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Change Log

Version 4.80 (released 26 Feb 2013)

• added "Auto-refresh" checkbox to refresh button so auto-refresh can be turned off for faster performance when marking long tracks
• added radial distortion filter to correct distortion associated with fisheye and other lens types
• created new trk/trz document icons for all platforms
• added non-default reference frames to saved properties in trk files
• added "Autoload" button to Data Builder to automatically load data functions into Tracker at start-up
• expanded range of play rates to 1% - 1000%
• added key shortcuts to video player: HOME=start step, END=end step, Shift-PageUp=back 5 steps, Shift-PageDown=forward 5 steps
• added "Set time to zero" item to video player readout and slider popup menu
• changed "Copy Image" item in main video view popup menu--right-dragging a zoom box before copying now copies only the boxed image
• added "Deinterlaced video" to content options in video export dialog--converts 30 fps interlaced video to 60 fps deinterlaced
• added pixel coordinates to point mass data
• added full- and half-size image sizes to thumbnail dialog
• fixed bugs in autotracker match image, importing data on OSX, mat resizing when applying rotate/resize filter, DL browser resource file not found

Version 4.751 (released 16 Jan 2013)

• fixed bug when attaching ends of tape measure or protractor
• fixed bug copying image videos to Tracker ZIP files
• fixed Windows installer bug assigning trz extension to MIME type "application/zip"
• added Greek translations

Version 4.75 (released 19 Dec 2012)

• export self-contained Tracker ZIP experiments (trk/video/html/images/pdf) in single step
• browse self-documenting Tracker ZIP experiments with Digital Library Browser
• added button to reopen PDF/HTML documentation associated with Tracker ZIP experiments
• created "trz" file and mime type for Tracker ZIPs, associated "trz" with Tracker on all supported platforms
• warn and exclude particle models from Tracker ZIPs when startframe not in clip
• added search capability to Digital Library Browser
• added searchable metadata to Digital Library resources
• Digital Library Browser automatically catalogs local directories and resources
• PHP script automatically catalogs server directories for Digital Library Browser
• Digital Library Browser caches collection data for efficient searches
• Digital Library Browser caches video thumbnails and HTML pages for faster response
• added Open Recent menu, Close Tab item, Close All item to Digital Library Browser File menu
• added search and cache tabs to Library Manager in Digital Library Browser
• add fourier analysis to Data Tool
• Data Tool data now saved in tracker files (trk)
• Data Tool updates automatically when data changes in Tracker
• reverted to Xuggle 3.4 but Tracker still supports Xuggle 5.4 with warnings
• added .MOD and .MPG extensions to recognized video types
• added image video "read-only" mode that uses less memory by loading only current image
• improved and simplified setting of Java VM bitness and video engine
• improved diagnostics, including help for Windows users without 32-bit Java VM
• fixed bug causing very long tracks to hang when loading
• use capital letters A, B, etc for fit parameters in DataTool
• added "Delete selected step" to track menus
• added warnVariableDurations to preferences so warnings can be turned off
• updated Tracker icons with sizes from 16x16 to 1024x1024

Version 4.72 (released 27 Aug 2012)

• fixed bug causing freeze at 80% progress when opening vers 4.71 trk files with multiple tracks
• increased maximum frame count to 300,000 (2h 45m at 30fps, 5m at 1000fps)
• upgraded installer to support Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
• improved progress dialog so true progress is shown when opening long videos with Xuggle

Version 4.71 (released 25 Jul 2012)

• added refresh HTML button to OSP Digital Library Browser
• fixed video filters not loading from trk files
• eliminated endless loop trying to create thumnail images when not online
• fixed bug saving local video paths with relative addresses

Version 4.70 (released 11 Jul 2012)

