PluralEyes 3.5, the latest update to Red Giant’s automated audio/video sync tool, offers expanded media support, updated accuracy and drift correction. PluralEyes analyzes audio from all devices and automatically syncs them up with the touch of a button.
“PluralEyes has always been great at taking what came out of your camera and audio devices and making them work together, as is,” said Randon Morford, Shooter Suite product manager. “But there are many issues created in camera that make a sync virtually impossible. In this version, we’ve added a new feature called Drift Correction that allows PluralEyes to actively fix audio/video issues, generated directly in camera, that can cause an inaccurate sync.”
Drift correction is a new feature unique to PluralEyes 3.5, and a solution to a problem that plagues many shooters. When filming long clips, cameras can lose sync with audio recorders because their recording speeds don’t match precisely.
An additional focus for this PluralEyes upgrade has been on improving and expanding support for more media types – including improved support for AVCHD cameras, with support for spanned clips. In addition, PluralEyes’ Replace Audio feature now supports many more media types bringing this feature to a much larger group of users.
Also new to the suite is Denoiser II, Red Giant’s video noise reduction plug-in. Denoiser II gives shooters a tool for improving the quality of the video they shoot, especially when shooting in low light or at high ISOs.
The Shooter Suite upgrade also includes tools for bringing older or smaller formats onto your large-format timeline. Red Giant Instant 4K, an update to Instant HD, includes speed optimization (up to 3-4X) and new presets geared towards higher resolution formats. Also, Red Giant Frames, a tool used to deinterlace older footage and convert it to 24P, is included as part of the suite.