Release Notes.txt

Release Notes - Vixen 3

Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.12u2 Build 

** 1 issues resolved in this release. 

** Bugs
    * [VIX-3723] - Stopping controllers in Display Setup does not stick when Display Setup is closed.
	


Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.12u1 Build 

** 7 issues resolved in this release. 

** Improvements
    * [VIX-3702] - "Create Evenly Divided Marks" dialog not using new time entry control
    * [VIX-3704] - Update the README on Github to point to the website for developer setup

** Bugs
    * [VIX-3703] - New menu item, Settings → Keep Insert Mode Active, not showing
    * [VIX-3707] - Mouse tilt wheel does not work in the left direction to scroll the timeline
    * [VIX-3714] - Edit image maps dialog, Ok button does not work.
    * [VIX-3715] - Hard crash after several effect clone operations
    * [VIX-3718] - The Edit Time dialog option to set start and end times to beginning and end of sequence  sets everything to all zeros.



Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.12u0 Build 

** 72 issues resolved in this release. 

** Bugs
    * [VIX-885] - Detached Timeline keyboard shortcuts do not work correctly
    * [VIX-2879] - Divide by zero error in the Dissolve effect.
    * [VIX-3066] - GetContoller API function not working
    * [VIX-3271] - Some media types crash Vixen when associating audio with sequence
    * [VIX-3308] - Keyboard Shortcuts don't work if Preview Window has focus
    * [VIX-3541] - Show selection feedback on mouse down when clicking buttons in preview configuration.
    * [VIX-3582] - Effect initial length not consistent.
    * [VIX-3608] - VixenApplication.cs - DrawVersionInfo contains resource leaks
    * [VIX-3610] - Default DDP IP Causes Crash on Export
    * [VIX-3611] - Long Video effect drifts out of sync when (1000 / Update Interval) is not an integer
    * [VIX-3612] - Working directory is incorrect when launched from the installer summary screen.
    * [VIX-3615] - Wipe - Movement - Horizontal not rendering the last last elementGroup
    * [VIX-3618] - freetype6.dll contains a dependency on the 2013 VC++ runtime
    * [VIX-3619] - Unpatch button missing on Display Setup when controller name is long
    * [VIX-3623] - VixenPreviewModuleInstance.cs UseOpenGLRendering can crash Vixen
    * [VIX-3628] - The target node handling of the Chase and Spin can be left in a bad state when dragging or cloning to a new element with different depths
    * [VIX-3631] - Out of memory issue for effects on a complex Prop with many subgroups.
    * [VIX-3636] - Preview not working
    * [VIX-3639] - Reversing linked elements in the Link Element dialog in the preview for Starburst does not take effect until the Preview is reloaded.
    * [VIX-3640] - Intelligent Fixture effect is not properly saving off RGB color selections
    * [VIX-3644] - ElexolEtherIO Controller hard crashes when the Test button is clicked. 
    * [VIX-3648] - Prop model Vendor browser import fails on Vixen User prop import. 
    * [VIX-3649] - Bug with scheduler and days of week. 
    * [VIX-3651] - Deleting multi-selected props in "Preview Configuration" only deletes one prop
    * [VIX-3652] - Broken COM reference in Broadcast Project
    * [VIX-3653] - Mark Collection - Show Tail Marks icon doesn't select all lines
    * [VIX-3657] - Editing a LipSync image map causes Vixen to crash
    * [VIX-3660] - Missing module build dependencies in Vixen Solution file
    * [VIX-3661] - Need to Hide VAO on Preview Shapes
    * [VIX-3664] - Custom Prop Editor - Can't download vendor model "Error Downloading Model" "Unable to download... ensure you have a an active internet connection
    * [VIX-3668] - BulkExportSummaryStage.Designer.cs - Yellow Warning Color needs to be restored
    * [VIX-3684] - Mega/Mini Tree starting points change in new DEV version
    * [VIX-3685] - Error Highlighting a prop from preview editor
    * [VIX-3686] - Custom props in preview config screen - bug when altering "Bottom Right" Y position coordinate
    * [VIX-3687] - Timed Sequence Editor - Undo/Redo buttons missing down arrows
    * [VIX-3699] - Video effect error message boxes don't appear on top

** Improvements
    * [VIX-956] - Improve Audio Device Handling
    * [VIX-1104] - Spin Needs pulse overlap
    * [VIX-2235] - Controller reordering in display setup
    * [VIX-2283] - There's no way to see the name of the associated audio file in the sequence editor
    * [VIX-2356] - Need to add items to controller list context menu
    * [VIX-2444] - Lip Sync phrase needs timing mark at end of phrase
    * [VIX-2604] - Make software version update available be a link to the download
    * [VIX-2669] - Make add multiple effects window remember its previous settings.
    * [VIX-2788] - Add degrees of rotation label/indicator while rotating a custom prop
    * [VIX-3067] - Investigate optimizing OpenGL data being sent to the GPU
    * [VIX-3117] - Custom props don't show light size setting
    * [VIX-3312] - Add option to lock mark collections
    * [VIX-3333] - Default "Add Elements" drop down to Single Element instead of arch
    * [VIX-3504] - Update Main Vixen Form to tableLayoutPanel with Vixen title and version as text labels.
    * [VIX-3538] - Consider adding a property to the Preview Shapes to lock their position so that can't be accidentally moved
    * [VIX-3553] - Add Select Preview Elements Option
    * [VIX-3609] - Add configuration information for installing Vixen in a Windows Sandbox for development testing.
    * [VIX-3613] - Improve the naming structure for system and module backup files
    * [VIX-3616] - Add/update the quick keys for the Alignment tool
    * [VIX-3617] - Update ffmpeg for the Video Effect
    * [VIX-3625] - Video Effect Cache Improvements
    * [VIX-3646] - Bump MessagePack from 2.5.171 to 2.5.187 in /src/Vixen.Common/WpfPropertyGrid
    * [VIX-3656] - Clean up local control mouse hover events and foreground / background colors that are now handled by the Theme logic. 
    * [VIX-3662] - Bump some of the libraries to the latest versions to keep in step.
    * [VIX-3665] - Consider using Directory.Packages.props for common dependencies used in most projects
    * [VIX-3667] - Create .editorconfig to manage coding styles in Visual Studio
    * [VIX-3690] - Improve user experience when entering times
    * [VIX-3700] - Update the release notes scripts to resolve JIRA API deprecation

** New Features
    * [VIX-1163] - Preview Smart Object Rotation
    * [VIX-2615] - Adjust joining Effects together so they stay together.
    * [VIX-2883] - Preview Editor, after using an object tool, revert to the select tool
    * [VIX-2940] - Adding rotation support to Arch in the preview. Currently that functionality does not exist (XY rotation similar to the one for the stars)
    * [VIX-3124] - Create check box for End Stop in Text Effect
    * [VIX-3269] - Add feature to bulk-move marks
    * [VIX-3272] - Function for adding equally spaced marks in a collection
    * [VIX-3566] - Create Brick Effect



Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.10u1 Build 

** Improvement
    * [VIX-2991] - window resize dont resize the inner field with the list of sequences

** Bug
    * [VIX-3480] - Weave effect is not included in the formal builds
	

Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.10u0 Build 

** Improvement
    * [VIX-2859] - Add warning while delete element on Preview Configuration
    * [VIX-3112] - Add icon to controller output count form
    * [VIX-3367] - Libraries that do not support .NET Core, .NET 6, .NET 7
    * [VIX-3371] - Migrate OpenTK to 4.7.5 which is .NET 6 compatible. 
    * [VIX-3372] - Migrate QuickFont, SharpFont to .NET 6 and OpenTK 4.7.5
    * [VIX-3373] - Update C++ Projects to .NET 6.0 and Visual Studio 2022
    * [VIX-3375] - Replace Orc Wizard Source Code in Vixen solution with nuget package
    * [VIX-3377] - Code clean up in the Vixen Application project. 
    * [VIX-3378] - Replace FTD2XX_NET with nuget package
    * [VIX-3380] - Create Basket Weave Pattern Effect
    * [VIX-3398] - Change the order of drop downs on the Curtain Effect
    * [VIX-3404] - Tree Effect missing tooltips
    * [VIX-3408] - Rework the installer to work with the new solution layout and .NET 6.
    * [VIX-3409] - The device effects do not have specific help links to the now existing content for them on the website.
    * [VIX-3412] - Include style pages from DataGridTheme to resolve .NET 6 compatibility
    * [VIX-3413] - Replace CSCore with NAudio for .NET 6 compatibility
    * [VIX-3415] - LiquidFunWrapper emits many warnings at build time. 
    * [VIX-3416] - The Curve library uses Security attributes that are now deprecated in .NET Core.
    * [VIX-3417] - Custom Prop Editor uses several constructs that are deprecated in the Catel libraries.
    * [VIX-3418] - Vixen.Core export features re throw exceptions that can alter the stack trace.
    * [VIX-3419] - Refactor the CICD actions on Github to work with the .NET 6 file structure and setup changes.
    * [VIX-3420] - Configure solution to build x64 or x86 specific targets to comply with the target specific C++ dependencies.
    * [VIX-3421] - Clean up variety of warning issues in the solution. 
    * [VIX-3422] - Refactor deprecated WebRequest used in the RDSController
    * [VIX-3423] - Correct warnings for hidden members / methods in PreviewLightBaseShape
    * [VIX-3424] - Fix Fody Warnings in FixtureWizard Project
    * [VIX-3425] - Clean up async await warnings in the codebase
    * [VIX-3426] - Resolve obsolete GL calls in the FixtureGraphics project.
    * [VIX-3427] - Resolve nullable and null reference warnings in the code. 
    * [VIX-3429] - Bump all dependencies to current version
    * [VIX-3432] - Resolve deprecated usages of BinaryFormatter serializer. 
    * [VIX-3443] - Remove 32 Bit Support
    * [VIX-3445] - Add self-repair (self heal) to the Vixen Install
    * [VIX-3472] - Enable an override to set the locations for a prop to a common value in the center of the prop.

** New Feature
    * [VIX-3339] - Add multiple effects using timing mark durations as delimiters
    * [VIX-3346] - xmodel that uses states instead of submodels
    * [VIX-3470] - Add ability to insert / remove channels to a controller in the middle of the existing range.

** Bug
    * [VIX-3366] - Scheduler configuration allows pause of 0 seconds
    * [VIX-3376] - Resource Project lost the build action of 'Resource' on a lot of images
    * [VIX-3381] - Display properties layout is broke in .NET 6 tree.
    * [VIX-3382] - Process.Start to open a browser window with a url no longer works in .NET 6.
    * [VIX-3383] - Icicles setup dialog has entry box out of place in .NET 6.
    * [VIX-3384] - Math/Sizing Error in Bars Effect with Zig Zag Bars in location mode
    * [VIX-3385] - Copy / Paste of Effects does not work in .NET 6.0
    * [VIX-3401] - Toolbar Button Images missing from Morph Polygon Editor
    * [VIX-3405] - Shapes Effect Tooltip and Misc Issues
    * [VIX-3407] - Disable nullable to restore older behavior prior to .NET Core
    * [VIX-3410] - Vixen.Application.csproj has left over reference to Orc.Wizard
    * [VIX-3411] - Incorporate VIX-3350 in .NET 6.0 Feature Branch
    * [VIX-3414] - Beats and Bars functionality is broken in .NET 6
    * [VIX-3428] - Nullable refactoring broke effect rendering in the editor.
    * [VIX-3430] - Add user agent header to outbound calls in the download service used to retrieve vendor models.
    * [VIX-3431] - Model vendors may not have direct links to the model files which can cause a hard crash.
    * [VIX-3433] - Installer license url links to not found page.
    * [VIX-3435] - Intelligent Fixture Graphics cause the preview to throw exceptions
    * [VIX-3437] - Crash when playback finish on Sequence Editor
    * [VIX-3444] - Vixen Crash when maniplutating divide at cursor on Fixture effect
    * [VIX-3446] - Weave Effect Missing from build and fixing curve sampling error
    * [VIX-3447] - Replace Weave Effect Advanced Sizing Curves with Sliders
    * [VIX-3448] - DMX Open has incorrect channel amount
    * [VIX-3453] - Dragging start point on timeline beyond the left of the Zero mark causes playback failure.
    * [VIX-3454] - Double Clicking a Phrase causes all open sequences to playback that time range not just the sequence that has focus.
    * [VIX-3456] - ShockwaveData CreateInstanceForClone is not copying ScaledRadius flag
    * [VIX-3459] - Bars with rotation change from existing sequence not rendering
    * [VIX-3460] - Location X, Y can be set to the largest negative number
    * [VIX-3461] - Vixen crashes after a sequence is played
    * [VIX-3463] - Fix broken help links in Setup Previews
    * [VIX-3465] - Vixen hanging when looping sequence
    * [VIX-3466] - Intelligent Fixture Wizard Summary can show the wrong Color Support for non lighting fixtures
    * [VIX-3467] - Intelligent Fixture Wizard - Edit Functions Page is slightly clipped on the right side
    * [VIX-3468] - The Visual C++ redistributable is not properly detected during install.
    * [VIX-3469] - Program crashes during lip synching. 



Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.9u5 Build 

** New Feature
    * [VIX-942] - Moving Heads Control
    * [VIX-3063] - Create DMX Moving Head Preview Graphics
    * [VIX-3074] - Create an initial simple effect to make it easier to command simple Pan and Tilt movements.
    * [VIX-3188] - Create Intelligent Fixture Zoom Effect
    * [VIX-3189] - Create Intelligent Fixture Catch All Effect
    * [VIX-3193] - Create Intelligent Fixture Frost Effect
    * [VIX-3194] - Create Intelligent Fixture Spin Color Wheel Effect
    * [VIX-3196] - Create Open Prism Filter
    * [VIX-3199] - Create Intelligent Fixture Strobe Effect
    * [VIX-3204] - Create Intelligent Fixture Gobo Effect
    * [VIX-3205] - Create Intelligent Fixture Prism Effect
    * [VIX-3212] - Add WPF and OpenGL Fixture Graphics 

** Improvement
    * [VIX-1875] - Filter output null vs 0
    * [VIX-3076] -  Remove Pixel Specific Properties and Methods from PreviewBaseShape.cs
    * [VIX-3176] - Add Orc.Wizard to solution to support Intelligent Fixture Wizard
    * [VIX-3179] - Create Fixture Property Editor 
    * [VIX-3180] - Create Intelligent Fixture Wizard
    * [VIX-3181] - Create Intelligent Fixture Property
    * [VIX-3186] - Add flags to the Wizard Item Templates interface to control parent behavior also add Cancel support
    * [VIX-3195] - Update the Display Setup Graphical View to display the Name of the filter instead of the type name
    * [VIX-3197] - Select Color(s) dialog only displays 9 discrete colors
    * [VIX-3198] - Add Gobo Images to the Fixture Specification Manager
    * [VIX-3200] - Update Fixture Specification to support spinning color wheels and gobo images
    * [VIX-3202] - Add 'Intelligent Fixture' group in the Effects tree
    * [VIX-3206] - Update Color Wheel Filter to better follow the dispatch pattern
    * [VIX-3207] - Update Shutter filter to handle spinning color wheels and driving the color wheel directly
    * [VIX-3210] - Consolidate duplicate IElementTemplate code between Preview and Display Setup
    * [VIX-3214] - Consider adding checkbox to Fixture color wheel definition to exclude colors like UV and CTB from color property
    * [VIX-3216] - Add XML schema version tag or property to fixture specification
    * [VIX-3217] - DimmingCurve Output Filter needs to handle Tagged RangeValue representing intensity
    * [VIX-3219] - Default new Fixture Channels to the None function
    * [VIX-3221] - Add color to fixture function to use on timeline for fixture catch all effect
    * [VIX-3222] - Add fixture animation to the pan and tilt detailed settings
    * [VIX-3223] - Add Fixture Index Item validation to ensure each index name is unique
    * [VIX-3225] - Add tooltips to the Fixture Property Editor
    * [VIX-3226] - Remove Catel InfoBar from Fixture Property Editor views
    * [VIX-3227] - Add logic to show/hide the profile meta-data in the Fixture Property Editor
    * [VIX-3229] - Fixture Property Editor - Adjust column widths in Functions grid
    * [VIX-3230] - DimmingFilter.csproj - Project reference missing sub-tags
    * [VIX-3231] - Update Shutter Filter to support Fixture Strobe Effect
    * [VIX-3232] - Move Tagged Filter Setup dialog to base class
    * [VIX-3233] - Initialize FixtureSpecificationManager with Vixen profile path
    * [VIX-3242] - Add Intelligent Fixture support for 16 bit color channels
    * [VIX-3246] - Intelligent Fixture Wizard - Add the ability to clear out a gobo image
    * [VIX-3249] - Add the ability to mount intelligent fixture upside down
    * [VIX-3253] - Intelligent Fixture Editors add logic to move focus to the first editable field on the Add Plus button
    * [VIX-3266] - Add Intelligent Fixture Legend Support for Color Wheel and Range functions
    * [VIX-3281] - Intelligent Fixture Wizard - Users cannot easily fix incomplete functions after selecting one on the Edit Channel page
    * [VIX-3282] - Intelligent Fixture Wizard and Editors - Do not show 'None' function on the Edit Functions grid
    * [VIX-3283] - Intelligent Fixture - Display color wheel half steps as white
    * [VIX-3291] - Intelligent Fixture Graphics - Add black disc to the end that contains the light beam when the beam is off
    * [VIX-3295] - Update 'Paste As New' to copy properties associated with the source node(s)
    * [VIX-3297] - Intelligent Fixture Preview can only create one fixture graphic at a time
    * [VIX-3298] - Intelligent Fixture Preview - Provide better support for linking and unlinking the graphics from an element node
    * [VIX-3299] - Fixture Effect - 'None' is showing up a function the user can pick and add to the effect
    * [VIX-3302] - Intelligent Fixture Editors - Remove 'None' from the type drop down
    * [VIX-3310] - Cleanup Intelligent Fixture Preview Descriptions
    * [VIX-3318] - Add Enable/Disable logic to Intelligent Fixture Select Profile Wizard Page
    * [VIX-3320] - Intelligent Fixture should color the beam green when the fixture is selected in the Preview Setup
    * [VIX-3335] - Fixture Effect - Color Selection has a range curve for the Intensity but the label is just "Range"
    * [VIX-3357] - Add support for color wheel half step in the Vixen Preview
    * [VIX-3361] - Upgrade Newtonsoft JSON to rectify security vulnerability
    * [VIX-3363] - Introduce better entropy into Candle Flicker effect
    * [VIX-3368] - Add curve to adjust meteor effect tail taper

