The Foundry has released the new version of its shot management, conform and review tool, Hiero and Hieroplayer, which gives artists the ability to view their VFX shots in the context of a cut or edit timeline.
Our HIERO products are purpose built multi-shot management tools that support smooth collaborative working, quick production turnaround and delivery. If you work with NUKE or other post production solutions, you will likely face the demands of managing high-quality, tight-deadline multi-shot production. Our HIERO products scale perfectly to offer efficiency in everything from desktop playback to single seat or collaborative conform through delivery workflows.
Release Notes for Hiero and HieroPlayer 1.8v2:
Feature Enhancements
- HieroNukehasbeen updated to 8.0v3 enabling you to export and roundtrip ARRIRAW metadatain .exr files. To add metadataduring transcoding, set theExport dialog metadata dropdown to all metadata beforeexporting.
- BUG ID 26252 - QuickTime: Importing QuickTimefileson Macand Windowsalwaysadded an alphachannel automatically. Thenewbehaviourrelieson thepixelformat of theclip to determinewhetherornot an alpha channeliscreated:
- If thepixelformat supportsalphachannels, an alphachannelisadded automatically, even when no alphahas been recorded.
- If thepixelformat doesnot support alphachannels, an alphachannelisneveradded.
- BUG ID 31628 - Hiero can nowresolveseveralnewtokensfromtheExport dialog:
ampm - Thelocalequivalent of eitherAM orPM.
hour12 - Theexport start timehourcomponent, in 12-hourclock format.
hour24 - Theexport start timehourcomponent, in 24-hourclock format.
minute - Theexport start timeminutecomponent.
second- Theexport start timesecond component.
timestamp- Theexport start timein the24-hourclock format (HHMM).
- BUG ID 36125 - Export: Anewmetadatadropdown hasbeen added to theExport dialog, allowing you to pick the levelof metadatawritten out by Nuke'sWritenode.
- BUG ID 37243 - ARRIRAW: Metadatareading hasbeen extended for.ari files, meaning that datafromcamera, clip, lens, and vfx info isnowaccessible. Priorto Hiero 1.8v2, thedefault colourspacefor.ari filesdefaulted to ACES. In Hiero 1.8v2, colourspaceisnow determined fromthemetadatacontained within theARRIRAW file. Combined with theQuickTimeimprovementsmadeforHiero 1.8v1, thismeansthat ALEXAProResand ARRIRAW filesshould nowhaveconsistent colourby default.
- BUG ID 38908 - Alphahandling hasbeen added to Y'CbCrpixelformats, whereavailable.
- BUG ID 39819 - Hiero isnowbuilt against Nuke8 to incorporateNuke'simagereaders. Asaresult, any custom readeryou intend to useinsideHiero must becompiled against Nuke8.
Bug Fixes
- BUG ID 32343 - Pointing thePYTHONPATH environment variableat aspecificPySidelocation caused Hiero to crash on startup.
- BUG ID 33633 - Opening a.wav filefollowed by a.mov filecaused Hiero to crash.
- BUG ID 35927 - Opening aclip in aViewerand then floating theViewercaused Hiero to crash.
- BUG ID 36420 - Linux only: An intermittent ffmpegReader'failed to open' errormessagewasreported forcertain largeQuickTimefiles.
- BUG ID 37195 - Linux only: Hiero no longeroutputsstandard audio logging fromAdvanced Linux Sound Architecture(ALSA) by default. To enableALSAlogging, add thefollowing command lineargumentsbeforelaunching Hiero fromtheterminal: --log-channels="Audio" --log-level="Verbose"
- BUG ID 39524 - QuickTime: TheBlackmagic RGB 10 bit (r210) codecdid not default to theb64a pixelformat.
- BUG ID 39533 - QuickTime: Changing pixel format on certain QuickTimefilescaused thumbnailrendering to fail and QuickTimefilevideo errorsto appearin theViewer.
- BUG ID 39534 - QuickTime: DirectDrawTransfer codecswerenot blacklisted for2vuy codecs.
- BUG ID 39769 - QuickTime: Transcoding QuickTimeswith acustomYCbCr Matrix set produced color_matrix_type: no such knoberrormessages.
- BUG ID 39866 - Export: Enabling Preferences > Nuke /Export > Limit Nuke to improve Hiero UI responsiveness during export increased rendertimes.
- BUG ID 39891 - Export: Setting theYCbCr matrix to default during export produced aBad value for ycbcr_matrix_type : default error.
- BUG ID 39900 - ARRIRAW thumbnailsweredisplayed with aset colourspace, regardlessof themetadatacontent.
- BUG ID 39948 - Loading certain projectscaused Hiero to becomeunresponsiveduring thumbnailrendering.
- BUG ID 40557 - Monitorout: Using certain customLUTsproduced distortion.
About The Foundry
The Foundry was established in 1996. It is now the fastest-growing company in its field today, and is internationally renowned for its product design and collaborative and open approach to development.
Led by CEO Bill Collis and a management team that still includes the original founders, The Foundry is backed by The Carlyle Group with a substantial portion still owned by the staff.
In September 2012, The Foundry merged with Luxology, an independent US-based technology company. As a joint entity the company develops award-winning computer graphics and visual effects (VFX) software used globally by leading artists and designers. The Foundry has a stable of award-winning 2D and 3D VFX software including its industry standard compositor NUKE. Luxology is well known for its innovative 3D modelling and rendering technology and its flagship product, modo.
This rapidly growing global company now has more than 200 employees distributed between its London, Mountain View and Los Angeles offices.
Name: The Foundry Hiero
Version: (64bit) 1.8v2
Home: www.thefoundry.co.uk
Interface: english
OS: Linux
Download File Size:732.08 MB
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