PHYX Color is a new set of plug-ins for Final Cut Studio and Adobe After Effects that lets you simulate vintage film processes and create unique looks.



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The trial version of PHYX Color is available by installing FxFactory 2.1.4.

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Peter Wiggins posted this on Toolfarm's Facebook page. "3D Made with two Canon 5D Mark II cameras on a home-made stereo rig. Synchronized with PluralEyes and aligned and output with Stereo3D Toolbox. View the YouTube page for choices of 3D, Anaglyph etc. Via Planet5D.com, thanks!"

I didn't realize that YouTube allowed you to do this, but if you go to the YouTube page for this video there is a pulldown menu for viewing in different 3D styles. This is cool!

If you'd like to:

• try Dashwood 3DStereo Toolbox FxPack download a free demo here (you need Noise Industries FxFactory engine, a free download also).
• Buy Dashwood 3D Stereo Toolbox FxPack here
• PluralEyes for FCP

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FxFactory is a free download that gives you unlimited access to free plug-ins and trial versions of FxFactory Pro and other commercial plug-ins.

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PHYX Keyer is a new set of keying plug-ins developed by visual effects specialist PHYX, Inc. The trial, unlockable version of PHYX Keyer is included with the FxFactory 2.1.2 installer.

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Powered by FxFactory; Stereo3D Toolbox is a plug-in designed to work with Adobe After Effects CS3 / CS4, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion and Apple Final Cut Express applications. With Stereo3D Toolbox, artists can easily output their media to a wide range of Stereoscopic 3D formats (side by side, over/under, checkerboard, interlace, anaglyph) as well as manage the demuxing of side by side, interlace and over/under formattingBeth Marchant talks with Tim Dashwood, creator of the Dashwood Stereo3D Toolbox plugin.

You had some help from Noise Industries' FxFactory architecture.

Yes, I was using the FxFactory suite of tools for other projects. For those who don't know, FxFactory Pro allows the end user to design plug-ins in a simpler way than a programmer would do it. Basically, you don't write code because you're using Apple's Quartz Composer, their node-based visual programming language.

• Read the interview at Studio Daily
• Buy Dashwood Stereo3D Toolbox
• Download a demo

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Noise Industries Idustrial Revolution Volumetrix produces stunning light effects & transitions. Effects work in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, Motion and Adobe After Effects.


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FxFactory is a revolutionary visual effects architecture powering hundreds of plug-ins for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Final Cut Express and Adobe After Effects:

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The Pan and Zoom plug-ins let you create the photo animation style made popular by Ken Burns with intuitive controls and automatic motion control that achieves stunning results without a single keyframe. It works in After Effects, Final Cut Pro/Express & Motion.

Pan and Zoom is absolutely free! Simply download and enjoy: Download it here


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nVeil is a new plug-in developed by Storek Studio. The trial, unlockable version of nVeil is included with the FxFactory 2.1.1 installer. nVeil has been updated, running now in Adobe After Effects, and part of Noise Industries' FxFactory VFX platform.

nVeil is a new creative tool for motion and still graphics, available as a filter and as a transition effect in all hosts supported by FxFactory. nVeil creates unique animations by filtering source imagery through veils, vector graphics art based on the SVG file format. The unlockable, trial version of nVeil is available by installing FxFactory 2.1.1. To purchase a registration code for nVeil, please visit our online store.



Other Changes
FxFactory has the ability to detect and fix a larger number of problems that may arise when installations are incomplete, or when access permissions become invalid as a result of a software update.

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Areeba Hanif wrote a review for Digital Production Middle East Idustrial Revolution ParticleMetrix.

For a wipe plug in, I was impressed that I could control not just the speed/movement without touching time remap, but also be able to do it on all three axes. This also includes gravity that as with other particle generators determines the weightlessness of the individual particles.

• Read the full review
• Buy ParticleMetrix
• Try ParticleMetrix

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Sign up to "Meet the Expert" Peter Wiggins, programmer and video editor who you may know best from his idustrial revolution plug-ins (or his snooker tournament videos perhaps.)

Meet the expert: Peter Wiggins, Pro Video Editor. 15 October 2009. 11:00 - 12:00 PST. Join renowned broadcast video editor Peter Wiggins for a live web seminar and interactive Q&A session.

Peter uses a Mac-based editing suite and real time graphics software to produce stunning video for sports TV and online. Learn how the tools he uses help him create broadcast quality content to tight deadlines.

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Flip, shatter and spread your image across the screen with FxTiles, designed by Boinx Software for FxFactory. This tutorial gives you an introduction of what you can do with this great plug-in.


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FxFactory is a revolutionary visual effects architecture powering hundreds of plug-ins for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Final Cut Express and Adobe After Effects.

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FxFactory 2.1 restores plug-in compatibility with Adobe After Effects running on Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

>FxFactory Pro 2.1 includes a new version of the Slideshow generator. Slideshow lets you quickly and easily animate any folder containing images.

Download a demo/updater here

DVShade LiveToon

LiveToon is a new live action cartoon-look plug-in developed by DVShade.


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LiveToon will convert any media to its cartoon-look equivalent. Built-in presets let you quickly explore the wide range of looks possible with this effect. The unlockable, trial version of LiveToon is available by installing FxFactory 2.1. To try the demo, download the FxFactory update.

