What is new in Mistika 10.1

[Melanie Diaz]

Hi all,

A new upgrade of Mistika 10 is now available for Mistika Boutique and Ultima, providing Blackmagic RAW support, brand new color tools and other improvements that greatly enhance the creative process and improve color workflow productivity.

This release is already available in the Downloads section of your Online SGO Account.

 

New features:

• BRAW Codec Support: The Blackmagic RAW codec is now supported on Mistika Boutique, both for Windows and macOS, and Mistika Ultima for Linux, fully supporting ACES workflow with BRAW.

          *The Blackmagic Design Film curve is not supported in this version.

• New Hexagon Mixer tool: New Hexagon-shaped vectorscope added to the Fixed Vectors tab allows precise control of Hue and Saturation of the R, G, B, C, M and Y chrominance and hexagon sliders controlling the luminance. Every modification made in the Hexagon Mixer is also reflected in the Sliders to avoid any redundant operation. This functionality has been added to the Trackballs of Tangent Panels. Both of the hexagon mixer tools can also be displayed as a floating window and can be resized at users preferences.
• New Channel Mixer: Another tool added in the Fixed Vectors tab, enabling ultimate control of the R, B, B channels values in R, B, B, C, M and Y chrominance. Every modification made in the Channel Mixer is being reflected in the Sliders as well. This functionality has been added to the Tangent Panels, being set on new banks of the Knobs. 
• New Corner Pin in Comp3D: New tool added to the Comp3D node, allowing much easier and faster use of the Corner Pin to adjust the corners of an image to any background.
• Mistika Workflows Watchfolder added to the Add To Render Queue options. Mistika Workflows is capable now to act as the main background render manager of Mistika Boutique. Users can now send RNDs from Mistika Boutique to a Watch Folder in Mistika Workflows, enabling to render the media directly with the Mistika Render node.

Improvements:

• New Parameter added in the Import Media Options of the SetUp. The default framing mode can now be set in the “Default result size” option when importing media: Project, Input or Live.
• Improved responsiveness of the Tangent when two or more scopes are opened.
• New preset pivots added: New presets are added on the Pivot Scopes, for selecting automatically the Shadow, Midtone and Highlight pivots. Available and added in the Tangent panels.
• New parameters added on the Color Grade Set-Up:
• 1. Trackball Color Information: It can be decided whether to choose the RGB Values or a Color Box.
• 2. The Saturation of the Color Grade GUI can be modified at user preferences.
• New preset ranges added: New presets are added to the Ranges, for selecting automatically the Shadow, Midtone and Highlight ranges. Available and added to the Tangent panels.
• Updated FFmpeg and SDK Nvidia libraries for Windows. The latest Nvidia drivers for your graphics card model must be updated for the Mp4 Nvidia codec to work properly.
• New effects and Macros functionalities available in the Tangent Mapper application. Most used Macros are now assigned to the Framing menu of the Bt1 in Tangent Control Panels. 

Fixed bugs and minor improvements:

