CoreMelt has released the Lock & Load video stabilizer for Apple Final Cut Pro. Lock & Load takes shaky footage and makes it usable. Just select the clip, analyze it and play back the smoothed clip—six times faster than Apple Smoothcam, and even on clips with complex rotation motion or camera zooms. Lock & Load is capable of intelligently ignoring foreground motion, even on busy scenes or shots with dark backgrounds.

Lock & Load Features

• No need to choose tracking points, Lock & Load intelligently analyzes the entire clip for you. Just select the clip and go.
• With intelligent adaptive zoom, Lock & Load will automatically compensate for differing levels of movement and zoom in to remove edges.
• Removes or smoothes rotation and zoom changes as well as X and Y movement.
• Analyzes only the portion of the clip you select; no need to export and re-import long clips.
• Works with all kinds of footage, no "too much movement" errors.
• Gives smoother and more fluid results on all types of footage, from landscapes to city scenes.
• Intelligently ignores foreground motion.
• Multithreaded motion analysis uses all processors on your system.
• Real-time preview of the smoothed clip without rendering.
• No learning curve; instant intuitive user interface; works directly on the FCP timeline.

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Minimum Requirements:

• Mac OS X v10.5.4 (Leopard) or higher
• Final Cut Pro 6 or later.
• Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
• G5 Processor, 1GHz or faster
• Dedicated 128MB or higher graphics memory required (256MB required for HD rendering)
• 100MB hard drive space for CoreMelt Complete

Pricing and Availability
Lock & Load retails for $149.