Tinderbox 2, scheduled for release at NAB,is a collection of 20 new effects including a very fast camera defocus,paint,lens flares, radial blurs,glows,grain tools,star generators and newsprint. Vision Effects,Inc.has added 16-bit per channel support for ReelSmart Twixtor. Twixtor intelligently slows down, speeds up or changes the frame rate of image sequences. Synthetic Aperture 's Echo Fire 2.0 displays an After Effects composition or Photoshop document on any NTSC or PAL video monitor. This provides an accurate preview of how a video project will look,without the distortions of color,gamma,and interlace that occur when previewing on a computer monitor.
Fire provides real-time video previews with audio.
Echo Fire outputs previews through FireWire DV video,as well as through video cards from Digital Voodoo,Pinnacle Systems,Aurora Video Systems and others. Text,is a package designed to easily create text background elements. Filters can generate text randomly or apply user-specified text and use TrueType or Postscript Type 1 fonts. Its graphic design,imaging,dynamic media and authoring tools enable customers to create,manage and deliver visually-rich,reliable content. All rights reserved.