Change Log

Our new versions for Unreal Engine 5.4-5-7 is now released and can be accessed in the Download Center.

• Our 360/ 180 Degree integration for Movie Render Queue is now out of beta and contains an extremely extensive feature list (see below).

• We also have major new features with NDI and Spout, OWL Cinecam, Media Plate and Compsure integration and our Media Wizards.

• 5.7 has been extensively tested so should be stable but may have edge-case bugs.

• Updates (same for all Unreal versions) include:

OWL 360/ 180 Degree Camera Actor

• Render pipeline updated to exactly match Unreal Viewport.

• Live Preview changed Unreal’s camera preview window to a live output from the 360 camera (Lumen and Path-Tracing).

• Option to select between 360 Camera or Post-Process Volume settings.

• OCIO color pipeline option.

• Full color range support.

• True Stereoscopic 360 Degree format (experimental).

• Tiny World (Stereographic) format.

• Face Blend Percent (Overscan) to remove seams created by screen-space effects.

• Custom Buffer support (for previz compositing/ color grading).

• Face Control to adjust the pixels rendered to the exact number required for each projection format (automatic and manual settings).

• Snapshot to output previz images direct to png with alpha channel support.

• Custom Projection option to adjust Horizontal and Vertical FOV and add an output Mask to render an exact UV Unwrap of your projection surface.

• Camera and CubeFace rotation can be keyframed to keep specific objects in the centre of projections (for audience attention).

• Near Clip Plane control allows control of close objects to camera being rendered or not.

• Motion tools support (cloners and effectors).

OWL 360/ 180 Degree Movie Render Pipeline

• Settings now sychronise automatically between 360 Camera Actor and Movie Render Queue.

• Render pipeline colors exactly match to Unreal Deferred Rendering or Path-Tracing pipelines.

• Ultra-high (>16k) resolution rendering.

• Customisable tiling to enable even low-powered GPUs to render at >12k resolutions.

• CPU Parallelised stitching and rendering for ultra-fast rendering.

• Option to output individual faces or tiles as exrs for stitching or compositing in external software.

• Parallelised tiling and stitching support for render farm job support.

• Automated face0-cropping for accelerated rendering of 180 degree or custom projections.

• Support for initiating renders from packaged projects/ games.

• 360/ 180 Degree Burn-Ins for render management.

• Cross-fade capability managed in Sequencer to transition between different camera shots in a single render.

OWL Cinecam/ Component:

• Stereoscopic output

  • Top/ Bottom, Side/ Side, Anaglyph and Interlaced outputs

  • Focus plane synchronised with CInecam focus settings

  • IPD Control

  • Output to Render Target for live-streaming or rendering.

  • Works with alpha channel and UMG/ HUD Rendering

• Snapshot output

  • Direct png output with alpha channel support

  • Works in Editor, Runtime and packaged

  • OCIO color pipeline option added

OWL Compositing Toolkit

• OWL Matte updated to support Lens files/ Lens setting calibration in sync with OWL CG Element

• Full Spout and NDI integration with Unreal's new Compositor system in Unreal 5.7 via the media framework.

OWL NDI Sender/ Receiver 

• New NDI Actor integrated into Unreal Media Framework compatible with Composure, nDisplay, Unreal Media Plate, Unreal Media Capture, and 5.7 Unreal Media Profile workflows.

• Updated to NDI 6

• Receiver can receive 10bit color space (in addition to 8bit)

• Receiver audio-sync bug fixed

• Gamma toggle for 8bit colors

• Rectangular light support (Spout and NDI)

• Direct input/ output from nDisplay (inner and outer frustrum, viewports and nodes) via Media Framework integration

OWL Spout Sender/ Receiver

• New Spout Actor integrated into Unreal Media Framework compatible with Composure, nDisplay, Unreal Media Plate, Unreal Media Capture, and 5.7 Unreal Media Profile workflows.

• Direct input/ output from nDisplay (inner and outer frustrum, viewports and nodes) via Media Framework integration 

• Ability to send up to 32bit color direct to/ from nDisplay to creative software like TouchDesigner or Resolume

OWL Media Output Wizard

• Enable alpha channel and audio support direct from the Wizard.

OWL Media Input Wizard

• New Wizard to configure video/ audio inputs

• Integrates with Unreal's Holdout Composite for non-anti-aliased media which exactly matches the colors and fidelity of your input feed (no distortion inside Unreal).

• Option for NDI, Spout, Screen Capture and Media file

• Alpha channel support

• Output to Media Plate, Plane and Material

OWL Media Output/ Component

• Addition of audio buffer settings.

OWL VRM4U Unreal Engine Integration

• Updated to support 5.5-5.7