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Hitchcock gets a Makeover
Hitchcock, the insanely cool storyboard tool for iPhone, just got a new name, Cinemek Storyboard Composer. So, why the change? Several weeks back, Cinemek received a cease and desist order from the Hitchcock estate. Jonathan Houser, the app’s designer, told us that despite the estate having no trademark on the Hitchcock name, he decided to replace the title out of respect
Attaching a 35mm lens to an iPhone
In case you missed it, Gizmodo ran a story yesterday about an ILM Research Engineer who used DVD player parts, PVC piping, and duct tape to mount an 18-55mm zoom lens on his iPhone. You can read all about the Phone-O-Scope on the creator’s blog. While this isn’t the first experiment of its kind (OWLE did something similar), it is
VideoSpace helps justify your ludicrous hard drive spending
Digital Heaven, a company best known for its innovative Final Cut Pro companion products, has just released an update to its video file-size calculator. Available as a free web app, VideoSpace v3 adds support for new ProRes codecs introduced in Final Cut Pro 7. And since it’s a web app, it should work with any pint-sized web browser, not just the iPhone.
ProPrompter gets F-A-S-T, resized, and CAPPED.
Bodelin has released an update for its outstanding iPhone teleprompter app, ProPrompter. Version 1.2 brings some welcome changes, including new font sizes, additional scroll speeds (faster & slower), and the ability to switch your text to ALL CAPS. When we reviewed the ProPrompter Wing a few weeks back, we would have loved more font sizes, and a faster scroll. I’m
ReelDirector 2.0 adds music to our ears
Normally, we wouldn’t get that excited about a 2.0 update, but in this case, we’ll make an exception. Nexvio has just introduced a major update to their video editing app, ReelDirector. And it looks like many of our previous complaints have been addressed.
Coming Soon: HHH Filmmaker iPhone Giveaway
We thought you might enjoy a good tease. So, here you go! It’s Hand Held Hollywood’s First Annual Filmmaker iPhone Giveaway… and it’s coming soon! Neato! Developers: if you’d like to take part in the fun, please drop us a line.
