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OCTOBER 18, 2001
RE:Vision ReelSmart Motion Blur and FieldsKit
Interlacing and motion blur plugins for editing and compositing systems
by Kevin Schmitt
The bottom line
ReelSmart FieldsKit and Motion Blur work tremendously well either on their own or as a team. They both live up to and surpass expectations, so we're giving each a Strong Buy recommendation.
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The two products are available for Macintosh and Windows for $89.95 to $134.95. FieldsKit works with After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Commotion, Premiere 6, Combustion and other After Effects plug-in compatible programs. Motion Blur works with After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Commotion, Premiere 6, Combustion, and other After Effects plug-in compatible programs; Avid, Shake and Discreet Spark compatible programs. For more information, visit http://www.revisionfx.com.
| FieldsKit at a Glance
Maker: RE:Vision Effects
Price: $89.95
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
Supported Applications: After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Commotion, Premiere 6, Combustion and other After Effects plug-in compatible programs
URL: http://www.revisionfx.com
Overall Impression: A robust set of interlacing tools that provide numerous useful options over After Effects' built-in capabilities.
Key Benefits: Designers and editors can create clean, progressive scan background plates from interlaced source footage through ReelSmart FieldsKit's advanced interlacing tools, such as timing modes, motion detection, and motion masks. The pulldown plugin also provides numerous film-to-video conversion options over what is included in After Effects.
Disappointments: Reinterlacer plugin not especially useful.
Recommendation: Strong Buy |
| Motion Blur at a Glance
Maker: RE:Vision Effects
Price: $89.95 to $134.95
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
Supported Applications: After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Commotion, Premiere 6, Combustion, and other After Effects plug-in compatible programs; Avid, Shake and Discreet Spark compatible programs
URL: http://www.revisionfx.com
Overall Impression: An amazing timesaving plugin that adds or removes motion blur from video and animation sequences.
Key Benefits: In addition to the motion blur feature implied in the product name, ReelSmart Motion Blur can be used to add bizarre motion effects to any source clip, as well as create smoother frame blending sequences than After Effects' native frame blending feature. The Pro version also adds 16 bit per channel support in After Effects 5.
Disappointments: Has trouble with motion at the edge of frames, as well as sequences with low frame counts or extremely rapid motion.
Recommendation: Strong Buy |
Kevin Schmitt has been a working with just about every aspect of digital design since before it was called digital design. An award-winning multimedia producer, artist, and animator, he is currently the Digital Design Director for StudioAPCO, a creative shop housed at a communications firm in Washington, D.C. By all means, drop him a line at kschmitt@apcoworldwide.com.
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