Recreate holographic effects with just a few clicks

San Francisco, CA, November 17, 2009 – Red Giant Software has released Holomatrix, a new After Effects plug-in that lets you control your reality and offers a new dimension in effect generation. Many science fiction feature films and TV shows feature holographic communication and interfaces. Red Giant Holomatrix allows you to easily recreate that effect with just a few clicks. The package includes 30 presets that turn ordinary footage into animated sci-fi holograms, mimics bad TV reception and creates realistic looking digital signage. more

Provides enhanced lighting for After Effects’ built-in lights

Wilmington, NC – November 3, 2009 – Digieffects,® a developer of visual effects software plugins, today announced that Falloff Lighting is available for purchase. Falloff Lighting provides enhanced lighting for After Effects’ built-in lights. Falloff Lighting is much more like that of the real world where light naturally decays or “falls off” as surfaces increase distance from the After Effects light. more

PowerUp Tools for a Down Economy

San Francisco, CA, October 22, 2009 – Red Giant Software has teamed up with SmartSound Software to sponsor Larry Jordan’s Final Cut Pro Seminars called PowerUp Tools for a Down Economy. more

Professional Level Functionality at Breakthrough Pricing

Wilmington, NC – October 5, 2009 – Digieffects,® a developer of popular visual effects software plugins, today announced that Aged Film is available for purchase.  Aged Film creates an aged “old movie look”, an effect which helps viewers understand what era the shot is set and believe that the story is set in the past. Priced at only $29, Aged Film is the best value for achieving this effect in today’s post production applications. more

Get the Look of a Modern Hollywood Blockbuster in Seconds with Magic Bullet Mojo

San Francisco, CA, September 21, 2009 – Red Giant Software introduces Magic Bullet Mojo, the fastest way to get a modern blockbuster look. Designed by Stu Maschwitz, film director, author of The DV Rebel’s Guide, and creative director at Red Giant Software, Magic Bullet Mojo is available now for $99. more

Wilmington, N.C., September 16, 2009 — The 15th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 11 through Sunday, November 15, 2009 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Cucalorus takes place in the historic port city of Wilmington, North Carolina, which is also one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios.The 15th Cucalorus Film Festival is at your fingertips. more

Developed in Close Collaboration with VFX Industry Guru Mark Christiansen

Wilmington, NC – September 10, 2009 – Digieffects,® a developer of popular visual effects software plugins, today announced that Camera Mapper is available for purchase. Camera Mapper, a plugin for Adobe After Effects, allows you to simulate a 3D scene from 2D stills or footage. It allows you to isolate one or several objects in your footage, project these objects on a separate layer and pull that layer out of the background, creating the visual illusion of the object floating in front of the original footage.

According to Robert Sharp, President of Digieffects “camera mapping is a key part of compositing applications such as Nuke, and while you could do this natively in After Effects, it would be only at the expense of some complicated workarounds that cost time and lack important capabilities.”

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CIS Vancouver Selects Trapcode Particular for Use on Angels & Demons

San Francisco, CA, July 13, 2009 – Red Giant Software, publisher of the popular Magic Bullet and Trapcode plug-ins, today announced that it has shipped Trapcode Particular 2. Trapcode Particular—award-winning software commonly used by visual effects and motion graphics artists on feature films and TV commercials—generates quick-rendering 3D particles with full camera integration and natural behavior. Many editing programs offer basic particle-generation features. Trapcode Particular, a patent-pending After Effects plug-in, goes way, way beyond the basics of particle generation.

In Angels & Demons, one of the highest-grossing movies of 2009 with more than $470 million in worldwide box office to date, CIS Vancouver used Trapcode Particular to create natural media effects such as sparks and burning embers. more

Digieffects sponsors Rogue Kite as they drive across America with a RED ONE™ Camera

Wilmington, NC – July 1, 2009 – Digieffects®, a developer of popular visual effects software plugins, today announced that it will sponsor Rogue Kite on The Natural Forces Summer Tour. Rogue Kite, a Wilmington, NC-based production company and rental house founded by Michelle Boley, consists of five current and former UNCW film studies students. The group will spend four weeks driving around the United States shooting hours of footage with a RED ONE camera. The group will be working on several projects including filming footage for the Digieffects Natural Forces upcoming product release and a feature documentary tentatively entitled Revisiting the American Dream. more

San Francisco, CA, June 23, 2009 – Red Giant Software (http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/) is proud to announce that Stu Maschwitz is now the new Creative Director for Magic Bullet products. Stu Maschwitz is the original creator of the Magic Bullet Suite of plug-ins. more