NewBlue's much-anticipated plugin collection delights desktop video users

Video, Multimedia and Technology Editors

LA JOLLA, Calif. (Jan. 24, 2008) - Adobe® Premiere® Pro, the powerful desktop video-editing software, just became even more powerful thanks to a host of new video and audio plug-ins from innovative technology developer NewBlue, Inc. The company released its NewBlueFX product line for Adobe Premiere Pro, making its full line of NewBlue effects, transitions and filter collections available through the popular desktop video-editing software.

Adobe Premiere Pro users can now enjoy 978 presets and 114 effects encompassed in 12 distinct and competitively priced collections designed to enhance the video editing experience. Among the NewBlueFX collections released for Adobe Premiere Pro are 7 VideoFX collections and 5 AudioFX collections, including NewBlue 3D Effects, NewBlue 3D Transformations, NewBlue Art Blends, NewBlue Art Effects, NewBlue Equalizers, NewBlue Essentials, NewBlue Film Effects, NewBlue Motion Blends, NewBlue Motion Effects, NewBlue Production Tools, NewBlue Scrubbers and NewBlue Sound Benders.

"This has been a much anticipated release among our users and we're thrilled to deliver for them and Adobe Premiere Pro," explains Melissa Jordan Grey, chief strategic officer, NewBlue, Inc. "Our company roots are in film and music production, and this innate understanding of the creative process shows in our work."

"NewBlue's innovative range of video and audio effects, transitions and filters is a great complement to the already powerful feature set in Adobe Premiere Pro," said Giles Baker, Premiere Pro group product manager, editing workflows at Adobe. "The addition of NewBlueFX will enhance the video editing experience in Premiere Pro and allow users to add new, creative components to their projects."

The NewBlueFX product line for Adobe Premiere Pro consists of two main categories, VideoFX and AudioFX. In the VideoFX collections, users will find plug-ins that provide artistic techniques, such as air brushing, pastel sketching and line drawing, as well as motion effects, such as earthquake, spin blur, wiggle and zoom. Features of the AudioFX collections run the gamut from audio filtering, such as equalization, noise reduction and compression to creative sound manipulation tools, such as "Insectoid," "Buzz" and "Robot Fog."

Included in the VideoFX category are 7 collections:

• NewBlue 3D Explosions, 180 presets in 13 different plugins that introduce creative new ways to blast a scene into pieces. Plugins include: Blow Apart, Bouncing Cubes, Bouncing Frames, Box Explode, Confetti, Grid Fall Away, Grid Explosion, Intensity Grid, Plane Explode, Spiral, Spiral Rotation, Vortex, and Wiggle. ($119.95 USD)
• NewBlue 3D Transformations, 165 presets in 13 high energy transitions breaks creative ground with new ways to slice, fly and reassemble a scene with every technique. Plugins include: Box Fold, Checker Board, Comb, Flip, Fly Away, Louver Grid, Louvers, Magic Carpet, Page Turn, Pizza Boxes, Rotating Frames, Spiral Bounce, and Twist. ($119.95 USD)
• NewBlue Art Blends, 101 transitions in 10 specialized video effects that shift images through unique, stunning graphics filters. Plugins include: Color Melt, Color Wash, Contrast, Duochrome, Glow, Halo, Metallic, Shiny Fog, Sketch, and Vivid. ($119.95 USD)
• NewBlue Art Effects, 99 effects in 10 specialized video filters that shift video into a visually stunning alternate reality. Plugins include: Air Brush, Colorize, Color Melt, Dream Glow, Duochrome, Ghost, Hand Drawn, Line Drawing, Metallic, and Pastel Sketch. ($139.95 USD)
• NewBlue Film Effects, 81 presets in 5 dynamic filters that recreate the inexact mechanics of hand cranked cameras, dirty projectors, and decades sitting in film vaults. Plugins include: Film Camera, Film Damage, Film Express, Film Look, and Film Pro. ($159.95 USD)
• NewBlue Motion Blends, 112 transitions in 10 specialized video effects that twist, turn and transmogrify video from one scene to the next. Plugins include: Liquify, Roll, Shake, Shear, Shredder, Smear, Spin, Twirl, Wave, and Zoom. ($119.95 USD)
• NewBlue Motion Effects, 99 effects in 10 specialized video filters that add movement to images in a number of ways. Plugins include: Active Camera, Earthquake, Motion Blur, Ripple, Rolling Waves, Shear Energy, Spin Blur, Warp, Wiggle, and Zoom Blur. ($139.95 USD)

Labels: Adobe, NewBlueFX, Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas