While most of our elves have been busy lately working on eye catching fun like Tempo or making sure our website didn’t fall over during our secret sale, our nerd factory has also been working on resolving some issues that have cropped up in PluralEyes. To grab the latest version, pick up the latest installer for PluralEyes 3 here.

This update (PluralEyes 3.1.1) contains the following fixes and changes:

• Fixed an issue with “Allow Sync to Change Clip Order” that caused incorrect playback after the sync.
• Now enables you to reconnect to missing media files when opening a project.
• Fixed an “Audio Extraction Failed” error when attempting to sync with AAF.
• Fixed an import crash when importing some types of spanned media.
• Now reports an import error if a user imports an AAF that uses unsupported properties
• Fixed an export crash when exporting some types of spanned media.

Enjoy the updates and have a great new year!

Andrew Cheyne, Director of Engineering – Red Giant

PS: Before you ask… Yes, we’re working on the Windows version!

You probably caught the news that Red Giant acquired the Audio Syncing technology (such as PluralEyes) from Singular Software. We’re pretty jazzed but, we know you probably have questions about what this means for the future of Singular technology, not to mention simple things like upgrade policies now that that the software has changed hands – or has it?

In this interview, I sit down with Bruce Sharpe, CEO of Singular Software to talk about what all this acquisition stuff means for the future, and how it will effect existing and new customers.

I am very excited to announce that Red Giant has acquired Singular Software’s audio synchronization products and technology.

Andrew Little and I started Red Giant in 2002. Over the last 10 years we have grown from a small team with a couple of great plug-ins, to a fast-growing company with dozens of plug-ins, artist-driven presets, stand-alone apps like Magic Bullet Looks and Grinder, and even iOS apps that tens of thousands of users rely upon every day.

When talking with Singular Software, we realized that we share a similar culture and vision. Our companies are both spread out geographically, with many team members working remotely but efficiently using Google Docs, Skype and other tools to refine ideas and build products. Bruce Sharpe and his full product team are partnering with Red Giant, and will continue their laser-like focus on PluralEyes®, the best tool for synchronizing video.

With PluralEyes 3.0, we see a fantastic product that makes media preparation faster and easier for users. It also makes production simpler. PluralEyes fits naturally alongside our Magic Bullet Looks to make video productions come together faster. Version 3.0 is coming soon and will continue to support a variety of video editors on Mac and Windows.

Beyond PluralEyes 3.0, our companies have a shared vision for media production. We think that too many tedious tasks get in the way of real editing, and we want to help our users focus on the creative parts. We’re excited to include Singular Software’s technology in future Red Giant products.

Sean Safreed
Co-founder