Final Effects Complete is now available for Linux-based Autodesk Flint, Flame, Inferno, and Smoke systems. Final Effects Complete 5 Sparks is a set of 100+ visual effects filters re-designed for the Autodesk Sparks plug-in architecture. Popular filters include specialized particle systems for rain, snow, and hair effects, eye-catching effects such as Mr. Mercury, Mr. Smoothie, and Ball Action, auto-animated transitions such as Glass Wipe, Blur Dissolve, and Light Wipe, and many organic warps and distortions. Unique workflow features include 1,000+ factory-installed, customizable presets, the ability to save/load Final Effects Complete presets from Adobe, Avid, and Apple host applications, and the built-in Boris PixelChooser matte and masking system. Final Effects Complete 5 Sparks offers full multi-processor support for optimal performance under Linux.
The regular price of Final Effects Complete 5 Sparks is $1,995 USD. The first 50 customers to purchase the package will receive a 50% discount, paying just $997.50 USD. Please contact us for more information.
Toolfarm is hosting the Boris BCC Rays Cartoon Plugin! For a limited time, we're offering a free, fully-licensed plug-in from Boris Continuum Complete 5 - Rays Cartoon.
Tutorial: BCC Rays Cartoon for Adobe After Effects CS3 and FxPlug (Final Cut Pro/Motion) - Use the BCC Rays Cartoon in Adobe After Effects CS3 or Final Cut Pro and Motion to generate a volumetric lighting effect on an animated text element.
*If you download the BCC Rays Cartoon plug-in, your information will be shared with Boris FX. Normally we do not share any of this information with any of our vendors or anyone else, but in this case, we've made an exception, so we can bring this free plug-in to you. With any other download, your email will not be shared with anyone.
Dave Basulto has put up a video overview at Digital Producer called Getting acquainted with Nuke - Part 1. Check it out!
Already acquainted with Nuke? Get your Nuke plugins at Toolfarm! Toolfarm caters to a lot more than just After Effects, Final Cut Studio and Avid crowd. Check out the expanded list of plug-ins along the left side of the site. We have tons of plug-ins for 3D apps such as Cinema 4D, Lightwave, Maya and 3ds Max. Need Sony Vegas or Eyeon Fusion or something for your Autodesk software? We got'em. Even Protools... yeah, that's right! View all Plug-ins.
Major update to the popular visual effects package for Autodesk Advanced Compositing and Finishing Systems adds 13 new filters
Marlborough MA - May 22, 2008 - Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that Boris Continuum Complete 5 for Autodesk Sparks (BCC 5 Sparks) is now available. Version 5 feature highlights include a new Optical Flow-based Motion Key for foreground object removal, Optical Stabilizer for smooth image stabilization, and a range of other new effects. OS and host support extends to the latest version of Linux and the 2009 lineup of Autodesk compositing and finishing systems: Flint, Flame, Inferno, and Smoke, including Burn network rendering. The BCC 5 Sparks package contains a total of 145 filters including the popular Glint, Glitter, and Glare series, Lens Flare, Film Process, Film Damage, Particle Systems, Volumetric Lighting Rays, and Wipe effects.
"The new Autodesk Sparks update of the popular BCC package will save our customers time and money by automating tedious frame-by-frame rotoscoping jobs with Optical Flow technology," comments Boris Yamnitsky, founder and president, Boris FX. "Many new effects and workflow suggestions came straight from our user forums as well as Autodesk's customer base."
Boris Continuum Complete is the only plug-in suite that allows users to swap filter presets with other BCC host applications regardless of the manufacturer or model. This streamlined workflow allows editors to copy effects from offline to finish and vice versa. Additionally, the new BCC Sparks release includes over 1,500 preset effects, further accelerating effects production workflow.
New BCC 5 Sparks Filters:
Motion Key - remove moving foreground objects based on the motion vector field automatically generated by the filter.
Extruded Image Shatter - break up an image into extruded shards flying in 3D space.
LED - transform a movie clip or text layer as if it was displayed on an array of blinking LED (Light Emitting Diode) lights.
Prism - simulate the photographic effect of chromatic aberration for artistic effects or auto-generated backgrounds.
Damaged TV - emulate the look of a badly-tuned or broken analog CRT television screen.
Scanline - create rolling RGB scanlines over the source image - for example, as if a computer monitor is shot by a video camera.
Optical Stabilizer - automatically lock a hand-held shot without having to set up tracking points.
Color Choker - Posterize and blur color channels to achieve creative and artistic looks.
BCC Cube - create a six-sided cube with your choice of media and transparency for each side.
BCC Turbulence - create gel-like distortion fields using noise map and turbulence controls.
Half-Tone - simulate the look of a newspaper print in grayscale or color.
