Noise Industries, developer of visual
effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, today
announced that development partner SUGARfx (www.sugarqc.com) has
released the FxFactory powered FxPacks Design Tools and Slate Tools;
time saving workflow plug-ins for Apple Final Cut Studio ® 2.0 and
Apple Final Cut Express 4.0 applications. The new Design Tools and
Slate Tools FxPacks can be used daily to ensure time-consuming tasks
such as slate generation, color management, and precise object
placement can be done quickly and with exact precision. SUGARfx
created the Design Tools and Slate Tools FxPacks using the Noise
Industries FxFactory Pro Plug-in Manager.

“These two releases come as part of the SUGARfx Design Tools series,
plug-ins purpose-built for easing the pain points across the editing
workflow. Daily tasks such as managing the position of elements,
maintaining color accuracy and video slates are easily facilitated
through Design Tools and Slate Tools FxPacks,” said Niclas Bahn,
director of business development, Noise Industries. “The new SUGARfx
plug-ins are something that all designers can appreciate the moment
they load them and more importantly benefit every day they open their
editing application.”



Design Tools FxPack Feature Highlights
The Design Tools FxPack provides users color perfect layouts and a
wide range of guides to position elements accurately for every
project. Plug-in highlights include;



Design Checker Guides automatically tell editors whether or not their
projects will work with 35mm film, iPod formats, HD, SD and the other
standards. Close-up previews visually show editors how their work may
need to be cropped or changed in order to fit the final format.



Design Color Palette ensures colors remain true to specifications
throughout entire projects. Users can create their own color palette
presets and share them with other editors; maintaining color
consistency throughout the production process.



Design Proportional Guides is an assistant type feature used for
creating well-balanced layouts. The Design Custom Guides helps editors
position everything and anything on the screen accurately over time.
This plug-in is ideal for logo placement or titling, or menu layouts
that need to be done more than once. Editors can save and share
presets.



The Preview Player plug-in previews media in mobile media formats. The
preview allows editors to view elements as they would be displayed in
final format ‘ enabling them to make the necessary adjustments for
optimum viewing prior to finishing.



Slate Tools FxPack Feature Highlights
The Slate Tools FxPack automates slate production. Plug-in highlights
include:



The Slate Master plug-in automates the building of commonly used
slates. The feature includes 4 styles with comprehensive controls for
adjusting slate parameters and 21 pre-set slate templates. Editors can
increase productivity and creativity by focusing on more creative
aspects of the production, as opposed to slate production.



The Slate Warning plug-in provides a simple solution for automating
the creation of copyright warnings and disclaimer notices. Users can
animate scrolling, add custom logos, and adjust color and other slate
effects elements. Editors can save their presets and share with other
users increasing overall collaboration