Since the last alpha release, we’ve added several new features:
- Basic support for subcompositions (!)
- New nodes:
- Read text files
- Audio beat detection
- Launch apps and create folders
- Date-time / calendar
- Scale and multiply lists
- URL parsing
…and made some graphics performance improvements, and fixed quite a few bugs.
Using Subcompositions
- To create a new subcomposition, create a composition and go to “File > Save/Move Composition to Node Library”. The subcomposition will then show up in the Node Library. The published input/output ports you gave the composition will be input/output ports on the node.
- To edit the subcomposition, there are several ways:
- Right-click on the subcomposition node, either in the Node Library or on the canvas, and select “Edit Composition…”
- Double-click on the background of the subcomposition node on the canvas
- Select the node on the canvas and press ⌘↓
- Click the “Edit Composition…” link in the node documentation panel
Known Issues
- You can’t put a subcomposition inside of another subcomposition. When you try to save the outer subcomposition, an error dialog pops up.
- If you edit and save a subcomposition in one window while having compositions containing the subcomposition node open in other windows, the other windows are closed and reopened.
- If you save a subcomposition while the compiler’s cache is building (within about 45 seconds of starting Vuo Editor for the first time), there’s a crash.
- The capitalization and spacing of subcompositions’ published port names may change when the subcomposition is added to another composition.
- The manual doesn’t yet tell you how to use subcompositions.
- The manual includes some incomplete text with “todo” notes.
We plan to fix these issues in time for the final 1.2.0 release.
Examples
- New
- “Display Image Feedback”
- “Replace Colors In Gradient”
- “Show Dragged Images”
- Modified
- Fixed a bug in “Play Blues Organ” where pressing one key, then pressing another key, then releasing the first key would cut off the note for the second key.
- Fixed an intermittent brief sound upon starting “Play Blues Organ”.
Built-in Nodes, Types, and Input Editors
-
vuo.app
- Added
Launch App
. (Thanks to @AdrienM1 for requesting this node!)
- Added
-
vuo.artnet
- Fixed a bug in
Make Art-Net IP Output
where multiple devices that unicast to the same IP but different universes would be treated as a single device. (Thanks to @zwei-p for reporting this bug!)
- Fixed a bug in
-
vuo.audio
- Added
Detect Beats
(Pro). - Allowed
Mix Audio Channels
to be used as a typeconverter node. - Fixed clicks caused by the
Adjust Loudness
node during fast changes of loudness and when starting a composition.
- Added
-
vuo.data
- Added
Fetch Data
.
- Added
-
vuo.file
- Added
Create Folder
. - Changed the
List Files
node to treat OS X app bundles as files instead of folders. (Thanks to @Bodysoulspirit for reporting this confusing behavior!) - Changed the output of the
List Files
node from paths to URLs.
- Added
-
vuo.image
- Added
Radially Offset Image RGB Channels
. - Added Replace Opacity input port to
Vignette Image
. - Improved performance of nodes that create an Image data value, such as
Fetch Image
. - Fixed a bug where, on some GPUs,
Blend Images
would output black pixels in regions where the background image was expected. (Thanks to @lov for reporting this problem!) - Fixed a bug where
Crop Image Pixels
would not limit the output image’s height to the input image’s. (Thanks to @sean.byrne for reporting this bug!) - Fixed a crash in
Find Barcode in Image
when scanning videos of certain PDF417 barcodes. (Thanks to @gabe for reporting this bug!) - Fixed a crash when
Fetch Image
received a null URL, for example ifFetch RSS Items
fetched an item that lacked an image. - Fixed the output for Saturation inputs less than -1 in
Adjust Image Colors
. It now clamps at -1, keeping the saturation grayscale.
- Added
-
vuo.math
- Added
Scale List
andMultiply Lists
. (Thanks to @lkaser for inspiring these nodes!)
- Added
-
vuo.mesh
- Renamed
Make Parametric Mesh
toMake Parametric Grid Mesh
.
- Renamed
-
vuo.mouse
- Fixed a bug where, in a fullscreen composition,
Receive Mouse Clicks
would report the position of the mouse as it was slightly after the click instead of at the moment of the click. (Thanks to @Bodysoulspirit for reporting this bug!)
