Kaleider 5.3 adds alternative choices for how effect patterns are centered.  Much of the focus with this version involved the Mirroring feature, including a entirely new category of Triangle Mirrors.  Numerous other internal changes were made to enhance the functionality and efficiency of the program.  Further details follow:  (Also see Kaleider 5.3.1, Kaleider 5.3.2 and Kaleider 5.3.3)

• Centering Mode =>  Before, when the Center Tiles option was active, patterns were positioned symmetrically both horizontally and vertically.  Now, the Center button can be right-clicked to allow choosing an alternate Centering Mode, such as Center Horizontal Only or Center Vertical Only.  (The Tiling Menu also includes these options.) For example, with Center Horizontal Only, the effect would be kept balanced to the left and right, but could move freely up and down, either by manual shifting with the mouse or by automated Wandering motion.

  Centering Mode can optionally be randomly altered during Automatic Effects according to a value set through the Wandering tab of the Kaleider Configuration screen.  It's also possible now to associate a Centering Mode with each Pattern Combo Area.  Just click Options on the Combo Design Controls panel to specify a Centering Mode for the currently selected Area.
  

• Triangle Mirrors =>  The Kaleider
  
  
  
  generic Mirroring feature has been expanded to include right triangle shaped Mirrors.  As with Rectangle and Diamond Mirrors, custom designed Triangle Mirrors can be created, and there is also a large selection of pre-defined Triangle Mirror Patterns.  4 variations of each Pattern type are available to allow a choice of the desired orientation for the right triangle shape.  For example, choose the L/R version for a right triangle with the 90 degree angle at the Lower/Right.

  Triangle Mirrors are usually both horizontally and vertically symmetrical, and in most cases even diagonally symmetrical.  Because of the iterative reflection characteristics of Kaleider Mirrors, even a simple configuration of Mirror surfaces can often produce complex, unexpected results.  It's also possible to specify Mirror Transforms that alter the reflection properties of Mirrors in various ways, perhaps creating surprising, sometimes bizarre, effect variations.

  NOTE:  If you are using your own custom Configuration Files, you might want to update them to include the new Triangle Mirror Patterns, (under the Mirrors tab of the Kaleider Configuration screen), so that those effects might be selected with Random Effects and Automatic Effects.
  

• Mirroring Improvements =>  Several other significant enhancements have been made to the Mirroring feature.  The precision of Mirror Pattern definitions has been greatly increased, which makes recreating and especially Upscaling Mirrors more accurate.  This also makes it possible to position the points of Mirror surfaces more exactly, and this has been used to help make the new Triangle Mirrors Patterns nicely symmetrical.  Several of the existing Rectangle and Diamond Mirror Patterns have also been adjusting to improve their appearance.

  A new Restricted Mirror Option has been added to the Mirror Transforms screen to control how Mirrors are rendered.  When a Mirror is Restricted, it will reflect only within the bounds of the defined Mirror surface.  Otherwise, reflection can occur at any point behind the 'plane of reflection' (the red line of the Mirror surface outline).  The ordinarily blue circle at the center of the red line will change to purple to indicate that a Mirror is Restricted.  For most Mirrors, the results will be nearly identical with or without this option.  But in some cases, the difference is quite noticeable (including some of the new Triangle Mirror Patterns).  By default, the Restricted Mirror Option is set off for all but a few of the pre-defined Mirror Patterns.
  

Kaleider 5.3.2 

Aside from a few minor fixes and tweaks, the primary focus of Kaleider 5.3.2 was to improve the Video features.  The Video Player should be more reliable and capable of playing almost any common video format.  Video Capture can be configured to use more of the available encoding/compression codecs, and it should now be much easier to record Audio along with the visual action (see the Video Options screen).  NOTE:  Most sound cards can provide a Stereo Mix Audio Device, but often it is not enabled, and might not even be visible.  The Sounds Control Panel can usually be used to enable Stereo Mix (right-click the speaker icon in the Taskbar tray).  An internet search for 'enable stereo mix' will quickly find detailed instructions on how to do this.

Kaleider 5.3.3 

With Kaleider 5.3.3, a mark is shown at the upper-right corner of a button to indicate that the button can be right-clicked to provide additional functionality.  For example, can be right-clicked to access a popup menu of Sequons, or right-click to perform a random variation of the currently selected effect (same as the \ key).