Red Lightning Software’s Shot Logger Pro 1.0 is a new utility to log video clips and add notes, comments, labels, and other information. It includes automatic take numbering, Real Time Markers to indicate important points in the clips, Marker Sets, setting of in and out points, batch connection of annotated place holder clips created in [...]
PHYX Cleaner is an FxFactory-based plug-in for After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Final Cut Express. The plug-in provides tools for repairing and enhancing video quality, including the ability to rebuild pixelated chroma channels, restore lost information in gradients while increasing effective color depth, convert fields into progressive comb-free frames, buff-out skin blemishes, and [...]
At the WWDC today, Apple announced iMovie for the iPhone. The iPhone 4 new camera system shoots 720p as well as standard definition formats, and will support authoring of movies using an iMovie port to the iPhone. Details to follow, but it appears themes and exports to 360p, 520p, and 720p. Jobs announced that Final [...]
It is unusual when marketing hype matches reality; more so when “full HD” is the primary selling point. After spending ten days evaluating Panasonic’s recently released HDC-TM700, I’ve had a change of heart — due in part to one new and one improved selling point. The 3MOS 1/4-inch cam is a half step faster than [...]
Engadget is reporting that flash memory developer PhotoFlash is working on a solution to input video into the iPad. The input device is modest; In involves Microsoft’s LifeCam web cam at VGA resolution, but the technical capability is the most critical part of the report. Release dates are not set, although end of year seems [...]
CrumplePop has released Metal, a new tool to add high-quality metallic titles to any FCP project by typing in text and rendering. CrumplePop Metal works within Final Cut Pro timeline using the Master Template architecture. Titles created with CrumplePop Metal appear to be cut from a solid block of steel, copper, chrome-plated steel, or steel [...]
A new $49.00 H.264 conversion utility from Red Giant converts DSLR video to edit-friendly formats, adds timecode, and generates proxies. Magic Bullet Grinder works with video-capable Canon DSLR cameras and provides a single, time-saving pass transcode into ProRes, Standard, ProRes Proxy, and PhotoJPEG formats, complete with a timecode track. Only Canon DSLRs are currently supported, [...]