Bare Bones software has updated the fantastic free text editor TextWrangler to version 4.0. An amazing program for free, sure not as powerful as their pay program BBedit, but still a fantastic Text editor.
So it seems Autodesk has something big and new for Smoke that will be announced at NAB next week. This is utter speculation, but an inexpensive version of Smoke, say $1000 or even $1500 for a crossgrade would be huge, as many editors fresh from losing FCP 7 would give Smoke with it’s amazing compositing tools a try.
I am excited to hear what happens here.
An update at CreativeCOW.net has Walter Biscardi saying that the new smoke is amazing! I can’t wait!
This is all over the web, but Larry Jordan reported on it. And Apple has updated FCP X in time for NAB.
Sounds like the biggest edition is better broadcast monitor support and better Multicam performance. So mostly bug fixes, but the broadcast monitor support is certainly important.
Engadget has news on the Sony PMW-100 Camera with 50Mbps birtrate. This camera ha sa 40-400mm (35mm equivalent) fixed lens does 1080o or i and 720p at 50Mbps MPEG HD422 compression on SxS cards. And can record 4 channels of sound in 24bit uncompressed 48kHz. Nor word on price yet though, but it will be released in May
Engadget has the info on Sony’s newest portable camera. This has a built in 26mm-260mm lens (35 MM equivalent) Full XLR input for sound, 96GB of internal Memory for recording 1920×1080 in 60p, 30p or 24p or 720 60p. It Records in AVCHD and most strangely has a built in projector.
To me it sounds like a HVX200 competitor, and I have loved what footage from Sony’s has looked like of late, so I am interested in seeing what the footage from this camera looks like, especially for under $2000.
OnOne Software has updated it’s perfect Photo Suite to 6.1. It is a free update for 6.0 Users.
Here are there updates.
Improved Refine BrushRebuilt for improved results, the Refine Brush in Perfect Mask now better recognizes soft edges, like hair and trees, so you can make your edges more defined between your foreground and background.New Color Spill BrushRemove unwanted reflected or transmitted colors with the new Color Spill Brush in Perfect Mask to ensure all areas of your image reflect their true colors.Enhanced Brushing PerformanceExperience faster, smoother and more responsive brushing functionality, including improved opacity control with Wacom tablets and reduced brush stickiness, that allow you to create high-quality and natural looking masks with just a few strokes.Retouch Portraits with Faster ToolsImages and presets now open faster in Perfect Portrait, and the automatic detection of smaller faces has been improved, so you get to the task of retouching your portraits more quickly.
Visual Tips to Get You Started FasterGetting Started tips show you the key tools to use when you open each module, recommending the first steps to take to start realizing your photographic vision.Select Your Performance PreferencesNow you can optimize the Perfect Photo Suite’s memory usage and undo behavior to match the resources of your computer.Additional performance updates
I love how this company does business. The 64 bit versions of their plug ins were free, and they keep releasing either free versions of plug ins or making some of them completely free. This is a company that not only loves it’s customers, but knows it’s whole suite is good enough that it is worth giving away stuff for free since it will make enough sales.
Adobe has released an Illustrator CS6 Sneak Peak. Looks very exciting on the creating repeating pattern front.
CS6 looks like a huge update. Where is that After Effects and Premiere Sneak Peak?
