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/09/11/03/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/09/10/22/maintenance.release.for.video.editing.suite/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/fc.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has released a Pro Applications Update for Final Cut Studio, along with a new Server Diagnostics utility. The Final Cut Studio download is primarily a maintenance update, with improvements to overall stability and compatibility. The revision includes Final Cut Pro 7.0.1, Motion 4.0.1, Soundtrack Pro 3.0.1, Color 1.5.1 and Compressor 3.5.1.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/22/maintenance.release.for.video.editing.suite/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:20:00 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/09/10/02/m.audio.106.drivers.in.the.works.new.fcp.effect/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/briefly1002-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In brief: M-Audio has announced that it is in the process of bringing Snow Leopard support to the M-Audio product line, the Pro Tools line, and extended product families. No official Snow Leopard drivers are available yet, but several public betas are being offered. In other news, CrumplePop has released a new Final Cut Pro effect. SplitScreen is a tool for creating split-screen shots directly fro... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/02/m.audio.106.drivers.in.the.works.new.fcp.effect/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/22/new.update.fixes.bugs.and.adds.stability/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/auromotion1.6-story-22.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Digital Heaven has launched an update to its Final Cut Pro graphics automation software, releasing AutoMotion 1.6. The software works in conjunction with Final Cut's Motion automating both the production and management of multiple graphics: it merges Motion templates with user text data and handles revisions with live previews support for changing multiple graphics from one action.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/22/new.update.fixes.bugs.and.adds.stability/ Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:00:00 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/lock.and.load.fcp.plug.in/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/lockandload.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />CoreMelt has released its newest Final Cut Pro plug-in, Lock and Load. The software is used to stabilize a project's unsteady video -- supposedly six times faster than the video stabilizer built-in to FCP, Smoothcam. The plug-in utilizes an adaptive zoom feature that compensates for different levels of movement, zooming the videos framing to remove the shaking edges. The application allows users t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/26/lock.and.load.fcp.plug.in/ Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/12/shrinkray.final.cut.effect/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/shrinkray.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />CrumplePop has released its newest video effect for Final Cut Pro, ShrinkRay. The effect uses titling and shifting techniques to alter the focal area in a video to make large scenes look very small. Users can reposition, expand, or contract the videos focal area to gain the desired effect. The plug-in also lets users control the amount of focus surrounding the focal point.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/12/shrinkray.final.cut.effect/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/05/excelogger.minime.ship/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0906/exceLogger.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intelligent Assistance has released two new software projects, exceLogger and miniME, the latter of which is used to read QuickTime metadata, imported from non-tape sources, into Final Cut Pro. The application also provides tools to view hidden metadata in XML files or export Excel spreadsheets. Metadata can be remapped to visible fields in Final Cut Pro, while multiple sources can be merged into ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/05/excelogger.minime.ship/ Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/30/kona.65.update.ships/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0907/kona-ver6.5-30.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AJA Video System has released KONA 6.5, updating the software for its KONA line of video capture and playback cards, including the KONA LSe, LHe, LHi and KONA 3. The new version adds compatibility with the recently released Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Pro 7. ProRes 422 LT, Proxy and ProRes 4444 are now compatible with the software as well. Other features added in version 6.5 include closed capt... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/30/kona.65.update.ships/ Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:15:00 GMT