Upgrading to 23.3

We would not recommend that you upgrade your Pixotope machines in the middle of a production or pre-production phase.

When choosing to upgrade, we recommend that you backup your existing Pixotope projects, so that you will be able to go back if you need to.

Editor changes

Enabling AR, VS or XR is now done using the Compositing Type in Pixotope World Settings > General. This setting can be controlled from the Machines panel in Director by adding machines to Render Groups.

Learn more about how to use Render groups - AR, VS, AR+VS, XR

Director changes

Show settings

Frame rate is now global for the show.

Director in the browser

Opening a new instance will now open it in the browser.

Learn more about how to Open multiple panels

Video keyer

The PX2 keyer model has been improved and the PX1 keyer model has been removed.

Presets saved with an older version will have to be updated.

Composite panel

The Enable backplate option which essentially enabled AR has been removed. Enabling AR, similar to VS or XR, is now done from the Machines panel in Director by adding machines to Render Groups.

Learn more about how to use Render groups - AR, VS, AR+VS, XR

Asset Hub

To make the Asset Hub cache version agnostic, it has been moved

• from ...\Pixotope\[Version number]\Services\AssetHub\

• to ...\Pixotope\Synced Storage\Internal\AssetHub

This should have no impact on this version, but will remove the need of recreating the cache for Pixotope version 23.4 and after.

Learn more about the Pixotope Asset Hub

Migrating show files

To carry over show files and machine settings from an old installation you can

• Click "Copy folder" at the end of the installation

• OR manually copy the files into the Local storage folder of the new installation

Learn more about Show files and where they are stored

Migrating projects

When opening a project from Unreal or an old Pixotope version:

1. When prompted in the Editor, click "Update"

   • This will update your .uproject file

     

2. Restart the Editor

Unreal projects can be used in Pixotope right away and do not need any migration steps.