** Bug
    * [VIX-3190] - Effect Editor does not support empty collections
    * [VIX-3220] - Fixture Channel numbers do not compress when deleting channels
    * [VIX-3224] - Fixture Profile Editor - Need to prevent adding new items when the current item is invalid
    * [VIX-3228] - Fixture Property Editor - Color Wheel Grid contains binding copy/paste error
    * [VIX-3234] - Fixture Effect - Missing XAML converter ColorToSolidColorBrush_ValueConverter
    * [VIX-3236] - Fixture Effect is not saving the color associated with the functions
    * [VIX-3237] - ColorWheelFilter discrete handler using FullColor vs Color
    * [VIX-3238] - Deleting a Fixture Function through the wizard leaves Function blank on channel page and can cause a crash
    * [VIX-3239] - Saving Intelligent Fixture is not updating in memory cache of fixtures
    * [VIX-3240] - Add null check to CoarseFineByteBreakDownOutput
    * [VIX-3241] - ColorWheelView.xaml has extra binding validation rule tags
    * [VIX-3244] - Intelligent Fixture Group was associated with an element node
    * [VIX-3245] - Possible to display two Intelligent Fixture Wizards simultaneously
    * [VIX-3247] - Comment Cleanup
    * [VIX-3248] - Possible Null Exception displaying Fixture Function Editor
    * [VIX-3250] - Fixture Function Tag drop down is not consistently populating
    * [VIX-3257] - Intelligent Fixture Editors - Deleting incomplete rows may crash
    * [VIX-3258] - Intelligent Fixture Editors - Allow the user to create multiple incomplete rows
    * [VIX-3259] - Intelligent Fixture Wizard - If an exception occurs Wizard is left in unknown zombie state
    * [VIX-3260] - Intelligent Fixture Effects cause exception when pasting to another display element
    * [VIX-3261] - Intelligent Fixture Preview - Is remembering what beam color was last displayed 
    * [VIX-3262] - Intelligent Fixture Preview is not properly clearing the legend
    * [VIX-3263] - Intelligent Fixture Color Wheel Function not working properly with Fixture Effect and Preview
    * [VIX-3267] - Intelligent Fixture Editors does not prevent the user from deleting the None Function
    * [VIX-3280] - Update Intelligent Fixture Effects converters to handle when more than one effect instance is selected
    * [VIX-3287] - Intelligent Fixture Wizard - Function Tag drop down is entirely empty for the None Function
    * [VIX-3288] - Intelligent Fixture Preview - Add the ability to strobe when color wheel color is generated directly from Fixture Effect
    * [VIX-3293] - Fixture Effect has some linq queries that prevent it from working at the group level
    * [VIX-3296] - Intelligent Fixture Preview - Need to update color based on whether the graphic is connected to a node
    * [VIX-3300] - Fixture Effect direct drive of the color wheel is not opening the shutter
    * [VIX-3313] - Creating multiple Intelligent Fixtures results in a null reference
    * [VIX-3314] - Display Setup and Vixen Preview does not refresh fixtures properly
    * [VIX-3315] - Deleting an intelligent fixture node does not refresh the linked element associated with the fixture graphic
    * [VIX-3317] - Add logic Fixture Specification Manager to handle duplicate fixture names
    * [VIX-3321] - Intelligent Fixture Preview is not making the Intelligent Fixture drawing area a perfect square
    * [VIX-3322] - Setup Preview is slow for large displays
    * [VIX-3326] - Wave effect does not use the last string in a group.
    * [VIX-3330] - Fixture Effect is not outputing color intents
    * [VIX-3332] - Timeline Color is not getting initialized properly for user created fixture functions and could result in duplicate colors
    * [VIX-3338] - Fixture Preview Not Dimming Correctly 
    * [VIX-3350] - Vixen Display Preview cutting off rightmost ~20% of display
    * [VIX-3351] - Setup Preview Zoom broken
    * [VIX-3354] - The Balls effect with encounter an error if it is placed on a Arch or similar that is only one string wide.
    * [VIX-3358] - Add support for Ogg audio files to the new audio library.
    * [VIX-3359] - Error When Migrating File

Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.9u4 Build 

** Bug
    * [VIX-3331] - SetLevel when applied to a group is not correctly creating an intent for the specific leaf node
    * [VIX-3344] - VU Meter renders solid on if it starts at the beginning of a sequence.

** Improvement
    * [VIX-3340] - Chroma Key should have an option to skip replacing when the replacement color is transparent or black.


Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.9u3 Build 

** Bug
    * [VIX-3316] - Deleting an element from the preview can lead to the preview shape being unlinked if the same element exists in other groups.
    * [VIX-3327] - Chase effect does not switch behavior from Each / Element Group when copied to a group with only leaf elements.

** Improvement
    * [VIX-3319] - The Audacity bar import should support duration and text now that Marks have that support.

Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.9u2 Build 

** Bug
    * [VIX-3289] - Display Setup and Vixen Preview does not refresh properly
    * [VIX-3304] - Play/Pause button crashes Vixen
    * [VIX-3309] - Remapping sequences using mapping config file

Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.9u1 Build 

** Bug
    * [VIX-3215] - WPF Context Menu's are all white
    * [VIX-3254] - Vixen Crashes when trying to Export
    * [VIX-3255] - Unable to load Gilbert prop models in the vendor browser.
    * [VIX-3268] - New audio library crashes playback from scheduler
    * [VIX-3270] - Audio glitch on resuming playback
    * [VIX-3284] - Unable to drag and order layers in the layer manager. 
    * [VIX-3294] - ColorBreakdownFilter has a memory

** Improvement
    * [VIX-3256] - Dev builds should contain the pdb debugging files. 

Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.9u0 Build 

** New Feature
   * [VIX-988] - Remember Last Loaded Profile
   * [VIX-3070] - Create Range Intent to support Moving Heads
   * [VIX-3133] - Create DDP output controller
   * [VIX-3135] - Add a browser for the Singing Faces Project
   * [VIX-3139] - Add Universe export support to DDP module
   * [VIX-3147] - Add Fixture Specification Manager to maintain fixture library

** Bug
   * [VIX-2586] - Vixen crashes updating Launcher controller to Hide Windows
   * [VIX-2962] - Vixen is shutting down every few hours.
   * [VIX-3035] - Import Sequence Package Crash
   * [VIX-3037] - Extra context menu divider on mark bar
   * [VIX-3084] - Picture going up cut disappear before getting all the way to the top
   * [VIX-3086] - Lip-sync effect minor bugs and supporting logic need code clean up.
   * [VIX-3089] - Add icon to color picker form
   * [VIX-3090] - Add icon to color breakdown form
   * [VIX-3091] - Resize quick pick color choices on color picker form
   * [VIX-3092] - Add icon to color configuration form.
   * [VIX-3093] - Add icon to profiles form.
   * [VIX-3094] - Add icon to profile name form.
   * [VIX-3095] - Specify exact profile you are about to delete.
   * [VIX-3098] - Editing Face Mapping colors can cause crash.
   * [VIX-3099] - The FastPicture logic in the LipSync effect does not honor the default update interval.
   * [VIX-3105] - Import of XModel can produce unexpected results when multiple ranges are specified in the model file.
   * [VIX-3107] - Hard crash after importing custom prop and closing the preview with the prop selected.
   * [VIX-3108] - XModel import does not properly handle ranges that are reversed.
   * [VIX-3109] - Bars Effect rotation default issue
   * [VIX-3113] - Bars effect rendering error
   * [VIX-3122] - Dimming curve provide incorrect values when placed after the color breakdown filter.
   * [VIX-3142] - Unhandled exception when adding new profile
   * [VIX-3143] - Liquid effect ctrl copy crashes Vixen
   * [VIX-3144] - VIX-3143 Wave Effect could crash Vixen when Ctrl dragging the effect
   * [VIX-3151] - Paste as new in Display Setup can crash Vixen.
   * [VIX-3164] - Remove extraneous info logging from the sequence grid class. 
   * [VIX-3172] - Cannot Upgrade tim file using build 1087

** Improvement
   * [VIX-3082] - Create HighLowByteFilter to support moving heads with 16 bit control channels
   * [VIX-3083] - Add RGBW color support 
   * [VIX-3100] - Allow Color Property to support more than 8 Discrete Colors
   * [VIX-3119] - Message when no elements found when using find selected controllers
   * [VIX-3129] - Add a simple function to set an effect to be the entire length of the sequence.
   * [VIX-3130] - Ability to adjust all beat bars at the same time
   * [VIX-3140] - Extend universe export support to support additional universe types
   * [VIX-3148] - Remove redundant Module Type Id and Module Type Instance Id from ModuleStore file.
   * [VIX-3155] - Separate the classes in ColorBrekdownModule.cs into separate cs files
   * [VIX-3157] - Create Color Wheel Filter
   * [VIX-3158] - Create Tagged Filter
   * [VIX-3159] - Create Dimmer Filter
   * [VIX-3160] - Create Shutter Filter
   * [VIX-3163] - Remove version control feature.
   * [VIX-3165] - Upgrade Catel to 5.12.10
   * [VIX-3178] - Create Named8BitCommand to support Intelligent Fixtures
   * [VIX-3182] - Update dependent libraries to the most recent versions.

Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.8u0 Build 

** Improvement
    * [VIX-2944] - Allow users to animate Morph effect shapes that enter and exit the display element
    * [VIX-3033] - Add rotation to the Bars Effect
    * [VIX-3045] - Add Gilbert Engineering to Vendor Browser
    * [VIX-3053] - Add "Center Stop" to Picture Effect
    * [VIX-3064] - Update OpenTK to the latest version (4.6.3)
    * [VIX-3065] - Update core dependencies for the next release track.

** New Feature
    * [VIX-2963] - Create Chevron Pixel Effect

** Bug
    * [VIX-3051] - Bars Effect (Flat) Highlighting does not work with 3D when using Moves Left or Right
    * [VIX-3052] - Morph Wipe is not lighting the top ring of pixels on one of my pixel trees
    * [VIX-3071] - Vendor model browser can fail if item does not have an id.
    * [VIX-3072] - Specialty sound devices can cause bad behavior.
    * [VIX-3077] - Bars Effect is not initializing RotationAngle for existing sequences
    * [VIX-3078] - Crash in Curve editor when inputting a period in the value text field.



Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.7u4 Build 

** Bug
    * [VIX-2937] - Sequence package import crashes on initial use.
    * [VIX-2988] - Bug in export wizard
    * [VIX-3019] - Floods disappear from preview
    * [VIX-3026] - "Tree" effect operates 2X faster on FPP export compared to Preview
    * [VIX-3031] - Updated from 3.6u2 to 3.7u3 and Vixen crashes on Windows 7 with Visual Styles disabled
    * [VIX-3032] - Display item properties and button backgrounds do not update properly on some selection changes. 


Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.7u3 Build 

** Improvement
    * [VIX-2878] - Add bounds checking for preview items to ensure they are visible.
    * [VIX-3016] - No size fields for custom props

** Bug
    * [VIX-3006] - Off-center effects
    * [VIX-3012] - Morph polygons not saving
    * [VIX-3017] - Crash while aligning effects 
    * [VIX-3018] - Row zoom draws effects in the wrong location.


Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.7u2 Build 

** Improvement
    * [VIX-2864] - Allow clicking the color in the discrete color picker
    * [VIX-2878] - Add bounds checking for preview items to ensure they are visible.
    * [VIX-2980] - Improve the drag performance of moving effects in the editor.

** Bug
    * [VIX-2981] - Spin Effect fails to render when the fixed pulse time is invalid.
    * [VIX-2982] - Copying the Morph effect by Ctrl Drag on an existing effect does not retain polygon settings.
    * [VIX-2983] - Export won't open in FPP
    * [VIX-2986] - Lipsync render visual in timeline may be blank at times.
    * [VIX-2987] - The save/cancel routines in the Display / Preview Setup can conflict with rapid changes.
    * [VIX-2989] - Vixen crashes when associating certain audio files.
    * [VIX-2996] - Dimming filter interpolates command values incorrectly.
    * [VIX-2997] - Attempting to Zoom rows in the editor when there are none can crash the application.
    * [VIX-2998] - Rendering artifacts on the patching order screen
    * [VIX-2999] - The Dummy Lighting controller fails to load with a thread contention issue.
    * [VIX-3000] - Location property for one element resets to zeros when preview is edited
    * [VIX-3006] - Off-center effects
    * [VIX-3010] - Theme memory optimizations
    * [VIX-3011] - Moving Custom Props at other than 100% zoom can be erratic.
	


Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.7u1 Build 

** Bug
    * [VIX-2969] - Wave Effect does not allow the user to change the Wave Type
    * [VIX-2978] - Lipsync effects may not properly adjust back to the old Phoneme default.

** Improvement
    * [VIX-2974] - Add End of Mark alignment indicators
	
	

Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.7u0 Build 

** Improvement
    * [VIX-989] - Improved Zig Zag Support
    * [VIX-2275] - Double click on a controller name should open the configure form rather than unfold the channels
    * [VIX-2750] - Add Progress Dialog while profile is loading
    * [VIX-2786] - Add flip vertical and horizontal options to toolbar in custom prop editor
    * [VIX-2787] - Add detents when rotating a selection while holding a modifier key in the Custom Prop and Preview editor.
    * [VIX-2890] - Update all dependencies and prepare for moving to .NET Core.
    * [VIX-2893] - Box2D contains warning/error when compiled under latest VS2019 Update
    * [VIX-2895] - Update Snowflake effect to include a grid pattern
    * [VIX-2896] - Make start of liquid effect movement deterministic
    * [VIX-2904] - Move the effect pop-up info box in the editor
    * [VIX-2916] - Migrate TeamCity workflows to GitHub Actions
    * [VIX-2924] - Ability to set Export timing to the same as the Update Interval
    * [VIX-2927] - Improve Face imports for analog props and provide better Lipsync effect defaults.
    * [VIX-2929] - Improve the config and sequence file backup mechanism.
    * [VIX-2943] - Modify Shockwave to use scaled radius curve.
    * [VIX-2958] - Add ability to reverse a group of selected elements in the wire order tab of the Custom Prop Editor 

** New Feature
    * [VIX-2120] - Add polygon effect
    * [VIX-2933] - Add a feature to duplicate a preview

** Bug
    * [VIX-2601] - Crash when using pinwheel effect
    * [VIX-2792] - Vixen 3.6 Set Level not working, on some elements
    * [VIX-2851] - Setup Display - Undo refresh
    * [VIX-2863] - Wave Effect - Improve Mark Support of Decaying Sine
    * [VIX-2889] - Incorrect speed on effects
    * [VIX-2899] - Bars Effect Bug (with workaround)
    * [VIX-2900] - Shapes no longer working
    * [VIX-2903] - Dev Build Crash; Preview has completely disappeared
    * [VIX-2905] - Waveform effect missing from current dev builds.
    * [VIX-2911] - Incorrect speed on Video effect after Update Interval is changed to 25ms
    * [VIX-2917] - Particle Intensity on Liquid Effect will not Save
    * [VIX-2920] - Fix unneeded fields exposed by recent Catel upgrade in Prop Editor
    * [VIX-2922] - Reference to Liquid (Emitter) Effect in common code
    * [VIX-2932] - Preview zoom gets stuck if you zoom to far in or out
    * [VIX-2934] - Text effect introduces a small gap or blink after saving and reopening
    * [VIX-2936] - Export Sequence Package not working
    * [VIX-2941] - Make ExpandObjectObservableCollection Abstract
    * [VIX-2942] - Preview Star does not detect Pixel or Standard properly when linked.
    * [VIX-2952] - Custom prop selection in preview not working correctly.
    * [VIX-2953] - Morph causing Vixen to freeze
    * [VIX-2955] - Token replacement window title "naming" needs capatilized.
    * [VIX-2957] - Custom prop editor has several minor bugs that can lead to a troublesome experience. 
    * [VIX-2959] - The wire order diagram menu in the display setup may not be enabled when it should be.
    * [VIX-2960] - The profile Lock file may be empty an cause an error.
    * [VIX-2961] - Scheduler can hang if sequences have not been migrated first.


Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.6u4 Release Build 

** Bug
    * [VIX-2845] - Math Error in Liquid SetupRender method
    * [VIX-2866] - Location offsets are not properly applied to custom props
    * [VIX-2867] - Adding element(s) to an existing group does not properly reflect their position in the tree.
    * [VIX-2871] - certain effects do not work on certain elements
    * [VIX-2872] - Crash when pasting non-vixen content into editor
    * [VIX-2875] - Controllers may not start correctly when started from the web interface.
    * [VIX-2877] - Cannot Export
    * [VIX-2880] - Fatal error during sequence execution

** Improvement
    * [VIX-2876] - Have the pixel effect frame interval match the default update interval.



Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.6u3 Release Build 

** New Feature
    * [VIX-2806] - Add Wave Effect

** Bug
    * [VIX-2850] - When closing "Vixen Adminstration" with the sequencer open, it asks if you want to save, Yes, no or cancel, if you click cancel, everything closes.
    * [VIX-2852] - Selection oddness in the element tree when adding items with the wizard.
    * [VIX-2853] - Trying to link a smart object to existing elements in Preview invokes setup wizard when it should not.
    * [VIX-2856] - Certain discreet colors not showing up on timeline
    * [VIX-2857] - Legacy FPP 1.x export output folder validation is not working correctly.
    * [VIX-2862] - Cancelling the effect mapping does not clear the old effects.



Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.6u2 Release Build 

** Bug
    * [VIX-2837] - Gradient toolbar does not automatically update new gradients
    * [VIX-2838] - Find sources button from controller pane is not working. 
    * [VIX-2839] - Spin Effect in 3.6u1 Build 911 is not working, works fine in Build 899
    * [VIX-2841] - The lasso selection does not handle overlapping elements on the same row correctly.
    * [VIX-2842] - If the export wizard is cancelled it can still try to write the universe file which might fail and crash the application.

** Improvement
    * [VIX-2840] - Speed up link elements tree when selecting nodes



Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.6u1 Release Build 

** Improvement
    * [VIX-391] - Opening sequences with unknown elements
    * [VIX-2785] - Center move handle doesn't move while resizing.
    * [VIX-2791] - Connect element creation wizards to Preview prop creation process.
    * [VIX-2795] - Sync up the library references between the QMLibrary and the Liquid so they are consistent.
    * [VIX-2805] - Optimize further the output section to improve capacity and reduce CPU usage.
    * [VIX-2819] - Improve the render performance of the Preview Setup
    * [VIX-2822] - Optimize the color conversions from HSV to RGB to improve performance.
    * [VIX-2827] - Enhance the OpenDMX plugin to support choosing the device.
    * [VIX-2832] - Improve the performance of the Element Tree in the Display Setup / Preview
    * [VIX-2833] - Add element targeting options for the Chase and Spin effects.

