CoreMelt plugins for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, After Effects and Motion

Lock and Load X

Free Trial Demo Movie Video Review Buy Now Lock and Load X The Worlds Fastest Stabilization System for FCP. Lock and Load can smooth out motion in all types of footage in just seconds. Just select the clip, analyze it in seconds and playback the smoothed clip. That's it, instant gratification, even on clips with complex rotation motion or camera zooms. New feature: Lock & Load X is now able to also reduce Rolling Shutter Artifacts at the same time as it stabilizes your footage, and is the ONLY stabilizer available for Final Cut Studio with this feature. Lock and load is capable of intelligently ignoring foreground motion even on busy scenes or with dark backgrounds. Lock & Load is now split into Lock & Load X - designed for more complex projects, and Lock & Load Frames - designed for simpler projects. Lock & Load Frames works in Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro, Lock & Load X ONLY works in Final Cut Pro. Lock & Load X now includes Rolling Shutter Reduction Rolling shutter artifacts occur when shooting footage using CMOS sensors like the very popular HD DSLR cameras; Canon EOS 5D MkII, 7D and 550D. Certain rolling shutter artifacts can be reduced in post production, and Lock & Load X can help reduce effects like horizontal skew and vertical distortion. For more information visit our Rolling Shutter Reduction page. Lock and Load X is up to 3 times faster than Lock & Load! Lock & Load has been completely re-written and has a new method of reading frames, this makes Lock & Load X up to 3 times faster than Lock & Load, that's up to 12 times faster than Smoothcam! Lock & Load X now analyzes in the background so you can work on other clips while it's working, so now more waiting around for clips to be tracked! With this feature, Lock & Load X can now track multiple clips in sequence, streamlining your worlkflow. Now there's no more re-tracking your clips after simply adding a transition, Lock & Load X uses advanced techniques to keep your clips tracked, meaning less waiting around! Lock & Load’s advanced features: Up to 12 times faster than Smoothcam! Advanced tracking techniques allow transitions to be added with no re-tracking needed. Background analyzing allows you to keep working while tracking. 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. Lock & Load X and Lock & Load Frames Because editors may work in many different styles we created two versions of the Lock & Load plug-in in order to try to cover as many different workflows as possible. Most editors should find that “Lock & Load X” works well in almost all circumstances. If you mainly work in very complex projects with long timelines you may find that “Lock & Load Frames” is faster for your workflow. Click here for the full documentation. View the Lock & Load X and Frames Video tutorial. Comparison Table
Features	Lock & Load X	Lock & Load	Smoothcam	Magic Bullet Steady	Boris Optical Stabilise
Speed compared to Smoothcam*	12x	6x	1x	1x	3x
Reduces Rolling Shutter Arifacts	Yes	No	No	No	No
Smoothes Rotation & Zoom	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Fast Preview/Render	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Analyses in/out only	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Smart Adaptive Zoom	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Fully Keyframable	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Background Tracking	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
No Re-Tracking for Transitions	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Price	normally $149	NA	NA	$199	$99