Kuuvik Capture 2 Beta Available

May 11, 2015 by

The first beta build of Kuuvik Capture 2 is now available. If you would like to participate in the beta, please download and complete the Beta Application and NDA form, and send it back to beta@direstudio.com.

Seating is limited, so we can’t guarantee that every applicant will be chosen as a beta tester. If your application is accepted, you will receive download instructions within a couple of days.

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The above screen shot shows the updated black & white peaking mode. What’s new here is the way black & white conversion is done. It handles reds significantly better. For the technically inclined, we are now using HDTV-like luminance calculation, while the old version used SDTV-like calculation.

For the complete list of what’s new in version 2, please refer to my former post.

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Kuuvik Capture 2 Coming This Summer

May 4, 2015 by

On 30th of April I had completed the acquisition of Kuuvik Capture. Although I was the original author, pecuniary rights (to sell and make money out of it) belonged to Kuuvik Digital. Now I’m the owner and my company – DIRE Studio – will distribute the app.

Alongside the business part of the acquisition, I have been actively working on a new version during the last couple of months. And now I’m pleased to announce Kuuvik Capture 2.

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Here’s a quick laundry list of what’s new. Check out my post about what’s new in the Beta 2!

I plan to post on these in detail in the coming weeks.

Kuuvik Capture 2 is planned to be available in the Mac App Store. That is, there will be no limit on the number of cameras you can use with the app. And you will be able to use the app on all your Macs.

A closed group, application only beta will be available soon. I’ll post on how to apply when we are ready to begin.

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Artist’s Viewfinder 4.1 Released

February 20, 2015 by

Version 4.1 of the Mark II Artist’s Viewfinder is now available on the App Store. I already posted about one of it’s new features, frame highlighting. So let me walk you through the remaining ones.

To add support for new iPhones and iPads to the app we do a series of measurements in our lab to determine the angle of view of the device’s camera. This takes time, and can only be done after we have the actual device in our hands. That is, there used to be a gap between when you can buy a new iPhone and when the app supports it. iOS also provides this angle of view data, but it used to be less precise than our measurements.

FrameSizeAdjustmentBeginning with version 4.1, we’ll utilize the iOS provided data until we can do the measurements. On newer phones the iOS provided data is much more accurate than it was in the past. This way you could immediately use the app on new devices.

Should the iOS provided data be a little off, a new menu item allows you to adjust frame sizes in a +/-5% range in 0.5% steps. This adjustment is also available when the app is utilizing lab measurements, to give you a bit more flexibility.

The adjustment is stored per device type, so if you upgrade to a new one, the adjustment value will be reset.

With this release, we have well over 500 different cameras to choose from for your virtual camera setup. So finding your camera could be a daunting task.

camsearchVersion 4.1 introduces full text searching for both the camera and back selection screens, accessible through the search icon.

As a side note, I’d like to mention that we also streamlined backward navigation buttons by removing the text and just leaving the backward arrow. This goes better with the simple geometric forms we use throughout the app.

But back to the full text search function.

camsearchresultJust type the first few characters of your camera’s manufacturer and/or model name, and the Mark II will present a list of matching names. Simple as that.

In ALPA eFinder II camera search is only available if you had purchased the Camera Pack.

This version also brings wide converter support to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. We support the olloclip 4-in-1 on both devices, and the ALPA ACAM SWC on the iPhone 6. And still waiting for Schneider to make their iPro lens system compatible with the new phones.

The app now runs natively on new 64-bit devices.

We also have the usual bunch of new cameras, the full list of which you can see in the release notes, but I’d like to mention here that we added the ARRI/Zeiss Ultra Prime, Master Prime and Anamorphic lens sets as Real Lenses.

Version 4.1 is a free update for existing Mark II Artist’s Viewfinder owners. Users of former Viewfinder Basic/Pro/Cine editions can upgrade for a reduced price.

I’m currently working on updating the Handbook, which is planned to be available next week.

Update 2/24/2015: The updated Handbook is now available.

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Artist’s Viewfinder in the Update Magazine

February 4, 2015 by

Yours truly talks about the Mark II in Ebru TV’s Update magazine back at Photokina 2014.

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Frame Highlighting in Artist’s Viewfinder 4.1

February 3, 2015 by

This morning I have been field testing a neat new feature of the of the upcoming version of the Mark II Artist’s Viewfinder. The new feature is the ability to highlight frames.

Let’s jump right in. I’ve included a couple of previews from my test. Below is the first. Click it (or the others) for a 100% view. These screen-sized previews are quite large because I’m using an iPhone 6 Plus.

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As you can see on the image, the “highlighted” frame remains a solid line, while all others will become dotted. This is a handy way to document your preferred lens choice right on the view itself. But it also leaves you all the what-if choices with other focal lengths.

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By default you can highlight a frame by triple tapping inside it, just like the cardboard cutout-like frame mask works with a double tap. Or, you can even swap them, that is you can assign highlighting to double taps and frame masks to triple taps. Whatever works for you. But please note that these are two mutually exclusive things.

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Frame highlighting will be available in version 4.1 of the Mark II Artist’s Viewfinder, planned to be released later this month. This will be a a free update for existing Mark II owners (and a paid one for Viewfinder Basic/Pro/Cine users).

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Mark II Artist’s Viewfinder 4.0 Released

December 10, 2014 by

avf2iconApple approved the latest update of the Mark II Artist’s Viewfinder, and it’s now available on the App Store.

It contains all the new developments I already mentioned in my last post, as well as the usual camera database updates. Plus a handy nice addition: you can now close the Quick Control Screen by tapping outside it.

This is a free update for existing Mark II owners, and upgrades are now available for previous Viewfinder Basic, Pro and Cine edition customers.

For the complete list of new features and additions please check out the press release.

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