| | | | News: Twixtor and ReelSmart Motion Blur released for Intel-native FCP 5.1
RE:Vision Effects is now shipping universal binary plug-ins of Twixtor and ReelSmart Motion Blur (RSMB) for Apple Final Cut Pro that support both PPC- and Intel-based Macintoshes. Twixtor is the sophisticated slow-mo and speed-up solution, and ReelSmart Motion Blur adds and removes motion blur based on per-pixel calculated motion.
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| | | | News: See HD Log Live at the NYC FCP Users Group
Imagine Products, Inc. cordially invites you to see a demonstration of its newest videologgers and cataloging solutions for Final Cut Pro Users.
HD Log™, the most popular logger for OSX, and Mac Digital Clip Library™, a turnkey video cataloging system for multiple users, will be demonstrated at the New York City Final Cut Pro Users Group October 20th, 2005.
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| | | | ATTO Technology Partners with Maxx Digital to Provide RAID Final Share Storage Solution for Final Cut Pro
ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, and Maxx Digital, a leading storage solutions provider for high-performance digital media markets, today announced that the ATTO ExpressSAS R380 SAS/SATA RAID Adapter is exclusively being used as part of Maxx Digital’s Final Share Storage System to provide a high-bandwidth, RAID-protected, shared storage solution for Final Cut Pro users.
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| | | | Launch of iPhone App, iKeysToGo
Offers Editors 5 New Ways to Learn Final Cut Pro 7
Weynand Training, a leading entertainment training company, announces the launch of their new series of applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch, iKeysToGo.
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| | | | AJA Video Keeps the Ball Rolling for Timeline Television
AJA KONA 3 Video Cards and FS1 Frame Syncs Boost Tapeless Workflows for Outdoor Broadcast Events
AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, today announced that its KONA 3 video capture and playback cards and FS1 frame syncs are in use by UK broadcast systems provider Timeline Television, via AJA reseller Jigsaw Systems, Ltd., to enable HD and SD broadcasts of outdoor sports and news events.
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| | | | CoreMelt Releases "Lock & Load"
The Worlds Fastest Stabilizer for FCP
CoreMelt today announced the release of their latest video editing plugin for Final Cut Pro; Lock & Load. Lock & Load has been benchmarked as the worlds fastest stabilizer for Final Cut Pro, running at 6 times the speed of Apple's inbuilt stabilizer; Smoothcam.
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| | | | Manhattan Edit Workshop Set to Deliver Final Cut Pro Training
FCP 7 Certification set for HD EXPO – Createasphere
Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWShop), a full service Apple, Avid and Adobe Authorized Training Center specializing in the art and technique of editing, will provide FCP 7 Certification during September’s HD EXPO – Createasphere.
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| | | | EditShare Adds Assimilate to the List of DI Workflow Partners
New integration brings real-time DPX workflow with support for multiple 2K and HD streams from a single server
EditShare®, a technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, today announced a technology partnership with ASSIMILATE™, a leading developer of high-resolution and stereoscopic applications for the DI market. The new development combines the award winning EditShare shared storage solutions - XStream Series - with ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH® Digital Process Solution, enabling real-time DPX and RED 4K workflows across DI and non DI post-production equipment. Benefits of this new integration offer the highly popular EditShare project sharing with unmatchable real-time performance for SCRATCH artists.
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| | | | EditShare Joins Forces with Digital Vision
XStream Series provides realtime shared storage and media sharing across DI and non-DI workflows; integration with Film Master and Turbine
EditShare®, the technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, today announced that the EditShare XStream DI Series has been optimized for the full range of Digital Vision non-linear products.
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| | | | ION Media Networks Adds EditShare XStream Technology
XStream's high performance handles ION's HD production workflow
EditShare™, the technology leader in cross-platform collaborative editing and shared media storage, today announced that ION Media Networks has expanded its EditShare shared media storage with the deployment of two new EditShare XStream high performance systems. The XStream units with a total of 64TB of storage support the HD production by the ION Creative Services team. Utilizing content creation tools from Avid, Apple and Maya, the Creative Services professionals produce on-air promotions, graphics and branding for all of ION's company-owned stations and networks from their West Palm Beach, Florida facility.
