This page provides information on downloading and installing VideoFOCUS Pro 8.0 and provides a review of the new features.
The latest version of the VideoFOCUS Pro 8.0 installer can be downloaded from the following page.
Save the download executable to a convenient location on your computer and when the download is complete run the executable to unpack the installer and automatically start the install process. The download file is an offline installer and can also be used to install VideoFOCUS Pro on a machine other than the machine on which it was downloaded.
If your machine has an Internet connection you should be able to install VideoFOCUS Pro 8.0 alongside older versions of VideoFOCUS Pro and run either but not both simultaneously (i.e. close VideoFOCUS Pro 8.0 before opening older version and vice versa).
Note that VideoFOCUS Pro 8.0 changes case data elements and as such will not be be able to open cases created with previous versions. The appropriate version to use to open older cases can be determmined by attempting to open the case in VideoFOCUS Pro 8.0. The message dialog that is presented will provide the details. If you wish to work on a case created by a version of VideoFOCUS Pro that is not supported by VideoFOCUS Pro 8.0 then obtain and install the appropriate version of VideoFOCUS Pro from support.salientsciences.com
VideoFOCUS dongles can only store one product activation at a time. For those users with a dongle and without an Internet connection on your computer please contact Salient Sciences for further information about upgrading. For those users with an Internet connection the dongle will be upgraded to a 8.0 code when VideoFOCUS Pro 8.0 is first run. (The dongle can be downgraded back to prior version code by running the older VideoFOCUS Pro while the Internet is connected.)
Running VideoFOCUS Pro 8.0 requires an activation update from our license server and you will be prompted for your Installation ID when VideoFOCUS Pro 8.0 is first run. Please use your existing Installation ID which can be found under the Help->About menu of your existing installed version of VideoFOCUS Pro. If you wish to try VideoFOCUS Pro 8.0 on a different computer please contact us.
VideoFOCUS Pro 8.0 is only available for Windows platforms. Detailed support levels are given in the following table.
| Windows Platform | Support Level |
| Windows XP | Unsupported |
| Windows Vista | Unsupported |
| Windows 7 (x64) | Fully Supported |
| Windows 8.1 (x64) | Validated |
| Windows 10 (x64) | Fully Supported |
VideoFOCUS 8.0 supports the ability to place a clock like timestamp in any video or image. The timestamp will display the value of the absolute time of the displayed frame or image. The timestamp can be positioned with user determined sizing and location and can be relocated to a new position at any point during the video. The colors of the timestamp lettering and background are user defined, and a transparent background is supported.
The timestamp will take account of any subsequent time management operations in VideoFOCUS (via adjust time or manage views) and will maintain correct frame time in an edited video where sections are been removed or even if different videos have been introduced. The timestamp is not rendered into the video (unless a multivideo edit or export is performed) so can generally be removed at any later point in processing if it is not required or has to be changed.
Timestamps are added via the Annotation dialog accessed via the annotation menu item in the edit menu, or the session or still popup menu.
VideoFOCUS now provides support for the identification and labeling of spatial regions in video and images. Like timestamps these annotations are positioned with user determined sizing and location, and can be relocated as needed. In addition the annotations can be placed in a tracking mode which causes VideoFOCUS to attempt to follow the object in the image as the object or the camera moves. As with tracking in the filter dialog, manual intervention to correct size an location is supported. The colors of the shape and label lettering and background are user controlled and the shape can be hidden to leave only the label.
Annotations are not rendered into the image until export (or multivideo edit), so spatial operations (e.g resizing, rotation, cropping) on the video will preserve the legibility of the labels. Like timestamps, annotations can be removed even after subsequent processing steps have been performed.
Label annotations are added via the Annotation dialog accessed via the annotation menu item in the edit menu, or the session or still popup menu.
To aid in the process of establishing the proper time relationship between related videos we have introduced the concept of copying time from a video and and setting time in a videos.
In the context of synchronizing multi-view video in the ManageViews dialog this feature allows the user to scrub one view to a specific event, and right-click copy time, then click on another view also containing the event, scrub until the event is visible and then right-click set the time. Doing so will adjust the time of the second view such that the event now occurs at the same time in both views. This can be repeated for further views that are to be brought into time sync.
A similar procedure can be used in conjuction with the Adjust Time dialog for single videos. In this case the event would be located in the main player of the first video and followed by a right-click copy action. Among other things this will copy the current time into the clipboard. Then the second video can be opened in the Adjust Time dialog, the same event located in the second video, and finally the right-click set time performed. Doing so will adjust the time of the second video such that the event now occurs at the same time in both videos. This can repeated for further videos that are to be brought into a common time sync.
