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Coremelt’s SliceX is awesome
Finally. Real bezier masks in a modern NLE without hassle.
This is great. I am glad that plugin makers can bring this level of functionality to FCPX.
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Product link: https://www.coremelt.com/products/slicex.html
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Thanks for posting that, very nice addition to the toolset there!
Steve Connor
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“Finally?”
Smoke (and DS, I believe) has had this for years. “Finally” at this price point, perhaps.
I think Apple, Adobe and Avid are way behind the times for not including advanced masking tools within their NLE products. I’m really surprised that NLEs haven’t absorbed more of the tools that are taken for granted in today’s compositing apps. As we all know, NLEs aren’t used strictly for cutting anymore, especially in the low to middle end of the market.
I’m very surprised that Apple didn’t simply combine Motion 5 and FCP X into one application. There’s really no reason that Motion’s tools couldn’t be integrated into FCP X, even as separate “rooms,” etc. Then again, I say this as a Smoke fanatic and a compositor/editor, so perhaps it’s not as cut and dried as I’d like to believe.
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[Alan Okey] “…Avid are way behind the times for not including advanced masking tools “
Avid’s Animatte is a pretty sophisticated set of integrated masking tools. Here’s a picture from an overview our pal Oliver Peters wrote in 2009.
I haven’t checked it recently vs. built-in masking tools in other NLEs, so I can’t evaluate how “fresh” these features feel, but the paint and tracking features in Animatte are also pretty cool, and when I was still editing, I wasn’t aware of anything else as sophisticated in its price range.
And if we’re talking plug-ins, Boris has had masking and motion tracking for masks built into ALL of the Continuum Complete filters, for 10 years.
But it doesn’t plug into X yet, and costs a lot more than SliceX’s $49. 🙂 That’s an insane price, and CoreMelt makes really good, really fast filters. Even without seeing SliceX, I can recommend it based on Roger’s previous work.
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Yeah.
Finally.
Smoke and DS are quite a bit more than your garden variety NLE.
I’ve used all the plugins, none have been as tightly integrated as SliceX.
It feels like it’s part of fcpx, there’s no awkward cross hair control points, and you can draw a custom shape mask with bezier right on the fcpx interface. You don’t have to launch yet another interface inside of an interface and deal with a clip well/drop zone.
Keep taking pot shots if you’d like, but this is a pretty damn good sign post of capability.
Either you like it or you don’t, the debate is waning.
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[Alan Okey] “I’m very surprised that Apple didn’t simply combine Motion 5 and FCP X into one application. There’s really no reason that Motion’s tools couldn’t be integrated into FCP X, even as separate “rooms,” etc. Then again, I say this as a Smoke fanatic and a compositor/editor, so perhaps it’s not as cut and dried as I’d like to believe.
“Yeah, Motion is pretty terrific at masking and when you could easily round-trip, using it felt like a module of FCP. I expected X (or 8) to fold it in, too.
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pretty impressive actually from someone who isnt into FCPX, like Jeremy said, from watching the little video, it seems like its part of FCPX and more tightly integrated than anything ive seen.. If i was using FCPX, it would be a no brainer for 50 bucks. But yea Avid has animatte and paint, not too mention the free Avid FX which is pretty badass for alot of things.
Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – NBC/Universal
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Yeah, I was going to mention ANIMATTE. Avid has had that for, what, a decade now? But then Jeremy doesn’t consider it a “modern NLE,” so I didn’t bother.
And it’s price point is better. FREE.
Shane
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Thanks Jeremy, just grabbed it.
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haha
This is more about FCPX.
In the beginning, people clowned fcpx for lack of plugin support and depth and they were right.
This plugin changes that and brings a level of sophistication, professional sophistication, to this application.
Coremelt’s developer, very early on in the fcpx cycle seemed fairly discouraged with Apple due to the fundamental plugin architecture change and limitations.
Now, there’s this.
I’ve really wanted custom drawn user shapes in my NLE of choice for a while now.
Avid hasn’t been my choice even though I’m sure it’s perfectly fine and has modern parts.
I had no idea Animatte was free as it seems like I have to spend $2500 bucks to get it.
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FCP LEgacy didn’t have a good bezier matte. There was a third party one that was out there…forgot what that was.
Animatte has been part of Avid main…developed by Avid…for a long long time.
BUT…it isn’t a “modern” NLE…
HEE
Shane
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