Brand: MacTech

RE:Vision Effects releases Twixtor 5, RSMB 4 Sparks

Posted by | Aug 26, 2010 | , |

RE:Vision Effects (http://www.revisionfx.com) says new versions of their Twixtor and ReelSmart Motion Blur plug-ins for Autodesk Advanced Systems (Smoke, Flare, Flint, Flame, Inferno, and Burn), including Smoke on Mac, are now available.

Twixtor enables you to speed up or slow down your image sequences. It synthesizes new frames by warping and interpolating frames of the original sequence, employing RE:Vision’s proprietary tracking technology that calculates motion for each individual pixel.

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Laplink releases PC to Mac transfer, syncing tool

Laplink releases PC to Mac transfer, syncing tool

Posted by | Aug 26, 2010 | , |

Laplink Software (http://www.laplink.com) has released Switch & Sync, a tool for moving from a PC to a Mac. It allows you to move files to a Mac or synchronize folders between a PC and a Mac.

Switch & Sync copies all selected files and folders from a PC to a Mac, even automatically converting email, contacts and calendars from their PC format for use on a Mac with programs such as Apple Mail and Entourage. The Outlook conversion feature is compatible with Outlook 2000 or later, Windows Mail and Outlook Express 6 or later.

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macProVideo.com releases Reason 5, Record 1.5 tutorials

Posted by | Aug 26, 2010 | , |

Online tutorial vendor MacProVideo (http://www.macProVideo.com) has released two new Propellerhead Reason 5 tutorials covering the Kong Drum machine and Record 1.5.

The first title is a 2.5-hour tutorial called “Kong: King of Drums.” Comprised of 54 separate videos, this tutorial provides an exploration of Kong’s beat-making features, including using samples, physical modeling, and synthesis to create drum sounds. This title is produced by Mo Volans, a veteran technical author and Reason user.

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