VisualHub: We hardly knew yah!

It was just a week and a half ago I lauded VisualHub for it being the one piece of conversion software able to handle some asf files I had to convert.  Well, looks like I might need to find another resource….

“..After much soul-searching (it’s not you, it’s me), for personal reasons, Techspansion is closing its virtual doors.:

Bee Docs’ Timeline – Timeline Software for Mac OS X

Props to Don McAllister from Screencasts Online and his recent pick on MacBreak Weekly for this great software pick.  Create a 3D timeline for any period of time you can think of.  Your child, your family or any part of history.  

Bee Docs’ Timeline – Timeline Software for Mac OS X.

Pull Color Schemes from Web or Any File

 

Here is a great tool for pulling color schemes from any website, or image on the web or any file you have stored locally.

Choose Image

First choose the url or load your own image. This site will create a myriad of different color schemes from the image, or you can choose from a selection of available colors pulled from the image.

Samples All Colors in Image

The site also manages the schemes created into a searchable database, so you can look for schemes that are “blue” or remind you of the “desert” or are tagged as “Obama’s Ears”.

Color Schemes

 Check it out at http://www.colr.org/.

A new way to search

Here’s a different way to search.  If you’re more inclined to click than type this site may be for you.  Click by brand to find what you’re looking for.  Pretty cool!

All My Faves | Why Search?

MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2

An update to our favorite FREE app adding the following fixes and features.

• new option to add a textual watermark
• choice of format for YouTube videos (MP4 or FLV)
• fixed compatibility with Google Video and Yahoo! Video
• added video playback and download from Veoh
• fixed a sound problem with some DivX movies
• fixed compatibility with Perian 1.1

Click below to go to download page.

Squared 5 – MPEG Streamclip video converter for Mac OS X

Watch out for…..The Levelator!

Watch out Arnold…The Levelator is here.

Here’s a cool little app that will take your mixes, or other discreet tracks from Final Cut and levelate them.  Or in other words, it will even the dynamic range of your audio.  I think this is especially cool for those times when you can’t have Gerrard mix your work and you really want to even out some dialogue.  Export an aif file of the audio you want to affect, drop the file on to the Levelator app window and it automatically will create a new aif file with nice even audio levels. Download and try it for yourself!

The Levelator from The Conversations Network

Aspect Ratio Calculator

Here’s a great site for calculating aspect ratios and frame sizes.

Aspect Ratio Calculator – Digital Rebellion