Snowflake Suite Change log


Version 1.9.1 - 2010/05/14

  • Added the GUI Snowflake Suite Configuration Editor
  • Added Froggy application
  • Added DrawOnVideo application
  • Added stylus support for N-trig and Wacom platforms
  • Added a top level menu for switching menu styles (rotating, sliding, grid)
  • Added a grid to the TouchCore crop calibration step for easier crop setups
  • Added downscale option for TouchCore camera streams
  • Added max allowed number of inputs for TouchCore
  • Added minimum and maximum blob size restriction for TouchCore
  • Added an optional "Exit Snowflake Suite" button in the top level menu
  • General graphical updates
  • General performance enhancements
  • General bug fixes

Version 1.9 - 2010/03/15

  • Added Piano application
  • Added support for PtGrey FlyCapture drivers, supporting PtGrey USB and FireWire cameras
  • Added an info message when Snowflake runs below 5 frames per second
  • Updated Connledge application
  • Updated the Windows icons
  • Total remake of Draw
  • Made Sandbox, Stacks, Slider and PDF Viewer into separate applications
  • Fixed sliding menu interactions on certain hardware
  • Fixed support for corner menu in exclusive applications
  • General bug fixes
  • General speed improvements
  • General graphics updates

Version 1.8.1 - 2010/01/22

  • Added Tracer application
  • Added initial support for PtGrey camera drivers
  • Added an information message when Snowflake detects low performance
  • Improved fullscren application render quality
  • Improved the Special Effects performance
  • Fixed a crash issue with thin camera crops
  • Fixed a memory leak issue in 3D Viewer
  • Fixed an issue with the Puzzle "Randomize" button
  • General fixes and optimizations

Version 1.8 - 2009/12/18

  • Windows 7 support
  • Snowflake C++ SDK (beta) (Software Development Kit)
  • Support for additional multi-touch hardware technology platforms
  • Support for PtGrey camera drivers
  • New application (alpha) - Connledge, a multi-touch wiki browser
  • New application - Drums, a multi-touch drum simulation
  • New application - Slot Machine, a multi-touch slot machine casino game concept
  • Re-introduced Pong
  • Enhanced Airhockey with 4 player support
  • New menu system
  • New application icons
  • Greatly improved and more flexible PDF support
  • Improved licensing system, making it easier and more flexible to license Snowflake (fine tuned for mass OEM integration)
  • Made the Snowflake Suite manuals more accessible and up to date via our Wiki instead of PDFs
  • Improved the 3D Viewer with new 3d models, support for COLLADA and improved render quality
  • Particles optimization
  • General tweaks and bug fixing

Version 1.7 - 2009/10/23

  • Fixed camera crash issues
  • Fixed stuck blobs issue
  • Made the trial version continous instead of closing after 5 minutes
  • Made it possible to save calibration configs for all users
  • General bug fixes
  • General performance improvements
  • Updated general graphics
  • Improved the calibration procedure
  • Improved general application menus
  • Applications are now started maximized
  • Added fade in/out when launching applications
  • Added 'loading' message when launching applications
  • Added new application Snowdoku
  • Added license generation for machines without firewire or NextWindow devices
  • Added support for showing videos when pressing 'Help' in the calibration
  • Extensive logging of cameras
  • Added a delay to the corner menu activation
  • Added corner menu animations
  • Added a merge effect to Bugs
  • Added a mouse control application to TouchCore release

Version 1.6.2 - 2009/09/01

  • Fixed an issue with calibrating for global inputs
  • Updated calibration/log path, to reflect on company name change (Europe AB -> Technologies AB)
  • Fixed issues with installing third-party tools required for running Snowflake
  • Added video of the new logo into the Media Viewer
  • Added support for screensaver
  • Added a reset button in the point-to-point calibration

Version 1.6.1 - 2009/08/21

  • Fixed an issue when setting the crop, caused by a flipped offset in some camera models
  • Fixed less aggressive adaptive background calculation
  • Fixed an issue when using an odd amount of columns and even amount of rows in the point-to-point calibration
  • Fixed an issue when using background capture with light evening activated
  • General tracker optimizations

