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John Richard · October 29th, 2011, 09:15 AM

In case some have not heard, Automatic Duck is offering ALL their wonderful transfer utitlity programs for free.

FCP & Motion to AE (and then PPro), Avid, ProTools, Quantel.

Their software solves a lot of problems with what's happened with FCP Studio.

Sanjin Svajger · October 29th, 2011, 11:23 AM

What the ****!?? Great:)

An explanation from their website:

"As many of you know I used to be a professional Avid editor, often working between Media Composer and After Effects before the cool kids were doing it. By 1999 I had grown tired of the tedious timeline rebuilding process and started to investigate with Harry Plate (my Dad) how we could make a solution to import Avid OMF files into Adobe After Effects.

Harry and I started working diligently on what became Automatic Duck in late 2000 and by NAB 2001 we had our first product. Before we knew it we were celebrating 10 years of enabling integrated workflows.

Over the years we've enjoyed improving the interchange between Avid, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Pro Tools, Smoke, Quantel and other AAF and OMF-friendly apps. We have enjoyed helping users improve their workflows and finish their productions more easily, and we've even enjoyed working with users to fix the occasional challenging bug and odd misbehavior. Not to mention at every trade show we had a great time meeting our many users from around the world.

We are very proud of the company we created and the products we lovingly crafted. But after 10 1/2 years the time has come for us to embark on new challenges and begin a new chapter in our lives. To that end Automatic Duck has partnered with Adobe Systems and will be working towards some excellent technology integration. I have joined Adobe as a full-time employee and Harry will be focusing on the technology integration as well as supporting other Automatic Duck partners.

Because we are so busy with these new projects we cannot provide the same level of support for our plug-ins that we used to, therefore we can't in good conscience charge money for them. But we don't want our popular tools to go unused if they are still useful to people. Therefore we have decided to make them available at no charge. Enjoy!

Thank you for the memories, we'll see you around.

- Wes Plate & Harry Plate, co-founders of Automatic Duck"

Zach Love · October 31st, 2011, 11:29 AM

Wow!

I just downloaded everything I could, just in case someone decides to change their mind. I'm a happy camper this Monday Morning, I hope that the people that paid for the products aren't feeling sour.

October 29th, 2011, 09:15 AM	#1
John Richard Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Incline Village, Nevada Posts: 604	Automatic Duck for FREE ! In case some have not heard, Automatic Duck is offering ALL their wonderful transfer utitlity programs for free. FCP & Motion to AE (and then PPro), Avid, ProTools, Quantel. Their software solves a lot of problems with what's happened with FCP Studio. Last edited by John Richard; October 30th, 2011 at 08:16 AM.

October 29th, 2011, 11:23 AM	#2
Sanjin Svajger Major Player Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Slovenia Posts: 356	Re: Automatic Duck for FREE ! What the ****!?? Great:) An explanation from their website: "As many of you know I used to be a professional Avid editor, often working between Media Composer and After Effects before the cool kids were doing it. By 1999 I had grown tired of the tedious timeline rebuilding process and started to investigate with Harry Plate (my Dad) how we could make a solution to import Avid OMF files into Adobe After Effects. Harry and I started working diligently on what became Automatic Duck in late 2000 and by NAB 2001 we had our first product. Before we knew it we were celebrating 10 years of enabling integrated workflows. Over the years we've enjoyed improving the interchange between Avid, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Pro Tools, Smoke, Quantel and other AAF and OMF-friendly apps. We have enjoyed helping users improve their workflows and finish their productions more easily, and we've even enjoyed working with users to fix the occasional challenging bug and odd misbehavior. Not to mention at every trade show we had a great time meeting our many users from around the world. We are very proud of the company we created and the products we lovingly crafted. But after 10 1/2 years the time has come for us to embark on new challenges and begin a new chapter in our lives. To that end Automatic Duck has partnered with Adobe Systems and will be working towards some excellent technology integration. I have joined Adobe as a full-time employee and Harry will be focusing on the technology integration as well as supporting other Automatic Duck partners. Because we are so busy with these new projects we cannot provide the same level of support for our plug-ins that we used to, therefore we can't in good conscience charge money for them. But we don't want our popular tools to go unused if they are still useful to people. Therefore we have decided to make them available at no charge. Enjoy! Thank you for the memories, we'll see you around. - Wes Plate & Harry Plate, co-founders of Automatic Duck"

October 31st, 2011, 11:29 AM	#3
Zach Love Major Player Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 944	Re: Automatic Duck for FREE ! Wow! I just downloaded everything I could, just in case someone decides to change their mind. I'm a happy camper this Monday Morning, I hope that the people that paid for the products aren't feeling sour. __________________ Nothing says you're a serious video maker like S-VHS