The majority of VideoFOCUS is now DPI aware, which means that the interface and text should no longer appear unduly small on screens that are high DPI (small and medium sized monitors with a high resolution). No user action is required, and dialogs and windows will be sized appropriately depending upon the specifics of the monitor on which they appear.
Unfortunately due to limitations in the Windows OS support for high DPI, we cannot currently offer DPI aware behavior for the parts of the windows associated with the Minilab and QuickEnhance audio interface. This means these parts of the filter interfaces will continue to appear smaller than desirable. This situation may change as Microsoft improves developer support for high DPI
In addition to pdf, exported reports are now available in html and a doc format that can be opened in Microsoft Word. The choice of format is made via a dropdown in the export dialog.
As part of advancing VideoFOCUS functionality it is often necessary to make changes to the data format for cases. Sometimes VideoFOCUS improvements add additional items to the data, which means that cases created with a new VideoFOCUS cannot be opened with older VideoFOCUS's and occasionaly VideoFOCUS improvements make changes to existing items in the data, which means that the new VideoFOCUS cannot open older cases.
In order to make this as easy as possible to manage for the user we have updated the behavior of the open case dialog. Firstly the open case file browser provides further visual hints as to the situation. It does so by coloring cases with a red icon if they can be opened by the version of videofocus being run or by a grey icon if they cannot. In either situation it annotates the case file name in the file view with the version of videofocus that last opened the case. Furthermore if an attempt to open a grey case is made VideoFOCUS will inform the user which version of VideoFOCUS is required to open the case.
Older versions of VideoFOCUS are available from our website and can be installed alongside newer versions to support simple access to older case work.
VideoFOCUS 7.0 can now generate pdf report documents describing video and image items in a project.
A report can be created by selecting the desired media items and choosing the 'view report' item in the view menu. Alternatively individual image or video items can be reported on by using the 'view report' menu action from the session or still list popup menus. A report can also be created by selecting the option in the export media dialog. In this situation a report will be created that includes sections for each media item that is being exported.
VideoFOCUS will automatically generate a full 'steps to reproduce' section for each item in the report and will provide a basic summary of the properties of each item that is being reported. In addition to the automatically generated sections the user can also add item specific notes to each media item using the session or still property dialog and these notes will be included in the report. The VideoFOCUS cases now offer properties than can be set, including agency and examiner names, case number and title and an overall notes section and these properties will also be used in the composition of the report.
VideoFOCUS now supports the concept of macros. Macros are a way to apply a set of actions taken on one piece of media to other similar media, without having to repeat the actions in the user interface. Typically this might be used to apply similar processing to related videos that are determined to require the same sequence of modifications,filtering etc in every case.
There is no specific process to define the steps in a macro. All that is required is to select an item that is the product of processing and use the right click menu 'copy macro starting at'. When this is menu option is selected VideoFOCUS will offer the various points in the processing history of the item as starting point for the macro action. The macro processing include all steps between that point and an the final step producing the selected media item
Once copied the macro can be applied to other items by simply selecting them and using the 'apply macro' popup action. When applied the macro application will produce a new item that are the macro steps applied to that item. It is also possible to apply a macro to a set of selected items as a single action. In his case a result will be created for each selected item.
Macro actions are full described in the report in terms of the original actions that compose the steps of the macro and then application of the macro. Macros of macros are also supported.
Under certain circumstances the application of a macro can lead to invalid output. Most commonly this will be when references are made to times or views that do not exist in the target media. VideoFOCUS is designed to detect such situations and will advise the user that the macro cannot be applied.
VideoFOCUS now has a single export dialog that supports the simultaneous export of images, video and audio. The items that are export depends on which export menu is used and what is selected. When the export is invoked from the session list popup the export is restricted to selected items in that list. Similarly when the export is invoked from the stills area popup the export is limited to selected items in that list.
If however the export is invoked from the main file menu the export will included all selected items in both the session and stills areas. When combined with the report option, this allows for a production of a single report including all items that a user may wish to export from VideoFOCUS. When there is a mixed set of media types in the export dialog the video, images and audio tabs provide for control over any configurable aspects of each specific type.
VideoFOCUS has been updated to provide a more consistent methodology for the labeling of media items created by filters, modification, edits etc. There is now also a tooltip associated with each media item offering a short description of the process step that was used to create the item. The tooltip includes the label name of the item's source to aid in locating the source item
Projects can now use timezone that is distinct from the system or default VideoFOCUS time zone. The time zone choice is available via the File menu item 'project properties'. The timezone choice controls the presentation of times in both the interface and in and reports associated with items in the project
VideoFOCUS 6.1 extends the concept of marked frames into a fully flexible way to label moments and intervals of time in any video.
