Echo Fire 2.1.4 review

Echo Fire lets you see how your artwork really looks by displaying the current After Effects composition or Photoshop document on your NTSC or PAL video monitor.

License: Demo OS: Mac OS X File size: 2491K Developer: CValley, Inc. Buy Now Price: $270.00 Updated: 19 Jun 2006

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Echo Fire lets you see how your artwork really looks by displaying the current After Effects composition or Photoshop document on your NTSC or PAL video monitor.

Here are some key features of "Echo Fire":
Displays video previews via FireWire and other video output boards.
Displays the current comp (AE) or document (PS).
Realtime video previews in After Effects from RAM or disk, with audio.
Handles 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios.
Can overlay waveform monitor, vectorscope, safe title and action areas, and test patterns on the video preview.
Drag and drop video playback to FireWire.
Screen previewer outputs Mac desktop to video.
Exports DV (video and audio) to FireWire from QuickTime Player.
Video color picker lets you preview your color choice on the video monitor and automatically "legalize" chosen colors for broadcast use.
Compatible with NTSC and PAL.
Includes 60-page User's Guide in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.

Limitations:
72 hours demo.

What's New:
Adds support for the AJA Io uncompressed audio/video FireWire capture device from AJA Video Systems, Inc.

Requirements:
QuickTime 4.1.2 or later
Video output device such as Apple's built-in FireWire, Digital Voodoo D1 Desktop, Media 100, Pinnacle Systems CineWave or Targa 1/2, or Aurora Igniter or Fuse.
Adobe After Effects 4.0 or later, and/or Adobe Photoshop 5.0 or later. Some features of Echo Fire 2.0 require After Effects 5.0 or later.
FireWire users will need a camcorder, VTR, or similar device to convert FireWire to video.