What's New

Reality 5.3 SP3 distribution introduces new features, enhancements, and bug fixes aimed at improving the overall user experience and functionality.

Highlights

This update enhances Reality with a range of new features and fixes:

• The TrackedTalentFly node now gains the capability to create border softness, allowing you refine the area to be keyed for "Flying Camera" scenarios.

• Bypassing depth of field for video pixels is now possible via Video Projection DOFBypass which you can control the edge contamination on keyed talent when they are out of focus.

• The VideoTranslucencyDetail property has been added to the CompositePasses node to allow you to adjust translucency for fine tuning the blending in keying.

• The RealityKeyer now supports blue screen keying alongside green screen keying, expanding its functionality.

• ReadVideo node is now capable of accurate navigation, allowing you to target specific frames, time positions, and timecodes.

• Additional broadcast lens calibration files are now available in the Reality Distribution Content.

• The new 3WayColorCorrect node, allowing for independent control of highlights, mid-tones, and shadows.

• Zero Density License Manager is enhanced with the ability to backup, restore with Restore feature along with the Cleanup feature for easily removing expired licenses.

• Reality Hub now supports proxy allowing you routing HTTP/HTTPS connections through a proxy server.

In addition to these highlights, there are several other bug fixes and improvements included in this update.

Reality 5.3 SP3 Software Component Versions

This distribution updates the software components to the following versions:

Unreal Engine 5.3.2

• Reality UE5 Plugin | Version 1.3

• Nodos Link UE5 Plugin | Version 1.1.1

Nodos 1.1.1

• ZD Plugins | Version 1.3

Reality Hub 1.5.1

License Manager 1.5

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What's New in Reality 5.3 SP3 Distribution

Each software component updates are listed in their respective section below:

Unreal Engine

For Unreal Engine 5.3 release notes, please visit the following link:

https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.3/en-US/unreal-engine-5.3-release-notes/

Reality UE5 Plugin

NEW

• Bypassing depth of field for video pixels is now possible via Video Projection DOFBypass property. This feature allows you to have more control on edge contamination (a.k.a halo effect) around keyed talent when they are out of focus.

Video Projection DOF Bypass

FIXES

• Changing the default scene root transform via Reality Parent Transform Actor causes Portal Window to get transform override.

• Foreground Mask now dynamically scales with changes in camera resolution and scale factor, ensuring consistent composition across different resolutions.

Nodos Link UE5 Plugin

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Nodos

ZD Plugins

NEW

• The VideoTranslucencyDetail property has been added to the CompositePasses node to allow you to clamp the weight of translucency in your scene.

Video Translucency Detail Property of CompositePasses Node

• Cyclorama node now allows you to define blending transition between multiple clean plates through the ProjectionTextureSmoothness property.

Projection Texture Smoothness Property of Cyclorama Node

• The TrackedTalentFly node now gains the capability to create border softness, allowing you refine the area to be keyed for "Flying Camera" scenarios.

Tracked Talent Fly Node | Border Softness

• The RealityKeyer now supports blue screen keying. You have the option to select either green or blue from the KeyChannel property.

Blue Screen Keying

• ReadVideo node is now capable of precise navigation, allowing you to target specific frames, time positions, and timecodes for advanced video playback control.

Read Video Node

• 3WayColorCorrect node is available. You can now independently control the colors in darker areas, mid-range tones, and brighter regions of your texture pin source.

3WayColorCorrect Node

FIXES

• FOV data is not correctly transferred to the LensCalibration node when a lens file (JSON) is added, resulting in flickering.

Reality Hub

NEW

• Playout rundown item buttons now display a visual indicator if a shortcut has been assigned.

Rundown Item Shortcut

• Support for proxying HTTP/HTTPS connections has been added. You can now route both regular and secure web traffic through a designated proxy server.

Proxy Settings

• Clearing of information within the File Input field is now available for both Compact and Non-Compact Views.

Clear Information

• The response to the listEngines() API call now includes the hostname of the Engine.

https://github.com/zerodensity/realityhub-api/?tab=readme-ov-file#listing-the-engines

• Reality Hub is now capable of effectively terminating the Nodos Launcher.

FIXES

• "Failed to play" error message incorrectly appears when switching between Playout Template Forms while a number field is in focus.

• The MOS plugin creates objects in the database and allows insertion into NRCS stories despite displaying the error "Failed to create MOS Object”.

• Changes to the MOS Object slug are not being reflected in the NCS (ENPS) system.

• Drag and Add buttons in Reality Hub MOS Plugin’s item editing mode are incorrectly displayed even when data isn't changed.

License Manager

NEW

New ZD License Manager UI

• ZD License Manager user interface and user experience is changed.

• Backing up and restoring licenses is now possible via the new Backup feature.

• Cleanup expired licenses feature is added to the user interface for removing expired licenses.