the depth buffer, if they are not enabled, the effect enables it.
Additional settings:
On OSX this effect can be computed only on the cpu, due to glTexBuffer and samplerBuffer (gsls) isn't avaible in the compatibility profile, the core profile can't be used (nor supported via AGL) there.
"SSAO Effect only”:
Only the computed SSAO is shown as a greyscale picture (not applied to the original render, overwrite it)
"Samples”:
How many samples are used to compute the ssao around each pixel, available values,when gpu is used are 2-1024, if the cpu is used it is limited to 2-128 (higher values are clamped to 128) it's also a good idea to enable OpenMP, when the fallback to the cpu implementation is used.
"Radius”:
The radius around each pixel, from which the SSAO is computed
"Distance”:
Distance which occlusion reaches
"Gamma”:
Gamma correction for occlusion only
"Density”:
Density for sampling
"Softness”:
Softness of the edge of occlusion
"Luminance influence”:
How much luminance affects occlusion (gpu only, and only when applied to finalrender)
"Blur the effect”:
Enables blurring for the effect itself (not the applied effect)
"Radius”:
The radius for which the blur is calculated (gpu gaussian blur used)
"Apply to finalrender”:
See GPU Postprocess effects when "GPU Postprocess effects" is set to ON and "Applying each pass" is ON and the gpu implementation is used the effect is applied each pass.
Rendersetting "GPU Postprocess effects" (only OpenGL3, driver version 3.2 or higher is needed):
This implements some posteffects as GPU calculated effects, they are faster than the normal posteffects applied to the camera. An additional logfile (GPUShader.log in the A:M installation directory) is created, when such aa effect is used (for bughunting) if an error occurs, the master.log is also needed for bughunting the order for computing the posteffects is SSAO, Blur, Different Posteffects.
Settings for each gpu posteffect:
"Applying each pass" - When You render with multipass ON, the effect is applied at each pass.
"Apply to finalresult" - If this setting is OFF, the result from the posteffect is saved as a seperate image file (also for every pass in multipass), and not added to the final result image. The imagefile is saved in the directory where the final image is stored and appended with the posteffect name and pass number.
"Samples" - How often the posteffect is applied.
Blur - Additional setting, "Radius" which controls the radius for which the blur posteffect is calculated
Different Posteffects - additional setting "Posteffect Type"
Available types are:
"Greyscale"
"Sepia tone"
"Negative"
"Sharpen"
"Dilate"
"Erode"
"Laplacian"
"Prewitt"
"Sobel"
Snapshot from the active view:
Directory where the snapshot is saved is configurable at
Tools->Options->Backup The toolbar button for this is under
Tools->Customize->Commands->Render the snapshot is saved as a targa file
6358: Feature suggestion: Option to limit realtime subdivision, new checkbox on global property page "Limit realtime subdivisons" Default On, limits the real time subdivisions to 1,4,16,Adaptive
6342: Feature request: update STL exporter to offer higher subdivision avaible subdivs for polygon exporters and realtime view now 1,4,16,64,256,1024,4096,Adaptive. 256 and above require significantly more time in realtime views.
6332: CTRL-Save Snapshot to bring up options panel (for macs Shift-Save Snapshot)
6334: Feature suggestion: Snapshot automatically applied back to model new menu entry for this "Apply Snapshot", avaible only in the contextmenu from a view filename, extension (tga,jpg,png,exr), save destination configurable.
Changed:
OSX:
If a dialog hangs, you can now quit it with Cmd+Q
Obj Export:
Generate Model Maps
If "Generate Model Maps" is active, only the model map texture is exported, this texture is like a baked surface and includes other applied textures too. The texture is now written as a 32bit bmp (with alpha channel). Min and Max Size can now be "512" too, it is the min/max size for each patch in the created texture, depends which size is needed (patch fully covered from a texture is using the max size, a patch with only surface changed the min size).
Remove degenerated faces at export:
It no longer breaks the UV mapping, It is useful if you want to create valid obj files and 3/5/Hook patches are in the model. It is simply not possible to create only quad polygons (which are valid) for example for patches with hooks, in this case the exported obj file now has Quads and Triangles (have not seen problems in this case with other polygon based apps).
Texture handling:
Only the first texture for a face is used, because a face can have only one material and uv coordinates assigned, but it can be a multi texture (like the from BakeSurface created one)
Copy Textures Dialog:
This dialog are now only displayed, if the texture files are not in the 8.3 format.
"Export normals”:
If the checkbox isn't checked, normal information is not exported, this information is only a hint for other importers and not needed in general (most of the programs are rebuilding the normals at import), unchecking this option reduces the filesize.
"Save Snapshot" (Button) and "Apply snapshot" (menu entry) If you hold down the Ctrl (Mac Shift) key, while clicking this command a dialog appears, where you can change the size for the created image, the Filename and imageformat
Changed the behavior for "Snap group to surface", it now also works in a pose/action/chor view without changing the original model.
Relationships:
the menu command's "Select Spline#" and "Select CP#" in the PWS, selecting now the spline/cp in the relationship window, not longer in the PWS
Choraction
