IStopmotion Brings Leopard Bonus

October 31, 2007

“New features in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard will directly benefit our customers in the immediate future,” says Oliver Breidenbach, CEO of Boinx Software. “iStopMotion 2.1 will be the first of our applications to be optimised to take advantage of Leopard improvements.”

The application is scheduled to ship in late 2007. “Mac OS X Leopard offers over 300 new features and advanced technologies, including Core Animation which helps developers easily create animated user experiences,” said Ron Okamoto, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. “We’re thrilled that developers like Boinx Software embrace Leopard’s technologies and find ways to further improve the user experience for their products.”

Connecting an HD camera through FireWire
Ever since the first HD camcorders came out, users wanted to connect them to iStopMotion through their FireWire connetions. With iStopMotion 2.1, Mac OS X 10.5 and a codec that Apple delivers with Final Cut Studio, iStopMotion 2.1 can capture frames off the MPEG2 data stream from the camera and use it for the live preview. MPEG2 licensing issues make the purchase of Final Cut Studio a requirement for this workflow. Connecting the HD camera via HDMI provides an alternative that does not require Final Cut Pro for HD capture on Mac Pro computers.

Using Multiple Video Sources
Another benefit of running iStopMotion 2.1 on Mac OS X Leopard is that users can now use multiple video sources simultaneously, for example capturing different angles of the same scene to only one computer. This way, the scene doesn’t have to be animated twice to cover different view points.

Image Manipulation with Core Image Filters
Mac OS X includes a technology called Core Image which provides a comprehensive set of image manipulation tools, covering everything from image blurring to color correction. These Core Image Filters can be applied to the image when it is captured with iStopMotion 2.1 running on Mac OS X Leopard.

Availability and pricing
iStopMotion 2.1 will be available later this year from http://boinx.com/download. A built-in assistant will guide users through
the process of aquiring the proper license. The update to iStopMotion 2.1 is free of charge to current iStopMotion 2 license owners at their current license levels. iStopMotion 2.1 Home is available for $49, iStopMotion 2.1 Express is available for $99 and iStopMotion Pro is available for $499 via Kagi. iStopMotion 2.1 Home is also available at the Apple Store. For all purchase options see
http://boinx.com/istopmotion/buy.

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