For the past few posts I’ve been looking at a number of new plug-ins and applications designed to augment an editor’s toolset. I’m going to round off this “Plug-in Summer” with a fresh look at FxFactory. Noise Industries was one of the first developers to leverage the power of Apple’s Core Image technology for real-time [...]
Archive for July, 2009
FxFactory adds diversity to your toolkit
Posted in Avid, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, animation, editing, graphics, tagged Adobe, After Effects, animation, Avid, editing, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, FxFactory, graphics, Noise Industries, plug-ins on July 25, 2009 | Comments Off
A little mocha in your video?
Posted in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, animation, editing, graphics, misc, tagged Adobe, After Effects, editing, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, mocha, tracking on July 19, 2009 | Comments Off
Tracking is the key to believable visual effects and one of the leaders in this technology is Imagineer Systems. Mocha, a 2D standalone tracker, is one of their better known products. If you purchased one of Adobe’s Creative Suite 4 bundles that included After Effects, then you already own mocha for After Effects, whether you [...]
Boris FX – Rockin’ with BCC6
Posted in Avid, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, animation, editing, graphics, tagged Adobe, After Effects, Boris FX, editing, graphics, plug-ins on July 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Boris FX is one of the most prolific producers of plug-in filters and compositing applications. Factor in all the host applications covered by the Boris products – like Boris Continuum Complete, plus the hosted and standalone versions of Boris Red, Blue, FX and Graffiti – and you can easily see how so much video is [...]
nVeil – the origami of video
Posted in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, animation, editing, graphics, tagged editing, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, graphics, plug-ins on July 4, 2009 | Comments Off
If you are looking for a plug-in to give you a unique and different look for striking visual effects, then Storek Studio’s nVeil filter fits the bill. nVeil is an FxPlug filter for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Motion and provides yet another tool that leverages the power of OpenGL and the FxPlug [...]
