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Version 1.1.1

2007-05-31

FlipFlop is a simple, free Mac OS X application designed to assist filmmakers with onset monitoring using a laptop and a firewire connected camera. The features came mostly from reading many peoples requests on various forums

Initially the basic app was aimed at a live video rotate to correct the inherent upside down, back-to-front image created by many 35 mm adapters. From here it grew to include a few other features which seem to be relevant to the workflow.

Unfortunately there are no record features, this is purely a live preview application. DV25 and DV50 work the best as they are the least CPU intensive. The DVCPro HD inputs are very CPU intensive. As I’m PAL based I’ve not fully tested the NTSC based presets.

You will need Final Cut Pro 6 and above installed for all other codecs except standard DV.

FORMATS

DV25, DV50

DVCPro HD 1080i 60/50

DVCPro HD 720p 60/50

CONTROLS

35mm adapter flip

Brightness & Contrast

Saturation

Peaking

Exposure

EagleEye zoom

CrossHair & SafeArea

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS 10.4.x

Final Cut Pro 6.0.x

PowerPC or Intel Mac

v1.0

First release

v1.0.1

Improved overlay quality

Saturation control added

Resizable window

v1.0.2

Improved processor usage

v1.0.3

Format menu added

DVCPro HD presets added

Help added

v1.0.4

Exposure control added

Brightness control added

Contrast control added

PAL DV anamorphic added

v1.0.5

Peaking control added

CrossHair option added

SafeArea option added

EagleEye option added

Shortcut keys added

v1.0.6

NTSC DV50 flip bug fixed

v1.0.7

NTSC DV anamorphic added

v1.1

Added Zoom controls

Added FPS display reference

Added 16x9 switch for DV, DV50

Better PAR correction

Fixed Resize cropping

Fixed EagleEye view

Fixed Exposure default setting

Fixed Peaking default setting

v1.1.1

DVCPro HD 720p 60 / 50 fixed