- Fixed a bug where, in a fullscreen composition,
-
vuo.osc
- Added
Send OSC Messages
,Make Message
,List OSC Devices
,Find OSC Inputs by Name
,Find OSC Outputs by Name
,Get OSC Input Values
,Get OSC Output Values
,Make OSC Input
,Make OSC Output
, andMake OSC IP Output
. - Replaced the
Receive OSC Messages
node’s UDP Port input port with a Device input port.
- Added
-
vuo.point
- Renamed
Make Parametric Grid
toMake Parametric Grid Points
.
- Renamed
-
vuo.scene
- Added
Make Random Points Object
. - Changed how the Transform is interpreted in the
Copy Layer
,Copy Layer with Transform
,Copy 3D Object
, andCopy 3D Object with Transform
nodes. These nodes now respect the transform of the input layer/object in addition to the transform input of the node. - Improved performance of
Add Noise to 3D Object
on some GPUs. - Fixed the inability of
Fetch Scene
to load OBJ files that have multiple spaces in their texture coordinate lines. (Thanks to @ajm for reporting this bug!) - Fixed a bug in
Displace 3D Object with Image
, and other 3D object filters that rely on texture coordinates, where texture coordinates from an old 3D object input could taint a new 3D object input if the new one comes from a node such asMake 3D Grid Points
that doesn’t provide texture coordinates. (Thanks to @Magneson for reporting this problem!) - Fixed the handling of the alpha channel (opacity) when Channel is set to anything other than Alpha in the
Displace Object with Image
node. - Renamed
Make 3D Grid Lines
toMake 3D Grid Lines Object
andMake 3D Grid Points
toMake 3D Grid Points Object
. - Fixed
Make Draggable Camera
on Mac OS 10.11.
- Added
-
vuo.syphon
- Fixed a crash in some compositions with a
Make Server Description
node connected to the input port of another node. (Thanks to @Magneson for reporting this crash!)
- Fixed a crash in some compositions with a
-
vuo.time
- Added
Fetch Date-Time
,Get Date-Time Values
,Get Relative Date-Time Values
,Make Date-Time
,Make Relative Date-Time
,Offset Date-Time
,Round Date-Time
,Are Date-Times Equal
,Are Times-of-Day Equal
,Is Time-of-Day After
,Is Time-of-Day Before
,Calculate Elapsed Time
, andFormat Date-Time
. (Thanks to @bLackburst (https://vuo.org/node/198) and @pbourke (https://vuo.org/node/421) for suggesting time nodes!)
- Added
-
vuo.ui
- Added
Receive File Drags
. (Thanks to @Bodysoulspirit for suggesting this node!)
- Added
-
vuo.url
- Added
Get URL Values
andGet File URL Values
. (Thanks to @architek1 for inspiring this feature!)
- Added
-
vuo.video
- Improved performance of video playback by using AVFoundation for some videos.
- Enabled AAC and MP3 audio tracks on videos to be played.
- Fixed the pause in video playback when
Play Movie
receives a rapid series of events into its Playback Rate input port.
- Made the input editor for the Real Regulation type more accommodating of “incorrect” inputs. It can now accept a Minimum that is greater than the Maximum for inverse mapping. If the Minimum and Maximum are edited so that the Default is no longer within range, the Default is clamped.
- Added round, floor, ceil, trunc, fract, clamp, step, smoothstep, and mix functions to
Calculate
,Make Parametric Grid Points
,Make Parametric Grid Mesh
, andMake Parametric Points
. - Added a Noise Amount input port to the
Make Linear Gradient Image
,Make Radial Gradient Image
,Make Linear Gradient Layer
, andMake Radial Gradient Layer
nodes. - Fixed bugs with 3D objects flickering or disappearing on certain GPUs. (Thanks to @Bodysoulspirit for reporting this problem!)
- Fixed incorrect rendering of point meshes with some shaders on certain GPUs. (Thanks to @Bodysoulspirit for reporting this bug!)
- Fixed an intermittent crash when dragging a window from one screen to another. (Thanks to @krezrock for reporting this bug!)
