Latest Versions of Krakatoa and Deadline Unveiled at Annual Computer Graphics Confab

Prime Focus Software (formerly Frantic Films Software) will be
showcasing the newest versions of its award-winning software products at SIGGRAPH 2009. This
year’s annual computer graphics conference will take place at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
in New Orleans, LA from August 3rd through August 7th. Prime Focus Software will be exhibiting from
booth #3500 and will be giving attendees a sneak peek at Krakatoa 1.5, its high-volume particle
renderer, and a prototype iPhone application for Deadline, Prime Focus Software’s popular render
queue management tool. For more information, please visit: http://software.primefocusworld.com.
“Frantic Films VFX and Frantic Films Software were acquired by Prime Focus in 2007, and this year,
we are relaunching Frantic Films Software under a new name – Prime Focus Software,” said Chris
Bond, president and senior VFX supervisor, Prime Focus VFX. “It’s a new name, but our product line-
up and R&D team will remain the same. We are delighted to be exhibiting at SIGGRAPH again this
year – it’s an opportunity to connect with our user base and learn about the tools and techniques that
will shape our industry.”

Prime Focus Software will unveil Krakatoa 1.5 at SIGGRAPH 2009, a major release for the high-volume
point-based particle rendering, manipulation and management toolkit that enables VFX artists to create
dust, smoke, silt, ocean surface foam, plasma and even solid objects, all at unprecedented speeds.
The new release will include crucial performance improvements and numerous feature additions,
including a new voxel engine, Magma (a node-based channel editor) and Fume FX integration.
Krakatoa 1.5 will be available for purchase as of Monday, August 3rd.

Also being exhibited at the show is Deadline 3.1, the company’s hassle-free administration and
rendering toolkit for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX-based render farms. In addition to collecting
interested beta testers for its Deadline 4.0 beta program — which will focus on speeding up
performance for 250-plus node farms — Prime Focus Software will also demo an exciting new Apple
iPhone prototype application that will allow artists to control Deadline remotely anytime, anywhere.

Prime Focus will also be opening up submissions to its Krakatoa image contest at the show. Artists
must submit an image or animation that follows the theme of “EARTH, WIND, AIR AND FIRE,” with the
winning work receiving a Prime Focus Software bundle worth $2,500. Those interested can obtain a
free evaluation license of Krakatoa by filling out the license request form at
http://software.primefocusworld.com/software/products/krakatoa/download/. All entries must be emailed
to siggraph-contest@primefocusworld.com on or before October 1st. For complete contest details,
including submission formats, visit http://software.primefocusworld.com.