Release Notes for Flix 6.1.2

Release Date

September 16th, 2019

Operating Systems

Flix Server

Mac

Sierra (10.12) or higher

4GB of RAM

Linux

CentOS/RHEL 7 (recommended) or 6.10 and higher, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

A 64 bit processor @ 2GHz or higher

4GB of RAM

Note:  Flix Server is currently not available on Windows. Other operating system versions may work with Flix, but have not been fully tested. If you have any problems with a particular operating system, please contact the Foundry Support Team here.

Flix Client

Mac

Sierra (10.12) or higher

1GB of RAM

Windows

Windows 10

An SSE2 capable Intel Pentium 4 processor, or later

1GB of RAM

Note:  Flix Client is currently not available on Linux. Other operating system versions may work with Flix, but have not been fully tested. If you have any problems with a particular operating system, please contact the Foundry Support Team here.

Officially-Supported Third-Party Applications

Applications

Supported Versions

Adobe Photoshop

CC 2017, CC 2018, CC 2019

Adobe Premiere

CC 2017, CC 2018, CC 2019

Avid Media Composer

8.9, 8.10, 2018.12.3

Note:  Older versions may work, but they haven’t been fully tested with Flix 6.1, so they cannot be listed as officially supported.
If you have any problems with a particular application's version, please contact the Foundry Support Team here.

Feature Enhancements

Technical

• ID 402705 - Added unique error codes that could occur from the DNxHD App. For example, ERR_FAILED_DECODING_DNXHD = 12.

• ID 402691 - Display dummy image for failed DNxHD renders.

• ID 402335 - Added new config option flix5_compatible_imports for reconforming from Avid using Flix 5 assets.

Bug Fixes

• ID 399204 - Fixed LDAP/OAUTH conflict when credentials are identical.

• ID 398139 - Effect Handling preference in the Editorial interface is now remembered by Flix.

• ID 397155 - Fixed some of the player button selections so they persist. For example, brush size in annotation tool.

• ID 397885 - Player auto-refreshed when annotation is updated from Photoshop.

• ID 400750 - Improved error handling on failed imports from Avid.

• ID 396822 - Fixed AAFs with 23.98 or 29.97 frame rate not opening in Avid.

• ID 403442 - Fixed issue where migration tool imports blank panels into Flix 6.

• ID 402068 - Fixed duplication of assets in exports for Adobe Premiere.

• ID 374545 - Fixed issue where ref panels opened in Photoshop are off-centre.

• ID 399581 - Fixed spelling in error message in Flix client.

• ID 398949 - Fixed issue where deleted users still receive emails.

• ID 402070 - Publish paths to Premiere which are configured with the Sequence Revision chip do not resolve correctly until the Flix Client UI is refreshed.

• ID 403787 - "Use Flix Timing" does not display mark in value in Avid.

• ID 400186 - Fixed panels duplicated in Avid being imported as ref panels into Flix.

• ID 403895 - Publish fails after changing between Use Flix Timings/Mark In/Mark Out.

• ID 404644 - "Send Annotation as Layer" not working on Windows.