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Easily create the look and feel made famous by the show 24.

FxFactory Pro includes 150 filters, generators and transitions for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Final Cut Express and Adobe After Effects.

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Noise Industries Idustrial Revolution ParticleMetrix scores 9.3 out of 10 at MicroFilmmaker Magazine.

""Very tasty" is about the only way to describe the new ParticleMetrix plug-in by idustrial revolution. One of the latest additions to the FX Factory managed plug-in tool by Noise Industries, ParticleMetrix is a collection of customizable particle transitions for both text and imagery."

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Noise Industries Dashwood Stereo3D Toolbox FxPack is a plug-in designed to work with Adobe After Effects CS3/CS4, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion and Apple Final Cut Express applications. With Stereo3D Toolbox, artists can easily output their media to a wide range of Stereoscopic 3D formats (side by side, over/under, checkerboard, interlace, anaglyph) as well as manage the demuxing of side by side, interlace and over/under formatting. Comprehensive compositing features and capabilities include keyframeable x, y, z axis convergence, individual left/right eye scale, color correction, selective flip/flop, reframing and "auto scale" compensation.


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Stereo3D Toolbox works in all hosts currently supported by FxFactory: Final Cut Pro 6 and 7, Motion 3 and 4, Final Cut Express 4, Adobe After Effects CS3 and CS4. Requires FxFactory v2.0.9 or later (free download).

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Tutorial: Getting Started with Noise Industries Dashwood Stereo3D Toolbox FxPack


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A really nice review of this 'FUN' plug-in from idustrial revolution.

If you want to have some real fun with ParticleMetrix and get a sense of its power, give it a run in Apple Motion so you can make use of Motion's real-time interaction. You can apply the filter, loop the playback and tweak away, all with real-time feedback. OK, so you might bring your graphics card to its knees. But is it ever fun! In fact, I think that's one of the best words to use when describing ParticleMetrix: fun.

Check out the review by Scott Simmons over at Studio Daily. I highly recommend that you download a free demo of ParticleMetrix here. Then, after you see how fun and cool it is, you can buy it from Toolfarm and cash in on our everyday 5% discount!

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A Quick tutorial on the Cell Phone Browser transition that works in Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express, using Noise Industries FxFactory.

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Final Cut 7 and Motion 4 releases now compatible with entire FxFactory product line; over 200 plug-ins qualified for the new Apple pro video application release

Boston, MA - August 11, 2009 - Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced FxFactory compatibility for new Apple Final Cut Studio release. The FxFactory product line includes over 200 award-winning visual effects plug-ins optimized for real-time performance on the Mac platform. "We were anticipating the next major release of Final Cut and were adamant in providing immediate support for all FxFactory powered plug-ins," comments Niclas Bahn, director of business development, Noise Industries. "The winning-combination of Final Cut and Motion’s innovative new features, coupled with the visual effects power of FxFactory products, will undoubtedly yield even more creative content. We are looking forward to our upcoming releases, which will compliment this Final Cut Studio release."

High-Performance Visual Effects Tools

Developed for Adobe After Effects and Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion, FxFactory leverages a high precision, hardware-accelerated rendering engine that enables users to push the limits of effects creation; producing radically unique and realistically organic looks 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 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 intuitively reacts and displays additional parameters based on user action. 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 timesaving feature, which allows users to explore new looks with minimal effort. Users can easily create their own presets and subsequently replicate the look.

Compatibility of FxFactory Powered Plug-ins
All Noise Industries plug-ins qualify for the new Final Cut Studio release, in conjunction with plug-ins from FxPack development partners that include:

Boinx

• FxTiles - 3D filters and transitions with flexible animation controls and many built-in presets to achieve great results with minimal effort

DV Shade

• EasyLooks - Color grading plug-in that gives complete control over the final look of the completed video

Futurismo

• Futurismo Titles for FxFactory - 8 animation-capable title generators with particle explosions, letter trails and more
• Futurismo Backgrounds for FxFactory - A stunning collection of 8 animated generators, great as backgrounds for DVD projects and PIP

Idustrial Revolution

• CoverFlux - Scrolling still-image generator plug-in displaying up to 25 images in a dazzling 3D stack effect
• Decimal Counter - An easy to use counter that works with mono-spaced as well as proportional fonts without jitter
• ParticleMetrix - Easy-to-use particle explosions, shatters, builds, reveals and transitions
• SupaWipe - Object transition plug-in for Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express, designed by Peter Wiggins
• Volumetrix - Stunning light effects and transitions with glows, glints and distortions

