Noise Industries releases FxFactory for Adobe After Effects plug-in architecture; bringing hundreds of award-winning visual effects plug-ins to the Adobe Production Premium CS3 Workflow

Boston MA - August 8, 2008 - Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets announced the availability of FxFactory 2.0.4; offering native integration with Adobe® After Effects® CS3 software. FxFactory includes 300 plus award-winning visual effects plug-ins optimized for real-time performance on the Mac platform. With the release of FxFactory 2.0.4, Noise Industries is taking a new path for packaging the multi-host plug-ins. FxFactory 2.0.4 will offer support for Adobe After Effects CS3, Apple® Final Cut Studio® and Apple Final Cut® Express applications in a single package. The new single product - multi-host support allows customers to use the highly popular FxFactory plug-ins with their favorite Mac-based editing and compositing applications. The move to provide multiple host support in a single product also provides a significant cost savings as customers will not be charged for every host separately.

"This is an important step for our company. The Adobe After Effects crowd is well known for the use of visual effects plug-ins in their workflows and the tight relationships they form with developers to evolve the various plug-in tools," comments Niclas Bahn, director of business development, Noise Industries. "This release also makes many of our existing Final Cut customers happy as they have been asking for FxFactory to be made available for Adobe After Effects."

"Adobe has a phenomenal partner network that draws top notch developers like Noise Industries," comments Michael Coleman, product manager for Adobe After Effects. "We're thrilled to have Noise Industries bring their innovative and clever plug-ins to After Effects CS3. Innovation is at the core of our customer's work and I'm sure the FxFactory plug-ins will become an indispensible part of their creative toolkit.

High-Performance Visual Effects Tools
FxFactory leverages a high-precision, hardware-accelerated rendering engine that enables users to push the limits of effects creation; producing that radically unique or realistically organic look with stunning image quality.

FxFactory plug-ins span a wide range of categories that include; blurs, color correction, distortions, glows, half-tones, and stylization filters, as well as generators and transitions. Each plug-in is complimented with a forward-thinking approach to design and development;

Hardware Acceleration: plug-ins are developed to take advantage of the systems graphics card providing unbeatable previewing and rendering performance.

Highly Customizable, Contextual UI: FxFactory presents users with minimal parameters and intutively reacts and displays additional parameters based on the user's actions. Parameters can be fully expanded; allowing any effect element to be manipulated.

Plug-in Development Engine: Unique in the industry, the FxFactory plug-in management interface provides broadcast designers a user-friendly development tool to design additional visual effects for Apple and Adobe video solutions.

Integrated Help Desk: Plug-in documentation, support resources and tutorials are accessible in one click from the parameter inspector

Hundreds of Presets: Built-in presets are a time-saving feature that lets users explore new looks with minimal effort. Users can easily create their own presets to recreate the same look later. New with FxFactory 2.0.4, presets created on one host can be used inside all supported video applications by Apple and Adobe.

Availability and Pricing
FxFactory Pro is available today for 399.00 USD. Additional plug-in packages are available for free or commercially starting at a price point of 29.00 USD. FxFactory products can be purchased via the Noise Industries website (www.noiseindustries.com) or through select resellers.

Adobe® After Effects CS3, Apple Final Cut Studio 2 and Apple Final Cut Express 4 users can test drive hundreds of FxFactory plug-ins by downloading the free 15-day trial version from; http://www.toolfarm.com/demo/demo.php

About Noise Industries, LLC
Established in 2004, Boston, Massachusetts-based Noise Industries is an innovative developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast community. Their products are integrated with popular non-linear editing and compositing products from Apple, Adobe and Avid. For more information about Noise Industries, please visit: http://www.noiseindustries.com.

Labels: After Effects, Demo, Final Cut Pro, FxFactory, Motion, Noise Industries

FxFactory is a revolutionary visual effects package for Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Express and now Adobe After Effects CS3, powering over 300 hardware-accelerated plug-ins.

FxPlug: the next-generation of film-quality effects
FxFactory is based on FxPlug, Apple's new plug-in architecture which guarantees the best integration with Final Cut Pro, Motion and Final Cut Express.

It's faster
FxFactory uses the graphics card in your system to provide hardware-accelerated previews and rendering.

It's free
FxFactory is a free plug-in management system that lets you install and try a vast collection of plug-ins. Some plug-ins are absolutely free. Others are available in trial mode and may be purchased as needed.

