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Compressor Repair - Repairs broken Compressor / Qmaster

Cool little app:

   * Checks for missing Qmaster files.

   * Checks for incorrect permissions and fixes them.

   * Resets Qmaster.

   * Manually launches qmasterd.

   * Trashes Compressor preferences (optional).

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How to use Techspansion's open source to build iSquint and VisualHub

Boy I miss Visual Hub.

Whenever someone would ask for a cheap WMV or Flash encoder...Visual Hub was the way to go. Sure there were better tools (more options, easier controls.)

But most of all it was cheap. Like $25.

It's now an open source tool - and it belongs in your toolbox.

Here are the (EASY) steps to build it from the Project.

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Red Giant One day sale (multiple products) over at Toolfarm

What is the One Day Sale Toolfarm.com
will feature one product a day for five days at 50% off the
manufacturer’s suggested retail price.  Each day the sale will last for
24 hours via the Toolfarm online store. Orders before or after the
daily advertised sales period will not qualify for the discount.

Monday - Keying Suite
Tues - Magic Bullet
Wends - Trapcode Suite
Thurs - Reality Bundle Suite
Frid - Motion Graphics Bundle

FCS Remover - Uninstall Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Compressor, Soundtrack Pro, Color, DVD Studio Pro, LiveType, Cinema Tools

FCS Remover updated.
Yeah, obviously don't "Test" this one out. Just put it in your tool belt and hope you never need it.

This utility allows you to uninstall all Final Cut Studio components with the press of a button. Apple does not offer an uninstaller, making removing or downgrading to an earlier version very difficult. Simply deleting the Final Cut Studio application icons does not remove the suite, nor does it make it possible to reinstall it again. FCS Remover allows you to quickly and easily uninstall Final Cut Studio either permanently or in order to reinstall an earlier version over the top.

FCS Remover - Uninstall Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Compressor, Soundtrack Pro, Color, DVD Studio Pro, LiveType, Cinema Tools

Edit detection in After Effects : Capria.TV

I think this is pretty cool.

It's a scene detection script for AE - breaks a finished QT file into the original shots.

I wonder if there would be a way to use this to generate an FCP timeline (or via XML.) Probably not. Ideas?

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P2 Log Pro - better logging from the P2/Panasonic cameras

P2 Log Pro™ builds on the success of P2 Log™ adding new features for MXF video file repairs, searching native P2 media files and printing. The ability to create new P2 volumes from combined clips makes P2 Log Pro compatible with any P2 enabled editor such as Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID). P2 Log Pro works specifically with Panasonic Broadcast (NYSE: MC) P2 format media, such as the popular AG-HVX200 hand-held DVCPRO HD camcorder. It provides logging, viewing and text editing of original MXF video metadata. “With P2 Log Pro you leave the shoot with confidence the clips you want have been safely transferred to disk” says Dan Montgomery, president of Imagine Products. "The new MXF Repair Wizard is a great utility to help recover damaged P2 Volumes." http://www.imagineproducts.com/

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

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."