RE:Vision Effects releases Twixtor as an OFX plugin set; Foundry's Nuke and Autodesk's Maya Composite (Toxik) are currently supported. Other OFX hosts will be added to the list of supported applications once Twixtor is verified to work properly within them.

Twixtor raises the bar in motion estimation. Nick Brooks, Academy Award and Emmy Award winner for visual effects says, "Twixtor 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."

Twixtor enables you to retime your 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's proprietary tracking technology that calculates motion for each individual pixel. Twixtor has options to help prevent tearing and stretching of objects as they cross or go out of the frame, including a smart blending option for pans and zooms to prevent inappropriate streaking or weird artifacts at frame borders. Twixtor also has an option to automatically enhance dark imagery or imagery with poorly defined edges. With the features, many pieces of footage that could be difficult to track become well behaved.

What's in the Twixtor OFX version?

• Warping and interpolation of frames to "time warp" input footage.
• Time remap using animatable speed percentages, or exact frame numbers.
• Unclamped floating point image support.
• Contains an option to remove motion blur when slowing footage.
• Contains an option to automatically enhance dark imagery or imagery with poorly defined edges. In many cases, footage that could be difficult to track becomes much more well-behaved upon retiming.
• Support for marking material so that Twixtor does not motion-interpolate inappropriately across a cut or other transition.
• Support for up to 3 foreground mattes for up to 4 layers of individual tracking. This is useful when crossing objects in a scene make tracking problematic.
• Motion Vector Import. Give Twixtor motion vectors generated elsewhere (for example, from a 3D system) to time remap footage.
• Motion Vector Export. You can now output the motion vectors that Twixtor generates internally. This powerful feature comes with visual debugging modes to more intuitively assess and tune the quality of the motion estimation. The motion vectors can then be used elsewhere in the pipeline (including the Twixtor plugin that imports motion vectors).
  

Pricing info:

• Node-locked licenses of Twixtor, OFX version, is $665.00. Render-only nodes available for $133.00.
• Floating licenses of Twixtor, OFX version, is $997.50. Render-only nodes available for $199.50.
• Volume pricing, and multi-host floating licensing available. Contact sales@toolfarm.com.
  

Compatibility:

• Nuke 5.1 and later, Maya Composite (Toxik) 2009 SP1 and later.

Twixtor continues to be supported for Adobe After Effects, Eyeon Fusion, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Final Cut Express, Autodesk combustion, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid editing systems, Autodesk Systems (Sparks), Autodesk SoftImage, Apple Shake, Quantel genQ and others. Demo versions, sample footage and tutorials are available on the RE:Vision Effects website: http://www.revisionfx.com .

Twixtor is a trademark of RE:Vision Effects, Inc. All other trademarks, company names and products are the property of their respective holders. Features, pricing and availability are subject to change without notice.

Labels: Nuke, OFX, Re:Vision Effects, Twixtor

Here's what's on the Re:Vision Effects YouTube Channel so far:

Twixtor Overview


Twixtor Speed Ramp Tutorial


Did you know Toolfarm also has a YouTube Channel?

Labels: Re:Vision Effects, Tutorial, Twixtor

RE:Vision Effects today released Twixtor Express for Final Cut Express. 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.

This simpler-to-use version has been engineered for Final Cut Express users and is specially priced at $169.95 ($161 Toolfarm Price).

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."

Availability and Compatibility:

• Twixtor Express is available as an FxPlug plugin for Final Cut Express 4.0.1 and up.
• Note that Twixtor Express is not available for Final Cut Pro, but the regular and Pro versions continue to support Final Cut Pro users.
• Twixtor Express for Final Cut Express
• Twixtor Standard for Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Autodesk Combustion, and Eyeon Fusion
• Twixtor Pro Version for Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Autodesk Combustion, and Eyeon Fusion
• Twixtor Standard FxPlug Version for Final Cut Pro
• Twixtor Pro FxPlug Version for Final Cut Pro

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Labels: Final Cut Express, Re:Vision Effects, Twixtor

RE:Vision Effects today released updates for Twixtor, ReelSmart Motion Blur and FieldsKit to specifically address issues of crashing and hanging that users were experiencing within Premiere Pro. The products released today are Twixtor v. 4.5.9, ReelSmart Motion Blur v. 3.2.5 and FieldsKit v. 2.0.1, and are the After Effects-compatible verisons that work within Premiere Pro. Users who have purchased the After Effects-compatible versions of Twixtor 4, ReelSmart Motion Blur 3 and FieldsKit 2 receive the update for free.

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.

ReelSmart Motion Blur applies more natural-looking motion blur to a video sequence by automatically tracking every pixel. RE:Vision Effects' tracking technology is at the heart of ReelSmart Motion Blur, so there is no handwork involved. Users can add as little or as much blurring as is needed, and can even remove motion blur.

FielsdKit is the acclaimed set of plug-ins providing smarter deinterlacing and better workflow options for interlacing and pulldown. FieldsKit 2 includes the powerful motion estimation found in Twixtor and ReelSmart Motion Blur.

Labels: FieldsKit, Premiere Pro, Re:Vision Effects, ReelSmart Motion Blur, Twixtor

RE:Vision Effects is now shipping Twixtor 4.5 for Apple Final Cut Pro (FCP) in an FxPlug version, which is Final Cut Pro's native effects plugin architecture.

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.

Pricing info:

• FxPlug or After Effects-compatible Plugin, Regular version $329.99.
  
• 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.
  
• Upgrade from regular FxPlug to Pro, FxPlug version: $265.00
  
• Upgrade from regular AE-compatible Mac version to Pro AE-compatible Mac version: $265.00
  
• 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)
  
• Add regular AE-compatible Mac license to a previously purchased regular or Pro FxPlug license on the same machine: $99.95
  
• Add Pro AE-compatible Mac license to a previously purchased Pro FxPlug license on the same machine: $179.95

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.

Volume pricing available. Contact sales@revisionfx.com

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.

Labels: After Effects, Final Cut Pro, FxPlug, Re:Vision Effects, Twixtor

RE:Vision Effects announces the immediate availability of new Effections, a specially-priced bundle collection, for Autodesk's Sparks systems: Flint, Flame, Fire, Inferno, Smoke and Burn. The bundle includes ReelSmart Motion Blur Pro, which automatically tracks every pixel in a sequence and blurs based on calculated motion; Twixtor Pro, which intelligently slows down, speeds up and frame rate converts image sequences; and RE:Flex, which allows users to create visually stunning morphs and warps with an easy-to-use interface.

Labels: Autodesk, Re:Flex, Re:Vision Effects, ReelSmart Motion Blur, Twixtor

Re:Vision Effects has lowered the price by $200 each on Re:Flex 3 for Shake and Twixtor 4.5 for Shake.

Also, there is a new bundle for Re:Vision Effects Shake plug-ins which contains Twixtor, Re:Flex and ReelSmart Motion Blur. If you bought them seperately, you'd normally pay around $1,379. Get it for jut $945 at Toolfarm!

Labels: Re:Flex, Re:Vision Effects, ReelSmart Motion Blur, Shake, Twixtor