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Lucid v3.6 updated (May 2018)

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A new Lucid v3.6 update is now available. It adds additional features and corrects several minor bugs. Changes include:

Builder

  • Enhanced the Check Media dialog, fixed bugs relating to url media tests, and improved the output of the check process.
  • Added auto generated UIDs to items, if existing items in the key are missing UIDs a new one is assigned on next key open.
  • Fixed media import bug relating to URL paths being imported as File references.
  • Report and skip broken references on media import, force import of broken media is optional.
  • Update captions/copyright/comments from media list if they differ to existing media item.
  • Several minor bug fixes and other interface tweaks.

Browser Player

  • Force state gallery to display, even if all states in the feature do not have images attached.
  • The state gallery will display text icon over image if the state has a text attachment, text icon can be used to open the attachment.
  • Changing subsets no longer requires the key to be restarted.
  • Message shown at top of tree panels to indicate if subsets are in use.
  • Enhancements to matching and user interface update speed.
  • Several bug fixes relating to matching and pruning.

Application Player

  • Fixed bug restarting key when opened in list view mode.

Click here to download the latest update

Nature Apps

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Wildlife Australia Magazine Spring 2017 cover

The Lucid team recently published an article in the Spring 2017 issue of Wildlife Australia Magazine that focuses on Citizen Science. The article describes the increasing use of the Lucid Mobile platform for producing “Nature apps” to help identify rainforest plants, fungi, reptiles and insects. You can purchase a hard copy of the Spring 2017 in which this article appears from the Wildlife Australia website (http://www.aws.org.au/magazine/) or a digital version from
https://pocketmags.com/au/wildlife-australia-magazine/spring-2017

Wildlife Australia Magazine swipe right article

Lucid Mobile technology leveraged to help save koalas in the South-East Queensland region

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KoalaSafe

The Lucid mobile platform has a range of additional features and functionality beyond identification, such as the reporting facility mentioned above. Working with The University of Queensland and the Gold Coast City Council a new mobile app will be developed. The koala population in South East Queensland is declining at an alarming rate due to various threats like diseases and trauma from car strikes or dog attacks.

The app will help monitor and save koalas by contributing valuable research data and conservation information through the KoalaSAFE project. The KoalaSAFE project will establish a centralised observations database for koalas in South East Queensland. The app will allow citizen scientists and wildlife monitoring staff to report and upload incidental and systematic sightings of koalas. Analysis of the sightings data will allow the identification of temporal and spatial trends of risks for disease, injuries and mortality and quantification of habitat use by koalas.

Canberra Lucid workshop

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Lucid Canberra Workshop

A two-day Lucid training course was held in Canberra, on the 30th and 31st October 2017 for 19 participants. The course presenters were Matt Taylor and Kevin Thiele. They focused on Lucid v3.6, key construction, and the preparation of key media and materials, particularly involving the use of Fact Sheet Fusion. Deployment options were also covered, particularly the new Java Script (browser) player.

Future training workshops in Sydney and Melbourne for 2018 are being explored as well as a workshop for North America participants.

Canberra Lucid Workshop photo one
Canberra Lucid Workshop photo two

Lucid Updates

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Lucid v3.6Lucid v3.6 Updated

A number of updates and bug fixes have been made of the last couple of months. Changes include:

Application Player and JavaScript Player

  • Fixed a bug in best feature where nested numerics were present.
  • Fixed a matching bug (related to above numeric best bug).

JavaScript Player Enhancements

  • Added feature/state selection by Builder assigned unique id or via a user assigned unique id.
  • Added filtering of entities by Builder assigned unique id or via a user assigned unique id.
  • Added selected features/states are shown expanded in selection windows.
  • Added state gallery thumbnail view option.
  • Improved image viewer with gallery thumbnail view option.
  • User interface updates and additional layout refinements.
  • Added ability to pass parameters via the URL in addition to the loading html page and local storage parameters.
  • Added Entity remaining and Entity discard tracking into the Local storage option.

Lucid Builder

  • Added additional export options for the Lucid Player.
  • Update thumbnails added, check media improved.
  • Updated installers to fix missing resources and updated platform support.
  • Several minor bug fixes (numeric input, score analyser, import media, etc).
  • Tutorial changed over to a PDF format.

Click here to download the latest update

Upcoming Lucid Keys and Apps

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Wattle: Acacias of Australia is currently being upgraded and will be released as a Lucid mobile app early next year.

Snake Id mobile app. This new app is almost ready for release and is undergoing final testing.

Tomato, capsicum, chilli and eggplant: A field guide for the identification of insect pests, beneficials, diseases and disorders in Australia and Cambodia by the NSW Department of Primary industries, will be released as a Lucid mobile app early next year.

Insect orders Lucid mobile app has undergone an upgrade, adding additional information and fact sheets.

New and updated Lucid Keys

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Sugarcane white grubs Key to the white grub adults and larvae
http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/sugarcane_white_grubs/
Key to the Afrotropical Silky Lacewings Key to the Afrotropical Silky Lacewings (Insecta: Neuroptera: Psychopsidae)
https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/Afrotropical_Psychopsidae/
Key to the weeds in imported bonsai plants in Europe Key to the weeds in imported bonsai plants in Europe
https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/bonsai/
Key to the invasive terrestrial plants in Europe Key to the invasive terrestrial plants in Europe
https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/invasive_terrestric_plants/
Seeds of invasive plants Seeds of invasive plants
https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/invasive_seeds/
Seedlings of invasive plants Seedlings of invasive plants
https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/invasive_seedlings/
An interactive key to the troglobitic invertebrates of Brazil An interactive key to the troglobitic invertebrates of Brazil
https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/troglobitic_invertebrates/
Pacific Pests and Pathogens v6 Pacific Pests and Pathogens Version 6
Another update to this popular app has been released. 50 more fact sheets have been added. Version 6 of the app now contains 350 fact sheets.

Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lucidcentral.mobile.pacific_pests&hl=en

Apple iOS – https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/pacific-pests-and-pathogens/id903244644?mt=8

Lucid Tip

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Are you running Lucid on a Windows computer with a high DPI resolution screen? E.g. Microsoft Surface laptop etc. Does the Lucid Builder interface look small? Or the fonts very small?

Try setting the Lucid Builder and Player applications scaling settings to use ‘System’ or ‘System Enhanced’, by right clicking on the executable and adjusting the property shown in the screen shot below.

Lucid Builder executable propertiesClick to enlarge