Important notes :

In the version 3 of Artist the DMX and MIDI interfaces need to be connect to in Resources/Input Output Patch in order to output. Go to DMX Out to connect DMX interfaces.

These are the main new features in Artist3

• Pixel Arrays
• Graphics surface effects
• PDA Remote control
• AutoPilot
• Blind Edit
• Independent List Levels
• Sunrise calculator
• 365 day event scheduler
• relative event times
• ArtNet
• Interface Manager
• Input Output patch for patching to Interfaces
• Analog/Digital inputs
• FFT sound processing
• Global Softpatch feature
• new operator GUI
• DMX input from USB and Ethernet
• Web Control
• Included Bits application
• new navigator layout to speed up loading
• new Control Panel feature. See Navigator/System Control/Control Panel also see Artist Help/Overview/Control Panel
• new full screen video player with time coding.
• some conversion routines for old style GUI to new control panel
• Added delayed start display.
• New alarm dialog for expiring registration
• control panel themes
• new stand alone panels installer
• added Ctrl-X to close new control panels.
• new Width and render type controls for Marqee effect.
• cleaned build
• changes to device enumeration
• new Remote Control Panel page select system command
• adjustable font size for new control panels
• rebuilt with /clr
• New Advantech server for data acquisition
• new default interface for simple installation.
• Add To now available on cue right-click
• Some colour enhancements to new style gui
• Optional List tracking added in new style GUI
• Point source option on Pixel arrays.
• Support for new MiniDMX USB interface
• Support for ShowCAD DLP analog and digital interface
• New Behringer control panel support
• Support for RGBW, RGBWA and RGBWWW fixtures in single and array fixtures.
• New enhance rate control.
• installer now installs drivers automatically
• New GUI lockout for new style GUI
• extended DMX period range to 100ms
• new Cue Tools/Optimise Cues dialog to remove zero levels in cues. This makes cue files smaller and save faster.
• new Control Panel colour themes
• added logging of RTC and Sceheduler events to activity log file.
• Cue list optimising function to reduce disk file size
• new Window/Default Docking function to restore window positions
• the Start Seq and Start Chase system commands now have an option field.
• Activating an externally interlocked cue now deactivates sequences running on external lists.

Fixes from previous release

• multiple cue select and control panel adjustments now fixed
• pixel view fixes
• some fixes to cross fading - more to come
• some changes to affect the suspected thread lock
• fixes to the Control Panel settings
• more crossfading fixes
• enhancements to Control Panel
• fix to coexistence with USB serial ports fixed.
• some fixes to new control panel
• fix to video player
• sizing of areas in List Control Panel
• fix to crash with absolute gui buttons.
• modifications to video player
• modification to Activate Fixture System Command dialog.
• fix to Absolute buttons on new Control Panels
• fix sizing on control panel
• Fixed Standard account user
• Fix to old GUI auto launch
• Fix to Control Panels
• Fix to crash on Auto boot
• Fix to ControlPanel installer version.
• fix to momentary button in new Control Panels
• fix to List Level system command from within a cue
• fix to Control Panels exception error
• fix to Fixture align dialog
• fix List Level adjustment
• missing MFC file added to installer
• fix to multiple panels
• erroneous code found
• fix to file format
• DMX in patch fix
• Input Output navigator refresh
• MIDI Output fix
• fix to new workspace crash.
• fix to fixture hilite glitch
• fix to disconnecting an interface
• F1 help fixed
• Soring cue does not overwrite cue timing
• fixes to tree refreshing when inerting or deleting cues.
• new UDP packet system command
• Fixes to new style gui update
• Fix to update storing focus and beam
• more fixes to new style GUI
• fix to Sunlite drivers
• fix to Deactivate command combo selection
• fix to node enumeration
• fixed MIDI output
• fix to saving BPM auto check box
• fix to Artist not shutting down
• reform of fade to balc function
• fix to blocked MIDI  inputs
• fix to redefine of pixel arrays.
• fix to changing licence number
• fix to pixel array fading
• fix to pixel array set parameters
• fix to effect rate control
• fix to control panel exclusions
• fix to chases and presets in parameters
• fix to gui absolute buttons (momentary)
• fix to hidden dialog in gui
• fix to ftd drive inssues on install
• fix to duplicate effect codes
• fix to BPM on rate controls
• further fixes to bpm rate
• fix to video player looping
• fix to duplicate MIDI device
• Control Panel fixes to absolute buttons
• fix to new gui tracking list
• fix to old style gui with hidden lists
• fix to redrawing old GUI
• fix to step times in scene sequences
• fixes to scheduler
• fix to absolute button dialog in new GUI properties
• fix to no soft start option in scenes.
• fix to No Clear and Blackout options
• fix to manual xfade
• fix to sunset relative RTC events