This free update to FxFactory adds support for Adobe After Effects CS3. The new version allows users to run their existing FxFactory plug-ins inside the new host. No product activations or separate purchases are needed.

FxFactory Pro 2 customers may also enjoy two plug-ins newly added in this release: the “Blur Two Axes” filter and the “Blur Dissolve” transition.

Please note that this new version requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and it will only work with Final Cut Pro 6 and Motion 3. If you are still running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Final Cut Pro 5.1 and/or Motion 2.1.2 please continue using the previous version instead.

Labels: After Effects, FxFactory, Noise Industries

FxFactory installed on the "Studio on Wheels" educational tour bus, crossing the States offering students free hands-on production experience

Boston MA - July 31, 2008 - Noise Industries, developer of visual
effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, is sponsoring the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a 501(c)(3)non-profit venture dedicated to introducing visitors to the latest audio and video technology. Established more than a decade ago, the Lennon Bus is a mobile state-of-the-art recording and HD video production studio. Covering some 60,000 miles per year, there are 3-4 on-board engineers that travel with the Bus, hosting one day workshops for students from all walks of life at hundreds of schools and other locations across the US. Students spend the day composing an original song, recording it and creating and producing a broadcast quality video using the latest in video and audio solutions such as Apple® Final Cut Studio® and Noise Industries FxFactory Pro.

Brian Rothschild, co-founder and Executive Director of the Bus
venture, said of the new alliance, "We are pleased to have Noise
Industries on board as a sponsor. Jeff Sobel, our Chief Engineer, was
anxious to bring the products into our studio and maintain the highest
quality available in the production and post production worlds.

The Lennon Bus staff invited Noise Industries to participate in the
tour and put their visual effects package - FxFactory Pro - in the
video production suite. An ideal fit for the Apple Final Cut Studio
workflow and a fan favorite among Final Cut editors, Noise Industries
became a proud sponsor of the Bus. "This is definitely one of these
moments when you step back and realize how fortunate you are to be a
part of such an amazing industry - one that has so many talented
members who give back in such invaluable ways," comments Niclas Bahn,
Noise Industries. "We want to express our deep gratitude to the team
at the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus and thank them for letting us
be part of such an amazing project."

For more information on the John Lennon Bus, please visit lennonbus.org.

About FxFactory
FxFactory is a visual effects package which powers the largest
collection of plug-ins for Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express editors
and Motion compositors. FxFactory offers over 300 GPU accelerated
filters, generators and transitions that work natively within the
Final Cut Studio user interface. FxFactory is based entirely on
FxPlug, Apple's new plug-in architecture which supports high
bit-depths and guarantees the best integration with Final Cut Studio.
FxFactory is also the first expandable effects package for Final Cut
Studio, thanks to the elegant plug-in management system that lets
users find new visual effects in one click, try them out in projects-
paying for only the plug-ins they need.

Apple Final Cut Studio 2 and Apple Final Cut Express 4 users can test
drive hundreds of FxFactory plug-ins by downloading the free 15-day
trial version from the Noise Industries website.

About Noise Industries, LLC
Established in 2004, Boston Massachusetts based Noise Industries is an
innovative developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction
and broadcast community. Their products are integrated with popular
non-linear editing and compositing products from Apple and Avid.

Labels: FxFactory, Noise Industries

With over 30 preset looks DVShade EasyLooks 2.0 makes it simple to get the look you want. The EasyLooks interface is broken down into seven easy to use effect categories.

Effects:

• Basic- This will handle brightness, contrast and saturation changes to an image.
• Black/White Diffusions- These will simulate diffusion camera filters.
• Tint- This will tint an image. It is split up into two tint effects, a standard tint and a tint black effect.
• Gradient- This will simulate a gradient camera filter.
• Techni- This will simulate older film shooting and processing techniques.
• Color Temperature - An intuitive control to change an image's color temperature to warm or cool.

DVShade EasyLooks 2.0 is fully GPU accelerated and renders in floating point.

In order to use EasyLooks with Final Cut Studio or Final Cut Express, you need to download and install the Free FxFactory plug-in from Noise Industries. Download FxFactory from the Noise Industries web site.

Labels: EasyLooks, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, FxFactory, Noise Industries

Noise Industries Development Partner SUGARfx introduces clever
workflow plug-ins for managing slates, layout, and design elements in
video projects.

