Noise Industries Ships FXfactory For Apple Final Cut Studio 2

Noise Industries, developer of visual
effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, today
announced the availability of FxFactory 1.05 for Apple Final Cut
Studio 2.

Noise Industries FxFactory for Apple Final Cut Studio 2
FxFactory for Apple Final Cut Studio 2 offers GPU accelerated, native
visual effects plug-ins for Apple Final Cut Pro 6 and Apple Motion 3
running on Apple’s new FxPlug architecture. The optimized FxFactory
plug-in architecture provides maximum speed and performance for visual
effects creation on both PowerPC and Intel-based Mac platforms. Other
core FxFactory enhancements include a refined user interface and
custom presets for fast ‘ professional effects creation.

“This FxFactory release offers more than just support for Final Cut
Studio 2. It offers faster effects creation and very innovative image
treatment filters. These new filters are based on feedback from our
growing user base,” comments Niclas Bahn, general manager, Noise
Industries. “It is the unique plug-in creation capabilities of
FxFactory Pro plug-in manager that allow us to implement new effects
with such a quick turnaround.”

New FX for the Pro Pack: Frame Overlay, Particle System, Slideshow,LED Lights
•Frame Overlay: allows the preview of sections of footage that fit
within a different (smaller)
frame size than the native size of the sequence, by rendering a
customizable overlay over existing footage. The overlay can be used to
add hints to your footage before a conversion from 16:9 to 4:3; to
preview how your PAL content will look at NTSC resolution if no
re-scaling is applied; to identify portions of the original HD frame
to be preserved when down-sampling for DVD adaptation.

•Particle System: animate built-in images as well as media via an
image well parameter.
•Slideshow: create slideshow of images from any folder inside FCP.
•LED Lights: simulate the display of a source image on an array of
LED lights.

New FX for Motion Pack: Glitch, 3D Shatter, Panel Vision, RGB Trails
•Glitch:corrupts and destroys the image in a controllable way.
•3D Shatter: breaks the image up over 3D space.
•Panel Vision: tiles 8 source images in random patterns.
•RGB Trails: a motion trail effect with controls for each color
channel.

New FX for Editing Pack: New Transitions: Cheshire Fade, Explode
Away, Panels Mix Off, Spinner, Zipper
•Cheshire Fade: fades away the image leaving the edges to last.
•Explode Away: explodes the source clip off the screen.
•Panels Mix Off: mixes, shrinks or spins the source clip to the next
clip in random patterns.
•Spinner: spins the image a number of times landing on the next clip.
•Zipper: Unzips the next image over the clip.

Pricing and Availability
Noise Industries FxFactory 1.05 and updated FxPacks are available
today. The MSRP starts at $99.00 USD. FxFactory 1.05 is a free update
for all current owners of FxFactory.