After a tease last week, Red Giant has taken the wraps off of Universe and launched a public beta of the new community centered around editing and filmmaking plug-ins and tools. [Read more…]
Feature Request: “Favorite Projects List” on Welcome Screen in Premiere Pro
Every now and then I have a good idea – or at least one that I think is good. Adobe is one of those companies that lets you take your “good ideas” straight to the product teams with a publicly available Feature Request Form.
I probably spend more time in Premiere Pro (the new Creative Cloud version) these days than any other Adobe application, with Lightroom, Media Encoder and Photoshop being next in the list. Premiere Pro is one application that has a truly useful Welcome screen; however, I think it could be better. [Read more…]
Adobe Unleashes Several Updates for Premiere Pro, After Effects, SpeedGrade and Other Video Apps
Adobe has updated Premiere Pro CC, After Effects CC, SpeedGrade CC, Prelude CC and Media Encoder CC. Notably, this is the fourth update to Premiere Pro CC since the application made its debut earlier this year. The new updates add several new features and bug fixes. [Read more…]
NewBlueFX Adds Support for Native Transitions in Premiere Pro CC
NewBlueFX is yet another company to update its transitions to work natively in Premiere Pro CC since Adobe issued its recent update that allows third-party transitions work in Premiere Pro’s video transitions panel. [Read more…]
FxFactory Transitions Now Work Natively in Premiere Pro
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If you’ve ever used third-party transitions in Premiere Pro, then you know that they don’t work like the built-in transitions and can be a bit cumbersome. You can read a workflow on working with third-party transitions from Oliver Peters here. [Read more…]
Twixtor v6 Released with GPU Acceleration for After Effects, Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro
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The popular slow-motion plug-in, Twixtor, has been updated to version 6, and now includes GPU acceleration for After Effects, Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro (7 or X). The update provides speeds up to 5x faster than with the CPU-only.
Adobe users need CS5 or later for PP or AE, while FCP users need FCP 7 or FCP X 10.0.8 or higher. Additional GPU and system requirements can be found here on RE:Vision Effects’ website.
Twixtor Pro v6 runs $595, while the standard version is $329.95. Upgrades for Twixtor standard are $82.49 and Twixtor Pro are $149.95. More details here on Twixtor’s pricing page.
Premiere Pro CC Just Got Its First Update With Several New Features
Anyone who said Adobe would rest on its laurels with updating its software now that it is subscription only may have a change of heart after seeing how Adobe has already updated Premiere Pro CC. The new update adds 25 new features – several of which I can see speeding up my own workflow.
The first one is a big helper: “create a unique title by duplicating a sequence title.”
Previously, when you alt-drag to copy (a feature introduced in CS6) a title clip in a sequence, it would just duplicate that instance of the title. And, if you made changes to the title, it affected the original clip as well (b/c it’s a duplication of that title clip). Now, if you alt-drag to copy a title clip in a sequence, you get a brand new title clip that you can edit independently of the clip you just copied.
It saves a few mouse clicks for each duplication. And those mouse clicks add up over the course of editing a sequence. I’m pretty happy about this one.
Dragging clips to the source monitor from Finder is another cool one.
The update is available through the Creative Cloud app manager.
Check out the full list of new features below. [Read more…]
Dashwood Editor Essentials for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro and After Effects
Dashwood Editor Essentials is a set of utility plugins for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Motion and After Effects. The plugins can repair footage or do tasks that would normally require a lot of time and effort. Check out the video below for a closer look at the various tools.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6l25VX2fsY&w=640&h=360]Dashwood Editor Essentials is available from Noise Industries for $49. More details here on Noise Industries website.
Adobe Premiere Pro’s New Features Push It Closer to ‘Final Cut Pro 8’ Wish Lists
Adobe is teasing some of its new Premiere Pro features just ahead of NAB 2013, which kicks off next week.
Over the past couple of years, Adobe has been doing a decent job of listening to customer feedback in adding features to Premiere Pro. In many instances, these added features were simply standard features picked up from Final Cut Pro 7 – things that those switching to Premiere Pro instantly missed. [Read more…]
FxFactory PRO v4 Video Effects Plug-in Review
FxFactory PRO v4 is a plug-in for popular NLE editors like Final Cut Pro X, FCP 7 and Premiere Pro CS6. I have been using FxFactory PRO v4 for a few months now in both FCP X and Premier Pro CS6. While it also works in After Effects and Motion, my use has been limited to NLEs.
FxFactory PRO v4 uses the FxFactory plug-in manager for installation and updates. I have used several plug-ins with FxFactory and find it to be one of the easiest installation processes to use with NLE plug-ins. [Read more…]