Editmote 2.0 released with gestures, landscape, extra buttons and much more

Today we released Editmote 2.0, a major new update to our NLE remote control for iOS devices.

We've listened to your feedback and have added the following major new features.

Gestures

You can now switch between buttons and a gesture pad for performing tasks without having to look down. I didn't realize how much looking down affected my workflow until I tried gestures for the first time.

The default gestures include:

Single tap - Play / Pause
Swipe Up (1 finger) - Fast Forward
Swipe Down (1 finger) - Rewind
Swipe Left (1 finger) - Step Left 1 Frame
Swipe Right (1 finger) - Step Right 1 Frame

These are the basics; tap the Actions button then tap Edit Gestures to see the full list of default gestures.

One of Editmote's best aspects is that it's highly customizable. Tap Actions then Edit Gestures to modify them. You can choose from a list of over 60 actions to perform (or set your own custom ones) and assign tasks to tapping, swiping, zooming and rotating. You can set different tasks depending on the number of fingers held down.

Landscape orientation

Editmote now functions in portrait and landscape orientations for both iPad and iPhone. Each orientation uses a different layout, allowing you to create different button layouts for different purposes, such as a portrait layout for marking and a landscape layout for trimming.

Extra Buttons

Additional buttons have been added for insert / overwrite editing, undo, zoom in / out,  play in to out, play around, and many more.

We've also added additional user-defined buttons, making a total of 20.

Customizable user button names

This has been a highly requested feature. When creating a custom button you can now give it a name instead of the default User1, User2 etc.

To change the names on your existing button layouts, tap a user button while in edit mode and then select the user button again from the list. You will then be prompted to enter a new name.

We recommend keeping button names short. Long button names will be truncated.

iCloud sync

Button layouts are now synced to iCloud. This allows you to easily configure multiple devices with the same layout. There are separate layouts for iPad and iPhone so you cannot sync iPad to iPhone, only between devices of the same type.

New app presets

You've always been able to add new applications but we've now added built-in presets for Avid Symphony, Adobe Audition, Encore, Prelude, SpeedGrade, Blackmagic Media Express, Motion, REDCINE-X and Davinci Resolve / Lite.

We've also updated the existing presets to add support for new functions, so if you modified your presets you may need to reset them by hitting the remove button.

We support a wide range of applications but any not on the list are really easy to add manually. See the user manual for more details on this.

UI Improvements

We've made a lot of improvements to the connection view in particular. Manual IP addresses are now added by tapping the + button and can be saved as presets to prevent you having to re-enter information each time.

This is just an overview of the changes - there are many more tweaks, bug fixes and improvements in both the app and preference pane.

Editmote is a great addition to an editor's toolkit. I've found it really useful during client screenings, especially with our new gesture support. Our customers have found inventive uses for it too, ranging from giving the client control during a screening to marking clips and performing basic edits from a distance.

Editmote, along with several of our other tools, was also recently featured in Hand Held Hollywood's Filmmaking with the iPad & iPhone book by Taz Goldstein, so check it out on page 337. If you don't have the book yet I recommend it, and you can get a 35% discount by using the coupon code HHH.

Editmote is available for iPad and iPhone on the App Store. You'll also need to download and install the free Editmote Preference Pane to get it working. Existing users will need to update the preference pane to 2.0 to take advantage of the new features.

We're keen to know what people think of the new version so use the feedback link in the app to tell us.