SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 4, 2006 - Toolfarm Inc., the U.S. distributor for The Foundry, today announced the availability of completely re-engineered versions of Tinderbox products, including a brand new product called Tinderbox 4. The updated Tinderbox 1, 2, and 3 supports 32 bpc and the After Effects camera and lights, plus provides speed enhancements. All Tinderbox products are available for After Effects 7 only for both Mac OS X and Windows. Download versions of the re-engineered Tinderbox products are available now. The boxed versions are expected to ship in late October.

About Tinderbox 4

• Transform images with a hand-drawn Cartoon look.
• Set images alight with Fire or opt for Colourist for automatic colour correction.
• BleachBypass exactly mimics a film lab bleach bypass process where the silver in the negative is retained to give a very stylised look.
• Flow allows users to reveal the layers in an image by flowing colour through a matte.
  
• Now you can have limitless zoom with InfiniteZoom, it keeps on zooming until the original image is revealed or an alternative image within the zoomed pixels.
• Convert images with LineDrawing, this smart tool detects the edges in your image and applies a really organic looking pen stroke.
• Simulate a Security camera feed.
• Generate clean and really effective 2D Rain or go for a winter look with Snow.
• Wrap background light around foreground objects with LightWrap and apply fast elegant glow effects with SoftGlow.

Pricing and Availability

• Tinderbox 1, 2, 3, & 4 are available each for $500.
• Pre-Order Special: Buy Tinderbox 1, 2 & 3, and get the completely new Tinderbox Box 4 for free! Offer ends Oct 13th, 2006 Promo SRP: $1,500, regular price is $2,000.
• Pre-Order Special: Buy Tinderbox 1, 2 & 3 re-vamped upgrades, and get the completely new Box 4 for free! Offer ends Oct 13th, 2006 Promo SRP: $750 regular price is $1,000.
• Proof of original Tinderbox 1, 2, & 3 is required.

Labels: The Foundry, Tinderbox