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| | | | EditShare Partners With On-Air Systems
New integration adds more playout server options for EditShare customers
EditShare®, the technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, announced that they have qualified the ON-AIR Systems for playout integration with the EditShare Storage and XStream Series.
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| | | | EditShare Announces Technology Partnership with Vector 3
Integrated shared production storage and video servers provide automated, realtime, playout for fast-paced news and sports workflows
EditShare®, the technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, announced that they have teamed with Vector 3 to integrate their award-winning EditShare Storage and XStream Series solutions with VECTORBOX playout servers. The integrated solution will be demonstrated at NAB 2009, (April 20 to 23 in Las Vegas, NV) on the EditShare stand (SL6420).
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| | | | The Foundry Lets Customers do the Talking at NAB 2009
Booth SL326
Much has changed at leading VFX software developer, The Foundry, during the last twelve months. This will be reflected on the show floor at NAB 2009, as the company plays host to a series of exciting ‘behind the scenes’ demos and product announcements at its booth #SL326 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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| | | | EditShare Heads to The South African Waterfront
South Africa's production leader embraces EditShare's Complete Collaboration workflow
EditShare™ the technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage, announced today that Cape Town-based Waterfront Studios has deployed an EditShare 18TB storage system to facilitate production workflows across its various operational units.
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| | | | Digital Heaven releases Loader
the smart way to import media into Final Cut Pro
Digital Heaven, one of the leading third party developers for Apple Pro Apps, today announced the release of Loader, an innovative application that streamlines the process of importing media into Final Cut Pro.
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| | | | The Foundry - IBC 2008 Preview (Stand 7.F28)
The Foundry expands VFX capabilities with new product releases
There have been many exciting developments at The Foundry during the last twelve months, across all areas of the company’s product portfolio.
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| | | | Bogdanovich finishes Tom Petty DVD at alphadogs
Runnin’ Down a Dream project completed with additional Early Years sequences
alphadogs have announced that producer director Peter Bogdanovich has just completed additional sequences for the new DVD release of his acclaimed epic “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream” at their Burbank facility. alphadogs also finished the original DVD version released last year by Warner Bros. Records.
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| | | | GenArts Releases Sapphire Plug-ins for Apple FxPlug Products
New version features over 200 effects with native support for Final Cut Pro and Motion
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, today announced the immediate availability of Sapphire Plug-ins for Apple FxPlug products, including Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Motion.
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| | | | Noise Industries Partner CoreMelt Releases a New FxPack for FxFactory
GPU accelerated plug-ins support high precision rendering for optimal visual effects production workflows
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, today announced that partner Core Melt has released a brand new Noise Industries FxPack titled “CoreMelt PolyChrome”.
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| | | | Noise Industries Establishes Master Distributor For South Pacific
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, today announced they have established a formal distribution relationship with the Melbourne based Adimex company. Adimex has supplied and supported an extensive dealer channel throughout Australia and New Zealand.
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| | | | News: The Foundry previews major Nuke release, plus Furnace for Final Cut Pro
Digital artists attending this year's IBC show should ensure that stand 7.528 is highlighted as a 'to visit'. This is where leading visual effects developer The Foundry will be offering sneak previews of the next major release of its compositing application Nuke; editing professionals will be able to get an idea of what's to come with Furnace for Final Cut Pro; and those looking to enhance their OFX-compatible DI and compositing solutions will get a good look at the new Furnace 4 for OFX collection.
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| | | | News: Boris Continuum Complete 5.0 for FxPlug Ships
BCC product family adds FxPlug to the list; native support for Apple's proprietary FxPlug architecture
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that Boris Continuum Complete 5.0 for FxPlug (BCC 5.0 for FxPlug) is now shipping.
