Save over 50% on this special CHV Birthday Bundle, available for two days only - December 16 & 17, 2009! If you were to purchase them separately, it would cost $689, but the special priced bundle is just $299! The plug-ins work in Final Cut Pro and many also work in Final Cut Express or Motion.
Join Product Manager Peter McAuley for a Webinar on Keying and Compositing in Apple Final Cut Pro. This webinar will give you an overview of Boris Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug's keying and compositing features. In addition, Peter will demonstrate the new Boris XML Transfer plug-in which allows you to seamlessly transfer Final Cut Pro program sequences to Adobe After Effects. Register Now | Download a free trial of Boris XML Transfer or BCC Chroma Key | Buy Boris XML Transfer
Note: Get Boris Continuum Chroma Key 6.0 for 50% off on Thursday, November 19. This suite of keying tools includes the Chroma Key, Matte Choker and Light Wrap tools, which for this suite have been re-engineered to run in real-time - even on HD clips. Not only that, it comes with BCS Chroma Key Studio, exclusively for users of Apple Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Final Cut Express we offer Chroma Key Studio, which is included in the Chroma Key Unit. Regularly $299, get it for just $149.50 on November 19.
Flicker and Shake is included with BCC 6.0.5 FxPlug, a free update for BCC 6.x FxPlug users
Boris Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug Flicker And Shake is an auto-animating filter which uses bursts of synchronized Exposure, Glow, Blur, X or Y displacement, and RGB channel offset to create a flicker effect for video or graphics elements. The flicker effect has been made popular by recent television commercials and film trailers.
Flicker and Shake works in Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion. The filter is part of the Boris Continuum Shaders category of real-time FxPlug filters that take advantage of the latest Mac OS X OpenGL technology.
Video Tutorial: Using the Flicker and Shake Filter
See Michele Yamazaki from Toolfarm showing Boris Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug in Apple Final Cut Pro as well as a walk through of Boris's new XML Transfer plug-in.
When: Thursday, November 19th at 6:30pm
Where: Apple Store SoHo 103 Prince Street New York City, NY 10012
Join Boris for a Webinar next Tuesday on Keying and Compositing in Apple Final Cut Pro. This webinar will give you an overview of Boris Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug's keying and compositing features in Apple Final Cut Pro. In addition, they will demonstrate the new Boris XML Transfer plug-in which allows you to seamlessly transfer Apple Final Cut Pro program sequences to Adobe After Effects.
It's Tuesday, November 17th, 1:00pm, Eastern Time and free.
We're constantly updating our store and Plug-in Finder with new information and checking over system requirements and compatibility with host applications and operating systems. The list of icons we use to represent that data is growing, so we've put together a handy guide to explain it all.
Revamped Optical Stabilizer, Enhanced Adobe Premiere Pro and Apple Motion Support
September 28, 2009 - Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, today announced that its flagship Boris Continuum Complete product line has been updated to Version 6.0.4. The Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) product line includes BCC AE for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro, BCC FxPlug for Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, and Apple Final Cut Express, and BCC AVX for Avid editing and finishing systems. The new Version 6.0.4 release includes a revamped optical stabilizer filter, enhanced support for Adobe Premiere Pro and Apple Motion, new animated presets for BCC 6's 3D Objects filters, and official support for Apple Final Cut Pro 7, Apple Motion 4, Avid Media Composer 4, Avid Symphony 4, and Avid NewsCutter 8.
What's New in Boris Continuum Complete Version 6.0.4
Enhanced Apple Motion Integration. BCC 6 FxPlug's 3D Objects filters now allow 3D extruded text, logos, and EPS graphics to respond to Motion's native camera.
Revamped Optical Stabilizer Filter. BCC Optical Stabilizer, which automatically smoothes or completely eliminates shaky camera motion, now provides more feedback during the image analysis process. In addition, a new Autoscale option automatically transform scales a locked down clip so that it fills the frame or composite window.
Improved Adobe Premiere Pro Support. Based on award-winning Optical Flow and Motion Tracking technology, workhorse BCC AE filters such as Optical Stabilizer, Corner Pin, Match Move, Witness Protection, and Motion Blur are now available in Premiere Pro Version 4.1.
Animated 3D Objects Presets for Adobe After Effects and Avid. BCC 6's Animated Presets option has been extended to include the BCC 3D Objects category of filters. This powerful feature lets you save animated effects for use in other projects or BCC hosts.
New Swish Pan Transition Filter for BCC AVX. Swish Pan enables editors to create fast, camera pan-style transitions between clips. The filter is fully automated and includes controls for the velocity of the pan with on-screen display of the ease-in and ease-out curve.
Support for Apple Final Cut Pro 7 and Apple Motion 4. BCC 6.0.4 FxPlug introduces official support for Mac OS X Snow Leopard as well as Apple's new Final Cut Studio release.
