Support for Props (3D objects that can be included in a nawmalMAKE scene)
Character scaling
Enable Character selection
4.0.429.1165
New Feature and Improvements:
EDU version : Add new tool bar option with dolly and pan camera moves
EDU version : When a new story is created, set the default camera to "camera2"
EDU version : Adjust automatically the initial position of the character while sitting
Fixes:
Fix the window size for the characters and locations panel
Fix the synchronization of actions when the speech comes from an audio recording
EDU version : Hide the update option when the application starts (Applies only for Microsoft Store installation)
EDU version : Fix the User Interface layout for Location Selector when the Student mode is activate
EDU version : Fix the window size for characters and locations inspectors
4.0.403.1133
Fixes:
Fixed issues when saving and opening nawmal files on Windows 7
Fixed crash related to the displayed outline on customized characters
4.0.393.1121
New Feature:
Re-styled, cleaner user interface
Memory Load indicator – shows memory use of the application
ObjectMoveOnScreen: New button to move character in the screen-plane
3D windows now displays current time code
Clicking on a character (3d view or Cast Panel) "selects" it
Currently selected character is now rendered with outlines in 3d view
Current character events are now highlighted
Current event Highlighted state for all action buttons
Added a delete button to a Text-block
Added Remove Actor Button to Character Inspector
A pause event’s duration is now the same as the previously edited pause
Additional Male American-English voice – called Bruce
Detects if the text in a Text-block is too long and auto-splits into multiple blocks.
Fixes and Improvements:
Support unicode-characters in file path
Fixed issue where events placed at the end of a line could be moved inside a word
Fixed issue with installer warning that it has “detected that nawmal is currently running”. May experience with this install (bug is in outgoing version), but fixed for subsequent updates.
4.0.296.1012
Fix
Solved an issue preventing application from launching properly when installed into a folder with non-ascii characters
4.0.293.1008
New Feature:
SCROM wrapper export option when using H.264/MP4
Fixes and Improvements:
Video exporting now displays remaining rendering time
Issue preventing 3rd party text-to-speech license installation in foreign locales
Memory optimisations
4.0.281.976
New Feature:
Export subtitles in editable .srt format
Fixes:
Head gestures not being sequenced properly
Issues with Video inlays decoding
Podium sets in Actors collection now have pre-placed cameras
4.0.278.965
Improvements:
Faster simulation
Optimized memory usage:
When switching projects
Imported images have a lower memory footprint
Photo inlays now use less memory
User Guide is now opened in external browser
Fixes:
Multithread issues with network proxy detection
Multithread issue with video stream decoding
Opening saved project files would sometimes fail
Saved projects size would grow more than needed
Character would sometimes stop looking at the current camera if it was moving
4.0.263.906
Nawmal mid-summer update!
Improvements:
Export scenario as text
Right click on a character to creater a marker
Better support for High-DPI displays
Improved windows 10 compatibility
Fixes:
Play from block option not taking into account previous camera cuts
Fixed Proxy Authentication refresh issue
Fixed License Authentication issues with multi-license accounts
Improved support for more SAPI voice engines
Removed .NET 3.5 dependency
4.0.243.860
Fixes
Greatly improved support for external SAPI voices.
Multithreading issues occuring with some graphics cards
Better error handling when graphics initialization fails
Proxy authentication sometimes locking the application
Updater not displaying release notes over authenticated proxied connection
Issue where application would simply exit when license was expired
Increased network timeouts
4.0.231.832
Hotfix release
Fix crash sometimes happening when using smart cameras
4.0.229.829
Changes
New Voice Controls: Change the rate and pitch of the text-to-speech voices! Visit http://www.nawmal.com/howto for more details
Pressing "enter" in the middle of a dialog line will now split that line.
Can open a project by drag and dropping it into the program window.
Documentation
User Guide update!