- Fixed a bug where mouse clicks/drags on the composition window’s title bar were not ignored. (Thanks to @alexmitchellmus for reporting this problem!)
- Fixed handling of the Mac OS built-in fullscreen mode in 10.11. (Thanks to @Bodysoulspirit for reporting this problem!)
- Fixed a bug where the Color input editor would grow vertically each time it was reopened. (Thanks to @Magneson for reporting this problem!)
- Fixed the incorrect positioning of the Color input editor. It now appears near the port.
- Fixed incorrect scaling for some aspect ratios of grids and layers/objects in
Arrange Layers in Grid
andArrange 3D Objects in Grid
when Scale To Fit is true. - Fixed a crash in compositions with a
Render Layers to Window
orRender Scene to Window
node when trying to quit the composition and put it in fullscreen mode at nearly the same time. - Fixed a bug where the window shown by
Render Layers to Window
orRender Scene to Window
could remain showing after deleting the node if the node had an outgoing cable from its Showed Window port. - Fixed a bug where the window shown by
Render Layers to Window
orRender Scene to Window
would not have focus immediately upon toggling fullscreen mode, causing a system beep for any key presses until the window was clicked to regain focus.
Vuo Editor
- Added a “Move Composition to Node Library” menu item to turn a composition into a reusable node class (subcomposition).
- Enabled the “Tools > Open User Modules Folder” and “Tools > Open System Modules Folder” menu items to create these folders if they don’t exist. (Thanks to @cwright for suggesting this!)
- Enabled changing the image in a running Image Filter composition by dragging an image onto the window.
- Improved the formatting of Text data in popovers to make leading/trailing whitespace visible and to avoid interpreting HTML within the text.
- Improved response time when searching the Node Library.
- Added a “Tell us what you think” button to the composition window titlebar in the free trial.
- Added a keyboard shortcut to reopen the most recent file.
- Added a “Random Example” menu item.
- Fixed the color of bullet points in node descriptions in Dark Interface mode so they contrast with the background.
- Fixed the color of the Show Events toolbar button in dark mode when the window loses focus.
Vuo Compiler and Runtime
- Added the ability to turn a composition into a reusable node class (subcomposition) that can be used inside of other compositions. (Thanks to the many people who have advocated for this feature, including @George_Toledo for suggesting a feasible route to get them into this Vuo release.)
- Fixed memory leaks of data fired from triggers during a short period of time within a live-coding reload.
SDK
- Composition runner API
- Enabled a port’s menu items (for enum types) to be accessed from VuoRunner. Added a “menuItems” key to the return value of
VuoRunner::Port::getDetails()
. Replaced-[VuoRunnerCocoa menuItemsForType:]
with a “menuItems” key in the return value of-[VuoRunnerCocoa detailsForPort]
. (Thanks to @lumenav for suggesting this feature!) - Improved performance of VuoRunnerCocoa, VuoImageFilter, and VuoImageGenerator methods that get a composition’s image output as a GL texture. (Thanks to @lov for suggesting specific improvements!)
- Added VuoRunnerCocoa, VuoImageFilter, and VuoImageGenerator methods that get a composition’s image output and let the caller provide the GL texture in which it will be placed. (Thanks to @lov for suggesting this!)
- Fixed a crash when running a Vuo composition that displays a window within a host app that has its own NSApplication. The Vuo composition no longer implements its own NSApplication subclass.
- Fixed a bug where the host app’s menu bar would not be restored when a Vuo composition window resigned main status.
- Enabled a port’s menu items (for enum types) to be accessed from VuoRunner. Added a “menuItems” key to the return value of
- Node and type API
- Added standard comparison functions
<type>_isEqual
and<type>_isLessThan
to applicable types. - Added functions
VuoLog_backtrace
andVuoHeap_addTrace
to help with debugging.
- Added standard comparison functions
- Command-line utilities
- Avoided printing the “No Vuo license was found on this system” warning multiple times in
vuo-export movie
.
- Avoided printing the “No Vuo license was found on this system” warning multiple times in
Version
1.2.0-alpha4
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