Support for Avid's New Editing Software Releases. BCC 6.0.4 AVX introduces official support for Avid Media Composer 4, Avid Symphony 4, and Avid NewsCutter 8.
BCC 6.0.4 AE is a free update for BCC 6.x AE users, BCC 6.0.4 FxPlug is a free update for BCC 6.x FxPlug users, and BCC 6.0.4 AVX is a free update for BCC 6.x AVX users. The BCC 6.0.4 updates are available for download from the Toolfarm Demos Page. Full-functioning 14-day trial versions are also available for free download.
If you could only purchase one comprehensive set of plug-ins for your NLE, the answer is simple: Boris Continuum Complete. Currently at a well-seasoned version 6, Boris FX offers Continuum Complete for AE (After Effects and Premiere), FxPlug (Apple Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Express), AVX (including Media Composer 3.5, NewsCutter, Symphony and a version specific to Avid DS 10 or greater) and Sparks (Flint, Flame, Inferno and Smoke). The ability to support such a wide range of NLE and motion graphics/compositing packages is in itself a tribute to Boris. The fact that the performance and quality is consistent across all of these diverse hosts is nothing less than miraculous.
Save 40$ on CHV's FxPlug-Bundle, which includes all of the CHV FxPlug plugin collections, and CHV's The Entire Bundle, which, you guessed it, contains every CHV plug-in... and there are a lot!
The sale runs for the next 2 weeks and the plug-ins work in Final Cut Studio or Final Cut Express. Download demos here if you would like to take them for a test run first.
I really love the CHV plugins. They're extremely fast and versatile. You can push those plug-ins like you can't push a lot of other plug-ins!
Note: If you own BCC6 but didn't get the latest update, it includes the Extruded EPS filter. You don't want to miss that! Boris Continuum Complete 6.0.1 AE is now available as a free update for BCC 6 AE customers! Free BCC 6.0.1 AE Update for BCC 6 Users Please uninstall BCC 6 AE before installing BCC 6.0.1 AE.
New 3D Objects, Real-Time Effects Browser Window, Real-Time Chroma Key, Film Look, and Transition Effects Boris Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug brings over 200 filters to Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, and Apple Final Cut Express. In addition to new features included with the recently-released Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE for Adobe- such as Extruded Text, Extruded EPS, Extruded Splines, and Extruded Shapes- BCC 6 FxPlug takes advantage of Apple FxPlug's real-time architecture for simultaneous live previews of dozens of preset transitions, glows, and color and film look effects in a newly-designed effects browser window.
Peter Wiggins had the idustrial revolution ParticleMetrix on his NAB Promo Reel. The plug-in is in the last stage of beta at the moment and will be available soon. idustrial revolution plug-ins use the Noise Industries effects engine and work in After Effects, Final Cut Pro and Motion (FxPlug). Looks VERY cool.
BCC 6 FxPlug brings over 200 filters to Apple Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Final Cut Express. In addition to new features included with the recently-released BCC 6 AE for Adobe - such as Extruded Text, Splines, and Shapes - BCC 6 FxPlug takes advantage of Apple FxPlug's real-time architecture for simultaneous live previews of dozens of preset transitions, glows, and color and film look effects in a newly-designed effects browser window. Code-named "Popcorn", this new technology delivers the best of Boris on Apple's FxPlug platform.
New 3D Objects, Real-Time Effects Browser Window, and Real-Time Chroma Key, Film Look, and Transition Effects for Apple Pro Video Applications
Marlborough MA - April 16, 2009 - Boris FX , the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that a public beta of Boris Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug (BCC 6 FxPlug) for Apple Pro Video Applications is now available.
BCC 6 FxPlug brings over 200 filters to Apple Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Final Cut Express. In addition to new features included with the recently-released Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE for Adobe - such as Extruded Text, Splines, and Shapes - BCC 6 FxPlug takes advantage of Apple FxPlug's real-time architecture for simultaneous live previews of dozens of preset transitions, glows, and color and film look effects in a newly-designed effects browser window. Code-named "Popcorn", this new technology delivers the best of Boris on Apple's FxPlug platform.
"With the number of filters and presets growing fast in everyone's Final Cut editor, it is hard to find the right look or animation quickly using traditional menus and scroll lists," comments Boris Yamnitsky, founder and president, Boris FX. "Our new, innovative Preset Effects Browser Window allows for a lot of brainstorming without a lot of headache."
The initial release of BCC 6 FxPlug will feature over a dozen new FxPlug Shaders. Many of the FxPlug Shaders draw on BCC strengths such as lights, keying, and 3D. FxPlug Shaders are unique to Apple Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, and Motion, tying directly to each host application's render pipe for maximum efficiency and render speed.
BCC 6 FxPlug will be publicly demonstrated for the first time at the NAB 2009 exhibition held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from April 20-23, 2009 at Booth SL5320.