** New Feature
    * [VIX-679] - Import/Export of native V3 sequences

** Bug
    * [VIX-837] - Movement of mutiple items glitchy in preview
    * [VIX-2025] - .net installer prompts for reboot before vixen install is done.  
    * [VIX-2641] - Bars Effect 3D - Move Right & Horizontal Expand issue
    * [VIX-2693] - Scheduler problems
    * [VIX-2792] - Vixen 3.6 Set Level not working, on some elements
    * [VIX-2793] - Entering non numeric data in the Curve Editor causes crash
    * [VIX-2794] - Keyboard shortcuts for play sequence (F5) not working
    * [VIX-2800] - Vixen crashing during effect color selection from gradient menu
    * [VIX-2802] - FPP 2.6+ compression is not enabled.
    * [VIX-2803] - New Install start-up error
    * [VIX-2808] - Video does not render in preview
    * [VIX-2810] - The levels deep function on the Twinkle does not render.
    * [VIX-2811] - Ghost / Empty Toolbar items in the sequence editor. 
    * [VIX-2812] - Audio files are being missed in new Sequence import.
    * [VIX-2813] - Bar effect 3D setting not rendering properly
    * [VIX-2817] - Some message dialogs may popup in odd places. 
    * [VIX-2820] - Preview link elements slow and abnormal warning.
    * [VIX-2821] - Open multiple sequence takes long time
    * [VIX-2825] - Wipe on and off abnormal when brightness less than 100%
    * [VIX-2826] - Native Sequence export does not include the old Nutcracker data files.
    * [VIX-2828] - Universe setup should warn if the total channel count is out of sync with the controller count.
    * [VIX-2829] - Cannot lasso / shift select multiple effects when the rows they are in are visible in multiple groups.
    * [VIX-2831] - Custom Prop Editor drag drop elements can reverse order of dropped elements in some cases.
    * [VIX-2834] - Mark Collection Editor field binding warning,
    * [VIX-2835] - Multi String smart objects are not staying connected.
    * [VIX-2836] - The delete mapping functionality is not working in the source tree of the profile mapper.



Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.6 Release Build 

** New Feature
    * [VIX-488] - Add option to Balls effect to enable random Balls movement.
    * [VIX-784] - Wipe Movement Curve
    * [VIX-2226] - Create New Toolbars for the Curve, Gradient and Color Libraries
    * [VIX-2229] - Extend the grid cursor position line onto the audio track.
    * [VIX-2234] - Add Web support for enable/disable controllers
    * [VIX-2272] - Split effects
    * [VIX-2373] - Add a Strobe effect
    * [VIX-2394] - Playback Controls in Preview
    * [VIX-2489] - Bring back "paste effects to mark
    * [VIX-2542] - Adding a media toolbar to the display preview
    * [VIX-2646] - Always on Top Preview - but only when playing
    * [VIX-2679] - Freeze Butterfly effect
    * [VIX-2683] - Add compression to FPP export format
    * [VIX-2698] - "Egg Timer" Fill
    * [VIX-2699] - Create toolbar for Alignment tools
    * [VIX-2746] - Dev Build Wipe Effect Location
    * [VIX-2766] - Add the ability to edit the element tree from the Preview.
    * [VIX-2777] - Create a Vendor inventory / Model Browser

** Bug
    * [VIX-750] - Objects in preview not aligned after using zoom in configure preview.
    * [VIX-2014] - Preview Grid Element does fill bounding box
    * [VIX-2213] - Color Copy with Only One Choice
    * [VIX-2223] - Crash while configuring controller
    * [VIX-2258] - Crash when toggling "View Timeline Window"
    * [VIX-2269] - Taking a long time for simple operations in the Display Setup
    * [VIX-2382] - LipSync Pixel Map Editor Title Cut Off
    * [VIX-2447] - Import Type Selection Form Missing Vixen Icon
    * [VIX-2565] - Lip Sync ~ System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
    * [VIX-2580] - Elements sometimes lose proper perception, but maintain proper relative location
    * [VIX-2633] - Crash when exporting to FPP.
    * [VIX-2636] - Show setup form has several bugs.
    * [VIX-2638] - When trying to switch a gradient color from a color stop, full crash and shutdown
    * [VIX-2640] - Text effect - iteration setting ignored with rotate option
    * [VIX-2644] - The link elements form in the preview shape setup does not resize the columns correctly when items are linked.
    * [VIX-2649] - Updating element settings causes crash
    * [VIX-2650] - When cloning a Spin effect the enable minimum brightness setting does not transfer.
    * [VIX-2654] - The FPP universe file export has a bug where it calculates the start channel incorrectly at every controller switch.
    * [VIX-2657] - Pinwheel Offset position is limited to +-100 pixels, but it should be based off Buffer size.
    * [VIX-2660] - Streaming ACN Controller crash on some edits when using multicast.
    * [VIX-2661] - Using the tile wheel to pan left in the timeline does not work, but right does.
    * [VIX-2668] - Countdown effect is not shown in the editor when using 32bit version of V ixen
    * [VIX-2671] - Curve Editor X and Y value boxes no longer allow decimal values.
    * [VIX-2672] - Extra mark line through wave form
    * [VIX-2674] - The Picture effect looses one row at the top of all images.
    * [VIX-2677] - Direction in Countdown effect when Location is selected is not working correctly.
    * [VIX-2678] - The color module updating is inconsistent and does not always update.
    * [VIX-2704] - Video with mega tree or grid not ok for other defaut duration (2.0s)
    * [VIX-2713] - FPP Export 2.0 universe file nulls instead of empty field
    * [VIX-2719] - Vixen Crashes or Exits without saving
    * [VIX-2722] - Plasma effect has a speed range of 1 to 100 so can not be stopped.
    * [VIX-2724] - Butterfly effect not working correctly under certain conditions.
    * [VIX-2725] - Colorwash effect not working correctly over a long period of time.
    * [VIX-2726] - Spirograph effect has a speed range of 1 to 100 so can not be stopped.
    * [VIX-2727] - Dragging an effect from the Effects toolstrip through the a new Library toolstrip loses it's visual drag.
    * [VIX-2729] - Drag Color to Toolstrip Color library not working and a couple of null issues.
    * [VIX-2733] - Meteor speed still moves when speed and variation is set to 0.
    * [VIX-2734] - Wipe On and Wipe off when using Burst In or Out in Wipe effect doesn't do anything.
    * [VIX-2739] - Crash when import my custom prop
    * [VIX-2741] - Exporting a universe file from the wizard crashes Vixen. 
    * [VIX-2744] - Chroma Key config issues when using multiple Chroma Key layers
    * [VIX-2749] - Auto Save As Dialog gets hidden behind other windows
    * [VIX-2751] - Serialization error in the prop editor module stemming from VIX-2655
    * [VIX-2754] - Discrete custom props are not properly displayed in the OpenGL previewer.
    * [VIX-2757] - Dependency libraries being copied to the root when they should not be.
    * [VIX-2758] - Shapes Output path in Debug X86 config is incorrect and Shapes effect is not displayed in Sequencer.
    * [VIX-2760] - Wipe migration from several versions ago can crash because the migration does not handle missing properties correctly.
    * [VIX-2764] - Layer mixing is not working correctly
    * [VIX-2767] - Update the remaining deprecated NLog methods.
    * [VIX-2768] - Adding Marks with Fill to Gap option does not initially render correctly. 
    * [VIX-2769] - Wipe effect does not render properly
    * [VIX-2771] - Time Editor Overlapping Effects no longer displayed
    * [VIX-2774] - Export can leave outputs in a bad state when it finishes.
    * [VIX-2776] - Clean up unused libraries and build dependencies. 
    * [VIX-2778] - App crashes when importing xModel from Xlights
    * [VIX-2781] - Crash all vixen software with build 863
    * [VIX-2783] - Imported models in the preview do not show in the element tree after import.

** Improvement
    * [VIX-2273] - Effect default length change
    * [VIX-2291] - Export Sequence Output Network File Option
    * [VIX-2537] - Changing to Mark Collections in the Lip-sync should try to select a phoneme collection if one is available.
    * [VIX-2589] - Add more directions to the wipe. 
    * [VIX-2634] - Allow FPP universe file generation when export includes non sACN controllers
    * [VIX-2635] - Update FPP Export for FPP 2.x format
    * [VIX-2647] - Scroll to newly added universe in SACN cofig screen
    * [VIX-2651] - Seamless show transitioning
    * [VIX-2655] - I am colorblind and can't use the Custom Prop Editor. Please change the color of the selected light in the Custom Prop Editor. 
    * [VIX-2662] - Add ability to copy/paste marks in the mark bar.
    * [VIX-2676] - Improve Render speed of the Text, Countdown and Shapes effects.
    * [VIX-2687] - Dissolve needs additional color options on the grouping.
    * [VIX-2688] - Add a ? help icon to the header of the effect editor that links to the website documentation.
    * [VIX-2689] - Child elements has effects indicator
    * [VIX-2694] - Add X and Y Movement curves to the Meteor effect.
    * [VIX-2695] - Add X and Y Movement curves to the Snowflake effect.
    * [VIX-2696] - Add X and Y Movement curves and Height curve to the Border effect. 
    * [VIX-2701] - Create a default mixing filter for the layers to do simple mixing so you can stack multiple layer groups.
    * [VIX-2703] - Make editor toolbars movable/customizable
    * [VIX-2707] - Ordering Within Color/Gradient/Curve Libraries
    * [VIX-2708] - Add Spinning Film Leader to Count Down Effect
    * [VIX-2709] - Update dependent libraries to current versions
    * [VIX-2714] - Add select all button to sequence selection page in bulk exporter.
    * [VIX-2717] - Change the Effect Toolstrip so when labels are hidden it reduces the Toolstrip height.
    * [VIX-2718] - Add configuration to the source to allow TortoiseGit to auto link the ticket number to the bug tracker.
    * [VIX-2720] - Add Motion selection (Iterations/Speed) and Speed Curve to the ColorWash effect
    * [VIX-2721] - Add Motion selection (Iterations/Position) and PositionCurve to the Curtain effect
    * [VIX-2723] - Add Motion selection (Iterations/Speed) and SpeedCurve to the Spiral effect
    * [VIX-2731] - Add Liquid Effect
    * [VIX-2736] - Add Circle Burst to the Wipe effect.
    * [VIX-2753] - Save timed sequence form capitalization 
    * [VIX-2759] - Performance optimizations in the core engine.
    * [VIX-2761] - Upgrade to .Net Framework 4.7.2 
    * [VIX-2762] - Add Character Explode and Fall direction to Text Effect
    * [VIX-2763] - Improve the performance of the Circles effect
    * [VIX-2765] - Remove mark end indicator while moving when mark bars aren't shown
    * [VIX-2772] - Pause Button
    * [VIX-2782] - Change format of Liquid effect text
    * [VIX-2784] - Switch to selection mode after importing custom prop
    * [VIX-2789] - Add the ability to assign face mapping to props in the Custom Prop Editor
    * [VIX-2790] - Create Element templates for Arch, Star, and Candy Cane to align with smart objects.



Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.5u4 Release Build 

** Improvement
    * [VIX-2177] - Text positioning
    * [VIX-2500] - Workflow improvements - improve starting name and file location handling
    * [VIX-2539] - Add ability to add positioning to images in matrix lipsync effect
    * [VIX-2609] - Play LipSync phrase/word
    * [VIX-2613] - Add a color change layer mixing filter
    * [VIX-2614] - Meteors doesn't work properly for linear display

** Bug
    * [VIX-2610] - The Random and Rainbow options only show red colors.
    * [VIX-2611] - Gradient across items in Wipe effect not working correctly.
    * [VIX-2612] - The Mask and Fill setup window does not properly initialize the current state of the requires mixing partner checkbox.
    * [VIX-2616] - Vixen crashes on Papagayo import when file is incomplete



Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.5u3 Release Build 

** New Feature
    * [VIX-2225] - Save Sequence
    * [VIX-2231] - Option to add and remove main toolbar buttons
    * [VIX-2452] - Parametric intensity curves
    * [VIX-2566] - Create a Dissolve effect
    * [VIX-2602] - Add Vixen YouTube Channel to the help menus

** Improvement
    * [VIX-2274] - Add Start/stop controllers to context menu
    * [VIX-2549] - Add ability to reverse the order of a group of selected items in the patching order helper.
    * [VIX-2556] - Add logic to utilize the face info in xModels to better map faces to groups.
    * [VIX-2584] - Ignore punctuation in the new Lipsync labels when converting to Phonemes.
    * [VIX-2592] - Create an option in the Dissolve effect to activate elements at marks
    * [VIX-2598] - Add basic function to provide a wiring diagram for elements
    * [VIX-2603] - Preview Net smart object does not display on initial load without opening preview setup in OpenGL preview.
    * [VIX-2605] - Add Depth of Effect to the Dissolve Effect
    * [VIX-2608] - Add Dissolve in both directions together in the Dissolve effect.

** Bug
    * [VIX-2298] - Meteors Effect dissapears or become single color
    * [VIX-2313] - Meteors Effect changing over time
    * [VIX-2505] - Lipsync effect doesn't honor the string oriantation property.
    * [VIX-2536] - Mark collection export crashes Vixen
    * [VIX-2538] - Hard Crash when using word breakdown
    * [VIX-2544] - On one of my computers the new Effects Toolbar ends up on the same row as the Main toolbar.
    * [VIX-2545] - Creating element face mapping initially in the editor does not save correctly. 
    * [VIX-2546] - The output evaluators can throw an error in some rare circumstances when poor timing leaves them with null values
    * [VIX-2547] - Remove some verbose debug logging from the release versions.
    * [VIX-2552] - Profile editor allows paths with trailing spaces
    * [VIX-2553] - Lipsync causing Vixen to crash
    * [VIX-2554] - Copy/Paste of Text Effect doesn't preserve Orientation
    * [VIX-2557] - The export wizard does not select the proper output folder for Falcon Sequences
    * [VIX-2558] - Export wizard bugs
    * [VIX-2562] - VIX-2452 created a invalid dependency on the E131 module.
    * [VIX-2563] - Development 716 not saving changes
    * [VIX-2564] - The display setup does not calculate element / patching info correctly on duplicate elements in the same group..
    * [VIX-2567] - Effect Toolbar lables are massive on my new laptop.
    * [VIX-2568] - 3 elements will not turn on unless re patched each startup
    * [VIX-2569] - Row Labels not being drawn all teh way to the bottom
    * [VIX-2570] - Font scaling in any effect that uses Font is incorrect.
    * [VIX-2572] - Scaling issue with the Element Link Form in Preview Setup.
    * [VIX-2574] - Scaling issue with the Effect Icons in the sequence editor
    * [VIX-2575] - Scaling issue with the Scheduler Show setup
    * [VIX-2576] - Scaling issues with the Vixen Release notes and Check Updates form
    * [VIX-2577] - Scaling issue with the Icons within the Preview setup
    * [VIX-2578] - Scaling issue with the Beats and Bars form in the Sequence editor
    * [VIX-2579] - Typing a uri into the export output folder in the export wizard can cause a crash.
    * [VIX-2582] - Lipsync orientation doesn't honour the element orientation when move the effect between elements.
    * [VIX-2583] - Countdown effect set to 60 minutes starts at 0:00 instead of 60:00
    * [VIX-2591] - Profile crashes upon opening
    * [VIX-2594] - Vixen Crash when close the preview at Windows Task
    * [VIX-2597] - The pattern and replace rename functions in the Custom Prop Editor don't properly check for duplicate names.
    * [VIX-2600] - Preview setup properties pane incorrectly displays with Pixel Grid Properties title
    * [VIX-2606] - The token replacement dialog for custom props does not become the active window.
    * [VIX-2607] - Effects that use the standard Random generation do not render correctly or at all when there is a high number of random numbers required across each effect.



Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.5u3 Release Build 

** New Feature
    * [VIX-2225] - Save Sequence
    * [VIX-2231] - Option to add and remove main toolbar buttons
    * [VIX-2452] - Parametric intensity curves
    * [VIX-2566] - Create a Dissolve effect
    * [VIX-2602] - Add Vixen YouTube Channel to the help menus

** Improvement
    * [VIX-2274] - Add Start/stop controllers to context menu
    * [VIX-2549] - Add ability to reverse the order of a group of selected items in the patching order helper.
    * [VIX-2556] - Add logic to utilize the face info in xModels to better map faces to groups.
    * [VIX-2584] - Ignore punctuation in the new Lipsync labels when converting to Phonemes.
    * [VIX-2592] - Create an option in the Dissolve effect to activate elements at marks
    * [VIX-2598] - Add basic function to provide a wiring diagram for elements
    * [VIX-2603] - Preview Net smart object does not display on initial load without opening preview setup in OpenGL preview.
    * [VIX-2605] - Add Depth of Effect to the Dissolve Effect

** Bug
    * [VIX-2298] - Meteors Effect dissapears or become single color
    * [VIX-2313] - Meteors Effect changing over time
    * [VIX-2505] - Lipsync effect doesn't honor the string oriantation property.
    * [VIX-2536] - Mark collection export crashes Vixen
    * [VIX-2538] - Hard Crash when using word breakdown
    * [VIX-2544] - On one of my computers the new Effects Toolbar ends up on the same row as the Main toolbar.
    * [VIX-2545] - Creating element face mapping initially in the editor does not save correctly. 
    * [VIX-2546] - The output evaluators can throw an error in some rare circumstances when poor timing leaves them with null values
    * [VIX-2547] - Remove some verbose debug logging from the release versions.
    * [VIX-2552] - Profile editor allows paths with trailing spaces
    * [VIX-2553] - Lipsync causing Vixen to crash
    * [VIX-2554] - Copy/Paste of Text Effect doesn't preserve Orientation
    * [VIX-2557] - The export wizard does not select the proper output folder for Falcon Sequences
    * [VIX-2558] - Export wizard bugs
    * [VIX-2562] - VIX-2452 created a invalid dependency on the E131 module.
    * [VIX-2563] - Development 716 not saving changes
    * [VIX-2564] - The display setup does not calculate element / patching info correctly on duplicate elements in the same group..
    * [VIX-2567] - Effect Toolbar lables are massive on my new laptop.
    * [VIX-2568] - 3 elements will not turn on unless re patched each startup
    * [VIX-2569] - Row Labels not being drawn all teh way to the bottom
    * [VIX-2570] - Font scaling in any effect that uses Font is incorrect.
    * [VIX-2572] - Scaling issue with the Element Link Form in Preview Setup.
    * [VIX-2574] - Scaling issue with the Effect Icons in the sequence editor
    * [VIX-2575] - Scaling issue with the Scheduler Show setup
    * [VIX-2576] - Scaling issues with the Vixen Release notes and Check Updates form
    * [VIX-2577] - Scaling issue with the Icons within the Preview setup
    * [VIX-2578] - Scaling issue with the Beats and Bars form in the Sequence editor
    * [VIX-2579] - Typing a uri into the export output folder in the export wizard can cause a crash.
    * [VIX-2582] - Lipsync orientation doesn't honour the element orientation when move the effect between elements.
    * [VIX-2583] - Countdown effect set to 60 minutes starts at 0:00 instead of 60:00
    * [VIX-2591] - Profile crashes upon opening
    * [VIX-2594] - Vixen Crash when close the preview at Windows Task
    * [VIX-2597] - The pattern and replace rename functions in the Custom Prop Editor don't properly check for duplicate names.
    * [VIX-2600] - Preview setup properties pane incorrectly displays with Pixel Grid Properties title
    * [VIX-2606] - The token replacement dialog for custom props does not become the active window.
    * [VIX-2607] - Effects that use the standard Random generation do not render correctly or at all when there is a high number of random numbers required across each effect.



Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.5u2 Release Build 

** Bug
    * [VIX-461] - Adding additional Strings to existing Mega Tree does not work correctly. 
    * [VIX-896] - Color property doesn't update editor when modifying discrete color set
    * [VIX-1139] - When the editor is closed with a small size it fails to reopen.
    * [VIX-2023] - Vixen closes down with invalid file characters in zip wizard
    * [VIX-2383] - LipSync new map then cancel still creates a new map.
    * [VIX-2384] - Sequence Update Message Box not Capitalized
    * [VIX-2435] - Face mapping face setup form missing Vixen icon
    * [VIX-2462] - When I click anywhere in the preview editing screen Vixen shuts down.
    * [VIX-2497] - Color in the Text and Count down effect visual representation is incorrectly represented.
    * [VIX-2501] - Incorrect patch point counts for imported Custom Prop
    * [VIX-2502] - Rendering error or freeze on opening sequence
    * [VIX-2503] - Video speed in the Video effect is slower then it should be and some video are off center.
    * [VIX-2506] - Updated to Vixen 3.5.1 and could not open 3 sequences
    * [VIX-2507] - Intensity overlay doesn't work if element is repeated in a group
    * [VIX-2508] - Beat marks able to be given empty names
    * [VIX-2515] - Custom Prop Editor Order View List does not update when lights are deleted from the Drawing Panel.
    * [VIX-2517] - Drag Drop in the tree view of Custom Prop Editor will let you duplicate an element in the same group 
    * [VIX-2518] - Full crash when adding pixel grid to preview configuration screen without selecting a node.
    * [VIX-2519] - The logic to detect if a window is on screen has some holes in it and can leave a user unable to see the window. 
    * [VIX-2524] - The lip sync effect does not properly honor discrete elements. 
    * [VIX-2526] - Editing element face mapping from within the sequence editor does not save the changes. 
    * [VIX-2531] - Singing faces elements missing on discrete colored elements
    * [VIX-2534] - Zip profile wizard can crash if the target runs out of space.
    * [VIX-2535] - Effects only flip colors when change in direction

** New Feature
    * [VIX-2208] - Add Effect Toolstrip
    * [VIX-2457] - Add 400% zoom back to preview configuration

** Improvement
    * [VIX-2496] - Allow different colors for each word in Text Effect when Marks are used.
    * [VIX-2498] - Add some new features to the Countdown effect.
    * [VIX-2504] - Add the ability to generate the universe file for the Falcon Pi Player.
    * [VIX-2511] - Add ability to insert a dimming curve after an element that is already patched.
    * [VIX-2516] - Add ability to delete lights from the Order tab in the Custom Prop Editor
    * [VIX-2525] - Add an option to the Mask and Fill Layer filter to require a mixing partner.
    * [VIX-2528] - Compact the space the time line tree view takes up.
    * [VIX-2530] - Phoneme Mark collections linking improvements.



Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.5u1 Release Build 

** New Feature
    * [VIX-2179] - Add Location Support to the Picture Effect
    * [VIX-2478] - Add Location Support to the Video Effect

** Improvement
    * [VIX-2450] - Performance and Memory improvements to Effects Part 2
    * [VIX-2464] - Log the build/release version to the info logs on startup to aid in diagnostics.
    * [VIX-2468] - Change the Text effect visual representation on the timeline to show the users text.
    * [VIX-2473] - Have the installer prevent the user from choosing their Desktop or Windows folder for install paths.
    * [VIX-2474] - Change the Coundown effect visual representation on the timeline to show countdown values.
    * [VIX-2482] - Add grid orientation property for elements to influence effect orientation
    * [VIX-2485] - Restore some of the performance lost in the fix for VIX-2461
    * [VIX-2495] - Picture effect locations render performance improvement.

** Bug
    * [VIX-2461] - Save Error/crash during export sequence
    * [VIX-2466] - Lip-Sync effect is not properly ignoring case of the phonemes in Marks.
    * [VIX-2467] - The token replacement message box in the preview does not center parent.
    * [VIX-2469] - Vixen Crashing while ungrouping Custom Prop at preview editor 
    * [VIX-2475] - More than 20 items in show, rearranging doesn't work correctly
    * [VIX-2476] - Scheduler does not automatically start when it is enabled and Vixen is started.
    * [VIX-2477] - Lips-sync fill mark gaps adds overlapping rests where they should not be.
    * [VIX-2480] - Shapes effect fails to render when size is reduced to a low number.
    * [VIX-2481] - Picture effect stretch to grid was not added to the name and description descriptors
    * [VIX-2484] - Miscellaneous issues with Marks
    * [VIX-2487] - Beat bar detection causing crash
    * [VIX-2488] - Minimizing the OpenGL preview causes the preview to stop working.
    * [VIX-2492] - Video effect fails to render in 32 and 64 bit when not running from Visual Studio.
    * [VIX-2494] - Shapes effect can get into a state where it fails to render.



Release Notes - Vixen 3 - 3.5 Release Build 

** Bug
    * [VIX-496] - Issue with Undo/Redo in Sequencer
    * [VIX-928] - Pasting effects with no target crashes Vixen
    * [VIX-1889] - In the Snowflake effect, the flakes disappear as soon as part of them touch the bottom of the element instead if transitioning through.
    * [VIX-1928] - Alternating Effect.  Flashing on change
    * [VIX-1973] - Adding Pixel Star causes crash when using odd pixel counts
    * [VIX-1984] - Oval Ellipse / Copy Paste issue
    * [VIX-2199] - Grouping Error Button Options
    * [VIX-2205] - When you have same element in multiple groups visible and paste will paste twice as many.
    * [VIX-2233] - Add render overide for the Menu Seperator to the themetoolstriprender module
    * [VIX-2236] - Meteors effect blanks all elements when dropped on single element.
    * [VIX-2240] - Preset Libraries (Curve/Gradient) does not save correctly when removing/adding multiple items.
    * [VIX-2243] - Preview setup screen should have title bar text changed
    * [VIX-2246] - Video Effect 'Start Time (sec)' limited to 500
    * [VIX-2278] - Effect Time Editor Title 
    * [VIX-2289] - Vixen won't open
    * [VIX-2290] - Scheduler crashes Vixen and now it no longer restarts
    * [VIX-2315] - Intensity Layer not working for LipSync
    * [VIX-2345] - Add a help menu to the main Vixen form for online documentation.
    * [VIX-2348] - An empty draw threshold in the curve editor will cause Vixen to crash.
    * [VIX-2366] - Lyric Converter convert to clipboard message box uses wrong icon
    * [VIX-2370] - Add NumericalTextBox Control to Solution
    * [VIX-2371] - Correct various dependency issues within the projects that cause dependent libraries to be copied to local projects when they should not be.
    * [VIX-2372] - Clean up and organize massive TimedSequenceEditorForm.cs file
    * [VIX-2375] - The new check for updates can hang Vixen if the JIRA site is down or slow to respond.
    * [VIX-2378] - On some network connections, the app will hang in a race condition attempting to check for updates.
    * [VIX-2379] - LipSync Mapping Form Missing Icon
    * [VIX-2380] - LipSync Mapping Form Notes Box Anchoring
    * [VIX-2393] - Bugs and oddities in the new Custom Prop Editor.
    * [VIX-2395] - Imported discrete Custom Props require restart before preview will work.
    * [VIX-2399] - The new Order module and the Chroma Key module need project config fixes.
    * [VIX-2406] - The new lip-sync effect updates to use marks causes an issue effects to re-render each pass in the live preview in the editor.
    * [VIX-2410] - Regular lip-sync image effects that do not use marks are not rendering the image.
    * [VIX-2411] - There are a few bugs in the new marks bar logic that crash Vixen.
    * [VIX-2413] - Image object already in use errors in Lip-sync
    * [VIX-2416] - Lip-sync conversion error crashes Vixen
    * [VIX-2417] - Memory and performance optimizations. 
    * [VIX-2421] - Changes to the Scheduler do not save.
    * [VIX-2423] - Text effect "Repeat Text" checkbox only needs to be visible when Trigger is set to MarkCollections.
    * [VIX-2426] - Shapes effect size curve doesnt work
    * [VIX-2427] - If a Mark spans across multiple rows then resizing and context menu only work on the top row of that Mark.
    * [VIX-2428] - ChromaKey project reference to the color breakdown is specific to the x86 binary instead of the project itself. 
    * [VIX-2429] - Crash when adding effects that use the PulseRenderer on large element count props.
    * [VIX-2430] - Clean up broken dependency references and upgrade some outdated ones to current.
    * [VIX-2432] - Export is not working
    * [VIX-2433] - When I try to play my sequences the preview shows nothing in build 603.
    * [VIX-2434] - The Audio helper plugin build output points to the wrong directory.
    * [VIX-2436] - Wipe / Pulse effect gradient colors wrong
    * [VIX-2437] - Rapid edits on a curve in the effect editor can cause a crash.
    * [VIX-2440] - The xTiming import does not work correctly if there are more than one set of tracks in the file.
    * [VIX-2441] - The editor can crash of the user attempts to edit a very large amount of effects at the same time.
    * [VIX-2442] - The scheduler timer that checks for a show to start runs even when the scheduler is disabled.
    * [VIX-2445] - Shapes Effect Size Mode Label Spacing and Wording
    * [VIX-2446] - Gradient Editor has Unnecessary Horizontal Scroll Bar
    * [VIX-2448] - Files not dropping on timeline when file extension has any uppercase characters.
    * [VIX-2449] - The Check for updates throws an exception if the current release does not have an official release date.
    * [VIX-2453] - No need for the Count Down effect to have multiple gradient colors.
    * [VIX-2459] - Vixen crashes when trying to import some xLights models

** New Feature
    * [VIX-725] - OpenGL Output for 2D Preview
    * [VIX-799] - Add support to scale preview window
    * [VIX-812] - Add Zoom functionality to Vixen live preview window
    * [VIX-969] - Custom Prop Editor
    * [VIX-1040] - Add mixing filter for chroma key
    * [VIX-1041] - Add luma key mixing filter
    * [VIX-1094] - Zoom control for preview
    * [VIX-2244] - Ability to Drag and Drop Pictures or Video from a Windows folder onto the Timeline
    * [VIX-2264] - Create Countdown timer Effect
    * [VIX-2350] - Add check when Vixen loads to see if there are any Release or Build updates available
    * [VIX-2367] - Allow for stationary Bars Effect and variable speed options.
    * [VIX-2388] - Add a wizard to the Display setup to help add order properties to existing elements.
    * [VIX-2389] - Add options to the patching to utilize the new order properties.
    * [VIX-2404] - Add Shapes effect
    * [VIX-2409] - Add Mark Collections to Fireworks Effect
    * [VIX-2412] - Add Mark Collection to the Text Effect
    * [VIX-2414] - Add Mark Collection to the Alternating effect

** Improvement
    * [VIX-1008] - LipSync Map Assignment Load
    * [VIX-1920] - Add a mark at the beginning of selected effect(s)
    * [VIX-1950] - More gradient options for the Wipe effect
    * [VIX-2111] - Add the Information Web page links to the remaining effects that don't have it.
    * [VIX-2129] - Add Rotation and Font size curves to the Text effect
    * [VIX-2200] - Preview Zoom to 100%
    * [VIX-2203] - Seperate Preset Libraries to own Docking forms
    * [VIX-2227] - Enhance the profile zip wizard to omit the .lock file when exporting a profile.
    * [VIX-2250] - Show locked profile in profile selector
    * [VIX-2280] - Version Control grows out of control
    * [VIX-2308] - Update major libraries to the latest versions.
    * [VIX-2312] - Remove outdated controllers from the packaged product.
    * [VIX-2319] - Update QMLibrary Compiler, Libraries and Project Files
    * [VIX-2321] - Refine UI for Lip-Sync map setup
    * [VIX-2322] - Lip-Sync map image vs draw
    * [VIX-2326] - Create a process that will automatically update release notes for each development build from the JIRA tickets
    * [VIX-2329] - Update CMU Standard Phoneme Dictionary to 0.7b
    * [VIX-2346] - Add ignore intent if alone functionality to layer mixing filter interface
    * [VIX-2349] - Add access keys to display setup context menus
    * [VIX-2358] - Create an element creation helper for uneven patterned groups
    * [VIX-2359] - Add the ability to specify the string and pixel prefix names to the Display Element templates
    * [VIX-2365] - Picture effect movement options
    * [VIX-2368] - Change Intensity Overlay mixing filter so it doesn't return the high layer when there is no low layer state.
    * [VIX-2386] - Extend marks to allow for duration and text fields
    * [VIX-2396] - Explore the idea of a enhancement or new LipSync effect that can associate itself one of the new mark collections that represent phonomes..
    * [VIX-2397] - Add abilities to generate Lyric mark collections.
    * [VIX-2403] - Add the ability to import Papagayo voice tracks as Mark Collections
    * [VIX-2405] - Create a mechanism to do lip-sync maps on string type elements via properties.
    * [VIX-2408] - Mark editing enhancements
    * [VIX-2424] - Improve load performance of the editor with high element counts.
    * [VIX-2438] - Performance improvements part 2
    * [VIX-2439] - Add enhancement to the Lip-Sync effect to fill mark gaps with a rest face movement.
    * [VIX-2443] - Performance improvements to some of the Effects.
    * [VIX-2454] - Allow the user to switch off the light size scaling.
    * [VIX-2455] - The Order module references the ColorGradient module incorrectly and the PSC module has an incorrect output path.
    * [VIX-2456] - Add basic zoom function to the original preview. 



Release Notes - Vixen 3 - Version 3.4u3

Maintenance release 3 for version 3.4

** Bug
    * [VIX-1006] - Open dmx doesn't work on Windows 8 and 10 on 64 build
    * [VIX-2238] - If the preview viewer window is minimized when it is closed, then it will restore to a very small toolbar in the upper left corner instead of it's last size.
    * [VIX-2239] - If an effect fails to render, it can cause the rest of the effect not to play in the same sample interval because it throws an unhandled exception in the core engine.
    * [VIX-2252] - Unhandled exception on startup
    * [VIX-2262] - Snow build up is not linked to the snowflake intensity curve.
    * [VIX-2263] - Meteor ground level is not linked to the Meteor intensity curve. 


** Improvement
    * [VIX-2190] - Alternating Default Colors/Icon
    * [VIX-2232] - Add the ability to sort elements under a group in the Display setup.


Release Notes - Vixen 3 - Version 3.4u2

Maintenance release 2 for version 3.4

** Bug
    * [VIX-2182] - Crash when aligning effects to nearest mark in cultures that use a comma for a decimal separator.
    * [VIX-2183] - If the user modifies Display setup and then immediately closes it and the application, corruption of the module store configuration can occur. 
    * [VIX-2184] - Previews no longer display after linking elements
    * [VIX-2188] - Make some improvements and fix a few bugs that are related to templates in the preview setup.
    * [VIX-2193] - Zooming in on timeline will eventually cause an overflow exception.
    * [VIX-2194] - The Pixel 1 enhanced size from the preview setup stays in effect on the actual preview.
    * [VIX-2195] - Preview Alignment Buttons Don't Work on Custom Templates
    * [VIX-2198] - Snow fall accumulation effect doesn't build up as expected
    * [VIX-2202] - Unhandled exception error when exiting Setup Preview
    * [VIX-2207] - Applying Meteor ground level to existing effect consistently crashes Vixen
    * [VIX-2216] - Changing the enable/disable on the version control does not save unless you open the Display Setup or other area that saves the config.
    * [VIX-2218] - The export wizard will crash if a sequence in a previously saved export config is removed.


** Improvement
    * [VIX-1953] - Remember Individual Preview Window Size
    * [VIX-2008] - Preview window options
    * [VIX-2189] - Gradient Reverse Option
    * [VIX-2191] - Add ground surface to the Meteor Effect

** New Feature
    * [VIX-1922] - Add Always On Top for Preview Window
    * [VIX-2186] - Create accumulating snowfall effect for Mega tree



Vixen Release Notes - 3.4u1

Maintenance release 1 for version 3.4

** Bug
    * [VIX-2156] - Edit time glitch
    * [VIX-2157] - Delete key in the editor randomly quits working.
    * [VIX-2163] - Vixen crashes when dragging color from set level to color preset library
    * [VIX-2164] - Profile stays locked if there is only the default profile and Vixen does not shutdown cleanly.
    * [VIX-2169] - Display setup image buttons have annoying background hover color change. 
    * [VIX-2172] - If a sequence is resized smaller and there are effects beyond the end of it, they are not removed and can cause issues later on.
    * [VIX-2173] - The level slider on curves that are part of a gradient level pair will not stay active to grab and use them.


** Improvement
    * [VIX-2158] - Improve the way current preview templates are handled. 
    * [VIX-2159] - Change selection border color for dragboxfilter effect images
    * [VIX-2160] - The find effects function could have a column to indicate what layer the effect is in.
    * [VIX-2161] - A few more areas need high DPI fixes.
    * [VIX-2166] - Add hints in the Dimming curve setup to use a library curve. Add link to website for help.
    * [VIX-2176] - Enable multi edit on the depth of effect property.
    * [VIX-2178] - Create a means in the display setup to rename elements with a find and replace style mechanism.


Vixen Release Notes - 3.4

Initial release for the 2017 season.

