COBRA Show Creator Versions

Version 1.5.0 initially released on November 2nd, 2023

• Introduced an enhanced My Fireworks and My DMX Effects UI, offering improved usability with improved search capabilities, secondary column sorting, and reordering of secondary columns.
• My Fireworks can now be managed from the COBRA Portal, including the new ability to bulk update and import My Fireworks.
• My Firework Collections have been added to allow for the ability to organize your My Fireworks into different groups.
• The ability to drag and drop a My Firework and My DMX Effect from their respective UI sections onto the Event Table or Waveform to insert a new event has been added.

• Minor bug fixes.

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Incremental Build Updates

Version 1.4.0 initially released on August 18th, 2022

• Introduced an all-new report designer. This allows users to fully customize their reports including the definition of columns, grouping, sorting, combining, filtering, and more. You can also share reports via PDF or an interactive URL that allows end users to view and manipulate the report on their own. The new reporting feature works with both PYRO and DMX shows events.
• Revision history is now saved locally for each save with the ability to be uploaded to the cloud by a support agent.

• Added the ability to change sort direction and sort criteria in MyShows.
• Improved importing of script .csv files by supporting "#@firmwareX.X.X" line.
• Included new event table empty state saying suggested by users.
• Improved show's custom column editor in Show Settings, including adding the ability to rearrange the order of custom columns.
  

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Version 1.3.1 initially released on February 8th, 2022

New Features

• Creating a new show without audio now prompts the user to enter an estimated show duration. This allows the waveform to better represent the needed length of your show. If you need more duration, it can be updated from the Show Settings. Also, the waveform will automatically increase in one-minute increments if an event’s duration runs longer than the end of your estimated show time. Previously, all shows defaulted to a 30-minute waveform that was not easily expandable.
• The Event Time Editor is reworked with new features and aesthetic updates. We combined two previous options to allow the user to select no delay, or add a delay after the previous event’s duration. Changing an event to STEP or Alternate is also faster by only requiring one action instead of two. Lastly, both the Current Time and New Time are shown for more visibility into the change that is being made.
• Added the ability to edit multiple event’s duration and event types. Selecting multiple events and right-clicking reveals a new action, Edit Selected. This new option allows the user to change more than one event to have the same duration, set a delay after each event, shift all events, or change all events to STEP, Alternate 1, or 2.
• If you wish to automatically assign event times to multiple events based on their firework duration, you can select multiple events and choose the "delay after the previous event ends" option. For example, by entering all events in your show as STEP events, you can use this feature to quickly assign the event times in order based on event duration.
  
• Added a Find & Replace feature. Users can access this feature by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl/CMD + F while on the event list. This feature allows users to quickly find events, as well as individual or bulk, replace fireworks and DMX effects with items in your My Fireworks/DMX Effects.

Bug Fixes/Improvements

• Bulk Import Fireworks now accept a wider range of category names to make importing easier.
• The Pyro/DMX visual indicator and DMX universe columns now show in the SMPTE player.
• Fixed a bug that prevented SMPTE Player from showing on the left navigation bar in rare cases.
• Added a notification email when changing your email address.
• Various wording changes and spelling errors were fixed.
• Fixed a display issue with Comment rows not formatting correctly on DMX shows.
• Fixed the Custom Column formatting issue in My Shows.
• Fixed a bug where STEP event manual confirmation was being skipped during playback.
• Updated Keyboard Shortcuts window to include new shortcuts for editing events, exporting shows, and various shortcuts that can be used in the Event Time Editor.

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Version 1.3.0 initially released on July 20th, 2021

New Features

• 6.0 Firmware Support. Users can now choose 6.0 firmware when creating a new show or updating an existing show.
• Added DMX Support. Users can now script Pyro Only, Pyro & DMX, and DMX Only shows. The cue table columns have been improved to support DMX shows.
• Added custom fields in My Fireworks. We added the ability to add/edit an unlimited number of custom fields on My Fireworks.
• Added ability to drag and drop ALTERNATE events. We added the ability to drag and drop ALTERNATE events in the cue table just like STEP events.
• Added waveform cue drawer drag and drop support. Users can now drag and drop an event's duration indicator below the waveform to change the event's time.
• Expandable total events breakdown. There is now an expandable total events breakdown that lists how many Cues, DMX, ALTERNATE, STEP, and Unassigned events are in the show.
• Support for pasting event rows from CSC. Copying and pasting the whole event row(s) between windows or shows is now supported.
  
• Duplicating Multiple Events Support. Users can now select and duplicate multiple events.
• Improvements to Multiple Events Support. The event time editor got a small update to make changing an event's time easier, faster, and less confusing.
  
• Added default silence audio files to allow users to use them in their combined audio file creation.
• CSC will now format uploaded audio files in accordance with COBRA's recommended audio settings.
• Added Undo option to cue table context menu (right-click menu).
• Added new My Firework categories

Bug Fixes/Improvements

• Improved firework names in exported script (.CSV) files.
• Lift and Pre-Fire times can no longer be added to ALTERNATE events.
• Improvements to zooming in/out of the waveform.
• Fixed a few minor STEP issues.
• Fixed a minor even time rounding error on export.
• Fixed an issue where the tutorial was overriding the selected audio file for users shows.
• Fixed issue with My Shows section showing an incorrect show date due to timezones.
• Fixed an issue that prevented users from adjusting the column widths in the cue table.
• Improved error handling with Undo/Redo actions which prevent CSC from getting stuck loading changes.
• Fixed an issue where navigating the cue table cells using up and down arrow keys broke on COMMENT events.
• Fixed an issue where Time Since Last Cue was sometimes not the correct value.
• Fixed a cue table sorting issue that affected cues that were inserted above/below ALTERNATE cues.

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Version 1.2.1 initially released on December 28th, 2020

• Fixed the drag and drop import show feature as this was not functioning
• Fixed an issue whereby the last page cue labels were misaligned for large scripts
• Fixed an issue where pressing on an event line above a comment line would not progress to the next event or comment line if editing a firework name
• Fixed total cue count at the bottom of the event list to exclude comment events. Hovering over total cues displays a breakdown of a number of cues, alternates, and comments.
• Fixed SMPTE player event list issue where wrong cues were highlighted when moving the show backward to an earlier position
• Fixed Ctrl/Cmd + z hotkey undo feature not working properly when a script contained comment events
• Fixed Ctrl/Cmd+ Shift+ z hotkey redo feature not working properly in some cases

Version 1.2.0 initially released on November 16th, 2020

• Play/pause/stop/skip timecode audio in real-time
• Select audio output source
• View full cue list with color-coded indicators for firing and fired cues

• Disable timecode for quick testing of sound system

Add SMPTE Timecode to Audio Files

• Choose between None, Left, and Right audio channels
• Automatic conversion of the audio channel to mono, add timecode to the selected audio channel
• Cloud storage and processing, no high-end CPU required for audio processing

Combined Audio Files

• Select multiple audio files into a list to create a single audio file, no Audacity is required
• Rearrange the order of audio files after they are created
• Combined audio files support adding SMPTE timecode

5.1.x Support

• Support for all 5.1 features including script comments
• Right-click on an event to convert it into a comment

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Version 1.1.0 initially released on October 20th, 2020

• New My Shows screen
• Enhanced STEP-based scripting features
• My Fireworks enhancements
• Various bug fixes and minor improvements

Version 1.0.0 initially released on April 28th, 2020

• Initial public release of COBRA Show Creator