PVC Sees Adobe Prelude and FCPUG now Creative Pro User Group!

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The Pro Video Coalition has Adobe showing off the new Adobe Prelude, kind of an Adobe Bridge for Video which allows Logging, Changing Metadata, Encoding and Exporting.Also of note that the Final Cut Pro User Group is now called the Creative Pro User Group, likely because of Final Cut Pro X and it’s non-pro focus. Studiodaily also talks about this. My favorite quote is:As OffHollywood’s Mark Pederson tweeted, that’s “The power of FCPX – creating change.”

Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite adds Media Composer Support

The Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite Version 11.2, has added Looks compatibility with Avid Media Composer! You can also install a single program out of the complete installer, which as of the last version only requires one serial number.Very cool. I love Looks, and see this as a further death nell for Final Cut Pro (and no I don’t include FCP X in that distinction, that is iMovie Pro).

FxFactory updated to 3.0

Noise Industries has updated their Flag Ship Plugs in suite to version 3.0!This version has new Playback Ready transitions, as well as other new updated effects for it.Still I wish they had added Premiere Pro support, as having Final Cut Pro support is no longer so important for me (yes I still use After Effects) and Adobe Media composer support would be nice as well.

Lightroom 4 Beta released, some Epic RED R3D support!

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fxguide is reporting on the release of Adobe Lightroom 4 Beta. And reporting that some settings can be applied to video!Video SupportLightroom 3 added the ability to import, manage and tag video files but as the popularity of video capture increases it’s important to provide a single, robust workflow solution that can support all of your imaging needs regardless if they’re still images or video captures. Lightroom 4 adds native playback for a wide variety of formats from mobile phones to high end DSLRs. Photographers can also apply common image adjustments to their video clips in real time. Additional video details:Video playback directly within LightroomVideo trimming (In and Out points)Set Video poster frame. (This is the thumbnail that appears in the grid view)Extract a single frame from a video as a JPEG fileMost popular DSLR, compact camera and smart phone video formats supported including AVCHD (AVCHD is the native format for Sony DSLRs and many new Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens, MIL, cameras)Videos can be adjusted with a subset of the same controls we use for images.White Balance (JPEG Equivalent)Basic ToneExposureContrastWhite ClippingBlack ClippingSaturationVibranceTone CurveColor Treatment (HSL)Black and WhiteSplit ToningProcess Version and CalibrationYou can read about the beta at the Lightroom Journal.It has many other new features that are pretty exciting. Check out this video at Adobe TV to see the newest photography features.

PT_OpenSesame at After Effects Scripts

Paul Tuersley at After Effects Scripts has released a new script pt_OpenSesame.This amazing script will translate projects to open in earlier versions of after effects! Adobe needs to buy this and release it! The price is $49.95 and will be worth it when you need it! Very cool!

After Effects Link for Lightwave

AEScripts has a new plug in, AE Link lightwave to After Effects Export.This will export Cameras, Nulls, Lights and Rendered sequence into After Effects, and will update as you do more work in Lightwave!It is $125, but well worth it if you use the two programs. Check it out!

Magic Bullet has updated Magic Bullet Suite to 11.1.2

Red Giant has updated it’s Magic Bullet suite to 11.1.2 including removing Magic Bullet Denoiser. Here are their listed changes:PhotoLooks 1.5.2Those of you installing PhotoLooks along with the entire suite may have noticed categories that show up in the Looks drawer that happen to be empty – this occurs because Looks created for Looks 2.0 used new tools and aren’t usable in PhotoLooks (yet). We’ve fixed things up for now so you wont see a bunch of empty categories – only categories that have Looks you want.“Save Image As” in the Photo LooksBuilder was never meant to be left in the application and was not working correctly. It has been removed completely. Use the host app you launch PhotoLooks from to save your images.For those of you who also use QuickLooks, there was a bug in the installer that would cause all of your QuickLooks presets to disappear after installing PhotoLooks. We’ve fixed this up.Looks 2.0.4For those of you using Looks 2.0 in Sony’s Vegas Pro on non-English 32-bit Windows systems, we’ve fixed up the truly annoying OMP error that pops up on your screen.Colorista II 1.0.5In Premiere Pro, dragging the power mask preview outline was not lining up with the actual mask. We’ve sorted this all out and it’s working great.Grinder 1.5.1The Timecode Start setting was always working in ‘Continuous’ mode – ‘Reset’ and ‘Time of Day’ were being ignored – all fixed up.Choosing “Original + Timecode” as the main format option was causing the timecode to be off by a factor of 100. We’ve got the math all working now and you’ll get the results you’re looking for.Bye-Bye Denoiser 1.0As we previously blogged, Denoiser will be temporarily removed from the Magic Bullet Suite. As of the 11.1.2 release, it has been removed and can no longer be installed through the suite installer. We’re getting really close with the Denoiser we’be been developing in-house and will get it in place as soon as we can!

Stu at Prolost on Pimping your After Effects

Stu at Prolost has a great article on pimping out After Effects, what settings he uses, and some must have scripts.On the scripts, BG Renderer is a must, at $29.99 it allows you to not only render in the background, but also to e-mail you when a render is done, so you can walk way, and know right when it is ready continue.And of course Stu’s own DV Rebel Tools are also another must have.