What's new with Scatter?

• The “User Guide” button in the Help menu now takes you to our much improved learn page. The PDF remains in the plugin if you need it, for now!
• (macOS) Worked around an issue (known by Apple) in macOS 27 Public Beta 2. Apple plans on fixing this issue before official launch
• (Linux) Improved startup and shutdown stability, especially on first launch after the plugin has been updated
• (CUDA) Improved attempts at gaining VRAM in low VRAM scenarios

• First release for Final Cut Pro and Motion! Learn more about it in our blog post.
• Added support for GoPro GP-Log2

• Improved diffusion size math when used in vertical video to more closely resemble a horizontal video of the same size
• Optimized Adobe plugin rendering

• Fixed an issue with OpenFX Color Management in Resolve 21

• (Adobe) Fixed an issue with freezing during rendering in After Effects 2026
• (Windows) Fixed a rare bug that could occur on first launch

• Fixed issue with OpenFX hosts that provide incorrect file paths

• Added support for DJI D-Log M
• (Windows, Linux) Fixed an issue with Pascal (10 series) and older cards when handling 16-bit float images.

• (Offline) Adjusted seat checkout behavior to be more sensible
• (Baselight) Prevent a crash caused by switching to CPU rendering
• (Adobe, Windows) Fixed an issue where specific resolutions caused rendering artifacts

• Improved error handling and recovery
• Other internal updates

Action Required for Adobe Users

• We had to make a change to our Adobe plugins that unfortunately is not backwards compatible. We do not believe this will ever need to happen again - thanks for bearing with us as we continue to learn about the Adobe plugin ecosystem!
• Replace Scatter in any existing Premiere or AE projects with this new version. Scatter 2.5.3 for Adobe will continue to be available for users that need access to it. Just open the Video Village Plugins app, select “Adobe” and click Settings -> Install Other Version -> 2.5.3

• (Baselight, macOS) Fixed memory leak issue that could occur in certain scenarios
• (macOS) Metal 4 / macOS 26 support
• Better log file organization especially in multi-host situations

• (CUDA) Improve error logging and telemetry
• (CUDA) Prevent crashing when GPU is out of available memory
• (Baselight, CUDA) Updated VRAM requirement reporting

• Prepare for an upcoming release
• (Offline) Connection startup tweaks
• (Baselight) Cleanup logging noise

• Add support for Samsung Log (aka Galaxy Log)

• (macOS) Attempts to fix Intel Mac discrete GPU issues introduced in 2.4.3

• (Linux, Windows) Further improve CUDA memory management
• (macOS) Minor performance improvements

• (Online Activation) Fixed a (very) rare crash

• (macOS) Metal optimizations
• (Linux, Windows) Improved CUDA memory management

• (Online, Windows and Linux) Significant initial launch speedup
• (Windows) Fix another Windows file path issue

• Fixed a rendering issue with old NVIDIA GPUs
• (macOS, Baselight) Fixed issue where the plugins would report incorrect VRAM requirements
• (DaVinci Resolve) Handle rendering errors more gracefully by adding a watermark to signal that the plugin cannot render.

• (Online) At long last, an “Update Available” button will appear in the plugin’s menu if an update is available!
• (Offline) Fixed several configuration issues that could occur

• Initial Linux release (Online Activation)
• Squashed a few more CUDA bugs

• Fixed a issue with caching in Baselight

• (macOS and Windows) Prevent crash when launching Fusion Studio. Since Fusion Studio doesn’t support OpenFX GPU rendering, nothing will actually render, but at least there’s no crash!
• (Windows Only) Fix licensing issue when updating Windows 11 to 24H2

• (macOS) Improved rendering performance at UHD and higher resolutions
• (Baselight, Offline) Failing to check out a seat will now notify Baselight that there is an issue rendering instead of silently failing

• Fixed some issues with crash reporting

• Fix a rare “No parameter exposed…” bug

• (macOS only) Actually usable in Baselight and Daylight with any license type.

• (macOS only) Much more performant at very high resolutions.
• (Windows/Linux) Updated to CUDA 12.4
• (Offline only) Holds onto seat after first use of plugin in the host. Only quitting the host application will release the seat.

• Added support for Leica Log
• Fixed an issue with FilmLight hosts (macOS and Linux only)
• Fixed an issue with very specific Windows installs

• (macOS) Minor performance increase (~1-2fps @ 4K)
• (Windows) Fixed an issue running on cloud instances
• (macOS, Linux, Offline) Fixed an issue when rendering thumbnails in Baselight

• Decreased lower limit of the “Focal Length” parameter to 0.1mm. Go wild!

• Bug fixes

• Optimized for macOS 14 Sonoma

• Added support for Apple Log
• Fixed an issue with running in the App Store version of Resolve (macOS Only)
• Scatter’s version has changed to 2.0, but we’ve only done this to stay consistent with Filmbox’s versioning. There are no “breaking changes” between 1.x and 2.x.

• UI improvements + minor performance tweaks

• Fixed a regression with alpha handling (macOS)

• Minor GPU performance improvements (macOS)
• Fixed an upcoming bug in macOS 14
• Bug fixes (Windows)

• Faster load times for newer NVIDIA GPUs (Windows & Linux)

• Initial release for Windows!
• Fixed a bug with Mirror edge mode blending (macOS)

• A warning message will now pop up if you are attempting to use an incompatible GPU processing mode in Resolve

• Fixed an issue when running in the App Store version of Resolve

• Internal stability updates

• “Plugin Manager” button is now back

• Fixed an issue with alpha channel / masking in Resolve.

• Fixed crash when loading in Fusion Studio
• Internal fixes

• Added support for Nikon Log

• Added support for F-Log and F-Log 2

• Added support for Arri’s new LogC4 format
• Minor performance improvements

• Added “(Inaccurate) Gamma 2.4 Video” as an input source

• Fixed an issue with rendering in Fusion

• Fixed a terrible bug in Resolve 17.3. After the update you may need to re-enable the plugin by going to DaVInci Resolve -> Preferences -> Video Plugins -> Enable All -> Save. Restart Resolve (and your Mac too, if that didn’t work), and hopefully all is well!

• Fixed an issue with re-subscription.

• Improved performance in some situations.

• Bug fixes

• Additional multi-GPU threading safeguards

• Improved crash logs
• Fixed a few minor bugs

• Improved diagnostics logging for bug reports, etc.

• Disabled ability to animate drop-down menu selections

• Apple Silicon Support
• Fixed issue with using multiple GPUs in Resolve

• First Public Release!