The menu command's "Select Spline#" and "Select CP#" in the PWS, selecting now the spline/cp in the relationship window, no longer in the PWS, if the current viewmode for the chor is "Modeling" or "Muscle"
Action
the menu command's "Select Spline#" and "Select CP#" in the PWS, selecting now the spline/cp in the relationship window, no longer in the PWS, if the current viewmode for the action is "Muscle"
"Snap Group To Surface" for grouped cp's they are member of a patch and the reversed normal direction from the patch is used as the direction for finding the goal surface, for all other cp's the pivot for the group is used as a direction special case if only one cp is selected and the cp is not a member of a patch the view direction is used When you hold down the Shift key, a dialog appears, where you can set the offset and the maximum intersection distance
Import -> Prop When you hold the Shift key down, while selecting "Import" -> "Prop" a dialog pops up where you can change the behavior for the imported Prop "Scale the prop at import" Down/Upscaling the prop with the given value(obj files only) "Discard textures" textures for this prop will not loaded and assigned "Don't display information" the information dialog for new imported props is suppressed These settings are saved in the project too, so if you reload the project the same settings given here are reused. The import process can be cancelled with the escape key.
Plugin Amplitude added possibility to use a frequency band as controller, bands 1-10 are predefined bands with the following values
Center Low Up
31,5Hz 22Hz 44Hz
63Hz 44Hz 88Hz
125Hz 88Hz 177Hz
250Hz 177Hz 355Hz
500Hz 355Hz 710Hz
1Khz 710Hz 1,42Khz
2Khz 1,42Khz 2,84Khz
4Khz 2,84Khz 5,68Khz
8Khz 5,68Khz 11,36Khz
16Khz 11,36Khz 22,72Khz
The low and upper limits can change slighly, depends on the sampling rate from the wav file Band 11 is a user defined band, where you can set the lower and upper frequency yourself.
6378: Hide bones with enabled "Prevent assigning cp's" property from list of bones in the "Edit CP Weights" window.
the introduction dialog (Help -> Introduction) now has workable links to the single section (like mouseover effect)
Posteffects added Shadow and Alpha to the list of possible input buffers
changing the Polygonmode now works without closing/reopening the views toolbar button added (Draw Toolbar)
Rendersettingsdialog now sizable
Fixed:
6442: Cannot subdivide splines in Chor mode It's now possible to subdivide a spline with the Shortcut "Y", when you are in a chor or action. Resulting in important change for Springsystems adding a mass has now the keyboard shortcut "Shift + Y"
6436: A:M hangs (unrecoverably) when saving over a previously saved layout preset
6437: Preset layout inconsistencies
6438: No longer possible to resequence constraints in an Action or Choreography window.
6425: No longer possible to resequence a relationship's constraints in the PWS
6412: Allow the new Snapshot feature to save a snapshop of Stamps
Terrain wizard:
number of rows and columns now similar to grid wizard
orientation similar to grid wizard
save and restore changed values now working
OSX06423: image io plugin missing, it says (decals are not displayed in realtime mode, occurs only with OpenGL3 driver)
6421: Export of OBJ with baked surface crashes AM and produces no OBJ
6414: Full path of model is file shown in the manipulator properties when "Show CP Weights" toolbar button is enabled.
6415: [Interface] Proposed defaults for Onion Skin
6426: Splash screen image seems a little too large.
6427: Splash screen's image is too rough around its edges
false cp are still selected after "Detach Point"
6404: A:M crashes or becomes unstable (then crashes) when copying and pasting two or more groups.
6386: Object manipulators become obscured when using a rotoscope whose "On Top" property is set to "ON".
Windows6376: V18 slow at rendering as compared to V17
6394: export obj, 3ds with bad uv added a new checkbox for the obj exporter "Remove degenerated faces at export" if this is checked, the UV datas are not longer valid , should be checked only if You export for 3D printing (solving problems coming from hooks / 5pointers)
obj plugin some memoryleaks are fixed (in special when used as importplugin for props)
6399: A:M Crashes when using Clone NullObject plugin
6402: Yellow selection box not visible
6368: A:M crashes when dragging a model with groups onto another model in PWS
6369: Mirror Bones plug-in does not mirror Null color or "prevent assigning cp's" property
6374: Magnet Mode's visual boundary does not display consistently when selecting a CP.
6326: NetRender format choices is only a blank list.
6327: 32 bit Netrender only sees 64 bit renderlsaves
6324: Num 3 to cycle through light views not working
Expression "GetWorldPos" and "GetWorldDir" now working as expected
6333: RMB.gif to end spline while in "Sticky Mode"
6362: Render to File settings window always cropped
GPU Posteffects:
Netrender can now use GPU Posteffects too, if the machine where the slaves are running support this
6357: SSAO doesn't look like AO
OpenGl3:
fixed some display bugs , in special for bones mode
6341: "Compute CP weights" is not recognized as change to model or PRJ
6356: Crash on RMB.gif in Render To File Dilaog
OpenGl3:
fixed some memoryleaks
Windows:
display problem fixed when selecting a group and Aero is active
Posteffects are remember now their selected buffers ,has occured when two or more Input buffers are avaible for the posteffect and both of them having a buffer other than Color or Default selected
nested Posteffects (one Posteffect are added to another) are remember now their selected buffer correct
6312: Drag a Project from the libraries in the PWS over the Choreographie-Entry > Crash

