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Recent reviews
Abaltat Muse - music creation software
Can a computer write music - the answer, according to the creator of Abaltat Muse is definitely yes. Using artificial intelligence this music creation software analyses the colour information in a video piece and scores music defined by band selection, rhythm, tempo, and use of jingle. A fascinating way to create music which is neither loop or music library based.
News
Thursday, 21 August 2008
IBC: Final Cut User Group meeting details revealed
Jonny Evans
The event is expected to be the largest gathering of Final Cut Pro users and digital filmmakers on the planet during IBC week.
Monday, 18 August 2008
Toon Boom Studio 4.5 released
Digital Arts Staff
Toon Boom Animation has released Toon Boom Studio 4.5 and its Toon Boom Studio Importer to Flash (TBSi). This latest version enables users to create photo animation and live-action cartooning. Additional new features include a better integration with Photoshop files, extended ease of use, the ability to print, more export options to iTunes and YouTube as well as the import of Flip Boom and Animation-ish projects.
Friday, 15 August 2008
Western Digital new My Book Mirror Edition
Cliff Joseph
New Mirror drives offer capacities up to 2TB
Friday, 15 August 2008
LaCie’s Little Big Disk Quadra
Cliff Joseph
Compact drive provides high performance for video professionals
Friday, 15 August 2008
FxFactory effects plug-ins released for After Effects
Peter Cohen
FxFactory 2.0.4 includes more than 300 visual effects plug-ins designed for real-time performance. Capabilities include blurs, color correction, distortions, glows, half-tones and stylization filters, generators and transitions.
Friday, 15 August 2008
Verbatim launches new hard drive
Cliff Joseph
New Verbatim drives help keep you in the black – in more ways than one
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Boris Continuum visual effects plug-ins now available separately
Digital Arts Staff
Boris FX has released the Boris Continuum Units family of visual effects plug-ins, which makes filters from its Continuum Complete collection available separately. The first three Units are available immediately: Pan and Zoom for documentary-style animation, UpRez for resizing of image clips from SD to HD, and Chroma Key for pulling keys.
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Six-bay MacBook/iBook battery charger debuts
Peter Cohen
Oncore's battery charger lets you charge up to six MacBook or iBook batteries at a time.
Wednesday, 06 August 2008
FXhome adds batch-processing chromakey software
Digital Arts Staff
FXhome has released PhotoKey Batch, a standalone version of its popular chromakey photography product that has been developed to fulfil the specific requirements of event photography. Aimed at semi-pro and professional photographers, PhotoKey Batch provides rapid, multi-image, high quality greenscreen and bluescreen compositing.
Wednesday, 06 August 2008
FxFactory adds Adobe After Effects support
Digital Arts Staff
Noise Industries has released an update for its FxFactory plug-in system for Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion that allows the plug-ins to be used inside the Mac OS X version of Adobe After Effects CS3.
Wednesday, 06 August 2008
Adobe warns over bogus Flash Player installers
Jeremy Kirk
Hackers are trying to dupe people into downloading malicious software labeled as Adobe's Flash Player, prompting a warning from the company.
Monday, 04 August 2008
Red Giant takes Digital Anarchy video venture
Jonny Evans
Red Giant Software has agreed to acquire the video plug-in range belonging to Digital Anarchy.
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Apple: 'get ready for MacBook and iPod shortage'
Jonny Evans, Macworld.co.uk
As a number of new products come on stream, Apple is warning resellers that many of its core products may be in short supply in the next few weeks.
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Mac clone maker hires Apple-beating law firm
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Three attorneys at Carr & Ferrell were listed on the Monday stipulation, including Colby Springer, Christine Watson and Robert Yorio, a partner at the firm, Yorio and Springer were among the lawyers who represented Burst.com in its patent-infringement case against Apple that started in 2006.
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Apple warns of MacBook shortage, new products loom
Jonny Evans
Apple warns resellers of limited supplies of MacBook, MacBook and iPod, as product transitions closing in.
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Rumour: Apple MacBook trio receiving massive upgrade
Jonny Evans
New MacBooks and MacBook Pros will offer a glass multi-touch trackpad, with support for gestures; and will be much thinner and lighter than before, looking more like a MacBook Air, report claims...
Monday, 28 July 2008
Second Mac clone maker set to sell systems
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
"They can't make a copy [of Mac OS X], but the ultimate consumer of our computers will have to purchase a copy, so Apple's not being harmed here," Tom added.
Monday, 28 July 2008
Iomega offers backup bundle with external drives
Kathleen Lau, ComputerWorld Canada
Iomega is rolling out its external hard drives, targeted at consumers and small to medium-sized businesses, with a downloadable software bundle that integrates Retrospect Express local backup and recovery software, and Mozy online backup service.
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Slick iMovie plug-ins maker 'graduates' to Final Cut
Peter Cohen
Gee Three is now offering SlickFX plug-ins for Final Cut Express and final Cut Pro. The plug-ins offer Final Cut users transitions, effects, filters and generators for US$99.
Friday, 18 July 2008
Final Cut Pro Users Group 'supermeet' comes to IBC
Jonny Evans
Final Cut Pro Users Group plans to organise the European equivalent of an IBC 'Supermeet' around the show, a grass-roots user event for both Mac and PC video professionals that has become the highlight of NAB in recent years.