Video Essentials IV, released in November 2010, is the latest in our Video Essentials series. Jan Ozer of EventDV.net reviewed some of the delicious effects offered in effects pack. Check out his review below.
In the Studio: NewBlueFX Video Essentials IV By Jan Ozer - Posted Jan 19, 2011
While good shooting, relentless trimming, and artful sequencing are the steak in most of our productions, special effects often provide the sizzle. When I scanned through the 10 effects in NewBlueFX Video Essentials IV, the potential sizzle in the bundle nearly had me salivating. Pavlovian references aside, if you’re looking for fast, inexpensive ways to add compelling looks to your productions, check out the many effects available at the NewBlueFX website (www.newbluefx.com).
Innovative video effects creator and technology developer NewBlue, Inc. announces the inclusion of select NewBlueFX plugins in the latest release of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 17 Plus. The NewBlue collection includes a powerful set of plugins to give MAGIX users dynamic creative tools.
In delivering the collection, NewBlue worked closely with MAGIX to give its customers powerful effects features with minimal learning curve. Explains Sven Kardelke, Vice President, Product Management Video at MAGIX,
“MAGIX Movie Edit Pro Plus has a long history of providing a high quality, easy to use video editing platform. NewBlueFX is a perfect complement to our video editor, their sophisticated effects are just what our customers want to create exciting films without a long learning curve. We are also pleased to be offering the NewBlue products in our latest release.”
The release of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 17 Plus marks the beginning of NewBlue’s relationship with MAGIX.
“We’re very excited to start this relationship with MAGIX, and work with such an innovative provider of high quality software”
adds Melissa Jordan Grey, NewBlue’s Chief Executive Officer.
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 17 Plus includes following NewBlueFX plugins:
- Diffusion from Video Essentials III gives a soft glow or otherworldly aura to images to create a mood or look.
- Film Look from NewBlue Film Effects modifies color and lighting to reproduce the look of a specific film stock such as Kodachrome or 28 other looks.
- Noise Reducer from Video Essentials II removes unwanted noise from footage, useful with old analog video or scenes shot in low light.
- Pixelator from NewBlue Video Essentials replaces an oval area on the screen with large colored blocks, obscuring the underlying image.
- Rack Focus from Video Essentials II creates an artificial focus blur that mimics camera depth of field.
- Spotlight from Video Essentials III provides a versatile way to bring focus to subjects and apply finishing touches such as background blur.
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 17 is available in North America at a suggested retail price (SRP) of $99.99 and is also available globally in German and other languages.
To purchase MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 17, please visit http://www.magix.com/us/movie-edit-pro/plus/.
Innovative video effects creator and technology developer NewBlue, Inc. announces the inclusion of select NewBlueFX plugins in the latest release of Adobe Premiere Elements 9. The NewBlue collection of integrated video effects filters provides a creative set of plugins that give Adobe users dynamic, easy to use creativity tools.
In delivering the collection, NewBlue worked closely with Adobe to give its customers powerful effects with a minimal learning curve. These NewBlueFX video plugins turn any video into an animated film and solve basic audio problems.
“We have long history of providing high quality effects to Adobe users, and we’re very excited to extend our relationship with such a creative provider of high quality software”
adds Melissa Jordan Grey, NewBlue’s CEO and Chief Creative Officer.
Adobe Premiere Elements 9 includes the following NewBlueFX plugins:
Cartoonr Plus (from NewBlue Paint Effects), which transforms the video image into a cartoon-like illustration by drawing dark lines around the edges of shapes and painting in between with smooth layers of colors.
NewBlue Audio Scrubbers Collection, including the following six filters:
- Audio Polish, which cleans and enhances audio tracks with minimum effort. It includes noise reduction, compression, brightening, and even adds a touch of reverberation.
- Auto Mute, which removes background noise by muting the signal below a threshold, a technique also known as “noise gating.” This is particularly useful with voice over narration.
- Cleaner, which removes many undesirable sounds from the mix. This must-have tool includes both noise reduction circuitry and hum elimination.
- Hum Remover, which removes electrical hum by applying a notch filter to the specific hum frequency and its harmonics (overtones).
- Noise Fader, which dynamically reduces the background sound by fading the signal progressively when it goes below a set threshold.
- Noise Reducer, which eliminates background noise with a powerful yet remarkably simple to use tool.
To purchase Adobe Premiere Elements 9 , please visit http://www.adobe.com.
Innovative video effects creator and technology developer NewBlue, Inc. announces support for Sony Vegas Pro 10, extending its long partnership with Sony to include video effects plugins that exploit the latest features of Sony’s desktop video editing product. Existing NewBlueFX customers can instantly access new features in Vegas Pro, such as 3D editing, or upgrade their NewBlueFX video effects plugins free of charge for OpenFX architecture support which makes editing workflow even easier.
Says Dave Chaimson, Vice President of Global Marketing for Sony Creative Software,
“For many years, NewBlue has provided top-quality, feature-rich plugins for Vegas Pro. Our users can benefit from the easy to use interface throughout the entire line of NewBlue products.”
NewBlueFX was pleased to be featured in a recent article by Larry Jordon, an award winning producer, director, editor, consultant and Final Cut trainer (he also publishes a great monthly newsletter). Larry reviewed 3D Transformations and Video Essentials I (Flash Remover and Soft Focus). He mentions several things he likes (we like these things, too!):
- Reasonable pricing
- Selling bundles instead of individual applications
- The simplicity of their interface
- The variety and look of their plug-ins
