Toolfarm Blogs

Grade like a Master Artist with 30 film looks. Rembrandt had his Mona Lisa. You had the Apple Lisa. Now it’s time to bring fine art into that digital playroom of yours.

New Versions Offer Native Support for FCP X, OS X Lion and Adobe CS5.5; Significantly Enhanced Usability Features

formZ Beta, 5 best video editors, Free Cinema 4D Shaders from Envato, SF Cutters Meeting tonight and a Blackmagic acquisition.

Denoiser 1.0 is being removed from the Red Giant product line, and its replacement, Denoiser II, is under development.

Have you Ever Wondered How to Connect Objects with Lines in After Effects? Lines Creator is a script for After Effects, connecting different kinds and unlimited numbers of objects using lines.

Boris Soundbite is a standalone Mac OS X application that quickly and accurately finds any word or phrase spoken in QuickTime media files. With Soundbite, video editors, producers, and journalists can instantly play all occurrences of a spoken phrase in their media, then insert the perfect take into their Premiere Pro CS5.5, Final Cut Pro X, or Final Cut Pro 7 project. They can also organize clips around keywords and even find replacement words for problematic audio.

Digieffects is currently looking for a senior engineer to take over direction and execution of all engineering work for the company. This position is hands-on and entails heavy programming. This position reports to the president and works closely with the product marketing manager.

Michele Yamazaki from Toolfarm shares why customers love Noise Industries FxFactory plug-ins.

The American Jobs Act allows a 100% immediate expense write-off for off-the-shelf software and hardware purchased in 2011, up to a deduction limit of $500,000 (previously $25,000). Good on new and used equipment, including new software.

Nick Campbell/ Greyscalegorilla posted an archive of freebies from his site today that are worth checking out. Includes Free Model Pack for Cinema 4D, Flame: Candle Simulator for Cinema 4D, iPhone 4 Model, Fish Eye Camera For Cinema 4D, and much more! Thanks Nick!

Xfrog 5 is a procedural organic 3D modeller that allows you to create and animate 3d trees, flowers, nature based special effects or architectural forms. Sale: Save 30% Through December 31st 2011

Rowbyte Data Glitch: Simulate Realistic Digital Image Glitch; Rowbyte Separate RGB: Move/Scale/Rotate/Fade R,G,B channels in After Effects. More Rowbyte Products at Toolfarm!

Resolume Avenue is a real-time instrument for live (audio) visual VJ performances. Arena has all the features of Avenue plus features you’d expect from a media server.

The Digieffects Line-Up: FCP, CS5.5 Support, Ideal for Editors, VFX Artists. New Versions Offer Native Support for FCP, OS X Lion and Adobe CS5.5; New Installers Simplify Multi-Seat Deployment.

Rowbyte Dot Pixel for After Effects: A Pixel Bender filter to pixelate your image into circles and rings.

Get better performance and speed to handle complex editing, now that Media Composer is a 64-bit app.

Singular Software Presto for OS X now supports Adobe Premiere Pro. Automate the tedious task of editing video presentations.

Via Cracked.com’s ‘7 Movies That Put Insane Work Into Details You Didn’t Notice’... every frame is hand drawn and every scene has twice as many hand-drawn frames per second as any other cartoon made.

Toolfarm will be presenting at the DC FCP & Avid user groups tonight and we’re having a Customer Appreciation Event Thursday.

By Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt: “20 Hz observes a geo-magnetic storm occurring in the Earth’s upper atmosphere.”

Silhouette FX have just released Silhouette v4.3 which is a FREE update for v4 customers. For a complete list of new features, changes and bug fixes, download the What’s New document at www.Silhouettefx.com.

Now Available! The World’s Most Comprehensive VFX Plug-in Collection for AE and Premiere Pro.

Toolfarm requests the pleasure of your company at a special invitation only event during GV Expo 2011 in Washington, DC.

E-on Software Vue 10 line for 3D Artists: Vue 10 Complete, Vue 10 Esprit and Vue 10 Studio are providing artists with powerful modular applications to create richly natural 3D Digital Nature scenery and landscapes.

Tidbits from the past week like webinars, tutorials, tips & tricks and don’t miss the great deals that are ending soon.