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CoreMelt Chromatic for FCPX Delivers Complete, Flexible, Professional Color Correction for Editors; Integrates Academy Award-Winning mocha Tracking Technology for Mask Tracking   Sydney, Australia (April 9, 2018) – CoreMelt (www.coremelt.com) today announced it will be showcasing powerful new color grading tools for Final Cut Pro X editors at NAB 2018 in Las Vegas this week. With this announcement, CoreMelt has added a number of new features to its professional-calibre color grading plug-in for Final Cut Pro X editors, Chromatic.   As key presenter at the LumaForge “Faster Together” event in booth #S112LMR in the South Hall of the LVCC, CoreMelt will also demonstrate new products and technologies optimized for Final Cut Pro editors.   Stemming from its long-standing partnership with Imagineer Systems, CoreMelt Chromatic for FCPX is also powered by mocha, the Academy Award-­winning Planar Tracking technology that precisely tracks camera motion, objects and people for seamless visual effects and screen composites. This built-in capability to Chromatic saves colorists significant time and tedium when tracking masks in clips and sequences. No other color correction plug-in on the market offers this capability.   During NAB 2018, CoreMelt will showcase a number of new features in Chromatic that extend the utility of FCPX for editors and colorists working complex sequences in which accurate, fast, easy-to-use and intelligent color correction is required, including powerful color keying, full RGB and HSL curves, and three way color wheels. Additional new features in Chromatic debuting at NAB include:  
  • Improved Hotkeys for fast keyboard navigation through the robust feature set;
  • An Adjustment Stack Gallery for stacked presets enables users to see previous grading presets made in context on a current frame plus see how to export grades as CUBE files;
  • Ability to compare buffers for shot-to-shot grading;
  • Support for Auto Balance using the XRite Color Checker Passport Video, enabling users to change looks on entire scenes using grade groups;
  • Supports working in rec2020 Wide Gamut Color Space;
  • Support for Tangent Ripple controllers;
These features combine to make CoreMelt Chromatic the most complete, feature-rich, accessible - both in price/value and ease of use - color grading plug-in for Final Cut Pro X users. Pricing and Availability CoreMelt Chromatic for Apple Final Cut Pro X is available immediately and is regularly priced at $99.00 USD. During NAB 2018. Chromatic will be available for only $79.00 USD. Special NAB 2018 pricing is available through April 20, 2018.  For more information, or to purchase Chromatic for FCPX, please visit https://coremelt.com/products/chromatic.   About CoreMelt CoreMelt, established in 2005, is a Sydney, Australia-based developed of advanced video plug-in effects for the editorial, compositing, design and visual effects communities. CoreMelt products are available worldwide through the Internet and resellers in the US, UK, Taiwan and Japan. For additional information on CoreMelt and its range of products, please visit www.coremelt.com.