Tuesday, October 21, 2008

See you at the Editors' Lounge!

EditGroove will be presenting UserMatic™ live and in person -- in the Editors' Lounge at the world-famous AlphaDogs post facility in beautiful downtown Burbank. Mark your calendar for this Friday night, October 24, beginning at 6:30pm.

We've got a fun evening planned — so if you're in the Los Angeles area, be sure to drop by for an event which includes ... four great presentations of cutting-edge post industry tools ... some good old-fashioned industry schmoozing ... and lots of food & drink, besides.

(See the links above for detailed info, directions, etc.)

Hope to see you there!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

UserMatic™ is now Shipping


PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate Distribution

EditGroove releases UserMatic - take control of Final Cut Pro

Summary:

EditGroove's UserMatic(TM) solves FCP Preferences hassles once and for all, encouraging and facilitating experimentation in the thousands of ways Final Cut Pro can be customized. It leverages the editor's time and creativity - by enabling multiple versioning, rollback points, easier troubleshooting, multiple users, and even accessing the same preferences across multiple edit bays.

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LOS ANGELES -- EditGroove Software announces the release of UserMatic(TM) - a powerful yet streamlined utility for taking control of user preferences in Final Cut Pro.

-- Tired of having to “Trash Your Preferences” and start over from scratch?
-- Want to have different versions of your editing settings for different types of projects, genres, etc.?
-- Ever need to troubleshoot them or roll them back, because of stray experimentation or corruption?
-- Weary of clashing with other users’ ideas of how the FCP keyboard should be mapped?
-- Want an easy means of calling up your own Preferences from more than one workstation?

UserMatic(TM) solves all of these issues once and for all, encouraging & facilitating experimentation in the thousands of ways Final Cut Pro can be customized. It leverages the editor’s time and creativity - by enabling multiple versioning, rollback points, easier troubleshooting, multiple users, and even accessing the same preferences across multiple edit bays.

FCP settings that are stored in UserMatic(TM) include User Preferences, System Settings, Audio/Video Settings, choice of Easy Setup, Favorite Effects, Button Bars, Keyboard Layouts, Window Layouts, and much more.

Features include:

-- Storage and Recall of an unlimited number of “user profiles” -- each one containing an entire set of user customizations for Final Cut Pro.

-- One-button Backup: of the entire Library of user profiles into a single date/timestamped .ZIP file. Useful for further versioning and archiving, as well as conveniently transporting FCP user preferences from one facility to another (e.g., via a USB flash drive).

-- Trash button: reverts FCP back to its factory defaults, to clear existing customizations or for troubleshooting.

-- “Safety net” feature: Overwritten & deleted preferences are actually stored away in ‘Deleted’ folder, just in case.

-- Networking capability built-in. Simply pointing UserMatic(TM) to a network drive instantly allows for direct access to the same Library of user profiles from any number of FCP workstations (and potentially even from separate geographic locations, if desired).


UserMatic(TM) was unveiled publicly for the first time at the Sept. 24 meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group (LAFCPUG) in Hollywood. Founder Michael Horton declared it “one of the best presentations we’ve had in a very long time, if not ever.”


Specs and Availability

-- UserMatic(TM) is a Universal Binary (Intel/PowerPC). Requires Mac 10.3 or later.
-- Price is $34.95, with volume discounts available.
-- Further details, complete documentation, and download available at http://www.EditGroove.com


Press Materials (incl. screenshots, icons, banners, etc.)
http://www.editgroove.com/press/


About EditGroove

EditGroove was founded in 2008 by veteran Los Angeles editor Ron Diamond, who brought with him over 15 years online & offline editorial experience on a multitude of platforms. Diamond is also known for having co-written, with author and former Lucasfilm evangelist Michael Rubin, the book “NONLINEAR: A Field Guide to Digital Video and Film Editing” (4th ed.).

Trademarks

Final Cut Pro is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
EditGroove and UserMatic are trademarks of EditGroove Software. Other brand or product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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http://www.editgroove.com/contact/contact.php

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Release Candidate posted!


EditGroove Software is pleased to announce that Release Candidate 1 has been posted & is now available for download.

We've fixed a few minor issues in the software, and are still on-track for an official release on or before 10/15/08. Comments welcomed as always, on the EditGroove Contact page.

Thanks for all your good words so far. Enjoy!

Sunday, October 5, 2008

User Guide now available


The gnomes in the EditGroove documentation department have been working late in their hollow tree -- and look what just popped out!

The complete EditGroove UserMatic User Guide -- tips & tricks galore, and more.

Available via the PDF icon to your right ... Bon appetit!