SUGARfx

• CineFest - Film festival look with 12 theme elements, customizable colors, background media and titles
• Design Tools - Plug-ins that help constrain a project to specific layouts or color palettes; examples include client branding
• Drop In Studio - A highly configurable 3D theme with multiple animating title and media elements
• Folding Cards - A dynamic, uncluttered 3D theme with 8 elements and a customizable color palette
• Heads Up Display (H.U.D.) - A unique set of plug-ins to make your video look like it's being seen through binoculars, weapon sights, old cameras and a wide range of high-tech gadgetry
• Light Pack - Fun and useful filters including Marquee, Paparazzi and Lens Flare
• Mondrianesque Complete - Includes 8 plug-ins with powerful customization and animation options to enhance the look of an edited piece
• Perf Motif - 7 elegantly animated generators with a full set of parameters to quickly adapt the theme to your project.
• Portfolio - Showcase up to seven photos and videos at once with this elegant theme sporting vintage and modern looks.
• RadialWave - Hypnotic wave filter with numerous options to customize images, animation and secondary effects. Explore various looks with the 14 built-in presets.
• Slate Tools - Slate Tools plug-ins assist in creating slates and copyright notices commonly used in the broadcast industry.
• Urban Studio - Media composition options within urban environments.
• Video Wall - Video wall construction with 3D space effects.
• World Cup - Stunning 3D animator that adds a configurable newscast finish to any project

Yanobox

• Motype - Text animation capabilities complete with integrated motion mixers, character randomizations, motion blurs, letter particles, 3D cameras and background assortments

Users must install the Noise Industries FxFactory engine to operate FxPacks. FxFactory is free and can be downloaded from http://www.noiseindustries.com/products/fxfactory/index.html.

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 plug-ins vary in price and can be purchased via the Noise Industries website (http://www.noiseindustries.com) or through select resellers. Adobe® After Effects CS3, Apple Final Cut Studio and Apple Final Cut Express 4 users can test drive hundreds of FxFactory plug-ins by downloading the free 15-day trial version.

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, Adobe and Avid. For more information about Noise Industries, please visit: http://www.noiseindustries.com.

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Learn more about the Whoosh transition plug-in for Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express.

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Learn more about the blur and glow dissolve transitions that come with FxFactory Pro. Plug-ins work in Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express.

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Learn more about the glow filters that come with FxFactory Pro, from the second Episode of the Glow Stravaganza. Plug-ins work in Final Cut Pro, Motion and After Effects.

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Publisher: Sugar FX/Noise Industries
Platform: Mac Only
Description: Plug-in for targeting and video simulation

MSRP: $79
Download Demo: Click Here
Samples: Click Here

Expected Release: Available Now
Review Date: July 1, 2009
Reviewed By: Mark Bremmer

Reprinted by permission from Microfilmmaker Magazine.

Remember when you got your first bicycle? How you couldn't wait to show your friends? HUD (Heads Up Display) from SUGARfx will have the same effect on you. If you have any leanings towards sci-fi, adventure, espionage or covert operations in your work, HUD will make you feel like a kid in a candy store.

SUGARfx puts plug-in usability first and then tucks so many cool little features into HUD that you will be playing with it for some time and rethinking your storylines to include using it.

HUD is designed to be used with After Effects and Final Cut Studio/Motion and iMovie. Regrettably, it's a Mac only plug-in that is managed by the excellent Noise Industries plug-in manager called FX Factory. The Quartz Composer's visual abilities of the Mac platform are the reason that this plug-in in not cross platform so I don't even know if there is a way to make it cross-platform compatible in the future. As such, PC users might just have to switch to Mac to get their hands on it.

Ease of Use
I love it when developers actually come from the real world. The folks at SUGARfx have done an outstanding job of making our lives easier. Absolutely everything is modifiable, easy to work with and key frame. The plug-in comes with 3 foundational settings: Target, Binoculars, and OSD (On Screen Display). Each of these core areas has a wealth of options and abilities. But here's the cool part: you aren't presented with the controls for these options until you enable them. At the very top of the core areas, users are simply shown a preset pull down and check boxes that enable features. Upon activating a feature, the related controls are then displayed. Payoff = no long list of controls to deal with unless you actually need them.




The control sets for each option are clearly labeled (important when you have a multitude of options enabled) and are comprised of a 1-3 sliders and/or input areas for color blending, rotation or anything else relevant to that specific feature.

Users can either use the numeric input controls for moving the various widgets and gizmos around the frame or simply click on their respective anchor points and drag them to wherever they are needed in the shot. Items like dynamic "noise" text continually change line length and wrap. Gizmos spin with smooth variations. On-screen data updates automatically when zooming or working with focus.

All this to say that much automated sophistication is simply laying in the wings and waiting for the user to engage it if desired. The automation can be controlled to the users' content. It just doesn't get much nicer than that.

The actual use of HUD is really a documentation-free endeavor. However, if you want to pick up some of the finer points of using the HUD, the .pdf 'documentation is brief, excellent and there are some online videos available for even easier learning. The one area that is worth reading up on is how to create your own artwork for inclusion into the HUD Binocular capabilities.




Depth of Options
My biggest surprise was the depth of options (and options within options) that are neatly hidden from the user until enabled. This is yet another area where HUD shines brightly. For example, in the Binocular core setting, in addition to the wide array of video and camera effects at your fingertips, users can also overlay and animate their own imagery. All you could want and more.

Essentially, all of the iconography, data-points, registration marks are appropriately available for the core option selected. The OSD core lets you select from histograms, battery low, variable interference, different reticules and more. It's like taking the OSD from multiple camcorders and putting them all at your finger tips for you to choose from.

Time markers and data associated metrics are just a click away in the film modes and actually track time. They can also be set to unique starting times of your choice and then progress in real-time.

Text is as flexible as the fonts you have in your system. Size, placement, color and blending are all controllable.