Boston MA – June 18, 2008 – Noise Industries, developer of visual
effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, today
announced that development partner SUGARfx (www.sugarqc.com) has
released the FxFactory powered FxPacks Design Tools and Slate Tools;
time saving workflow plug-ins for Apple Final Cut Studio® 2.0 and
Apple Final Cut Express 4.0 applications. The new Design Tools and
Slate Tools FxPacks can be used daily to ensure time-consuming tasks
such as slate generation, color management, and precise object
placement can be done quickly and with exact precision. SUGARfx
created the Design Tools and Slate Tools FxPacks using the Noise
Industries FxFactory Pro Plug-in Manager.

"These two releases come as part of the SUGARfx Design Tools series,
plug-ins purpose-built for easing the pain points across the editing
workflow. Daily tasks such as managing the position of elements,
maintaining color accuracy and video slates are easily facilitated
through Design Tools and Slate Tools FxPacks," said Niclas Bahn,
director of business development, Noise Industries. "The new SUGARfx
plug-ins are something that all designers can appreciate the moment
they load them and more importantly benefit every day they open their
editing application."

Noise Industries SUGARfx Toolbox: Design Tools FxPack
The Design Tools FxPack provides users color perfect layouts and a
wide range of guides to position elements accurately for every
project. Plug-in highlights include:

Design Checker Guides automatically tell editors whether or not their
projects will work with 35mm film, iPod formats, HD, SD and the other
standards. Close-up previews visually show editors how their work may
need to be cropped or changed in order to fit the final format.

Design Color Palette ensures colors remain true to specifications
throughout entire projects. Users can create their own color palette
presets and share them with other editors; maintaining color
consistency throughout the production process.

Design Proportional Guides is an assistant type feature used for
creating well-balanced layouts. The Design Custom Guides helps editors
position everything and anything on the screen accurately over time.
This plug-in is ideal for logo placement or titling, or menu layouts
that need to be done more than once. Editors can save and share
presets.

The Preview Player plug-in previews media in mobile media formats. The
preview allows editors to view elements as they would be displayed in
final format – enabling them to make the necessary adjustments for
optimum viewing prior to finishing.

Noise Industries SUGARfx Toolbox: Slate Tools FxPack
The Slate Tools FxPack automates slate production.
Plug-in highlights include:

The Slate Master plug-in automates the building of commonly used
slates. The feature includes 4 styles with comprehensive controls for
adjusting slate parameters and 21 pre-set slate templates. Editors can
increase productivity and creativity by focusing on more creative
aspects of the production, as opposed to slate production.

The Slate Warning plug-in provides a simple solution for automating
the creation of copyright warnings and disclaimer notices. Users can
animate scrolling, add custom logos, and adjust color and other slate
effects elements. Editors can save their presets and share with other
users increasing overall collaboration

About Noise Industries Partners and FxFactory Powered FxPacks
FxPacks are developed by Noise Industries and its partners using the
Noise Industries FxFactory Pro plug-in manager. The FxFactory Pro
plug-in manager provides broadcast designers a user-friendly
development tool to create additional effects plug-in packages for the
Apple Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Express products. Users must
install the Noise Industries FxFactory engine to operate FxPacks.
FxFactory is free and can be downloaded from the Noise Industries website.

About Noise Industries, LLC
Established in 2004, Boston Massachusetts based Noise Industries is an
innovative developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction
and broadcast community. Their products are integrated with popular
non-linear editing and compositing products from Apple and Avid.

Labels: Final Cut Pro, FxFactory, Noise Industries, SUGARfx

The NAB 2007 award-winner debuts full range of visual effects technology on stand SL2128H

Las Vegas NV - April 11, 2008 - Noise Industries will be showcasing the award-winning FxFactory 2.0 on stand SL2128H at the NAB 2008 exhibition held in Las Vegas NV from April 14 - 17. A 2007 NAB Viddy Award Winner, FxFactory 2.0.3 is an expansive set of visual effects tools offering over 300 plug-ins designed to compliment and extend the effects creation workflow of Apple® Final Cut Studio® and Apple Final Cut® Express.

"The energy this show generates is just phenomenal! NAB is the perfect opportunity for us to get together with our customers, partners, and colleagues... discuss the successes of today and the possibilities of the future," comments Niclas Bahn, Business Development Director. "This year we will have three of our broadcast design development partners on the stand with us showing more than 10 different Noise Industries effects packages. A tremendous growth in our product line from the previous year!

