Magic Bullet’s Colorista is a colour correction plug-in tool for video applications Motion, Final Cut Pro and After Effects. I reviewed the product a couple of months ago for MacUser magazine. If you have an interest in such programs and missed the review in the magazine you can now read the review at the MacUser [...]
Archive for May, 2008
May 21, 2008
WRITING: Squeeze 5 review for Digital Arts
By benfrain in WritingI recently looked at Squeeze 5 compression suite for Digital Arts magazine, which now also incorporates the old ‘Digit’ magazine. Squeeze 5 is a video compression tool from Sorenson Media with a fairly simplistic interface but great results. For those that like to stay on the cutting edge – it even encodes for Blu-ray. You [...]
May 20, 2008
WRITING: Basic video editing tutorials for Which?
By benfrain in WritingI’ve recently finished writing a series of 8 video editing tutorials for Which? magazine and website. They are aimed squarely at absolute beginners (7 are based on Premiere Elements 4 by Adobe and one features iMovie 08 for the Mac) to video editing and hopefully will give a few people the requisite information to finally [...]
May 20, 2008
MTB: Llandegla black runs
By benfrain in PersonalI hadn’t been to Llandegla before. My riding buddy had been a few years ago and wasn’t too impressed. News of new black runs coaxed into making the journey. The trail is a double-edged sword. The facilities are second to none: bike shop, toilets, cafe, bike wash, parking, bike hire, multiple routes etc but the [...]
May 14, 2008
TECH: Great new (FREE) Symbian weather application
By benfrain in Tech-tip, WritingJust released is a new Weather widget for Symbian smartphones (e.g. N95/N95 8GB etc) from Weatherbug. It’s a free application and not only gives forecast information, it also provides satellite imagery and live camera feeds from the Weather station supplying the forecast. It doesn’t have auto update or screensaver capabilities like Handy Weather but it [...]
