What's new?

We're excited to present Pixotope 26.2, featuring a brand-new Live controller application,
per-machine-group camera switching, an Artist license upgrade, and a wide range of quality-of-life improvements across Director, VideoIO, calibration, and diagnostics.

New Features

Live controller

Live controller is a new browser-based application designed for on-air graphics operation during live
broadcast. Where Pixotope Editor and Director handle scene creation and system setup, Live controller handles the on-air moment - giving operators a focused, purpose-built interface to select graphics, fill in data, preview output, and take templates on and off air.

Live controller is built around a template system. A graphic designer prepares templates from Pixotope levels in advance, and a production operator uses them during the show without needing to interact with the engine directly.

• XR, VS, and AR engine-based templates use a live engine property browser, where the operator binds engine properties and functions to form fields

Each template has configurable metadata (name, color label, default output target),
configurable In and Out actions, and an operator form where parameters can be shown, hidden and reordered.

During a show, operators work with a set of purpose-built panels:

• Template Browser shows all available templates and allows the operator to rename, duplicate, and color each template

• Playlist holds all template instances required for the show. Instances can be arranged in a single playlist or split across multiple playlists for better control, and can be reordered, previewed, and triggered directly

• Form displays the form of the selected template instance. allows the operator to populate and modify data, and change parameters based on the properties exposed by the designer

• Preview shows a live WebRTC feed of the selected instance's output, automatically switching between machines based on their output target

• Live controls provide Take In, Take Out per channel, and Take Out All across channels. Instances always show their current on-air status so operators know exactly what is live

• Property browser shows the engine browser with all objects in the selected level and all properties for each selected object. No need to pre-expose any property - everything is accessible

• Web page panel allows to embed Director panels, Control panels as well as any other embeddable web page

Two built-in layout presets are included: Design for template setup, and Play for live
operation. Custom layouts can be created and saved by the user, then marked as favorites for easy access

Camera Input Switching per Machine Group

Camera Input Switching now supports assigning the active camera independently per target group, rather than using a single global active camera. Cameras are organized into target groups that can be added, removed, and swapped from the Director UI.

This enables two key workflows:

• Multi-slice XR: Each slice (machine group) can independently switch between its own set of cameras. For example, a 3-slice XR setup with 15 engines and 6 cameras can assign camera pairs per slice

• Dedicated AR engine preview: Individual AR engines can maintain their own camera assignment without being overwritten by the global active camera

Artist license upgrade

Existing Artist licenses are automatically upgraded with new capabilities as part of this release. No action is required. If you have an active Artist license, you now have access to:

• VideoIO: All VideoIO features are now included, enabling artists to work with live video signals using the Artist license

• Camera tracking playback: Artists can play back recordings that include camera tracking data

• Context-aware watermark: The Pixotope watermark is visible only when there are inputs or outputs routed. When working on pure 3D scene design with nothing routed, the viewport remains clean

Pixotope network install

Network install is now surfaced end-to-end from Director, supporting both local-file and cloud-based deployment. Operators can initiate a network install from a local file, or install directly from the cloud without leaving the Director interface.

Improvements

VideoIO

• A new AJA output audio mixing option is available

• Changing the Color profile for Stream (WebRTC) is now supported

Engine

• Added Pixotope’s own Custom Depth Stencil

  • See Migrate to Pixotope custom depth for details

• The Engine Working Color Space can now be switched from within Director

Color Matching

HDR range samples have been included to support HDR workflows when calibrating.

Pixotope Diagnostics

Pixotope Diagnostics has been rewritten from the ground up. It now automatically runs on startup as it no longer requires admin privileges, does some basic hardware checks and also reports CPU and GPU clock frequencies.

Quality of Life

We have again included a broad collection of usability improvements across Director, driven by customer feedback and field experience.

Routing and machine management

• Routing failover: Transfer routing from a disconnected machine to a connected one, so operators can recover from hardware failures without full reconfiguration

• Easier Render group selection: Render groups now appear as inline text buttons when no group is selected, replacing the previous buried menu

• A Ping server machine button has been added to Director when a client has lost connection

Presets

• Save and recall Tracking offset as well as Delay configurations

• Triggering them directly from the Control Panel

LED mapping

• Moving bodies and 2D medias now display their coordinates and size while interacting. They can now also be moved using the keyboard

• A Reset to default button has been added for 2D Media parameters

Keyer

• The Initialize Key and Update Key buttons now stay in sync and accurately reflect the actual keyer state - showing "Initialize" when no color values exist, and "Update" after initialization

• Importing a camera or media input from another show now includes its chroma keyer settings

Tracking

• Unsupported tracking protocol fields (DOF, filmback, aperture) now appear both disabled and
  unchecked, reducing confusion about what a given protocol actually supports

• Improved reprojection limiter snaps

General UI

• The Re-read button on the Read from - Send to header is now visually more prominent

• The Director's close button color has been updated for clearer impact visibility

• License selection now shows the selected license count to prevent accidental multi-selection when changing licenses

• Tooltips for unsaved changes when force-closing or reloading levels remotely now include the
  names of the specific machines with unsaved changes

• Added a search in Synced projects when creating a show or adding a project

• The tracking offset panel no longer clips when the Director window is narrow

Upgrading to Pixotope 26.2

Changelog

1. Log in to the user section of the → Pixotope Cloud 

2. Go to Downloads

Known bugs and limitations