There are enough spinning gadgets and whizmos to choose from that any self-respecting alpha geek will be smiling. Iconography is available from pull down selectors within each of the categories that it is available in. And for the Target and Binocular modes, a wealth of sensical and nonsensical information items plus widgets are at your disposal.

Presets are nice, but saving your own customization is even nicer. You can easily create your own presets to ensure consistency between HUD implementations with the click of a button. Super sweet.

While the Binocular mode allows you to add some of your own imagery, I was left wanting the same feature in both Target and OSD modes. While there are a bevy of options available, duh no surprise, us creative types want more. I'm a total newb at using the Quartz Composer from Apple, so I don't really trust myself with creating an "improvement". However, the ability to add some iconography that would lock to animation features already built in would be nice.




Performance
When you engage HUD and begin using many of its options, you are asking your computer to do a good deal of work. These are sophisticated abilities and they do exact a render-time penalty. Considering that these effects are probably confined to short screen time, the calculation and render issues are not prohibitive by any means - just something to be aware of. So, performance both real-time and render-time is highly contingent upon the user's computer.

In fact, on screen updates while preparing your work takes awhile, too, unless you are blessed with the latest in quad-core technology. That can be a little frustrating when accustomed to more instant real-time interaction afforded by other plug-ins, but to be fair, HUD is simply doing more than most of the other plug-ins that I own.

The creation experience is very good and the end results are first rate - regardless of your computer's abilities.

Value
At $79, HUD costs more than a sandwich. If you're not currently planning any targeting or Cloverfield types of presentations than getting HUD is strictly a matter of how much disposable coin you have in your pocket. It is a one trick pony for sure.

That said, this is another one of those plug-ins that pays for itself in one use. The sophistication that HUD brings to the table lets users create and finesse looks in seconds that would require an hour or more to pull together by other means. The real claim-to-fame for HUD is the animation capabilities that are built into it. It's one thing to hack together some static artwork for a brief screen presence, but adding animation that leaves your audience thinking, "Wow, that's really cool", is another.

Additionally, if you have "http://toolfarm.stores.yahoo.net/dida10.html">Digieffects Damage plug-in, you can create some excellent targeting imagery with extra "issues" easily. The video distortion effects in SUGARfx HUD are confined to the source imagery/video itself and not the on screen widgets and icons. For truly cataclysmic display failures, you'll need some extra help.

Final Comments
I like plug-ins; they save time. However, HUD not only saves time, it's just flat-out fun to play with. If you like shiny things and are easily swooned by techno-cool then you're already salivating and I don't need to say anything more.

I would say this is an essential plug-in for anybody that needs what it does. There simply isn't another way to produce what HUD does as fast or with the sophistication as it does.



About the Reviewer:
Mark Bremmer has operated his own commercial studio for 15 years. He's been fortunate enough to work for clients like Caterpillar, Amana, Hormel Foods, Universal Studios Florida, and The History Channel; producing stills, digital mattes and animations. Mark contracts regularly as an art mercenary with production houses that shall remain nameless by written agreements. His production pipeline is Mac-based, with the FCP Studio2 workflow. He loves Shake and Motion. And his family.

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A new tutorial from Zack at Embryo.co.uk. He shows you how to make text turn into sand with ParticleMetrix from idustrial revolution, which uses the Noise Industries FX engine. The plugins work in After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion and Final Cut Express.

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Kendal Miller from Fresh DV reviews Noise Industries Volumetrix and HUD.

"This plugin offers the psuedo-volumetric lighting look, ever prevalent in film trailers. There are both straight filters which can be applied to text or footage, and transitions." Read the full review...

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Create stunning particle-based animations and transitions with ParticleMetrix, a new set of plug-ins for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Adobe After Effects and Final Cut Express users. The unlockable, trial version of ParticleMetrix is available by installing FxFactory 2.0.8.


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What else is new?
FxFactory 2.0.8 also brings two new plug-ins to current FxFactory Pro 2 users: the “Organic Dissolve” transition and the 'Spot Light (Multiple)' filter.

The newest tutorial is the first in a multi-part series on the Glow effects available in FxFactory Pro:


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I saw a post on Noise Industries Facebook page asking this question and I thought it was very intriguing, so I decided to poll our audience at Toolfarm and AE Freemart.



But I wanted to take it one step further....

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Zak Peric of Embryo has this cool new tutorial on his site that uses Noise Industries FxFactory / Volumetrix in Apple Motion. He explains how to create a gradient and edit a gradient and messing with transparency in a gradient in Motion. He then goes into Volumetrix, which is a gorgeous plug-in for Motion, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio and After Effects.



Check out Embryo here | Download a free demo of Volumetrix | Buy Volumetrix here.

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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.

ParticleMetrix NAB 2009 Promo Reel from Idustrial Revolution on Vimeo.

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Noise Industries SUGARfx HUD FxPack comes in a nice package of three different filters to add some interesting eye candy to your graphics. Noise Industries SUGARfx HUD is compatible with Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and After Effects.

Use the Binoculars plug-in to simulate interesting and unusual binocular viewfinders.

UseTarget the filter that was made to promote the focus of your message to the next level.

Or the OSD [On Screen Display] filter to simulate a familiar video or still camera viewfinder right on your canvas.


