Two years ago at NAB, CTRL+Console demoed a prototype of its mobile app for iPad control of Adobe Premiere Pro CC for video editing. This was just the first of many interfaces by the company that turn iPads into intuitive controllers for creative software.
Today, the company is back at the Show and proud to celebrate two years of helping more than 5,000 video editors in 79 different countries tell their best stories.
Creative software has been largely designed around the limited functionality of the keyboard and relies heavily on hundreds of keyboard shortcuts to improve speed of use. The development of touchscreens has ushered in a new era of intuitive interfaces that are so intuitive even toddlers can use them. However, few products address this leap in design to improve user control of the complex software modern creatives use on a daily basis – that is, until CTRL+Console.
Simon Williams, Adobe, stated:
“The talented creatives who tap into the power of Adobe Premiere Pro CC are constantly looking for new ways to up their game. CTRL+Console is a strong complement to Adobe Premiere Pro CC, part of Adobe Creative Cloud. The intuitive buttons and fast gesture controlled editing via the iPad is an evolution in user experience for our customers.”
Arthur Bell of DreamLike Pictures, explained:
“Every day we use CTRL+Console for controlling our timelines for both our editing and motion graphics suites. In fact, we unplugged the $1,000 console we had been using after I got CTRL+Console because the app is more responsive.”
Instead of expensive hardware that only works with one program, the CTRL+Console app brings iPads into the workflow as an intuitive touchscreen interface for many programs (including Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Adobe Lightroom®, coming soon, and Final Cut Pro) and incorporates a cutting-edge Gesture Control System that allows creatives to edit faster, all while keeping their eyes on their work.
On his experience with CTRL+Console, David Curlee of GeekBeat.tv noted:
“Once you get your feet wet and learn the gestures you can really speed up your workflow. It’s really going to help enhance the way you do your editing and at such an affordable price.”
David Shapton, Editor of RedShark News, said:
“It works, and very well. So much so, that I would consider using it every day.”
CTRL+Console is on a mission to empower other creatives and change the way editors use computers. This mission, and the beautifully designed app, have struck a chord among creative circles. CTRL+Console currently has over 5,200 video editors in 79 countries, with an overall App Star Rank of four stars and rave reviews from grateful users. In February 2015, CTRL+Console repeatedly (eight times!) reached the top 50 Grossing Productivity Apps in the App Store, and hit number 12 Top Grossing productivity app in September 2014.
This success was started by the backers of CTRL+Console’s Kickstarter campaign in November 2012, which surpassed its goal by 20%. Last month, CTRL+Console completed its latest round of fundraising, in which the company raised $261,000 in three weeks.
CTRL+Console Cofounder Jeff Chow added:
“This is about empowering our users to create what they dream. Our goal is to help the creative process so that we can all tell the stories, create the images, or build the models that mean the most to us.”
The CTRL+Console app currently has interfaces available for Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Final Cut Pro, and Quicktime, with more iPad interfaces in the works.
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