Three in one: CoreMelt; Red Lightning Software; Rotolight

3 products on show this week: CoreMelt demonstrate Lock'n'Load and some of their other effects software; Red Lightning Software demo Shot Logger Pro - designed to speed up the logging process by enabling quick on-site logging which will reconnect back to media once loaded on drive; Rotolight is an innovative low-cost on-camera light which slips over the shotgun mic.

CoreMelt describe themselves as designers of filthy fast effects for editors with better things to do. Their mission is to design the fastest and most intuitive visual effects plugins possible, so creative editors lcan have a life away from the screen.

CoreMelt Pty Ltd is an Australian owned company founded by Roger Bolton, a visual effects veteran with ten years experience in post production and whose list of feature film credits include "Lord of the Rings", "Kingdom of Heaven" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". Roger has worked as a visual effects supervisor, senior flame operator and lead compositor in Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, India, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. A complete VFX Bio and showreels can be viewed at my VFX Website. Red Lightning Software make Shot Logger Pro - this allows you to quickly annotate each video clip right after it is shot. While shooting add Real Time Markers™ to mark important spots in the clip. Once you have finished shooting, copy all your video clips to your Hard Drive and Batch Connect™ Shot Logger Pro’s place holder clips to their corresponding video clip in a blink of an eye. Export your clips and start editing in Final Cut Pro with fully logged and organized clips.

The Rotolight RL48-A ‘Stealth Edition’ Camcorder LED light, is designed to simply slip over the shotgun mic on-camera. The light delivers calibrated 6900K, ‘Daylight’ 5600K, 4100K and ‘Tungsten’ 3200K light.

Rotolight can be accurately dimmed (using Neutral Density filters) over a range of 1.5 aperture stops. The 48 Ultrabright LED’s provide warm, natural light for HD Cinematography, provides the ‘ring-light’ effect without ‘Red-Eye’ or shadows. RL48 ‘Stealth Edition’ has a matt black rubberized outer coating which minimises reflectivity and is weather resistant. The package also includes a Filter-Holder and custom Lighting Gel Kit (made by Lee Filters).