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Monogram Creator
September 5, 2023: Creator 5.7.1
Added - Additional press actions added to SDK
Fixed - Creator hangs when opened after Photoshop (UXP)
Fixed - Fix Channel Pressure/CC Box
Fixed - [Ae] Fix Layer Opacity Reset Value
Fixed - [Ae] Fix Reset Scale Z Button
Fixed - [Au] Deleted Duplicate Transport Functions
Fixed - Capture one reset master x/y
Fixed - Capture one reset luminance/color noise reduction
April 5, 2023: Creator 5.6.2
Added - Lightroom Profile Amount Assignment
Updated - Automatic Labels functionality has been improved
Updated - Tilt Mode Icon Opacity UX improvement
Updated - Backend Customer Validation Improvements
Fixed - Adobe Photoshop icon sometimes not showing on Core screen
Fixed - Bug related to Core screen display glitches
February 6, 2023: Photoshop UXP Plugin 1.1.1
Updated - UXP Plugin Description on Adobe Marketplace
Fixed - Adjustment Layer Gamma range does not match
Fixed - Add Adjustment Layer with button requires double click
December 6, 2022: Photoshop UXP Plugin 1.1.0
Added - Version syncing with Monogram Creator
Added - Layer > Toggle Smart Object
Added - CMYK Color Panel
Fixed - Deleting Photoshop actions bug
November 22, 2022: Creator 5.6.1
Added - macOS Ventura support
Added - Orbiter Tilt Mode
Added - Module LED color picker window
Added - Support for Capture One 23
Fixed - Cutoff tooltips in the Module Settings Window Sidebar
October 12, 2022: Creator 5.5.1
Added - Lightroom Preset Amount slider
Added - Lightroom Crop Size presets
Added - Auto profile switching for Adobe betas
Added - Profile auto saving backup
Fixed - Spotify and Apple Music auto profile switching
Fixed - Capture One Tint
September 6, 2022: Creator 5.4.4
Fixed - Photoshop signature
August 30, 2022: Creator 5.4.3
Added - Partner Quickstart profiles for Premiere Pro
Added - Premiere Pro Select Clip at Playhead keys
Fixed - Premiere Pro audio track reset values
Fixed - Premiere Pro Scale
Fixed - Premiere Pro Add Color Matte
Fixed - Premiere Pro Clip Color Labels
June 3, 2022: Creator 5.4.2
Fixed - Orbiter calibration
May 24, 2022: Creator 5.4.1
Added - New Premiere Pro functions (Playback speed buttons, Set to Frame Size, Keyframe, New Text Layer, Step, etc...)
Improved - Creator software update banner
Improved - Install and Update UI Improvements
Improved - More consistent function assignment behaviour to modules when loading and/or saving profiles
Fixed - Premiere Pro Render Functions
Fixed - Premiere Pro Adaptive Noise Reduction audio effect
Fixed - Macro UI overlapping
April 5, 2022: Creator 5.3.2
- Fixed auto update issue
- Fixed some Broken links in app
- Fixed incorrect configurations for some applications
- Added in-app help for some applications
- Premiere Pro: Added Track Height Presets
- Premiere Pro: Fixed Hide Video Track not working
- Lightroom: Fixed Cycle User Presets
March 9, 2022: Creator 5.3.1
- Improved performance of app for certain computers
- Fixed custom number field sometimes showing incorrect value
- Fixed Lightroom Blending Custom Range
- Horizontal Scroll Preset added for Orbiter
- Fixed Monogram Service crashing on some macOS systems
- Added quick start profile for music and media controls
- Added built-in keyboard shortcuts for Safari (Mac Only)
- Added auto-switch to Transform functions in Lightroom
January 26, 2022: Creator 5.2.1
Added - Support for Premiere Pro and Audition on Apple Silicon (M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max CPUs)
Added - Ability to assign Horizontal and Vertical scroll in Customize view
Added - Premiere Pro Editing Keys (Trim Edit, Mark In/Out, etc...)
Improved - Premiere Pro list of functions in module settings re-organised
Improved - Premiere Pro Volume Levels Behaviour on Dials
Improved - Better sizing of macOS Menu Bar icon
Fixed - Premiere Pro plugin sometimes fails to install
Fixed - Premiere Pro Opacity functionality
Fixed - Premiere Pro Jog Wheel not working in Quickstart profile
Fixed - Profile switching Next/Previous profiles did not work for certain applications
Fixed - App connection state (plug icon) showing incorrect information
Fixed - Layout not displaying when app starts or after wake from sleep
December 8, 2021: Creator 5.1.1
Added - Capture One 22 Support
Added - Lightroom Classic 11 Masking 2.0 Support
Added - Lightroom Classic 11 Masking tools toggle
Fixed - Lightroom Classic 11 Bugs
Changed - Premiere Pro function list reorganized
Changed - macOS Sierra and High Sierra are no longer compatible with this version of Monogram Creator
November 3, 2021: Creator 5.0.1
Note: Palette Core is no longer supported in this version. Palette Buttons, Dials, and Sliders will continue to be supported. Please see this article for full details.