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All these effects achieved with the sweet touch of SUGARfx filters, with expandable capabilities that go far beyond the usual masks or still image overlays we see all the time on TV.

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SUGARfx RadialWave may be the closest thing to a hypnotic effect that you can get inside FCP or AE!

Use it to focus attention, or for matte creation, or designing cool backgrounds, or to enhance the message of your footage, or just to add that extra "humph" that you are always looking for, is simply and totally addictive.


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Back in January I presented the "Top 10 Must-Have Plug-ins for Adobe After Effects" at MGFest in Chicago. The presentation was only 22 minutes so that really didn't give me much of a chance to show off the capabilities of the plug-ins and I wanted to do a feature on this for Toolfarm with lots of movie samples.

Several people have asked me about the list and wanting to republish it, so here it is. (If you want to republish the list, go for it, just please link back to Toolfarm). First, a bit about the criteria and some notes.

1. The plug-in should be a single plug-in and so I tried to avoid big plug-in packages when possible. There will be notes included about the product when needed. The plug-in had to be unique, fast, powerful or something I've used a lot and it fits into my workflow. If it hit 3 of the criteria, I would consider it for the list.
2. This is MY opinion, not because I was paid to say this or because the plug-ins come from a manufacturer that gives us higher margins. It's very tough to seem unbiased, but I want you to know, it is all my opinion here.
3. These are in no particular order (but I do have a clear favorite).
4. The list was created in January 2009 and a few new plug-ins that I really like were not included in the list. I guess they'll have to wait for 2010.

Without further ado.....

1 Red Giant Primatte Keyer

Description: A Perfect Key the First Time! The simplest, fastest green-screen tool available that even extracts keys from challenging DV and low lit sources by sampling the background color and clicking.

Why I Like It: With my book about keying (Greenscreen Made Easy) out on the market, I've been doing quite a few seminars on keying. People always ask which keyer I like the best. I've been showing Primatte quite a bit and did two presentations at NAB at the Red Giant booth. I find that Primatte is easy to show because of how it works. It's not a matter of fiddling with a bunch of numbers to get the right settings, but dragging around your mouse and clicking big buttons. It works in a very visual manner, which is perfect for artists (who aren't engineers). Also, Primatte has everything I need in one tool.

• Easy to use and very fast
• Built in DV Deartifactor, Spill Suppression, Color Matching and Light Wrap

Cost: $499 (Buy | Try)

Sample:

2 RE:Vision Effects ReelSmart Motion Blur

Description: ReelSmart Motion Blur Pro automatically tracks every pixel in a sequence and blurs based on calculated motion.

Why I like it: Again, with the greenscreen book, I've realized how incredible this tool really is! Have you ever tried to key footage with motion blur? Not too easy and the results aren't usually very good. You can shoot with a high shutter speed but then you lose all of that natural looking motion blur. This is where RSMB steps in and adds that natural looking footage back into your shot, without blurring the whole frame, just the movement in the video.

• Also great for compositing 3D, which I have in the example below.
• RSMB has adjustable tracking points for problematic footage
• Supports 32-bit float in AE
• Inexpensive

Cost: $149.95 (Buy | Try)

Sample:

3 Synthetic Aperture Color Finesse

Description: Telcine-style color correction within After Effects, Premiere Pro & Final Cut Pro, giving you full creative control over the color and look of your images.

Why I like it: Color Finesse gives you total control of image, much more than just curves, levels, hue/saturation. You can make adjustments in HSL, RGB, CMY, and YCbCr color spaces, and have individual control over shadows, midtones, and highlights, as well as overall correction.

• Has 32 Bit Float support... so why is this important? It allows you to have much more flexibility and allows AE to be used in higher end productions and more cinematic work. You will have more contrast between your blacks and whites. For details on working in 32-bit Float, check out Stu Maschwicz's article on 32-bit float workflow in AE on fxguide.
• It ships with After Effects so it won't cost any extra.

Cost: $595 (Buy | No demo at Toolfarm, but you probably already have it if you have AE)

Sample: Just a couple of screenshots...

4 Red Giant Knoll Light Factory

Description: Light effects from John Knoll for photo-realistic sunsets and motion graphics.

Why I like it: Maybe this is just the kid in me, but plug-ins get bonus points for being fun to play with and easy to use and KLF is both. With KLF, you get natural looking lens flares and loads of great presets that are customizable. I really like the fact that you can set up an obscuration layer so that when an object moves in front of the flare, it dims or turns off.

• Tons of variety for one type of effect (not a one trick pony)
• Use presets or the Lens Editor to build your own flares.
• Auto tracking
• As with all of the Red Giant products, one license works in multiple host applications on one machine, so you don't need to buy multiple copies.

Cost: $399 (Buy | Try)

Samples:


A nice sample I snagged from YouTube.

5 Zaxwerks ProAnimator

Description: Create 3D text and primitives without having to learn a 3D program.

Why I like it: I've attempted to learn a true 3D program and give up after about 30 minutes. I have bad depth perception (that's why I used to hit so many things with the car). ProAnimator makes it so easy to create slick looking 3D elements directly in AE and with a short learning curve. I picked up the plug-in quickly without using the manual (that is how I roll).

