The infinitely expandable effects package for Avid editors
Factory Tools offers a rich set of real-time effects designed exclusively for Avid users. Each plug-in lends powerful compositing abilities to the native editing interface, with separate controls for blending modes, layer opacities, geometry adjustments, drop shadows and Apply to Title functionality.
Its modern rendering architecture delivers unparalleled real-time performance by combining industry-standard OpenGL acceleration with graphics technology only available in Mac OS X Tiger.
More Than Meets the Eye
Unlike other effects packages, Factory Tools does not limit you to the effects and parameters hardcoded by the software company. Existing plug-ins can be improved to perform specific tasks required by your projects. New ones can be developed from scratch to lend a fresh look to your work, without writing a single line of code.
These unique abilities come from Factory Floor, an application that opens your Avid editing system to Core Image and Quar tz Composer, a powerful combination of image processing and compositing engines at the hear t of Mac OS X.
The Effect Market
Factory Tools can accommodate the most demanding workflow, letting you create and organize thousands of plug-ins. To express the full potential of this architecture, Noise Industries has created the Effect Market, an ever-expanding online archive of special effects for Factory Tools users.
It Happens So Fast
Factory Tools breaks all rules about what can or cannot be done with an effects package. Behind this powerful concept lies one simple promise: real-time performance like you have never seen before.
Features
- 100+ real-time effects included
- Blending modes, layer opacity, geometry and Apply to Title features available in all plug-ins
- Image processing based on Core Image for GPU acceleration and floating point color accuracy
- OpenGL acceleration
- Expandable effects architecture: create or download additional plug-ins to improve your workflow
- More effects downloadable for free at the Effect Market, a visual effects library open to Factory Tools users
- Factory Tools Pro bundled with Organoptics FX, for an additional 31 plug-ins included
Requirements
- Avid Xpress DV, Avid Xpress Pro
- Mac OS X 10.4.5
- Macintosh with PowerPC G4 or G5 processor
- Quartz Extreme-enabled video card
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