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Digital Heaven: Final Print, Movie Logger, big time

Digital Heaven (www.digital-heaven.co.uk) one of the leading creators of software for Apple's pro apps, today announced the release of Final Print, a companion application to Final Cut Pro.
Final Print provides a useful workflow enhancement when handing off a project to other members of the post production team. Notes of shots to be worked on are made directly in Final Cut Pro as markers and exported to an XML file. Final Print opens the XML and displays a list of clip and sequence markers along with name, comment, timecode and thumbnail image. The list can be printed or saved as a PDF file.
MovieLogger v1.5, is a QuickTime logging software for Mac. The new version is a Universal Binary for optimum performance on both Intel and PowerPC Macs and adds support for HDV and DVCPROHD movies.
The MovieLogger interface is designed to be so simple to use that anyone can be logging their movies within minutes. Logs can be created with in and out points and a text description added. These logs can be exported to an XML file (for import to Final Cut Pro) and rich text files for printing or further editing.
Also updated today is BigTime v1.5 , the resizable floating timecode display for Final Cut Pro 5. BigTime is designed for editors working with clients so they can view the current source clip or sequence timecode from across the room. The new version is a Universal Binary and features improved memory of Final Cut Pro's control surface assignment.

Boris RED 4.1 for Mac Intel

Boris RED 4.1 for Mac Intel: Following on the release of Boris Red 4.1 for the Intel-based Mac systems, Boris FX is pleased to announce the release of Boris Graffiti 5.1 and Boris FX 9.1 for Apple%u2019s next generation computer platform. As with Boris Red 4.1, Boris Graffiti 5.1 and Boris FX 9.1 run natively on Intel-based Macs as well as provide a Universal Binary plug-in for Apple Final Cut Pro. All three products take full advantage of the improved OpenGL graphics hardware found in the new Apple Mac Pro and MacBook Pro models.."

BitJazz: Products: SheerVideo

BitJazz: Products: SheerVideo: ""

From their press release: SAN FRANCISCO, California - January 12, 2007 -- At Macworld today, BitJazz Inc. announces the imminent availability of the Mac+Intel and Mac Universal Binary editions of SheerVideo™, their acclaimed cross-platform powerful real-time lossless software video codec. Introduced in 2003 as the fastest video codec in the world, SheerVideo lets users work twice as fast at half the uncompressed file size, with perfect fidelity to the original video and digitized film. The ultrafast nondestructive power of SheerVideo saves time, space, and money in professional video and film production and archival workflows, while faithfully preserving every single bit of image information. editors's note: Haven't used it myself

iPod Film festival - Here in Philadelphia!

(PHILADELPHIA)- The Flux (www.theflux.tv) announced today its 2007 iPod Film Festival. The festival is geared at films specifically formatted for playback on the iPod.

This is the second year for the festival, which was a "world's first" in 2006. Unlike last year, this year's festival will be free to enter, thanks to a sponsorship from Small Dog Electronics. (www.smalldog.com) "We learned a lot from last year's groundbreaking festival, including the fact that people don't like to pay to submit their film. Thanks to Small Dog, we've eliminated the entry fee," said Flux Founder Ryan Ritchey.

"There are so many new iPod owners since the last festival, that we expect a great response from people looking for fresh, fun films to watch on the iPod," Ritchey said.

Other changes include a podcast feed of all the films, and a new voting system combining viewer voting and judging by a professional panel. Entries for the fest are being accepted now through March 18, 2007 in three categories: Student Film, Independent Film, and "The Kitchen Sink;" a category for all other clips.

Entries from 11 countries were part of last year's inaugral/"beta test" edition of the festival.

Prizes for the festival include Apple iPods and the Apple Mac Mini to the Best of Fest winner.

More information on the festival can be found at www.theflux.tv/ipodfest.

POMFORT - SilverStack

POMFORT - SilverStack: "Pomfort SilverStack is a unique software tool for viewing, managing and exporting image sequences - developed in close collaboration with professional users from the movie industry. It makes use of the powerful graphics capabilities of Mac OS X to supply stunning performance on PowerPC- as well as on Intel-Macs."

Macworld: News: Adobe brings Premiere back to the Mac

Macworld: News: Adobe brings Premiere back to the Mac: "Adobe will announce on Thursday that it will revive a Mac version of Premiere, the software maker%u2019s video program aimed at professional editors. The new Mac version will only run on Intel-based Macs and will be part of a larger Adobe Production Studio suite that will include Adobe Encore DVD and Adobe Soundbooth."

(Via http://www.macworld.com .)