New & Added
- Photoshop UXP Plugin
- Compatibility with Apple Silicon-native Photoshop.
- Improved performance.
- New plugin panel displays live value updates for key brush and color parameters.
- Note: the previous Photoshop integration is available as "Photoshop (Legacy)".
- Firmware 2.0.18
- Fixes sleep/wake not working on certain systems.
- Added info text for some Lightroom Classic functions
Bug Fixes
- Fixed updater; now defaults to "update" mode rather than "add or remove".
- Fixed Premiere Pro ripple delete feature; now works regardless of selected sequence.
- Fixed Quick Start Profile drawer; no longer opens unintentionally upon app start up.
- Fixed profile switching behavior to switch between profiles for different applications if auto-switching is disabled.
- Fixed launch behavior for macOS; now launches minimized when the corresponding preference is selected.
- Fixed default window size—changed to 1200x800.
- Fixed uninstaller to remove entire program folder.
- Fixed hue for yellow LED halo color to remove green cast.
SDK & Platform
- Profile switching now works between multiple integrations for one app.
- Scroll actions can now have a modifier key added (note: requires "virtual": true).
- Free assignment of LED colors via Hex code is now supported.
- Better handling of LED color commands to Monogram Core.
August 3, 2021: Creator 4.1.12
New Features
- Significant front-end performance improvements, most noticeable when using large consoles and/or many profiles.
- Support for Monogram + Dragonframe integration (requires Dragonframe 5).
- Adds preference allowing automatic profile switching to be disabled.
- Firmware version 2.0.15 available upon update:
- Adds turn velocity support for Joystick Mode.
- Remember last-used folders for saving and loading profiles.
Bug Fixes
- Updates and fixes for the Firmware Update process.
- OS-specific functions should now properly display according to platform.
- Fixed reset values for a number of Adobe Audition functions.
- Fixed Zoom in Lightroom Classic.
June 1, 2021: Creator 4.1.11
New Features
- Support for Monogram + Final Cut Pro, powered by CommandPost.io.
March 19, 2021: Creator 4.1.9
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue that caused modules to become intermittently unresponsive.
March 16, 2021: Creator 4.1.8
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue that prevented Monogram Service from running on a small percentage of Windows systems.
March 16, 2021: Creator 4.1.7
New Features
- Unreal Engine Integration
- Added in-app link to Monogram plugin, available through the Unreal Engine marketplace
- Windows UE plugin available immediately
- macOS UE plugin in final development and available in Q2 2021, also available immediately upon request (please contact us)
- Lightroom Classic local Dehaze function added
- Joystick Mode sensitivity added
- Firmware version 2.0.14 available upon update
- Dial sensitivity added for MIDI assignments
- Console screen backlight and LEDs will now dim when Creator is closed
- Windows Radial Controller support
- Bug fix: LED colors and MIDI/HID actions no longer fail to update when switching profiles quickly
- Enhancement to OS actions: fixed screen brightness and volume incompatibility with certain system configurations
Bug Fixes
- Orbiter no longer fails to respond following rapid profile switches
- Better stability when quickly opening and searching module settings windows
- Windows updater fix
- Please note: the updater is broken in earlier Creator 4.1.x versions on Windows
- If affected, please delete the Monogram Creator folder from Program Files (x86) and re-install Creator from the downloads page. After re-install, the updater bug will be fixed.
February 1, 2021: Creator 4.1.1
New Features
- Capture One 21 support added (macOS only)
- Lightroom Classic color grading panel support added (requires LrC 10.0 or later)
- Firmware version 2.0.11 available upon update
November 3, 2020: Creator 4.0.036
Fig. 1: Monogram Creator app grid, showing the new search bar and refined UI
Fig. 2: A Lightroom Classic profile in Monogram Creator
New Features
- New module settings UI (Fig. 3, below) introduces new Customize view:
- Discrete turn, press, and press+turn assignment for dials.
- Sensitivity and step values for dials.
- Range minimum and maximum for sliders.
- Macro assignment for buttons and dials.
Fig. 3: Orbiter Settings window in Customize view, showing discrete Turn, Tilt X, and Tilt Y assignments
- New Universal profile type for default, system-wide controls:
- Supports OS, Keyboard, MIDI, Joystick, and Profile mode assignments.
