 A year after the official launch of Pdplayer in October 2008, we continue to improve the advanced sequence player to address the evolving needs of our customers. The new version 1.0.3.8 is now released with the following new features:
- support for RED R3D files
- support for a secondary monitor as an external output device (allows users to display just the content of the safe area and mask to a secondary monitor)
- ability to control the alpha (key) output of Decklink cards
Pdplayer Features
Viewing Sequences
- Multiple ways to open a sequence: double click, Open With » Pdplayer, drag and drop, copy and paste, File->Add Layer, File->Add Recent
- Industry standard file format support including EXR, HDR, DPX, CIN, TGA, SGI, IFF, PIC, VRIMG and more
- RED R3D support
- Variable framerate playback
- Horizontal and vertical flip
- Depth channel
- Viewing a single channel
- Global zoom, pan and pixel aspect
- Mask and safe area
- Timecode/frame indicator modes
- Locating a frame in Windows Explorer
Stereoscopic Playback
- Option to detect matching footage and automatically build a stereoscopic composition
- Anaglyph, interlaced and checkerboard output
- Support for stereoscopic EXR (SXR) files
Image Layers and Channels
- Support for EXR and VRIMG image layers
- Per-layer image channel support including alpha, luma and depth
Color
- Support for 1D and 3D lookup tables (LUT)
- Exposure and soft clip controls for high dynamic range images
- Color controls including lift, gamma, gain, brightness, contrast, hue and saturation
- Adjustment Layer
Comparing Sequences
- Toggle upper layer (V)
- Difference blend
- Side by side (Ctrl+Shift+Left, Right)
- Layer crop rectangle (can approximate A/B split)
Layers
- Layered sequence playback
- Infinite workspace
- Global and per-layer aspect ratio
- Layer flip, scale, position and crop
- Layer blending modes including normal, add, multiply, screen and difference
- Alpha channel source
- Layer opacity, including fade in and fade out
Caching
- Layer-based cache
- Realtime interactions
- Full, half and quarter cache resolution
- Preloading layers
- Clear cache, Remove layer from cache
- Direct disk playback (Layer » Disable Caching)
- 64 bit (x64) version, not limited to 2 GB or 4 GB
Copy and Paste
- Copy/paste layer, frame, copy from/to explorer
- Clipboard Layer
- Copy/paste color corrections
- Copy layer to clipboard as Nuke script
Saving and Exporting
- Ability to save a composition
- Ability to save a frame, screen, mask
- Export composition or single layer as sequence or AVI/Quicktime movie
Annotation and Collaboration
- Brush Layer
- Brush Sequence Layer
- Text Layer
- E-mail frame/screen
- Built-in HTTP server for remote collaboration
Integration
- Framebuffer Layer
- Extensive command line support
- Export composition as After Effects .jsx, Nuke .nk, Pdplayer .pdpcmd
- Copy layer to clipboard as Nuke script
External Output
- Bluefish444
- Blackmagic Decklink
- NewTek VT
- Firewire/IEEE1394
- Secondary/tertiary display
On-Set Grading and Monitoring
- Live video layer from any DirectShow video input
- Primary and secondary color key
Links:
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