Type of Article: MacNews News Article

Final Cut Pro X 3D sports graphics plugins released by FxFactory

FxFactory has released XEffects 3D Sports Graphics, a Final Cut Pro X plugin suite for macOS.

Developed by partner Idustrial Revolution, the plugins are designed to fulfill the need in sports of displaying, fixtures, teams, in play graphics, results tables and of course, name supers and associated locators, and tags. Although designed for sports coverage, the plugins can also be used in other types of video and television production.

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BatchOutput for Microsoft Word now supports PDF automation in Word 16

Zevrix Solutions has announced BatchOutput DOC 2.5.5, a compatibility update to company’s output automation app for Microsoft Word.

The tool automates printing and exporting of multiple Word documents to PDF. The software offers PDF security, variable file names, export as single pages and other options. Version 2.5.5 addresses a bug in the recently released Word 16, which resulted in creation of corrupt PDF files produced with Office AppleScript engine.

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Breath Ball comes to the Mac

Fun Driven has released Breath Ball 2.1.2, an update of their breathing guidance app — and the first one available for macOS.

Developed for the Neurological Therapy Center Gmundnerberg in Austria for use by their patients, it helps users to relax by guiding their breathing rhythm. The app is designed to be as simple to follow as possible.

Breath Ball requires macOS 10.9 or higher. It’s free and available at the Mac App Store (https://tinyurl.com/ybmgwcec).

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Apple’s Logic Pro X upgraded to version 10.4

Apple has updated Logic Pro X — its macOS software for professional songwriting, editing, and mixing — to version 10.4. Here’s a list of the new features:

Smart Tempo
• Advanced tempo detection lets you automatically combine content together, regardless of their original tempo
• Record audio without using a click or drag in an audio file and have the performance define your project tempo
• Add any audio file and have it automatically conform to the project tempo

Plug-Ins

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