• Nice presets
• Track the After Effects camera and lights
• Export wireframe versions for that techie, futuristic computer environment look
• Impressive looking 3D renders

Cost: $695 (Buy | Try)

Samples: Here's a quick sample I did for a test for a client a couple of years ago. It was composited over video and 3D screens.


And a nice example that was tagged ProAnimator on Vimeo:

DIGITAL MEDIA - LOGO - Barking Abbey School from Barking Abbey School on Vimeo.

6 Trapcode Particular

Description: 3D Particle system that produces various natural effects like smoke, fire and sparks and also organic and techie-style graphical effects that are very useful for motion graphics design.

Why I like it: I love how it looks and all of the presets. I'm a sucker for presets. I don't read manuals so presets help me get going. I just modify them until I get something I like. Particular has loads of fantastic presets, plus you can preview them and what you've created realtime in the Effect Controls window.

• Particular is tightly integration with AE's Camera & lights - oh, wait until you see version 2!
• Particular has a complex physics engine, allowing you to fully control your particles, again, new improvements in v2.
• Inexpensive, especially considering all it can do. Particular is one of those tools you can use on a multitude of jobs and it will never get old.

Cost: $299 (Buy | Try)

Samples: A couple of nice samples on Vimeo:

awesome rain from versa on Vimeo.


Velvære Circle from Mario Brauer on Vimeo.

7 Digieffects Damage

Description:
Damage creates an extensive variety of digital and/or analog defects/errors in your footage.

Why I like it: It's another plug-in that is fun to play with! I've used the plugin for many creative purposes - interference with a hologram popping on, a luma matte for a gradient wipe, and grungy moving backgrounds and grungy text. My favorite part is the little blue button that randomizes the effects. The effects do have a TON of sliders so it's not always clear on what needs to be adjusted to get the effect needed, and that little blue button is just what I need to get started. The plug-in is very fast for previews and renders and is CHEAP at just $99. Also, one license works in multiple hosts on a single computer (AE, FCP, PPRO, Combustion).

Cost: $99 (Buy | Try)

Samples:

8 Boris Continuum Motion Key

Description: Remove an object from your shot quickly without much work.

Why I like it: I showed Motion Key as part of BCC5 at NAB08 and found that this plug-in absolutely blew people away. If you've ever had to rotoscope something out of a clip of video, you know how tedious and un-fun it can be. Motion Key takes all the work out of it by using Optical Flow technology. It's now sold by it self as a single unit and is also included with Boris Continuum Complete 6.

Cost: (Buy | Try)

Sample:

9 The Foundry Keylight

Description: Academy Award winning keyer. It is simple to use and is particularly good at tackling reflections, semi-transparent areas and hair.

Why I like it: I know, two keyers on the list! What gives? You know I recently worked on a book, right? I have used a lot of keying tools in the past 2 years! Keylight is a very powerful keyer and when others can't do the job, Keylight can usually handle it. It is easy to use, fast and has built-in spill suppression. Keylight gives several ways to view the matte/key, and it's included with After Effects, so most of you already own Keylight. Also, Toolfarm also put out some great training for Keylight called Professional Keying with Keylight, that I highly recommend picking up.

Cost: $420 node-locked, $630 floating (Buy Node-Locked, Buy Floating | Try)

Samples: I thought I'd just put the trailer for the Keylight training up. It will give you a good idea about what the plug-in does.

10 Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks

Description: Define the style of your video or film, regardless of on-set conditions, with powerful imaging tools.

Why I like it: This is my favorite plug-in of the lot. It is extremely easy to use, as the interface was designed for artists, not engineers. It comes with a huge library of Looks that are fully customizable and savable. It's lightning fast because of GPU acceleration. It can make video with flat lighting look amazing and it's also great for matching your foreground and background when compositing greenscreen. I use this on pretty much everything, including photos.

Cost: $399 (Buy | Try) Quick Looks now available for $99 (presets only).

Samples: Here's one from our German friend at MyToolfarm.


And here's a promo for a greenscreen contest that I used Looks on the webcam shots to spice them up.

Late Entry: Boris Continuum Complete 6.0 3D Object Filters

Description: 5 new plug-ins in BCC6 that extrude text, paths and eps/Illustrator files.

Why I like it: Easy to use and very fast (hardware accelerated). It works with the native AE camera and lights and everything except the text type window is in the native AE Effect control window. There are loads of options and loads of presets. All bevels can be customized with paths and did I mention the real-time previews? This will certainly make the 2010 top 10 list (but who will I bump?!)

Cost: $995 (Buy | Try)

Samples:Here's the finished video shown at the Boris FX Booth at NAB09.


Here's a tutorial I put out a couple of weeks ago.


And here's a tutorial I did for Boris FX. I plan to do a few more tutorials on these fan-diddly-tastic plug-ins.

Honorable Mention: Noise Industries FxFactory Pro

Description: Revolutionary VFX package with over 300 hardware accelerated plug-ins

Why I like it: I really was going for no big packages but just individual plug-ins in this list however, this one is a little different. Why is it different? With FxFactory, you can create your own FxPlug effects for Final Cut Studio without writing any code. Okay, I know this is for FCP and not AE, but, it's still an excellent package of plugins that are VERY fast and have unlimited expandability (you can download more plug-ins at the FxMarket).