New in Animation:Master 17.0g (Mar 7, 2013)

New in Animation:Master 17.0d (Dec 21, 2012)

New in Animation:Master 17.0c (Dec 3, 2012)

New in Animation:Master 17.0b (Nov 8, 2012)

Breaking change:
baked sprite systems are not backward compatible, due a needed format change for baking more than one sprite emitter too.
New All:
Sprite emitter having now additional property
"Single Particle" , default is OFF
if this option is set to ON , only one particle is created , first when it is died, a new particle will be created the following 3 options having only a effect with image sequences
"Randomize the image sequence" , default is OFF
if this option is set to ON , each particle is displaying a random frame from the image sequence (and this means each time the frames are randomized , for a repeatable result bake this particles ystem) setting this to ON disabling also the next two options
"Image sequence start at particle birth" , default is OFF
the old behavior for sprite emitters if this option is set to ON , the image sequence starts first when the sprite is created
"Repeat the image sequence" , default is OFF if this option is set to ON , the image sequence is repeated over the particle life
Fixed OSX:
6258:No Navigation Window In; 'Options > Folders' On Mac
Fixed All:
6256:Rotoscope not visible after Project save and reload
Fixed All:
6259:Unwanted channel remain in Chor after bone is unselected
Fixed All:
6250:Pose slider doesn't appear for 1st new pose
Fixed All:
6252:Baking this model with a resolution-setting crashes A:M
Fixed Windows:
6234:Included Technical Reference html links do not work.
Fixed All:
6236:Community-Window will not receive all keyboard-events when on website
Fixed All:
6240:Changing Channel Curve default Interp between Spline and Zero-slope doesn't work
Fixed All:
6235:Glow not showing up in Alpha...
Fixed All:
6241:Crash after closing Render Preview Window
Fixed All:
2134:Rendering Radiosity With Volumetrics Isn't Working
Fixed OS X:
6229:LWO plugin does not export on mac; error message
Fixed All:
SubSurfaceScattering is working now also correct with multiple instances of the same model in the chor
Fixed All:
Final Rendering with SubSurfaceScattering and Radiosity doesn't crash longer
Fixed All:
calculating the crop range for Image sequences from png or bmp files are now correct
Changed All:
"Calculate Radiosity" no longer needed before You are doing a final render with Radiosity ON
New All:
"Introduction" dialog displayed at startup (like Tip of the day), which is pointing to resources for beginners

