Become our Facebook Fan by Noon PST today & Enter to Win a Digieffects Megasuite!

Today we'll be giving away a license for Digieffects Megasuite. To enter, all you need to do is Become a Fan of Toolfarm on Facebook.

We'll be choosing a random fan at Noon PST today. Good Luck!

What's in the Megasuite?

• Aged Film - Turn back the clock with Aged Film and show which era you set your shot.
• Berserk - 20 award-winning special effects plug-ins including StarField, FogBank, VanGoughist and Laser.
• Aurorix -
  A set of updated 26 cool special effects filters including AgedFilm 2, VideoLook 2, Earthquake 2 and Turbulent Flow 2.
• Delirium -
  Delirium is a set of more than 46+ amazing plug-ins and tools for creating particle-based fire, smoke and bubbles.
• Camera Mapper - Simulate a 3D scene from 2D still images or video footage.
• Damage - Damage is a collection of four effects plugins designed for post production professionals who want to create an extensive variety of digital and/or analog defects/errors in your footage.
• Buena Depth Cue -
  A set of plug-ins that adds realistic depth effects to 3D layers.
• Falloff Lighting - provides an enhanced lighting system to After Effects built-in light.
• Simulate: Illuma - Light and filter options you didn't have in the field... Halo, Lightracer, Radiance, Photogust, and Luminus.
• Simulate: Camera - Who says you can't change your mind once it's shot? Archive, Overexpose, Iris, Destabilize, and Lens Flare.

View all Secret Santa Freebies

Labels: Aurorix, Berserk, Damage, DigiEffects, Digieffects Aged Film, MegaSuite, Secret Santa, Simulate:Camera, Simulate:Illuma

Get the latest dot update builds of the Digieffects plug-ins here: Toolfarm demos. If you already own the plug-in in that version, just reinstall the demo and use your serial number. Updated software includes FreeForm AE, and the Mac versions of Delirium, Berserk, Aurorix, Simulate:Illuma and Simulate:Camera.

The Shinster has been busy.

Labels: Aurorix, Berserk, Delirium, Demo, DigiEffects, Digieffects FreeForm AE, Simulate:Camera, Simulate:Illuma

Read the entire After Effects CS4 review from Microfilmmaker reviewer, Tom Stern. He gives a great rundown of the new features in AE CS4.

I should mention that we've extended our upgrade special through this Friday. Upgrade any Adobe product to CS4 and receive Digieffects Simulate: Illuma and Simulate: Camera for free! More Info

Labels: Adobe, After Effects, DigiEffects, Sale, Simulate:Camera, Simulate:Illuma, upgrade

If you were a student and bought the academic versions of Adobe software, you can upgrade it to CS4, just like you bought a regular, full license.

Upgrade any Adobe program to CS4 now and get Digieffects Simulate: Illuma and Digieffects Simulate: Camera for free through next Friday, March 6. ($198 value).

There are also a couple of upgrade deals where you can save $100-$200 on Adobe upgrades. These deals expire February 28. See the post about the Adobe deal for all of the information.

Labels: Adobe, Adobe CS4, DigiEffects, Simulate:Camera, Simulate:Illuma

If you upgrade any Adobe CS3 product or bundle to CS4 at Toolfarm and you will receive a free copy of DigiEffects Simulate: Illuma and Simulate: Camera, a $198 value entirely for free.*

Digieffects Simulate: Illuma

• Simulate: Illuma Light and filter options you didn’t have in the field...
• Halo: one effect with both bloom and focus controls
• Lightracer: enhance visible light sources, particularly in dark settings
• Radiance: the stuff of dream sequences...gentle glow with a versatile set of tools you'll find multiple reasons to use
• Photogust: fast and easy point emination blurs
• Luminus: just the right glow is easy to achieve with lots of control

Digieffects Simulate: Camera

Simulate: Camera Who says you can't change your mind once it’s shot?

• Archive: film from the back room...under the table saw... where the dog was shedding...and the roof was leaking...


• Overexpose: exposure and focus in a fast, single effect


• Iris: is it the camera or the projector?...exposure migration with lots of controls for animated behavior
• Destabilize: you finally brought a tripod along...and the footage is boooooring...
• Lens Flare: you can't have a complete set of camera post effects without it we’ve heard...

*The free Digieffects plug-ins offer ends Friday, March 6, 2009.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us anytime. We're here for you.

Labels: Adobe, Adobe CS4, DigiEffects, Simulate:Camera, Simulate:Illuma, upgrade

Thursday January 22, 7 PM @ BBGun Interactive

1363 Chemical St, Dallas, TX 75207

This month's discussion will feature some of AE's built in Effects. Topics include
CC Page Turn - There are times when it seems the standard effects that ship with AE aren't worth much. I’m going to take a look at finding ways to make effects seem more useful in the "Real World."

Beam - This is another one of those effects that might seem practical for only a Sci-Fi film. We'll look at some ways to make it work for everyday projects.

We are also proud to have the continued support of some great sponsors that are providing door prize giveaways!

Digieffects is back again and giving away a copy of their excellent plug-in
Simulate: Camera. This pack of effects features archival looks, destabilize camera shake and overexpose for cool flickering looks.

And a new sponsor to the DFW AEUG...
Wondertouch has come on board as our newest sponsor, agreeing to provide a copy of their particle effects generator ParticleIllusion 3.0! An incredibly powerful and deep system with hundreds
of stock presets that are updated monthly!