- Works with automatic profile switching.
- Comprehensive Orbiter support
- Native integrations offer hundreds of Orbiter functions in both the Presets and Customize views of the Orbiter Settings window.
- Orbiter has extensive MIDI and Joystick Mode support for both the disc and ring.
- Orbiter offers Keyboard Mode support for the ring.
- Orbiter offers limited OS Mode support for both the disc and ring.
- New Quick Start profiles and UI (Fig. 4, below):
- Profiles can be filtered by console size, tags, and notes.
- Press Cmd+F/Ctrl+F to search, Esc to cancel.
- Native integrations include redesigned Quick Start profiles for Traveler, Studio, and Master consoles.
Fig. 4: Quick Start profiles for Lightroom Classic, showing 4 profiles made for Studio Consoles
- Improved in-app navigation:
- Removed app grid categories view; added app grid search bar.
- Improved search functionality in module settings.
- Revised keyboard shortcuts for close profile, close window, and search.
- Close profile: Cmd+Opt+W/Ctrl+Alt+W
- Close window: Cmd+W/Ctrl+W
- Search: Cmd+F/Ctrl+F to open, Esc to exit
- Extended MIDI functionality:
- Keys and Buttons add support for CC Momentary, CC Toggle, and Program Change messages. Note assignment is carried over from PaletteApp.
- Dials add support for CC Relative and Channel Pressure messages. CC Absolute assignment is carried over from PaletteApp.
- Sliders add support for Channel Pressure messages. CC assignment is carried over from PaletteApp.
- Orbiters have brand new support for CC, Channel Pressure, and Pitch Bend messages.
- Note: a Monogram Core and firmware v2.0.10+ is required for all MIDI functionality not carried over from PaletteApp.
- Palette dials, buttons, and sliders will inherit the new MIDI functionality when connected to a Monogram core.
Platform Changes
- macOS Version Support:
- macOS 10.12 Sierra - 10.15 Catalina officially supported
- Provisional support for macOS 11.0 Big Sur on Intel Macs (see Known Issues for any Big Sur-specific bugs)
- Windows Version Support:
- Windows 8.1 and onwards officially supported
- Windows 8.1 and onwards officially supported
- Monogram Service allows for Creator to spawn and run in the background with no dock/taskbar icon.
- macOS: Select Creator > Preferences > Close to Menu Bar to enable
- Windows: Select File > Preferences > Close to System tray to enable
- New app and focus detection:
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- Fixes an issue where running apps (including Adobe XD, Resolve 15/16) were not detected by PaletteApp.
- Dramatically increases responsiveness of automatic profile switching.
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Creator Beta
This is the Beta release channel of Creator; made to capture feedback and bug reports before the forthcoming stable release. Download available here.
We recommend you use this for testing only, and rely on the stable release of Creator for work in a production environment.
August 10, 2023: Creator 5.7.102-Beta
Added - Additional press actions added to SDK
Fixed - Creator hangs when opened after Photoshop (UXP)
June 20, 2023: Creator 5.7.101-Beta
Fixed - Fix Channel Pressure/CC Box
Fixed - [Ae] Fix Layer Opacity Reset Value
Fixed - [Ae] Fix Reset Scale Z Button
Fixed - [Au] Deleted Duplicate Transport Functions
Fixed - Capture one reset master x/y
Fixed - Capture one reset luminance/color noise reduction
Fixed - Hotfix for unable to get machine ID on a license with lots of machines
March 15, 2023: Creator 5.6.202-Beta
Improved - Core display glitch mitigation
February 13, 2023: Creator 5.6.201-Beta
Added - Lightroom Profile Amount Assignment
Added - Sign-in WindowUpdated - Automatic Labels
Updated - Tilt Mode Icon Opacity
Updated - Removed Link to Manual Firmware Update Instructions
Updated - Removed Placeholder Unreal Engine Icon
November 18, 2022: Creator 5.6.103-Beta
Fixed - Color Selection Popup
November 10, 2022: Creator 5.6.102-Beta
Added - Support for Capture One 23
August 22, 2022: Creator 5.5.101-Beta
Added - Profile auto saving
Added - Lightroom Preset Amount slider
Added - Lightroom Crop Size presets
Added - Auto profile switching for Adobe betas
Fixed - Premiere Pro Add Color Matte
Fixed - Premiere Pro Label Color
Fixed - Spotify and Apple Music auto profile switching
Fixed - Capture One Tint
May 12, 2022: Creator 5.4.102-Beta
Added - New Premiere Pro functions (Keyframe, New Text Layer, Step, etc...)
