http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/creates.sci.fi.style.holograms/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/holo1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Red Giant has released Holomatrix, an After Effects plug-in which simulates the look of animated sci-fi holograms. Thirty built-in preset options include Ghost, Bad Reception and Security Cam. Within them, users can fine-tune over 80 different properties.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/creates.sci.fi.style.holograms/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/new.plug.in.transfers.fcp.media.to.ae/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/borisxmltransfer-story-03.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Boris has released a new Adobe After Effects plug-in, Boris XML Transfer. The utility transfers Apple's Final Cut Pro program sequences to After Effects, preserving all aspects of Final Cut projects such as effects, audio, media clips, transitions, geometric transformations, and multi-clip edits. Trimmed clips retain full editing capabilities in Adobe After Effects, presented as stepped-up or step... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/new.plug.in.transfers.fcp.media.to.ae/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/29/offers.new.editing.tools.and.bugfixes/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/comp1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />CoreMelt has launched an update to its plug-ins for programs such as Final Cut Studio and After Effects. CoreMelt 2.23 offers five additional plug-ins, for instance allowing "fluid and flowing" graphic elements, shaded backgrounds, and the simpler creation of smooth glass, rough glass or water reflections. The two remaining plug-ins handle strobe transitions and adding CoreMelt masks and frames t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/29/offers.new.editing.tools.and.bugfixes/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/20/new.tools.for.creating.motion.and.still.graphics/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/fxsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Noise Industries has introduced several new plug-ins that have been added to the FxFactory suite for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Final Cut Express and Adobe After Effects. nVeil is a tool developed by Storek Studio for creating motion and still graphics. Users can build animations by filtering source imagery through vector graphics art based on the SVG format.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/20/new.tools.for.creating.motion.and.still.graphics/ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/06/simulates.damage.jitter/ <img align='left' src=' http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/agedtemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Digieffects has released Aged Film, a new video effects plug-in for post-production suites that recreates the style of damaged filmstock. Customizable effects include dust, grain, scratches, frame jitter and color. Presets cover a variety of scenarios, including 8mm film, old home videos and shaky projectors. All effects are rendered at 16bpc.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/06/simulates.damage.jitter/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/30/livetoon.catroon.effects.plug.in/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/dvtemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Noise Industries has announced a new LiveToon plug-in, from its development partner DVShade, designed to increase the visual effects capabilities for Final Cut, Motion and After Effects. The latest plug-in is geared for creating and editing professional-looking cartoon, graphic novel, or sketch effects that can be added to footage. It includes over 10 integrated presets and provides a series of pa... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/30/livetoon.catroon.effects.plug.in/ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/21/plug.in.supports.various.editing.suites/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/mbmojo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Reg Giant has released a new video effects plug-in, Magic Bullet Mojo. The software recreates the look used in many Hollywood blockbusters, warming the color temperature of skin, while simultaneously cooling it for shadows and backgrounds. A central slider adjusts both elements in unison.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/21/plug.in.supports.various.editing.suites/ Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/10/matrox.mxo2.le/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/matroxmxo2le.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Matrox this evening launched a new portable breakout box aimed specifically at Mac users editing at a pro level with Final Cut Studio. The MXO2 LE takes SDI, component, RCA and 10-bit HDMI video input from cameras or other sources and puts them in formats immediately usable by Color, Final Cut Pro and other apps in the suite, such as Apple's in-house ProRes 4:2:2 HQ format. It can also work with... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/10/matrox.mxo2.le/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/26/stereo3d.toolbox.plug.in/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/stereo3d.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Dashwood has produced a new video effects plug-in, Stereo3D Toolbox, based on Noise Industries' FxFactory platform. The software converts footage from After Effects, Motion or Final Cut into stereoscopic 3D. Possible output formats include side-by-side, over/under, checkerboard, interlace and anaglyph; controls adjust for the requirements of each one, tweaking details such X-, Y- and Z-axis conv... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/26/stereo3d.toolbox.plug.in/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/19/continuum.motion.tracker/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/boris-motiontracker-19.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Boris FX has released Continuum Motion Tracker, which includes four specialized filters for gathering and utilizing motion data from video. The Corner Pin filter allows users to map media to a specific area on a moving object. Match Move locks the movement of one image clip to another, and includes functions such as tumble, spin, and rotate, as well as lighting and light wrap compositing.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/19/continuum.motion.tracker/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:45:00 GMT