Here's a pair of potentially useful filter-emulation apps from Tiffen, one of the best known companies in the photographic filter business. Each of the two apps contains a variety of digital reproductions of existing, real-world filters. You can apply one, or more, and make various adjustments along the way.

The apps only work with stills... not videos.  So, for now, they're best used as previsualization tools -- a way for directors and cinematographers to get a sense of what their final shots might look like.

At least, that's the theory....

Are there any cinematographers out there who have used these apps? To the apps accurately represent their real-life counterparts?  Let us know in the comments below!

Check out the video to learn more about the apps.

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Updated on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 11:28PM by Taz Goldstein

Now here's a handy-dandy little contraption.  The iRecord Pro let's you take any incoming video signal, and record it straight to your iPhone and iPod touch.

That means you don't have to waste time encoding, copying and syncing through iTunes.  Just hit record and go.  Pretty neat!

Check out the video after the jump!

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Updated on Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 9:19PM by Taz Goldstein

Writers who’ve enjoyed Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need, will likely be thrilled by the new Save The Cat! ($19.99) app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Those of you who don’t know what I'm talking about should run out, buy this book, read it, and then come back.

…we'll wait…

In his books, author Blake Snyder teaches his system for perfecting the craft of screenwriting. He introduces tools and techniques designed to focus and inspire. He begins by stressing the importance of a powerful log-line, and then guides you in picking the perfect genre. After that, he helps you build a 15 step beat sheet, and then explains how to structure everything on a board with 40 index cards. 

Snyder knows structure, and it shows in his techniques. The Save the Cat! app brings those techniques to the mobile screenwriter.

Let’s check it out!

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What's that?  You still haven't written that script you've been talking about for years?  Well, no more excuses. It's time to focus up, and get typing... or should I say, tapping. Filter Apps has released ScriptWrite, a new screenwriting tool for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

ScriptWrite isn't the first screenwriting app for your ithing (that distinction goes to Screenplay by Black Mana Studios). But ScriptWrite sets itself apart by taking a very different approach to dealing with the complexities of script formatting.

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