Hedge, the fast video/audio/image file offloading app, has been upgraded with Presets. Presets may not sound like a big deal, but they actually make life a lot easier, especially when you’re dealing with a lot of identically named memory cards and SSDs.… Read More Hedge gets Presets
Barcode Studio 16 has now been released and guess what? It’s been fully upscaled to Retina resolution and that’s not all. Barcode Studio 16 also supports macOS dark mode. It’s a paid upgrade so you can imagine there are improvements to the actual barcode creation functionality as well.… Read More Barcode Studio 16 is an important upgrade
Alex Raccuglia, the developer of apps like FCPX Diet and AutoDuck has released a new app that finds cuts in footage and either marks them or exports them as FCPX cuts. Appropriately called FCPX Cut Finder, the app costs no more than some 10 Euros and it does a fine job of analysing your video and finding those cuts, saving a lot of time in the process.… Read More FCPX Cut Finder review
RX8 Advanced improves on a number of features like it’s A.I.-driven Music Rebalance and Dialogue Isolate, its Loudness metering and more. There’s also a new module, Spectral Recovery, which restores frequencies above 4kHz and is especially useful for improving the audible quality of video calls, real-time audio streaming and podcast interviews.… Read More The iZotope RX 8 Advanced Review
Tradition dictates Corel to release a new Painter upgrade around August and sure enough, they were right on time with Painter 2021. New in Painter 2021 are a new, optimized automatic performance inspection and improvement algorithm, Apple Touch Bar, Trackpad and Pencil tilt support, Sidecar support, clone tinting, new A.I. Style presets, and more.… Read More Painter 2021 delivers better performance, new AI styles, Clone Tinting and more
Titles, who doesn’t need them? And who doesn’t want them to be at least a bit appealing, drawing attention to what follows? Yanobox’s Jean Marc Noel, who we all know as the chap behind Yanobox Nodes 2 and Mosaic, has upgraded Motype with better particles, an animated shutter and a smart preset browser, and has made Motype 1.5 a lot more exciting in the process.… Read More Yanobox Motype 1.5 improves particles, adds animated shutter
Vectoraster is a graphics utility that allows you to create custom vector halftones and line rasters. The dark areas of an image become points, while the light areas become white space.… Read More Vectoraster 8 adds animation and it’s awesome
Digital painting isn’t comparable to the real thing, despite the efforts and sucesses of companies like Corel with Painter 2021 and Celsys with Clip Studio Paint. The real thing still is an unparalleled experience and joy, provided you (can afford to) use the best tools for the job. Luckily, though, even the best brushes, artist quality paint, mediums and paint surfaces don’t cost as much as a digital tablet, a computer and the appropriate software.… Read More Two brands of paint brushes compared and the tale of the unexpected service
With Apple now selling the 2m braided nylon Thunderbolt 3 cable it includes with your Apple Pro Display XDR monitor separately for a whopping €150, I thought it’d be a good idea to test a number of 2m cables from well-known brands that sell on Amazon’s sites and elsewhere. I tested a Cable Matters, CalDigit and Belkin cable.… Read More Three Thunderbolt 3 cables put to the test
Color Trix has added a remote collaboration capability to Color Finale, its colour grading plug-in for Final Cut Pro X. The new feature allows a colourist to start a session over a network and/or the Internet with a director, DoP, other editors, an apprentice even. The Connect module will be released as a free public beta for existing Color Finale Pro owners. That will allow users to send their feedback and help shape the technology to better suit their needs. I had the opportunity to run a session between London and Antwerp.… Read More Remote colour grading collaboration for Final Cut Pro X users: Color Finale Connect sees the light of day
