(Cambridge, MA. -- June 26, 2006) GenArts Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, today announced the immediate availability of Sapphire Plug-ins version 2 for Apple’s® Shake. This release contains 20 additional effects including a new FilmDamage effect, and a wide array of new features and improvements such as on-screen widgets for easy parameter adjustment, and an improved user interface for all color parameters. Sapphire Plug-ins for Shake provides digital artists with over 200 image processing and synthesis effects that are directly integrated into Shake’s user interface. Version 2 now supports the Mac Universal Binary (PPC & Intel) and Linux systems.
"Shake artists have produced phenomenal, ground-breaking visual effects work over the years; and we are pleased to continue showing support to the Shake community by offering not only Mac Universal support, but also many new features and enhancements in this Sapphire Plug-ins release," commented Anish Dhanda, Managing Director at GenArts, Inc.
Key new features of Sapphire Plug-ins version 2 for Shake:
* 20 New effects
o FilmDamage effect simulates aged film by adding scratches, dust, stains, grain, shake, flicker, etc.
o Stylize effects: Cartoon, CartoonPaint, Posterize, BleachBypass, Vignette, TriTone and QuadTone
o Rays effect produces light beams emitting from the bright areas of an input clip
o Transition effects: WipeRings, WipeTiles, SwishPan, DissolveGlow and DissolveFilm
o FeedbackDistort generates interesting time based feedback effects while distorting trails
o Other new effects include DogVision, WarpMagnify, Invert, GradientRadial and TextureMoire
* New on-screen widgets allow easy visual adjustment of many parameter values
* Mac version is Universal Binary and supports PPC and Intel hardware
* Supports Shake 4.0 and Shake 4.1 on Mac and Linux
* All color parameters have an improved user interface including HSV and TML options
* Layer has 5 new transfer modes
* WarpTransform has new swivel and tilt parameters for 3D control
* WarpPerspective has a new wrapAboveHorizon option
* Gamma has separate RGB controls for Scale Lights and Offset Darks
* FilmEffect has new film type simulations added for Kodak 5217, 5218, 5285 and 7270
Availability and Pricing
Sapphire Plug-ins version 2 for Shake can be purchased directly from GenArts or through their worldwide channel of Apple authorized Shake resellers. Pricing for Sapphire 2 for Shake has been lowered to $1699 and upgrades are available for existing version 1 customers for $599. A free trial of the software is available online at www.genarts.com.
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