iPhone App: Slate
Posted on November 7, 2008
A digital remake of a director’s slate with clear audio and video sync cue, Slate features a large display of production, director, scene, take and current time. With easy to increment scene and take number, Slate comes with two colors; white and black, and two sync cues; beep and clap.
December 3, 2008
no linkie??? Looks cool!
December 8, 2008
Hey Jayse - go to the app store on iTunes and search “slate”.
December 20, 2008
It sure looks pretty. Pretty useless. I can’t believe this was designed by someone who has ever worked with a timecode generating/reading slate, or worked in a real production environment for that matter. Instead of frames (SMPTE timecode), they used milliseconds as a base. What good is a millisecond count when you are trying to edit video or film with a 29.97, 25, or 24 base? Also how can an iPhone transmit the timecode it generates to other devices (camera, audio recorder, etc.). It can’t even read timecode another device has generated. It’s a nice device if you want to play at filmmaker, or make yourself look official in front of inexperienced clients who don’t know any better, but this is app is definitely not ready for prime time.
July 7, 2009
Hi Dan. Forgive the intrusion, but I’m not sure how else to contact you. I thought you might be interested in our new iPhone app: MovieSlate. Here’s a press release: http://www.pureblendsoftware.com/movieslatepix.