** Bug
    * [VIX-408] - Scheduler processes a repeated sequence multiple times
    * [VIX-685] - Scheduler runs outside of specified hours
    * [VIX-951] - Change absolute paths in scheduler "show" to use relative paths.
    * [VIX-1113] - Pixel #1 indicator missing
    * [VIX-1127] - Web Server Internal Server Error Windows 10 playing sequence
    * [VIX-1134] - Export Sequence Close Button Mouse Hover
    * [VIX-1167] - Editing multipe effects of the same type won't allow color gradient change
    * [VIX-1902] - Mark manager active filter sticks
    * [VIX-1906] - Assigned layer display
    * [VIX-1909] - Extra Period in Export Sequence Form
    * [VIX-1915] - Scheduler Crashing
    * [VIX-1917] - Command Controller forces all http URLs to lowercase
    * [VIX-1926] - Delete Template Message Box
    * [VIX-1927] - Shockwave Effect doesnt work as expected.
    * [VIX-1933] - VU Meter & Vertical Meter not running when Sequence activated via Web Interface
    * [VIX-1940] - The Set Level effect does not properly handle intensity on discrete items declared with a non full brightness color.
    * [VIX-1944] - When I stopping a running show, Vixen exist completely 
    * [VIX-1946] - Web server sequence list returns all the backup sequences intermixed with the proper ones.
    * [VIX-1951] - Align to nearest visible mark
    * [VIX-1957] - Schedules that run past midnight may not stop as intended
    * [VIX-1958] - The Set Level effect does not properly handle intensity on full color items declared with a non full brightness color.
    * [VIX-1965] - Lights randomly turn off 
    * [VIX-1967] - Scheduler UI hangs while loading sequences.
    * [VIX-1970] - Fix bug in the scheduler that launch commands will hang a show.
    * [VIX-1982] - LipSync Text Convert Fail Form Caption
    * [VIX-1988] - More work needs to be done to allow sequences across multiple shows to be loaded once.
    * [VIX-2003] - Mask and Fill Setup Form Caption
    * [VIX-2012] - Curtain incorrect Direction in Timeline when reopening a sequence
    * [VIX-2013] - Lock file prevents Profile from Opening afte crash
    * [VIX-2017] - The up next feature in the scheduler status shows items that are not scheduled to play today.
    * [VIX-2022] - The location render buffer does not handle elements with the same location very well.
    * [VIX-2030] - Pixel one does not light up in yellow on some preview object.
    * [VIX-2032] - Profile not showing up on development build 
    * [VIX-2058] - The setup preview form does not honor the preview on off state when editing a preview.
    * [VIX-2085] - Gradients added to the library do not save.
    * [VIX-2096] - Selecting multiple effects of the same type will cause a crash.
    * [VIX-2097] - New Meteor and Snowflake effects added to a sequence will not load after saving.
    * [VIX-2098] - Multi editing effects with a list of gradients throws errors because they cannot be properly merged for edit.
    * [VIX-2104] - Mark Manager crashes on exit when there is no audio.
    * [VIX-2106] - Alt + Click Direction Curve crashes Vixen
    * [VIX-2107] - Drag and drop between inline curves leaves source curve in a editing state.
    * [VIX-2112] - Pinwheel Inlinecurve Scale conversion is wrong 
    * [VIX-2113] - Shockwave effect Y axis conversion to inlinecurve is incorrect
    * [VIX-2114] - Check all Effects that use Integer inlinecurve calulation.
    * [VIX-2117] - Inline gradient and curve editor bugs
    * [VIX-2118] - Drag Box Filter menu icon has no indication if it's on
    * [VIX-2122] - When saving sequence vixen shuts down.(3.3u2 build #305)
    * [VIX-2123] - Delete Elements also deleted any selected Marks
    * [VIX-2130] - Curtain effect when configured to Close - Open doesn't save correctly
    * [VIX-2131] - Curtain Effect finishes when swag hits edge
    * [VIX-2133] - Pinwheel Effect debug config points output to 64 bit folder.
    * [VIX-2135] - The Balls effect has incorrect debug output targets.
    * [VIX-2136] - The wipe effect does not properly account for many closely placed elements.
    * [VIX-2137] - Pulse renderer does not render full color items if included in discrete groups.
    * [VIX-2138] - fresh install first run failed
    * [VIX-2139] - Changes to add more contrast to arrows under VIX-2119 don't draw arrows correct directions.
    * [VIX-2140] - Picture effect throws an error when a newly added effect is switched to a file vs the embedded types.
    * [VIX-2142] - If the Plasma effect is set to locations on a single string, it will not render and throw an exception.
    * [VIX-2143] - Picture effect - Peekaboo 90, 180 and 270 displays a mirrored image.
    * [VIX-2148] - The RDS controller creates the web request, but does not actually send it.
    * [VIX-2149] - If an effect with a layer associated to it is copied into a sequence without a similar layer, the paste operation will crash the app.
    * [VIX-2150] - Issue with the speed setting on the Ball Effect
    * [VIX-2154] - In the color property setup form, when a new color is added, it defaults to white, however the way the color is created is not the same as it is in other places and can lead to color match issues.


** Improvement
    * [VIX-715] - Save on Preview Setup
    * [VIX-953] - Provide File Locking / Sharing for Network Sharing of Profiles
    * [VIX-1086] - Add description and more info link to Picture effect
    * [VIX-1103] - Star Smart Object defaults to odd angle.
    * [VIX-1142] - Add End Time to Effect Time Editor
    * [VIX-1885] - Alternate effect needs depth option
    * [VIX-1895] - Bulk exporter
    * [VIX-1908] - Option to remove/ignore punctuation in Lip Sync Text Convert.
    * [VIX-1912] - Clear Text to Convert Text Box After Lip Sync Conversion
    * [VIX-1913] - LipSync Start Offset Move
    * [VIX-1936] - Custom value effect needs to render something-anything on the timeline
    * [VIX-1938] - Increase the Max Amount of Rotations
    * [VIX-1939] - LipSync Text Converter Whole Song
    * [VIX-1947] - Mask And Fill Layer mixer needs option to include zero values.
    * [VIX-1979] - Allow multiple instances of Vixen to load different profiles. 
    * [VIX-1980] - Improve when system and module configuration is saved.
    * [VIX-1986] - Scroll to New Item Created with Add Element/Controller
    * [VIX-1989] - Adjust labels on Scheduler menu
    * [VIX-1991] - Upgrade version of NLog used to a current version.
    * [VIX-1992] - Display Setup performance improvments.
    * [VIX-1994] - Upgrade the version of the web server libraries to the current stable versions.
    * [VIX-1995] - Investigate and enable the debug build targets for all projects.
    * [VIX-1996] - Upgrade the project to target .NET 4.6 instead of 4.5.
    * [VIX-1997] - Upgrade the Dock panel suite used in the editor to the latest stable version.
    * [VIX-1998] - Clean up unused references in the projects.
    * [VIX-1999] - Improve logging in the Generic Serial controller 
    * [VIX-2004] - Serialization improvements
    * [VIX-2005] - Core engine performance improvements
    * [VIX-2018] - Add web interface command to turn OFF all elements at once
    * [VIX-2019] - Process many elements at once in api/element/on and api/element/off WEB API POST calls
    * [VIX-2033] - New curve editor control for Effect Editor Pane
    * [VIX-2034] - Pinwheel Effect: convert level parameters to support curves.
    * [VIX-2036] - Improve the startup render times in the Editor
    * [VIX-2041] - Add Curve Support to Garlands Effect
    * [VIX-2042] - Add Curve Support to Life Effect
    * [VIX-2043] - Add Curve Support to Meteors Effect
    * [VIX-2044] - Add Curve Support to Picture Effect
    * [VIX-2045] - Add Curve Support to Plasma Effect
    * [VIX-2046] - Add Curve Support to Shockwave Effect
    * [VIX-2047] - Add Curve Support to Snowflakes Effect
    * [VIX-2048] - Add Curve Support to Snowstorm Effect
    * [VIX-2049] - Add Curve Support to Spiral effect
    * [VIX-2050] - Add Curve Support to Spirograph Effect
    * [VIX-2051] - Add Curve Support to Text Effect
    * [VIX-2053] - Add Curve Support to Video Effect
    * [VIX-2054] - Change order of String Setup properties in Location Based effects
    * [VIX-2056] - Do we really need String Count and Pixel Count in the String Setup section of the effect editor?
    * [VIX-2057] - Butterfly Effect: Gradient should be hidden when Color Scheme is Rainbow.
    * [VIX-2059] - Garlands Effect: Speed/iterations params should immediately follow movement type
    * [VIX-2063] - Picture Effect: FIle name and Embedded Pictures should be mutually exclusive
    * [VIX-2064] - Picture Effect: Color Gradient should appear directly below the color effect param
    * [VIX-2065] - Plasma Effect Color type labels
    * [VIX-2066] - Shockwave effect: alter effect behavior to reduce start and end param pairs to a single curve
    * [VIX-2067] - Snowflake effect param labels & Random Max and Min Direction
    * [VIX-2068] - Snowflake Effect: Move color type param to color section
    * [VIX-2069] - Snowstorm effect:  Move color type param to color section.
    * [VIX-2071] - Spiral Effect: Move Vertical Blend param to color section.
    * [VIX-2072] - Spiral Effect: 3D option should change fade direction with the movement direction.
    * [VIX-2073] - Text Effect: Change Y Offset Label to Vertical Offset
    * [VIX-2075] - Text Effect:  Change text mode label
    * [VIX-2077] - Audio Param Order for all audio effects
    * [VIX-2078] - Add ability to Invert and Reverse Curve in the Editor Dock
    * [VIX-2079] - Add /api/element/groupoff to the Web API 
    * [VIX-2081] - Spiral Effect: When no direction is selected, Iterations should be hidden.
    * [VIX-2082] - Garlands Effect - Refactor label and descriptions to use the common resource file.
    * [VIX-2083] - Add modifiers to adjust curve in Curve Form and Effect Editor.
    * [VIX-2084] - Update sequence grid context menu.
    * [VIX-2086] - Refactor the new inline curve editor to be more reusable like the gradient editor.
    * [VIX-2087] - Add Marks to the undo_redo manager.
    * [VIX-2092] - Meteor & Snowflakes: remove random checkbox and adjust curve default
    * [VIX-2100] - Mark and Preset Forms - Change Toolstrip images and minor updates.
    * [VIX-2101] - Improve multi-edit functions. 
    * [VIX-2102] - The Random Intensity tool tip in the Meteors effect has a misspelling.
    * [VIX-2103] - Split command controller into seperate RDS and Launcher controllers.
    * [VIX-2115] - Add a level slider to the new inline curve editor to make adjusting a level easier and similar to the previous level sliders.
    * [VIX-2119] - Drop down arrows in main menu needs more contrast.
    * [VIX-2124] - Convert Hue property in the Fire effect to an inlinecurve.
    * [VIX-2127] - Increase the rotation range on the Spiral effect.
    * [VIX-2141] - Make allowances to try and copy some layer information between sequences or even profiles.
    * [VIX-2145] - Enable the multi edit feature on the gradient pairs in the Alternate now that support exists for it.
    * [VIX-2146] - When the application loads, the previews will most times end up on top of the main application screen.

** New Feature
    * [VIX-640] - Invert/reverse in context menu
    * [VIX-843] - Export Default
    * [VIX-949] - Add depth level to alternate effect
    * [VIX-1132] - Find Patched Elements/Outputs Scroll
    * [VIX-1146] - Request to add Location support to Curtain effect
    * [VIX-1919] - add extend pulse to end/start to wipe effect
    * [VIX-2026] - Add Location support to the Pinwheel effect.
    * [VIX-2035] - Create New Effect editor Gradient Control
    * [VIX-2061] - Meteors Effect: Move Color Type to Color section
    * [VIX-2062] - Meteors Effect, explode doesn't seem to start from the center
    * [VIX-2093] - Create new border effect
    * [VIX-2099] - Add Find Effects Form to Sequence editor
    * [VIX-2108] - Create new Circles Effect
    * [VIX-2110] - Create new Ball Effect
    * [VIX-2144] - Preview Location Offset Support
    * [VIX-2147] - Warn users if they attempt to install Vixen into a destination that appears to be one of their profile folders.


Vixen Release Notes - 3.3u2

General

* Maintenance release for Vixen 3.3u1

Bug Fixes / Features by ticket

VIX-1886 The keyboard tick increment for the slider in the effect editor is to small to be useful.
VIX-1883 Enter a non letter in the Add Multiple Elements Form in Display Setup Crashes Vixen
VIX-1880 Extend pulse to start/end in chase with multi color gradient only sees the first color on discrete items.
VIX-1873 Numerous areas in code that loops through all Rows and doesnt need to.
VIX-1871 Maximum number of display recent squences
VIX-1870 Description for the low and high pass filters are opposite to what it should be. Audio Effect
VIX-1868 Config does not duplicate channel count
VIX-1866 The Set Level effect can create intents on elements in a group that do not support the selected color.
VIX-1865 LipSync matrix images dim
VIX-1863 The Chase, Spin and Wipe effects can have issues with high element counts and shorter durations
VIX-1862 Expanded element row does not retain change in row height
VIX-1861 Vixen 3.3u1 Crash on Render Scheduled Sequence Show
VIX-1860 Have Vixen make a backup copy of the config files before saving a new version of them.
VIX-1859 Vixen crashing when loading music with non-ascii characters
VIX-1170 High DPI and scaling issues in the Display setup.
VIX-1169 Hitting enter in one of the Text Lines boxes causes the text entry box to disappear in the Text effect
VIX-1168 The new audio effects do not work when played in a show scheduled in Vixen
VIX-1165 Vixen crashes if the universe configuration is edited while the controller is stopped.
VIX-1164 Picture Effect Bug
VIX-1162 Brightness Curve on Alternating Effect does not give the results I expected
VIX-1161 Using a garland on a grid with a Down Direction does not use all the rows
VIX-1157 In the new Meteors effect, the meteors disappear as soon as the head of it reaches the end of the element rather than when the tail reaches it.
VIX-1156 Hot keys for alginment to marks
VIX-1155 Adding RGB color handling creates 5 channels instead of 3
VIX-1152 Text effect does not honor the effect level curve when rendered by strings.
VIX-1150 Add Shift+Spacebar to directly add Marks when sequence is playing.
VIX-327 Show Pause for (seconds) not working

Vixen Release Notes - 3.3u1

General

* Maintenance release for Vixen 3.3

Bug Fixes / Features by ticket

VIX-1140 Tooltip for the Nudge has Milliseconds spelt as Miniseconds
VIX-1138 Unable to ZIP up the Default profile when no other profiles have been created.
VIX-1133 error when opening a sequence
VIX-1130 Paste Effect To Marks
VIX-1129 Create a Shockwave type effect
VIX-1128 Context Menu in the Link Elements Form is not the Dark Theme
VIX-1125 Control+Click Cloning doesn't copy layer
VIX-1124 Sequence Editor Context Menu Paste Icon
VIX-1121 Some of the effects that support Location does not retain the hidden String Orientation when loading sequence
VIX-1117 Mega Tree Setup Control form redesign
VIX-1116 Add degree offset to preview Megatree
VIX-1114 Add audio support to Firework effect
VIX-1112 Pixel Grid intial lights per string incorrectly displayed
VIX-1111 Preview Points not displaying correctly (Arch, Pixel Grid)
VIX-1109 Clean up a few left over memory issues.
VIX-1107 Issue with Meteor effect when Meteor direction is set to Random Direction
VIX-1106 Typo RainBow vs Rainbow
VIX-1105 Intensity overlay on Twinkle effect not working as expected
VIX-1102 Video doesn't play at proper speed
VIX-1101 Window name not intuative
VIX-1099 Snowflake Effect gets stuck
VIX-1097 Butterfly and Bars effect both have location based rendering issues.
VIX-1096 Maintain Circle while drawing ellipse in preview
VIX-1095 Effect Names
VIX-1092 Add Location support to the Text Effect
VIX-1070 Row expansion settings not restoring properly
VIX-1049 Close Preview MessageBox Buttons
VIX-1031 Vixen2 Import Forms Theme
VIX-869 Reversing elements in Setup
VIX-672 need ability to change start point for pixel ellipse
VIX-670 Expand / Collapse / All
VIX-646 sequence editor transport controls
VIX-615 set level: multiple discrete colors.

Vixen Release Notes - 3.3

Features

* Significant performance improvements throughout the application. 
* Layering support has been added to define how effects mix in a sequence.
* Many more Nutcracker effects have been ported to more full featured Vixen type effects. See tickets below for details. 
* Several more effects have gained Location support.

General

* Improvements to handle high DPI displays better. 
* Many usability enhancements and general UI polish.

Installer
* Changes to handle installs on Win 10 and not try to install .NET 4.5.2 as Win 10 comes with 4.6.

Deprecation notice

* The consolidated Nutcracker effect has been deprecated and will no longer be supported. Existing effects will continue to work, but efforts should be 
made to migrate to the newer standalone versions of the individual effects.


Bug Fixes / Features by ticket

VIX-1093 Alternating effect issue with discrete colors
VIX-1090 FireWorks effect always shows a pixel ON at 0,0 coordinates at frame 0.
VIX-1087 Audio effect issue with discrete colors
VIX-1083 Speed of the Snowflake and Meteor effects is not fast enough for large matrix
VIX-1082 An unexpected error occured while drawing the grid
VIX-1080 Effect: Garland - up/down is reversed
VIX-1078 Twinkle effect static color has transparent color as the old default was empty
VIX-1077 new meteor effect - meteors not evenly distributed
VIX-1076 Vixen 3 Crashed when clicking in the Layers window
VIX-1075 Pinwheel Center Start
VIX-1074 Dev 209 Random Crashes
VIX-1073 V3 Dev build not starting when loading data from released version
VIX-1071 Add Location Positioning option to the new Plasma effect
VIX-1069 Exception in TimelineGrid.OnPaint() System.ArgumentException: Value of '-2147483648' is not valid for 'alpha'.
VIX-1067 Add Location support to Butterfly effect
VIX-1066 Add Location support to Bars effect
VIX-1065 Add Location support to Colorwash effect
VIX-1063 Add a Description field to the effect editor for effects that may need it.
VIX-1061 Cut Copy Paste order on Editor shortcut menu
VIX-1060 Existing Previews no longer open and Vixen crashes
VIX-1059 Show current layer in layer selection menu
VIX-1058 Create new Plasma effect
VIX-1057 Auto-save after scrolling
VIX-1055 Editor Minimized Crash
VIX-1052 Create new Pinwheel effect
VIX-1048 Effect Preview not following Layer settings
VIX-1047 Default Layer Type
VIX-1046 Make some minor improvements to the Mark Collections Docker
VIX-1045 A few issues I have found with the newest dev release
VIX-1042 Investigate preview drawing to check if it's double dimming.
VIX-1039 New Multiply Color Mixing Filter
VIX-1035 Make Improvements to the Firework effect.
VIX-1033 New Firework effect doesn't seem to honor explosion count
VIX-1030 The Discrete Color Picker still has the old theme
VIX-1029 Firework effect does not work after changing the number of Explosions to 100
VIX-1024 Random crash when zooming in and out quickly.
VIX-1023 Preview Pixel Grid Smart Object Size
VIX-1017 Create Native Spirograph Effect based off the Nutcracker one in Vixen
VIX-1016 Create Native Life Effect based off the Nutcracker one in Vixen
VIX-1013 SnowFlake Effect doesn't perform the same as the Nutcracker SnowFlack effect does.
VIX-1004 Create Native Color Wash Effect based off the Nutcracker one in Vixen.
VIX-1003 When creating a new sequence the start and end time on the time line is set to 00:00:00
VIX-992 Create Native Glediator Effect based off the Nutcracker one in Vixen
VIX-987 Create Native Curtain Effect based off the Nutcracker one in Vixen
VIX-986 The new feature to save row expansion has random bug in saving.
VIX-985 Save the play from location in the ruler.
VIX-983 Terminology consistency for grid/matrix related items
VIX-982 Save dialog doesn't appear if only the Row height was changed and user exits the sequencer.
VIX-981 Display Setup Additonal Buttons
VIX-979	3.2u2 crashes when choosing font for Text effect
VIX-978 Vixen 3.2u2 Crashes/freezes with firework effect
VIX-977 Update the Picture Effect to include the Nutcracker Picture Tiles.
VIX-976 Create Native Video Effect based off the Nutcracker one in Vixen.
VIX-975 Create Native Meteor Effect based off the Nutcracker one in Vixen.
VIX-974 Deleting and Adding Timeline Marks
VIX-973 Minor Improvements to Sequence editor Timeline Panel
VIX-972 Align Effects to Marks
VIX-966 Remove the "Configure" sub menu under "Web Server" menu in the Vixen Main App Form
VIX-954 unable to open new or saved sequence
VIX-947 Add alignment tool for both start and end to marks
VIX-946 Increase limit on align to marks tool
VIX-944 Add additional header info to FPP exported files
VIX-933 Add ability to adjust individual mark weight.
VIX-920 Installed modules screen columns don't line up with headers.
VIX-914 When zooming in\out using CTRL-Scroll, keep mouse timeline position
VIX-913 Set row sizes
VIX-906 Vixen crash after deleting an empty collection in Mark manager
VIX-904 Vixen name on main admin window is Black
VIX-894 Enhancement request to twinkle effect
VIX-892 Change RGB Pixel order
VIX-890 Stop trying to install .Net 4.5.2 on Windows 10
VIX-887 High-DPI Scaling issue with Vixen
VIX-875 Generic Numbered Group wizard naming improvement
VIX-874 Add Multiple Screen should have "endless" checked by default
VIX-872 Vixen crashes with attempted zoom in
VIX-871 Add date stamp to show scheduler log.
VIX-867 feature request for meteor effect
VIX-850 Beat Mark Manager: Playback delay & Jump to start of track
VIX-843 Export Default
VIX-742 Add fit to time on effects
VIX-649 Friday is part of weekend and weekday
VIX-641 Mouse scroll wheel zoom rows
VIX-622 Preview exit methods behave differently
VIX-540 Shortcuts in Display do not work - Cntrl C, V, X do not work in the main Display module
VIX-528 Restructuring of Nutcracker effects
VIX-483 Request for 2 Vixen 2 Effects - Waveform and Frequency Spectrum



Vixen Release Notes - 3.2u2

Features / Fixes

General

o Improvments to the dark theme including using the OS font and forms that had some background colors missed or set incorrectly. 
o Changes to the memory use calculation on the main admin form to better reflect CLR memory use.
o Add profile name to the main form. 
o Some basic work to help support larger fonts and DPI scaling. 
o Enable Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V shortcuts in the display setup element tree.
o Improve memory usage in the export process.
o Fix missing sections in the export files. 
o Improvments in the output filter chain to reduce the number of new objects created. This improves overall performance and throughput.