Labels can be added to individual frames or selected regions of time in a video via a popup menu command. The label can be chosen from the existing labels or new labels can be created. Labels can be cycled on and off by repeated application of the label action. Labels are case wide so can be used to identify the appearance of related items in different videos within the same case. Labels propagate through processing operations and will appear at the correct time even if the processing changes the timing of the videos.
Labeled moments and intervals are visualized by "badges" that have the label name and color and are shown in the video at the appropriate time as the player plays the video. Labels present in a video also appear as a choice in the frames view in the "thumbnail display" drop-down. Choosing a label in the drop down will result in only the frames containing that label being displayed.
When labeled times are present in a case the popup menu action "Select all items labeled" will select all video items that contain the chosen label. If labeled times are present in a given video the popup menu action "Select all times labeled" will select all the times that a given label are present in the video. This selection can then be used to perform additional actions.
There are two new selection back and forward buttons in the player which when combined with the "select all times labeled" action make it simple to jump forward and backwards in a video through all the time intervals defined by a given label.
Labels can be managed project wide via the "Edit labels" action on the main menu bar. The dialog that appears allows the labels to renamed, colors to be changed or labels deleted. Changes or deletions will apply across all labeled times within all items in the case.
When the information is available VideoFocus will detect and display a "key frame" label identifying the frames that the video reader has identified as key frames (I frames). This label is shown in the player and also available in the "thumbnail display" drop-down and can be used to view all the key frames in a video.
VideoFOCUS now supports one click audio redaction. Any multi-video or video with audio or audio only media can be redacted. redaction is performed by selecting the time region(s) to be redacted and using the "redact audio" menu item. The menu offers the choice to either substitute tone or silence in the areas where the redaction is to be applied.
If there are many regions to be redacted labels can be useful. The first step is to label all the time regions with a label. Then use the "select all times containing" to select all the times containing the label, then apply the redaction operation.
VideoFOCUS 6.0 introduced multi-view video management with a basic timing adjustment tool to allow for the timing between views to be adjusted. VideoFOCUS 6.1 builds on this tool with an updated version accessible via the "view management" menu item. View Management is time zone region aware and allows for individual view timings to be specified in the time zone region of the user's choosing. The time adjustment control has also been updated to make for simpler timing adjustment.
View management now includes a view order control which allows the view order to be changed allowing for better visualization of multiple views where there is a natural left/right or top bottom order or for other circumstances where a change in order is appropriate. Individual views or sets of views can be shifted in either direction relative to their unselected neighbors.
As with the video viewer, individual views are selected by clicking on them, and additional views can be added to the selection by holding down control while clicking. Control A will select all the views of a multi-video.
We have significantly revised the video list view to make for easier understanding of the origins and relationships between video in a case.
Items that represent the original capture or import are identified by a small disk drive icon. This indicates that they represent the original contents of a media file or proprietary DVR file. Items identified this way will have additional properties in their property panel describing details of the file such as size, hash codes etc.
Items in the list that represent the result of processing will have one or more arrows above them indicating the source of the item. If the item immediately above is the source then there will be an arrow in the center. If another item higher in the list is the source then there will be an arrow on the left. If both the immediately above and an other are sources then both arrows will show. In the case where the item has more than two sources a third arrow will appear on the right.
The zoom controlling the extent and therefore sensitivity of the primary time slider has been made logarithmic to provide for better precision in selecting an appropriately zoomed timescale for the task at hand. The behavior when sliding the overview slider (the lower slider that becomes active when the time is zoomed) has also been refined so that there is a smooth centering of the primary slider when the overview position is moved. We believe these changes will help the user who is working with the longer videos produced from view combinations that may contain 10's of thousands of frames.
Tracking within the filters, in particular to apply a blur or highlight, has been a popular capability but the interaction required to define tracks has been somewhat involved. In particular the interface has required that the region be redrawn entirely if the track goes astray and the region can become significantly distorted even if it does not depart from its intended target. A further complication involved the need to specifically select or deselect tracks for correction.
This update resolves all of these problems. Tracks that have departed from the intended target can simply be dragged back onto the target. Distortion is now much less likely as the region will retain its general shape, however if adjustment is required the regions can be resized by moving to their edge to display the appropriate resize cursor and dragging the edge or corner back to its proper location. There is also no need to explicitly select a shape as that happens automatically if a move or resize is performed, but the option to do so is there by simply clicking near the shape.
In addition, when a track has been moved or resized by the user the action can be undone by the newly added anchor control button.
All items that are associated with a file now have hashes automatically computed and displayed (MD5,SHA-1,SHA-256). For imported or captured items the hashes can be viewed in the item's property panel. For exports the hash is automatically computed and available in the export audit. The audit now also includes the hashes of all imported or captured items that were used as source material for the item being exported.
