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IMPORTANT!!!

Please read the README.txt file for the latest important information
regarding the installation and use of this package.

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@RELEASE: 5.5-1

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.5-x.
It includes a few fixes since the last release.

@CHANGE: adding easier-to-understand labels to the AE version choice
pull-down (combobox) for GUI submission dialog
	
@CHANGE: added code to aftereffects backend to convert "appversion"
like "9.0 (CS4)" to "9.0" so it knows what to do with it
	
@FEATURE: added box for explicitly specifying aerender.exe

@CHANGE: Updated windows qube.ico files for all jobtypes.
	
	The icon shows in the "add/remove program" panel on Windows, among
	possibly other places.
	
	This is a cleaner-looking transparent background icon, and was
	converted from the icon that's used on OSX (qube_icon.icns).

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@RELEASE: 5.5-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.5-x.


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@RELEASE: 5.4-1

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.4-x.

@FEATURE: Added CS4 (9.0) support.


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@RELEASE: 5.4-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.4-x.

From this release, the in-app submission requires installation of "App
UI" from QubeGUI.  Please read the README.txt file for installation
and usage details.


@CHANGE: Built for Qube! version 5.4-x

@CHANGE: Submission dialog now uses the "App UI" from QubeGUI.

@FEATURE: Added qbmail and qbmailaddress options to qbaerender.pl


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@RELEASE: 5.3-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.3-x.


@CHANGE: Built for Qube! version 5.3-x

Built against Qube! version 5.3-x.


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@RELEASE: 5.2-1

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.2-x.

We've added back-end support for After Effects CS3.

@FEATURE: added AE CS3 support in back-end

Support has been added for After Effects CS3, in the back-end.

Note, at this time, CS3 is only supported in the back-end, and we do
NOT provide an dialog box that the user can submit a job from within
AE-- jobs need to be submitted from the standalone Qube GUI.


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@RELEASE: 5.2-0

@SUMMARY:

This release is designed to work with Qube! version 5.2-x.

It is built against the new Qube! 5.2 libraries, and also includes a
few enhancements and bug fixes.

@FEATURE: added code to test output path write-permission

Added code to test output dir write-permission when the output path is
specified in the submission.


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@RELEASE: 5.1-0

@COMPATIBILITY:

This release should work with Qube! version 5.1-0 and above.

@SUMMARY:

This release is built against the new Qube! 5.1 libraries.
It also includes a few bug fixes.


@FEATURE: workaround for AE crashing on single machine

Added code to retry, up to 3 times, the aerender command, if the
renderer exist with code 2304.  Apparently, AE can crash if multiple
instances are started simultaneously on a single machine.
BUGZID: 33096 33815


@BUGFIX: back-end runs proper ae version

Added support to run the correct version of AE in the back-end.

@BUGFIX: supports ae minor versions

Added support for AE minor versions, 6.5.1, and 7.0.1.


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@RELEASE: 5.0-0

@COMPATIBILITY:

This release should work with Qube! version 5.0-0 and above.

@SUMMARY:

This release is built against the new Qube! 5.0 libraries, and 
provide support for After Effects 6.5 and 7.0.


@FEATURE: Better support for app installed in non-default location

The back-end code now supports a more robust mechanism of searching 
for the aerender.exe program.  It searches the $PATH first, then 
the paths specified in the windows registry, and then the default 
installation locations.