Light Wrap - reflect the background layer in the foreground composite.
Pricing and Availability
BCC 5 Sparks is immediately available through the Boris FX worldwide reseller channel and direct from the Boris FX web site at www.borisfx.com for an MSRP of $2495.00 for new licenses and $695.00 for upgrades. Users can test-drive BCC 5 Sparks by downloading a 60-day Trial Version from the Boris FX web site.
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of REALVIZ S.A., the privately held developer of image-based content creation software. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
REALVIZ was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Sophia Antipolis, France. REALVIZ's technology provides efficient ways to generate 3D content and visual effects from photo imaging and 2D environments. Its products are used for panoramic photography, image-based modeling, match moving and optical motion capture. REALVIZ's flagship products are Stitcher software for the creation of panoramas and 360 degree virtual tours, and ImageModeler software to produce 3D models from photographs.
"REALVIZ's technology bridges 2D and 3D, linking the virtual and real worlds. 3D models can be created from simple 2D images, and virtual environments can be built from conventional photographs," said Amar Hanspal, senior vice president, Autodesk Platform Solutions and Emerging Business. "REALVIZ's technology is complementary to Autodesk's modeling, visual effects and animation products. It will enable us to increase the use of 3D technology across many industries, including architecture, film, broadcast and game development."
REALVIZ's clients include Boeing, NASA, Daimler Chrysler, Cinesite, Framestore CFC, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Warner Brothers Animation, Electronic Arts and Activision. REALVIZ technology has been used to create visual effects for Zodiac, The Host, Children of Men, Superman Returns, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and many other blockbuster films.
REALVIZ Product Integration
Autodesk intends to develop and sell REALVIZ's Stitcher Unlimited, Stitcher Express, ImageModeler and Movimento software as standalone products. Matchmover, Retimer and VTour will no longer be available as standalone products; core technology from these REALVIZ products will be integrated into future versions of Autodesk's existing products, enabling customers to bring the real world into design environments.
The following REALVIZ offerings have been discontinued: Stitcher Pro, Stitcher Unlimited DS, StoryViz, and hardware and software product bundles. Education versions of ImageModeler and Stitcher continue to be available. Student versions of ImageModeler and Stitcher are no longer available. For more information please visit http://www.autodesk.com/REALVIZ.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding the impact of the acquisition on Autodesk's earnings per share, product offerings and the performance of its business. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the following: difficulties encountered in integrating merged businesses; whether certain market segments grow as anticipated; the competitive environment in the software industry and competitive responses to the acquisition; and whether the companies can successfully develop new products or modify existing products and the degree to which these gain market acceptance.
Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of Autodesk are included in the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2008, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
About REALVIZ
REALVIZ is a leading developer of image-based creation software, headquartered in Sophia Antipolis, France, with satellite sales offices in Los Angeles, U.S.A., London, England and Paris, France. REALVIZ develops a suite of image-based content creation solutions for the film, broadcast, gaming, digital imaging, architecture and Internet communities. Derived from years of research efforts at the renowned INRIA Lab in France, the Company's applications enable 2D and 3D artists to easily tackle complex digital imaging projects.
About Autodesk
Autodesk, Inc. is the world leader in 2D and 3D design software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk has developed the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art digital prototyping solutions to help customers experience their ideas before they are real. Fortune 1000 companies rely on Autodesk for the tools to visualize, simulate and analyze real-world performance early in the design process to save time and money, enhance quality and foster innovation. For additional information about Autodesk, visit http://www.autodesk.com/.
Autodesk, AutoCAD, ImageModeler, and Stitcher, are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product offerings and specifications at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.
What's New Colour Warper primary and selective color correction tool made famous in Autodesk Flame software for precise fine-tuning with multiple levels of adjustment in a single pass.
Interactive adjustment of gamma, gain, offset, hue, saturation, and contrast. Apply animatable settings to all channels or independently to R, G, and B.
Intuitive hue shift and tint color wheel for fast, accurate color balancing. Visual color sampling palette for precise color matching.
Interactive Histogram and curves editing modes for subtle, precision tweaking of color components.
Independent controls for color correcting the image's shadow, midtone, and highlight regions-features user-definable luminance ranges.
Match feature for fast scene-to-scene color correction.
Selective feature for sampling up to three different color regions for isolated correction.
UI features a high-quality RGB vector scope and a 3D histogram for precise color monitoring.
Boris Continuum Complete Sparks is a massive filter set for Inferno, Fire, Flame, Flint, and Smoke systems. BCC now combines volumes I and II to give Autodesk users access to 130+ filters and 1,500 presets including blurs, tints, glints, glares, lens flares, glows, time warps, and much more. Sparks is an advanced Application Programming Interface (API) for developing custom plug-ins.
