ProRes 4444 XQ in Creative Cloud

Apple released a new codec this summer with updates to its video apps, Apple ProRes 4444 XQ, the highest-quality version of ProRes. Arri decided to include ProRes 4444 XQ as a recording option in the ALEXA XT & XR.

The codec isn't available in Adobe and most other QuickTime-aware apps, but you can manually install it for general use with or without installing Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2.

For more, see ProRes 4444 XQ in Creative Cloud at PVC.

Cineform: render quality settings + more in Creative Cloud

Adobe does offer information on GoPro Cineform in Help and especially on blog posts, but render quality settings are a little less mysterious if you visit the Cineform forum. Still, some questions remain even after exploring other resources.

Read the rest at PVC in Cineform in Creative Cloud: render quality settings + more. 

Note that it includes recent clarifications from Adobe.  

In tests here, the important takeaway is that the higher quality options seem to produce smaller files than the lower quality option.

HitFilm 3 Pro for free if you own HitFilm Plug-ins

FXHOME has announced HitFilm 3 Pro, now pre-ordering for release in late November 2014 for $299. Hitfilm, available for Mac and Windows, supports modern filmmaking workflows that require you to be an editor, VFX artist, and colorist at the same time.

There's great news for some: if you already own HitFilm Plug-ins, you’ll get HitFilm 3 Pro for free.

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Adobe Anywhere for video 2014.1

Adobe Anywhere for video is an enterprise-only solution that serves collaboration and remote workflows with version tracking and project sharing for broadcasters and large facilities using Creative Cloud. This workflow (after $150 grand buy-in) lets you edit real-time without dropping a frame via fast WiFi on a Premiere Pro 4K timeline using original 5K .r3d files from remote server on a Macbook Pro.

Adobe Anywhere was recently updated, and some new explanatory videos are available in Adobe Anywhere for video 2014.1 at PVC.

Adobe ‘Gone Girl’ panel: Premiere & After Effects

On October 23, you can join Adobe for a panel discussion with the editorial and post-production team behind the movie Gone Girl from director David Fincher. As you may have heard, the Fincher team leveraged Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects in a workflow based on RED Dragon 6K raw footage files framed in 5K.

There background and related resources at PVC in Adobe ‘Gone Girl’ panel: Premiere & After Effects.

Free models & other tools for Element 3D

As we're waiting for Element 3D v2, Topher Welsh collected information on Free models for Element 3D, as well as recent AE scripts in his return to blogging this week.

It's also a good time to mention a few related recent products, and it's all on PVC.

Video Copilot Element 3D v2 unveiled

Andrew Kramer unveiled new features coming in the long-awaited Video Copilot Element 3D V2 (link to PVC article), which is compatible with AE CS5+ and promised for November release.