01. Assimilate Product Suite v9.9 - Download

• Updated Canon CRM SDK to version 2.11 R3.
• Stage Lights update. Sampling from a Switcher where the input had a vari-speed setting (Inputs menu) did not sample from the correct frame.
• REST API updates. Creating a new layer through the API did not show the proper size, the recursive option was not always set properly, and Player view did not always update instantly.
• Live Assist updates. The Instant Review function was not working correctly anymore with the introduction of the REST API. Also fixed an issue where audio playback could be out of sync when switching to Replay mode.
• Relabelled the Switcher node and derived Switcher for projections to VP Switcher.
• Fix an issue where the combination of a switcher node in combination with A/B view did not always render correctly on the video output. Now the over mode is only used when the channel controller setting for the specific display is set to Active Channel. This also applies to Live Assist.
• Fix on the OFX plug-in interface where control adjustments that triggered the state of other controls did not always pass properly.
• Added ‘S’ and ‘C’ quick keys to the calculator to switch the Sign or Clear the value from the keyboard.
• Added additional logging for checking frame sync settings and display state.

• Fixed an issue, introduced in the previous build, where the Channel Controller panel would only open the first time in the Player.
• Various fixes with the multi-system sync session function. Some still images did not properly show up on the client system, even though the media was present. A client system no longer will try to retrieve media from the master system when the media is locally not available and just show a blue / missing frame. When retrieving media from the master system it appeared as if the media was present, but playback would be very choppy. Under certain conditions the frame-sync between systems could be lost after looping the media playback.
• When setting up a frustum projection with multiple layers and using the same shot for the layers, the app could crash. Also, when now using multiple layers in a frustum projection, the media is not just presented as layers on top of the base projection node, but each layer will have its own frustum projection node. In this way you create a multi camera setup.
• Small tweak in the REST API structure naming. Increase the version to 1.0.5.

• An earlier fix ensuring frame-sync of multi-display setup that was made for Nvidia driver 570 was no longer needed and in fact could affect the frame-sync as well as result in a spinning cursor when using a more recent driver version.
• BMD VideoIO was not working with the latest v16.0 Desktop Video driver.
• Various tweaks on the REST API where specific canvas or colorgrade updates did not work properly. The API version has been incremented to 1.0.4.

REST-API

• This build introduces a REST API — a programming interface that provides access to core functions and project metadata within the Assimilate Product Suite. Using the built-in HTTP web server, the REST API allows control from both the local system and remote systems over a network. The API provides access to a broad range of functionality, including Project and metadata management from Timeline to Shot data, application control for open/close project and managing render queues.
• In addition to the REST-API the Custom Commands have been extended to allow for user input with a command. This allows for more interactive custom workflows. Custom Commands continue to support the legacy XML scripting method for passing project data. However, going forward, the REST API is the recommended method for retrieving and updating project metadata.
• Individual Custom Commands can now also be saved and loaded as standalone files, making it easier to distribute workflow tools and script installers. When loading a command file, script paths are automatically updated.
• To start the REST-API all that is needed is to (auto) start the web server from the System Settings panel. After that, to test it, open a web browser and navigate to the address that was set for the web server: e.g. http://localhost:8080/. This should open the default web page with system information and a link to the API documentation as well as a link to the GitHub that also contains all the API documentation as well as a Python wrapper library and example scripts on how to use that library: https://github.com/Assimilate-Inc/Assimilate-REST.
• The REST-API and the Custom Commands are also available in Play Pro Studio. Please refer to the GitHub repository for feature scope and license-specific limitations across Assimilate products.
• The REST API together with interactive Custom Commands opens a new level of workflow customization be it for dailies, post or on-set-live (compositing). We look forward to seeing how you might use these new capabilities. To provide feedback or ask questions we opened a new dedicated channel on our Discord: https://discord.gg/c5TcFfbpt

Other updates

• Stage Manager fixes. When adding or removing a mapping in the stage manager, the stage was not always automatically saved on exit. In some cases, a consolidate of the walls in the stage manager, could lead to deleting .obj files.
• Various fixes on the OpenFX plugin interface where in some cases controls were not properly shown or hidden when re-entering a project.
• The state of the Relative button in the Canvas menu was sometimes incorrect when selecting a Bicubic layer..
• The DMX Raw viewer showed a mapping conflict, even if the fixture involved was disabled through its (group) parent.
• DMX Update. Video fixtures that sampled over the edge of the source image, showed the border pixel repeated rather than black.

