About us

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

Key People

Founders

Joshua Davies

Managing director

Toby Walsh

Website development

Core

Tim Edwards

Visual effects software engineer

Jack Everitt

Research and development

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

Nils Croné

Quality assurance

John Dickinson

Quality assurance

Harry Frank

Quality assurance

Serge Hamad

Quality assurance

Jim Harvey

Quality assurance

Andreas Jendin

Quality assurance

Joseph Joyce

Quality assurance

Andrew Kramer

Quality assurance

S. Michael Leier

The voice of FXhome

Andreas Petersen

Quality assurance

Matt Plummer

Quality assurance

Brad Staff

Quality assurance

Joby Stephens

Quality assurance

Darren Yamamoto

Quality assurance

Ashley Wing

Quality assurance

Mission statement

A commitment to high quality and low end-user costs has driven the company to harness new technologies and emerging markets. The aim is to empower individuals and organisations by designing specific and appropriate products and services.

Joshua Davies - Managing director

Company history

Foundations

Formed in 2001 by Joshua Davies and Toby Walsh, FXhome began as a small, UK-based software developer with a single launch product called AlamDV. An affordable, basic rotoscoping utility for enthusiast filmmakers, it attracted widespread Internet attention 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 Computer's invitation. 2004 marked FXhome's move into a new area of video post-production with the introduction of Chromanator, a low-cost greenscreen compositing application.

Recent developments

After three years of intensive research and development, in 2006 FXhome released three new products to cater for the enthusiast and independent film markets: EffectsLab, CompositeLab and VisionLab Studio. The Lab products have received excellent reviews in the computer and digital video press and won several awards.

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).

The FXhome.com website has grown extensively over the years to become a popular news and community site with over 82,000 members from all over the world. FXhome.com features regular competitions and reviews of DVD and other third party products, interviews with independent filmmakers and behind-the-scenes reports from movie sets and premieres.

The future

The FXhome software portfolio will grow throughout 2007 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 the low-budget filmmaker.

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.