Pricing and Availability
The public beta of Boris Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug is available for free, immediate download from the Boris FX web site at Borisfx.com.
Boris Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug is scheduled for release in May 2009 for an MSRP of $995 USD. Owners of previous versions of Boris Continuum Complete FxPlug will be able to upgrade for an MSRP or $295 USD. Customers who buy Boris Continuum Complete 5 FxPlug now will receive a free upgrade to Boris Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug when it is available.
About Boris FX
Founded in 1995, Boris FX is the leading developer of integrated graphics and effects technology, delivering 3D compositing and vector graphic products for the broadcast, post production, film and multimedia markets. Boris products have grown to serve over 200,000 artists worldwide. The company's success lies in its ability to tightly integrate and leverage technologies through strong partnerships with industry-leading manufacturers such as Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Avid, Grass Valley, Media 100, and Sony.
Oak Street Software EdgeTool FxPlug is a powerful filter for detecting, isolating, and manipulating edges, or non-edges for purposes of controlling other effects, or enhancing smooth, noisy areas of your video without affecting the edges. It actually has many uses, but it was originally designed to allow the use of smoothing, and soft focus filters without sacrificing the sharpness of edges. To do that, we needed a filter that could locate edges (preferably one that allowed us to control the edge selection) and put the edge map into the alpha channel so that we could layer an effect layer over a lower layer and limit our affect to non-edge parts of the video.
Boris Final Effects Complete 5 FxPlug is a set of 100+ visual effects filters re-designed for Apple's FxPlug plug-in architecture, providing seamless integration with Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, and Motion. FEC 5 FxPlug adds support for 16 bit-color processing and takes full advantage of FxPlug for a big performance boost including unlimited RT filters and native Final Cut Pro transitions. The same FEC filters are recognized by Motion and run within Motion's accelerated GPU environment for improved compatibility and flexible workflow.
One of the first plug-in packages released for Adobe After Effects, the heart of Final Effects Complete is its ability to generate full-featured 2D and 3D particle animations including ball action, explosions, distortions, jet trails, hair, liquid mercury distortions, spotlights, and color transitions.
RE:Vision Effects today expanded support of its DE:Noise FxPlug plugin set for Final Cut Pro and Motion to include Final Cut Express. DE:Noise is a plugin set that removes excessive noise and artifacts in one easy-to-use tool. It handles spurious frame-to-frame defects ranging from fine digital and electronic noise to blotchy spots (e.g. dirt on the film). DE:Noise combines proprietary motion estimation (optical flow) techniques with feature-sensitive, edge-preserving spatial filtering methods to reduce the visual impact of various problems such as: noisy video (that can happen with low-light capture), excessive film grain, prefiltering noisy greenscreens before keying, CG renders affected by ray-tracing sampling artifacts, dust captured during film scan/transfer and printing, snow, drop-outs and many other defects.
Features of DE:Noise:
Pre-processing contrast controls to help enhance the noise for easier elimination.
Smart spatial filtering controls that allow for the spatial smoothing of noise without smoothing over important features in the image sequence.
8 different temporal filtering methods that uses motion estimation (via optical flow) to correlate images over time in order to reduce noise and other artifacts.
Post-processing to help punch up the result or to undo the preprocessing contrast enhancement.
Post sharpening option for when the denoising process makes the result softer than desired.
8 bits per channel (bpc) support within Final Cut Express, and support of higher bit depths (e.g., 10 bit YUV and floating point) where applicable within Final Cut Pro and Motion.
Bug Fixes and Enhancements newly available in DE:Noise FxPlug v1.1:
Added a feature that presents an extra option when applying the plugin to interlaced footage (allowing the plugin to compare fields from the next frame instead of the adjacent field in the current frame). See the manual for details.
Fixed some issues with non-full alpha layers with some spatial blurs; and, as a result, layers with non full alpha may take longer in some modes.
The temporal threshhold has been changed so that desired results are easier to control. However, this also means that older projects will need some attention to the temporal threshhold value to get the exact same results. To get the same results, the solution is to take the square root of the value you had before (so that 10% should be reset to 31.62%, because .3162 is the square root of .1).
Availability and compatibility
DE:Noise is available as an FxPlug plugin for Final Cut Express 4.0.1 and up, Final Cut Pro 6.0.1 and up, Motion 3.0.1 and up.
Introducing a new and easier Serial Number system and several other enhancements
February 02, 2009 - CHV-electronics, software developer of plugins for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Motion announced today an update of all of their FxPlug plugin packages. The new version includes a new and easier to handle Serial Number system, several enhancements and speed improvements.
The new version numbers for the plugin packages are:
The plugin package runs on all PowerPC and Intel Mac computers on OSX 10.4 (Tiger) and OSX 10.5 (Leopard) qualified to run Final Cut Studio or Final Cut Express.