Available immediately, new version features over 45 new effects and many enhancements
Cambridge, MA. June 19, 2007 - GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, today announced the immediate availability of Sapphire Plug-ins version 4 for Autodesk compositing and editing systems. The new version features over 45 new effects, plus many enhancements and new parameters to existing effects in the package.
Version 4 contains all of the visual effects and features that have established Sapphire Plug-ins as an indispensable part of the digital artist's toolkit - and introduces over 45 innovative new effects including: FilmDamage, FilmEffect, DeinterlaceAuto, ZDefocus, Cartoon, Light3D and TextureFlux. Many of the new plug-ins were designed to enhance the user's workflow. "GenArts continues to set the high bar on clever, useful tools for our Autodesk systems. They've got some fun new sparks in v4 that make for interesting visual trickery, but my personal favorites are the utilities that make my compositing jobs easier and put order back in my life," says Dave Waller of Brickyard VFX, a long-standing Sapphire user.
Sapphire Plug-ins 4 also features stunning new LensFlares and Glares, totally revamped RackDefocus, and enhanced performance. The user interface has been improved across the board including a new automatic down-sampling option for real-time interactivity. "GenArts has once again proven that Sapphire is the most versatile and robust set of plug-ins available for the Autodesk platform today," says Jeroen Schulte of Condor Post Production in Amsterdam. "Unparalleled options and speed optimization - with a healthy mix of new plug-ins and updated favourites - will continue to keep Sapphire ahead of the pack. For us, it's the only plug-in suite we use when we're faced with the toughest creative challenges."
Anish Dhanda, Managing Director of GenArts adds, "Because our Autodesk customers continue to define the cutting edge in visual effects creation, we listened carefully to their feedback in the design and development stages of this new release. The input we received contributed greatly to version 4." Key new effects and features of Sapphire Plug-ins v4 for Autodesk Systems:
FilmDamage simulates aged film by adding scratches, dust, stains, grain, shake, flicker, etc.
FilmEffect models film exposure and processing to make your video footage look like it was shot on film.
DeinterlaceAuto detects the pulldown pattern in a clip and automatically deinterlaces or reinterlaces it.
ZDefocus defocuses areas of the source clip by different amounts using depth values from a z-buffer input.
Cartoon gives cartoon-like looks with exaggerated edges and flat areas of color.
Light3D performs 3D relighting of a clip using an input clip describing the surface normals.
LensFlare has 14 new flare types and new parameters.
RackDefocus has new shape options and improved performance.
New redraw option auto-adjusts resolution for real time interactivity.
All effects have Add Noise, Use Gamma and lookup table options.
Glare includes 4 new glare types and improved performance.
Availability and Pricing
Sapphire Plug-ins version 4 for Autodesk compositing and editing systems can be purchased from Toolfarm. Pricing for Sapphire 4 is: $6000 for Autodesk Flint SD and Smoke SD; $10,000 for Flame, Flint HD and Smoke HD; $14,000 for Inferno; and $900 for Burn. Existing version 3 customers qualify for special upgrade pricing of $1800, $2800, $3800 and $250, respectively. For IRIX users, there is no additional charge to transfer version 4 to Linux. A free trial of the software is available online at www.genarts.com.
We've put together a list of plug-ins that support 32-Bit Floating Point Color Space. All of the major apps are now supporting it, so if you're using After Effects 7 and above, Premiere Pro 2 and above and other apps of the last few years, you're probably okay. If both the app and the plug-in support 32-bit, you can definitely work in 32 bit.
What is 32-bit color? A quick explanation is that you usually work in a color space of 0-255 - 0 is pure black and 255 is pure white. With 32-bit color, you're working on a scale of 0-1... 0 is pure black and 1 is pure white. The trick here is that you can go higher than 1 and lower than 0 so you have a much higher dynamic range in your images and video. If you shoot RAW, this is really useful because you can pick up subtleties that are lost when you're trapped in a smaller range of luminance.
Learn more about 32-bit floating point color, link to some resources, and learn which third-party plug-ins support 32-bit color. We've included After Effects (of course!), Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Shake, Combustion, Digital Fusion, Softimage XSI and even codecs.
If you're an expert in this area, we'd love your help to expand this resource.
RE:Vision Effects announces the immediate availability of new Effections, a specially-priced bundle collection, for Autodesk's Sparks systems: Flint, Flame, Fire, Inferno, Smoke and Burn. The bundle includes ReelSmart Motion Blur Pro, which automatically tracks every pixel in a sequence and blurs based on calculated motion; Twixtor Pro, which intelligently slows down, speeds up and frame rate converts image sequences; and RE:Flex, which allows users to create visually stunning morphs and warps with an easy-to-use interface.
