phyx_keyer

Noise Industries recently added a new partner to their developer program called PHYX. Their first partnered release is the PHYX Keyer, a $199, five-plug-in package that appears to try and simplify the keying process, while still providing a lot of power. A comparison chart (pdf link) touts less than seven user interface controls per plug-in compared to more than 15 for some similar products. The five tools are the basic keyer, a difference keyer (diffkeyer), a despill tool for working on your edges, screencorrector for working with uneven or messy green or blue screens and lightwrap for helping blend the background and foreground. These are some approximate descriptions so check out the PHYX Keyer page for more details on the tools as well as a video. As with most FxFactory-based tools, there’s a demo available and it runs in Final Cut Pro, FC Express, Motion and After Effects.

PHYX isn’t entirely new to the vfx world as they also offer a plug-in package for Apple’s discontinued Shake application. If you are a Shake user this might be worth checking out as they are offering their 46 tool Shake package for $99.95.