New automated counter plug-in provides full text animation control including style, color and global character spacing
effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, announced
that development partner Idustrial Revolution has released the Decimal
Counter FxPack plug-in for Apple ® Final Cut Studio ® and Apple Final
Cut ® Express applications. Developed to produce professionally
automated count sequences quickly, the new Idustrial Revolution FxPack
is powered by the free Noise Industries FxFactory engine
(www.noiseindustries.com) and offers extensive controls for fine
tuning text animation and positioning.
it has been designed from the ground up to display proportional fonts
in a mono-space way. This eliminates the jitter of character spacing
normally seen by other basic number counters. Using a tricky font like
Zapfino is no problem, the result will be beautifully smooth
increments,” comments Peter Wiggins, Founder, Idustrial Revolution.
- Proportional and non-proportional (mono-space) display of proportional fonts
- Use any installed font without positional jitter
- Respects country settings for separators (1,000.00 or 1.000,00)
- Toggle separators on and off
- Toggle currency symbol on and off
- Left, right, and center ranging
- Global character spacing control (tracking)
- Fully key frame numbers
- Two ranges for ease of use (example ± 1000 ± 99,999,99)
- Integer, Tenths and Hundredths selectable for display
- Fully customizable font color and drop shadow parameters
- Toggle customizable gradient background on and off
FxPacks are developed by Noise Industries and its partners using the
Noise Industries FxFactory Pro Plug-in Manager. The FxFactory Pro
Plug-in Manager provides broadcast designers a user-friendly
development tool to create additional effects plug-in packages for the
Adobe After Effects CS3 and CS4 as well as the Apple Final Cut Studio
and Final Cut Express products.
Noise Industries partner Idustrial Revolution is led by Peter Wiggins.
Wiggins is a successful broadcast editor with more than 25 years of
industry experience. His credits include work with the BBC, CBS, and
CNN ‘ covering everything from the Winter Olympics to working with
Michael Jackson on a video for the World Music Awards. A well known
power user of Final Cut Pro, Peter has designed a number of popular
Noise Industries FxPacks based on his years of experience and passion
to improve postproduction workflows for broadcast designers
everywhere.
About Noise Industries FxFactory Products
The FxFactory product line offers over 300 award-winning visual
effects plug-ins optimized for real-time performance on the Mac
platform. FxFactory products support native integration for Adobe
After Effects CS3 and CS4, Apple Final Cut Studio ® and Apple Final
Cut ® Express applications ‘ all within a single package.
Availability and Pricing
The Idustrial Revolution Decimal Counter FxPack is available today via
www.idustrialrevolution.com for 29.00 USD. A free 15-day trial
version is also available on the Idustrial Revolution web site.
Additional Noise Industries partner plug-in packages are available for
free, or commercially starting at a price point of 29.00 USD.
FxFactory products can be purchased via the Noise Industries website
(www.noiseindustries.com) or through select resellers.
Adobe After Effects CS3, CS4, Apple Final Cut Studio 2 and Apple
Final Cut Express 4 users can test drive hundreds of FxFactory
plug-ins by downloading the free 15-day trial version from:
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