All FxPlug plugin packages from CHV-Electronics are GPU-accelerated, using the full power of the installed graphics adapter for direct feedback and fast rendering.
Yep, you heard that correctly. The sale ends today and the groovy graphic will be left in the archive. This really is an incredible deal and I can tell you from personal experience that the CHV plugins are awesome. They are very fast and you can do a lot more with them than you would expect. I love plugins that you can totally push the settings to crazy levels to create new and interesting effects.
CHV-electronics, software developer of plugins for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Motion announced today the sale of the Birthday-Bundle 2008 and an update of their FxPlug plugin package QC Integration FX based on Apple's technologies FxPlug and Quartz Composer.
The Birthday-Bundle 2008
From Monday through Wednesday (Dec. 15-17, 2008) the Birthday-Bundle 2008 is being offered for just $349.00 (original retail price $744.00). It includes all available CHV plugin packages:
The Entire-Bundle 06-2006 (The Repair-collection, The Morph-collection, The Text-collection, The Time-collection, The Film-Filter, The AlphaWipe-collection, The Clone and Paint-collection, The MotionTracker-collection, The Bezier Garbage Matte Pro, The 3D-collection, The Distortion-collection, The Color-collection, The Starters-collection)
QC Integration FX V1.6.3 The update provides the user with the ability to select a folder path directly with a OSX file selector dialog. This option is used by all Quartz Composer plugins that need to collect images directly from a folder.
QC Integration FX allows the user more versatility than any other plugin package. Using Apple's Quartz Composer technology this package provides the user with the most advanced plugin platform to quickly create and modify plugins for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Motion.
QC Integration FX is specifically designed to enable the user to build state-of-the-art FxPlug plugins for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Motion You can now build plugins for sale with copyright-protection, which allows third party developers to create Quartz Composer based visual effects and sell them securely. CHV's unmatched copy-protection system prevents the uncontrolled distribution of serial numbers.
The plugin package runs on all PowerPC and Intel Mac computers on OSX 10.4 (Tiger) and OSX 10.5 (Leopard) qualified to run Final Cut Studio or Final Cut Express.
All FxPlug plugin packages from CHV-electronics are GPU-accelerated, using the full power of the installed graphics adapter for direct feedback and fast rendering.
QC Integration FX is the most versatile plugin package ever for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Motion
CHV-electronics, software developer of plug-ins for Motion, Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express announced today that a major update of the plugin package QC Integration FX based on Apple's plug-in technology "FxPlug" has been released. Version 1.5 provides the user with 30 new plug-ins and a long list of new features.
QC Integration FX is designed to enable the user to build FxPlug plug-ins for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Motion and even built plug-ins for sale with copyright-protection. The package already contains 81 high quality visual effect plug-ins that can be used immediately.
QC Integration FX allows the user to do more than any other plugin package. Using Apple's Quartz Composer technology this package provides provides the user with the most advanced plugin platform to quickly create, modify, use and even distribute securely any Quartz Composer file. Additional plug-ins will be added to the package as they become available.
The plugin package runs on all PowerPC and Intel Mac computers on OSX 10.4 (Tiger) and OSX 10.5 (Leopard) that are qualified to run Final Cut Studio or Final Cut Express.
All FxPlug plugin packages from CHV-electronics are GPU-accelerated, using the full power of the installed graphics adapter for direct feedback and fast rendering.
Company to demonstrate their VFX plug-ins on a wide range of products at booth 1536
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, will be exhibiting at SIGGRAPH 2008, being held August 12-14 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
GenArts will feature Sapphire Plug-ins, a collection of over 200 image processing and synthesis effects, on a wide range of host platforms in the Plug-in Pavilion, booth 1536. Visitors to the booth will be given demonstrations of the latest Sapphire Plug-ins releases for Adobe After Effects and Apple Shake. GenArts will also be showing a technology preview of Sapphire Plug-ins for OFX products on The Foundry's Nuke, Autodesk Toxik and Eyeon Fusion.
About GenArts Founded in 1996 in Cambridge, Mass., GenArts, Inc. is the premier provider of digital visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries. Their product, Sapphire Plug-ins, equips digital artists with a collection of over 200 state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects such as: Glows, EdgeRays, LensFlare, Lightning, FilmEffect, Warps and Textures. The effects seamlessly integrate into a number of editing and compositing systems including: Adobe® After Effects®, Premiere® Pro and Premiere® Elements; Apple® Final Cut Pro®, Final Cut Express®, Motion® and Shake®; Avid® AVX Products; Autodesk® Compositing & Editing Systems, and Combustion®; Eyeon® Fusion®; and Quantel® generationQ products.
