Pre-release: OnTheAir CG 3.6

About pre-releases (read me!)

Before you download and use a pre-release version, make sure to check the READ ME article to know how to use pre-release versions and their limitations.

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OnTheAir CG Version 3.6b25 (20 October 2023)

Release Notes

• Universal application for better performances on Apple Silicon computers. Make sure to read the following article for more info on compatibility with Apple Silicon computers.
• Full compatibility of NDI with Apple Silicon computers. 
• Updated AJA, Blackmagic-Design and Deltacast SDK to be able to run natively on Apple Silicon.
• NEW: Major rewrite of the graphics engine to use Metal instead of OpenGL. Please test extensively and get back to us with any issue that you may see.
• NEW: Added support for 10bit output
• NEW: Added an API to send live subtitling data
• NEW: Added the ability to Blur an item (in the shapes item, you can create a blur item that will blur every layers below it. Work in progress as it is not yet possible to set the blur value)
• NEW: Added the ability to change the "baseline" of a smile 
• NEW: Blackmagic-Design devices: Added support for keying with more video formats
• IMPROVED: Back to back movie file playout
• FIXED: Red half screen that was seen in some 2019 and 2020 intel MacBook Pros & iMacs
• FIXED: Transparency was ignored for ProRes 4444 clips when running on M1 Pro / M1 Max computers (with ProRes acceleration).
• FIXED: Issue with ramping of start animations (the ease in/out would not be applied)
• FIXED: Smile setup window was not readable when in light mode.
• FIXED: Issue with some NDI sources not being seen

Warnings and Important modifications

• There is no installer anymore. Just drag and drop the application to the Applications folder. 
• As there is no installer anymore, this implies that Sample projects and AppleScript examples are not installed. They can be downloaded from our website. 
• For developers using the API there are 2 major changes:
  • you should now use "snake_case" instead of "camelCase"
  • You now have to specify the "Content-Type" to "application/json" in your requests