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Apps

FDX Reader brings Final Draft Documents to the iPad

No, Final Draft isn’t on the iPad yet… but that doesn’t mean you can’t read your Final Draft screenplays in the meantime. While there are many terrific apps available for reading scripts in the PDF format (i.e., GoodReader, PDF Expert), there’s only ONE app whose primary purpose is to read native Final Draft documents (.FDX) on the iPad. That app

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A great big bag of news!

A lot of cool stuff happened over the past few weeks. I was working long hours, and didn’t have the chance to post about it… until now!  So, here’s some stuff I missed, that you may have missed too. Stu Maschwitz (of ProLost) posted a great article describing how he uses an iPad app called Penultimate, along with custom designed ‘paper’

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An iPhone is displayed with a red button for video recording.
Apps

Capture brings (nearly) instant video recording to iPhones

You need to shoot an amazing something-or-other in a hurry, so you whip out your iPhone, tap the camera app, and wait around for what seems like an eternity. By the time you’re ready to record, the amazing something-or-other is gone. Sound familiar? Due to the Camera app’s sluggish load times, this is a problem I’ve experienced MANY times. The

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Apps

8mm goes HD! Wait, is that right?

Yup, it’s right… and it’s kick-ass! Nexvio has just released 8mm HD for the iPad ($2.99).  These are the same guys that brought us ReelDirector, the first video editing app ever released for iOS. 8mm for iPhone ($1.99) has long been one of my favorite camera apps. It effortlessly transforms live video into vintage 8mm movies complete with jitter, discoloration, icky

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Apps

Green Screen Movie FX Comes to the iPhone

App Advice has a write-up on an interesting app from epocfield called Green Screen Movie FX. Can you guess what it does? No? Perhaps they should have named it something more descriptive, like “This is an app that lets you accomplish green screen FX on an iPhone like the one you’re now looking at right now.“ Green Screen Movie FX has

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Apps

AppAdvice posts reviews of Video Filter Apps

Looking to add a little whiz-bang to your iPhone flicks? The folks at AppAdvice.com have posted a nice list of apps that will take your footage, and apply a wide variety of effects.  They range in price from Free to $2.99. Check out the AppAdvice reviews here. For a ton of iPhone & iPad apps, make sure to check out

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