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title: "What's new in Vicon Shogun 1.8?"
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# About Vicon Shogun 1.8

As the eighth point release of Vicon’s entertainment market software, Shogun 1.8 introduces a number of features and improvements that are all targeted toward enhancing existing VFX workflows.

If you make frequent use of props, you can expect to see time-savings made to your pipelines, as you can now add and remove individual prop markers *without* needing to recreate the entire object.

Retargeting receives the first in a series of planned improvements through automatic setup, which greatly reduces the amount of manual steps required when creating character retargets.

This release also sees the introduction of StretchSense integration, a heavily requested feature that enables you to import and merge data from Hand Engine directly onto your Vicon skeleton.

Improvements have also been made to various aspects of SDI support, Auto-Skeleton, and overall user experience, which you can read about in further detail in our [release notes](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13664263) (PDF).

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> Watch our release video:
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>  [What's New in Shōgun 1.8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdR0QOMAVlM)?

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This release also benefits from ongoing maintenance, with a number of issues having been addressed (see [Addressed issues in Vicon Shogun 1.8](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13664679)).

For information on requirements for installing and running Shogun, see [PC requirements](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668164)in *Installing and licensing Vicon Shogun*.

For detailed information on PC requirements, visit the [PC specifications](https://help.vicon.com/space/PCSPEC/8585218/Vicon+PC+specifications) page on the Vicon website or contact [Vicon Support](mailto:support@vicon.com).

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> ## About this guide
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> This guide describes the new features in Vicon Shogun 1.8.
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> The following documentation is available for Shogun, both online and as PDFs that you can download from [help.vicon.com](https://help.vicon.com):
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> | **Document** | **Description** |
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> | *What'sNewin * *Vicon Shogun* | Describes new features in the latest release. |
> | *Installing and licensing Vicon Shogun* | Installation and licensing instructions. |
> | *Getting started with Vicon Shogun* | Provides an end-to-end workflow overview, including system preparation, initial capture steps, data cleanup and solving, retargeting and export. |
> | *Getting more from Vicon Shogun* | More advanced information to help you to take your use of Shogun further, for example, to add your own customizations, or to automate capture. |
> | *HSL scripting with Vicon Shogun>* | HSL scripting guidelines and commands. |
> | *Python scripting with Vicon Shogun* | Basic information on using Python with Shogun. |
> | *Shogun 1.8 Release Notes* | Release notes, including full list of addressed issues, for the specified release of Shogun. |
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> For more documentation related to Shogun and other Vicon products, visit docs.vicon.com.

To find out more about Shogun 1.8, see:

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