• Add support for capturing HANC metadata for BMD devices which support it (8K Pro).
• Under certain conditions when rendering DCI JPEG 2000 files, the file size could slightly exceed the bitrate that was set.
• The height of the backdrop of subtitles from the Burn-in plugin, was not always adjusted when subtitles change between one and two lines of text. This issue was introduced with a recent subtitle fix.
• The Set Moderator option in the Multi-node Sync-Session setup in Live FX, was not always working correct.
• The ACES Gamut Compressor plugin is now also available on MacOS. Also fixed an issue where the input image could in some cases show inverted. The plug-in is now available from the default Effects category in the plugin browser.

• Fixed an issue that was introduced with the previous build with the Rivermax 2110 update, where Windows systems containing a NVidia Quadro Sync card did not license correctly.
• Fixed an issue that prevented starting with the software with a playlist (.splx file) was not working correctly anymore.

Mrt 20 '26, build 1202

• Added support for NVIDIA Rivermax for high resolution SMPTE 2110 output / capture. Note that this feature requires a special license. More details available here.
• Fixed a potential crash when creating a layer.
• Fixed an issue with OpenFX where in certain cases the control layout was not updated after showing or hiding controls by the plugin.

• Updated Sony RAW SDK to version 5.3.0 and Sony SMDK to version 4.27
• Fixed an issue with the subtitle in the BurnIn that could in certain cases cause flashing with empty text.
• Update on processing the Vicon tracker data to ensure that axis align
• Live FX - added 2 OSC cues to be able to use a single message to go jump to a position and start playback or record (instead of using 2 messages for it).
• Stage Lights - update default sample size for new video fixtures.
• Update on OpenFX plug-in interface where dynamically updating the content of dropdown controls by a plug-in did not always work for all plugins.
• Unreal Live Link updates. 
  • Added an option to select an actor in the active Unreal scene using Ctrl+Click when in Navigation mode. You can then toggle the Alpha of this actor on/off or create a Layer in Live FX at the position and size of the Actor. For this to work, you need the latest version of the Unral Live FX plugin.
  • The Alpha toggle can be used to bring objects in front or behind a (greenscreen) actor. For this to work, the Unreal scene needs to include alpha in the (texture share) output. The new Unreal Live FX plugin as an Alpha checkbox to update the project settings for this when doing the Full setup from the plugin dialog.
  • When using the Layer option, the 3D position and size selected actor is used + the Unreal camera offset to position the selected or newly created layer in 3D space + making it non-relative, so it will stick to the actor when the camera changes position. This way you can add content (layer Fill) to the Unreal scene or use the layer to grade specific parts of the scene.
  • The setup dialog in the new plug-in also has an additional option to link an existing nDisplay config into a new level, where you only need to create a new Live FX VP Camera.

• Fixed and issue with XDCAM where 16-bit D10 AES3 PCM audio was not played back correctly.
• Fixed a potential crash in Stage Lights when setting grid dimensions that differ from the repeat options in the fixture mapping.
• Fix issue with for OpenFX plugins that dynamically updated the content of a drop-down control.

• Added ACES 2.0 for native color space management. Under the hood, this uses the same ACES transforms from the recently updated OCIO 2.5. This however does not provide all possible outputs: e.g. there are no direct paths to D60/DCI output for P3, Rec709 and sRGB, or for Rec2020 with a gamma 2.4. In those cases, color space management reverts to the ACES 1.3 implementation where there is an intermediate transform to XYZ. Also, for HDR output, the standard ACES implementation provides transforms for a limited set of nit levels (100, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000). When using a different nit level, the closest lower nit level standard transform is used; when the nit level is set to 1600, the (max) 1000 nit level transform is used to ensure the output will never exceed the level set. Note that the nit level is set in the HDR Mastering Metadata in the Project settings (Lum. Max).
• In Live FX, when in the Settings menu in the Player, the framerate info in the left part of the menu sometimes showed the timeline framerate rather than the current shot framerate.
• Fixed an issue with the camera Profiles in the Camera menu, which did not save properly when the camera was activated but the color settings did not contain any layers.
• The log file showed the display name of a BMD Video-IO device, where the model-name was expected.
• Fixed a potential crash when toggling the Multi-system dialog on/off without connecting it.
• Added a function to the SuiteNodeV2 of the SPA plug-in interface to get the active pose, lens and sensor data of the active composition shot.
• An ALE can now also load a timecode formatted as a frame number rather than just in a hh:mm:ss:ff format. This allows to import a specific sequence-number (in the shot timecode or audio timecode), which can then be used in a file-mask to create filenames for an image sequence based on that specific number.

