SUGARfx has released an update to its FXPlugin-based Video Wall bringing it to version 2.0. New key framable parameters can be used to twist, bend, and animate multiple images and videos to produce various wall effects.
The new video and auto-animation features include new 3D control options and “Advanced” and “Expert” levels for creating more intricate [...]
Earlier this week, I timed Final Cut Studio 2 and Final Cut Studio 3 (2009) using identical footage for encodes, transcodes, and Motion RAM previews. The tests were performed on identical Snow Leopard OSX (10.6.2) boot drives, with both application suites and operation systems fully updated. The test results are here, as are the particulars for [...]
Adobe will officially unveil its new Creative Suite 5 package for graphic, video and web design on April 12th, it announced on Tuesday. The package will include details about a 64-bit Mac version of Photoshop, as well as new versions of the Adobe After Effects, onLocation, and Premiere, its video editing application.
Premiere will include Adobe’s [...]
Following Rob Morgan’s Final Cut Studio shootout between Compressor 3 and 3.5, and Motion 3 and Motion 4, I decided to test further to determine if I could produce the same results. Rob timed Compressor encodes and Motion RAM previews in Final Cut Studio 2 and Final Cut Pro (2009) using identical footage and a [...]
We’ve completed some extensive testing to evaluate the performance gap between Final Cut Studio 2 and Final Cut Studio 2009 using Compressor/Motion/Final Cut Pro on a mid-2009 MacPro 2.26 GHz Nehalem running Snow Leopard with 12 GB/s of RAM. The surprising results will be posted early this week.
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Canon withdrew the 2.0.3 firmware update earlier this week due to an audio recording issue with the version. A revised version of the EOS 5D Mark II firmware was released yesterday in Japan, and is now available elsewhere. This link should provide the fixed fix for frame rate and manual audio recording improvements for the [...]
The link to the EOSD 5D Mark II 2.0.3 firmware update has been removed due to a issue with the new manual record levels in certain custom modes.
We recently discovered a malfunction that occurs with Firmware Version 2.0.3, in which the manual recording levels for C1/C2/C3 are changed and the EOS 5D Mark II digital [...]
DVDxDV has released Veescope Live 2.0, an inexpensive real-time chroma keying application that is compatible with Final Cut Pro. The program provides high and low video brightness Zebra patterns from a live video source, any Quicktime video input source, or a high-definition capture card. This revision adds QuickTime movie export, a Send to Final Cut [...]
Videographers and photographers often need a simple, mobile, and convenient way to secure an on scene release using a mobile device such as an iPhone or iPod Touch. Enter mRelease, a iTunes™ app that provides the essentials for securing releases for talent, property, location and crews. Basic information about the shoot/project, info about the model, [...]