Posts Tagged ‘final cut pro x’

FCPX plug-ins maker Pixel Film Studios recently released FCPX Storyboard: Corporate, adding to FCPX’s native storyboarding feature. The plug-in adds storyboarding characters suitable for corporate assignments, more appropriate shot types such as over-the-shoulder as well as indoor and outdoor scene elements.[adrotate group="6"] Storyboards created by…

Australian-born plug-in developer CoreMelt recently updated what many moviemakers consider to be the best stabilization plug-in, Lock & Load. This latest version is 30 percent faster, up to 3 times speedier than FCPX’s native stabilization and now has rolling shutter presets for 29 cameras.[adrotate group="6"]…

The surest test of any moviemaking software or hardware product is in using it throughout the making of a major motion picture. Final Cut Pro X was put to the test doing exactly that in the latest Will Smith star vehicle, Focus, and Apple’s sometimes…

Color Grading Central releases Color Finale, a plugin that will make people think twice about going outside of Apple’s NLE for more sophisticated color grading alternatives. planet5D discount! We're stoked to have arranged a $20 discount for planet5D readers (regular price is $99) -- but this offer expires…

Compressor now offers Terminator/SkyNet-level computing in the form of a render farm: the ability to harness the power of multiple networked computers – not just drives – to parallelize CPU-intensive tasks. Yeah, OK: maybe not exactly SkyNet. Yet.[adrotate group="6"] Hawaii filmmaker and planet5D reader Jeff…

FCPX plug-in maker CrumplePop is offering a $120 discount right now on the Koji DSLR film emulation LUTs designed by Dale Grahn, acclaimed colorist for Steven Spielberg amongst many other Hollywood greats.[adrotate group="6"] That’s $79 off the usual price of $199 for this set of…

Film editor Adam Epstein becomes the second member of the Saturday Night Live Film Unit after Alex Buono to go on a multi-city tour to show video creatives how to up their game – and knocks our socks off.[adrotate group="6"] Accomplished, smart, articulate, funny, relaxed,…

We love to feature projects that didn't have a huge budget and the creators used their creativity and sweat to create something cool. This is one of those videos.[adrotate group="6"] Message from Maxx Peter: I'm a young photographer and based in Cheshire, UK, and I've…

You may be familiar with kaizen, the Japanese practice of continuous improvement. You may be less familiar with its origins as an American concept brought to Japan after WW II by, among others, W. Edwards Demming. [adrotate group="6"] No matter its origin or current chief…

Ever wonder what it is like to watch a professional editor edit footage he's never seen before? Dave Dugdale conned Chris Fenwick to do some editing [adrotate group="6"] for him at NAB and filmed the entire event (yes Chris obviously knew he was being filmed…