Mimic 8 Release Notes
| Article #: GEN1009M | Product: Mimic | Version: 8 |
Summary:
List of customer-reported bugs and feature requests addressed in Mimic 8
Full Description:
The following is a list of customer-reported issues that are fixed in Mimic 8. Some issues are project specific. Other issues discovered and logged by the MadCap QA team are not listed in the table below.
Build 8.1.6680
Release Date: 5/1/2018
|
ID |
Title |
Area |
|---|---|---|
| 136328 | "Editing Audio Files" topic in Mimic help does not tell how to use edited audio file | Documentation |
| 127687 | Text in bubble does not change back and forth between Visual States | Output: HTML5 |
| 52173 | When capturing a region and the bottom borders the bottom of the screen, the record buttons are not accessible. | Recording |
| 127408 | "Video recording has failed, reducing the size of the recording region may prevent this from happening." when recording in Video mode on certain machines | Recording |
Build 8.0.0
Release Date: 11/2/2015
|
ID |
Title |
Area |
|---|---|---|
| 92717 | One of the Notes in the "About Movies" Topic states that they must have IE 9 installed | Documentation |
| 32249 | Ability to insert video into a Mimic movie frame | Import: Video Frame |
| 32403 | Customer requests the ability to embed video files into Mimic Frames. | Import: Video Frame |
| 106213 | Callout text wraps in HTML5 output | Objects |
| 49130 | Cannot rename objects in the movie | Objects |
| 53889 | Padding is not respected in shapes with text in HTML5 output | Output: HTML5 |
| 57031 | Getting the Script error again when generating Single file output | Output: HTML5 |
| 56092 | The cursor movement in this movie is causing the HTML5 output to go to the next frame automatically. This does not happen with Madcap player or Silverlight. | Output: HTML5 |
| 78106 | Mimic HTML5 output automated cursor movement End Action does not work | Output: HTML5 |
| 78843 | MP3 Audio does not loop for HTML5 output. | Output: HTML5 |
| 81509 | html5 output frame transition to a FMV frame causes a quick black screen | Output: HTML5 |
| 94091 | .js error when building HTML5 output and an object has a shadow and reveal in/out animation. | Output: HTML5 |
| 78217 | Failure caption does not appear in HTML5 output | Output: HTML5 |
| 53768 | Mimic doesn't unload movies from memory after you close them in mimic. This causes the user to eventually run out of available memory when opening/closing/building movies in Mimic. | Performance |
| 52173 | When capturing a region and the bottom borders the bottom of the screen, the record buttons are not accessible. | Recording |
| 52173 | When capturing a region and the bottom borders the bottom of the screen, the record buttons are not accessible. | Recording |
| 102281 | Cannot increase or decrease frame length from timeline pane if the length of timeline is longer than application window width | Timeline |
| 102651 | If Windows Taskbar is anchored at the left, right, or top of the screen, screen color pick is offset | UI Cleanup |
| 104042 | If Windows Taskbar is anchored at the left, right, or top of the screen, snap to window rectangle is offset | UI Cleanup |
Features Added:
|
ID |
Title |
Area |
|---|---|---|
| 88574 | Customize Trajectory in Mimic | Editing: Movies |
| 101334 | Ability to import mp4 videos as video frames | Editing: Movies |
| 69313 | All users to customize ShortCuts | Framework / MDI |
| 69314 | Seamlessly plug into YouTube | Framework / MDI |
| 67684 | Redesign UI/Make it more usable | Framework / MDI |
| 68944 | Share Pallets | Framework / MDI |
| 93950 | Movie preview window should auto-size to movie size | Framework / MDI |
| 70037 | Import Video rather then having to paly it and record it | Framework / MDI |
| 103849 | Installer should take care of 3rd party dependencies for users | Inst/Reg/Activation |
| 67193 | Make setting mouse trajectory much easier | Objects |
| 89062 | Ability for an object action to be activated by hover | Objects |
| 82980 | Import non-mimic movies into Mimic | Objects |
| 94503 | Add trajectory for inserted images | Objects |
| 70877 | When manually drawing a trajectory display the end location | Objects |
| 78719 | Improve animation | Objects |
| 70595 | Ability to put a variable in a text box in Mimic | Objects |
| 69317 | Record and display trajectories correctly | Objects |
| 68436 | Cannot rotate an object without skewing the original size | Objects |
| 79222 | Add test justify options and bullets to Rich Text in Rollover Caption Properties | Objects |
| 89512 | Ability to Rotate Arrow Object, as you can With Other Objects | Objects |
| 107357 | Improve the default distance between an action click and call out placements when recording | Recording |
| 69310 | Capture exactly where the click or other event happens | Recording |
| 94848 | More clarity in WebHelp, regarding which audio files will show up in timeline | Timeline |
| 88567 | Would like to name objects on the timeline | Timeline |
| 86434 | Playhead in its timeline | Timeline |
| 94500 | Name objects in timeline | Timeline |
| 78717 | Preview the correct output | Timeline |
| 96338 | Saving default size for the movie preview window | Timeline |
| 88410 | The ability to move multiple objects at once in Mimic's Timeline | Timeline |
| 79242 | Add labels to the objects on my timeline | Timeline |
Attribution:
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Last updated: May 1, 2018 |
Author: MadCap Support |
Contributions by: MadCap QA |