Bug Fixes / Features by ticket

* VIX-878	crash when deleting "gradient stop"
* VIX-866	Lipsync crashes with more than 1 grouped elements
* VIX-860	Export Very Slow
* VIX-856	Dark Theme on streaming acn form needs more adjustment
* VIX-851	Vixen crashes when deleting Universes from controller
* VIX-849	Export to fseq


Vixen Release Notes - 3.2u1

Features / Fixes

General
o Improved logging by rotating files daily. The V2 import gets its own log file to keep things more organized. NAming convention improved.
o Finished the dark theme work in the remainder of the application.

Sequencer
o New shortcut key to toggle the element tree open. T will open/close the selected Element. Ctrl T will traverse down opening/closing the full tree from the selected element.
o Add shortcut keys for three of the context menu alignment functions. These will work when more than one element is selected in the time line and the mouse is hovered over one of the selected elements.
      S         Align Start times of the selected elements to the key element under the hover.
      S + Shift Align Start times of the selected elements holding the duration to the key element under the hover.
      E         Align End times of the selected elements to the key element under the hover.
      E + Shift Align End times of the selected elements holding the duration to the key element under the hover.
      B         Align both start and end times of the selected elements to the key element under the hover.
* Fixes to the status message on Curve, Color, Gradient drop operations.
* Fixes to certain undo operations that could cause effects to not delete correctly.
* Make the Undo/Redo shortcut keys respond across the editor and not just when the timeline has focus.
* Improvments to the alignment tags in the undo descriptions to be more descriptive. 
* Fixes to the window location saving routines to better handle multiple monitors and minimize situations.
* Fixes to the new effect editor for effects that have text entry in collectiosn like the Text effect to update on pressing enter.
* Fix to the editor form to allow the spacebar to activate the play/stop function when it has focus as it does on other forms.
* Performance improvements when clicking from effect to effect because of unnecessary events firing and causing the new editor to refresh numerous times.

Effects
o Enabled basic color support beyond the default white in the Candle Flicker effect.
o Add level curves for the text color and the base color in the new Text effect.
* Fix a bug in the Launcher effect that would cause errors if it was not dropped on a leaf element.
* Fix a bug in the Nutcracker Glediator that was not picking up the proper file path.
* Fix initialization bug in the lyric value that can cause a null exception in the editor.

Scheduler
* Fix issue with the status window not being visible on the screen.

Display Setup
* Fixes to the name generator for to solve the issue with the buttons being cut off on some laptops.

Display Preview
o Introduction of basic undo/redo support.
* Fix an issue that would cause a crash if no items are selected and the create template was selected.

Installer
* Changes to try and remove old modules that are no longer used to prevent issues when upgrading from an older version.


Bug Fixes / Features by ticket
* VIX-848 Dev build 131 configure display
* VIX-847 Update Undo/Redo Button Dropdown to the new theme.
* VIX-845 Issue when copying and pasting a line.
* VIX-844 When zoomed in or out pasting an object will not paste to the mouse position
* VIX-842 Vixen 2 Ch. Mapping: Duplicate Channels when importing sequence containing both Channels and Profile entries
* VIX-841 Very Slow Response after working on sequence, Constant Not Responding Message
* VIX-840 Ok/cancel buttons don't show on add/edit multiple on low res monitors
* VIX-839 Importing Vixen 2.1 Sequence or Profile with missing channel names fails
* VIX-834 When selecting the different strings within a Group, strings with no name are displayed as blank,
* VIX-833 Apply color collection bug
* VIX-831 Beat Manager - Tapping Beat crashes Vixen
* VIX-830 Program crashes when trying to manipulate multiple,identical effects across multiple elements
* VIX-829 Default gradient in new butterfly effect has invalid color setup.
* VIX-828 Color gradient add crash, repeat of VIX-809
* VIX-824 Display setup, checking patch points no longer works.
* VIX-819 Bars effect, 3D and highlight missing when set.
* VIX-816 Rework Color Theme on all Vixen Forms and add user selectable/custom Themes.
* VIX-811 Crash creating new curve
* VIX-808 Rework color scheme on various forms of the Setup Preview to be an interim solution to the darker theme.
* VIX-788 Vixen sequence page segfaults tries to recover faults again
* VIX-743 Opening app, Admin window should be on top.
* VIX-282 Add undo to the preview setup





Vixen Release Notes 3.2

Features

General
.NET 4.5.2 upgrade.

Sequencer
* Brand new modern docking effect editor.
* Live effect preview while editing. See the effect play as you edit it in the real preview.
* More in depth drag and drop support for Colors, Curves, and Color Gradients. Drag any of them from the preset libraries to the timeline on an effect or into the new editor. 
* Much better undo/redo support for effect properties. 
* Built in Beats and Bars detection using the Vamp Queen Mary plugins.
* New Dark Theme to provide a better editing experience.

Effects
* The monolithic Nutcracker module has been retired.
* 8 revamped Nutracker inspired effects targeting pixel props. More to come in future releases.
o Bars - Supports Vixen gradients, intensity curves and fits in the effect time.
o Butterfly - New types added plus support for Vixen gradients, intensity curves and fits into the effect time.
o Fire - Has color Hue support and intensity.
o Fireworks
o Picture 
o Snowflakes - Supports intensity curve.
o Spiral - Supports Vixen gradients, intensity curves and fits in the effect time.
o Text - Huge overhaul. Supports gradients, unlimited phrases, background color, more orientations and ways to apply the gradient.
* Alternating - This effect has been updated to support more than two colors. 

Profile
* Media resources are now contained within the profile making the profile more portable by just copying it. Old profiles are migrated forward to support this.
* Profile zip wizard has been updated and now works much better and supports excluding the media folder.

Bug Fixes / Features by ticket
* VIX-815 Intensity Curve
* VIX-813 Alternating Effect v108
* VIX-810 App Crash 108 creating new sequence
* VIX-807 Effect preview Build 108
* VIX-805 error while selecting several elements at one time
* VIX-804 open program click anything in menu bar it errors and closesd
* VIX-800 Crash when clicking Color in Effect Editor
* VIX-798 Copy to New functionality for Elements
* VIX-797 vixen dev build 103 closes down
* VIX-795 VC++ redistributable needs added to ISS
* VIX-793 Create a new Dockable Effect Editor.
* VIX-786 Setup new preview generates fatal error
* VIX-783 Profile work to clean up full path references.
* VIX-779 Missing Sequencer
* VIX-777 Nutcracker Meteor effect color issues
* VIX-776 NC speed settings
* VIX-775 Fire NC effect color
* VIX-771 Be able to select Multiple Mark Collections for deletion.
* VIX-739 Invalid time balloon covers controls
* VIX-737 reduced Timing speed doesn't work when looped
* VIX-736 Add intelligent Beat/Bar Detection (aka Queen Mary Plugins)
* VIX-735 Mark manger can crash Vixen when no audio has been added.
* VIX-732 Tab Order on all Forms require checking and re-ordering
* VIX-728 Add a different color per line and improve text position for Text Effect in Nutcracker
* VIX-711 Preview Screen needs an icon
* VIX-700 Inconsistent support of Default keys in dialog boxes
* VIX-695 Twinkle Configuration causes preview to freeze
* VIX-694 Twinkle misspelled
* VIX-669 Couple of minor Issues with Show setup form in Scheduler/Show Editor
* VIX-661 Notice of inability to connect
* VIX-653 E.131 Configuration
* VIX-645 Name Generation Form revisions
* VIX-628 Display Setup UI Cleanup
* VIX-571 SACN controller start values should auto populate
* VIX-453 Unable to configure Universe 1 in E1.31 controller
* VIX-356 Web pages very slow to load and sometimes don't work
* VIX-345 Alternating effect can benefit from more colors
* VIX-342 Upon loading on a new computer, should prompt if network interfaces are not available
* VIX-222 Twinkle effect editor tab stops all out of whack


Vixen Release Notes 3.1 (update 2)
Features
Preview
* Added an option to use the selection box as CAD Style (VIX-617)
* When ON, dragging right to left selections any effects within the box.
* Dragging left to right only selects effects that are contained in the box in whole.

Effects
* Extended Chase: This allows a chase to hold the last color / intensity of the pulse to the end or extend it back to the start.
* Nutcracker: Huge amount of improvements to bring it more in line with Xlights. New effects/features:
* Curtain - Simulates a stage curtain opening or closing.
* Bars - Added more of the missing direction options. Some of these mirror what could have happened by using Horizontal or Vertical orientation.
* Butterfly - Added the reverse direction.
* Picture - Added animated gif support and scaling options. Added other direction options like Peekaboo, Wiggle, Diagonals.*
* Text - Added 2 more lines of text and center stop.
* Twinkle - Updated to have the adjustable step and strobe features.
* Added Candy cane as an option to the preview.
* Preview reflects when the string orientation is changed from Horizontal to Vertical instead of always showing the vertical version.
* Add tooltip hovers on some of the sliders to indicate their values.

Bug Fixes
Preview
* Changes to the element link dialog in the preview to prevent standard strings from losing their elements.
* Unassigned Event Handler was trying to be called and causing an error when adding a new Color Handling in the Display Setup. (VIX-600)
* Fixed saving PolyLine links with standard strings
* Fixed alignment tools for megatrees in the preview.

Sequencer
* Fixed issue with playback in Mark Manager. (VIX-602)
* Fixed a bug in the rendering progress bar logic that could cause it to hang in an incomplete state.
* Fixed an issue where effects would render multiple times (unnecessarily).
* Fix some display issues with stacking effects and row heights in the sequence editor.
* Fixed a missing detection of a modified sequence when the length of the sequence is changed.
* Fixed some issues with crashes when using looping.

Effects
* Fixed for memory overflows in the Twinkle during certain settings that would allow it to create to many twinkles.
* Spin: Fixed a bug that would cause the fill color to be missing if the spin is applied at higher level groups.
* Nutcracker:
* Fixed many of the issues with selecting horizontal vs vertical on some effects that would cause crashing.
* General performance tune ups to make the better use of memory.
* Fix locked file issue in the picture and picture tile effects that can happen when switching back and forth.
* Fix a bug that would not properly show the selected font in the Text effect.
* Fix an issue that would cause the picture tiles to be drawn backwards.
* Fix bugs around determining the string count in multi level grouping.
* Chase: fixed a bug that would cause the last pulse in a chase that is using a gradient over the range of elements to render with the wrong portion of the gradient.
* Prevent empty results from being added when the pulse results in 0 values on discrete gradients.

Controllers
* Improved the way virtual serial ports are handed/found (VIX-624 ).
* Improved exception hanlding of serial port scanning routine. 
* Fix E1.31 display setup screen font corruption

Scheduler
* Fixed an issue with crashes/locks when using looped shows/schedules. 



Vixen Release Notes * 3.1 (update 1)
Features
Sequence Editor
* Changed the function of the Draw/Resize indicator menu items so that if it is off and a color is picked it will turn the indicator on.
* Show a check mark next to the selected color.
* Added border to gradient bitmaps in preset library panel.
* Add Undo Redo Shortcuts.

Preview
* Added "Reverse Elements in This String" to the preview linking dialog box.
* Added ability to copy/paste multiple items in the preview.
* Added ability to set up the star with single strings.
* Changed the way the preview toolbar works:
* Click on a prop on the toolbar. It will remain sticky until unselected.
* Draw multiple shapes. You must press select to get out of "draw" mode.
* The escape key can also be pressed to select the select tool.
* Multi-point shapes are created the same way by pressing escape to create the shape. The second escape will cancel the tool.

Export/Import
* Added the ability to re-order the controller list by drag and drop the Export controller list

Main Application
* Added a feature to reverse the elements in a list of elements prior to patching.

Bug Fixes
Sequence Editor
* Fix for too many effects stacked in one place.
* Changed Alignment helpers to no more than 4 selected effects per row. (Disables  it from Context menu if so.)
* Fixed issue that when using the mark manager to paste effects to beat marks, if the active row was selected rather than highlighted, all of the created effects would be stacked up on top of each other.
* Fix zooming bug if the zoom out was used and the grid was scrolled all the way to the end.
* Gradient editor: corrected editor caption.
* Gradient editor: make sure that double click action is on a fader, not just the control Would cause crash due to no active fader if you double clicked anywhere in the control except a fader.
* Fixed a bug in the waveform control that could cause the samples list to be partially populated and crash the editor (with some higher sample audio files). (VIX-583)

Main Application
* Minor fixes to the profile manager to better check for duplicate names and folders, suggesting data folder based on the name when adding new profile, and checks to make sure data folder is a valid path.
* Make some changes to allow controllers to maintain an ordered list (VIX-504).
* Tweak the simple patching window panes in the middle so it re-sizes better when the overall form is stretched. Longer controller names may not fit when trying to identify patch points.

Preview
* Fixed the starting PAN location in the preview.
* Modified the rectangle preview object to recognize elements laid out in the proper groupings to create the window with drag-n-drop. 
* Fixed the counter-clockwise rotation of the rectangle to update when selected.
* Fixed the layout of the grips on the starburst in the preview. Sometimes the bottom left and/or top right grips would be in the wrong location.
* Fixed resize in the MultiString and the PolyLine in preview.
* Fixed resize of custom props in preview when zoomed.
* Fixed multiple copy/paste and zoom issues.
* Changed the algorithm for drawing the PolyLine. This should prevent a reported bug AND allow clicking all kinds of close points to get the line shape you want.
* Changed max zoom to 200% if the process is 32 bit.
* Fixed icicle linking problems (VIX-577)
* Fixed standard Starburst linking problems (VIX-565)
* Fixed Pixels having different colors depending on their linking and selection status.

Export/Import
* Fixed a problem with calculating the number of V2 Elements when the V2 sequence is not an integral of the sequence interval time.
* V2 Import: Properly handle and report issues with additional channels assigned to an RGB element.
* V2 Import: Fixed missing ability to set the order of the RGB colors in the channel assignments.
* Corrected Audio Filename Bug in Helix and Vix2 Export, and array alignment issue
* Corrected one other alignment issue with Vix2 export
* Corrected FPP bug where headers other than 50ms are written incorrectly (VIX-591)

LipSync Module
* Corrected issue where LipSync matrix in Horizontal orientation would miss one row in the display
* Removed Up/Down Left/Right checkbox on Lipsync Matrix Editor
* Changed column numbering, added warning to user if Matrix Orientation is changed
* Lip sync map now saves when the editor is closed vs when the Admin dialog box is closed



Vixen Release Notes 3.1
New Features
Main Application
* Profile Zip Wizard.  This tool allows the user to select a profile, and all of the selected data and zip it in a file to the user*s choice destination folder.
Sequence Editor
* Lip Sync Feature.  This tool allows lighted animation elements to be described and sequenced by the user.
* Supports single String, Pixel String, and Pixel Matrix Animations
* Import existing Papagayo sequences
* Lyric to Phoneme conversion tool - understands over 125,000 words.
* User dictionary to allow user to define words not understood by Lyric converter.
* Mark Manager / Tapper support for automatic phoneme sizing. 
* Export/Import facial bitmaps for use on pixel matrices.
* Facial animations can be quickly remapped from string, to pixels, to Matrices and vice-versa.
* Auto save
* Added Preset Library. This provides quick access to your favorite colors, curves and gradients. Also adds drag and drop ability of these presets directly to effects on the timeline
* New Edit/Draw Mode.  
* Draw Mode allows you to simply click on an effect in the effect library and draw the effects into the timeline by clicking where you want it to start and dragging it to the point where you want it to stop. 
* Edit mode is the new name for the old mode where mouse clicks on the timeline effects will select them for editing.
* Edit Mode Improvements
* Control-Drag to duplicate effects 
* Shift click to select multiple effects.
* Improvements to Drag Selection box:
* You can now use shift+drag to select additional "grouped" effects.
* You can now use the selection box to select individual stacked elements on the same row.
* New Drag Box Filter. You can now specify which types of effects will be selected by the drag box.
* Improvements to Effect Snap 
* Effect distribution alignment helper
* Multi Effect Editor - Changing only the intended values when editing multiple effects
* Improvements to Add multiple effects dialog
* New Indicator line when moving and resizing effects, makes it easier to line up the selected effect with other effects above and below it by adding a vertical line at the end that is being resized or both ends when moving an effect.
* Curve and Gradient Improvements
* New Color Collections for assigning random/sequential colors to effects 
* Curve editor and Gradient editor are now accessible from the tool menu instead of only in the effects. 
* When items in the curve or gradient library are edited, the new settings update linked effects in the timeline right away without having to reopen the sequence.
* Curve editor enhancements. Ability to invert or flip a curve and edit the point values directly. Handles for the curve points are more prominent and mouse pointer changes when over them.
* Mark Collections can now be exported
* Improvements to Undo / Redo
* Screen size and placement settings are now saved and restored when the editor is closed and reopened.
* Sequence export to Falcon Pi Player, Vixen2.1, Vixen VIR, Helix, and CSV* 
Execution Engine
* Significant performance improvements, especially when playing and sequencing in the editor.
* Unnecessary engine processes are skipped when the controllers are turned off to provide a better experience while sequencing.
* Live Context is only started when the Web Server is active and stopped when deactivated to save polling it if it is not in use.
* General memory consumption reductions.
Display Setup
* When selecting Ok, the updated configuration is saved in the background rather than making the user wait at a hung UI.
* Stopping the controllers now actually stops them without a restart.
Preview
* New Smart Objects
* Icicles
* Multi String
* StarBurst
* New Distribute tools and property matching to the preview.
* New Alignment tools 
* Zoom.  You can now zoom your preview.
* Setup Previews Configuration pane saving happens in the background now instead of locking UI.
Performance
* Editor should open significantly faster now especially for those with larger sequences.
* Editor Effect rendering speed has been improved for those with multi-core processors.
* Reduction of memory and CPU usage by the editor.
* Reduction of scheduled show startup time with faster pre-rendering on multi-core machines.


