Toolfarm Inc., the U.S. distributor for The Foundry, today announced the availability of completely re-engineered versions of Tinderbox products, including a brand new product called Tinderbox 4. The updated Tinderbox 1, 2, and 3 supports 32 bpc and the After Effects camera and lights, plus provides speed enhancements. All Tinderbox products are available for After Effects 7 only for both Mac OS X and Windows. Download versions of the re-engineered Tinderbox products are available now. The boxed versions are expected to ship in late October.

About Tinderbox 4

  • Transform images with a hand-drawn Cartoon look.
  • Set images alight with Fire or opt for Colourist for automatic colour correction.
  • BleachBypass exactly mimics a film lab bleach bypass process where the silver in the negative is retained to give a very stylised look.
  • Flow allows users to reveal the layers in an image by flowing colour through a matte.
  • Now you can have limitless zoom with InfiniteZoom, it keeps on zooming until the original image is revealed or an alternative image within the zoomed pixels.
  • Convert images with LineDrawing, this smart tool detects the edges in your image and applies a really organic looking pen stroke.
  • Simulate a Security camera feed.
  • Generate clean and really effective 2D Rain or go for a winter look with Snow.
  • Wrap background light around foreground objects with LightWrap and apply fast elegant glow effects with SoftGlow.
Pricing and Availability
Tinderbox 1, 2, 3, & 4 are available each for $500.

– Pre-Order Special: Buy Tinderbox 1, 2 & 3, and get the completely new Tinderbox Box 4 for free! Offer ends Oct 13th, 2006 Promo SRP: $1,500, regular price is $2,000.

– Pre-Order Special: Buy Tinderbox 1, 2 & 3 re-vamped upgrades, and get the completely new Box 4 for free! Offer ends Oct 13th, 2006 Promo SRP: $750 regular price is $1,000. Proof of original Tinderbox 1, 2, & 3 is required.