Improved - Install and Update UI Improvements
Improved - More consistent function assignment behaviour to modules when loading and/or saving profiles
Fixed - Premiere Pro Render Functions
May 9, 2022: Creator 5.4.101-Beta
Added - Premiere Pro playback speed buttons
Added - Premiere Pro Set to Frame Size
Added - Premiere Pro Synchronize
Added - Premiere Pro Clip Color Coding
Added - Premiere Pro Nest Source Sequence
Added - Premiere Pro Audio Gain
Added - Premiere Pro New Sequence from Selection
Added - Premiere Pro Reveal Nested Clips
Fixed - Premiere Pro Adaptive Noise Reduction audio effect
Fixed - Macro UI overlapping
Improved - Creator software update banner
April 5, 2022: Creator 5.3.201-Beta
Added - in-app help for some applications
Added - Premiere Pro: Track Height Presets
Fixed - auto update issue
Fixed - some Broken links in app
Fixed - incorrect configurations for some applications
Fixed -Premiere Pro: Hide Video Track not working
Fixed - Lightroom: Cycle User Presets
February 15, 2022: Creator 5.3.101-Beta
Improved - performance of app for certain computers
Fixed - custom number field sometimes showing incorrect value
Fixed - Lightroom Blending Custom Range
Added - Horizontal Scroll Preset added for Orbiter
Fixed - Monogram Service crashing on some macOS systems
December 14, 2021: Creator 5.2.101-Beta
Added - Support for Premiere Pro and Audition on Apple Silicon (M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max CPUs)
Improved - Organisation of Premiere Pro functions in module settings
Fixed - Premiere Pro plugin sometimes fails to install
Fixed - Premiere Pro Opacity functionality
Improved - Premiere Pro Volume Levels Behaviour on Dials
Fixed - App connection state (plug icon) showing wrong states
Fixed - Layout not displaying when app starts or after wake from sleep
December 03, 2021: Creator 5.1.101-Beta
Added - New Masking support for Lightroom Classic 11
Added - Lightroom Classic 11 Masking 2.0 Compatibility
Added - Lightroom Classic 11 Masking tools toggle
Added - Capture One 22 support
Fixed - Lightroom Classic 11 Bugs
October 27, 2021: Creator 5.0.102-Beta
Note: Palette Core is no longer supported in this version. Palette Buttons, Dials, and Sliders will continue to be supported. Please see this article for full details.
New & Added
- Photoshop UXP Plugin (Beta)
- Compatibility with Apple Silicon-native Photoshop
- Improved performance
- New plugin panel displays live value updates for key brush and color parameters
- Note: the previous Photoshop integration is available as "Photoshop (Legacy)".
- Firmware 2.0.18
- Fixes sleep/wake not working on certain systems
- Improved performance of LED color commands to Monogram Core
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Quick Start Profile drawer; no longer opens unintentionally upon app start up.
- Fixed profile switching behavior to switch between profiles for different applications if auto-switching is disabled
- Fixed launch behavior for macOS; now launches minimized when the corresponding preference is selected
- Fixed default window size—changed to 1200x800
- Fixed uninstaller to remove entire program folder
- Fixed hue for yellow LED halo color to remove green cast
SDK & Platform
- Profile switching now works between multiple integrations for one app
- Scroll actions can now have a modifier key added (note: requires "virtual": true)
- Free assignment of LED colors via Hex code is now supported
- Better handling of LED color commands to Monogram Core
May 26, 2021: Creator 4.1.503-Beta
New Features
- Adds notification icon for forthcoming Monogram + Final Cut Pro integration.
April 7, 2021: Creator 4.1.502-Beta
Minor bug fixes
March 19, 2021: Creator 4.1.406-Beta
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue that caused modules to become intermittently unresponsive.
March 16, 2021: Creator 4.1.405-Beta
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue that prevented Monogram Service from running on a small percentage of Windows systems.
March 16, 2021: Creator 4.1.404-Beta
New Features
- Unreal Engine Integration
- Added in-app link to Monogram plugin, available through the Unreal Engine marketplace
- Windows UE plugin available immediately
- macOS UE plugin in final development and available in Q2 2021, also available immediately upon request (please contact us)
- Lightroom Classic local Dehaze function added
- Joystick Mode sensitivity added
- Firmware version 2.0.14 available upon update
- Dial sensitivity added for MIDI assignments
- Console screen backlight and LEDs will now dim when Creator is closed
- Windows Radial Controller support
- Bug fix: LED colors and MIDI/HID actions no longer fail to update when switching profiles quickly
- Enhancement to OS actions: fixed screen brightness and volume incompatibility with certain system configurations
Bug Fixes
- Orbiter no longer fails to respond following rapid profile switches
- Better stability when quickly opening and searching module settings windows
- Windows updater fix
- Please note: the updater is broken in earlier Creator 4.1.x versions on Windows
- If affected, please delete the Monogram Creator folder from Program Files (x86) and re-install Creator from the downloads page. After re-install, the updater bug will be fixed.