First time users are now welcomed with an introduction story
Improved Proxy network authentication window
Fixes
Smart Camera thumbnails now follow Sitting characters correctly
Improved performance when moving characters
Customized clothing colors would sometimes fail to save saturation and brightness changes
Installer no longer relies on script files program associations
Voice license requests could fail in some cases
Software can now authenticate properly in network environments with limited SSL support
Fixed a few other connectivity issues
Fixed minor memory leaks
4.0.198.760
Changes
Photo Inlay event inspector now displays inlay image size and aspect ratio for original and current settings
Fixes
Photo inlay inspector could change cropping region when switching from one event to the another
Project saving could be disabled under some circumstances
4.0.196.758
Changes
New location panel scene option allows to manually override characters automatically looking at each other during speech
Fixes
Support links in message boxes could not be clicked
Crash when attempting to autosave an empty story
Text to speech crash that would sometimes happen when failing to load a voice
4.0.195.753
Fixes
Faster text-to-speech engine initialization
Application would sometimes fail to initialize voices after downloading them
Installer now correctly installs system libraries dependencies
Crash with play from dialog line when some specific actions were in the story
Crash when clicking play on an empty project
Multithreading issue crash when cancelling playback while decoding video
4.0.191.748
Changes
Voices
New American English Female voice: Jenny
Some voice data is now shared, reducing local and download size requirements
Voice names have been updated
Added uninstall all voices button in voice browser
Stories
When the last dialog line is completed, the story no longer continue running if some lingering events like look-at, camera motions or sound effects are still running.
When clicking the dialog line preview button, we now playback a smaller simulation starting from this line. The result might not be the same as playing back the full movie, but it is made to be able to preview quickly without having to run the simulation on the entire scenario before seeing the actions of that dialog line. If the scenario hasn't changed since the last time you played it back entirely, behavior will be the same as before.
Resources and inlays
Resources can be imported by drag-and-dropping files
Location panel screens section can now use all the parameters of the inlay event. Video, cropping and stretching are now supported
Clicking on a location panel screen will display the parameters in the event inspector
Other changes
Added Open logs folder option in Help menu
Fixes
Text-to-speech dialog cache is now pruned on project save, thus reducing project file size.
Fixed some cases where downloading assets would fail on low connectivity
First selected inlay event's target would get resetted to the first screen in set
Voice Recording would sometime fail to import a sound file if the same sound file was already imported
Rendering would trigger a crash when loading a voice asset failed.
Crash happening sometimes when removing a resource that was used as an inlay initial value
Signing out clears saved proxy network configuration settings
No warning message was displayed before exiting when a user session was invalidated and no project was opened
Solved some memory leaks in text-to-speech generation
4.0.166.688
Fixes
Pressing Quit in case of asset loading failure will no longer trigger a crash report.
Crash in auto cinematography when a camera cut event was referring to a camera that was no longer existing.
Multi-threaded access to video decoding library was provoking some decoding errors.
Increased connection timeouts when downloading large files.
Removed some memory leaks.
4.0.163.677
Fixes
Crash when clicking the location selection panel after its character was deleted.
Crash when changing set/location and an Inlay Video event was selected.
Inlay actions not being available when changing from a location without inlays to one with inlays.
Crash occurring when windows went into sleeping mode and back.
4.0.160.668
Fixes
[Regression] Titles and credits not working anymore.
Fixed a crash when changing a set with inlays/screens/hotspots.
4.0.159.667
Fixes
Crash on startup when no audio devices are available.
Made a spurious commit in order to avoid a .666 build! :-)
4.0.157.664
Changes
Selecting images in the media panel is way faster.
Added error dialogs when failing to add new resources.
Projects can now support larger media files.
Better default text-to-speech voice selection
Fixes
Crash when opening a new project after one was loading in Windows 8 and up.
Crash occurring while downloading voices.
Characters slowly drifting in edit mode.
4.0.147.642
New
You can now change the current set via the location panel.
You can now change the character set via the character panel.
Fixes
Error message not displaying properly when being offline on first launch.
Asset download error dialog would not quit after pressing quit.
Updated asset download error dialog copy.
Installation needed admin privileges on vanilla Windows 10.
4.0.141.633
Changes
Letter/Pillarboxes are now lighter.
Fixes
Fixed a crash in audio and video decoding that was occurring when decoding multiple streams at once.
Fixed a crash in audio recording device initialization.
4.0.137.627
New
Application renamed from nawmalMAKE to nawmal.
Update prompt now displays the release notes.
New dialog visual.
Fixes
Application would sometimes start muted.
