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Yearly Archives: 2013

Announcing ScopeBox 3.3 – now with Support for After Effects and Premiere Pro

Today we’re happy to release ScopeBox 3.3. The feature list for this release is small, but we we’re so eager to get this one feature into the wild that we didn’t want to stall it while we finish the other things we had planned. We call it ScopeLink, and it promises to drastically lower the costs for high end scopes yet again.

ScopeLink is a new technology allowing ScopeBox to monitor the output of compatible third party applications running on the same computer. Until now, software based scopes required a second computer and capture device when users wanted to monitor the output of their editing or compositing software. With the introduction of ScopeLink, users can directly connect ScopeBox to the timeline output of Adobe AfterEffects, Premiere Pro, or Prelude. Now the power of ScopeBox’s first class monitoring toolset is available to editors finishing in Premiere Pro, and After Effects artists creating broadcast legal compositions.

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NAB 2013

NAB 2013 is fast approaching. We hope you’ve got your comfortable shoes ready, because it looks set to be another exciting show.

We’ve decided to forgo a booth on the show floor this year, and instead focus on the more intimate events that happen throughout the week. We’ll kick things off Monday night with the Media Motion Ball at the Monte Carlo. Tuesday night, we’ll be at the Las Vegas SuperMeet at the RIO.

In addition to those formal events, we’ll be at the Tao of Color mixer and KISS Mini Golf on Sunday evening.

We’ll be at the show each day, and would be happy to arrange private meetings if you’d like to talk through plans that involve our products. Otherwise, if you see us walking the show floor, be sure to say hi!

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Announcing Phosphor 1.1

We’re happy to announce that Phosphor 1.1 is now available for purchase or free update in the Mac App Store. This update has a variety of enhancements and fixes, and is recommended for all Phosphor users. Existing users can update by going to the “updates” tab of the Mac App Store application.

One of the most exciting new features in Phosphor 1.1 is support for image sequences. This allows you to create a Phosphor composition from a folder full of images (jpegs, pngs, etc), in addition to the existing support for QuickTime movies. For users working in Photoshop or Flash, this makes it substantially easier to maintain transparency and image fidelity.

A full change log is available at the link below.

Phosphor

Announcing ScopeBox 3.2.1

ScopeBox 3.2.1 provides minor bug fixes and enhancements, and is recommended for all users. Please note, we are beginning to phase out support for the PowerPC G5 platform. We will continue to supply critical bug fixes for PowerPC ScopeBox users, along with technical support, but will no longer be adding new features and enhancements to that platform.

Existing users can update by selecting “check for updates” from the ScopeBox menu. If you’re not using ScopeBox yet, why not give the free trial a spin today?

Release notes are available at the link below.

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Announcing Phosphor 1.0.2

We’re excited to announce that Phosphor 1.0.2 is now available. This update enhances stability and adds some additional flexibility to the Phosphor framework. Existing users can update via the “updates” tab of the Mac App Store. If you’re not already a user, now is a great time to give it a try.

Updates in this version:

  • fixes crash when encoding large framesizes with lots of change.
  • adds image_path variable to player params for easier configuration during deployment.
  • changes to player framework to pass JSLint

Phosphor

Converting Damaged Files with ClipWrap

Occasionally when using ClipWrap, you’ll run into a file that will fail to convert and will instead display an “err parsing file” message. We’ve found that these errors are almost always due to one of two things.

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Forget Flash, Skip GIF, Control iOS

A few months ago, Apple announced the new iPhone5. To us though, the most interesting part wasn’t the new hardware, but some subtle animation on the “Design” page. Obviously Apple wouldn’t use Flash to do animation on their site. And the HTML5 video tag doesn’t really allow video to be used as a design element the way it was used on these pages. The type of motion didn’t look like something that could be easily achieved with CSS.

Find out how this grew into our newest product, Phosphor…

Phosphor

Announcing Phosphor, a new way to bring animation and video to the web.

Today we’re pleased to announce our new application, Phosphor, available for immediate sale. Phosphor is a new method to embed animation and video content in your website. Starting with the video track of a standard QuickTime file, Phosphor creates cross platform, web-standards compliant assets which can be played on desktop and mobile devices without plugins or even video decoding capabilities. As long as a browser supports Javascript and the ability to show images, it can display Phosphor content.

Check out out some sample Phosphor content on the products homepage and gallery.

Phosphor

Announcing ScopeBox 3.2

We’re excited to announce the immediate availability of ScopeBox 3.2. ScopeBox 3.2 adds new LUT functionality, better startup experience, and a brand new vectorscope graticule.

The biggest change in ScopeBox 3.2 is the availability of a new type of vectorscope graticule called “hue vectors,” developed in conjunction with colorist Alexis Van Hurkman.

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ClipWrap 2.6 Update

We’ve just released a free update to ClipWrap for all users. Available in both the Mac App Store, via in-app autoupdate, or from our trial page. This update adds support for PsF modes in recent cameras.

New in this version:

  • Support for PSF modes of Canon C100.
  • Support for PSF modes of Panasonic SD800.

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