Sapphire Plug-ins have become the industry standard for high-end visual effects creation by providing unrivaled image quality, a unique organic look, and ease of use. They have been used extensively in an array of television programs, music videos and feature films, including Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Hulk, Spider-Man 1, 2 and 3, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars - Episode I, II and III, Sin City, The Matrix trilogy, X-Men 1, 2 and 3, Titanic, Lost and CSI. Additional GenArts product information can be found at www.genarts.com.
Boris Continuum Complete 5.0.5 FxPlug is now available. Version 5.0.5 takes further advantage of Apple FxPlug performance acceleration in Final Cut Pro by adding new vector processing and optimizing color conversion, field rendering, and multi-processor acceleration. BCC 5.0.5 FxPlug is a free update for BCC 5.x FxPlug customers. Boris recommends that all BCC 5.x FxPlug customers update to BCC 5.0.5 FxPlug.
Twixtor enables users to speed up, slow down image sequences with visually stunning results. In order to achieve its unparalleled image quality, Twixtor synthesizes unique new frames by warping and interpolating frames of the original sequence... employing RE:Vision Effects' Academy Award winning technology that calculates motion for each individual pixel.
DV Magazine calls Twixtor "amazing" and "a must-have for any toolkit." Video Systems says "it's the best plugin method for creating speed changes, slow-motion effects, and frame-rate conversions." Nick Brooks, Academy Award and Emmy Award winner for visual effects says, "Twixtor 4.5 represents a new touchstone in retiming. The difference in accuracy means that retiming artifacts are either drastically reduced or disappear on the hardest to retime footage."
The After Effects-compatible version continues to work within Final Cut Pro. What are the differences? The FxPlug version can process images in 10 bit YUV (and greater bit depths, when supported). The After Effects-compatible version only works in 8 bits per channel within FCP, but can also run in After Effects, combustion and Premiere Pro. Note that 8 bit processing within the FxPlug version is significantly faster than the After Effects-compatible version, but 10 bit or full precision YUV processing takes longer than the 8 bit processing in order to take full advantage of the extra bit depth. The FxPlug version runs within FCP 6.0.3 and up, while the After Effects-compatible version will run in any version of FCP from version 4.0 and up.
The FxPlug version is the better alternative when using Twixtor within FCP because it is Apple's native effects plugin format. Apple is continuing to add new features for FxPlug plugins, and as such there are greater future opportunities for Twixtor within FCP in the FxPlug version. Additionally, it is hoped to include Twixtor support for Motion and Final Cut Express in a future release of the FxPlug version.
Many customers use Twixtor within both Final Cut Pro and After Effects, so there is a reduced price for the second version for customers that want to use the FxPlug version within FCP and the After Effects-compatible version within After Effects on the same machine. See pricing information below.
FxPlug or After Effects-compatible Plugin, Pro version $595.00. See the RE:Vision Effects website for what features the Pro version adds to the regular version.
Add regular FxPlug license to a previously purchased regular or Pro AE-compatible Mac license on the same machine: $99.95
Add Pro FxPlug license to a previously purchased Pro AE-compatible Mac license on the same machine: $179.95 (requires previously purchased Pro AE-compatible version)
Effections is our bundle of plugins for a particular host. Effection for FCP suite is $889.95 and includes FXPlug versions of Twixtor Pro and DE:Noise as well as 7 other products. Customers who purchased Effections or Effections Plus After Effects-compatible plugin set for Macintosh, as well as Twixtor After Effects-compatible version for Mac since April 1, 2008 receive the Twixtor FXPlug version for free.
Twixtor continues to be supported for other After Effects-compatible programs (After Effects, combustion, Premiere Pro) as well as Avid editing systems, Autodesk Systems (Sparks), Avid's SoftImage|XSI, Apple's Shake, Quantel generationQ, eyeon's Fusion and Vision and others. Demo versions, sample footage and tutorials are available on the RE:Vision Effects website: http://www.revisionfx.com.
Bring the popular look of Cover Flow (in iTunes) to your projects with the latest FxFactory freebie by idustrial revolution. CoverFlux is available immediately for Final Cut Pro 6, Motion 3 and Final Cut Express 4. It's FxPlug.
The iTunes style scrolling still image generator plug-in for Final Cut Pro, Motion and Final Cut Express.
This completely free plugin is available for download and use immediately from this website. (FxFactory & Leopard need to be installed).
Oak Street Software vKey2 is a new keyer that is FxPlug, so it works in Final Cut Pro and Motion, and also a Quicktime Component. It is a tool for keying out, or removing a single color background from frames of a movie, or any digital images; especially suited to keying 4:1:1 (low color resolution) video formats. Recently enhanced for spectacular keys! It's very fast and easy to use.
Oak Street Software VKey2 Quicktime Component and FxPlug plug-in is a tool for keying out, or removing a single color background from frames of a movie, or any digital images; especially suited to keying 4:1:1 (low color resolution) video formats. Recently enhanced for spectacular keys!
