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Contents 1 The Stats 2 Buy Tinder 3 Description 4 Tinder Plug-Ins 5 See also

The Stats

• Developer: The Foundry
• Version: 2.1 for Shake, 5.0 for Discreet, 1.1 for OFX
• Platforms: Mac OS, Linux, IRIX
• Host Applications: Apple Shake, Discreet Systems, Avid D|S, OFX, Nuke (4.7 currently supported)

Buy Tinder

• The Foundry Tinder 2.1 for Shake Node Locked
• The Foundry Tinder 2.1 for Shake Floating License
• The Foundry Tinder for Nuke Node Locked
• The Foundry Tinder for Nuke Floating License
• The Foundry Tinder for Nuke Render Only
• The Foundry Tinder 5.0 for Discreet Systems (node locked)
• The Foundry Tinder 5.0 for Discreet Systems (floating)
• The Foundry Tinder for Avid DS Node-Locked
• The Foundry Tinder for OFX Node-Locked
• The Foundry Tinder for OFX Floating License
• The Foundry Tinder for OFX Render-Only Version

Description

Tinder 2.0 is a new set of plug-ins for Shake compositors. LensBlur is a superb rack defocus with chromatic aberration and is much faster than Shake's Defocus for large blurs. LensFlare generates realistic and highly customisable lens flares. Distorto warps an image using a matte. Fractal generates organic animating patterns. MatteTool provides a suite of tools to manipulate mattes smoothly with subpixel precision. Median is a subpixel accurate NxN median filter. NightSky renders the brightest 9000 stars visible from Earth. Rays generates light rays from a matte. Starburst adds sparkles to highlights.

Tinder Plug-Ins

• LensBlur - simulates the true defocussing characteristics of a camera lens to give realistic focus pulls. It includes controls for the shape of the camera diaphragm, highlight blooming and chromatic aberration. It's fast too. Very fast.

• LensFlare - generates realistic and highly customisable lens flares. There are controls for the bright spot, light rays, polygonal lens inter-reflections and much more.

• Distorto - deforms one clip using the luminance of another. This is a gem of a plug-in that is extensively used in post-production to fake and control the distortions seen in reflected objects.

• MatteTool - provides a suite of tools to process mattes. You can grow or erode matte edges with sub-pixel precision from a single parameter, or extract outlines from mattes and soften just one side of it.

• Median - applies an NxN median filter to an image. Median filters do an excellent job of removing single pixel noise or scratches from an image while only causing a slight reduction in sharpness.

• NightSky - renders the brightest 9000 stars visible from Earth. It uses real data so you get to see the constellations in their correct positions and with their correct colour. A dozen presets display the constellations.

• Rays - creates a backlit light ray effect. The rays are sourced from selected areas of the image=92s luminance or matte. The colour of the rays can come from the source image or a fixed colour.

• Fractal - generates animating organic patterns. Useful for backgrounds or breaking up mattes.

• Starburst - is a simulated lens filter that adds sparkles to highlights. Includes parameters to change number of rays, rotation and luma clip levels.

• Caustic - simulates the patterns created when light rays are reflected or refracted by a curved surface. Caustics can often be seen at the bottom of a swimming pool in bright sunlight. It is often used with logical operators to produce an organic breakup of mattes.

• Glass - gives the impression of viewing an image through a layer of distorting glass.

See also

• Node-locked vs. Floating Licences