HD For Indies

These guys make plugins for Final Cut Pro and After Effects to do a variety of nifty things. If you need to do paint or roto tasks, and want to do it inside FCP or AE, you should seriously check this out - the ability to do paint or roto without having to bail out to another program is a serious advantage. I was in a production meeting today talking about getting rid of some scratches on film, and telling them that I could fire up Commotion (old, dead end app that works well for these tasks) to fix it (or I suppose After Effects 6.5 could work, too).

Tidbits from an email they sent me:

- Silhouette Roto 2.1 is now available. The AE / FCP plug-in version price
has dropped from $495 to $295!
- Silhouette Paint 1.0 is now available - the first raster paint solution
for After Effects and Final Cut Pro. Silhouette Paint for AE and FCP is just $245.
- All versions (stand-alone and plug-in) are available with optional floating licenses.