Crash when cancelling video export
Crash when losing Direct3D Context
Voice license requests should now be more firewall-friendly
Displays error when voice license request fails
Current user installation updates would require administrator privileges when installation was done over a previous "All Users" installation.
4.0.121.560
New
Better error handling when failing to download characters and sets.
Displays error message when we are unable to download asset catalog from server.
Added lip-sync support for eSpeak SAPI TTS library.
Updated post roll.
Fixes
Fixed some crashes related to the TTS access and sound resources.
4.0.119.544
New
Added support for WAV S24 and Wav U8 sound formats.
New post-roll.
Login error messages (inactive account/server unavailable) now have click-able links to the nawmal website.
New
Customization "Styles" panel not being properly updated when swapping with another character with customization
Fixed with voice previews playback not working properly.
Fixed support for Wav S32 format support.
Importing voice recording multiple times would fail.
Crash when popping LocketAssetDialog after opening a project with locked assets.
4.0.115.510
New
Added support for http redirect.
Added a "Go Online..." option in File menu to force a license check when in offline mode (option is only visible when offline).
Fixes
Updated support for proxies, fixes and optimisations.
Connections will timeout after 20 seconds of inactivity.
Failed connections will attempt to reconnect automatically (except for asset and voice downloads).
Fixed a few memory leaks.
Fixed a few crashes in location selector.
Fixed a dead lock in asset downloading when drag and dropping an uninstalled character.
Fixed a bug where sound buffer playback would end with more silence than intended.
4.0.110.492
New
Contains a new End-User License Agreement (EULA) which is shown on first login.
4.0.107.484
New
All audio media is now streamed instead of being loaded in memory.
Added "Open in browser" option in help page.
Fixes
Imported voice recording lipsync data is now cached.
H264 encoding parameters are now exposed in the .ini file for advanced users.
Updated label for stereo output in video export.
Inverted width/height items in video export.
Window title now reflects filename and is updated after a save as or a renamed project file.
Menu entries have been updated.
Crash when clicking an empty scene.
Potential audio glitch on startup.
4.0.103.459
New
Network support for proxy connections.
Location selector displays mugshot of character.
Fixes
Asset resources cache could get out-of-sync.
Character downloads would not retrieve dependent assets (animations, textures, etc.
Sync downloads would not display the download widget and wait for completion.
4.0.99.428
Fixes
Fixes crashes with the video export dialog.
Fixes to the installation workflow.
4.0.97.427
Changes
3D Background clear color changed from blue to gray.
Fixes
Fixed a bug in the crash reporter.
On opening a project, we no longer try to install missing SAPI voices.
Video export uses less memory.
Video export uses less memory.
Fixed shadows for distant cameras.
4.0.91.104
New
New no-admin-rights-needed installer.
Fixes
Major bug preventing users with non-ascii windows user names to import assets.
Pressing '-' in the media panel will remove the imported media properly.
Help menu now visible before login.
"What's this" menu option removed from login screen.
Collection are now sorted by name in the lists.
Fixed bug where thumbnails would stay in spinning animation in low-connectivity environment.
4.0.87.373
Fixes
Fixed a forward compatibility issue with per-user compatible installers.
Fixed some analytics not being forwarded properly.
Added some logs when checking/downloading asset catalog updates.
4.0.80.349
Changes
Newer splash screen.
4.0.78.344
Changes
New splash screen.
Location Selector re-styled.
Voice Recording button re-styled.
In trial, locked collections no longer displayed with the "[locked]" label in the drop down menu.
Fixes
Fix a crash occurring when SAPI initialization failed.
Release build no longer deletes all logs.
Stories ending with titles no longer have a 1-second gap added at the end.
In trial, locked collections no longer displayed with the "[locked]" label in the drop down menu.
Fixed a bug where location selector would always select "Original" when switching characters when users have access to character positioning.
Dismissing the login dialog after signout will now exit the app.
Signing out now prompts the user to save current project.
4.0.72.302
Changes
Writer "Add Dialog" button now renamed to "Add Line"
The application name is now driven by the license retrieved after login.
Fixes
Camera event inspector transition slider no longer switches to "cut" when set to zero.
After switching to cut, the "original" camera is no longer lost when switching back to motion.
Writer Voice Recording button "what's this" now opens the related help index.
Fixed Voice Recording button being shown on all lines after loading a project.
