November 11, 2024
Synthesoft Flashback:
This release is a major update with many
changes and additions to itemize. I've updated the UI to alow
sizing/stretching of most UI windows. It's an unusual
feature but I'm going
blind and I need tricks to force my eye to see with
via peripheral vision.
ShaderTest now supports the ShaderToy API and
allows searching ShaderToy shaders and browsing/running the results.
It's compatible with most of the buffer/channel types but does not
yet handle video files or sound generation.
January 8, 2024
Synthesoft Flashback:
I've made quite a few changes to improve
startup times and frame rates.
Fixed a bug that was causing some plane/palette configurations to
display incorrectly.
Improved the frame recording capability and usability.
You can now configure Flashback to use keystroke combinations to
invoke 3rd party screen recorders.
The built-in frame recorder can record up to 8K resolution frames in
jpg or png for use with a frames->video tool (like Xvid).
Improved usability of the auto-play in the preset browser w/the
addition of VCR-like controls. The record button uses either your
prefered screen recorder or the Flashback frame recorder.
New presets and shaders
This release is not codsigned and is distributed in portable format
July 1, 2023
Synthesoft Flashback:
I have implemented various enhancements to
the user interface, incorporated new modules, overhauled the shader
editor/compiler, and introduced additional effects to the DigiFX
module. Additionally, I have included support for the following:
* Shift-Click: Drag the entire UI as a whole
or only the targeted window if the windows are locked together.
* Pressing 'H' in the Visuals window will display a window showing
the available keyboard commands. Many of these commands can also be
accessed through a right-click context menu.
* Most of the UI windows feature right-click context menus.
* In the Preset Browser window, you can select multiple items and
then press the "Go" button to play the selected items.
* Presets now include a Favor attribute, which can be incremented by
pressing the space bar when the preset is playing in the Visuals
window (the Visuals window must be targeted or have focus).
June 5, 2022
Synthesoft Flashback:
Added two new modules (Fracture and Noise)
* Noise can be pretty demanding of your GPU and will look best on
newer gaming adapters.
* Set the Preset Browser to details view and sort by module to find
all presets that use them
Visuals Window:
*Converted to a standard window so that it
will play nice with XBox Game Recorder
Right-Click menu:
* Added options to initiate a timed recordings (requires XBox Game
recorder)
* Added options for changing window size to list of common
dimensions
DigiFX:
* Added Terrain effect (Toggle by setting "View Height" to non-zero)
General
* Integer/float Control edit fields are no longer read-only
* Added a few UI tweaks (Most windows now support
stretching/scaling)
March 2, 2022
Synthesoft Flashback:
Added new shaders, presets, palettes, and a new module
(Turbulence).
Ctrl+Mouse Wheel will now scale fonts in listview and treeview
Most control windows are now scalable and contents will scale to
match
December 28, 2021
Synthesoft Flashback:
Added a "Fave" column to the Preset Browser details view .
To play your favorites, sort by the fave column, select your
favorites, and press "Go"
Added the following keyboard commands when the Visuals Window is
targeted/has focus:
'H' - Toggles a window displaying the Visuals Windows commands
Autoplay:
TAB -- Toggle autoplay mode.
R-Arrow -- In autoplay mode: Advance to the next preset.
L-Arrow -- In autoplay mode: Returns to the previous
preset.
Display:
F -- Toggle: Display frame rate information.
R -- Toggle: Display backbuffer metrics.
T -- Toggle: Display the preset name.
Mouse:
R-Click -- Display context menu.
Wheel -- Increase/decrease the thickness of the visuals
window frame.
Misc:
+/- -- Increase/decrease the frame rate target.
S -- Save the current frame to an picture file in the
ScreenShots folder.
Spacebar -- Increment the favor count for the active
(animating) preset.
Pg-Up/Dn -- Increase/decrease the thickness of the
visuals window frame.
November 14, 2021
Synthesoft Flashback: Lots of UI
improvements.
Fixes:
* All planes in a preset now load correctly
* Brightness in Morpher now applied smoothly across morph
* Fixed an issue w/normals in KOB Animator (and added additional
parameters/tuning)
General:
* As usual, plenty of optimizations, and new presets.
* Added Tool Tips w/meaningful descriptions.
* Added update check (in Help menu).
Preset Browser:
* Now uses double left-click to launch a preset.
* Now has a Details View (right-click context menu in list view) w/
filtering by preset attributes (name, size, date, sound sync
support, modules used).
* Now supports multi-select (very useful with Autoplay).
Palette Editor:
* Updated palette browser and palette miner to display palettes so
they're easy to compare
October 27, 2021
Synthesoft Flashback:
Fixed a bug that broke most of the OpenGL presets. Mental note:
Regression testing mandatory. More optimizations, new presets,
palettes, and a Mandelbrot module.
October 16, 2021
Synthesoft Flashback:
Lots of optimizations as well as many new presets, palettes, and
images.
October 1, 2021
Synthesoft Flashback:
The Beta is now available for download.
September 18, 2021
Announcing Synthesoft Flashback
Flashback is a new product that incorporates parts of Hypno, Psych,
and Kine under a single interface. Flashback features a
completely new interface designed for interactive editing of presets
as they animate. It supports most of the pattern types
of its predecessors as well as a few new ones. It makes better
use of CPU/GPU resources and should perform significantly better on
newer systems. I'm hoping to have it ready for
beta testing on October 1st 2021.
Here's a screen shot of the UI (LGT Twitter).
December 3, 2018
- Hypno, Psych, Kine - Fixed a problem that broke our
installations when Windows 10 installed a major update.
- Hypno - Increased the range for the "Detail" slider in the
"Auxiliary Settings" panel of the configuration dialog.
Faster systems with 4K monitors should look better.
July 31, 2015
- Psych - Removed reliance on 256 color video modes for color
effects. This *vastly* improves the appearance on Windows
8, 8.1, and 10.
- Psych - Added frames-per-second target goals (for both module
drawing and color animation) to the "Auxiliary Settings"
panel of the configuration dialog.
January 7, 2015
- Removed a runtime dependency issue in AudioMonitorDLL.dll that
displayed an error and prevented it from loading on some systems
- Improved platform compatibility and performance
October 15, 2014
- Added support for sound sync with any media player on Windows
Vista or later
- Improved performance with many of the modules
- Many new preset Displays, Palettes, Textures, and Objects.
- Added a floating visuals window option to the task bar launcher
- Improved integration with post-Windows XP platforms.
- Dropped support for pre-XP platforms
**We recommend that you uninstall previous versions of the software
before installing the new versions. Be sure to back up any Displays
you have created first so that you can import them into the new version.
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