Liquib 3.2  -  New Features

Much of the focus for Liquib 3.2 involved improvements to the Tiling feature.  The Audio and Video players have been enhanced to possibly allow playing additional media formats.  Several other tweaks and improvements.  Further details follow:

  • Tiling =>  Tiles can now be scaled Liquib Wander Menu between 10% and 200% of their normal size.  Prior to Liquib 3.2, when Tiles were shifted, either via automated Wandering motion or by manual Tile Shifting , there had been 2 Tile Shifting Types:  Tile to move the Tile itself to different positions over the source image, or Image to move the underlying source image while Liquib Tile Adjustments the Tile remained in place.  Liquib 3.2 adds a 3rd Tile Shift Type called Display, which appears to move the entire Tiled screen image (similar to the Kaleider Pattern Shift Type).  The Wander button can be right-clicked to show a popup menu that includes options to select Tile Shift Types.  Separate choices are available for Wander Shift Type (which can be randomly selected) and Manual Shift Type, which is used when shifting is performed by clicking and dragging the mouse.  There is also a Tile Scale Zooming option that will cause Tiles to be continuously scaled back and forth between 100% and 50%.

    The Tile Adjustments Panel has been redesigned to include controls for Scaling Tiles.  Click the Adjs button (or type Ctrl-F9) to toggle on/off the appearance of the Tile Adjustments Panel.  A slider is available to Scale Tiles between 10% and 200% of their normal size, or an exact Scaled Tile Width value can be entered (the Height would be scaled proportionately).  As when Tile X/Y or Image Sft X/Y values have been entered, click the Do Updates button after entering a Scaled Tile Width value to actually apply the altered amounts.

  • Audio and Video =>  The Liquib Liquib Video Player Audio Player and Video Player had previously used the Microsoft DirectShow API to play Audio and Video files.  DirectShow used filters to render the various media codecs that Audios and Videos are encoded with.  But if the necessary filter for a codec was not Liquib Audio Player installed on the computer, the file could not be played.  This might often be fixed by downloading and installing a free codec package like K-Lite.  Liquib 3.2 will first try to play Audio and Video files by using the more recent Microsoft Media Foundation API, which can process most of the common media codecs without the need for filters.  Then, if for some reason a file cannot be played by the Media Foundation, the program will automatically try to play the Audio or Video using DirectShow.

    As of Liquib 3.2 only 64-bit versions of the application will be available.  However, a 32-bit version of Liquib 3.1.1 can still be downloaded for older computers.

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