2.212/7th August 2011:
grandMA import brings in fx, path, follow and link
information, and correctly flags new and deleted
cues. grandMA multiple cuelist import correctly shows
all of the cues in CueList. grandMA import shows
blank for down delay if there is no down delay.
CueList layout changes to better show grandMA link
and fx information. Eos repeat import will now get
updated palette names (thanks to Jeremy Cunningham
and Michael Berger). New photo loop mode for only
photographing one ‘wash’ picture of each
preset; lamp-focuses must be sorted by preset for
this to work (thanks to Tim Routledge). RigTrack Find
pops up correct list for dimmer addresses. New
‘Frost, ‘Rigging’ fields in
RigTrack. NOTE: Though we do not anticipate any
problems, this version has not yet been tested on OS
X Lion.
2.208/27th February 2011:
Strand import shows unused channels in RigTrack
properly again. Scenes and scenery text visible in
big picture inverted displays. Cue text no longer
appears when no cue selected in FocusTrack. Items
patched to 512 in universe x now show up correctly in
RigTrack, rather than showing as universe x+1 address
0. Improvements & fixes to Strand patch import,
Strand re-import into existing FocusTrack. Cue
Summary printing to PDF added for testing - in
RigTrack Print screen. Improvements to RigTrack
printing. CueList re-import button will bring in
multiple cuelists correctly. Eos patch import will
get console channel name, p/t inverts and curve with
Eos 1.9.5 and later. New ‘LD’ Cue List
view in Cue List. Ctrl-clicking on Cue List QF button
will find current cuelist only. Eos import gets cue
delays correctly for Eos 1.9.5 and later.
2.205/26th October 2010:
Fixes to MA import (including dealing better with
fixture-only fixtures, cue list only importing the
specified cue range, dealing better with multiple
cue-list imports).Cancelling the delete of a
lamp-focus no longer gives a strange error message.
Note: there is still an intermittent issue where the
first time you import an MA show you will see no
focuses. Hit Make/Update FocusTrack again and it
should work properly. This issue will hopefully be
resolved soon.
2.203/8th October 2010:
Addresses an issue with Eos import not finding the
first position a light was used in under certain
circumstances. New utility function to strip preset
type-number from palette names (ie. palette name
‘PR56 Down Centre’ would just become
‘Down Centre’ since FocusTrack always
shows ‘PR56’ next to the name anyway).
CueList no longer jumps to the right if you use Go To
Scene or Go To SubScene to move around. New print
option to print by preset - either list form with
focus or picture per light - with a picture of the
overall wash (ie. all of the lights in that preset
on) at the top of each preset. Column headings
corrected in printouts.
2.202/21st September 2010:
grandMA patch import correctly merges channels into
existing channels rather than adding duplicates
(thanks to James Milkey, Ben Pearcy). New fault log
functionality in RigTrack, for keeping track of
fixture faults and printing fault log lists (thanks
to Marc Polimeni for the idea). Photo loops retain
the last photo filename at the end of a session,
allowing you to start the next session without having
to lookup the last filename used (thanks James, Ben).
Photo names appear in photo loop displays (thanks to
Kevin J Barry). Wash photos in loop show the correct
position number, not the next position number. Camera
control buttons available in FocusTrack Multi Photo
display. RigTrack Cue Summary has new Super Summary
function, to give an overall summary of the cue
without reference to specific channels (thanks to
Clifton Taylor for the inspiration for this). More
iPhone/iPad tidy-ups. RigTrack will now properly tell
you if FocusTrack doesn’t have a registration
code, rather than just appearing to sulk.
2.200/14th September 2010
Support for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad (requires
FileMaker Go, purchased separately);
FocusTrack, RigTrack and CueList will show
previous opening date/time/device to aid with
managing files. New option to embed pictures in
FocusTrack/RigTrack/CueList to allow them to be
moved easily to Touch devices. Support for new
Single Show licencing option. Main menus
re-designed. All list views made more spacious.
Preference displays made easier to follow.
Automated photo shoot loop now available in
FocusTrack and RigTrack. Speed improvements all
round. Bug fixes - in particular, the bug where an
Eos showfile would sometimes not import properly
into a newly downloaded FocusTrack has
(hopefully!) finally been fixed.
2.127/27th August 2010: Eos import now won’t
miss last position of a light if it moves live to
that position. Find screens re-designed. Can get to
Chan Summary directly from Cue List, letting you see
the contents of a cue while working on the cuelist;
tick checkbox to make this follow cuelist
next/previous cue buttons. Cue List auto-scene break
can now work from capitalised cue text. Invert button
on FocusTrack main screen. RigTrack list views
re-designed to be easier to read. Option to embed
photos into FocusTrack instead of just referencing
them (check box next to photo import button).Can now
see the last date/time a file was opened. Lots of
behind-the-scenes work for something fun, coming
soon...
2.125/3rd August 2010:
Improvements to QuickFocus grid to FT transfer when
light is in the grid but not set to a palette. Test
camera trigger button next to camera trigger control
in preferences. Default focus grid picture in Cue
List. Focus Loop Console warns to update at the end
of a focus or cue so a focussed light isn’t set
to a new position before it can be updated; new setup
option to clear the grandMA programmer at the same
time if required. Photo Shoot Loop has a new toggle
that, if set, will bring up (and, if set, photograph)
each lamp-focus in turn as before, but will then
bring up all the lights in the focus and photograph
that wash, setting the photo file name as the wash
photo name for those lights (this will happen if you
are photographing things sorted in position order).
