The new Facial Tracker will make it simpler to mask and add effects to faces, but the tool that has me most excited is a “Preview” application called Character Animator. So if you’re trying to get that two-hour cut down to 90 minutes, maybe just run it through Time Tuner 5 times!Īfter Effects sees fewer changes, with the focus this release in a “fundamental re-architecture of the application” designed to improve performance, especially in previewing and rendering. They claim you can change duration by 5% without noticeable effect and may be able to get up to 10% in some cases. Media Encoder gains a Time Tuner feature that auto-magically adjusts the duration of a video, adding or removing frames at scene changes and in scenes with low visual activity. It’s being pitched as a way to remove “umms” and “ahhs” from interviews, and one article said it’s specifically for talking heads, so it may or may not be usable in other situations. The new Morph Cut transition seems to take ideas from Warp Stabilization and Content Aware Fill to make transitions between two similar pieces of video almost seamless.
Premiere Pro gets interface enhancements and a new color tool that borrows from the Lightroom interface. As with past updates, there are a number of major and minor updates coming.
You can download Fusion 7 for Windows free now.Īdobe has announced the next update to their Creative Cloud suite, which should be available sometime in the next month. Fusion 8 (the free version) and Fusion 8 Studio will be available sometime in Q3 this year, with a public beta available sometime before that. While this version will add new features, perhaps the most notable change is that there will be a Mac version.
Resolve 12 will be a free upgrade to existing owners, and the free version, DaVince Resolve Lite – which includes most of the features of the full version – will also be updated.īlackmagic was also demonstrating the next update to their recent software acquisition the visual effects and motion graphics tool Fusion 8 Studio. Media can now be imported into a project simply by dragging it from the Finder or Windows Explorer.
The new media management tool will make it easier to archive and restore whole projects and to find media based on metatags.
Editors will be able to export projects directly to ProTools via AAF for audio finishing.īlackmagic DaVinci Resolve 12 Multicam editing New features include: multi-cam editing, media management tools, a new audio engine with support for VST/AU plug-ins, automatic shot matching, 3D keyer, a 3D perspective tracker and enhanced curve editing. The new interface is lighter and offers more options for user customization. Blackmagic even claims it’s now the “most powerful editor available.” It’s not available yet, but this update continues where 11 started, adding more video editing features and continuing to turn Resolve into a serious editing tool. Here are just some of the most interesting application updates announced over the past couple of months.Īt NAB Blackmagic announced Resolve 12. The advances in camera technology over the past few years have somewhat overshadowed application software developments, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been some interesting new updates and new applications. Adobe Creative Cloud, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro X, Fusion, Logic, Pro Tools