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Have an Application Idea?

Have you ever been working in and around Final Cut Pro, worked your way through a repetitive or menial task and thought, “why isn’t there an application that does this for me?” Or maybe you’ve been using a tool like … more »

Useful Tools for Editors: Test Gear 2.5

A few weeks ago we posted about Scopo Gigio, an add-on for Adobe After Effects that brought video scopes to AE. Another longtime supplier of AE scopes is Synthetic Aperture, with its Test Gear product. Just this week Synthetic Aperture … more »

Editing Black Swan: Andrew Weisblum, A.C.E., Talks

Andrew Weisblum, ACE, was familiar with director Darren Aronofsky's work when he took on Black Swan, a psychological thriller about a ballerina who unravels as she dances the challenging role of the Black Swan. Weisblum was the visual effects editor … more »

Lightworks Goes Public — Beta, That Is

It was a bit of a surprise back in April when NLE stalwart (at least for some) Lightworks announced that it would go open source. EditShare is the current owner of the Lightworks editing application, one of the original nonlinear … more »

PluralEyes Comes to Media Composer

While thumbing through Twitter this morning I saw a nice Sunday surprise. This tweet came across from PluralEyes creator Bruce Sharpe: PluralEyes for Avid Media Composer -http://eepurl.com/bxpRv That’s some exciting news for Avid users as we’ve been watching with envy … more »

Useful Tools for Editors: TCR Plus

Along the same lines as the recent useful tool Clip Info Titler is another option that can achieve a similar result: TCR Plus from Spherico. Like Clip Info Titler, TCR Plus uses Final Cut Pro’s super handy XML export and … more »

Next Element by Deluxe debuts

Nearly a year after Next Element Studios opened its doors in Burbank, the facility has reopened as a Deluxe Entertainment facility, Next Element by Deluxe. Deluxe acquired Next Element in April and spent six months undergoing an expansion and redevelopment. … more »

Useful Tools for Editors: Clip Info Titler

Here’s a simple little tool for Final Cut Pro from the folks over at Assisted Editing. Like many of their tools, Clip Info Titler is based on FCP’s ability to export and import XML files. It takes an XML of … more »

Useful Tools for Editors: Scopo Gigio

One thing that I’ve never quite understood about Adobe After Effects is why it doesn’t come straight from Adobe with a full mix of built-in video scopes. The application does so much and is sometimes used as a finishing tool, … more »

Useful Tools for Editors: Render Notification

Have you ever set a looooong render on one of your favorite post-production applications and watched as the render bar ticked away and the app tried to give you a best guess as to how long the render might take? … more »