Cost: (Buy | Try)

Samples: Here's the promo that just came out.

Labels: After Effects, bor, Color Finesse, Damage, DigiEffects, FxFactory, Keylight, Knoll Light Factory, Magic Bullet Looks, Noise Industries, Primatte Keyer, ReelSmart Motion Blur

That's right - Noise Industries NAB Specials end at midnight! Save 20% on all Noise Industries products (new licenses) through Sunday, April 26!

If you need to pick up FxFactory or some SUGARfx transitions, or maybe even some of the awesome idustrial revolution effects, this is a great time to save.

Labels: FxFactory, NAB, Noise Industries, Sale

So you just bought a fast new computer and dread the process of having to transfer your licenses to your new computer. It can be a hassle, but here is a guide for a few products you may own, to help things go a bit more smoothly. If you have questions, please post a comment below.

Adobe:

If you want to uninstall your product and reinstall it on a different computer, then you must first deactivate it. In the program, click Help > Deactivate, and then follow the instructions in the wizard to deactivate the program. If you have installed a suite product, you can deactivate the entire suite by deactivating any one of the point products included in that suite.

Automatic Duck:

1. After installing again on the new system, you will get a new Product ID to use for a new Activation Key. DO NOT try to activate the old Product ID on the new system.
   
2. Reset your serial number on the registration server so that you will be permitted to activate again. Please reset your serial number at this web page.
   
3. Register using your email address that you used to activate and you'll be able to log in and reset your serial number.
   
4. Quit After Effects, trash your plug-in's key file, click here to find it. Now you'll need to go through the activation process again.

BorisFX:

Requires a license transfer. Send license transfer request to us with your new Unique Product ID to obtain a new permanent code. Follow your original install instructions to obtain your Unique ID.

Digieffects:

Just reinstall on the new machine. Your serial number will work on either Mac or Windows, and does not require uninstalling your previous system's version.

The Foundry:

To obtain a new license, first fill out the license transfer form. You cannot transfer any of The Foundry products to a different host system.

GenArts Sapphire:

1. First uninstall the plugin: On Windows: go to Start->Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs. Find 'GenArts Sapphire Plug-ins' in the list, and press the Change/Remove button. On Mac: go to the /Applications/GenArtsSapphireAE folder and double click on Uninstall Sapphire.
2. During the uninstall, select the option to register that uninstall via the web. As long as the uninstall is successfully registered, you should then be able to install your serial number on the new machine. The license is cross-platform so you can transfer a serial number between Windows and Mac systems in this way.
   

GridIron:

Requires a license deactivation. Send your old serial number and the MAC Address of the new machine to us.

Imagineer Systems:

Requires a license transfer. Send a license transfer request to us to obtain a new license.

Noise Industries FxFactory Pro:

First uninstall from the old machine by launching the FxFactory application and choose the "Uninstall FxFactory..." command under the Actions menu: Then install as normal on the new machine.

If you uninstall FxFactory, it will uninstall everything, including all the FxPacks.

Furthermore you can also deactivate and remove individual FxPacks. This can be done by launching the FxFactory application.

1. To turn FxPacks on/off simply click the checkbox to the left of each FxPack in the FxFactory Application interface.
2. To completely remove an FxPack simply drag it out of the FxFactory application and into the trash.
   

Red Giant Software:

Just reinstall on the new machine. Your serial number will work on either Mac or Windows, and does not require uninstalling your previous system's version.

Re:Vision Effects:

Request a License Transfer. Delete plug-ins from the old machine, and send an email with serial number requesting a transfer. Note: License transfer fees may apply for certain hosts.

Tiffen Dfx:

First deactvate your license on the old computer by opening the licensing Menu and clicking "Internet Deactivate". On the new computer, select "Activate Dfx" and follow the instructions.

Trapcode:

Just reinstall on the new machine. Your serial number will work on either Mac or Windows, and does not require uninstalling your previous system's version.

Labels: Adobe, Automatic Duck, Boris FX, DigiEffects, GenArts, GridIron, Noise Industries, Re:Vision Effects, Red Giant, The Foundry, Tiffen Dfx, Trapcode

Noise Industries FxFactory Pro v2.0.7 is now available. This free update brings many new products based on FxFactory: idustrial revolution Volumetrix 2, Motype 1.2, DVShade EasyLooks 2.5 and Boinx FxTiles 1.0. Download the Free Update. All Noise Industries Products are on Sale for 20% Off Through April 26, 2009!

What’s new in FxFactory Pro v2.0.7



PDF Animator

Based on the same user interface of the free Pan and Zoom plug-in, PDF Animator lets you animate PDF graphics with minimal setup inside any supported host. PDF Animator preserves the sharpness of your vector graphics at any zoom level.

Alpha Merger

This filter lets you assign new alpha information to a clip by importing it from a secondary source. For example, Alpha Merger lets you combine a first clip containing only color information, with a second clip containing a grayscale representation of the alpha channel (matte track).

Perlin Noise

This generator is a GPU-accelerated variant of the Perlin Noise algorithm, which earned his author, Ken Perlin, a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The output of the Perlin Noise plug-in can be combined with other effects to simulate a variety of natural phenomena.

