About FXhome

FXhome is a leading developer and consultancy firm, specialising in video and photo products, web design and bespoke third party solutions. Over seven years of experience and an international team of experts has positioned FXhome as the provider of choice for software, filmmaking and online services.

Team

Founders

Joshua Davies

Managing director

Toby Walsh

Website development

Core

Tim Edwards

Visual effects software engineer

Jack Everitt

Research and development

Lucy Harvey

Operations manager

Neil Henderson

Software designer

Simon Jones

Communications manager

simon.jones@FXhome.com

Consultants

Dave Cranwell

Design consultant

Marco von Moos

Visual effects consultant

Axel Wilkinson

Visual effects consultant

Affiliates

Geraint Abbott

Quality assurance

Chris Coleman

Quality assurance

Nils Croné

Quality assurance

John Dickinson

Quality assurance

Harry Frank

Quality assurance

Serge Hamad

Quality assurance

Jim Harvey

Quality assurance

Joseph Joyce

Quality assurance

Andrew Kramer

Quality assurance

S. Michael Leier

The voice of FXhome

Matt Plummer

Quality assurance

Joby Stephens

Quality assurance

Darren Yamamoto

Quality assurance

Ashley Wing

Quality assurance

FXhome Company History

Foundations

Formed in 2001 by Joshua Davies and Toby Walsh, FXhome began as a small, UK-based software developer. The company’s first product, AlamDV, attracted widespread Internet attention from filmmakers and established a sizeable online community at the FXhome.com website.

Further products were released in 2002, including AlamDV2 and a series of plugins for the iMovie editing application, created at Apple's invitation. In 2004 FXhome's first greenscreen compositing product was released, called Chromanator.

Products & Services

After three years of intensive research and development, FXhome released three new products to cater for the enthusiast and independent film markets: EffectsLab Pro, CompositeLab Pro and VisionLab Studio. The Lab range have received excellent reviews in the computer and digital video press and have won several awards, with new features introduced based on user feedback.

The FXhome.com website has grown extensively over the years to become a popular news and community site with over 105,000 members from all over the world. FXhome.com features regular interviews with independent filmmakers and behind-the-scenes reports.

FXhome's growing team of experts now provides a variety of consultancy options for organizations and individuals. Services to date have included research and development for a major online content provider and extensive involvement with independent filmmaking (visual effects advice, matte paintings, color grading, CG effects, subtitling, script development).

Recent Developments

In 2008 a new range of photo products was developed. PhotoKey, PhotoKey 2 and PhotoKey 2 Pro provide high quality greenscreening facilities for enthusiast and professional photographers. Towards the end of the year the FXhome brand diversified further with the release of new stock footage and tutorial DVDs.

FXhome’s first in-house short film is currently in production, a sci-fi thriller directed by
acclaimed filmmaker Ashley Wing. 2009 introduced the FXhome Awards, designed to
highlight and reward outstanding achievements by the FXhome.com community.

The Future

The FXhome product portfolio will grow throughout 2009 and beyond with entirely new products and improvements to existing software based on user and community feedback. Forthcoming FXhome products will introduce even more powerful and affordable creative tools for low-budget filmmakers and photographers.

Consultancy services will continue to provide high quality solutions for international
companies and independent film and television projects, from major contracts to one-on-one
advice. Further diversification will explore completely new markets and maintain
FXhome as an innovative, reliable and bold company.