March 10, 2021: Creator 4.1.401-Beta
New Features
- Unreal Engine: Placeholder icon with link to plugin download
- Minor bug fixes
January 20, 2021: Creator 4.1.101-Beta
New Features
- Capture One (macOS only): Added support for version 21
- Lightroom Classic: Added support for color grading panel, including Orbiter
October 22, 2020: Creator 4.0.034–Beta
New Features
- "Any App" profile type renamed to "Universal"
Bug Fixes
- Fixed "Getting Started" tutorial scaling
October 11, 2020: Creator 4.0.032–Beta
Bug Fixes
- macOS: Fixed an issue that prevented Monogram Service from running, resulting in a freeze
October 10, 2020: Creator 4.0.031–Beta
New Features
- New presets for Orbiter across a number of integrations
- New prototype "Getting Started" tutorial
- New firmware update for Monogram core (2.0.9); please go to Help > Monogram Updates to update
- Improvements to Orbiter sensitivity settings
Bug Fixes
- Windows: Fixed a performance issue affecting dials assigned to virtualized keyboard mode
October 5, 2020: Creator 4.0.029–Beta
Platform Changes
- macOS version support:
- macOS 10.13 High Sierra through to 10.15 Catalina are officially supported
- Creator will run on 11.0 Big Sur however minor bugs may remain; please submit a bug report as needed.
- macOS 10.12 Sierra will be supported as of a future Beta update; please install the Alpha for immediate Sierra compatibility
New Features
- Near-feature parity with Creator 4.0.029–Alpha
- Manual Entry mode now hidden by default; can be re-enabled in Preferences
- Preferences menu option to enable/disable context-sensitive profile switching (feature still in development)
- Minor UI refinements
- New Quick Start profiles added
Bug Fixes
- Improved/fixed Lightroom Classic crop functionality (scale and position)
- Windows: VC Redistributable fixed to install upon update
- Resolved a window scaling bug where the module settings window would display smaller than expected until Creator was restarted
- Minor fixes to Adobe integrations
August 10, 2020: Creator 4.0.023–Beta
New Features
- Near-feature parity with Creator 4.0.022–Alpha
- Profile migration: Palette profiles (.plp) can now be opened and used with Creator. Please note that, in rare cases, assignments may be incomplete:
- macOS Menu Bar assignments will not be migrated
- Some keyboard shortcuts, Joystick, and MIDI assignments may not be migrated
- Preferences: Module animations feature now defaults to "on"
- Improved slider range setting
- Firmware upgrade for Monogram Core module
Bug Fixes
- EULA Fixes
- Changed versioning convention for uniformity with Creator Alpha
- Corrected joystick mode assignments for dials
- Firmware upgrade for Monogram core module:
- Fixed assignment issue affecting dials in joystick mode
- Enhanced reliability of large layouts
June 25, 2020: Creator 4.0.001–Beta (Initial Release)
New Features
- Feature parity with Creator 4.0.021–Alpha
- New module settings UI introduces new Customize view:
- Discrete turn, press, and press+turn assignment for dials.
- Sensitivity and step values for dials.
- Range minimum and maximum for sliders.
- Macro assignment for buttons and dials.
- New "Any App" profile type for default, system-wide controls:
- Supports OS, Keyboard, MIDI, Joystick, and Profile mode assignments.
- Works with automatic profile switching.
- MIDI and Joystick modes now work with automatic profile switching.
- Improved in-app navigation:
- Removed app grid categories view.
- Added app grid search bar.
- Improved search functionality in module settings.
- Revised keyboard shortcuts for close profile, close window, and search.
- Close profile: Cmd+Opt+W/Ctrl+Alt+W
- Close window: Cmd+W/Ctrl+W
- Search: Cmd+F/Ctrl+F to open, Esc to exit
- Profiles: File extension changed from .plp to .monogram.
- Capture One: Added compatibility for Capture One 20.1.
Platform Changes
- Monogram Service allows for Creator to spawn and run in the background with no dock/taskbar icon.
- New app and focus detection:
- Fixes an issue where running apps (including Adobe XD, Resolve 15/16) were not detected by PaletteApp.
- Dramatically increases responsiveness of automatic profile switching.
- Updated app framework.
- Updated front end and installer libraries.
- Improved progressive update roll-outs.
