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2026.10 Released

2026.10 May 31, 2026 -enh (cybercop23) Add State effect on SubModels. Ensure only nodes that are part of the SubModel are lit. Same node-index translation on Faces effect if using Faces effect on a SubModel. -enh (derwin12) Sketch effect path management: multi-select, Delete key, Move Up/Down buttons, per-path description labels, and a description text editor…

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2026.09 Released

2026.09 May 9, 2026-enh (dkulp) Controller delete now clears any model’s “!ControllerName:…” start channelso dependent models become unassigned instead of pointing at a missing controller.-enh (scott) Add experimental custom color picker (Preferences > Other) with HSV disc,brightness slider, CSS named-color swatches, recent colors, and hex entry.-enh (cybercop23) “Paste Effects” auto-inserts the needed layers when pasting…

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2026.08 Released

2026.08 May 7, 2026 -enh (dkulp) When a JobPool worker thread dies from an unhandled C++ exception, the log now records the exception type, what() message, and the in-flight job name instead of just “unknown exception”. Helps diagnose render-thread crashes. -enh (agfazio) Add “Also add alias to model” checkbox to the Select Model dialog shown…

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2026.07 Released

2026.07 April 28, 2026 -enh (MrPierreB) Add node animation playback to SubModels dialog. -enh (dkulp) Media-compatibility “Convert Now” now special-cases animated GIFs that were used as Video effects and turns them into normal Pictures effects that properly handle animated GIFs -enh (dkulp) Waveform (macOS 12+): four new “Stem — Drums / Bass / Other /…

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2026.06 Released

2026.06 April 16, 2026 -enh (dkulp) Media-compatibility warning on sequence load now offers “Convert Videos Now” — transcodes flagged files to .mov next to the originals (rawvideo/rgb24 if the source is uncompressed, hevc_videotoolbox otherwise) and rewrites the matching video-effect filenames in the sequence. -enh (AGFazio) Add ‘Yes to All’ / ‘No to All’ options when…

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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…

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2026.04 Released

2026.04 April 2, 2026-enh (dkulp) Add animated preview thumbnails to effect panels (Pictures, Shader, Video)and media manager. Animated GIFs/WebP cycle through all frames, videosshow first 1 second, SVGs show static preview.-change (dkulp) Drop support for importing sequences saved with xLights versions prior to2020. A warning dialog is shown when opening such sequences, suggestingthey first be…

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2026.03 Released

2026.03 February 23, 2026-enh (dkulp) Completely new method for managing Pictures for pictures effect– Images can now be embedded in the xsq– New “Images” tab is Sequence Settings to manage images the sequence uses– SUP imports now embed the 100’s of images it creates– Picture Effect panel now shows the image– AI Generate button on…

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2026.02 Released

2026.02 February 10, 2026 -change(scott) Move from Ubuntu 22 to Ubuntu 24 for Linux -enh (dkulp) Update to latest wxWidgets (fixes some issues with File selection on OSX, some Windows dark mode fixes, etc…) -enh (MrPierreB) Allow chosing a larger size for the color selection buttons on the Color panel -enh (derwin12) Highlight perfectly vertical…

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2026.01 Released

2026.01 January 7, 2026 -enh (scott) Switch HinksPix Enable Column to Check Box, add Error Checking if all schedules are disabled -enh (gil) Reduce model loading at startup from 3 times to 2 -enh (derwin12) Added WEC to Minleon -enh (derwin12) Show channel count on fpp connect dialog -enh (gil) Add action to move nodes…

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