In addition to the new plug-ins, FxFactory Pro 2.0.7 brings numerous performance and quality improvements to all filters in the "NI Blur" and "NI Glow" categories.

Related Noise Industries Product Updates:

NEW Boinx Software FxTiles v1.0

FxTiles is a new set of 3D plug-ins developed by Boinx Software, the latest company to develop visual effects based on FxFactory. Boinx FxTiles includes 7 filters and transitions with flexible animation controls and many built-in presets to achieve great results immediately. Learn More/Purchase


Find more videos like this on MyToolfarm


Noise Industries idustrial revolution Volumetrix 2

The newest version of Volumetrix adds exciting animation, glow and distortion capabilities to the popular volumetric light-spill plug-ins by idustrial revolution. Volumetrix 2 includes the previous version of Volumetrix plug-ins to guarantee compatibility with your existing projects. Learn More/Purchase


Find more videos like this on MyToolfarm


Noise Industries Yanobox Motype 1.2

Motype 1.2 adds optional Drop Shadow, Glow on characters and 10 stunning new presets to the popular text generator by Yanobox. Learn More/Purchase


Find more videos like this on MyToolfarm


Noise Industries DVShade EasyLooks 2.5

The new version of EasyLooks includes a new rendering pipeline for quicker renders and improved quality. Also included is a brand new 3-way color corrector, new gradient overlay controls and a vignette effect. Version 2.5 is a free upgrade for existing users, bundled together with the previous version to maintain compatibility with your existing projects based on EasyLook 2.0. Learn More/Purchase

Labels: Noise Industries, Sale, Update

Peter Wiggins posted this video on Facebook. He found it on a Japanese AE Users Community site. More on Volumetrix here. Volumetrix is included in the NAB Specials for Noise Industries at 20% off through April 26!

Labels: idustrial revolution, Noise Industries, Volumetrix

Just because you may not be going to NAB doesn't mean you can't reap the benefits! Save 20% on Noise Industries plug-ins for After Effects, Final Cut Studio and Avid through April 26, 2009!

You can download a free trial of the Noise Industries plug-ins here: Free Demos.

And here's that great promo for FxFactory.

Labels: FxFactory, NAB, Noise Industries, Sale

Noise Industries Yanobox Motype and RE:Vision Effects ReelSmart Motion Blur- part of our Plug-ins for $99 and Under Pages!

RE:Vision Effects ReelSmart Motion Blur automatically tracks every pixel in a sequence and then blurs (or deblurs) based on calculated motion!

RE:Vision Effects' tracking technology is at the heart of ReelSmart Motion Blur, so there is no handwork involved. Of course you can add as little or as much blurring as you need and even remove motion blur! Finally, you can create very interesting effects by blurring one sequence by using the motion from another.

ReelSmart Motion Blur works in After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Combustion, Commotion, Premiere Pro, and Boris Red.

Learn More about ReelSmart Motion Blur | Download a Free Demo

In case you missed it in our previous newsletter, we also recently reviewed Noise Industries Yanobox Motype.

Saving time and money has been very important to our customers lately, and Yanobox Motype is a great way to do both without sacrificing quality work.

Noise Industries Yanobox Motype effortlessly generates complex text-based effects with lightning-fast speed; effects that would normally take several layers and filters to create.

If you need to get a "wow" response from clients right away, the presets alone are stylish and impressive. You are also able to tweak many of the elements individually and reverse-engineer to tailor it to the specific needs of your project. Well worth it and will quickly pay for itself. For After Effects, Final Cut Pro/Express and Motion!

Learn More/See Examples | Download a Free Demo | Read the Full Review

Labels: 99 And Under, Noise Industries, Re:Vision Effects, ReelSmart Motion Blur, reviews, Yanobox Motype

Noise Industries SUGARfx Templates 30% Off March 8-14!

Noise Industries SUGARfx themes - Enhance your movies with attractive, useful, fun and dynamic graphic elements!

SUGARfx works with Final Cut Pro, Motion and After Effects with the installation of the free FxFactory engine from Noise Industries.

Labels: Noise Industries, Sale, SUGARfx

I'm sure most of you are starting to feel the economic crunch, so we've put together a section for plug-ins that are $99 and under. These are useful plug-ins by well known plug-in developers like Red Giant, Trapcode, Digieffects, Noise Industries, Nattress and others.

If you'd like to take the plug-in for a test drive before you buy it, most of the plug-ins are available for download on our demos/trial page: http://www.toolfarm.com/demo/demo.php

Labels: After Effects, CHV, DigiEffects, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Nattress, Noise Industries, plug-ins, Premiere Pro, Red Giant, Trapcode

This free update to FxFactory adds thumbnail previews inside host application menus, better performance and two new plug-ins for FxFactory Pro users.

Current FxFactory Pro customers get two new plug-ins in this release: the "Blocks Dissolve" transition in the 'NI Transitions' category and the "Banding-free" generator in the 'NI Generators' category.

• Download FxFactory 2.0.6 on our demos/trials page
• Buy Noise Industries FxFactory Pro
• Learn more about FxFactory Pro in our Plug-in Finder

Please note that this version of FxFactory requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. 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 FxFactory version 2.0.3 instead.

Labels: FxFactory, Noise Industries