When editing or exporting multi-view video from VideoFOCUS all views are rendered into a single composite view before the edit or export occurs. By default the views are placed on a grid with row and column counts chosen so that the result most closely matches the 'average' aspect of the individual views. Users can now override this default and lay out the camera views in any grid shape they choose, ranging from all in a row to all in a column. This combined with the view ordering operation in view management allows for nearly complete flexibility in how multi-view video looks when exported as a single playable video.
The editor can now be used to edit audio only items in the same way as video items.
Super-resolution now provides a player in the left hand view to better assist in the optimal choice of frame for a super-resolution attempt.
The application's time zone region choice is taken into account in all places where time is displayed.
Multi-view items offer an extract views that will create single camera view for all the selected views in the multi-view.
VideoFOCUS 6.0 provides a major advance in productivity for work with multiple camera views in the form of MultiView sessions.
MultiView sessions keep related views together with absolute timing allowing the user to establish a time coherent view of incidents captured by mutiple cameras from any source. Multi camera DVR imports now automatically create MultiView sessions but they can be also created at any time in VFPro 6.0 by combining existing video sessions or adding new video to an existing MultiView session
MultiView sessions can be viewed and operated on in the primary video player just like regular sessions, and individual views can be 'popped out' in the player to provide for detailed examination of the video and the frames just as can be done with regular sessions. Individual views in a MultiView session can be selected, copied and pasted into the session list as individual sessions. Subsets of the views can also be selected, copied and pasted to produce new MultiView sessions.
The track timing dialog provides the user with an efficient way to combine video from different views or from different times of the same view into a coherent easy to visualize MultiView session. The track timing feature can also be used to make timing changes to any view in an existing MultiView session.
Where appropriate VFPro 6.0 supports video processing of all or a selected subset of views of a MultiView session. Modification of individual selected views of a MultiView session is also supported. In all cases the results are produced in a new MultiView session with the processing and modifications applied to the selected views.
Issues that have been discovered, but not yet addressed are listed below:
VideoFOCUS 5.1 is now 64-bit, and will only work with a 64-bit OS. The 64-bit version will allow VideoFOCUS to utilize more of your computer's memory and improve performance within the application. This will especially help with larger HD (High Definition) videos.
VideoFOCUS 5.1 will now directly import many DVR formats, allowing you to import proprietary DVR formats into VideoFOCUS quickly without having to screen capture or convert the videos.
VFPro 6.0 adds support for video frame averaging to the super resolution processing filter.
VideoFOCUS 5.0 now includes Digital Audio Corporation's CARDINAL MiniLab Suite of forensic audio plug-ins, including:
These audio plug-ins add a comprehensive set of audio forensic tools to VideoFOCUS. They can be applied to any audio in the application, including audio contained within a video session or an audio-only session.
VideoFOCUS 5.0 now includes Digital Audio Corporation's QuickEnhance audio plug-in. QuickEnhance provides easy-to-use filtering options for noise removal to help improve speech intelligibility and clarity in noisy audio. QuickEnhance is equipped with the following features:
VideoFOCUS 5.0 includes a snapshot feature that allows the user to capture, as a still image, exactly what is being rendered to the screen. This is ideal for quickly zooming, panning and cropping an image detail into a stand-alone still image suitable for export or further processing.
VideoFOCUS 5.0 has been given a new interface theme to modernize the appearance of the application and align it with other Salient Sciences products.
VideoFOCUS 4.6 has eliminated the need for transcode for a wide variety of video media formats. As a consequence import time for long duration or large frame size video are substantially reduced (in certain cases two orders of magnitude). Furthermore the disk space use for the import of such media is reduced substantially.
VideoFOCUS import now consists of a copy phase to create a copy of the media within the project storage with time taken comparable to a regular file copy and if required an indexing phase to produce an accurate frame index for those media types lacking a native frame index. Indexing is typically needed only for the import of media originally produced for live streaming.
This version includes a revised architecture for media handling which supports a more efficient approach to playing video. This provides notable improvements in player performance particularly for imported media with temporal compression and HD (1366x768 line) and higher frame dimensions.
The new import facilities allow for the efficient import of HD and larger frame sizes however many processing operations are intensive and for HD sized video require considerable computation per frame. Although HD video player performance is greatly improved, depending on the processing operations applied, playing processed HD video may result frame skipping if computation cannot keep up. If necessary the "self contained" option in the modify dialog can be used to create a rendered copy of the processed video to improve player performance.
The export dialog has been upgraded to present a goal oriented approach to selecting export formats and codecs. The new dialog offers a set of default export profiles that represent appropriate choices of format and video and audio codecs for specific tasks such as full quality archive, email and high quality reduced space exports.