Version 1.6 - 2009/08/10

  • Added a new multi-touch puzzle application
  • Replaced Camera orientation, Barrel distortion (checkerboard), and Corner input mapping steps with a point-to-point calibration in TouchCore calibration
  • True multi camera support (3, 4 and more cameras)
  • Flash components and instruction videos
  • Multiple NextWindow screens support (connect unlimited number of NextWindow screens together)
  • License machine info printer
  • Flash LocalConnection and added it to NextWindowOSC
  • Screensaver with option to close applications
  • Light evening (to under catch uneven light with DI setups) (making masking unnecessary)
  • Settable osc output framerate for TouchCore
  • Camera FPS settable in calibration
  • New input markers
  • F1 Version numbering
  • F2 Rendering FPS counter
  • Camera/tracker FPS counter
  • Global input mapping (when cropping projected image)
  • Open PDF in Adobe reader functionality implementation
  • Error message when a user tries to enter calibration mode without TouchCore having found any cameras
  • Improved general interaction design of the calibration module
  • Render textures saving
  • Graphics for the calibration module
  • General graphics
  • Camera crop
  • Filters to work with light evening
  • Tracker optimization (60 FPS)
  • Special Effects applications
  • Improved installer procedure
  • Transferring IDs between cameras when finger moves between cameras issue resolved
  • Fixed a minor license dialog issue
  • Support for PT Grey Dragonfly camera
  • Fixed several issues with crashes caused by the CMU camera interface
  • Fixed problem with video audio being too low
  • Video support in Flow
  • Stretching issues in 3D Viewer
  • Overlap dual camera transferring finger ID issue

Version 1.5 - 2009/05/06

  • Added application Tap
  • Added a new calibration step for setting camera brightness, gain etcetera
  • Added a direction marker to Viewer, for easier navigation
  • Added double-tap support to Viewer, to quickly maximize an image
  • Added model auto-scaling to the 3D Viewer
  • Added usage descriptions to applications Bugs, Wong, Stacks
  • Added support for setting a maximum amount of active applications
  • Added back button to the Slider application
  • Added initial version of a simplified calibration procedure, settable through the main Config
  • Added creation of crash reports
  • Added asynchronous loading of models in 3D Viewer
  • Improved TouchCore stability and performance
  • Improved the calibration procedure
  • Improved the graphics for the Particles menu
  • Fixed so that the NextWindow TUIO sender goes back to sending mouse events upon exit
  • Fixed a problem occurring when setting the render area wrongly in TouchCore calibration
  • Fixed so that input markers are always shown inside the TouchCore calibration procedure
  • Fixed a problem with Slider sometimes freezing the computer because of content overload
  • Fixed a crash problem when trying to run Snowflake using an old graphics card without support for render textures (now it shows an error message instead)
  • Fixed a crash problem with Flow
  • Increased the default application size
  • Made it easier to grab the paddles in Airhockey

Version 1.4 - 2009/04/03

  • Renamed PDFViewer to Slider and added image viewing capability
  • Updated general graphics
  • Updated Viewer application graphics
  • Updated Slider application graphics
  • Updated manual for increased read-ability
  • Updated 3D Viewer folder structure for easier model adding
  • Improved "exclusive" application loading (double-click .nui files)
  • Added a menu to select content folder for Slider, supports PDF and image files
  • Added direct-to-Flash TUIO to standard releases
  • Added support to launch applications maximized
  • Added support to have corner-menus in each corner, settable through the main Config
  • Fixed a crash when loading Slider without any content
  • Fixed a bug with the license check caused by data overflow
  • Fixed a crash in calibration
  • Fixed problems with background when used with different aspect ratios

Version 1.3 - 2009/03/06

  • Improved calibration process
  • Made it easier to draw the image mask
  • Fixed an offset issue when drawing the image mask
  • Added support for flipping the camera image horizontally and vertically
  • Added support for invert filter for front DI setups
  • Added license request dialog
  • Added support for direct-to-Flash TUIO messages
  • New applications:
    PDF Viewer
    AirHockey
  • Fixed a crash problem regarding erroneous values received from a CMU/FW camera
  • Fixed a "fail to read config" error
  • Bug fixes

Version 1.2 - 2009/01/30

  • Improved calibration process
  • Optimized tracking engine
  • Added support for NextWindow screens
  • Added support for Vista and XP 64bit
  • Added threaded resource loading
  • Added help text to the calibration process
  • Added support for NextWindow devices
  • Bug fixes
  • Performance tweaks

Version 1.1 - 2008/12/01

  • Improved calibration process
  • Enhanced graphical theme
  • New applications
    3D Viewer
    Sandbox & Stacks
    Visualization
  • Bug fixes
  • Performance tweaks

Version 1.0 - 2008/10/01

  • Initial release