News from MacPhun: Silent Film Director, the vintage video maker for iPhone, will be free through this weekend. The offer will be running in the App Store until Sunday, so hurry up!
If you enjoy using your iDevice to record and process video clips, Silent Film director may be what you are looking for, as it offers in a nifty package not only a nice collection of vintage looking effects, but also the possibility to add a custom soundtrack to your footage and make other editing. If you want an in-depth description of Silent Film Director’s features, feel free to read our full review for MacPhun’s app.
In the occasion of the the celebrations for the 4th of July, a selection of MacPhun’s photo apps is currently available for free, for a limited time. This special offer is valid for Silent Film Director, Cartoonatic, Doodle Cam and Art Camera and it will be running until July the 4th.
FX Photo Studio and FX Photo Studio HD are also on sale, both at the special price of $0.99 for a few days: a good occasion to check them out!
Other offers valid through the 4th of July: Halftone ($0.99 -50%) and PocketBooth HD ($0.99 -80%)
To celebrate the birthday of Marilyn Monroe, one of the most beloved and widely recognized icons in the history of cinema, MacPhun has a very special present for iPhone users:
Silent Film Director will be totally free for one day in the App Store! If you haven’t tried the vintage video making app yet (you can read our review of Silent Film Director by clicking here), this is an occasion not to be missed!
You will be able to get Silent Film Director for free only tomorrow, June 1, 2011!
Once upon a time, MacPhun released a video editing app called Vintage Video Maker, a nice but perhaps a little overlooked video utility to turn videos into old looking footage. This story has an happy ending: Vintage Video Maker was recently upgraded and its name was changed to Silent Film Director. With enhanced features, a newly designed UI and more stability than its predecessor, Silent Film Director is what you need for giving your plain videos a beautiful vintage flavor.
Main Features
Up to HD video resolution;
Six vintage film styles;
Add custom soundtrack;
Accelerate or slow down footage;
Crop video clips;
Add title cards and transitions;
Share via email, Facebook, YouTube.
Appotography Opinion
As I said, Silent Film Director allows users to process their videos in a delightful retro style. MacPhun’s app is more than that though: it also allows basic video editing, which includes cropping, adding transitions, title cards, and custom soundtracks.
Silent Film Director is available in two versions: one called Standard, that is basically what you get with your initial purchase, and the Pro one, which requires an additional in-app purchase (£0.59||$0.99||€0.79).
The Standard version mainly allows video post-processing. You can record the video from within the app or load it from the camera roll. You can also import external videos to your device through iTunes and ftp connection.
Six different styles are available for giving your videos a believable vintage look. Choices range from the dusty and scratchy black and white of 20’s films to the washed-out and overly saturated lo-fi style of 70’s home movies. All the effects are very well-done. Other than applying filters, you can choose a soundtrack from the app’s limited selection, from your iPod or from your computer — and of course, you can choose to keep the original audio of your video. As a bonus, you can also alter the video’s speed, decreasing or increasing it.
Rendering times are very fast compared to other apps, even on older devices — thumbs up to developers for the amazing improvement from the older Vintage Video Maker app. After you generate your processed video, you can either save it, mail it or share it on Facebook and Youtube.
The Pro version lets the user create more complex projects than Standard mode. It’s in fact possible to add more video clips to a single project and to enrich it with photos, transitions, and titles; by dragging and dropping each element independently and by cropping segments of footage, you have a portable editing studio at your fingertips. When your project is complete, you can proceed to the post-processing stage and then you finally save.
For the quality of the effects, for the features included, for the clear and stylish interface and for the overall experience, Silent Film Director deserves a full score. If you’re into all things vintage, this is one of the apps you must have in your collection.
Overall
Name: Silent Film Director
Developer: MacPhun
Compatibility: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad. iOS 4.2 or later.
Price: £0.59||$0.99||€0.79
Vote: 5/5
If you enjoy using your iDevice to record and process video clips, Silent Film director may be what you are looking for, as it offers in a nifty package not only a nice collection of vintage looking effects, but also the possibility to add a custom soundtrack to your footage and make other editing. If you want an in-depth description of Silent Film Director’s features, feel free to read our full review for MacPhun’s app.