• Adjusted the pre-fetching scheme of source media for complex composition shots to gain playback performance.
• Improved performance for setup with a very high number of fixtures / universes used. Also fixed a potential problem that could arise when removing fixtures from the list.
• Updated ARRI Image SDK to version 9.0.1
• Updated OpenColorIO libraries / config to version 2.5.1. This version also includes ACES 2.0. Note that if you are using the OCIO (ACES) transforms in your current project, using the new version might change the output. To continue using the prior OCIO / ACES transforms, select the OCIO 2.3 config in the Advanced System Settings. The config is available from the installer folder (Win: c:\Program Files\Assimilator\Settings\ and on Mac: /Library/Application Support/Assimilator/Defaults/). (also note that ACES 2.0 will be coming soon to the native colorspace manager).
• Fixed an issue with the OCIO plugin, which sometimes not properly update when selecting a different option.
• When applying the Trim buffer, the Media source remap LUT was reset even if the copied grade did not contain a LUT.
• When using Create layer while the selection is in a group, the new layer is now created in the group rather than at the end.
• Labels on the Channel Controller buttons could contain garbage characters.
• When adjusting the Y offset in the Cylindrical to Wall projection node, to offset could for certain media be inverted.
• When creating a Custom Command based on an URL, it could happen that the URL was converted to all lower-case characters.
• Fix on QuickTime reader where GoPro MP4 clip had different timecode compared to QuickTime Player.
• When using Ctrl + T to toggle the Trim buffer the controls were reset instead of synchronizing to the color settings.
• Fix on undo/redo of a node, which could under certain conditions not restore all its inputs properly.
• Added the option to have an OpenGL swap interval greater than 1 when the display refresh rate is a multiple of the playback framerate and VSync is enabled. Playback will then be synced to the display. Windows only.
• A fix on Matchbox shaders, where shaders were recompiled for every shot instance which could give a small dip in playback (Windows only).
• Fix crash when added a Frame Reference to the Tray when using a panel mapping.
• Added a check for trimmed ARRI ProRes MXF files from Resolve. These files do not open with the regular ARRI reader but are now opened with the generic MXF reader by default.
• Various updates on the Unreal Live Link / Texture Share workflow, including a new version of the Unreal Live Link plug-in (version 23). In the Configuration tab of the Unreal Live Link panel new settings were added. Toggling the Extended log option will, next to adding more debug data to the log, also show a camera overlay with the current camera settings used for the Unreal image. This is useful for validating a shot. You can now also more easily set a specific Texture Share latency in case the auto latency is not working properly for the specific project. Also, by default the Unreal plug-in updates the evaluation mode and clears any interpolation mode that might have been set with the Live Link in Unreal. To prevent that, in case a particular setup requires them, you can disable the Force update setting. Also, a fix on the Texture Share node, which could wrongly use a cached image in case the texture share resolution was adjusted on the Unreal side.

• Using the Vertical Sync option for additional displays without frame-locking (Quadro Sync) could sometimes cause some show some jitter during playback.
• The source alpha was not preserved when applying the Eq->2D Transformer plug-in.
• Fix on the gallery page where the edit mode to adjust the names of a tray or gallery, did not always work correctly. Also, when the name of a Tray or gallery cannot be changes (default or system name), a lock is displayed next to the name.
• Fixed an issue that prevented correct creation of a gallery item or a snapshot in jpeg format. Also, snapshots were no longer automatically included in the project tray.
• The LED wall creator utility in the stage manager could not create walls with a curvature higher than 180 degrees.
• Devices without color space support (e.g. DeckLink 4K Extreme) did not work with the output color space set to Rec2020.
• After creating a projection setup playback was starting automatically even when the Auto Start Playback option was disabled.
• (Note that the earlier warning concerning the AJA NTV2 SDK version 17.6.0 driver has been withdrawn after released a newer driver).