xLights 2026.19

What's new in 2026.19

2026.19 — October 23, 2026
Enhancements
- dkulp — Bars: new "Custom" direction with an Angle slider (-180 to 180) to move the bars in any direction
- dkulp — Pictures effect can use SVG images, drawn sharp at the model's size
- dkulp — Palette and effect colour buttons preview the colour live while the colour picker is open, and Cancel restores the original
- dkulp — Palette menu: new "Update Only Colors" applies just the palette colours to the selected effects, leaving each effect's palette checkboxes as they were
- derwin12 — Find Possible Source Effects is available from any view; opening a result for a model not in the current view switches to Master View
- derwin12 — Tools > Generate Moving Head Effects adds white moving head effects (section sweeps, chorus ping-pong, outro, dark pre-position links) from bars and sections timing tracks
- derwin12 — Windows: Stem separation adds Guitar and Piano stems (the 6-stem model is downloaded the first time either is picked)
- derwin12 — Faster renders for sequences with large models or groups set to Render Disabled
- dkulp — Import Effects: unsupported imported videos (e.g. AVI) can be converted during the import instead of on the next open
- dkulp — LOR S5/S6 import: effects on LOR motion-row regions (strands, tiers, columns) land on the matching part of the model, later LOR rows draw on top, Single Block imports as Morph, embedded pictures and GIFs are carried into the sequence, and starfield, moving shapes, spin fade and simple shape effects are no longer dropped; imported effects use as few layers as possible
- dkulp — LOR S5/S6 import: custom motion rows (bows, outlines, arms, stripes...) are listed as their own sources so they can be mapped to submodels or groups instead of covering the whole model
- dkulp — LOR S5/S6 import: sketch effects (singing faces, drawings) import as SVG pictures instead of empty Sketch effects
- dkulp — LOR S5/S6 import: singing faces get lip-sync timing tracks built from their mouth shapes (one per voice), and each face can be mapped onto a model as a Faces effect driven by that track
- heffneil — The Faces, States and SubModels "Import From Model" pickers have a filter box to narrow a long model list
- derwin12 — Layout Controllers tab: clicking a model in the preview switches to the Models (or Groups) tab with that model selected …

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