2026.05 Released

2026.05 Released

2026.05 April 9, 2026

-enh (AGFazio) Add face definition matrix previews

-enh (derwin12) Limit preset GIF output to 250 frames to prevent large gifs

-enh (derwin12) FPP media/file upload now reports missing source files as errors instead of silently skipping

-enh (dkulp) Use AVFoundation for video decode on macOS (much faster than ffmpeg). Falls

back to ffmpeg for incompatible media files.

-enh (dkulp) Support memory-mapped files for SequenceData on Mac when sequence would

use more than 50% of available memory. Better for low memory machines

like MacBook Neo

-enh (AGFazio) Layout Model Icons resize on 4K/HiDPI monitors

-enh (scott) Add Eleven Labs lyric import

-enh (scott) Changes/Improvements to the Build Job

-enh (derwin12) ISPC acceleration for Bars, Circles, Fan, ColorWash, Shockwave, Spirals, Warp, and Kaleidoscope effects

-bug (dkulp) Fix Metal rendering bugs in Butterfly, Pinwheel, Circles, ColorWash, Fan, Kaleidoscope,

RotoZoom, and Warp effects: off-by-one bounds checks, division by zero for degenerate

inputs, Kaleidoscope triangle reflection tie-break mismatch with ISPC, RotoZoomRotateX

float used directly as array index, and WarpWavy UV normalization off-by-one

-bug (dkulp/derwin12) Fix five Metal layer blending bugs: off-by-one bounds check in all kernels, applyChroma

not propagating alpha premultiplication back to caller, FirstLayerFade losing original

alpha after HSV fade, AdjustBrightnessLevel incorrectly dividing single-channel pixels,

and AsBrightnessFunction using wrong order of operations (early integer truncation)

-bug (derwin12) Improved Layout Indentation for better readability

-bug (AGFazio) Multi-selected effects can now skip over other effects when moved with arrow keys, matching single-effect behavior

-bug (derwin12) Fix crash when adding/defining a curve on the last polyline segment

-bug (derwin12) Make Random Effects Random Again

-bug (derwin12) Cube Model ignored Direction

-bug (derwin12) Fix Shape effect emoji/unicode characters rendering incorrectly on Windows

-bug (derwin12) Fix Text Media Manager and MultiLine Text File

-bug (AGFazio) Fix false positive missing texture error in Check Sequence for Mesh objects

-bug (derwin12) Fix autobackup writing to wrong folder/filename when show directory has spaces

-bug (derwin12) Fix Color Wheel Count by clearing default colors before loading

-bug (derwin12) Fix PolyLine with drop patterns

-bug (derwin12) Fix crash selecting multi-string PolyLine

-bug (dkulp) Fix issues with running xLights in Parallels

-bug (dkulp) Make sure missing shaders/videos are flagged as missing in Media tab

-bug (derwin12) Fix controller export pixel count

-bug (dkulp) Save download cache xml after each download so a crash won’t leave dangling files

-bug (dkulp) Fix circle model center percent not being read from rgbeffects.xml

-bug (derwin12) Enable the OK button on ExportModel groups

-bug (dkulp) Fix crash on startup if multiple threads need curl to ping controllers

-bug (derwin12) Fix Check Sequence crashing on face names with trailing slash

-bug (dkulp) Fix potential crash if cancelling adding a new model

-bug (derwin12) Only select the last timing track imported rather than all of them

-bug (derwin12) Update the Model List after Model Inserts

-bug (derwin12) Only allow symmetrize on custom models

-bug (derwin12) Retain the directory used for shader, images, video file pickers

-bug (dkulp) Prevent macOS persistent bookmarks file from becoming too large with bookmarks to tmp files

-change (dkulp) Move companion apps (xSchedule, xFade, xCapture, xScanner) to separate repos

-change (dkulp) Remove 32-bit Windows build targets. restructure file layout