Facilities are included under an "Advanced" panel to allow users to define their own export profiles appropriate for their export needs. Profiles can be constructed from a number of different media formats and accompanying audio and video codecs. User created profiles become available exactly like predefined system profiles as selectable output types in the export dialog.
When creating a user defined export profile consideration should be given to the fact that not all combinations of formats and codecs will create valid files. It is therefore suggested that any new profile is tested with familiar media and the anticipated media player to confirm that output is as expected before using more generally for export.
Of the three common players, QuickTime, WMP and VLC, we have found the VLC player to be the most accommodating in handling different formats, codecs, media frame rates and dimensions etc.
VideoFOCUS 4.5 introduces support for audio manipulation and processing for audio that is present in a video and for audio that is standalone.
The import capabilities of VideoFOCUS are extended to allow for the import of audio media files. When supported media files containing audio are selected in the import dialog the import review player can be used to play the file. When opened an audio item will be added into the captured and imported session area.
Audio only media that is part of a VideoFOCUS case is displayed in the captured and imported session area and depicted by a speaker icon. Audio items can be viewed in the player in the same way as video items. The player shows a visualization of the audio signal that follows the play head position and the zoom control can be used to view fine structure of the audio signal down to the individual sample values.
Video containing audio offers an additional "Extract Audio" action from the item popup menu or from the processing menu. The extract audio action will create an audio only project item containing all the audio tracks from the selected video.
When two or more audio items or a video item and one or more audio items are selected the combine popup or processing menu item will be available. In the case of an all audio selection the combine action will produce a new audio item containing all the tracks of the selected items, extending shorter duration audio items by silence where necessary. In the case of a combine with video the selected audio items will either be clipped or extended to match the duration of the video.
The modify panel now supports basic audio modifications on audio or video items. When modifying a video item containing audio the panel contains an additional "Audio Properties" tab containing the controls. Changes in audio properties are reflected in real time in the modify player.
Audio filtering is now available for audio items and video items containing audio. Four audio filters are offered and can be selected through the Filter->Audio menu. The interface is the same as the video filter, offering original and processed displays, with the processed display player providing a real time update to audio and signal visualization for changes made to any of the processing parameters.
Most audio filters also offer the option of a 200Hz high pass filter as a pre-stage to the main filter functionality
"Loop Play" and "Play Selection" menu items are now in the player popup menu and the view menu of the undocked player window.
The play selection will make the player play only the selected section of the video or audio instead of the entire duration of the media.
Loop play will cause the player to loop continually over the section selected for play. If loop play is selected when a selection of more than one frame is present the play selection option will also turn on resulting in the looping play of the selected section of media.
A shortcut to the loop play menu item is provided by a loop button in the player to the right of the time selection slider.
The media player interface now provides a volume control and an audio mute button.
When the media player is used to view video containing audio the "Audio Signal" popup menu item will control the visualization of the audio signal as a waveform. Each channel is displayed with channel 0 being the closest to the bottom of the player window.
The signal visualization is limited to a maximum time window of 10 seconds centered around the current displayed frame. The specific position in the audio signal corresponding to the currently viewed frame is indicated by the vertical white bar. The visualized audio signal time window adjusts according to the time scale sensitivity selected by the timescale zoom slider control
The VideoFOCUS 4.1 install now includes the VideoFOCUS Video Format Converter plugin install. This plugin provides extensive support for a wide variety of media formats and codecs and provides VideoFOCUS with the ability to import video with accompanying audio from a wide range of media file types.
If the VideoFOCUS Video Format Converter installation is successfully completed during the VideoFOCUS install no further action is needed to use this capability. VideoFOCUS will use this plugin to transcode all non MOV files to an uncompressed MOV format for subsequent processing within the application.
VideoFOCUS now provides full support for the import of image sequences. Multiple images, typically representing a time sequence, can be imported directly and will be transcoded at a user specified frame rate into a video. This capability is available when using either the media import dialog or drag and drop import.
VideoFOCUS will automatically detect cases where multiple images could be considered as an image sequence and will order the images intelligently according to the filename name of each image in the sequence. An option to handle such sequences as a regular batch image import is also available.
The image and video import dialogs have been unified into a single new import dialog. This dialog allows for the individual and batch import of both images and video and the import of image sequences. To make selecting media to import simpler the dialog contains a visualization panel with a media player that allows for the instant review of video and images prior to their import.
If a set of images is selected all with a common file type the dialog will offer the option either to import them as individual images or as an image sequence.
VideoFOCUS now supports drag and drop for media import and image export.