About FxFactory Pro
FxFactory Pro offers hardware acceleration combined with a high precision rendering engine for "front room" production power and results. The above industry standard performance and quality enables users to push the limits of effects creation; delivering that unique or realistic look with stunning image quality.

FxFactory filters are designed to extend the Apple professional video applications effects and compositing capabilities with more than 130 filters, generators and transitions. Extensive tools and controls enable users to produce just about any look with exact precision.

Highlights of the FxFactory Pro package FxFactory Pro offers super-fast glows, blurs, distortions, sharpens, generators, titling and stylization effects that can add value to any post production environment.

Hardware acceleration; FxFactory Pro plug-ins are accelerated using the graphics card for unbeatable previewing and rendering performance.

Integrated Help Desk; Plug-in documentation is accessible in one click, right from the parameter inspector. Hundreds of Presets; FxFactory Pro plug-ins come with presets, a time saving feature that lets you try new looks with minimal effort. Save your own parameter configurations to disc and recreate the same look later.

Apple Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Express users can test drive FxFactory and partner expansion FxPacks by downloading the 15-day trial version from: www.noiseindustries.com/fxfactory

For more information about Noise Industries at NAB 2008, please contact Niclas Bahn at njb@noiseindustries.com. To schedule a press briefing or request product reviews, please contact Ryan Wood at ryanw@zazilmediagroup.com.

About Noise Industries, LLC Established in 2004, Boston Massachusetts based Noise Industries is an innovative developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast community. Their products are integrated with popular non-linear editing and compositing products from Apple and Avid. For more information about Noise Industries, please visit: http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ZazilMediaGroup/6974550fc9/1d796b241d/61e7f04d45.

Labels: Final Cut Pro, FxFactory, FxPlug, Motion, NAB, Noise Industries

Noise Industries FxFactory 2.0.3 is free update and brings 4 brand new plug-ins to all FxFactory Pro users, a new Network Browser to manage active licenses over the network, and many other improvements and bug fixes. Download the update, which is also a free demo.

Noise Industries SUGARfx Light Pack - Having fun while at work is not a sin. And the SUGARfx LightPack may be able to give you a sense of guilt without castigation. The package contains lens flares, glows and shines for Final Cut Pro, Motion and Final Cut Express.

SUGARfx Urban allows you to composite your own media inside pre-rendered urban environments. The SUGARfx Urban theme is available in an LC version and Studio version, and requires Mac OS X Leopard.

Labels: Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, FxFactory, FxPlug, Noise Industries, SUGARfx

Here's a quick excerpt from the review

A toolbox loaded with high quality ready-to-go effects, and the ability to customise, create and share your own effects means your collection can just keep growing. With the FxPacks on offer and FxFactory Pro, you get versatility, dedication and a willingness to develop further, which sounds like value for money to me.

Read the full review

Labels: FxFactory, Noise Industries, reviews

Kevin McAuliffe reviews Noise Industries FXFactory Pro 2.0.2 and gives it an 'Absolute Buy'.

See, I wasn't just just blowing smoke when I told you it was a great plug-in package. Learn more about FxFactory in our Plug-in Finder.

Labels: Final Cut Pro, FxFactory, FxPlug, Motion, Noise Industries, reviews

Here's the official press release:

Noise Industries released FxFactory 2 with support for Final Cut Express 4 as well as Final Cut Studio applications and Mac OS X Leopard and Tiger. It also FxFactory Pro has been completely redesigned with better rendering quality, better performance, contextual parameter interface, better compositing features and much more.

FxFactory 2 supports Final Cut Express 4 as well as Final Cut Studio. A single product will let you use the same plug-ins in three hosts: Final Cut Pro, Motion and Final Cut Express.

FxFactory 2 runs on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard as well as Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Look for improved performance and new, exclusive plug-ins when running under the new version of Mac OS X. FxFactory sports a new plug-in management interface which lets you browse installed plug-ins and see thumbnail previews of all the visual effects on your system.

The new effect browser displays relevant status information and lets you search, for example, for all transitions available in a given plug-in package. A quick look to the effect categories can help you determine where each plug-in is found inside Final Cut Pro, Motion and Final Cut Express.

The new version of FxFactory is fully compatible with your existing plug-in collection. Look for updated versions of your favorite plug-ins by CoreMelt, idustrial revolution, SUGARfx and Futurismo Zugakousaku to take full advantage of the new features in FxFactory 2.

