The release of Adobe’s Production Premium CS5 bundle brings a refined interface, dozens of under-the-hood improvements and several “wow” features to the integrated application suite. This series of reviews will evaluate what is new, improved, and useful in CS5 Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects, and onLocation CS5 Mac with video professionals in mind. Also in the [...]
CNet is reporting that Apple intends to keep the “professional” in Final Cut Pro, despite persistent rumors to the contrary. A response from Apple spokesman Bill Evans says that despite reports to the contrary: “Final Cut Pro is the first choice for professional video editors, and we’ve never been more excited about its future. The [...]
The rumors are coming fast and furious about Apple’s flagship professional applications, including Final Cut Studio. Released just last year, persistent reports indicate that Apple is reassessing how it distributes the applications suite to better match its growing customer base, including an emerging prosumer market. Indications are that any reshuffle is the results of a [...]
CoreMelt has released its Rolling Shutter Reduction plug in. First announced at NAB 2010, the new plug in installs as part of Lock & Load X, and is designed to reduce shudder in CMOS based HD DSLR and camcorder videography. When used in conjunction with Lock & Load X, it reduces rolling shutter artifacts as [...]
A couple of recent job postings by Apple looking for visual interface designers seem to portend an interface redesign of its professional applications which historically have included the Final Cut Studio suite of apps. This two job posting links may not last for long, but they provide some indication a change may be in the [...]
Ripple Training has released Screenplay, a $39.00 USD collection of FCS3 motion templates for use in Motion 4 and FCP 7. The installed templates are available in the templates browser where graphics or video can be added to the drop zones and titles modified. The templates themselves can be modified in Motion to change colors, [...]
ShotPut Pro v.3, Imagine Product’s automated copy utility for HD video and photo files, provides secure, verified, auto-named copies of a card’s contents, entire hard disks, or selected folders to multiple locations simultaneously. All copies are verified. Highlights of version 3.0 include: Faster Copying: Rebuilt from the ground up multi-threaded technology reads cards once and [...]
D-Zed Software has released Dragon Stop Motion 2.1, an update to their professional stop motion animation software for Mac OS X and Windows. Tje pro capture system for stop-frame animation, motion design, and special effects is used in feature film, TV commercial, and TV series production. The 2.1 upgrade includes support for the new DDMX-S2 [...]
Final Cut Templates has released a new series of master templates for use in Final Cut Pro and Motion. It provides 48 new options using video clips to create transitions, animate logos and build slide-shows. The zones are available in 1080p resolution at 30fps, 25fps, and 24fps. NTSC and PAL DV compatibility is provided. The [...]
This video demonstrates how to use a Macintosh to remote control Canon EOS DSLRs using the EOS Utility for the 7D. The video provides some interesting insights into whether the iPad can also be used with a ported EOS Utility app to accomplish the same thing, including the possibility of capturing video. Still a concept [...]