Many of you will know of Automatic Duck, the first and best inventors of software (in the pre 'apps' days) to transfer edit information between FCP, Avid, and AE, as well as ProTools. Not only did their software work, and work well, but they always struck me as nice guys to do business with. Time after time I've come across posts from Wes Plate (founder of the company) explaining how to do stuff, or promising to make something happen. For many a pressured editor, Automatic Duck came to the rescue like the seventh cavalry. And let's face it, it's a great name for a company.
Alas, it looks like the Duck has become the first victim of the new order represented by FCP X - in what would appear to be a chilly climate for third-party suppliers, it's been announced that the company will no longer be updating their software or able to support customers in the manner accustomed. Wes himself now works for Adobe systems.
But they're going out in style; they've made the current offers free to download, even including the recent FCP X to AAF/OMF export. That's a generously good-spirited offer back to the community, and well deserving of a round of applause here at the wefcblog.
Read more of the background / link to the downloads here. (It's a now rare dotted IP address in the link, btw, offered by the Duck because of the delays in DNS promulgations.)
Alas, it looks like the Duck has become the first victim of the new order represented by FCP X - in what would appear to be a chilly climate for third-party suppliers, it's been announced that the company will no longer be updating their software or able to support customers in the manner accustomed. Wes himself now works for Adobe systems.
But they're going out in style; they've made the current offers free to download, even including the recent FCP X to AAF/OMF export. That's a generously good-spirited offer back to the community, and well deserving of a round of applause here at the wefcblog.
Read more of the background / link to the downloads here. (It's a now rare dotted IP address in the link, btw, offered by the Duck because of the delays in DNS promulgations.)