Lock and Load XThe Worlds Fastest Instant Hit Stabilization System for FCP.
Lock and Load can take your hand held shaky cam footage and make it usable footage. 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. 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 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:
Lock & Load X and Lock & Load Frames
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 |
| Smoothes Rotation & Zoom | Yes |
Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Fast Preview/Render | Yes |
Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Analyses in/out only | Yes |
Yes | No | Yes | No |
| 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 |
*speed comparison on 30 second DV pal footage in FCP7 with rotation smoothing enabled, 2009 macbook pro
Apple Smoothcam, Magic Bullet Steady and Boris Optical Stabilizer are registered trademarks of their relevant companies.



