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Andy’s Plugins for Final Cut Pro

Cool Set of free plugins. It seems andy is playing (and might even take requests.)

Some great alternatives (Neutral Grad, better text tool) for FCP

[From Andy’s Plugins for Final Cut Pro]

dvGarage - Training and Tools for the Next Generation

dvGarage announced that dvMatte Pro 3.0 Studio, the newest version of the company’s powerful chromakeying software, is now available for Apple Final Cut Pro 5.1.2 and Apple Motion 2 or higher. Conduit (the node based compositor) was updated too.

[From dvGarage - Training and Tools for the Next Generation]

Digital Heaven - The Hottest Tools for the Coolest Apps

Updated for 10.5.2

VideoSpace is a free widget for Mac OS X Tiger (or later) which calculates the disk space required for a given duration, codec, frame rate and audio setting. It works in both directions so you can calculate time to space or space to time as indicated by the direction of the arrow between the two input areas.

[From Digital Heaven - The Hottest Tools for the Coolest Apps]

Red Giant contest...

Red Giant Software is sponsoring a contest to let users submit their best work using Red Giant Software’s Magic Bullet Looks or Trapcode Form tools and win a chance to show their work at NAB 2008.

Users will upload their videos to the My Toolfarm web site where other users can vote on the submission from now until March 24th. The winner will get to fly to NAB and present their work at the Red Giant Software booth at NAB 2008. Winners will be determined by user scores on the My Toolfarm web site and by a panel of Red Giant Software judges.

To enter and get detailed eligibility information go to:
http://mytoolfarm.toolfarm.com/contest/

CHV Morphing FX - Video

CHV Morphing FX - Video: "The new way to morph video and images directly with Motion 2. Morphing FX takes full advantage of Final Cut Studio%u2019s new FxPlug plugin interface making it possible to morph and deform video faster and way more convenient than ever. CHV%u2019s FxPlug plug-ins are also universal binaries, which makes them run on both Intel-based and PPC-based Apple Macintosh computers. "

Noise Industries - FxFactory

FX Factory.

A plugin toolset centering on using the GPU in the mac and core image.

Noise Industries - FxFactory: "FxFactory is a revolutionary visual effects package for Final Cut Studio, offering over 100 GPU-accelerated plug-ins based on the FxPlug architecture for the highest performance inside Final Cut Pro and Motion.

Summary

• Over 100 GPU-accelerated plug-ins based on OpenGL, Core Image and Quartz Composer.

• Unlimited expandability: download more plug-ins at the FxMarket.

• Zero-coding plug-in development: create your own FxPlug effects for Final Cut Studio without writing any code.

• Seamless integration with FxPlug: install plug-ins once, use them immediately in both Final Cut Pro and Motion.

Requirements

Mac OS X 10.4.7, Final Cut Studio 5.1 Universal, a supported graphics card.

Digital Haven updates

Digital Heaven (www.digital-heaven.co.uk) announced the immediate availability of:

• VideoSpace v1.5, a new version of the popular free widget
• Their new video podcast, Hot Tips
• And the addition of two new Final Cut transition plug-ins - DH_RetroTV and DH_Dream

EditorsNet - The Daily Film & Video Editing Resource

EditorsNet - The Daily Film & Video Editing Resource: "Boris FX announced that Boris Red 4.0, a 2D and 3D compositing, titling and effects plug-in for non-linear editing systems, is now shipping. Added features include 16-bit color image processing technology, image-treatment tools and a newly designed user interface optimized for effects creation workflow."

(Via editorsnet.)

The Repair-collection - Video

The Repair-collection - Video
About The Repair-collection Four new Final Cut Pro/Express plug-ins made to repair damaged footage.
- Repair damaged video that contains noise and dust
- Minimize artifacts from compressed sources
- Repair dropouts, i.e. Betacam dropouts
- Repair damaged frames with holes and dirt
- Remove black and white spots
- Repair footage from digital cameras with dead pixels
- Compatible with all PowerPC and Intel Macs
- Runs with all versions of Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express
- Also runs natively on Intel-Macs with Final Cut Studio V5.1
- Fully compatible with all HD formats
- Noise-Reduction: Reduces noise and artifacts in a completely new way with unmatched quality! - Dirt Remover: Removes dirt and dust automatically! Fast workflow.
- Dead Pixel: Corrects footage shot with cameras with dead pixels automatically. Fast workflow: Mark the dead pixels and render. That's it!
- Dropout Remover: Repair dropouts quick and easily. This plug-in can even handle footage with big holes."

From CHV

Professional plugins for Final Cut Pro - The Bezier Garbage Matte Pro

Professional plugins for Final Cut Pro - The Bezier Garbage Matte Pro: "Have you ever tried to generate a perfect garbage matte for even the most complicated shapes ? Now it is possible with the Bezier Garbage Matte.