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| | | | News: EditShare Introduces Apple Final Cut Pro Project Sharing
First to deliver Project Sharing workflows for both Apple and Avid editing systems
EditShare™, the technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, has announced the addition of Apple Final Cut Pro (FCP) Project Sharing capabilities to the EditShare product family.
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| | | | News: Glue Tools to launch Cineon/DPX Pro v2.5 with Playback
3D LUTs and Final Cut Studio Integration at NAB 2007
Glue Tools is proud to announce that v2.5 of its Cineon and DPX QuickTime Components will be released at NAB 2007. This new release includes a large number of new features and enhancements to the QuickTime Components. New for v2.5, is Playback, 3D LUTs and full integration with Apple's Final Cut Studio.
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| | | | News: Noise Industries at NAB 2007
Showcases partner designed FxPacks and new releases of their visual effects plug-in products for Apple and Avid solutions
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets will be demonstrating new releases of their GPU accelerated visual effects plug-in packages for Apple and Avid at NAB 2007 on stand SL3627J in the Plug-in Pavilion.
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| | | | News: Sean Fine & Andrea Nix Fine Win Documentary Directing Award at Sundance Film Festival with War/Dance
Husband and wife team's Sundance directorial debut wins big; acquired for theatrical release in 2007
"War/Dance tells the story of Uganda's 20 year civil war through the eyes of three children" says Andrea Nix Fine, one of the film's directors. "For their entire lives these kids have lived in the most dangerous part of the war zone there. For the first time they're going to leave the refugee camp that they live in to go and compete in one of Uganda's biggest competitions: The National Music Competition, where over 20,00 schools compete to become the national champions.
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| | | | News: Vanderpool Films Shoots Inquiry-Based Science Education Dvds For U.S. Teachers With AG-HVX200 Solid-State HD Camcorder
Earlier this year, the distinguished filmmaking team of Charles and Marilyn Vanderpool, principals of Vanderpool Films (Baltimore, MD and Tarpon Springs, FL) received the job from the Department of Defense (DOD) of creating a series of instructional DVDs for middle and high school science teachers to promote science and technology education in the U.S. Though the Vanderpools' film pedigree encompasses high-profile marketing campaigns for Eastman Kodak - having helped test and launch many of Kodak's film stocks the past 15 years - Panasonic's AG-HVX200 DVCPRO HD P2 camcorder was their choice for this critical project.
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| | | | News: Media 100 Version 11 Systems Gain Momentum
Customers embrace the new Media 100 product line
A year after purchasing the Media 100 products, the Boris FX company has quickly churned out two feature filled releases, establishing an attractive upgrade path for existing Media 100 users. Known for their value and ease of use, the Media 100 engineering team has ensured that existing customers can continue to leverage the power of their Media 100 systems with the latest post and broadcast technologies. With an emphasis on application integration and format support, the new Media 100 version 11 product line delivers industrial strength HD and SD editing capabilities with comprehensive file format support.
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| | | | News: RileyArnold Shoots Award-Winning Corporate Videos With Panasonic Varicam
Merchandises New Generation Of Nashville Stars With AG-HVX200 Solid-State HD Camcorder
RileyArnold Productions, a full-service film & video production studio headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, has become a dedicated proponent of Panasonic DVCPRO HD, and uses it with award-winning results in both its tape-based and tapeless versions.
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| | | | News: Matrox Ships over 1000 Matrox MXO Units in First 60 Days
Portable Broadcast-Quality Audio/Video Output Adapter Streamlines Mac-based Video Production Workflows
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that over 1000 Matrox MXO units have been shipped to users worldwide in the first 60 days of production. An easy-to-use DVI-to-audio/video output adapter for the Mac, Matrox MXO takes the DVI output from a Mac computer or laptop and converts it to broadcast-quality video.