New in Animation:Master 17.0 (Aug 4, 2012)

Selecting Group after specific series of otherwise innocent steps causes crash
Crash when trying to leave the Action Tab in Options.
ForceKeyframe causes crash
get error4750 when using explode rebuild wizard
Proposed new Default chor
Rendering is a reflection of artifacts
It is possible now to set the value for "Occlusion Sampling" (Render to File Settings) up to 200% , when the value is more than 100% a different algorithm is used for calculating AO (the result is a bit darker than the original one), this will solve the problem described in this bugreport
SSS-Rendering will result in in black Surface in the final rendering, when using a material on the same group
Dark surroundings of SSS-groups at the border of the groups...
new SSS not rendered well in multi-pass
new splashscreen added
importing obj files as a Prop now always done with scale 1 , equal , which scaling value is set in the import/export dialog for obj files
window placement for Prop are now saved and restored
3ds export was broken
SubSurfaceScattering:
SSS can now be used also in materials
SSS has a new property "Extend group to avoid SSS-borders" Selecting this option will cause to extend the group with their neighbor patches for SSS computation only Has only affect on groups, not if it is changed in the surface attributes for the figure self. The default value is OFF .
Introduced for fixing "Dark surroundings of SSS-groups at the border of the groups" report - 6192:
for multipass rendering SSS is now computed only at the first pass (exception stereorendering and active motionblur)
fixed a crash ,if a patch is in more than one groups with SSS is set to on
fixed a memoryleak for multipass rendering
SSS progress now displayed for finalrendering
for choreographys a new menuentry "Calculate needed memory for SSS" is added this calculates and display's only the memory, which will be needed for the SSS computation at rendertime and inform the user about this value or warn if too much memory will be needed for computation, it writes also additional information's about SSS to the logfile  a case where SSS computation will need to much memory is as example, if You have very small values for "Half extinction distances" (Red 0.1,Green 4,Blue 5) in conjugation with a high sample area (compute from surface which is covered by SSS) will need around 12 GigaByte for the SSS computation the "Relative density of SSS samples" has also a influence here (the sample projectfile for the values above are from the report - 6174: )

New in Animation:Master 17.0 Beta 05 (Jun 13, 2012)

New in Animation:Master 17.0 Beta 04 (May 23, 2012)

New in Animation:Master 17.0 Beta 03 (May 23, 2012)

New in Animation:Master 17.0 Beta 02 (Apr 10, 2012)

New in Animation:Master 17.0 Beta 01 (Mar 26, 2012)

New in Animation:Master 16.0a (Jun 25, 2011)