Inlay action icon is now hidden if no inlays are present in the set.
Fixed layout issues with central toolbar preventing moving the splitter when clicking next to the play button.
Fixed a crashing multi-threaded access bug in thumbnail loading.
Reverted a change that might be the source of application hangs when cancelling a simulation.
4.0.71.299
New
Support for the EDU license from the same installer as MAKE.
Add voice recordings by clicking a button on the right-hand side of a line of dialogue instead of using drag and drop from the action bar.
Changes
UI animation easing curves changed from InOutExpo to OutExpo thus feeling a bit more responsive.
4.0.69.252
Changes
Video import now allows the .mp4 file extension.
Resource import is done one by one so if one import fails, it doesn't revert the entire batch import.
Changed labeling of H.264 video export preset from "H.264 Video" to "MP4/H.264".
Displays exported video length during the encoding process with format HH:MM:SS.FF.
Trial overlays and messages prompt to "purchase a subscription" instead of "activating your account".
Locked assets dialog used to display upgrade prompt when attempting to export video in trial mode.
The character Location Selection is displayed when clicking a character in the cast panel.
The Location Selection panel no longer needs to overwrite the original position when selecting a location.
Location button pressed state now correctly reflects the current location.
Fixes
Fixed a crash in the video player that could happen when multiples videos were played back at the same time (on different inlays).
Smart Camera thumbnails are correctly updated when a character is placed on a locator.
Double-clicking on the character in the cast panel will now correctly frame the character if it's placed on a locator.
4.0.67.247
Changes
New, simpler character customization UI.
Thumbnails loaded on-demand, async: faster, less memory usage.
New Accordion Widget for Cast/Location inspector (clicking on the entire header will toggle contents, not just the small arrow.)
Character Location Selection now uses the same styling as the side panels.
Side Panel Push Buttons now display the "pressed" state properly.
Improved startup times with limited internet connectivity.
Changes
Fixed a few crash scenarios.
4.0.66.227
Changes
Added logs and error messages when failing to locate assets in offline-assets mode.
Fixes
Fixed a crash on exit when no customization-enabled characters (Suits) were used during the session.
4.0.65.226
Changes
Location selection tool displays "First" and "Second" instead of the built-in "animator" and "guest".
Fixes
Application was not loading at all with users that contained non-ascii characters (eg: Sébastien).
Crashed when clicking like a madman while a project was loading.
Recent Projects custom thumbnails were being lost when opening the project; reverting to the set preview thumbnail.
Made MP3 export code a bit more defensive/robust since we saw some crashes in the wild.
Made the asset banks resources fallback mechanism a bit more robust.
Fixed a few memory leaks on exit.
4.0.64.214
New
Dropping a new character in the scene will pop the location selection tool (this is work-in-progress).
Changes
Integrated the error display dialog in another critical failure path.
Fixes
When the login/welcome dialog is dismissed, the application returns no error code.
4.0.63.210
Changes
The main window is displayed under the login/welcome dialog at startup so the app stays visible at all times.
4.0.59.207
Changes
The crash reporter icon has been updated.
Fixes
The video export window is no longer scrambled when using large fonts and high-density displays.
4.0.57.203
Changes
Collections without a match are hidden in the character and set browsers.
A selected collection without a match has a message instead of being empty.
Fixes
In some cases of critical errors, the application was killed silently instead of displaying an error message.
Some temporary directories are now cleaned at every application startup, which should help resolve some issues.
The 'New Project' window showed the thumbnails of all collections.
The .nwml extension was not being properly registered by the installer.
4.0.55.188
Changes
The password field of the login form is now shown until it loses focus, making it easier to verify that the password has been entered correctly.
The "Request assistance..." menu is now connected to an online support form.
Fixes
Some people had difficulty connecting to the license server the first time they used the software.
4.0.53.182
Changes
The aspect ratio selected in the video export window is previewed in the main view.
The play button interaction is simpler.
Selecting a set in new project auto selects the set's collection in the character browser.
Memory usage was reduced.
Fixes
Fixed an issue where drag and dropping non-installed characters could crash the app.
Tentatively fixed occurrences of the infamous "Open of log file failed" dialog. We are very interested in knowing if any of you sees this dialog again. Please contact if you see this dialog.
