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    Introducing Magic Bullet + CrumplePop’s MagicPop Bundle

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    MagicPop Bundle Promo from CrumplePop on Vimeo.

    Check out our latest release: The MagicPop Bundle.

    We’ve joined together with Red Giant Software to offer an exceptional deal on FCP effects that work incredibly well together. The MagicPop bundle features Magic Bullet Denoiser, Magic Bullet Quick Looks, CrumplePop Lumineux and CrumplePop LowerThirds.

    Until the end of the month you can get this package for $199, saving $137.

    To see more info on each of the products, check out our MagicPop Bundle page.

    Check out these stills to see what footage looked like before and after using the MagicPop Bundle.
     

     

     

    The MagicPop Bundle is available here for $199.
     

    LowerThirds and Revealer Bundle Sale

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    After the exciting use of our CrumplePop FCP effects in a George Clooney video – “Endgame in Sudan”, by producer Jeff Trussell, we feel a little bit cooler.

    Until the end of the week (4/1/2011,) you can get both effects used in the George Clooney video – LowerThirds and Revealer – for a total of $69.

    After 72 hours, the price will move from $69 to $138.

    Here is the coupon code for the $69 price:
    CLBN-0328-TFON-0069

    Revealer features more than 100 glowing, chiaroscuro titles. LowerThirds has clean, easily adjustable titles with fluid animations. LowerThirds also works great with our latest product Crafty.

    To see our interview with Jeff Trussell check out our recent post.

    George Clooney, Sudan, and CrumplePop

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    George Clooney: Endgame in Sudan from Jeff Trussell on Vimeo.



    CrumplePop users write to us for many different reasons – they might have a support question (“What format should I use for my PAL DV Anamorphic footage that I transcoded to DVCProHD 720p24?”), or they might be demanding that we give them their money back or else they will tell Philip Bloom. Recently, however, we received a very unusual email: CrumplePop, we were told, had “played a part in stopping a war before it started :)”. The smiley at the end somehow made it seem very serious. What in the world could this have been about?

    It turned out to be freelance producer Jeff Trussell, fresh off of a project with George Clooney called “Endgame in Sudan”. The video had aired on the front page of YouTube the day of the referendum that led to an independent South Sudan, and Jeff had turned to CrumplePop to provide motion graphics for the piece.

    We wanted to know more, so we asked Jeff.

    CrumplePop:”Endgame in Sudan” is part of a larger campaign. Could you explain this campaign for us, and how the video fits in?

    Jeff Trussell: People worldwide are familiar with Sudan because of the genocide which took place in Darfur. There was the potential for an equally tragic situation to arise in January as Southern Sudan voted to break away from the north and form its own country. This video was part of a larger effort by the Enough Project to bring attention to the elections to make sure no violence occurred. To quote George Clooney: “To stop a war before it starts.” And that’s just what happened — Africa is now home to the world’s newest country, South Sudan.

    CrumplePop: What was your role in the production?

    Jeff Trussell: I was editor and motion graphics designer. I also helped write the piece.

    CrumplePop: What was it shot on, and what was the workflow like?

    Jeff Trussell: Everything was shot on a Canon 5d by the amazing photographer Tim Freccia and transcoded from H264 to Pro Res 422. I used FCP and AfterEffects in post.

    CrumplePop: Why did you choose to use CrumplePop effects, and how did they
    fit into the production?

    Jeff Trussell: I used two CrumplePop products – Lower Thirds and Revealer. Lower Thirds is superb for creating text on screen that pops without overwhelming the footage. It’s great for traditional subtitling as well — I’ve always hated putting a slug under yellow text – ugh. Revealer helped me nail down the feel of the video — slightly ominous but ultimately hopeful. Both worked seamlessly with the GFX I created in AfterEffects.

    So hats off to Jeff and the Enough Project.

    Cold Tea at 1000fps

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    Cold Tea 1000fps from CrumplePop on Vimeo.


    Here’s something we shot this morning while waiting for the courier to arrive for a package. We used the 1000fps Motion Optical Flow retiming technique from our recent tutorial (check it out here.)

    It’s actually yerba mate, not tea technically?

    Canon 60d with Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 1/1600 @59.94fps for outdoor slow-mo footage and Canon 35mm f2.0 1/50 @23.98fps for indoor footage.

    Slow-mo retimed to 1000fps using Apple Motion. Graded with FCP. Titles created with CrumplePop LowerThirds.

    Interested in learning how to created this effect? Check out our tutorial video explaining how to achieve the 1000fps slow-mo.

    Music by Jed at CrumplePop.