Thanks for the great (and honest) feedback - a few quick answers/responses:ġ -Kickstarter is a good choice for us, and we thought long and hard about doing it. And since they were the best to begin with (as is probably also true of Dark Energy), nobody even considers any other program these days if their doing grading for real. They should take a look at what BlackMagic did with Resolve - slashed the price by more than 90% and GAVE the crippled version away for FREE. Labs doing film restoration - dedicated, small-to-medium businesses with proper funding - are clearly their main customers, and cinnafilm are afraid to branch out.
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And when you consider that their asking 333$ for a plug in that might arrive in 2014, versus the 300$ or so you could spend on Neat Video + Film Convert right now - programs that work on both Mac and PC, compatible with almost any NLE or Motion Graphics software - it doesn't seem like such a grand deal.Īnd when you further consider that this Dark Energy plug-in is a crippled version of their flagship product, with all sorts of developer-introduced drawbacks (no resolution above 2K, Single GPU only etc.), it seems like they just aren't willing to go mainstream with Dark Energy.
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Considering that one of the main limitations of the lite version of Resolve is that it lacks the noise reduction features (and the high-resolution capabilities) of its big brother, adding the Dark Energy plugin to Resolve Lite could potentially make for one of the most powerful noise reduction/ color correction combinations at a fraction of the cost of the full version of Resolve.Īm I the only one here who thinks their 100k goal is wildly optimistic? I'm sure it's some of the best noise reduction available, but their program has a very specific purpose for a very small subset of people. Personally, I think that a noise reduction plugin as powerful and versatile as Dark Energy could add additional value to programs like Avid and Resolve Lite.
The folks over at Cinnafilm have just started a Kickstarter campaign to port Dark Energy over to the OFX platform so that it can be used in programs like DaVinci Resolve, Nuke, and Avid. However, at this point in time, Dark Energy is only available as an AE plugin (and only on the PC). Most notably, Shane Hurlbut turned to Dark Energy in order to make the Canon 5D Mark II shine for Act of Valor, and high-end production companies around the world rely on Dark Energy for everything from noise reduction for green screen keying to film grain emulation.
Cinnafilm's Dark Energy plugin for After Effects is arguably one of the best noise reduction and grain emulation tools on the market today.
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