Aries
A downloadable tool for Windows
Media player review tool for students or professionals working on videogames, film, etc.
FEATURES:
- Frame by frame stepping.
- Adjustable playback range.
- Adjustable playback speed.
- Flip media horizontally.
- Drawing notes on each frame.
- Export and Import drawing notes.
- Export video frame including drawing notes on it.
- Export playback range as .mp4 (or several other formats).
- Export media as animated-GIF.
- Rule of thirds grid overlay.
On Windows choose customs graphics settings for Aries (High performance) for better performance. Win+I, System>Display>Graphics
*Currently in development. To report any issues or feedback, please, contact me via DM on Twitter (@luismiherrera). You can also leave any comments here.
Thank you!
Luismi Herrera
version 1.1.2 updates:
- The "Drawings" menu is now called "Notes".
- The defaultNotes saving directory is the video directory that has been opened.
- Temp .ISF files are now saved in the Aries/tmp directory.
- The version number is printed in yellow if it exceeds the website version number.
version 1.1.1 updates:
- Fixed the issue of Export options not working if the video was opened with Aries as the default program.
version 1.1.0 updates:
- Improved quality of exported animated .GIFs
- Ability to choose Rendering mode (Hardware or Software).
version 0.10.11.2021 updates:
- Added Undo/Redo drawings functionality.
- Removed default folder to export .mp4 and .gif
- Added hotkeys to open file, export selection to .mp4, and toggle drawing visibility.
- RMB on camera icon to exports selection to .mp4
version 0.21.7.2021 updates:
- Aries is now self-contained. No need to download .NET framework anymore.
- Fixed issue when trying to "Export selection to .mp4 or .GIF" of files with names with special characters.
- Fixed aspect ratio issue when using "Export Selection to .GIF".
- Adding ability to choose name and location of output file when exporting selection to .GIF
- Adding the ability to export a SELECTION to .GIF. Before it was only possible to export the whole video.
- Adding a new option to "Export Selection to Image Sequence". I haven't tested this too much, so please report any issues or feedback you might have.
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Thank you so much for aries! ive been loving use it so far, but ive run into a few hiccups occasionally in version 1.1.1 while scrubbing. Sometimes it gets stuck until I hit play again. I wasnt sure if this is the right place to put bug reports but if theres a official place please let me know!
Thanks for the tool!
Ray
Hi Ray, I'm glad you find Aries useful. :)
Regarding the issue, I have been looking into it in my high end computer and also in my laptop, and I can't reproduce it. To be honest, I have no clue what could cause the hiccup. This is a very long shot, but have you tried to get latest on your graphics card drivers?
Hmm I've updated my drivers and tried a restart but no luck,
here is the mp4 if this helps at all:
Gdrive sharing link
Is there a console at all to see if there's some hiccups at all under the hood?
I appreciate the help!
I downloaded your video and sometimes I get the scrabbing issue too. It doesn't happen with other videos on my computer, so maybe it is something related to the video codecs? I normally use h.264, and it works fine for me.
Sorry I can't be of more help!
Would you be able to provide which encoding settings you use? I am also rendering out h.264 but through blender and every file mp4 I have seems to be bugging out haha. Hoping to narrow down the issue a bit.
Cheers,
Hmm... I use the same codec in Maya. You can try to change the rendering settings to see if it makes any difference.![]()
Ummmmm yeah goodbye KeyframeMP/RV. Thank you Luismi, really hit the spot with the quick export movie feature. Clean and simple!
thank you very much, excellent software. I've tried it and I love it!! I just didn't donate because I don't have the financial condition yet :( May God give you double
I'm very glad you find it useful. Thank you for your comment khelmerleo. :)
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it doesn't open due to an absence of the .net 5.0.0, even though i have it installed already
Hi, if you download the new version I uploaded recently here in itch.io (version 0.21.7.2021) it should come with .NET included.
If for whatever reason you still need to install .NET make sure you download the .NET Desktop Runtime (it's the second option on the .NET website)
already did both, it still doesn't work
Hmm.. I'm sorry, but I really don't know what could be the problem... Is your Windows 64-bit?