 

Change Log
Much of the information in this change log is very technical or vague and will likely be meaningless to most users.  However, there is a lot of detail here, including bug ticket numbers.  So if you are looking to see if there was any work done on a specific issue, you may find it here.
August, 2014
* Remove a GC.Collect that was causing the Nutcracker effect to block and prevent multi-threaded rendering.
* Updated Sequencer
* Make sure the fmodupdatetimer is not null is Dispose() to prevent an exception if it is null.
* The No-repeat code was preventing the RDS commands from reaching the RDS software.. I've limited it to be "Launcher" specific.
* Add global exception handler...
* Updated Version control with error handling that was causing V3 to crash in some instances
* Added additional error handling during parallel and thread based operations that could cause the application to crash if not handled properly.
* More Exception handling
* Change Curve to Default to ALL on to conform with current expections of Data
* Change default pulse level data to start solid and fade out.. so that chases start full intensity instead of other way around
* Fixed reference that was saving dll locally and causing other effects not to load
* Added Wipe from Inside Center out and Outside in
* No audio card and RDP issues fixed.
* Add the missing Cut operation to the graphical editor to support the function built into the shape window.
* This change is to help alleviate some object creation and ease the pressure on the GC. 
* When a element has nothing going on it has no state. Instead of creating a new empty state object every time, let's use a static one across all the elements that doesn't have to be created every time and can be shared. This eliminates the new object overhead and then the subsequent GC collect an interval or two later when it is thrown away.
* The controllers themselves are individually threaded, and the process of updating the outputs individually is pretty fast, so the overhead of parallel updates on each output is not justified.
* Fix the button anchors on the instrumentation form so they stay at the bottom when it is re-sized.
* Add the missing Cut operation to the graphical editor to support the function built into the shape window.
* Add a way to clean up orphaned filters. Modified the Filter Manager 
* to provide this functionality and then hooked it on the closing of the setup form. That way any orphaned Filters will be removed. This is a bit of a stop gap until the problem with the Graphical editor not being able to show them can be solved.
* Make a change to properly create the root node and children hierarchy 
* to avoid putting orphan filters in the root chain until they are connected to something. This prevents filters that are not part of the full data flow from participating in updates. There is a further bug with creating and not being able to manage these unattached filters that needs to be addressed in another fix.
* Reorder some tasks to try and prevent a timing error with setting marks in the ruler.
* Move the default update interval back to a more normal 50ms 
* instead of 46ms. This will give just a bit more time to process updates every cycle. Migrated to version 16 of the System config to update the users to 50ms if they are still at 46ms. If they have changed it to something else other than 46ms then leave it alone.
* Do some of the saving of the system config and module config in a background thread. 
* Most of time this is just synchronizing the in memory state to disk, but the user has to sit and wait for that to occur. This frees the UI and user to do more productive stuff. Does not ease the pain of reloading the config on most cancel operations. That is a bigger nut to crack on another day.
* Another fix to the XML serializer to help the load time of larger configurations. 
* Use a Dictionary for element looks as opposed to just iterating over a list thousands of times.
* Some changes to add some polish to the instrumentation. 
* Add a Close button to close the window. 
* Add a reset button to reset the values back to defaults and start over.
* Super tune the Context updates and Element updates. 
* Changes include using the known updated elements from the context to drive how the elements update. We can avoid doing context look ups for state on elements that are not being touched by an effect this update and just set them directly to empty like would have happened after all the look ups. This overall looks to reduce the time spent in context and element updates by about 30-40% in some simple timing based benchmarking.
* Combines my DragBoxFilter, UndoAddMultiple & DrawModeWork & ColorCollections branches to make merging smoother by resolving conflicts
* Adds a drag selection box filter
* Adds Drawing mode which allows effects to be drawn onto the Grid
* Adds a Color Collection Library, which allows random or sequential assignment of colors to effects.
* Adds ability to selected individual stacked effects on the same row and time period.
* Adds ability to select additional effects with the selection box, by holding shift.
* Updates to Add Multiple dialog:
* Fixed to work with undo engine
* Added options to alight effects to beat marks.
* Removed stray ; that would not allow playback to be resumed with space bar
* Fixed bug when resizing effects if control was pressed (element could become null) Another nice speed up in loading the editor for large element counts. 
* Defer adding controls to the parent control for row labels until the row is actually visible. Adding controls is very slow and when you are adding 1000's of them it can take a long while.
* Some simple code cleanups. Remove unused variables, make a few constants, Linq simplifications.
* Changed tooltip for the icicles button. 
* Significant speed up in loading sequences into the editor with large node/effect counts. 
* Only create the node dictionary once and reuse it rather than do it for every one we need to add.
* Fix clone methods so they work, as they are used in some editor operations. Issue reported with VIX-347 that is caused by this bug.
* Add help links for the new icicle preview object. 
* Some cleanup to make the preview more efficient.  It was wasting time looking at all the intensity values, but in reality all we need to do is see if there are any states in the collection.
* Fix missing title bar text when sequence loads. 
* Added icicles to the preview. 
* Make a change so that when you disable the controller in the setup page that it actually stops the hardware update thread that is associated with it. Also bypass the filter chain if we do not have any controllers running to save CPU cycles.
* VIX-392 Direct comparison of floating point numbers with a bit of rounding error leads to them never matching for Blue and Green. Change the comparison to allow for a bit of tolerance.
July, 2014
* Removed duplicate preview files. 
* Fixed a couple preview shapes (Triangle, Arch), fixed some issues with the preview main window.  Arches were not showing up in the preview in v11.  This work is for VIX-471 & VIX-472
* Adds Drawing mode to sequence editor, which allows users to draw effects into the grid vs drag and drop.  Users can select this mode as an option.
* Adds indicator lines to effects that extend top to bottom of the grid when resizing or dragging an effect. This is an option on the Edit menu, user can select color.
* Also removes a stray ; in the if statement for resuming play in the editor using the space bar, that would cause pass thru of else and stop the sequence
* Only calculate the curve points once rather than for each node. 
* Fixed a problem highlighting pixel*#1*in a string that has no first pixel. Was causing an exception if there were no "pixels"
* Something happened to the preview menu. It is back. Re-did the previously lost fixes to the preview.
* VIX-460 Initialize Bottom Left Point during Grid setup to prevent Null Pointer and InvalidOperation Exceptions
* Clean-up of previous commit.
* Makes better use of available methods
* The Dialog now determines how many effects are possible for addition and displays this in a label at the top of the form. The form caption also shows which effect is being worked with.
* If something goes wrong with calculations the user is prompted with a Yes/No continue anyway option.  This takes place once the user clicks OK on the dialog.
* Additional work for VIX-433. Fix a bug that would not properly track and undo a move of an effect between rows.
* VIX-355 Added path separator character to separate Vixen 2.x pathname and parsed filename in conversion routine
* Corrected output path for Helix controller 
* Adds ability to select which effect types will be selected by dragging a selection box also affects Shift-Click selections
* This commit also removes old code that was commented out, that dealt with effects on the toolStripMenu
* Fix the default curve to start at 0 and go to 100 so the pulse does not have to band aid it up to the same with extra intents.
* VIX-364. Make the node handles filled and stay on top in the corners so they are easier to see. Make them easier to select when they are along the edge. Change the cursor to a cross hair when over the node handle to better indicate it can be dragged.
* This work modifies the code that adds multiple effects from the context menu, so that it is wrapped into one action by the undo/redo engine
July, 2014
* Helix: don't copy NLog to output directory 
* LipSyncApp: reference Controls project properly. 
* Don't copy NLog to App module output dir. 
* Squashed merge of James B's EffectsAddMultiple branch. Untested, conflicts manually resolved.
* Merge Jeff's UndoRedo branch. 
* Merge Jeff's SnapFix branch. 
* Squashed commit of Ed's Foghorn / master branch:*
* VIX-463 - Aborting rename to Mark Collection causes name to be erased.  Added null check to after label edit function.
* Added check in Text Converter Dialog code to protect against the possibility of null Mark Collection Names.
* This protects against issue reported in VIX-463
* VIX-197 - Corrected compile errors due to code merge
* VIX-444 - Unable to set change interval to less than 100ms in Alternating Effect
* Modified AlternatingEffectEditorControl.cs - trackBarInterval.Minimum property to have a value of 1 instead of 100
* Additional work for VIX-433. Refactor the context menu alignment tools code. Moved and reworked the methods into the grid to provide support to group the effects together as a complete operation when adjusting their times. This way it can be added as a single entry into the Undo/Redo queue instead of many single moves for each element manipulated. Added 2 new move types of Align and Distribute to put better descriptions on the undo operations listed.
* Code clean-up for consistency. 
* Fix a bug that would leave the last clicked grid location in a bad state when elements are moved in a certain way and then the next step is to immediately shift drag lock. Thanks to James for finding this.
June, 2014
* Fix up some threading issues that could cause an exception to occur because a menu item was being manipulated on the wrong thread. Also fixed a misspelled method name in the same space.
* Fix a bug where the calculated element snap points were being added to the the static snap points when an effect was lined up on a mark. This caused the element snap points to be left as static if the effect was moved off the mark. Only marks are considered static. This bug was additive on every move or re-size, so over time could have slowed things down and used extra memory in the editor.
* Comment out non-building code, for Ed to have a look at. 
* Remove the Debug targets from the Vixen solution. 
* Fix up the LipSync project files to put artefacts in the correct output directories, and also remove the Debug targets.
* Merge ebrady1's Lipsync work. Untested, not compiled
* squashed merge point only.
* Bug fix for related to commit*a7cc6df*and VIX-343 to make sure the snap times for Marks are recalculated when the snap strength changes. Also make sure it is applied to the marks in the ruler.
* A couple of minor performance tweaks.  For each over enumerator rather than convert to list to do a linq expression. Convert initializer to use member variable to prevent unneeded events firing.
* Usability enhancement.  Now that the Curve and Gradient Libraries can be accessed from the Editor toolbar, the user instinct is to double click the Curve or Gradient to edit them. When used from the Effect editor double click is a select. Enhance both library classes to specify how the double click behavior acts, so they can be used in two different contexts.
* Clean up some messy code that populating the Audio drop down and the waveform. It was creating a FMod Instance twice. Refactor to only do it once.
* VIX-343 Implement feature request for adjustable snap strength.  Added 4 levels of strength in a drop down menu alongside the Enable/Disable SnapTo button on the tool bar.
* Fix a bug that would not properly restore the Snap to enable/disable setting.
* VIX-357 and VIX 368. Detect if any audio devices are available and if not disable the audio so it does not crash.
* VIX-349 - Fixed set level issue. 
* VIX 62 and VIX 434. Change the SequenceExecutor to allow data to be inserted while playing.  I have tested this quite a bit I have seen no ill effects. It is easy enough to reverse if something comes up with broader testing.
* Code clean up in some core editor classes. 
* Remove unused using statements. 
* Remove unneeded qualifications including this. 
* Remove some dead code. 
* Tweak a few error messages. Ensure errors are being logged correctly. Some of this has been bugging me for a while, so I just decided to clean it up a bit. 
* Fix a bug that occurred when moving or resizing elements where the rowelement collection was not reordered when a element has moved or re-sized that caused the overlapping element logic to miss elements that become overlapping.
* VIX-450 Feature request to allow Shift click selection of elements. 
* Force the setup form back on top of a newly started preview. The preview launching in front of the form was annoying. This fix is probably not the prettiest, but it is simple and it works.
* Add Color Gradient Library editor access to the Tools menu to go along with the Curve Library Editor.  With the work on VIX-68 this will give central access to the editors without having to edit an effect that has the library curve or gradient in it.
* VIX-68. The editor is now aware of curves and gradients that change and will re-render any effects tied them in the background when they change. Required some changes to the effects to properly update the IsDirty flag.
* Fix a rendering bug when resizing elements. 
* Part of VIX-433. Fixes cut or paste operations to be a single undo event instead of making individual entries for each effect added or removed. This way a cut or a paste operation can be undone as a whole.
* Fix the Clone method so it works. 
* VIX-347 Implement feature request to Ctrl Click and drag to duplicate effects.  It works with a single effect or if multiple are selected it will duplicate and drag all of them.
* Fix a bug introduced in commit*86c3908*with the settings work that would allow Time per pixel to be negative when creating a new sequence.
* Change contributed by James Bolding to lock the X or Y axis when dragging effects or during the drag select using the Shift or Alt + Shift keys.
May, 2014
* Additional work for VIX-340.*Add support to restore the window to maximized if it was closed when maximized.  Add some sanity checks to make sure it is on the screen.
* VIX-315 Fix a bug where the effect info message would be cut off if the effect was near the top of the grid. Now the info message will be shown below the effect if there is not enough room above it.
* Partial work on VIX-340 and VIX-455. Consolidate and organize the existing settings into the settings.xml. Clean up and enhance the XMLProfileSettings class to better handle and organize settings into Profile, AppSettings, and Preferences. This will also allow the editor to save it's window positions and some other toggle settings. IT will allow for more settings to be persisted. It will also be the ground work for a new Preferences dialog that any module can contribute a preference pane to and set preferences to be retrieved.
* Changes for VIX-348. Created an auto save menu item under Sequence that allows auto save to be turned on or off.  Interval is set to 5 minutes for now. Need to create a general configuration dialog where items such as the save interval can be configured. Will create another enhancement bug for that work as it is bigger than this item. Auto save on/off setting will be saved and restored over editor sessions. Interval is also saved in preparation for configuration dialog. Attributes are saved in the Settings.xml in the user profile that is already purposed.
* Changes for VIX-341. Rework the looping function in the Editor to remove the loop timers and associated logic. Enhance the SequenceExecutor to handle looping so the delay can be eliminated. Make the editor use the new operations. Re-enable the ability to pause while looping.
* Minor performance tweaks. 
* Minor change to use a linq structure. 
March, 2014
* Update text message to make it nicer. 
* Fix duration check to allow for durations down to 1 millisecond. This allows for the work on VIX-444.
February, 2014
* Fix VIX-359. Fix the waveform drawing routines to allow for sequences longer than the audio duration.
* Fix VIX-401. 
* A few more memory clean ups. 
* Put back some global logging messages that where lost in the big merge to mainline.
* Fix overreaching constraint on element move.
* Also restrict another check to not allow start time equal to the end time.
* Merge the support-report packaging wizard from bolwire. 
* Preview zoom repairs... someone should really things before they commit them!
* Preview zoom with the mouse wheel.
* Preview zoom on the status bar with a tracker.
* Added zoom to the preview (Ctrl+ or Ctrl- only for now, mouse coming soon)
* Fixed an error with the arch matching (caused a fault) Finished the candy cane matching.
* Added distribute tools and property matching to the preview. 
* Added alignment tools to preview. (left, right, top, bottom, horizontal, vertical)
* VIX-317: Corrected the bug that keeps a the background file open when assigning to different preview windows.
* Added a lock to the preview image resize dialog box to maintain the aspect ratio when resizing the image. There is also an option now to resize without maintaining the aspect ratio.
* Updated rotate Star and Starburst. 
* Added XY rotation to the Starburst. 
* Cleaned up a bunch of comments in the preview shapes. 
* Added a starburst to the preview and the consolidated setup screen. 
* Some fixes to the new Star Burst preview prop. 
* Added a "Star Burst" to the preview and removed VixenPreviewSetup which was very old and unused.
* Updated Version control with error handling that was causing V3 to crash in some instances
* Add global exception handler. 
* The No-repeat code was preventing the RDS commands from reaching the RDS software. I've limited it to be "Launcher" specific.
* Make sure the fmodupdatetimer is not null is Dispose() to prevent an exception if it is null.
* Change the preview to use alpha-blended colors to give a slightly nicer look.
* Added more logging for the BlinkyLinky module. 
* Fix small artifact in the border that allowed a underlying pixel to stick out.
* Fix a bug that occurred when undoing an effect re-size.  It was not really related to the effect drawing routine changes, but existed because the effect was not re-rendered after undoing the re-size.
* Fix a drawing bug when resizing effects. 
* Updated distribution dialog to use masked textbox for time inputs, and validation of format and minimum effect time.
* Fix effect element border drawing. 
* Merge branch 'master' into EditorRevamp 
* Add some additional checks to prevent effect elements from getting into bad time state. Part of VIX-318.
* Only iterate up to the last visible snap point. 
* They are in time order, so no need to iterate further than necessary.
* Cosmetic changes to clean up the various different naming conventions into one standard.
* Restore clipping rectangle. 
* Completed work on exporting beat mark collections.*
* Collections can be exported in audacity format, or in Vixen 3 format.
* Vixen 3 format retains all information about the collection, including colors & weights.
* The default Vixen 3 mark extension is .v3m
* Add caching of the smaller visible portions of the elements. 
* The cache will be invalidated if more of less of the effect is visible, but this makes a noticeable improvement during playback when the grid is repainted on every cursor tick.
* Stop unnecessary re-painting of the waveform. 
* Only set modified/unmodified state if it is not already set. 
* Tweak element stacking routine to be a bit more efficient. 
* Addition of effect distribution alignment helper 
* Addition of align center points helper
* First cut at on the fly effect image rasterizing.   Images are no longer cached. They are built on the fly. This reduces memory consumption a considerable amount. Includes some other cleanups and code reduction associated with unneeded functions. Speed improvements in the painting routines.
* Branch for working on beat mark exporting
January 2014
* Global error trapping and logging. 
* Add the curve editor to the main tool bar editor. 
* Add reverse and invert features as well as the ability to directly set the numerical coordinates of a point to the Curve editor. Completes VIX-329.
December 2013
* Added check to make sure destination direction exists, and if not the option to create it before proceeding.
* Added check to CompressFolder() to make sure source folder exists, and if not return. This would most likely happen if a user has renamed one of the default folders in their DataFolder, this prevents CompressFolder() from throwing an exception if it can't find the specified folder.
* Changed Create Zip File button to Ok, and aligned beside Cancel button to look more like a standard dialog window. 
* Modified code to always pull log files from MyDocuments\Vixen 3\Logs 
* Pressing Return(Enter) on the form invokes the OK button.
* Added status bar to indicate work is being done.
* Add a Profile Zip wizard This tool allows the user to select a profile, and all, or the selected data and zip it in a file to the users choice destination folder. When everything, or application data is selected, the AppData folder will also be included, and in the .zip file under the Vixen folder. The Zip wizard is accessible from the profile editor window.
* Added two items to context alignment menu, Start to End, and End to Start.  Also moved Alignment tools to Alignment flyout from context.
* Fixed small issues with Align Start/End times where the element could become invalid
* Added check for Shift modifier key when usings Match Duration, when shift is pressed the duration match is done, while holding the effects end time, by default the match is made while holding the effects start time. This is also noted in the .ToolTip for the Match Duration menu item for the user.
* Updated Sequencer 
* Fixed spacebar not stopping sequence when using loop, it would just restart the loop.
* Interpolate HSV colors properly -- wrap around the 360 degree point on the color wheel, rather than doing all transitions within the 0 -> 360 bound