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| | | | News: GenArts Releases Sapphire Plug-ins Version 1.08 For After Effects And Compatible Products
New version features Mac Universal Binary, including FCP 5.1 support
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, today announced the immediate availability of Sapphire Plug-ins version 1.08 for After Effects and compatible products. The new version features enhancements for both Mac and Windows platforms. Version 1.08 for Mac adds Universal Binary support for FCP 5.1 and all After Effects compatible host products. The new release will also run under Rosetta and on Power PC Macs for use with applications such as Adobe After Effects that have not yet been compiled specifically for Intel-based Macs.
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| | | | News: Imagine Products, Inc. announces the addition of a new, P2 specific viewer for Macintosh
Instantly VIEW P2 CLIPS on your Mac
Now you can play, annotate, change clip names, and delete Clips from any HVX200 P2 volume using your Macintosh. Works with any P2 compatible storage device too (e.g. P2 Store, Fire Store, P2 readers, P2 cards, P2 disk mounted volumes, etc).
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| | | | News: RaveHD
SpectSoft LLC., a leading provider of uncompressed video solutions on the Linux® platform, today announced RaveHD is now shipping supporting extended RS422 controls for both master and slave mode.
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| | | | News: New York Film Academy Invests In Panasonic
Considered one of the most innovative fixtures of film education in the world, the New York Film Academy (NYFA), with campuses in Manhattan, Universal Studios and St. Catherine's College Oxford University, recently purchased 12 Panasonic hand-held, production-quality
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| | | | News: Digital Anarchy Updates ReSizer 2.0 for Final Cut Pro to Provide High-Quality Scaling and SD to HD Up-Conversion
Plug-in Provides Algorithms for Intelligently Resizing Footage and Images in After Effects, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro
Digital Anarchy, a leading provider of cost-effective special effects software for Adobe® and Apple® products, today announced the immediate availability of ReSizer 2.0 for Final Cut Pro. ReSizer is a plug-in for intelligently scaling footage or up-converting Standard Definition (SD) to High Definition (HD), which gives designers and filmmakers the power to produce high quality SD to HD up-conversions while staying on time and within budget. The plugin works in Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and now Apple's Final Cut Pro.
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| | | | News: Unit Post Launches In Soho
All Apple HD dry-hire facility with unique bolt-on services
Unit Post announced today its launch as a new facility based in Carlisle Street, Soho, London. The facility will comprise of 10 suites all offering an Apple based workflow that is fully HD 444 uncompressed capable including grading suites. Uniquely all Unit's suites will be available for dry- hire with clients being able to bolt-on additional services including editors, runners and HD decks. Unit Post will be fully open for business on May 1st 2006.
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| | | | News: Apple Authorized Training
Beginning in May, master trainer Diana Weynand, author of Peachpit Press's best selling book, APPLE PRO TRAINING SERIES - FINAL CUT PRO 5, is taking the Authorized Final Cut Pro 5 course on the road. This unique opportunity will give people a chance to learn Apple's award winning editing software and become an Apple Certified Pro user.
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| | | | News: New Tools from Automatic Duck at DV Expo West
Automatic Duck Pro Import FCP 2.0 Enables Editors to Import OMF Files from DAWs like Pro Tools into Final Cut Pro; Adds Import from Adobe Premiere Pro with Host of New Features to Enhance the Final Cut Pro Workflow
Automatic Duck (www.automaticduck.com), the creators of Timeline Integration Engine software for digital media artists, will debut new enhancements to Pro Import FCP, its flagship import tool for Final Cut Pro users, during DV Expo West 2005 in Los Angeles this week.
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| | | | News: Murderball, documentary about quad rugby and its players, shot with Panasonic AG-DVX100A cameras
In Theaters Now, thinkMTV Production Accumulates Major Awards, Including Documentary Audience Award, Special Jury Prize/Editing At 2005 Sundance Festival
One of the most acclaimed films of the year, Murderball, a THINKFILM production co-distributed with MTV Films, has dominated the film festival circuit since its debut at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, where it won both the Documentary Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize for Editing.
