After Effects - Version History

Version 4.2.0.4 - 21 Feb 2018

Bugfixes:

• Plug-in version fixed.

Version 4.2.0.3 - 09 Feb 2018

New features:

• Maxwell 4.2 MXIs supported.
• New Triangle ID channel supported.

Version 4.1.0.1 - 08 Jun 2017

New features:

• Maxwell 4.1 MXIs supported.

Version 4.0.0.5 - 10 Oct 2016

New features:

• Maxwell 4.0 MXIs supported.

Note:

• Only windows for now.

Version 3.2.1.5 (Jul 13th 2016)

New features:

• Maxwell 3.2.1.5 MXIs supported. Backwards compatibility was broken.

Version 3.2.0.0 (Oct 5th 2015)

New features:

• Maxwell 3.2 MXIs supported.
• New Reflectance channel supported.

Version 3.1.0.2 (May 21st 2015)

Bugfixes:

• Spotlight names are always "Other".
• Windows installer warning message when install path is empty (all AE versions but CS6). Message can be ignored but is annoying.

New features:

• Maxwell 3.1 MXIs supported.

Version 3.0.1.0 (Apr 7th 2014)

Bugfixes:

• Bad render read when MXI has alpha channel.

Improvements:

• Specific plug-in for each After Effects version supported: CS4, CS5, CS6 and CC.

Version 3.0.0.0 (Nov 27th 2013)

New features:

• Maxwell 3.0.0.0 MXIs supported.
• UV and Custom Alpha channels supported.

Bugfixes:

• MXIs with .hdr files as image output fails getting render and light buffers.

Version 2.7.20.0 (Oct 31st 2012)

New features:

• Windows version. "Create Maxwell MXI comps" at "File" menu entry asks now for comp duration in seconds, in case there is a single frame.

Version 2.7.10.1 (Sep 4th 2012)

Bugfixes:

• MXI's bigger than 44.73 Megapixels crashes After Effects (bad memory allocation).

Version 2.7.10.0 (Aug 16th 2012)

New features:

• Maxwell 2.7.10.0 MXIs supported.

Version 2.7.0.0 (Jun 18th 2012)

New features:

• Maxwell 2.7.0.0 MXIs supported.

Version 2.6.10.1 (Feb 13th 2012)

Bugfixes:

• AE crashes opening .aep projects.

Improvements:

• Plugin version showed in the project panel.

Version 2.6.10.0 (Jan 27th 2012)

New features:

• Maxwell 2.6.10.0 MXIs supported.

Version 2.6.0.0 (Nov 2nd 2011)

New features:

• MXI loading time improved.
• Maxwell 2.6.0.0 MXIs supported.

Version 2.5.1 (Jan 13th 2011)

First Release features:

• The plug-in allow users to import MXI files/sequences into Adobe After Effects.
• All MXI buffers are readable using the MXI Extractor effect.
• 8, 16 and 32 bpc projects are supported. We advise to use 32 bpc projects to make the most of the MXIs high quality.
• After Effects CS3, CS4, and CS5 are supported. Windows and OSX versions are available.
• Multilight support using a layer approach (see the "Creating comps from a MXI footage" subsection from the manual).