Press Release
two new plug-ins and core performance enhancements for Adobe After
Effects and Apple Final Cut users
effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced
the release of FxFactory ® 2.0.6 for Adobe ® After Effects ® CS3 / CS4,
Apple ® Final Cut Studio ® and Apple Final Cut ® Express applications.
A recent winner of the DV Award of Excellence (January 2009), FxFactory
offers over 300 visual effects plug-ins optimized for real-time performance
on the Mac platform. A free update for existing FxFactory 2.x customers,
version 2.0.6 adds innovative features not found in other plug-in
packages such as preview thumbnails in the host application. The new
thumbnail previews feature dramatically simplifies finding the right
FxFactory filter, generator and transition directly inside the host
application. The new 2.0.6 release also adds two plug-ins and core
infrastructure enhancements for optimizing overall effects creation
workflow and image quality.
“The new FxFactory Thumbnails Preview feature alone will make our
customers very, very happy,” comments Niclas Bahn, director of business development, Noise Industries. “Instead of having only a name to identify
a specific plug-in users will also have a thumbnail preview right
inside in their Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and After Effects
application. This makes the process of browsing and finding a specific
plug-in much more efficient. It is going to be one of those simple
but very significant features that once you have it you cannot live
without it.”
FxFactory Pro 2.0.6 Feature Highlights
The free update of FxFactory Pro 2.0.6 runs on Apple Mac OS X 10.5
Leopard. New features and functions include;
Thumbnail Previews allows users to quickly find the right effect for
their project by providing a small preview of each FxFactory plug-in
inside the host application menus. Thumbnails can be customized or
turned off via a new preference available in the FxFactory application.
Blocks Dissolve reveals variable-sized blocks in the destination image
according to a static or animating pattern.
Banding-free Gradient generator lets users create a linear or radial
gradient with certain features that can reduce or eliminate banding
artifacts caused by codec compression.
Working Color Space – Select plug-ins will now provide an extra parameter
to control the working color space used by the plug-in.
Added support for hardware accelerated anti-aliasing in plug-ins running
inside Final Cut Pro, Motion and Final Cut Express (this feature was
previously available only when running inside Adobe After Effects).
Added new preferences to the FxFactory application that control how
plug-ins communicate images with FxPlug hosts. The new feature allows
plug-ins to render in high-precision on systems with low available
video memory.
Availability and Pricing of FxFactory Pro and Noise Industries Partner Plug-ins
FxFactory Pro is available today for 399.00 USD. Additional 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, 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; www.noiseindustries.com/fxfactory
About Noise Industries, LLC
Established in 2004, Boston Massachusetts based Noise Industries is
an innovative developer of visual effects tools for the post-production
and broadcast community. Their products are integrated with popular
non-linear editing and compositing products from Apple, Adobe and
Avid.
For more information about Noise Industries, please visit: http://www.noiseindustries.com.
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