What's new in FxFactory Pro?

• FxFactory Pro 2.0 includes 122 filters, generators and transitions. 50 plug-ins are new to this release. All FxFactory Pro plug-ins now support high-precision rendering and are fully customizable.
• Contextual parameter UI. When running FxFactory Pro plug-ins inside Final Cut Studio 2 and Final Cut Express, users can now enjoy a simplified parameter interface: parameters will be disabled and/or hidden when they are not relevant to the current effect configuration.
• Masking. A new masking engine is now part of many FxFactory Pro plug-ins. This advanced functionality saves an extra compositing step without sacrificing performance
• Better quality. Many plug-ins in FxFactory Pro are now capable of field-based rendering, a technique which provides better performance and better quality by avoiding filtering artifacts. The improved plug-ins require Final Cut Studio 2 applications and Final Cut Express.
• Super-fast glows. A new, completely redesigned "NI Glow" category sports a series of highly optimized glow and light spill variants. The ubiquitous "Glow" effect is fast, flexible yet simple to use, and capable of high-precision rendering.
• Improved classics. Some of our most popular plug-ins were improved or completely redesigned according to your feedback. For instance, new versions of Perspective Reflection and Videoconference sport a much easier configuration. New options and features make many old favorites better than ever.
• Better development features. This new version brings dozens of improvements for plug-in developers: an improved editing interface, new Core Image units for Quartz Composer, new or improved custom parameters and access to the latest features available with Final Cut Studio 2 applications and Final Cut Express (such as contextual parameter UI and field-based rendering techniques).

Upgrading from FxFactory Pro 1.0
Current FxFactory Pro 1.0 customers may upgrade to FxFactory Pro 2.0 for only $129. Upgrade pricing is available at our online store.

Please note that if you purchased FxFactory Pro 1.0 on or after September 15th, 2007 you are entitled to a free upgrade. Please email sales@noiseindustries.com to request your registration code.

FxFactory Pro no longer bundles the Motion and Editing Packs. Although the Motion and Editing packs are now available separately from CoreMelt, this change does not affect users upgrading from FxFactory Pro 1.0, who will retain their license to the Motion and Editing Packs acquired when purchasing FxFactory Pro 1.0. The CoreMelt Motion and Editing Pack plug-ins may now be found under the effect categories that begin with "CM" (e.g. CM Glow).

Labels: Apple, Final Cut Pro, FxFactory, FxPlug, Motion, Noise Industries

Noise Industries Noise Industries FxFactory Pro has been updated to version 2.0, with plenty of new features including support for Apple Final Cut Express 4 as well as Apple Final Cut Studio and Apple Motion, 50 new plug-ins that are new to this release, a new plugin management interface, and much more.

Unlimited expandability: download more plug-ins at the FxMarket; Zero-coding plug-in development: create your own FxPlug effects without writing any code.

New demo now available! Download the FxFactory Pro 2.0 Demo Now!

What's new in FxFactory:

• FxFactory is now compatible with Final Cut Studio 2 running on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
  
• FxFactory is now compatible with Final Cut Express version 4.0 or later.
• FxFactory Pro now includes 122 filters, generators, and transitions which support high-precision rendering. All Pro plug-ins are fully customizable. 50 plug-ins are new to this release and may require Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to run.
• FxFactory Pro no longer bundles the Motion and Editing Packs, now available separately from CoreMelt. This change does not affect users upgrading from FxFactory 1.0, who will retain their license to the Motion and Editing Packs that they acquired when purchasing FxFactory 1.0.
• Many plug-ins in FxFactory Pro now come with masking capabilities. Built-in or user-supplied masks can be used to apply an effect only to a specific region of the source image.
• The plug-in management interface has been redesigned to provide plug-in previews, better display of status messages and the ability to search for specific plug-ins within an FxPack.
• An improved, contextual parameter interface is available when running FxFactory plug-ins in Final Cut Studio 2 and Final Cut Express. Parameters will be disabled and/or hidden when they are not relevant to the current parameter configuration.
• FxFactory Pro sports improved, easier to use versions of the popular Perspective Reflection and Videoconference plug-ins (the older versions, which require a more advanced parameter setup, are still available for compatibility reasons).
• Many plug-ins available with FxFactory Pro 2.0 are now capable of field-based rendering, a technique that may double the rendering speed and reduce filtering artifacts. The plug-ins that sport this improvement (e.g. the Copy Machine transition) will only run on Final Cut Studio 2 and Final Cut Express.
• An improved font selection user interface is available for all font parameters.
• FxFactory Pro 2.0 brings many new plug-in development features such as improved support for high-precision and field-based rendering, new Core Image units, and context-sensitive parameter interface.

