What's new?
We're excited to present the latest version of Pixotope, featuring key enhancements designed to streamline your virtual production workflow.
Engine
Improved AR+VS workflow
We have unified our AR+VS compositing workflow. This makes hybrid sets even easier to set up including the usage of Pixotope Reveal.
Learn more about how to Set up an AR+VS level
Better blueprint interfaces
All Pixotope World Settings can now easily be read or changed with the new Get/Set Pixotope World Settings nodes. In addition, publishing data hub messages has been made easier using a Simple Publish node and also accessing data mapper sources has gotten its own Read data node.
Learn more about Pixotope specific blueprint nodes
Asset hub
Conflicting changes are now shown explicitly, also on a per file basis. This helps to resolve these issues faster. In addition, we now differentiate whether files have been added or modified.
Learn more about how to Sync projects and other files in Synced storage
Automatic render failover
"You shall not fail. Part 2." In 24.1 we introduced an automatic server failover solution. With this release we are introducing redundancy for render machines. Simply add Backup machines and route them via a Blackmagic Videohub. Choose if it should automatically switch on lost heartbeat or also on critical health values. All Live changes or Group overrides are applied on both Main and Backup machines keeping them completely in sync.
Learn more about how to Set up render machine backups (failover)
Automatic AR/XR delay detection
We figured "Automatic" is cool, so we also made setting the delay between AR and XR machines automatic. As simple as that.
Learn more about Automatic AR/XR delay detection
SMPTE 2110
Who doesn't like standards, right? We do too! So we now support SMPTE 2110, the industry-standard protocol for high-quality, uncompressed video over IP, using Matrox ST 2110 cards.
Learn more about how to Configure ST2110 - Matrox
Support for Live Link
We now support Unreal Live Link so you can maintain your existing Unreal Engine tracking workflow, including combining transform and lens data from different sources.
Learn more about how to Use Unreal Live Link
Control panel2
Wouldn't it be great to customize your Control panel layout whichever way you want? Arranging 2 or more control panels next to each other so I can use them simultaneously, or watching the API logs at the same time I am trying things out? Our new version of the Control panel allows you to dock panels and save different layouts.
Learn more about Creating a control panel - PRODUCTION
Other workflow improvements
To easily identify the different machines during setup, you can now show the machine names and colors on the output.
Learn more about how to Show machine name on output
Don't need any user interface running on your render machines? Pixotope can now be run in the background without launching Director.
Learn more about Running Pixotope in the background
Ever wanted to just key your video, without doing any 3D Graphics? The Video keyer can now be used completely stand-alone.
Learn more about how to Set up video keyer stand-alone routing
No-Engine installer
Downloading and installing an 8GB application takes its time and can be annoying when you do not need the Pixotope Engine/Editor. With our new No-Engine installer we have brought it down to almost a 1/10 of the size, making these steps significantly faster.
Learn more about how to Install Pixotope
New products
Reveal (Closed beta program)
Pixotope Reveal enables media creators to seamlessly integrate real-time 2D and 3D graphics behind on-screen talent during any live media stream, eliminating the need for green screens, chroma keyers, or LED walls.
Learn more about Using Pixotope Reveal
Cloud tools (experimental)
With 24.2 we introduce our cloud tools which make your virtual production life easier. We start off with an experimental version of a tool allowing you to create a "3D mesh from video". While you record a video of your studio, we grab frames and send them up to the cloud, calculating a rough 3D mesh. This you can then import and use to align your scene.
Want to try it out? Contact us by clicking the button on the Cloud tools panel.
Learn more about Using Cloud tools (experimental)
Help center AI search
Last but not least, our Pixotope Help Center wants to say hAI, 你好, नमस्ते, hola, bonjour, مرحبا . With our newly integrated AI search you can ask specific questions and get answers right in your search window. And it might even understand your mother tongue :-)
Upgrading to Pixotope 24.2
Check out Upgrading to 24.2
Changelog
Log in to the user section of the → Pixotope Cloud
Go to Downloads
Known bugs and limitations
Check out Known bugs and limitations