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Creator Alpha
Like all in-development software, each Alpha update will introduce new features, but will also inevitably contain a few bugs. Download available here.
As a result, we recommend you use this for testing only. Stable releases will follow; please wait for them before using Creator in a production environment.
October 7, 2021: Creator 5.0.1-Alpha
New & Added
- Photoshop UXP Plugin (Alpha)
- Compatibility with Apple Silicon-native Photoshop
- Improved performance
- New plugin panel displays live value updates for key brush and color parameters
- Firmware 2.0.18
- Fixes sleep/wake not working on certain systems
- Improved performance of LED color commands to Monogram Core
Bug Fixes
- Fixed profile switching behavior to switch between profiles for different applications if auto-switching is disabled
- Fixed launch behavior for macOS; now launches minimized when the corresponding preference is selected
- Fixed uninstaller to remove entire program folder
- Fixed hue for yellow LED halo color to remove green cast
SDK & Platform
- Profile switching now works between multiple integrations for one app
- Scroll actions can now have a modifier key added (note: requires "virtual": true)
- Free assignment of LED colors via Hex code is now supported
June 9, 2021: Creator 4.0.112-Alpha
- Bug fix for Joystick Mode assignment UI.
June 9, 2021: Creator 4.0.111-Alpha
New Features
- Adds support for Dragonframe integration.
- Adds preference allowing for automatic profile switching to be disabled.
- Significant performance tweaks, most noticeable when switching profiles or when using a large console.
- New firmware version 2.0.15
- Adds velocity support for dials and Orbiter rings in Joystick Mode (dependent on firmware update, above).
- Will remember last-used folder when saving and loading profiles.
Bug Fixes
- Firmware updater has been significantly reworked for greater reliability and clearer communication.
- OS Mode no longer shows assignments for the wrong operating system in Customize view.
- Fixes reset actions in Adobe Audition.
- Fixes zoom in Adobe Lightroom Classic & 6.
June 2, 2021: Creator 4.0.110-Alpha
Minor bug fixes
April 5, 2021: Creator 4.0.109-Alpha
New Features
- Adds press-and-hold function for buttons and keys (available in integration profiles only).
- Minor UI/UX improvements.
- Adds a longer default delay between macros (50ms) to increase reliability.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue where an error report popup may appear unexpectedly—bug reports can still be submitted via Help > Customer Support.
- Fixes Lightroom Classic split toning behavior in versions 6.x through 9.x.
- Fix for Adobe Illustrator and InDesign font size sliders.
March 29, 2021: Creator 4.0.108-Alpha
Minor bug fixes
March 24, 2021: Creator 4.0.107-Alpha
Minor bug fixes
March 19, 2021: Creator 4.0.106-Alpha
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue that caused modules to become intermittently unresponsive.
March 16, 2021: Creator 4.0.105-Alpha
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue that prevented Monogram Service from running on a small percentage of Windows systems.
March 16, 2021: Creator 4.0.104-Alpha
New Features
- Unreal Engine Integration
- Added in-app link to Monogram plugin, available through the Unreal Engine marketplace
- Windows UE plugin available immediately
- macOS UE plugin in final development and available in Q2 2021, also available immediately upon request (please contact us)
- Lightroom Classic local Dehaze function added
- Joystick Mode sensitivity added
- Firmware version 2.0.14 available upon update
- Dial sensitivity added for MIDI assignments
- Console screen backlight and LEDs will now dim when Creator is closed
- Windows Radial Controller support
- Bug fix: LED colors and MIDI/HID actions no longer fail to update when switching profiles quickly
- Enhancement to OS actions: fixed screen brightness and volume incompatibility with certain system configurations
Bug Fixes
- Orbiter no longer fails to respond following rapid profile switches
- Better stability when quickly opening and searching module settings windows
- Windows updater fix
- Please note: the updater is broken in earlier Creator 4.1.x versions on Windows
- If affected, please delete the Monogram Creator folder from Program Files (x86) and re-install Creator from the downloads page. After re-install, the updater bug will be fixed.