• autotracker can now mark point masses, origin and axis, calibration tools, measuring tools, RGB regions, perspective filters
• improved autotracker look-ahead for better predictability
• measuring tape and protractor now generate frame-by frame data for tables and plots
• measuring tape and protractor ends can now "attach" to independent point masses for analysis
• plot multiple tracks on a single plot by choosing "Compare With" from the right-click popup menu
• File|Export|Clipped Tab item exports current video clip with synchronized Tracker file for compact sharing
• faster marking
• improved diagnostics, especially for Xuggle and QuickTime
• Xuggle upgraded to ver 5.4
• new "refresh tracks and data" button available to force screen and data refresh
• improved odd-frame-duration warning when opening a video, including button to automatically clip odd frames.
• Edit|Preferences menu item available to open Preferences Dialog even when no tabs are displayed
• Preferences Dialog now includes Startup Log Level
• set Java Virtual Machine bitness (32/64) in Preferences Dialog on OS X
• calibration tools submenu added to tracks menu (duplicates calibration tool button "New" menu)
• OSP Digital Library Browser displays thumbnail images of web videos
• Tracker Digital Library now has a " How to Share" Collection--open it with the OSP DL Browser
• ComPADRE collections in OSP DL Browser have expanded subject lists
• DataTool now provides estimated uncertainties for linear best fit parameters
• Data Tool Fit Builder and Data Builder now provide saving/loading of custom fit/data functions
• new circular Tracker icon with higher resolutions
• OS X application menu now fully functional
• fixed setting the radius of a circle footprint
• fixed setting start and end frames in Clip Settings dialo
• fixed Open File dialog failing to open
• fixed magnified videos loading incorrectly in trk files

Version 4.62 (released 17 Jan 2012)

• created online change log (this file)
• tracker_starter preferences (Java VM, Tracker version, executable files) now set in Tracker
• tracker_starter preferences stored in .tracker.prefs file (.tracker_starter.prefs deprecated)
• Relaunch button always visible and enabled in Preferences dialog
• relaunching uses tracker_starter so all preferences are respected
• changed clip inspector GUI: options now stacked vertically with titled borders
• videos are now opened at magnification "to fit"
• added video frame renumbering to correct track-video synchronization errors when using different video engines
• starting Tracker by double-clicking tracker.jar respects preferred Java VM
• fixed tabset loading from zip files
• improved Help|About dialogs, especially About Xuggle
• made Tracker_README file viewable from Help menu
• fixed drag-and-drop operation on Linux
• installer copies Xuggle jars into Java extension directories and TRACKER_HOME
• installer runs in unattended mode
• installer now associates *.trk files with Tracker on all platforms
• changed Derivative interface to accomodate multiple derivatives
• added new BounceDetect algorithm that smooths derivatives and detects sudden velocity changes (contributed by Kevin Karplus)
• added new Algorithms dialog to enable users to choose alternate derivative algorithms

Version 4.61 (released 11 Dec 2011)

• improved caching of internet files
• changed default cache locations
• users now warned if downloading to cache fails
• user can change cache location and clear cache in Preferences dialog
• added Help|Threads dialog for trouble-shooting
• added MTS videos to recognized types
• added ability to create multiple calibration tools
• restored requirement that calibration points and offset origins be marked by the user.
• fixed bug preventing loading of files with paths containing non-ASCII characters

Version 4.60 (released 28 Nov 2011)

• improved autotracker with key frames, better GIU, underlying support for non-PointMass tracks

Version 4.50 (released 26 Aug 2011)

• added OSP digital library browser
• added open url dialog
• added export video clip dialog

Version 4.05 (released 28 May 2011)

• added perspective and rotate video filters
• added protractor and read-only tape measure tracks

Version 4.00 (released 28 Feb 2011)

• added Xuggle video engine
• created installers for Windows, OSX and Linux

Version 3.10 (released 14 Jan 2010)

• added Open Recent item to File menu
• added Clone item to Tracks menu

Version 3.00 (released Dec 2009)

• new GUI with non-track items on toolbar, track items on new trackbar
• added memory management