Also, no doubt, the footage will be re-colorized, reworked, and abstracted into all sorts of new forms by those using plug-ins such as Red Giant Software’s Magic Bullet Looks and Toonit, and DigiEffects’ various plug-ins such as Delirum, Auroix, and Berserk.
Turn On The Juicer
Pulled straight off one of the DVDs, each Videotraxx HD clip is output as a 1920X1080 Quicktime .MOV file. However, Digital Juice’s free proprietary “Juicer” software allows for quick searches of the tracks, and will then pull each clip off its DVD, and render it out to your hard drive in just about any resolution you prefer, down to good ol’ standard definition NTSC in AVI, Windows Media, RTV, as well as in still photo sequences (a format popular with many Adobe After Effects users). If you wind up using a variety of Digital Juice’s products, the Juicer will likely get a workout during your editing sessions.
Much of the footage in Videotraxx HD is in some form of slow motion, ranging from 60 frames per second (double the normal frame rate for video) to an ultra-slow 1000 FPS. The frame rates can be adjusted to normal speed either in the Juicer (for many clips, a choice of slow motion and real-time playback speeds can be chosen) or in virtually all editing applications.
What are the downsides of the VideoTraxx HD package? The $499.95 cost of the product (on sale at the time this post was written at $249.95, and Digital Juice has frequent sales if that offer has passed) might seem initially expensive, but consider how many hours it would take to bring in the right talent, rehearse them, light, compose, record and edit each image. Additionally, there will no doubt be lots of shots over time you’ll need to acquire elsewhere, as this article in the June issue of Videomaker magazine explores, as no stock footage library can contain everything. As Steven Wright would say, where would you put it?
But for those video editors, pro or amateur, Web or broadcast, looking for a variety of very well produced, very flexible stock footage, VideoTraxx HD is well worth stocking up on.
Article comments
1 - B Walters
Here is another company that offers stock footage and video backgrounds at great prices. They are Studio 1 Productions.
It's always great to have several sources to work with.
Bill