 

Previous Version Release Notes
== 3.0.10 ============================
New features:

- new single setup form for display configuration! No more setting up displays in 3 parts -- elements, controllers, patching -- it's all done in one page!
- added virtual Helix controller for exporting data
- added K8055 controller
- extra mark manipulation in the UI: can select marks in the ruler, delete them with keyboard shortcuts
- extra sequencer UI improvements: shortcuts, right-click context menu, disable snapping
- added version control module to track files
- improved instrumentation and performance monitoring
- improvements to the E131 controller, to allow customization of how data is re-transmitted and/or buffered
- added looping in the sequence editor
- added delayed playback in the sequence editor

Fixups:

- Improvements to serialization if there is 'bad' data in the config files
- many small improvements/fixups to the preview
- many small improvements/fixups to the nutcracker effect
- performance improvements

== 3.0.9 ============================

New features:
- a new and improved Scheduler and Show module!  See the forums and videos for more info.
- More performance improvements to reduce CPU usage and memory usage.
- RDS module improvements: supports the new VAST application, and other improvements
- Added the Elexol USB I/O controller
- Vixen 2 sequence importing: can now repeat elements when dragging to the mapping window (eg. for multiple color mappings).
- Sequencer UI improvements: Context menu & options
- Sequencer UI improvements: Dockable windows (with a vertical effect list)
- Sequencer UI improvements: marks in the main window, and mark operations in the ruler
- Split the application to have separate 32-bit and 64-bit versions, to allow for larger memory usage on high-end machines

Fixups:

- The preview was not opening at the correct size sometimes, or with a correct background; now fixed.
- Fixes for importing audacity marks
- Fixes issues with 'lost' elements in the config
- Fixes with preview rendering of discrete colored elements
- Fixes to output a more accurate value (eg. 8-bit value) when converting a color to a value
- Fixed an issue where autoplay could leave some elements "hung" or not turning off
- Fixed an issue with V2 sequence imports where it would read in too much data and try to map to non-existant elements.



== 3.0.8 ============================

New features:

- A ridiculous amount of speedups to the entire application: UI responsiveness, rendering/drawing speed in the sequencer, preview performance speed, and so on.  For example, effect rendering is now performed in the background in another thread.  The application is now much more responsive and usable.
- A similiarly ridiculous amount of improvements to memory usage; particularly where nutcracker effects are used.
- Added a 'webserver' module, to allow basic control via a web interface.
- Added support for "Elexol" controllers.
- Added an RDS and Launcher control modules.
- Added support for a Direct 2D rendering mode for the preview (which has been temporarily disabled to ensure stability for all users, until we can get more testing performed)
- Changed logging system to use NLog, instead of a custom homebrew system
- Added support to be able to pick a specific audio output device in the sequencer


Fixups:

- better handing of default values for all effects
- many minor preview fixups
- Some nutcracker effects would render 'backwards'
- Some preview items (eg. nets) would not draw/render properly
- The positioning/order of some preview shapes (eg. squares around windows) has been improved
- fixed some crashes when opening/closing sequences at unconventional times (during playback, paused, etc.)



== 3.0.7 ============================

New features:

- Discrete color support. There is now a 'color' property that can be added to an element, to define how color
  should function for that element.  Each element can be configured in three ways:
    * Single color
    * Multiple independent (discrete) colors
    * full color (eg. a mixing RGB light)
  (If not configured with the color property, an element is assumed to be full color.)
  
  If single or discrete colors are selected and configured, when configuring an effect against that element, only
  the available colors will be visible to be used.


- Color breakdown filter:  added 'mixing' option, to complement the discrete color property (above). If enabled,
  the input color will be 'mixed' by using proportions of the configured colors. This would be for items like RGB
  pixels or floods, which can 'mix' colors.  If the option is disabled, a color will only be output from the filter
  if it matches the input color EXACTLY.  This is intended for operation with discrete (or single) color items.
  
  For example, if you had a mixing RGB color breakdown filter, and the input color was purple, then the filter would
  output proportions of blue and red to get the desired color.  However, if it was a non-mixing RGB color filter, it
  only output colors that are Red, Green, or Blue exactly.  (Presumably, you have a tree with R/G/B strings on it,
  so only want those exact colors.)


- Better support for importing Vixen 2.x sequences!  Will now support making 'maps' for 2.x channels to 3.x elements.
  These can be saved and reused for future importing of sequences.  Also supports color: you can now specify the color
  of the incoming data/effects, so the V3 data will be generated with effects of the appropriate color.


- New 'wipe' effect, and associated 'position' property for elements (to define a location in the display).

- More Nutcracker improvements and effects: 'Movie' effect, speed improvements

- Sequencer responsiveness and speed improvements -- backgroun rendering, speed fixes, memory fixes, etc.

- New 'alternating' effect (thanks Gizmohd!)

- easy setup for element 'templates' (pixel grid, and megatree) -- right click on the tree in the Element Setup

- starting to add icons for effects in the sequencer

- audacity support in the mark manager

- added framework needed for launcher output and RDS output plugins (not yet complete)

- added a 'debug' controller to see specific values/commands that are going to the controller



fixups/bugs:

- UI 'flow' fixups in sequence editor
- display preview shouldn't hang when created on some (unlucky) machines (thanks to dlovely for help debugging!)
- fixed bug where effects might 'stack up' when pausing and restarting while an effect is displayed 
- information about effects in the sequencer are now displayed when hovering over an effect, not permanently
- efficiency improvements for rendering of spin, chase and nutcracker effects: (not generating useless data, etc.)
- E1.31 module fixups, to turn off channels properly
- Element Tree in setup: now more efficient when rendering, and won't hang when grouping hundreds of elements
- Fixed DLL references for output modules that use the parallel port (Hill320, 595)


.... and possibly more that we've forgotten!




== 3.0.6 ============================


- Display preview! There's now a new display preview module, written by Derek Backus. Still in development, so feel free to give feedback.
- Nutcracker effects! Derek's also been hard at work on Nutcracker effects, which are fresh off the blocks. Still in development; feedback welcome.

- Huge performance improvements, for application responsiveness, UI improvements, etc.  Still more to go...

- Controllers: 595 and Hill320 fixups to get working.

- Sequencer: mono audio files now work.
- Sequencer: audio detection/frequency detection implemented.

- Admin: setup dialogs won't prompt to save changes if nothing has changed.

- There's now an installer for the application.




== 3.0.5 ============================


- Importer: A Vixen 2.x sequence importer has been created and added; you can now open *.vix files. Improvements still need
            to be made to the mapping to 3.x elements and colors, but the basic concepts are there.

- General: A new Vixen 3 logo and application icons have been created!
- General: the term "Channel" has been renamed to "Element" (to describe a logical part of a display, such as a
           minitree, prop, etc.). The term "Channel" is now used for the outputs of a controller; ie. to bring it
           in line with how the community uses the term.
- General: Corrupt or empty system config files no longer cause errors on startup; they get moved aside, and a blank systemconfig loaded.

- Controllers: A FireGod Dimmer control module has been added. Still needs user testing.
- Controllers: All serial controllers (Renard, Generic, Firegod) have improved serial port handling
               (retrying open serial ports, IN USE markers, etc.)

- Display Preview: preview window can't be accidentally closed (the instance must be disabled in the Admin panel instead)

- Sequencer: A pseudo-grid has been added. To add a grid to a sequence, go to the Mark Manager, add a new mark collection, and
             use the "Generate Grid" button. It will ask for the time period (with 50ms as default), and generate regular
             marks to correspond to that time period. Effects should snap to the new marks.
- Sequencer: opening a saved sequence with audio properly draws the waveform on open
- Sequencer: adding audio to a sequence that doesn't have it doesn't get the rows out of alignment
- Sequencer: audio waveform doesn't block the UI while it's rendering, and is much more usable (especially while zooming)
- Sequencer: Twinkle effect: can't set the coverage to 0% anymore (now a 1% minimum, as 0% causes errors)
- Sequencer: Fixed a spurious error dialog (MouseUp in MouseState) that was accidentally getting called.
- Sequencer: click-and-drag scrolling in the sequencer now works when the sequencer is hard on the right side of the monitor
- Sequencer: The pause button now works properly, and doesn't cause errors when trying to resume
- Sequencer: Effects: some effects have had a "depth" setting added, to control how many layers deep the effect should apply.

- Admin: The setup dialogs will now warn if you cancel out of them (ie. losing changes).
- Admin: Elements & Groups Form: Fixed an issue when when dragging to copy and paste with the mouse (last element didn't copy).



== 3.0.4 ============================

(Versioning has now dropped the 4th digit.)

- When serializing sequences, module data that is for non-existant modules is now discarded.
- Display preview update increased to 50ms from 10ms. Not currently customizable.
- Scheduler improvements to cache programs and prerender all sequences.
- updated OpenDMX controller module.
- Administrative cleanups of projects, namespaces, public repository, etc.
- Fixed up a potential crash in the Chase effect.
- Added Generic Serial controller module. (macebobo)
- Added a Candy Cane shape to the display preview (alphageek)
- Removed the "Generate Channels" button from the controller form; it encouraged bad configuration.



== 3.0.3.1 ============================

VIX-135: Locking the instance collection in ReleaseContexts when clearing it.

VIX-111, VIX-138: Making the data directory portable.

VIX-133: Color Filter mapping now working and copy does not work.

Fixed bug where updating chained filters may throw a null reference on startup.

VIX-138: Better null handling in the channel manager for a lookup.

Updated the audio media module to support variable speeds.

Updated TimedSequenceEditor to support changing the speed of the timing source, when the timing source supports it.

Changed where IsRunning is being set to true in SequenceExecutor.cs so that the media will have been started by that time.

ColorBreakdown Filter: added extra template options from forum requests (RGxB, and GRBW).

Filter & Patching setup form: Added a "high quality rendering" checkbox. Doesn't make much difference, but might help on high shape counts.

VixenApplication: fixed issue when creating filters through the wizard where the module data wasn't being duplicated properly.

Added DimmingCurve post filter.

Added OpenDMX module, care of chilloutdocdoc and piense on the DIYC forums. (thanks guys)

DisplayPreview: added error handling for missing background images.

VixenApplication: improved load time for the filter setup form when there's *heaps* of shapes to draw.

VIX-137: DisplayPreview: better null handling on channel updates.

Twinkle: don't make data for channels that have already had data generated for.

Chase: Fixed error with rendering, potentially throwing an exception.

Timeline Control Grid: fixed a few rendering issues/hangs/etc. Pretty messy and hacky, but I think it's time for a control rewrite next year. This at least stops the hangs.

Chase: render more finely, to pick up quick chases.

Twinkle: added another color option to spread the color across the subchannels.

TimedSequenceEditor: added negative time support in the mark manager.

TimelineControl Grid: dodgy hack to avoid any unhandled hangs from the drawing problems. Temporary fix.

ColorGradients & Curves: added extra shortcut keys to editors, and persist the library selector window size/position.

TimedSequenceEditor: add support for editing multiple elements at once (only of the same type).

Curves: add null library check, to avoid potential nasty bug on shutdown: if the curves library module is closed before another module that is using it (eg dimming curve), it can barf pretty hard.

Added a "data_dir" command-line argument for overriding the root data directory and moved data loading to before the initialization of the framework.
Use:
  data_dir=c:\path\where\you\want\data
  data_dir="c:\path where you want data"
Notes:
1. The VixenApplication app will default back to the default data directory if it cannot find its data file within this path.
2. This path is *the* data path for both the application and the framework.  This means that if it's a new path for the framework, it's going to build out its directory hierarchy.
3. Do not put spaces around the equals sign!  If the data directory path does have spaces, you can put quotes around the path, but around the path ONLY.  Example:  data_dir="c:\vixen data"



== 3.0.3.0 ============================

Preview improvements and fixes.

E1.31 module included.  Untested, but claimed to work.

"Simple" scheduler module included.  Sequence execution tested, program management and execution not tested.  Still subject to future changes.

Lots of fixes to the timed sequence editor.

Lots of fixes to the channel config form.

Interpolator precision fix.

LightingValue now makes use of the alpha channel.


== 3.0.2.2 ============================

Fix for loading a sequence from a non-qualified file path.

Moved user script initialization outside of the script's execution thread so that execution is considered "started" when Play is actually called.

Minor fixes to error handling and null-checking when stopping the system with a busted config.

Fixed issue when loading Preview modules: was looking for the wrong attributes.

When playing from an effect buffer, reset the last read/write counters when starting fresh.

Fixed sequence data sort issue.

Audio waveform visual in the timed sequence editor.


== 3.0.2.1 ============================

Added dataflow component circular dependency checking.

Added naming templates and generators.

Module store serialization fixes.

Refactoring of system file migration.

A plethora of patching UI fixes.

Fixes for SetLevel effect.

Timed sequence-type fixes.

Timed sequence serialization fixes.

The beginning of a patching wizard...feel free to provide feedback.


== 3.0.2.0 ============================

Data handling changes.  HUGE!
See http://doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/showthread.php?22100-September-2012-3-0-2-0

New configuration dialog in the admin app to accommodate filters and data flow.

Output device refactoring.  They are mostly internal, but there are some external changes.  All modules in the git repo have been updated.

Added a ValueTypes common assembly for commonly-used types of data, such as percentages and file paths.  This is to prevent modules from redefining similar kinds of data in different ways and having to create editors specifically for themselves.  An editor for any of these common types (there are only two so far) can be used for any effect that uses that type.

Added an Index member to outputs.  This is set when the output is instantiated and is not modifiable.

Added VixenSystem.Filters for the new filter layer.

Added VixenSystem.DataFlow for managing the data flow from channel to output through the filter layer.

Added VixenSystem.OutputControllers, VixenSystem.SmartOutputControllers, and VixenSystem.Previews for specific handling of those device types.

Added VixenSystem.ControllerManagement and VixenSystem.OutputDeviceManagement for generalized handling of those device types.  This allows for operations such as VixenSystem.ControllerManagement.StartAll() which affects both OutputControllers and SmartOutputControllers.

Previews now receive intent states instead of commands.

Added non-static data store to ModuleStore.xml.

System-level module data (such as for controllers) has been pulled out of SystemConfig.xml and put into ModuleStore.xml.

Fixed CPU usage statistic in the admin app.




== 3.0.1.8 ============================

Handling BadImageFormatException explicitly to allow non-assembly DLLs to reside in the module directories.
Moved some non-assembly libraries to the application root directory because that's where they have to be to work.


********************
******************** Modules have been split from the core source repository at this point.
********************


== 3.0.1.7 ============================

Changes for sequence and language modules.


== 3.0.1.6 ============================

How come there hasn't been an update in so long?  Well...


Removed the "Runtime Behavior" module type.  They will be doing their phoenix impression at a later date.

The "Sequence" module type is now the "SequenceType" module type.  This is a significant change, so it's detailed below.  * THIS IS A BREAKING CHANGE. *

New SequenceContext and some changes to how execution contexts are requested and fulfilled.

Slightly revamped data sourcing model for contexts.

Existing timed and script sequence types have been reimplemented as modules.

Expansion of service classes to better serve up core services through Vixen.Services. :)
(Okay, okay...this is the start of a consolidation effort to put all available consumer services in one easy-to-find place.)



* Sequence => Sequence Type Module Change: *

This removes any concrete definition of a sequence from the core assembly and puts it entirely into modules.  The core assembly defines a sequence interface, as well as other interfaces necessary to the sequence type module, but there is no sequence class defined.  That's the job of the module.  This means:

GOOD: Sequences can be defined more freely now, within certain limits defined by the interface (e.g. still have to work with effect data, sequence filters).

MAYBE SCARY: The module is now responsible for everything having to do with that sequence type.

Since the module now defines the sequence class, it also needs to define several other things:

1. How that sequence will be stored.

The sequence-type module's data class will be used to define how a sequence will be stored.  There is a base class to handle the mundane members of the ISequence interface, but it's up to the module to extend it to define any additional members.

2. How older sequence files of that type will be brought up to date.

Versioning is a requirement of all files.  When a sequence is opened and it's not of the latest version, the module needs to handle bringing it up through intervening versions to make that sequence current.

3. The biggy: How the sequence is executed.

It's through this that everything is told that a sequence is starting, that it's ended, what rules its timing...everything.

NOTE:
Like we said, it may be weeks between updates because of large-granular changes like this that are pretty core changes.  Not that we aim to do core changes at this point, but a conceived real-life use demanded that it be attempted.


== 3.0.1.5 ============================

Brought back effect preview rendering in the editor, but only for effects that use LightingValue commands.  So far, that's all of the ones that are in the package.


== 3.0.1.4 ============================

Added abstraction for output device update signaling.


== 3.0.1.3 ============================

Removed Write() from Vixen.Execution.  Replaced it with a formalized "live" context available by calling VixenSystem.Contexts.GetSystemLiveContext().


== 3.0.1.2 ============================

Changed the data directory to "Vixen 3" to avoid clashing with 2.x.
Removed TestPreview.dll from the build.


== 3.0.1.1 ============================

Spin and twinkle effect updates so they will work with the new changes.