FLOWBOX sp. z o.o. has released an updated (version 1.5) Flowbox, is a new compositing tool for film production use. It will speed-up users’ work and make their workflow more flexible. It refines the node-based approach and offers a global repository of nodes for image composition, analysis and processing.

Changelog Flowbox 1.5

New features:
- Multi-thread caching
- Multi-thread background rendering near current frame
- Export shapes to Adobe After Effects1
- Track per folder/shape - copy transform from track and paste it to the roto directory with shapes or paste into separate shape
- Nudge shape points with key arrows and modifiers (10px - SHIFT, 1px - ALT and 1/10px- ALT & SHIFT)
- Hide shape when opacity is set to zero
- Advanced display settings - customize roto shape visuals per action
- Renaming nodes (double click on the name)
- GUI Resize - real-time interface scaling for high resolution displays
Major improvements to existing features:
- Shape isolation mode now isolates gizmos and renders only isolated
- Rectangle selection now automatically selects either shapes or points
- Add/Remove shapes to existing shape-box with SHIFT key
- Track - Smooth interpolation between keyframes
- GUI Resize - real-time interface scaling for high resolution displays
- Stabilise selected shapes/points - now with independent pan and zoom
- Various usability improvements
Major bug fixes:
- Support for non-Latin character paths on Windows
- Fixed crashes caused by quick point addition
- Single image import via drag & drop
- Curve Editor: fixed improper curve behavior when moving multiple curves at once

About Flowbox. Flowbox is said to redefine node based compositing approach with its internal language Luna, which makes Flowbox more than just an overlay to a programming language – the graph is actually a visual representation of a programming language.

The company and project was started a few years ago by Piotr Młodawski, Katarzyna Gola, Paweł Pietraszko, Wojciech Daniło, where Flowbox began as a programming framework for high performance data-flow. Previous, there wasn’t much information around on what Flowbox would be and do – but recently, a new site for Flowbox has unveiled some more information. Flowbox is being touted as the worlds most powerful image compositor, bringing next generation workflow to high end professionals.

About FLOWBOX sp. z o.o. Today almost every shot in a movie needs added visual effects. At Flowbox we create tools for visual effects artists & studios with a focus on Collaboration & Cloud, Automation, an open tools. Current tools are outdated, Flowbox is built on a modern platform that is ready to take on cutting edge media platforms i.e. VR.

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