Boston, Mass. - Noise Industries, developer of visual effects
tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced that new
development partner, Dashwood Cinema Solutions, has released its first FxPack:
Stereo3D Toolbox for Stereoscopic 3D mastering. Created by Dashwood
Cinema Solutions founder, Tim Dashwood, Stereo3D Toolbox is an
FxFactory-powered plug-in designed to work with Adobe After Effects CS3
/ CS4, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, and Apple Final Cut Express applications.
With Stereo3D Toolbox, artists can easily output their media to a wide range of Stereoscopic 3D formats (side by side, over/under, checkerboard, interlace, anaglyph) as well as manage the demuxing of side by
side, interlace and over/under formatting. Comprehensive compositing features and capabilities include keyframeable x, y, z-axis convergence, individual left/right eye scale, color correction, selective flip/flop,
reframing and "auto scale" compensation.
Stereo3D Toolbox FxPack features:
Input formats: separate left/right, side by side, over/under & interlace
Output formats: side by side, over/under, interlace, checkerboard, anaglyph
Customizable Anaglyph controls (Red/Cyan, Blue/Yellow, Green/Magenta)
Convergence controls for x, y, z axis and individual left eye/right eye zoom
Auto Scale function automatically compensates for convergence settings
Master Reframing function for scaling and x/y reframing
Individual Image controls for balancing left and right eyes to each other
Flip, Flop & Swap controls for both eyes (ideal for beam-splitter 3D rigs)
Split Field feature to maintain resolution of converged text in under/over mode
Stereo3D Toolbox FxPack can be purchased at http://www.stereo3dtoolbox.com/
for $389. A watermarked Stereo3D Toolbox demo can be downloaded from the
Noise Industries website (http://www.noiseindustries.com).
Adobe After Effects CS3, Apple Final Cut Studio 2, and Apple Final Cut Express 4 users can also sample hundreds of other FxFactory plug-ins by downloading the free 15-day trial version of FxFactory from:
http://www.noiseindustries.com/fxfactory.