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Chameleon Updates

ASIA

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  • In Asia, a Deaf translation team is making great strides in sign language Bible translation using Chameleon. This is an area in the world where masking a Deaf signer’s identity on camera is imperative. Since the inception of Chameleon, this team has completed most all Gospels with an avatar. 

  • * Pray for this place in the world with very few Deaf Believers to meet Jesus through the translated Scriptures in their sign language.

SWEDEN

A sign language Bible translation team in Sweden is using Chameleon! While they don’t need to mask an identity of a signer, the translation team recognizes that using Chameleon will preserve the translation for years to come. The team can create important biblical backgrounds and maps along with signing biblical characters to offer Deaf people a visual experience. 

  • Pray for this Swedish team as they move to a new office with more space to spread out the Chameleon equipment. 

MOLDOVA

With the help of Pioneer Bible Translators, a Deaf team in Moldova can test Chameleon in the community. With the use of Chameleon, a variety of avatars can be used for each Bible story, giving the appearance of multiple people behind the translation efforts.

* Pray for this Moldova Deaf team and the community to be impacted by the Scriptures as they complete this kind of community test.

SPAIN

* Pray for the team in Spain who are using animation to finish the Gospels! Next, they will be filming live people on camera to finish other books of the Bible.

TUTORIALS

  • The tutorials are done! 

Rebecca has completed the Chameleon tutorials and our Deaf editor, Oscar, has signed each one. The tutorials are already featured on our ChameleonDeaf YouTube and are uploaded to the Chameleon website.

 

  • Speaking of tutorials, Pioneer Bible Translators has used the tutorials to help a person successfully set up and use Chameleon, even though they had no prior experience. This was a testament to the ease of set up, filming, and output!

BOOK OF RUTH

With the help of partners, Deaf Missions, the book of Ruth has been filmed. Shawn has created a female avatar to mask the identity of the real Deaf signer behind the camera. The completed book of Ruth with female avatar will be shown to several Deaf teams in Benin, Africa. In Benin, the Deaf teams will determine if Chameleon is the right fit for the teams to go forward with their own translations.

NEW BUILDING

Pioneer Bible Translators has a new building called the Global Sending and Sign Language center. November is the month to celebrate the new building and its location in Dallas, TX. Chameleon is set to be showcased at the premiere!

AFRICA

Benin, Africa has a several Deaf communities ready to learn Chameleon! The Chameleon team will visit this country in the fall and train many.

Pray for successful training so that Deaf leaders in this region can learn and then teach others how to use Chameleon.

Chameleon Software Release Notes

A New Chameleon Installer 2024_06_14 has been released.​

RELEASE CHANGES:

Recorder

  • Upgraded camera drivers

  • Changed default record resolution from 1080p to 1620p, including changes that optimize for that resolution -- Existing users should click the “Reset controls” button in the Basic Controls tab to apply these new defaults. Tracking is better but the file size will increase a little.

  • JPEG decoding has been accelerated.

  • Fixed crash when dragging the 3D tab

Tracker

  • Enables Live Link by default that syncs the Tracker timeline with the active Unreal Sequencer. A captioned tutorial on using Chameleon Livelink is available.

  • Player option to show time as seconds or frames

  • Added a "Focus" button to the toolbar. In focus mode, there are two new buttons added to the timeline controls, a toggle for the camera list, and an exit-focus-mode button

  • Extra camera and recording info in the tooltips that pop-up over the camera list

  • Focus mode is also always on top

Plugin

  • Includes Unreal 5.3 and 5.4 installers with new features that help set up the editing environment.

  • Auto-creates Level Sequence asset with links to the imported animation assets, and includes the targeted MetaHuman avatar as a spawned actor. FPS and time range are set to match the recording.

  • This changes the workflow slightly. The MH will be inserted when the sequence is opened and the scene will be cleared when the sequence is closed.

  • During baking to control rig "0" tolerance should be used to prevent Unreal from smoothing keys.

  • Enables Live Link by default that syncs the Tracker timeline with the active Unreal Sequencer.

  • The Base Skeleton is auto-fixed when creating a new project or downloading a new MH. Previously this was a manual setup to prevent body distortion.

  • The first set of tutorials has been translated to ASL. This set includes a camera, lighting, and recorder setup.

  • Psalm 90 17:2 Has been produced.

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