VideoFOCUS will import media files that are dropped into the application. Individual or multiple video files can imported by dragging from the desktop or a file explorer and dropping them into the "Captured and Imported Sessions" area. Similarly individual or multiple image files can be imported by dropping them into the "Session Stills and Frames" area.
Collections of two or more image files of the same type can be also be dragged into the "Captured and Imported Sessions" area and they will be imported as an image sequence. When these items are dropped VideoFOCUS will prompt for the desired frame rate for the video.
VideoFOCUS can export video frames and images using drag and drop. When frames are selected from the video thumbnail view or images from the "Session Stills and Frames" area they can be dragged out of the application and dropped into a suitable location such as the desktop or a file explorer window. The images will be saved in the image file format specified in the Edit->Preference dialog.
In addition to import and export drag and drop, drag and drop can be used to copy individual or selections of frames from the thumbnail video view into "Session Stills and Frames" view. Frame thumbnails may also be dropped into "Captured and Imported Sessions" to produce a video.
VideoFOCUS no longer requires elevated privileges when running.
This change allows for more flexibility in user security configuration on systems where VideoFOCUS is installed and reduces the risk of inadvertent modification of protected material. It does however mean that permissions on the file system must be configured sufficiently to allow each VideoFOCUS user full control over areas designated for storage of their cases or for any cases that they wish to open. (VideoFOCUS does not yet support read only access to cases). In order to support per user configuration all settings established from within VideoFOCUS including open case lists are stored on a per user basis.
VideoFOCUS 4.0 introduces the concept of cases to allow for better organization and management of separate work efforts. Each case is displayed as a tab of the main window and the contents of each tab are the familiar 'Sessions' and 'Stills' windows of previous versions of VideoFOCUS.
The following case related actions can be found under the 'File' menu.
Video and image data may be freely copied between cases (using copy and paste). When pasting into a different project VideoFOCUS will create a copy of the media. This ensures that the data will be still be available in the destination project if the source project is deleted or relocated.
The same applies for imported media. VideoFOCUS 4.0 will create its own internal copy of imported images and video and will not require access to the source material after a successful import.
The session editor introduces new title facilities to allow for the addition and editing of titles in any movie in VideoFOCUS. (Editing can be started by a right click 'Edit' on an existing session or through the 'File'->'New Session' menu action.)
The following titling menu actions are available in player window when editing a session
The 'New' and 'Edit' actions bring up a title editor. Just as in editing with a typical text editor title text can be entered directly into the editor and will appear at the cursor location. The following elements control the title's appearance.
To adjust existing text the text must be first selected (in the typical way for a document editor) before the 'Justify' or 'Size' values are changed.
Images can now be imported into VideoFOCUS. Images are imported using the 'File'->'Import Image' action and will appear in the 'Session Stills and Frames' panel. Once imported the image is treated just like any other still and can be processed as such.
A rotation option has been added to the modify panel ('Processing'->'Modify'). This allows for the arbitrary rotation of both images and video by a specified number of degrees.
An invert option has been added to the blur filter. ('Processing'->'Filter'->'Blur') which makes all areas other than the mask areas blurred. This can be used in conjunction with mask tracking to highlight individual objects within a moving sequence.
The WAV file type option has been added to movie export. This will be available if the session being exported (or any session in the case of a batch export) contains audio. It will produce a WAV format audio file.
The screen capture source selection dialog can now be resized to allow for more precise selection of the capture window area.
This table will be updated with information on fixes as new versions of VideoFOCUS Pro products are made available for download.