Labels: Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, FX Plug, FxFactory, Motion, Noise Industries, plug-ins

We have an incredible Toolfarm Exclusive deal for Noise Industries FxFactory Pro. Save 50% off of Noise Industries FxFactory Pro 1.07 between October 21 - October 28, 2007.

FxFactory is the first expandable effects package for Final Cut Studio. Over 150 GPU-accelerated plug-ins based on OpenGL, Core Image and Quartz Composer.

Unlimited expandability

Download more plug-ins at the FxMarket. Zero-coding plug-in development: create your own FxPlug effects for Final Cut Studio without writing any code.

Seamless integration with FxPlug

Install plug-ins once, use them immediately in both Final Cut Pro and Motion.

FxFactory Pro is the only software that lets you create and modify your own visual effects plug-ins for Final Cut Pro and Motion without writing a single line of code. By leveraging modern graphics technology such as Core Image and Quartz Composer, your plug-ins will be high-performance, first-class FxPlug citizens.

Learn more

• Learn about FxFactory Pro in our Plug-in Finder - See shots and examples, as well as indepth product information and reviews.
• Try a Free Demo of FxFactory Pro
• See it in Action!

And, there's more! Buy now (or wait for the sale) and get a free upgrade to FxFactory 2.0!

Noise Industries will be releasing FxFactory 2.0 within a month that will bring Leopard compatibility and lots of other goodies. FxFactory 2.0 will be a paid upgrade, price tbd. However, if you buy FxFactory 1.0.7 now, you will get the upgrade for free.

Labels: FxFactory, FxPlug, Noise Industries

We had such huge response to the sale announcement that we've decided to kick off the sale a few days early. Get FxFactory Pro for 50% off through October 28. FxFactory Pro is an incredible set of over 150 plug-ins for Final Cut Pro and Motion. They're GPU excellerated so they're FAST and they're FxPlug, so you can work between Final Cut Pro and Motion without rendering your effects. They work in both! One installer - two programs. Of course, they're also Universal.

And... get a FREE upgrade to the next version of FxFactory Pro for Leopard, which will be released in about a month. So much great stuff for just $199 (regularly $399).

Buy FxFactory Pro Today and save 50%.

Labels: Final Cut Pro, FxFactory, FxPlug, Motion, Noise Industries, Sale, Universal

We have an incredible Toolfarm Exclusive deal for Noise Industries FxFactory Pro. Save 50% off of Noise Industries FxFactory Pro 1.07 between October 21 - October 28, 2007.

FxFactory is the first expandable effects package for Final Cut Studio. Over 150 GPU-accelerated plug-ins based on OpenGL, Core Image and Quartz Composer.

Unlimited expandability

Download more plug-ins at the FxMarket. Zero-coding plug-in development: create your own FxPlug effects for Final Cut Studio without writing any code.

Seamless integration with FxPlug

Install plug-ins once, use them immediately in both Final Cut Pro and Motion.

FxFactory Pro is the only software that lets you create and modify your own visual effects plug-ins for Final Cut Pro and Motion without writing a single line of code. By leveraging modern graphics technology such as Core Image and Quartz Composer, your plug-ins will be high-performance, first-class FxPlug citizens.

Learn more

• Learn about FxFactory Pro in our Plug-in Finder - See shots and examples, as well as indepth product information and reviews.
• Try a Free Demo of FxFactory Pro
• See it in Action!

And, there's more! Buy now (or wait for the sale) and get a free upgrade to FxFactory 2.0!

Noise Industries will be releasing FxFactory 2.0 within a month that will bring Leopard compatibility and lots of other goodies. FxFactory 2.0 will be a paid upgrade, price tbd. However, if you buy FxF 1.0.7 now, you will get the upgrade for free.

Labels: FxFactory, FxPlug, Noise Industries

StudioDaily has a new tutorial, Simulate a Videoconference Open in Final Cut Studio 2 with FxFactory Pro. In this tutorial, they explain how to simulate the opening of a videoconference by customizing a preset found in FxFactory Pro, a terrific plug-in from Noise Industries.

