First impressions on V12

[Igor]

Hi,

Please share your impressions of version 12.0 Beta.

If you find any problem, please start a new topic for each one.

Happy Christmas!

Igor,

[mhwarner]

Merry Christmas to you and your team Igor!  Thanks for the early Christmas present!  I look forward to working with this new exciting version!

[mhwarner]

Absolutely love the sample project included with the new beta!  Will be wonderful to explore many of the new features by going through those images and transitions. Much easier than aimlessly clicking buttons or printing out Igor's description sheet and looking for the updates.  Great job and beautiful images, Barry Beckham!  And I love the winking koala at the end!  

One of the changes that stands out to me so far is the ability to use a parent object to change the colors and opacity of it's associated children.  Having to modify those settings for each one of those child images / objects in the past was a bit annoying.  

[Aleina Show]

Well, finally, we've finally got it! Thanks to Igor and the team for the pre-holiday surprise!
I loved all the new features, each one is useful and improves the functionality of our favorite program!
I especially appreciated the sound object, as it's been a long-awaited need. I think we'll get some interesting transitions with sound!
I also really liked the ability to use video with keyframes, it's fantastic!
I also really liked the RGB displacement effect (hello, glitches)!
And you can definitely create something beautiful with the gradient map!
Overall, thank you for your work! We'll try out all the new features and write more about them.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[Ghulya]

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Good luck

Ghulya

[Igor]

Hi Mary,

Thanks for your wishes and response!
We haven't yet updated Sample Project for the new effects in V12. It will be done later before the final version.

Hi Aleina,

Thanks for your first impressions on PTE 12 Beta!
We hope to add more new functions and effects before the final version.

Try new built-in transition "Spots". It uses a new Gradient displacement map effect added in V12. You can recreate the same effect in a custom transition or slide style. We added a new preset/template for a mask stencil - "Spots" (when you choose "Gradient map" mode. Setting "Width %" parameter around 1-5 in the Mask container object you can reach more sharp edges of this effect.

Also I recommend to try a new modifier in Animation speed > Instant. It disables smooth animation of parameter (Pan, Zoom, Rotate, etc) between 2 keyframes.