Note that the changes listed cover all VideoFOCUS products and not all changes will affect VideoFOCUS Pro
Revision: f578847d02c8
| Version | Comments |
|---|---|
| 8.0.4 | Offer export option to avoid title frames being skipped in certain players |
| 8.0.3 | Fix missing timestamps in image export |
| 8.0.2 | Display track names in multiview views Fix AudioEQ not saving properly Fix timing errors with multi-file import Fix audio waveform display issue |
| 8.0.1 | Attempted fix for missing modify crop rectangle Fix problem with annotation on multivideo view Ensure absolute time appears in all cases |
| 8.0.0 | Initial 8.0.0 release |
| 7.0.11 | Fix bug in persistence of marked frames |
| 7.0.10 | Avoid window problems when dragging between monitors |
| 7.0.9 | Performance improvements for play & scrub Export directory remembered per project Much faster indexing Update to ffmpeg 3 series Don't overwrite report if single file export has different ext |
| 7.0.8 | Support unicode in item label names German language refresh Offer new session menu item in VFSource Include additional DVR import formats Make dialog sizes and location persistent Make popout view maximizable and persistent Restore location of main window on reopen |
| 7.0.7 | Offer open in system in export Direct DnD of frame in thumbnail Allow frame still labels to be edited Fix crash opening vst processing in different version Avoid interface hangup with dongle license Fix strange chars in capture drop down |
| 7.0.6 | Improve performance of joined video Fix missing VFSource user guide Make sure levels UI is updated with player scrub Restore CTRL+A in manage views Fix issue with certain sized mp4 export Fix problem with reporting on audio channel sel and sync |
| 7.0.5 | Include paste in session list Fix aspect of dnd and aspect correct for image export Fix problem with filter on snapshot Update installer signature Fix broken demux report entry Fix empty capture label Preparing support for high DPI displays (not yet active) Restore export image in player/thumb popup Fix quality of snapshot and size change scaling Fix audio only time change exception Don't automatically capture focus in multiview player Enable reporting from menu bar when player is selected Fix problem with single frame videos on import etc |
| 7.0.4 | Fix occasional exception playing audio Fix problem saving filtered audio in audio only media Restore save after join/split in manage views |
| 7.0.3 | Fix audio filter crash after minilab preset use Include lang de updates Fix problem in filter still image Fix problem in edit insert still image Support for multiple dongles Support driverless dongles Time adjust for single track video Various report improvements |
| 7.0.2 | Fix exception on scrub at end of audio |
| 7.0.1 | Add version 7.0 manual Fix new session exception Fix distorted audio/crash for certain formats |
| 7.0.0 | Initial Release |
| 6.1.5 | Fix bug causing incorrect image decode in VF for certain sized RGB captured video. | 6.1.4 | Option to capture in RGB instead of 24BG Additional uncompressed MOV export formats (RGB and 24BG) Fix bug that could cause settings change to default language to German |
| 6.1.3 | Instruct VM to use system network proxies if available Fix dvr import failure after audio preset load Fix problem with delete in German version |
| 6.1.2 | Fix audio quality visualization update after render Preserve zoom level during audio sync adjust Fix problem with masked & time bounded grayscale Attempt to fix occasional exception on session delete Allow audio media DnD into session list Restore window printing for video window (for single track sessions) Icons for capture and example movies Make label and snapshot actions preserve zoom/pan Fix for media with audio header but no audio |
| 6.1.1 |
Update Polish language strings. Add 24bit MOV export option for better compatability with Apple tools Include optional vc2010 redist install to avoid Minilab problem Update licensing for easier offline dongle use with multiple versions |
| 6.1.0 | Initial Release |
| 6.1.0b |
Beta 3 release. Fix possible exception when shift selecting sessions Fix problem with modify channel select signal display Make sure labels propagate through demux Update src change log Avoid empty sections in src player popup Fix frame filter missing labels after label add Spanish language updates German language updates Avoid resize problem for small track masks Defend against crash due to BlackMagic audio driver malfunctions Cleanup some possible exceptions in capture Include VC2015 re-dist in installer 1GB memory margin Fix for super-res exception Added key frame detection for non-native indexed media Fix for performance issues on larger view count multi-video Beta 1 release (see release notes above for new features) Various bug fixes and performance improvements |
| 6.0.12 | Update licensing for easier offline dongle use with multiple versions |
| 6.0.11 |
Add 24bit MOV export option for better compatability with Apple tools Defend against crash due to BlackMagic audio driver malfunctions Fix avoid zero duration frame in export after speed change Fix avoid repeated title insert splitting previous title |
| 6.0.10 |
Fix mark in mark out behavior Fix refresh on filter track changes |
| 6.0.9 |
Fix for open filter on audio only sessions |
| 6.0.8 |
Fix problem with -ve speed change in modify Update Spanish language translations |
| 6.0.7 |
Restore key shortcuts Fix performance of modify still Improved frame labeling for export Suppress red X on SSL handshake errors Fix for missing de translations Remove references to Salient Stills in licensing help |