The FxPlug version of Vkey2 is now available. One really convenient feature of the FxPlug version is an auto-key-color feature that computes the optimal key color for you. It can also save you some render time.
Get this incredible deal from CHV Plug-ins and Toolfarm expires today!
The CHV April Special Bundle includes The Entire-Bundle, FxPlug-Bundle and QC Integration. Normally, you'd pay $689 for all three, but for the month of April, get it all for just $344! That's a 50% discount! All FxPlug plug-ins work with Final Cut Pro and Motion (except CHV MorphFX, an FxPlug plug-in for Motion only at this time) and all FxScript plug-ins work with Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express. These are great plug-ins. They're super fast and they do much more than you would expect. You can really push them for unique effects - I'm saying that from experience, not just to sell you the products. Don't believe me? Download some demos and try them first.
Todd Prives of GenArts demo of the new FxPlug version of Sapphire plug-ins for FCP and Motion. They're also giving away a package of GenArts Sapphire.
Claudia from SF Cutters says: "Todd's demos are famous for their understandability, clarity, and visual pleasure. Todd has been with GenArts for a long time and demos this product with the integrity it deserves. This is something you do not want to miss."
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.
Get this incredible deal from CHV Plug-ins and Toolfarm this month only!
The CHV April Special Bundle includes The Entire-Bundle, FxPlug-Bundle and QC Integration. Normally, you'd pay $689 for all three, but for the month of April, get it all for just $344! That's a 50% discount!
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.
New version features over 200 effects with native support for Final Cut Pro and Motion
Cambridge, MA. March 18, 2008 - 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 for Apple FxPlug products, including Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Motion. Sapphire Plug-ins for FxPlug products contains over 200 image processing and synthesis effects, including the latest effects in the Sapphire suite such as FilmDamage, ZDefocus, Cartoon, BleachBypass, GradientMulti, SwishPan, Deband and Vignette. GenArts is offering the new FxPlug version at no additional charge to customers with Sapphire v2 for After Effects and compatible products.
The new version for FxPlug products features drag-on Transition effects for FCP, effects categorized by Generators, Filters and Transitions, and parameters arranged in groups for improved interface layout. "It's fantastic to have these effects as real transitions in FCP! Once again a great job by the GenArts Sapphire team," says Andy Tolbert from Wide Eyed Productions.
Usability enhancements in the FxPlug version also include the ability to open and close parameter groups in the UI and dial controls for angle parameters. Additionally, projects created in Motion using Sapphire effects can be easily imported into FCP. The FxPlug and After Effects versions of Sapphire can be used concurrently in FCP for compatibility with existing projects.
"GenArts has a long history of supporting Apple products, and this release further demonstrates our commitment to our mutual customers. We are proud to provide native support for all of the Apple FxPlug products with this new version of Sapphire, which dramatically enhances the full range of effects and functionality for FCP and Motion artists," comments Anish Dhanda, Managing Director of GenArts. Key features of Sapphire Plug-ins for Apple FxPlug Products:
Over 200 effects
Native support for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Motion
Convenient drag-on Transition effects for Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express
Effects categorized by Generators, Filters and Transitions
Parameter groups can be opened and closed in the UI
FlickerRemove and FlickerMatch have Set Hold Level and Set Match Level buttons
Angle parameters use dial controls
Motion projects with Sapphire effects can be imported and embedded in Final Cut Pro
FxPlug and After Effects versions of Sapphire can be used together in Final Cut Pro
Support for Mac OS 10.5 Leopard and Mac Intel hardware
Many options and parameters which can be adjusted and animated for an unlimited range of results
Resolution independent, fully anti-aliased, high quality images
Easy to use and fully integrated within the native user interface
Multi-processor support for faster rendering
Online hyper-linked documentation
Availability and Pricing
Sapphire Plug-ins for Apple FxPlug Products can be purchased directly from GenArts or through their worldwide channel of authorized resellers. Pricing is $1699 for the entire package or $599 for one of four individual box sets. Special upgrade pricing for existing customers with Sapphire v1 for After Effects is offered for $599 and $199, respectively. Customers with Sapphire v2 for After Effects can use the FxPlug version at no charge on the same workstation. A new license purchased for FxPlug also allows use of the AE version. A free trial of the software is available online at www.genarts.com
About GenArts, Inc. Founded in 1996 in Cambridge, Mass., GenArts, Inc. is the premier provider of digital visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries. Their product, Sapphire Plug-ins, equips digital artists with a collection of over 200 state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects such as: Glows, EdgeRays, LensFlare, Lightning, FilmEffect, Warps and Textures. The effects seamlessly integrate into a number of editing and compositing systems including: Adobe® After Effects®, Premiere® Pro and Premiere® Elements; Apple® Final Cut Pro®, Final Cut Express®, Motion® and Shake®; Avid® AVX Products; Autodesk® Compositing & Editing Systems, and Combustion®; Eyeon® Fusion®; and Quantel® generationQ products. Sapphire Plug-ins have become the industry standard for high-end visual effects creation by providing unrivaled image quality, a unique organic look, and ease of use. They have been used extensively in an array of television programs, music videos and feature films, including: Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, and 3, Spider-Man 1, 2 and 3, Superman Returns, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars - Episode I, II and III, Sin City, The Matrix trilogy, X-Men 1, 2 and 3, Titanic, Lost and CSI. Additional GenArts product information can be found at www.genarts.com.