March 4, 2020: Creator 4.0.103-Alpha
New Features
- Joystick mode: Added experimental velocity mapping for dial and Orbiter turn actions
February 16, 2020: Creator 4.0.102-Alpha
Bug Fixes
- Auto-generated labels for Keyboard Mode assignments:
- Fixed incorrect labels when using non-QWERTY keyboard layouts
- Fixed incorrect '+' prefix added to label on Windows systems
- Lightroom Classic: Fixed bug where Basic Exposure controls could not access the full ±10 stop range of an HDR-DNG file
Platform Changes
- Add warning for unknown apps
- Implement finalized user interface for forthcoming mode switching feature
November 27, 2020: Creator 4.0.039-Alpha
Platform Changes
- New Alpha features for integration developers
November 16, 2020: Creator 4.0.038-Alpha
New Features
- Lightroom Classic: Added support for Color Grading panel and Local Hue slider
- Module presets have been updated to add color wheel support for LrC 10 & later
- Orbiter now supports 3 dimensional color wheel controls
- All modules also retain split toning controls for ongoing compatibility with Lr6 & LrC versions 7-9
Platform Changes
- Integration loading: Unsigned third-party integrations now must be loaded through Preferences > Integrations
- Third-party integrations list now displays loaded integrations and their respective status
Bug Fixes
- Menu bar (macOS) and system tray (Windows) icon now open Creator and/or display context menu when clicked, following OS convention for desired behavior
October 26, 2020: Creator 4.0.035-Alpha
New Features
- New firmware update for Monogram Core (2.0.10). Please follow the instructions on the notification banner, or go to Help > Monogram Updates to install
October 22, 2020: Creator 4.0.034-Alpha
Bug Fixes
- Fix for an issue affecting Universal profiles
October 22, 2020: Creator 4.0.033-Alpha
New Features
- New UI allowing MIDI & Joystick assignment for Orbiter
- New Quick Start profiles for AU, AI, ID
- Improved updates page
- Notification banner for firmware updates
Bug Fixes
- Fixes to existing Quick Start profiles, resolving an issue where Orbiter assignments may not load correctly
- AE: "Apply Effect" functionality has been restored
October 14, 2020: Creator 4.0.032-Alpha
New Features
- New presets for Orbiter across a number of integrations
- New prototype "Getting Started" tutorial
- New firmware update for Monogram core (2.0.9); please go to Help > Monogram Updates to update
- Improvements to Orbiter sensitivity settings
Bug Fixes
- Windows: Fixed a performance issue affecting dials assigned to virtualized keyboard mode
October 7, 2020: Creator 4.0.030-Alpha
New Features
- Quick Start profiles added
- LrC, PS, PR, AE profiles added/improved
- C1 profiles improved (macOS only)
Bug Fixes
- LrC: Basic Temperature function now works correctly with localized tools
- PS: Exposure adjustment layer offset now has correct incrementation
October 5, 2020: Creator 4.0.029-Alpha
Platform Changes
- macOS version support widened:
- macOS 10.12 Sierra through to 10.15 Catalina are officially supported
- Creator will run on 11.0 Big Sur however minor bugs may remain; please submit a bug report as needed.
Bug Fixes
- Improved/fixed Lightroom Classic crop functionality (scale and position)
- Windows: VC Redistributable fixed to install upon update
- Changes to Orbiter customization settings
- Bug affecting Orbiter tilt sensitivity has been fixed
- Orbiter tilt sensitivity may be reset to its default following this change; please re-configure the tilt sensitivity in your Orbiter settings as required
September 29, 2020: Creator 4.0.026-Alpha
New Features
- Preferences menu option to enable/disable context-sensitive profile switching (feature still in development)
- Improvements to Quick Start profiles view
- Added Quick Start profiles for LrC
Bug Fixes
- Resolved an issue where, upon Creator startup, hardware would not display until a module was disconnected and reconnected
- Resolved a window scaling bug where the module settings window would display smaller than expected until Creator was restarted
- Resolved an issue where Joystick Button 0 could not be assigned
- Modified system tray behaviour
- Progress spinner now animates on Windows
- Small layout fixes
August 14, 2020: Creator 4.0.025-Alpha
New Features
- Orbiter presets added for LrC, PR, and C1 integrations
- C1 Quick Start profiles added
Bug Fixes
- Inverted Gamma slider in PS
- Orbiter response in LrC, PR, and C1 integrations
August 3, 2020: Creator 4.0.024-Alpha
New Features
- Orbiter presets added for LrC, PR, and C1 integrations
- Auto-calibration support for Orbiter (via software)
- New Quick Start Profiles selection window
- Revised module sensitivity settings
- New Adobe icons
- Added options to Preferences window
Bug Fixes
- Spelling and naming fixes
- Fix for Premiere Pro "Remove Transitions" function
July 8, 2020: Creator 4.0.022-Alpha
New Features
- Profile migration: Palette profiles (.plp) can now be opened and used with Creator. Please note that, in rare cases, assignments may be incomplete:
- macOS Menu Bar assignments will not be migrated
- Some keyboard shortcuts, Joystick, and MIDI assignments may not be migrated
- Preferences: Module animations feature now defaults to "on"
- Improved slider range setting
- Orbiter: Tilt sensitivity range has been revised for usability
Bug Fixes
- EULA Fixes
- Corrected joystick mode assignments for dials
- Firmware upgrade for Monogram core module:
- Fixed assignment issue affecting dials in joystick mode
- Enhanced reliability of large layouts
June 22, 2020: Creator 4.0.021–Alpha
Bug Fixes
- macOS-only Update
- Creator now displays proper version number in Help > Monogram Updates menu
June 19, 2020: Creator 4.0.019–Alpha
Bug Fixes
- Creator now checks for updates upon startup and user prompt
June 17, 2020: Creator 4.0.014–Alpha
Bug Fixes
- Manual Entry view no longer shows as blank
June 17, 2020: Creator 4.0.012–Alpha
New Features
- Profiles: File extension changed from .plp to .monogram.
