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Quickfire for Mac

Video player with features for production and post-production artists.

Free
In English
Version 1.42.3
4.5
Based on 9 user rates

Quickfire overview

Quickfire is a simple to use, yet powerful video player with many useful tools. Create playlists, add colour correction, draw on to video, add/export notes, bookmark frames within a video, hard-masking, variable playback rate, flip/flop and many many more features make Quickfire ideal for film/video professionals or anyone wanting more advanced control over their video collections.

Features
  • Playlists
    • Drag and drop folders and/or video files to create playlists of videos to watch
    • Search, sort and reorder videos
    • View as List or Thumbnail tiles
  • Playback Controls
    • Easily step from video to video with up and down arrow keys
    • Play forwards, backwards and frame-by-frame
    • Variable playback rates (0.2 - 5 x normal)
    • Loop Movie, Loop Playlist, and Play Movie Once, Play Playlist Once repeat options
    • Trim handles with user defined head and tails (can be used to play selection)
  • Drawing Tools
    • Draw onto individual video frames (useful for adding notes and marking-up)
    • Brush and eraser tools with variable colour, line-width and opacity
    • Drawings can be played back in realtime or hidden during playback
    • Use the Snapshot feature to save images with drawings
  • Colour Grading
    • Grade each video with RGB/CYM, gamma, exposure, saturation, brightness and contrast controls
    • Copy and paste grades between videos
    • Paste to all or selected videos
    • Use the Snapshot feature to save images with grade
  • Notes
    • Add typed notes to each movie
    • Add coloured flags to each movie (Red, Yellow, Green)
    • Export notes and flags as .rtf (for emailing) or .csv (for import into spreadsheet/database applications)
    • Dual notes fields with customisable titles (IE "Animation Notes" and "Director's Notes")
  • Advanced Display Features
    • Masking (1.66, 1.77, 1.85, 2.0, 2.35, 2.39 and 2.40 ratios)
    • Variable Mask Opacity
    • Frame Counter overlay
    • User defined frame-counter start number (handy of you have slate or bars at beginning of movies)
    • Timecode overlay
    • Filename overlay
    • Mirror image on X and/or Y axes
    • Zoomable image with click and drag to pan the image
    • Hotkeys for 1:1 Pixel Scale, Scale Up, Scale Down and Fit Viewer
  • Audio
    • Save audio track to file (as .wav)
    • Remove current audio tracks
    • Link audio file to movie
    • Save movie with current audio (does not save grade or drawings (yet!)).
    • Snapshot images
    • Snapshot while graded, zoomed, mirrored, masked and with overlays and drawings if visible
    • PNG or JPG with compression settings
    • User defined resolution and filename

What’s new in version 1.42.3

Version 1.42.3:

Note: Quickfire is incompatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina

Note: Now requires OS X 10.11 or later

  • Resolved bug causing some media to crash when looping bookmarks.
  • Important bug fixes and enhancements - recommended for all users.

Quickfire for Mac

Free
In English
Version 1.42.3

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4.5

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garryfrostfilms
garryfrostfilms
Jan 18 2022
1.42.3
0.0
Jan 18 2022
0.0
Version: 1.42.3
I recently downloaded your Quickfire software v1.42.3 to my MacBook which is 12.0.1 and running OS Monterey. However, once downloaded and attempted to be opened. I was informed that it cannot as Apple is unable to check it for malicious software. Is there any advice for a work around to this?
joepavlo
joepavlo
Oct 8 2021
1.42.3
0.0
Oct 8 2021
0.0
Version: 1.42.3
Are there plans to update Quickfire to work with macOS 11 BigSur and beyond?
Morlo
Morlo
Sep 23 2017
1.23.2
4.0
Sep 23 2017
4.0
Version: 1.23.2
great stuff! I would pay top dollar for this if it exported or “trimmed” clips based on in and out points and if it opened mkv, avis, flvs, etc.. why call them trim handles if the app can't trim?
Madmacmad
Madmacmad
May 6 2016
1.18.3
5.0
May 6 2016
5.0
Version: 1.18.3
thank you & respect! this App does a wonderful job if you discuss videos with someone and need to know the exact time codes.... I always make some annotation in the videos and the ability to paint on videos is amazing and a real timesaver... Just Love the App!
Lisa Lockworth
Lisa Lockworth
Mar 13 2016
1.14.6
4.5
Mar 13 2016
4.5
Version: 1.14.6
Love this app...way better than Quicktime! Thanks, Chas!
Morlo
Morlo
Sep 23 2017
4.0
Sep 23 2017
4.0
Version: null
Madmacmad
Madmacmad
May 6 2016
5.0
May 6 2016
5.0
Version: null
Lisa Lockworth
Lisa Lockworth
Mar 13 2016
4.5
Mar 13 2016
4.5
Version: null
Martinbriley
Martinbriley
Jul 31 2015
4.5
Jul 31 2015
4.5
Version: null
Simba0508
Simba0508
Feb 7 2015
4.5
Feb 7 2015
4.5
Version: null
ChasJ
ChasJ
May 15 2013
5.0
May 15 2013
5.0
Version: null
ammma
ammma
May 15 2013
4.0
May 15 2013
4.0
Version: null
ironskirt2
ironskirt2
Feb 27 2013
5.0
Feb 27 2013
5.0
Version: null
Ean
Ean
Feb 26 2013
4.0
Feb 26 2013
4.0
Version: null