5923: A:M hangs - does not crash
 5929: Message server 1 will not connect
 5925: Upgraded code usb Dongle hasp not working
 5920: Copying and Pasting Keys causes unwanted "Bone Position" channels to be created
 5924: Render Presets don't capture full filename path
 5919: Slikpping off an imput box causes standard dialog box to open
 5921: Deleting "W" driver re-selecting bone causes A:M to crash
Netrender  - 5909: renderslave can't save rendered files Jobwizard is checking now the accessibility for the output (rendered files) directory, if they can't accessed, a error message occurs and it is not possible to finish the wizard without changing the output directory to a directory, which can be accessed from the renderserver
mac Rendermessenger removed the OpenMP checkbox , because OpenMP doesn't work on the mac in V16
Netrender  - 5902: Net Render will not launch , when the IP-Adress for the renderserver machine is not a static IP the rendermessenger has now a additional option "RenderServer is using a dynamic IP" this option is in the wizard (new installation) set to true and should be only unchecked (set to false) , if the machine where the renderserver is running, has assigned a static IP adress. In the case that the rendermessengers are running on a different machine than the renderserver, this option must be unchecked too, but in this scenario a static IP adress for the renderserver is a MUST !
 5899: Changing "Particle Baked" setting causes crash.
 5908: Crashes when editing sprite emitter in choreography
 5900: Render animation preview results in garbage Quicktime movie
 5894: Baking Dynamics (and sometimes turning on hair) will corrupt properties of unrelated models in chor
 5895: Curve editor doesn't display correctly after scaling keyframes in Dopesheet
 5878: Subfolders - Crashes with Large number of items There is now a new entry for the choreography popup menu "Select children with filter" In the "Serach and Select" dialog put in the name to search (not casesensitive, no wildcards) objects in the chor which have the searchstring in the name (at any place) are selected this works much faster than selecting with Shift+LMB , in special for selecting a big bunch of objects
 5892: A minor refresh bug with the cp
 5913: Loading large (15k patch) model into new action crashes A:M
 5885: Cookie Cutter Image Sequence - Causes Triangles and Lines to occur when intersecting other objects (occurs in non multipass render)
 5874: Cookie Cutter or Color w/Transparancy
5905: 16 Rel Ver. Crashes during RENDERING

New in Animation:Master 16.0 (May 9, 2011)

all changed - splash picture is now Tar (updated, thanks to fuchur for his works on this)
All New - Stereolitography (STL) export plugin
Mac Fixed - Launching A:M file from Finder does not work first time.(happens only if the projectfile is not on the bootvolume)
all fixed - Net Render quits with errors.(happens only if a Force object is in the modelbone container)
all fixed - Black lines around fluids in front of transparent surfaces in final render mode
all fixed - Surface-Transparency and output with alpha buffer problem
all fixed - Yves environment plug in shader does not render correctly
all fixed - Terrain Wizard won't import bitmap
all fixed - Hair system remains on if it is set to ON and the rendersettingsdialog is canceled
all fixed - Multiple select of model file to move does not work (in object or material container) changed dropping multiple selected object into a chor is possible now too
all fixed - The plug-in Merge and purge Decals (crash , when no decal in model) solved too for Merge and Purge Groups
mac fixed - Play Animation in the Render tool bar does not work
all fixed - Bump maps not shaded according to light direction. (happens , when used as patch image , decals not affected) fixed for normal and displacement maps too There is also a new menu entry "Reset Group Images Rotation".
all fixed - Volumetric Light on a Spot-Light with 'Width Softness'-Problem
all fixed - Volumetric Effects render with hard edges when Multipass is ON
all fixed - Volumetric Effects with type set to "Box" do not render
all fixed - Mist (and dust) object artifacts
all fixed - Volumetric artifacts
all fixed - Volumetrics rendered with standard renderer causes artifacts
all fixed - Backup not working exactly like I expect it to
all fixed - Anaglyph Color (stereo) render is broken
all fixed - Camera Rotoscope causes background color error in Stereo renders
all fixed - Stereoscopic renders are blank when Multi-pass is on
all fixed - Fixes Extruder plugin four of them.
all fixed - Stereo render causes crash
all fixed - Crash when rendering with camera in model on Netrender
all fixed - Problem with Camera rotate properties slider
all fixed - Porcelain Material is Blotchy
all fixed - PLY export of models with displacement maps adds bumps to surface (has affected all polygon exporter plugins)
mac fixed - Animated Rotoscopes not working
mac fixed - Render Animation Preview fails in model window
all fixed - Image Sequence Import and Composite Issues
all fixed - Adding 72nd "Aim At" constraint fails
all changed - "Aim At" constraints can now point to each other
all fixed - CP Weight Editor "Lock" not working with 4 bones added also a option "Balance all Bones" , for even distribution weight to all bones in the boneslist (RMB on a elected bone in the boneslist)
all fixed - HDRI loads incorrectly (hdr and pic files now are gammacorrected to 2.2 (NTSC) at import)