Learn more about FxFactory Pro in our Plug-in Finder or try a demo of FxFactory Pro.

Labels: Final Cut Pro, FxFactory, Noise Industries, Studio Daily, Tutorial

This free update to FxFactory brings you 15 new plug-ins for all FxFactory Pro users, and major performance improvements to all plug-ins when rendering in Final Cut Pro.

The total number of FxFactory Pro plug-ins has now reached 150, thanks to the following new filters: Clone, Chromatic Aberration, Channel Geometry, Free Distort, Mask With Geometry, Color Crush, Zoom Blur Chroma, Zoom Blur Luminance, Add Noise, Sharpen Chroma, Sharpen Luminance, Sharpen RGB, and transitions: Paint Wipe, Twirl Wipe and Waves Wipe.

Download a demo of FxFactory Now!

CoreMelt VeeYou freebie!

VeeYou is the first set of freebie plugins for Final Cut Studio by CoreMelt. Generate Volume Unit level and EQ animations based on the audio in your project. Sample projects are included!

More info | Download VeeYou

SUGARfx Portfolio

The latest SUGARfx theme comes with 9 elements that let you animate through any media you supply. Portfolio lets you elegantly showcase your work, and even comes with a matching theme for DVD Studio Pro.
More info on SUGARfx Portfolio

Labels: Final Cut Pro, Free, FxFactory, FxPlug, Motion, Noise Industries, SUGARfx

An update to Noise Industries FxFactory Pro to 1.07 came out last week. There is now a Noise Industries FxFactory Pro 1.07 Upgrade from Motion or Editing FxPack.

Hey, kids! Noise Industries Academic versions are now available, too. Save big bucks if you're a student or qualified academic-type. (NOTE: You must be a full time student or a faculty member to obtain academic pricing. Fax your creditials to Toolfarm for approval: 415-276-1904 or email them to sales@toolfarm.com.)

Labels: Academic, FxFactory, Noise Industries

A boxed version of Noise Industries FxFactory is now available. FxFactory is a primo plug-in package for Final Cut Pro and Motion. It's FxPlug, so it's fast, and of course, it's Universal.

Read a review of FxFactory Pro by Jim Geduldick

Read an interview with Niclas Bahn of Noise Industries - Niclas explains exactly what FxFactory is and why it's the plug-in package for Final Cut Studio that you must own.

Labels: Final Cut Pro, FxFactory, FxPlug, Inspirations, Motion, Noise Industries, reviews

Jim Geduldick, one of the gifted forum experts at Toolfarm, reviews Noise Industries FxFactory, an FxPlug plug-in package for Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion.

Labels: FxFactory, Noise Industries, reviews

This free update to FxFactory fixes compatibility problems with Motion 3, adds two new plug-ins and sports many other improvements.

Videoconference
This new transition available to FxFactory Pro users simulates the effect of entering a video chat with multiple participants in iChat. The incoming and outgoing clips provide the video source for the chat "participants" on your timeline.

Neon Circles
This new filter available to FxFactory Pro users combines edge detection techniques with some of the techniques of the Dots and LED Lights plug-ins to give you a flexible stylization that lends itself to creating interesting backgrounds and cool new pixellation effects.

User Presets
The Presets feature in FxFactory has been improved to allow user-generated presets to appear in the Presets popup menu in the parameter inspector:

Perspective Reflection
One of our most popular plug-ins has been improved with a simple, yet powerful new feature: the "Reflection Swingback" parameter lets you animate in and out of the effect, making it easier to blend the effect with existing content on the timeline

Other Changes
Minor bug fixes and/or improvements have also been made to the Pencil Sketch plug-in, to the distortion effects in the FxFactory Motion Pack, and to the transitions in the FxFactory Editing Pack.

Labels: Final Cut Pro, FxFactory, FxPlug, Motion, Noise Industries

This morning I chatted with Niclas Bahn from Noise Industries, about FxFactory a plug-in package for Final Cut Studio that works in Final Cut Pro and Motion. He explains how the plug-in utilizes the FxPlug architecture on the Mac, as well as Quartz Composer. And, did I mention how fast it is!

What really sets this product apart is that users can create their own plug-ins, making it infinitely expandable. There is a community set up where users have contributed FxPacks, some for free and some for a price. Users do not know how to program to use the plug-in.

Labels: FxFactory, FxPlug, Noise Industries