- Capture One: Added compatibility for Capture One 20.1.
Platform Changes
- Updated app framework.
- Updated front end and installer libraries.
- Improved progressive update roll-outs.
May 21, 2020: Creator 4.0.011–Alpha (Initial Release)
New Features
- New module settings UI introduces new Customize view:
- Discrete turn, press, and press+turn assignment for dials.
- Sensitivity and step values for dials.
- Range minimum and maximum for sliders.
- Macro assignment for buttons and dials.
- New "Any App" profile type for default, system-wide controls:
- Supports OS, Keyboard, MIDI, Joystick, and Profile mode assignments.
- Works with automatic profile switching.
- MIDI and Joystick modes now work with automatic profile switching.
- Improved in-app navigation:
- Removed app grid categories view.
- Added app grid search bar.
- Improved search functionality in module settings.
- Revised keyboard shortcuts for close profile, close window, and search.
- Close profile: Cmd+Opt+W/Ctrl+Alt+W
- Close window: Cmd+W/Ctrl+W
- Search: Cmd+F/Ctrl+F to open, Esc to exit
Platform Changes
- Monogram Service allows for Creator to spawn and run in the background with no dock/taskbar icon.
- New app and focus detection:
- Fixes an issue where running apps (including Adobe XD, Resolve 15/16) were not detected by PaletteApp.
- Dramatically increases responsiveness of automatic profile switching.
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Known Issues
- Creator versions 4.1.0 to 4.1.6 may not install updates automatically. Other versions are not affected. A simple workaround is available and will allow a successful update:
- Quit all instances of Creator and any running Adobe applications
- Delete all Monogram Creator folders found in Applications (macOS) or Program Files x86 (Windows)
- Re-install the latest Creator from the downloads page here.
- Profile support is actively being improved:
- Quick Start profiles are being added and refined with each release.
- As of Creator 4.1.12, Quick Start profiles exist for Lightroom Classic, Capture One (macOS), Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Illustrator, and InDesign.
- Quick Start profiles are bundled with the Unreal Engine integration, available here.
- Quick Start profiles are bundled with the Final Cut Pro via CommandPost integration, available here.
- Profile migration from PaletteApp is supported as of 4.0.023 (Alpha and Beta)
- Profiles must be saved from PaletteApp (File > Save or Cmd/Ctrl+S) and loaded into Creator (File > Load Profile or Cmd/Ctrl+O)
- Some keyboard shortcut, MIDI, Joystick, and OS mode assignments will be missing or incomplete after migration to Creator. This will not overwrite the original profiles in PaletteApp.
- Not working? Send us feedback at support@monogramcc.com
- Quick Start profiles are being added and refined with each release.
- Some app migrations are incomplete, including:
- Photo Mechanic
- Capture One for Windows
- Character Animator
- FL Studio
- These apps may still be used via MIDI and keyboard shortcut assignment, and profiles will become available following the stable launch of Creator.
- Unsure how to use keyboard shortcut or MIDI assignments? Please email support@monogramcc.com for help.
- macOS Menu Bar behavior:
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- When Preferences > Close to Menu Bar is enabled and a Creator icon is pinned to the macOS dock, Creator's menu bar may not respond after selecting the dock icon.
- Workarounds:
- Switch back and forth from another window quickly, this will make the Creator menu accessible immediately.
- Open Creator from the menu bar icon (upper right) rather than from the dock icon.
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- Text spacing in Creator on macOS 11.0 Big Sur:
- Creator may show missing spaces and/or punctuation in certain dialogues, including module settings help text and installer/updater text
- Creator support for Big Sur is actively being tested and improved
- Please report any bugs to support@monogramcc.com
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How to Get Support
For all inquiries including bug reports, feature requests, and questions, you may contact us...
- Over email: support@monogramcc.com
- In Monogram Creator: select Help > Customer Support in the menu bar.
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