• 2947 Keyframes created in the embedded params of the shots are now properly displayed in the Timeline of the Visual Editor.
• 2973 Trimming animation options are now fixed.
• 2914 The Qualifier in Color Grade can now be properly locked.
• 2792 CTRL + Z command is now working correctly with Framing.
• 2997 The Play option is now working properly when the video is muted.
• 3005 Tracker points can now be deleted correctly by pressing Delete on the keyboard.
• 3009 The VR mode is now displayed properly when the Stereo 3D mode is activated.
• 2950 The Zoom buttons of the Keygraph are now properly shown.
• 2959 The focus of the Playback is now fixed when clicking on the Color Tools.
• 3004 The CTRL+Z command in the Tracker’s menu is now working correctly.
• 2962 The Storyboard settings remain when changing sessions.
• 3000 Improved behavior of Audio in Movie option export.
• 2986 Clips are now properly updated when moving around the timeline when the muted video option is activated.
• 2709 The drop-down menus are now displayed correctly on two monitors at resolutions bigger than HD.
• 2935 Improved render on cache render with Dual Link and YUV10.
• 2936 Playback of cached nodes with Stereo3D now working properly. 
• 2944 Improved behaviour of the OFX plugin NeatVideo.
• 3025 Tangent panels buttons PREV SB, NEXT SB, PREV LIB and NEXT LIB are now working correctly.
• 3027 The TC now updates properly when rolling the wheel for the Timeline job in the Tangent panel.
• 3041 Can not see Tracking Point in Keyframe Graph.
• The Tracking Point can now be seen in the Keyframe Graph.
• 2919 The red lines for the level of black and white are now displayed correctly.
• 2966 Fixed behaviour of the VR goggles button.
• 3055 The undo shortcut now works properly in the embedded Framing and the FX Framing in macOS.
• 3038 The Gangs now remember the position.
• 3035 A feather can now be added to Shapes in the Qualifier Tab of the Color Grade Effect.
• 2975 A proper outcome is shown when rendering a gap in several codecs and formats.
• 3054 The animation line is now shown properly in the embedded parameters when scrolling in the Timeline.
• 2951 The EXR label params now display “EXR params”.
• 3052 The keyframe graph now displays the animation from the embedded params. 
• 3069 The LUT 3D pull-down menus now open the 3DLUT folder by default.
• 3018 The output audio channels are now 2 by default.
• 3093 Storyboard’s hotkeys are now correctly working in Windows.
• 3039 Create Shape “C” Shortcut is now working properly in Windows and macOS. 
• 3065 Improved the Color Pick Analysis Tool when Framing is set in Input mode in macOS.
• 3110 Display Filters remains when conforming an EDL from .RND files.
• 3065/3066 The Color Pick Analysis Tool is now working properly when Input or Proxy mode are selected, plus proper analysis when working in Stereo views.
• 2909 Default mapping in the Tangent Mapper is now properly locked. 
• 3148 Improved behaviour of the scopes.
• 3183 The recovery mode does not change to source when the vector is changed.
• 3194 The qualifier now works correctly in Proxy mode.
• 3115 Shapes are now shown properly when the keyframe graph is open.
• 2838 The zoom with arrow keys in the Visual Editor is now working properly in macOS.
• 3067 Snapshot now works properly in combination with Source Res Activated.
• 3185 Deform FX group tab names now shown correctly. 
• 3178 The embedded parameters are now correctly included in the Match & Paste functionality. 
• 3199 Improved visualization of the Color Grade Curves.
• 3184 The Enter key now correctly creates history.
• 3177 Effects can now be edited correctly on vertical stacks with different durations.
• 3200 The Edit>Setup option now displays properly.
• 3212 All of the lines of the Editable Text window are now visible.
• 3158  The Grade Inside can now be properly copied into the Grade Outside.
• 3147 Improved functionality of the monitor with nodes with different lengths.
• 3145 British mode is now available for the color grande and Tangent panels.
• 3205 Fixed Prekey Blur of the Qualifier in the Color Grade node.
• 3146 Shapes can now be copied including the grade in the Vector. 
• 3187 Printer lights shortcut is now working correctly.
• 3107 8K signal output now working properly in Mistika Ultima and Boutique.
• 3211 All the fonts display properly now when GUI Scaling is activated.
• 3191AVC INTRA codec support fixed.

 

(24/11/20) Maintenance Release 10.1.1 fixed bugs and minor improvements:

• Fixed playback with Blackmagic video boards when working with 23,978, 29.97 and 47.95 fps timelines respectively.
• Installation process adapted to the latest Windows security measures update.

 

(23/12/20) Maintenance Release 10.1.2:

Improvements:

Tangent:

• Black and White labelling changed to “Lift” and “Gain” to mirror Color GUI.
• New functions mapped: Track Both Ways, Track BW, Track FW, Autokey, Add key and Delete key buttons were added. 
• Qualifier label “Select” changed to “Hue” for better understanding.

Fixed bugs & minor improvements:

• 3244 “Solo” mode is now working properly in the Color Grade Curves.
• 3264 Audio in movie can now be properly rendered.
• 3249 Printer Steps and Temperature and Tint can now be refreshed correctly when working in Offset or Contrast mode.
• 3286 Improved decoding an IMF jpeg200.
• 3252 The Phantom media’s fps is now recognized correctly in Mistika Boutique.
• Fixed the js file when capturing clips with free mode (8K).
• 3236 The Eye Bypass button in the Color Grade node now does not create a Keyframe when the AutoKey is selected.
• 3246 Scopes now correctly recover its position when launching Mistika Boutique. 
• 3288 Improved performance when working with Wacom with the Scopes open.
• Streaming plugin issues fixed, allowing YUV420 jpg. 
• 3286 Dolby Mezzanine render format working properly. 
• Last History button in Tangent now properly opens the latest History created in the Storyboard.

Known issue:

• Mistika Workflows does not render Title and Vector Paint effects included in Mistika Boutique’s RNDs.
• Labeling with the White point in the Pivot scope of Primaries.
  When navigating between shots, the label shows 50, even though it may be another value. However, the feature works correctly regardless of the labelling issue.
• Tangent: Out of the security purposes, the latest mapping used is not overwritten when a new version is installed. In order to obtain the latest improvements in the mapping, the selected mapping has to be changed to the “Default mapping”, locked in the Tangent Mapping software. We also recommend creating a New user with this latest new version update.
• Tangent: sometimes a double tap is needed to properly navigate between the Color Grade modes.

• DVO tools:
  
  Sapphire FX does not work when combined with DVO Tools
  DVO Clarity does not refresh new color gradings changes properly
  DVO Effects turn Alpha Channel Completely Black

  These three issues can be fixed with the following workaround:

  Go to configuration file:

  Windows: C:\ProgramData\Digital Vision\Ofx\dvo.config

  Linux: /opt/digitalvision/ofx/dvo.config

  Mac: /Library/Application Support/Digital Vision/Ofx/dvo.config

  Look for the parameter Allow Merge (m), remove the # before the m and set it to 1.

  The lines should look:

  # Allow merge - normally it would be enabled, but disabled until fully verified

  m=1