Labels: DigiEffects, Simulate:Camera, User Group, wondertouch

Customers who already own some of the Digieffects plug-ins.... you can now get in on the Digieffects MegaSuite Sale! Get the MegaSuite for $199 when you upgrade from any Digieffects plug-in.

Labels: Aurorix, Berserk, Buena Depth Cue, Damage, Delirium, DigiEffects, MegaSuite, Sale, Simulate:Camera, Simulate:Illuma

The Digieffects MegaSuite (regularly $799) will be available for $399

Wilmington, NC - December 9, 2008 - Digieffects, a developer of popular visual effects software plug-ins, and Toolfarm, the world's leading source of content, community and commerce for professional visual effects and motion graphics plug-ins, today announced that it is holding a 50% off sale for the Digieffects MegaSuite bundle.

The MegaSuite bundle includes all Digieffects plugins - Delirium, Berserk, Aurorix, Damage, Simulate: Camera, Simulate: Illuma and Buena Depth Cue. From December 9 - 11, the MegaSuite will be on sale for $399 (regular price is $799).

And, as part of our Toolfarm 12 Days of Freebies, we'll be giving away some Damage presets. Stay tuned!

Labels: Aurorix, Berserk, Buena Depth Cue, Damage, Delirium, DigiEffects, Simulate:Camera, Simulate:Illuma

The Digieffects MegaSuite (regularly $799) will be available for $399

Wilmington, NC - December 9, 2008 - Digieffects, a developer of popular visual effects software plug-ins, and Toolfarm, the world's leading source of content, community and commerce for professional visual effects and motion graphics plug-ins, today announced that it is holding a 50% off sale for the Digieffects MegaSuite bundle.

The MegaSuite bundle includes all Digieffects plugins - Delirium, Berserk, Aurorix, Damage, Simulate: Camera, Simulate: Illuma and Buena Depth Cue. From December 9 - 11, the MegaSuite will be on sale for $399 (regular price is $799).

"We've done a lot of updating, optimizing and launching of new products since I acquired Digieffects in May of 2007. We're proud of our efforts and this sale represents the most affordable way get all of our products at once and see what we've been up to.", says Robert Sharp, President of Digieffects.

According to Jason Sharp, President of Toolfarm, "We recognize the economy is crap right now. The Digieffects MegaSuite has never been discounted so deeply and if you have any end-of-year budget, this is the time to act."


About Digieffects
Digieffects is a developer of popular visual effects plug-ins for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro and Autodesk Combustion. The company has been in the business since the beginning of the "plug-in revolution" which dates back to 1996. Over the years, Digieffects has had great success with software products like Cinelook and Delirium and is proud to call thousands of film and video producers all around the world its customers and friends.

About Toolfarm
Founded in 1999, Toolfarm is the world's leading source of content, community and commerce for professional visual effects and motion graphics plug-ins. In the past ten years we have served hundreds of thousands of professionals from all around the world who make a living working with digital video. We continue to provide objective, timely information for users of Adobe, Apple, Avid, Autodesk and Sony applications and related third-party plug-ins. In addition to competitive prices on software, some of our free resources include the Plug-in Finder, blogs, newsletters, podcasts, articles, press releases, user forums, compatibility charts, software demos and much more.

Labels: After Effects, Aurorix, Berserk, Buena Depth Cue, Combustion, Damage, Delirium, DigiEffects, Final Cut Pro, MegaSuite, Premiere Pro, Simulate:Camera, Simulate:Illuma

The second plugin package in the Simulate series mimics camera and projection artifacts

Wilmington, NC - November 18, 2008 - Digieffects, a developer of popular visual effects software plugins today announced that it has shipped Simulate: Camera, a plugin package offering a specialized collection of effects for mimicking camera and projection artifacts. All Digieffects plugins support Adobe CS4.

Simulate: Camera includes the following effects:

Archive:A straightforward "film degradation/contamination" type effect.

Overexpose: An excellent way to add a sense of dynamic to otherwise stable and predictable footage.

Destabilize: An effect that is useful for emulating a practical camera shake.

"These effects, like many of the latest releases and upcoming releases from Digieffects are designed to be straightforward, affordable, every-day usable staples of visual post production.", says Robert Sharp, President of Digieffects.

Simulate: Camera, as with all Digieffects software launched after January 2008, has the following two unique features which will appeal to customers.

Randomizer: The Randomizer is part of the Digieffects custom User Interface. When clicked, multiple parameters within the interface will simultaneously adjust causing completely new results. Once a customer sees a look they like, they can use that as a starting point and manually tweak the parameters to achieve a specific effect. This serves as a massive timesaver for our time-pressed customers.

Presets: The unique aspect of the Digieffects presets is their portability. Once you've saved your effect parameters, these can be moved between supported host applications.

Download a free demo today!

About Digieffects
Digieffects is a developer of popular visual effects plugins for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro and Autodesk Combustion. The company has been in the business since the beginning of the "plugin revolution" which dates back to 1996. Over the years, Digieffects has had great success with software products like Cinelook and Delirium and is proud to call thousands of film and video producers all around the world its customers and friends.

Labels: Adobe CS4, After Effects, Combustion, DigiEffects, Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Simulate:Camera