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ClipWrap 2.5.2 update

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We’ve just released ClipWrap 2.5.2. This update has some minor updates for a handful of Panasonic cameras, as well as graphics optimized for the new retina MacBook Pro. The full changelog is below.

This will be the last release of ClipWrap 2 with support for PowerPC. This is necessary in order to support the new security features of Mac OS X 10.8 (“Mountain Lion”). Going forward, we will continue to make 2.5.2 available, and new licenses for ClipWrap will be backwards compatible, so PowerPC users will continue to be able to use the application. If you have questions, please contact us.

New in 2.5.2

  • Support for Panasonic SD800 PSF
  • Fix for Panasonic HC-V100 hang
  • Retina Graphics
  • Additional framerate options for conform
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ScopeBox 3.0.1 Update

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We’ve just released ScopeBox 3.0.1. This release contains a variety of minor bugfixes and enhancements and is encouraged for all ScopeBox users. As always, please let us know if you run into any issues with this release.

Also, as a reminder, if you’ll be at NAB 2012, please come say hello! We’re in booth SL14010.

Changes in ScopeBox 3.0.1:

  • better 10bit RGB support
  • added new keyboard shortcut to reset envelope peaks
  • added spacebar keyboard shortcut to pause/play controllable sources
  • added ProRes 4:4:4:4 to transcode options
  • sidebar scroller sized properly for mouse/trackpad auto-detect in lion
  • interlaced video properly tagged in records
  • fixes recall of layouts with TC palette (will need to resave layouts)
  • fixes PPC layout recall
  • fixes misc crashes with DV/DVCPro/DVCProHD and HDV devices
  • fixes latency with BlackMagic cards on PPC (by default audio will not work, see sidebar for details)
  • fixes pixel aspect of SD video records
  • cosmetic fixes to some sidebar controls
  • some PPC performance optimizations (more to come)

Available via in app auto update or our trial page.

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NAB 2012

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Spring is in the air – the days are growing longer, and the inbox is full of announcements from video companies. It all can mean only one thing, NAB is around the corner. We’re excited to be attending and exhibiting at NAB2012, all signs point to it being a great year. We’ll be in south lower (Booth SL14010) showing off the newest versions of ScopeBox and ClipWrap.

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ClipWrap 2.5 update

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We released ClipWrap 2.5 today.

Improvements include:

  • Adds framerate conforming – enable this feature in the preferences menu to retime footage for slow motion effects
  • Concurrent batch support – convert multiple batches simultaneously, with different output destinations. Use the “New Window” option (under the File menu) to start a new batch
  • Now supports dragging files to the Dock icon
  • Adds Sony XDCam EX and Sony XDCam HD transcode targets
  • Now embeds XMP location metadata for use with Adobe products
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How do I get a signal into my desktop?

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If you’re using a desktop mac, rather than a laptop, you’ve got a variety of options for getting a signal into ScopeBox. This post will run through the available options, so you can decide what’s right for your workflow.

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How do I get a signal into my laptop?

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We often hear from folks who are eager to try ScopeBox, but aren’t sure how to get their signal into their computer. This post is going to focus on mobile users – if you’re looking to use ScopeBox in the field, this is the place to start.

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ClipWrap iMovie ’11 Secrets

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With the recent release of ClipWrap 2.4.8, we’ve included some secret functionality for folks using ClipWrap with iMovie ’11. It’s experimental at this point, but allows for some pretty cool workflows. Read on for details.

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ClipWrap 2.4.8 update

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We released ClipWrap 2.4.8 today.

Improvements include:

  • Fixes bug in AF-100 timecode
  • Short clips have smaller filesizes
  • Better support for very long (multi-span) clips
  • Updated manual

You can grab it from our Trial page or via in app autoupdate.

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ScopeBox 3 Now Shipping!

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Today, March 6th, we launched the single largest update to ScopeBox since it’s original release in 2007. ScopeBox 3 is the culmination of years of work and customer feedback. Rather than repeating all the new features here, I’ll refer you to the updated ScopeBox page. Please look around, watch the quick tour, and download the trial. We hope you find all that’s new in ScopeBox 3.0 as exciting as we do.

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Interframe Compression

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In our last post, we covered intraframe compression – easy to edit, high quality, and inexpensive to implement. It sounded dreamy. But there are some issues.

Let’s say you want to implement a tape-based HD acquisition format. The world already knows and loves cheap and cheerful miniDV tapes. Why not just put HD on those? Well, HD is more than four times the number of pixels, so we need to run the tape four times faster. Suddenly your 60 minute tape is only good for about 12 minutes. Even worse, you need to engineer motors, write heads, and lots of other bits that work reliably at four times the speed. And you need to hope that those miniDV tapes won’t spontaneously combust. Clearly, this will not do.

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