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Buncha updates released today - while the text mentioned it in the update, it's nice to see that it snuck in there and is now hiding in the menus: HDV 1080p24 (hooray!). I'm guessing this will be the basis of the Sony XDCAM HD support for 1080p24, 1080i50, and 1080i60....but only for 25 mbit CBR MPEG-2 (not 18 or 35 mbit VBR, which is VARIABLE, not constant bitrate.) ...but then I heard from Nate Weaver, and he said it looked like 35mbit IS working, hopefully I can verify this myself tomorrow (UPDATE: No, it wasn't - the camera reset itself to 25mbit on those clips, so our comment about 35mbit support was erroneous).

Apple also released 10.4.7 tonight - includes fixes for Mail, iChat, Syncing, Finder & other Apple apps, and of interest to editors:


(fixes) audio playback in QuickTime, iTunes, Final Cut Pro, and Soundtrack applications

Resolves an issue in which Soundtrack Pro may unexpectedly quit on PowerPC-based Macs after you analyze an audio file in the Waveform Editor by selecting Clicks and Pops.

Improves compatibility for Adobe Photoshop CS2 by preventing menu items being highlighted if the cursor was in an image's zoom field.

Networking and Xsan

Addresses an issue that could cause files to be deleted when duplicating them in the Finder on a mounted AFP volume.
Addresses an issue that could cause the error "Bad file descriptor" when using the cp command to copy a file to an AFP volume.
Mac OS X 10.4 computers now respond to Layer 2 Multicast ARPs.
Addresses an issue in which the configd process could take excessive CPU resources when a DHCP server sent a malformed DHCP response.
The included Apple VPN client now supports group membership on Cisco VPN servers.
Improves reliability of the lsof command on systems with a large amount of RAM installed.
Resolves an issue that could cause Xsan clients to stop responding when accessing the SAN if an Xsan peer was rebooted.
Increases the maximum number of vnodes on systems with 2 GB or more RAM to avoid an issue that could cause Xsan clients to become unresponsive when the vnode table became full.
Resolves an issue using "Save As..." from certain Adobe applications to an Xsan volume reshared via AFP.
The cp, mv and tar commands now pre-allocate space on Xsan volumes to avoid file fragmentation.
Safari will no longer intermittently, unexpectedly quit if you use PAC (Proxy Auto Configuration) files.
Addresses an issue in which Apple Remote Desktop clients could stop updating the admin's control screen.


Motion 2.1.2 got released as well, from the PDF file:

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Late-Breaking News About Motion 2.1.2
The following known issues have been fixed in Motion 2.1.2.
Filters
Motion 2.1.2 provides improved compatibility with third-party After Effects filters on PowerPC-based Macintosh computers.
Motion 2.1.2 resolves visual differences between Motion 2.1 and Motion 2.0.1 when using certain blur, color correction, distortion, glow, stylize, and tiling filters.
Motion 2.1.2 resolves visual differences between Motion 2.1 and Motion 2.0.1 when using certain generators, including Checkerboard and Star.
Motion 2.1.2 fixes an incorrect value for the Glass Distortion filter’s default Softness parameter. (The correct value of 5.00 has been restored.)
Motion 2.1.2 resolves an issue that caused the MinMax filter, when applied to large images, to corrupt the resulting output image.
Motion 2.1.2 fixes an incorrect minimum value for the Bulge filter’s Scale parameter. (The correct minimum value of –10 has been restored.)
Motion 2.1.2 fixes an issue that caused Motion to stop responding when simultaneously playing back a project containing a text object with an applied Circle Blur filter and previewing the Texture Screen filter or Glass Distortion filter in the
Utility window.
Motion 2.1.2 resolves an interface issue that prevented adjustment of the Angle parameter for all Image Unit filters and for certain Motion filters.
Motion 2.1.2 fixes an issue that caused certain Motion filters to clamp RGB values greater than 1 when rendering in float.
Library
Motion 2.1.2 resolves an issue that caused Motion to stop responding when a user’s system contains a volume for which the user has no Read permissions.
Timeline
Motion 2.1.2 fixes an issue that caused Motion to stop responding when the Caustics generator is added to the Timeline while the Timeline is displayed.
Soundtrack Pro Integration
Motion 2.1.2 resolves an issue that sometimes caused Motion to stop responding when the user modifies an audio file in Soundtrack Pro, saves the file, then quickly switches back and forth between Motion and Soundtrack Pro.

Intel-based Macintosh computers

Motion 2.1.2 resolves an issue that caused Adobe Photoshop files to lose their blend modes settings when imported into Motion as separate layers.

Motion 2.1.2 fixes an issue that caused the Glow filter to turn an image white when the Softness parameter is set to 0.00.

Motion 2.1.2 fixes an issue that resulted in a visual difference between the Slit Tunnel filter’s appearance on Intel-based Macintosh computers and its appearance on PowerPC-based Macintosh computers.


I briefly mentioned it the other day, but again BlackMagic released version 5.6.1 drivers for the Multibridge Extreme (and other MBs? Not sure), and version 5.6 for DeckLink cards.

(AJA released new drivers May 31st, BTW).