New version of Final Effects Complete now available for Apple Final Cut Studio 2 and Final Cut Express 4
Marlborough MA - March 13, 2008 Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that Final Effects Complete 5.0 for FxPlug (FEC 5.0 for FxPlug) is now shipping. This is the second release in the FEC series which also includes FEC 5.0 for AE (shipping since February 2008) and FEC 5.0 for AVX (shipping Q2 2008). FEC 5.0 for FxPlug adds support for the Apple ® Final Cut Studio® 2 (FCS 2) and Final Cut Express® 4 running on the latest Apple OS X Leopard® operating system.
"We have had an immense amount of positive feedback to the Final Effects Complete 5.0 release. Our customers greatly appreciate the optimization of the FEC package to the host environment as well as the high-quality and uniqueness of each FEC effect," comments Boris Yamnitsky, founder and president, Boris FX. "With the large FEC user base and advancements in hardware performance we definitely see the FEC product line becoming the go to option for the more advanced effects and motion graphics production workflow."
Final Effects Complete for FxPlug is a set of 108 visual effects filters re-designed for Apple's FxPlug plug-in architecture, providing seamless integration with Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion. FEC 5 FxPlug adds new support for 16 bit-color processing and takes full advantage of FxPlug for a big performance boost including unlimited RT filters and native Final Cut Pro transitions. The same FEC filters are recognized by Motion and run within Motion's accelerated GPU environment for improved compatibility and flexible workflow.
FEC 5.0 for FxPlug Workflow Highlights
Host Support: Apple Final Cut Studio including the Apple video applications Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Motion
Multi-processor acceleration increases effects production
Boris Motion Tracker and Pixel Chooser borrowed from BCC allow users to selectively apply filters to specific areas of the image. The method is superior to layer duplication and masking because it is more flexible and efficient.
New FEC Native Parameter UI sports new control groups, contextual controls, on-screen widgets, custom controls and many other improvements. All parameter options are now readily available as native parameters without a need to open modal dialog windows.
Load and Save Presets allow users to carry and use their favorite effects with other Boris applications in other supported hosts on Windows or Macintosh.
The built-in Electronic Help system provides comprehensive information to maximize productivity.
FEC 5.0 for AVX packages will be available later in Q2 2008.
About Boris FX
Founded in 1995 in Boston MA, Boris FX is the leading developer of integrated graphics and effects technology, delivering 3D compositing and vector graphic products for the broadcast, post production, film and multi-media industries. Since the company's inception, Boris products have grown to serve over 200,000 artists worldwide. A great part of its success lies in the ability to tightly integrate and leverage technologies through strong partnerships with industry-leading manufacturers including Adobe®, Apple®, Autodesk®, Avid®, Eyeon®, Grass Valley, Matrox®, Media 100®, Sony Pictures Digital®, and Ulead®. For more information, visit www.borisfx.com.
One of Digital Anarchy's most popular plug-ins, Psunami Water, is now available for Final Cut Pro and Motion.
Psunami Water creates photorealistic water surfaces. The waves are true 3D, created by a 3D mesh that's rippled and distorted by water simulation algorithms. Since you're in a real 3D system, you can fly the camera around skimming across the waves or going beneath them to create underwater shots. Using the same technology that created the digital water in Titanic it's an incredibly powerful way of adding beautiful, realistic waves and water to your FCP and Motion projects.
The best part is that the AE purchase of Psunami Water includes the FxPlug version in the same package! Buy one, get both!
We'll have the system requirements up as soon as we get them, but for now, I think you'd be fine with an Intel based Mac with the most recent version of Final Cut Studio. I'll find out if it will run in older versions of FCS.
Final Effects Complete 5 FxPlug is a set of 108 visual effects filters re-designed for Apple's FxPlug plug-in architecture, providing seamless integration with Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion. FEC 5 FxPlug adds new support for 16 bit-color processing and takes full advantage of FxPlug for a big performance boost including unlimited RT filters and native Final Cut Pro transitions. The same FEC filters are recognized by Motion and run within Motion's accelerated GPU environment for improved compatibility and flexible workflow.