| 6.0.6 |
Fix CTRL +/- zoom in and out Fix for select all in player scrubber Fix incorrect state when saving filter result more than once Fix issue preventing import of DVR files that seem like images Fix aspect ratio for filter on still images Avoid extreme slowdown in multichannel join Add additional DVR formats Fix detection of previous version open project list Out of memory improvement .. let system decide memory max |
| 6.0.5 |
Fix for UAVTech DVR format Consolidate open and create case into one dialog Support nested filter chain in Minilab audio filter (VFPro) DnD processing consistent with import dialog video/image strategy Support for "open with" and drop onto shortcut Single instance activation |
| 6.0.4 |
Fix selection in frame view when view marked or focus frames Avoid re-layout in player when playing Fix filter dialog layout error. Fix missing processing options in Minilab audio filter Show full version# and remove bit depth in shortcut name Remove unused make self contained option Audio only imports now have file date as start time Fix lack of display refresh after deleting track in filter display (VFPro,VFSrc) Fix for inactive mono mix in modify Updated address in EULA |
| 6.0.3 |
Add no-recode support for h264 and mpeg4 raw stream import Fix download link in release notes Include MiniLab 2.5.4 (VFPro) |
| 6.0.2 |
Fix DnD export crash (VFPro,VFSrc) Fix color format in DnD export(VFPro,VFSrc) Reduce memory use |
| 6.0.1 |
Fix wrong frame still export Improve snapshot image quality (VFSrc,VFPro) |
| 6.0.0 |
Added Demultiplex processing to VFCapture (VFCap)
Added MultiView support (VFPro) Added Grayscale, Sharpen, Equalize and Blur video filters and Quick Enhance, Noise Reduction, Voice Spectrum Equalization and Hum Reduction audio filters (VFSrc) |
| 5.1.4 |
Added support for DPI scaling in Windows Added ability for Super-Resolution filter to also perform frame averaging (VFPro) Added feature to export audit along with media exports Updated sample videos |
| 5.1.3 |
Add ability to Extract Audio from a Video (VFCap) Added ability to Combine Audio and Video sessions(VFCap) Added a new version of Super-resolution feature (VFPro) Added Audit capability Added contract details in About Menu Updated Polish language Minor bug fixes |
| 5.1.2 |
Updated Polish language Updated German language Minor bug fixes |
| 5.1.1 |
Fixed bug with Dongle Minor bug fixes |
| 5.1.0 |
First shipping release of VFCapture (VFCap)
First release as 64-bit application, and will only work with a 64-bit OS Directly imports many proprietary DVR formats multiple bug fixes |
| 5.0.1 |
Updated memory management to improve stability Minor bug fixes |
| 5.0.0 |
First release of 5.0 features CARDINAL MiniLab included (VFPro) QuickEnhance included (VFPro) Added snapshot feature New look and feel |
| 4.6.2 |
Updated to use private JRE to avoid Java installation issues Included HASP driver installer |
| 4.6.1 |
Export of MP4 using MPEG4 Codec quality has been greatly improved Exporting using WMV now uses FFMPEG, which will allow saving of larger files Added Audio Tutorial Fixed bug with blank Titles when going to Title->Go Fixed various Ctrl keyboard shortcuts while in Browser Video Player Updated Polish language Various other bug fixes |
| 4.6.0 |
Direct import of supported types Further improvement in HD play performance Simplified export dialog using export profiles Polish language added Fix PNG open in system problem FFmpeg upgrade to 2.X Demux available in VF Source. |
| 4.5.2 | First release of VFSource containing 4.5 changes (VFSrc) Support for levels adjust on video (VFSrc) Support for agc on audio and video with audio (VFSrc) | 4.5.1 |
Improved HD play and thumbnail performance Audio filtering now outputs only processed channels Added drag and drop from desktop for audio files Restore operation of self-contained option in modify Various minor interface bug fixes |
| 4.5.0 |
First release of VideoFOCUS 4.5 features Restore direct import of QuickTime supported media Updated tutorial videos Revised audit |
| 4.1.02 |
Updated user guide Use alternative QT writer for transcode |
| 4.1.01 |
First public version |
| 4.1.00.4 |
Fix for broken still image filter and modify |
| 4.1.00.3 |
Shortcut for view size now in order Rotate now does not shrink movie Allow any file type import to be attempted Fix for broken filter region play Update German language strings |
| 4.1.00.2 |
Fix for missing rotation on mov/mp4 Fix bug preventing WMV export of sessions with no audio Fix for import of ts/mts and vob Fix incorrect blur region Fix view movie on stills Update German language strings |
| 4.1.00.1 | Fix bug preventing installs on machines not previously running VideoFOCUS (VFPro) |
| 4.1.00 | 4.1 beta release |
| 4.0.12 | Added documentation (VFSrc) |
| 4.0.11 | Added Spanish language support (VFPro) Fixed bug preventing capturing opening on xp (VFPro) |
| 4.0.10.1 | Fixed bug preventing title creation (VFPro) |
| 4.0.10 |
Re-sizable screen capture source window selection (VFPro) Change speed allows for negative speeds to reverse play (VFPro) New case creation provide file chooser to pick case location (VFPro) Support for alternative languages (VFPro) Added German language support (VFPro) |
| 4.0.03 |
Improvements to performance and stability when processing larger format video Support for rotated video on import (e.g iPhone video) |
| 4.0.02 | Shipping release (VFPro) |
| 4.0.01 | 4.0 beta release (VFPro) |