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| | | | News: Aquafadas Releases iDive 1.4
New Quicktime import capabilities and productivity enhancements in iDive, the Innovative Catalog for video files
Aquafadas today announced the release of iDive 1.4, the latest version of its award winning software. iDive is the "digital video shoebox" which allows users to import, catalog, and tag their digital videos for easy searching and organization of movies.
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| | | | News: The East Coast Final Cut Pro User Groups Premieres at DV Expo East
Technology showcase will feature latest digital innovations and noted industry leaders
The East Coast Final Cut Pro User Groups, today announced that their first ever meeting will take place at the Digital Video Expo East exhibition. This July 19 event offers industry professionals the opportunity to see the latest innovations from the Apple Pro Applications. Attendees will have a chance to learn about the powerful new features Final Cut Pro HD, Motion, DVD Studio Pro, Soundtrack Pro, and Livetype.
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 Articles and Tutorials:
 Twixtor Overview for FCP
This video tutorial gives an overview of how to use Twixtor within Final Cut Pro, including how to apply Twixtor, how to speed up and slow down footage using Twixtor , and special considerations needed.
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 Get Your FCP Timelines in Motion with Final Cut Studio
Having both FCP and Motion in Final Cut Studio means more options for effects creation with your video projects -- and FCS integration makes it easy to work with them together. Having Motion projects sitting on your FCP timeline even helps keep your projects organized! Our man in Nepal, Jiggy Gaton, shows just how easy it can be to take advantage of it all.
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 Keyframing Color Correction
In this episode of Final Cut Help, Richard Harrington takes a look at keyframing the three way color corrector in FCP. As details change in a movie clip you can have the filter adjust its values over time. This example uses a video of a bird starting in a bright sky and ending in water which is darker, the contrast transition is controlled by keyframing the saturation and color correction.
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 Make Your FCP Timelines Sing By Roundtripping to Soundtrack Pro
The COW's Jiggy Gaton owns an audio studio -- but has created a tutorial for those of us who don't have an audio studio within earshot when editing video in Final Cut Pro. He's not sure if he's being lazy, or just efficient, to use an integrated Soundtrack Pro project inside FCP. Either way, read on to learn how to do it yourself.
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 Up-Converting SD for HD Projects and HD Cross-Conversion Using AJA Kona 3
Need SD upconversion for HD projects, and HD cross-conversion? Broadcast editor and Final Cut Pro community leader Shane Ross recently had a DVCPRO HD project shot with the Panasonic Varicam and HVX-200 at 23.98 that had to be converted to 1080psf 23.98 for delivery on HDCAM. After long research and experience with many FCP-compatible cards, he concluded that the AJA Kona 3 was the way to go. It even handles SD upconversion too, all in real time. Read why he chose this specific card, and how he got the job done.
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 Blogs:
 So much fuss over the Canon5DmkII, so I thought I'd post some examples
All, If you've been following the FCP forum on here you might have seen a fairly heated debate over the Canon5DmkII http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1060351 A guy who has been in television long enough to know better said: Because there are those out there operating under the delusion that it's an actual and...
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 Shooting video on a DSLR: The next Mac/PC, FCP/Avid-type flame war?
There's a somewhat lively debate going on in the COW Final Cut Pro forum about vDSLRs (still cameras like the Canon 7D or Panasonic GH1 that have HD video recording ability) and their viability as HD video cameras vs more "traditional" HD prosumer level video cameras. A few reasons why...
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The Canon5DmkII is truly amazing - Here is a broadcast example.
I had the Canon5DmkII for a while and although I had shot a few tests, I hadn't really made anything that I could post properly. As you might know, I edit for BBC & IMG on the coverage of the Snooker & Darts here in the UK and thought this...
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 Podcasts:
Trashing Preferences
In this Final Cut Help episode, Richard Harrington takes a look at some basic troubleshooting tips when Final Cut starts acting up. Trashing the preferences is one of these that Richard takes a look at.
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