Noise Industries SUGARfx Folding Cards LC is available for Final Cut Pro and Motion (FxPlug). Make your next project unfold to an awesome animated environment, featuring 8 different elements to choose from and a whole gamut of color combinations, including a customizing one where you can create your own favorite combinations. Requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
The latest update to FxFactory brings five new plug-ins to existing FxFactory Pro 2 customers and improved versions of the CoreMelt Motion and Editing Packs with high-precision rendering, contextual parameter UI and a redesigned masking system.
SupaWipe is a brand new plug-in by idustrial revolution, and quite simply the coolest object transition for Final Cut Pro 6 and Final Cut Express 4. Effects that would require manual keyframing, multiple layers and lots of setup time can now be accomplished with a few clicks.
SUGARfx World Cup
The jaw-dropping 3D theme by SUGARfx has been completely redesigned for Mac OS X Leopard and Final Cut Studio 2, with plenty of options to adapt the theme to your projects.
GenArts is offering the new FxPlug version at no additional charge to customers who purchase or upgrade to Sapphire v2 for After Effects and compatible products. Currently Sapphire Plug-ins supports Final Cut Pro through the After Effects API, but the FxPlug version will provide additional features such as drag-on Transition effects for FCP, support for Motion, and effects categorized as Generators, Filters and Transitions. The forthcoming version for FxPlug products will contain over 200 image processing and synthesis effects, including the latest effects in the Sapphire Plug-ins suite such as FilmDamage, ZDefocus, Cartoon, BleachBypass, GradientMulti, SwishPan, Light3D, Deband and Vignette.
A preview of the new version can be seen at the Macworld FCPUG SuperMeet on January 16th at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco. The FxPlug version of Sapphire Plug-ins is planned for release in the first half of 2008.
About GenArts, Inc.
Founded in 1996 in Cambridge, Mass., GenArts, Inc. is the premier provider of digital visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries. Their product, Sapphire Plug-ins, equips digital artists with a collection of over 200 state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects such as: Glows, EdgeRays, LensFlare, Lightning, FilmEffect, Warps and Textures. The effects seamlessly integrate into a number of editing and compositing systems including: Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro and Premiere Elements; Apple Final Cut Pro and Shake; Avid AVX Products; Autodesk Compositing & Editing Systems and Combustion; Eyeon Fusion; and Quantel generationQ products.
Sapphire Plug-ins have become the industry standard for high-end visual effects creation by providing unrivaled image quality, a unique organic look, and ease of use. They have been used extensively in an array of television programs, music videos and feature films, including: Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, and 3, Spider-Man 1, 2 and 3, Superman Returns, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars Episode I, II and III, Sin City, The Matrix trilogy, X-Men 1, 2 and 3, Titanic, Lost and CSI.
Additional GenArts product information can be found at www.genarts.com.
A Toolfarm Exclusive! The CHV X-MAX bundle includes The Entire-Bundle for Final Cut Pro, the FxPlug Bundle and QC Integration FX- modify and create any Quartz Composer composition as a video effect plug-in for FCP and Motion. Get all of this at a 50% discount until December 31st! Many of the plug-ins also work in Final Cut Express and Motion.
Don't miss out on this incredible deal. You know you need to spend a little more before the end of the year anyway ;-)
It's only been a couple of weeks, but there's already a good point update for FxFactory.
The newest version of FxFactory fixes important bugs discovered since the initial release of FxFactory 2, such as the loss of 'Log and Transfer' functionality in Final Cut Pro 6.
Version 2.0.1 also brings three new plug-ins to FxFactory Pro users, and an improved plug-in management interface which lets you access plug-in documentation while browsing your effect collection.
Futurismo Backgrounds and Futurismo Titles 2 Update
Version 2.0 of Futurismo Backgrounds and Futurismo Titles plug-ins improves support for Final Cut Pro and adds new features, such as parameter presets and a better font-selection UI. Each plug-in package may be purchased for $49 at our online store, and it is available in trial mode for 15 days.
This version is a free upgrade for existing Futurismo Titles 1.0 and Futurismo Backgrounds 1.0 customers.
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).
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).
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Darrin Cardani held a Introduction to FxPlug session on how to write an FxPlug plug-in for the Los Angeles CocoaHeads on September 13, 2007. For any plug-in developers who are interested in writing plug-ins for Final Cut Pro and/or Motion (including porting your After Effects plug-ins), this is a must watch.
A new addition to Boris Continuum Complete 5 (FxPlug), UpRez is a fantastic filter that lets you upscale SD video to HD. In this Boris FX podcast, Dave DiPinto demonstrates a possible production scenario in Apple Final Cut Pro 6 where you have D1 resolution stock footage that you want to use in a 1080 HD project.
Watch podcast in iTunes
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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.
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!
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