Data comparison and LW comparison screens now explain
colour codings. Photo filename appears in Big Picture
displays. Ctrl-clicking on ‘QF’ buttons
will now find records matching the one you have
selected without asking you to specify your search
term. FT Tracksheet with grandMA improved. Addresses
an issue with imported pictures of certain sizes not
filling FT Big Picture boxes properly.
2.122/22nd June 2010
Addresses an issue with grandMA imports whereby
lights alternating between two focuses would show
neither of them in FocusTrack! grandMA import should
be a little faster. Cues using focuses display for
grandMA import fixed. Default application for camera
control changed to Canon Eos Utility (but, as always,
you can customise this to suit your setup).
2.120/14th April 2010
grandMA import will now function with positions
programmed using XYZ values. Preset/postset detection
now works correctly with grandMA, including taking
account of MIB status of cues.
2.119/4th April 2010
Palette types now displaying properly in Palette
Usage screen after Eos import.
2.118/3rd April 2010
RigTrack has new ‘Palette Usage’ display,
lists all of the palettes used for all the lights in
the show including light, first cue. New buttons for
quickly converting all photo file names to upper or
lower case, and for adding prefixes (eg.
‘IMG_’) and suffixes (eg.
‘.jpg’). First Cue QF sorts by first cue
after find. Q picture button for FT Focus grids now
works properly, and there are separate buttons for
copying the cue picture or the cue grid picture from
cuelist. ‘This cue FocusTrack’ button in
Cue List will switch FocusTrack to a data entry view
if it’s not in one. Will now correctly re-find
existing photos when running on a new computer for
the first time. Plan and ML plan display in RigTrack
now display imported plans properly. Entering a
registration code after the demo period has expired
now works correctly. Photo loop camera trigger
correctly disabled when running on PC. New
F(irst)/L(ast) buttons for jumping to first/last item
in list views in FocusTrack and RigTrack. Photo file
name now appears in photo list views to allow easier
checking of photos to file names. Photo loops in
FocusTrack and RigTrack now have options to trigger
camera from within photo loop; Cue List now has a
Photo Loop mode. All Photo Loop modes now let you
specify photo names as you’re taking pictures.
Field matching for LW focus fields improved.
FocusTrack list presets used function much quicker.
2.111/24th Feb 2010
Fixes an issue with hard zeroes being counted as on
for move when importing from Strand consoles and
looking for preset/postset moves. Strand pan-tilt
only import now correctly finds min import level.
RigTrack will now show used chans after pan-tilt only
Strand import. Stepping through cues in FocusTrack or
RigTrack will follow links properly. CueLIst
‘arrange in link order’ now
shouldn’t get stuck in a permanent loop if cues
link back to earlier cues.
2.110/21st Feb 2010
Fixes to issues with grandMA import, particularly
with regard to QuickFocus grid, renaming or
renumbering position palettes, and Chan Summary and
PowerTrack. Re-import cue list in Cue List now works
with grandMA. New ‘QF Chan and Pos’
button in FT Big Picture views (also available in
LampFocus menu and via keyboard shortcut). New tool
for importing lots of photos into FocusTrack and
RigTrack in one operation. Help file correctly
describes file/folder names required for grandMA
import.
2.109/15th Feb 2010
Cue List will now correctly update and then display
pictures after the location of the FocusTrack folder
is changed or after importing an old FocusTrack.
FocusTrack will display inverted main menu
immediately at startup if that option set. Importing
of lamp-focuses where the fixture is set to be
blocked in its first cue in Eos corrected. Import of
intensities from fixtures with sixteen bit intensity
channels in Eos corrected. RigTrack’s Cue
Summary and PowerTrack now show cue states correctly
with Eos (they were missing out tracking channels
after their first cue). Eos Intensity Palettes are
correctly resolved. Picture notes in inverted
displays are no longer black text on black
background. Data List in FT now has inverted option.
2.107/4th Feb 2010
Fixes some more issues with QuickFocus.
2.106/4th Feb 2010
Adds tools to deal with FocusTrack’s match
field (used to identify and match up lamp-focuses
across multiple imports) becoming incorrectly set by
FT versions 2.100-2.104.
2.105/3rd Feb 2010
Fixes an issue where focuses from QuickFocus were not
matching imported palettes from Eos, resulting in
duplicate palettes appearing. Misc other QuickFocus
tidyups. New ‘rename palette’ button in
FT, as for ‘renumber position’.
2.104/1st Feb 2010
New PowerTrack functionality in RigTrack - RigTrack
can now calculate the instantaneous load and (if
taught the way cues run in the show) the overall
power used by a show. To support this, new
‘Learn Cue Timing’ function in Cue List,
and both Fixture Library and RigTrack understand
‘idle power’ - the reduced power some
moving lights drop to when the lamp is struck by the
dimmer shutter is closed. Fixes Eos patch import
issue where odd channels were going mixing from
RigTrack while still showing up in FocusTrack. Fixes
Eos import issue where ‘hard’
(non-paletised) values were not appearing correctly
in RigTrack.
2.101/18th Jan 2010
New ‘renumber position’ function (in
Position List display). New +/- buttons for adjusting
ranges of photo file names in FocusTrack and
RigTrack.
2.100/16th Jan 2010
New QuickFocus functionality in Cue List and
FocusTrack, including moving grids between the two.
Display row separators revised to line between rows.
Big Picture displays revised and tidied. Eos import
fixes relating to Mark and blocked cues. Lights can
now be tagged as type ‘LED’. Lots of misc
tidy-ups.
2.025/18th Nov 2009
Multiple cue-list import supported from Eos and
grandMA. Show Alls will now keep last selected thing,
so you can work on an item but not lose your place
when expanding the view back to all items.