Latest news from the world of video effect software and plugins

Beta: Imagineer mocha v3.2 public beta

Posted 12 days ago by Ian Easton - Posted in General

This new point release includes significant features and fixes for all users.

Global character & keyboard support: Unicode-enabled, supporting project, footage, layer names and file paths in any language.

Fixes licensing deactivation issues related to OS X Mountain Lion 

Fixes tracking export issues with interlaced projects for AE and FCP.

Fixes in stabilized and inverted tracking export 

3D Camera exporter now exports nulls with names and accuracy

identifiers to both AE and FBX/Nuke.

Many more improvements in all areas of the software. 

This release will work with existing mocha Pro v3.x and mocha AE 3.x licenses. 
Customers running mocha AE CS6 from Adobe would need to upgrade or request trial to run beta.

The 3D importer for After Effects plug-in does not need a license, but the new naming functionality will only work with the pre-release mocha Pro/AE v3.2 and mocha 3d importer 1.1. 

Disclaimer: This is pre-release beta software for testing purposes and may not be suitable for use in a production environment.

To participate in the public beta program, you must log-in to the Imagineer user forums

Posted by Ian Easton
Tags: Imagineer Mocha Beta ,

New Boris Continuum Complete 8 Review by Jeremiah Hall

Posted 8 months ago by Ian Easton - Posted in General

To read the review click here. 

To buy Boris Continuum Complete 8 at 5% off RRP - click here. 

Posted by Ian Easton

Element 3D Update: 1.0.345

Posted 9 months ago by Ian Easton - Posted in General

New update for Element 3D is here and free to all current and new customers. VCP have added a few new features and many bug fixes and improvements.

The big news is improved anti-aliasing (cleaner edges and less flickering) using Super Sampling. There is also several bevel improvements for text that get’s rid of strange artifacts and a higher path resolution option called “Extreme” for smoother outlines.

PLEASE NOTE: Previous Customers can download the Patch Installer that contains just the new plug-in ( only 4 MBs). New Customers should download the full installer that contains all the 3D models and images.

Improvements:

Added Super Sampling option.

Improved extrusion engine.

New Path Resolution mode “Extreme”

Several stability improvements.

Fixed fading custom textures.

Fixed crashed with multiprocessor rendering.

Fixed licensing issues.

Fixed scale normalization and anchor point issue.

Fixed missing texture preview.

Fixed 3D Pack models now work as Replicator Shape

Posted by Ian Easton
Tags: Element 3D Video Copilot ,