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We're excited to premiere Assault on Igneos, the new science fiction short film that will be accompanying the forthcoming Space Adventure tutorial DVD!

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It's an exciting day in the FXhome.com community, because legendary FXhomers Sidewinder and Mechaforce have returned from the wilderness.

Although some of the newer forum members might not recognise the names, trust us when we say that Mecha and Sidey were [i]the ones to watch[/i] back in 2003.

Like many FXhomers, they've gone on to find success in the film industry, having relocated to LA where they're working on numerous projects and are setting up their own VFX company.

FXhome.com was always meant to serve as a springboard for talented people, so it's great to see so many of you doing well - it's a big inspiration to the newer, younger forum members.

If you remember them from the old days, make sure you welcome them back. If you don't know who they are, make sure you say hello and check out their work.

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The PhotoKey 3 launch is getting nearer, so we thought it was time to reveal some more new features.

Text

This is a feature we're really excited to include with PhotoKey 3 and PhotoKey 3 Pro. The new text system enables you to add titles directly to your images without needing to use extra software.

In the screenshot below you can also see that the text interface has the new positioning tools, meaning you can adjust it directly on the canvas rather than having to fiddle with sliders.

Hot folders

PhotoKey 3 Pro has a brand new ability to use 'hot folders'. You can specify a folder on your computer and PhotoKey will keep an eye on it and automatically update the foreground list based on the folder's contents. This means you can set up your camera to transfer images to the folder as soon as they are taken and PhotoKey 3 Pro will automatically import them.

Also speeding up your workflow is the new image navigation system. You can now switch to a specific foreground image from any toolset using the listing at the bottom of the workspace - there's no longer any need to switch back to the Import toolset.

Speaking of which, we've completely redesigned the foreground and batch export listings, so you can now arrange and manage your images much more easily.

We think that PhotoKey 3 and PhotoKey 3 Pro both represent big jumps forwards for the series. You'll be able to get your hands on them very soon.

PhotoKey 3 and PhotoKey 3 Pro will go on sale next week at a special launch price. Upgrade discounts will be available for owners of PhotoKey 2 and PhotoKey 2 Pro.

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Today FXhome's resident product guru Simon 'Tarn' Jones hits the grand old age of 29!

Along with being one of the most popular and active members on the forum, Simon acts as both the face and voice of FXhome. Currently he is hard at work completing a new tutorial product for Christmas, but he did manage to spare a few minutes to celebrate this special day with the rest of the team. Along with a tasty slice of Guinness cake, he took the time to partake in what is quickly becoming an FXhome tradition – blowing out candles stuffed in to a random piece of fruit.

I’m sure many of you would like to join us in celebrating this momentous day and wish Tarn a very happy birthday.

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This November we're launching the new PhotoKey family, including PhotoKey 3 and PhotoKey 3 Pro. Over the next few days we'll be releasing snippets of information to whet your appetite in advance of the release.

To start with, let's take a quick look at the enhanced PhotoKey interface. We've had a lot of positive feedback about PhotoKey 2's simplicity and general ease-of-use, so we didn't want to reinvent the wheel unnecessarily. However, there were definite areas that could benefit from improvement, not least the Position section.

Users of PhotoKey 1 and PhotoKey 2 will be pleased to hear that PhotoKey 3 now features positioning of your layers directly on the canvas, enabling you to move, rotate and scale them by dragging with the mouse. That means no more fiddling with sliders in the toolbox - unless you want to, of course, as the precision controls are still there (with a few extra enhancements of their own).

Here's a preview of the new position tools:

Pricing is hugely important to anybody considering new software. We're launching the new PhotoKey family with a Holiday Season Discount, which means the prices look like this:

Upgrade discounts will be available to all current PhotoKey 1, PhotoKey 2 and PhotoKey 2 Pro users.

In the next sneak peek we'll take a look at some more of the new improvements, so stay tuned...

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The FXhome.com news page isn't the only way to find out about what we're doing.

You might prefer to read about the latest FXhome news using your Facebook or Twitter accounts, where we regularly post updates about what we're working on, the latest deals, cool new movies in the FXhome.com cinema or simply interesting movie tidbits from around the Internet.

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Tim Edwards has been with FXhome from the beginning. You might know him as 'Cogz' on the forums. Tim was a big part of the Lab products' development and more recently has been focusing his talents on the PhotoKey series, culminating in the awesome PhotoKey 3 which we're releasing next month.

Today he reached his 30th birthday and we're pretty sure you'd like to join us in celebration! Unfortunately for you guys we don't have a way of sharing Lucy's awesome chocolate orange cake over the interweb, though:

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We'd like to welcome two new additions to the FXhome group: Angie Symonds and Emma Keen!

Angie actually started a couple of weeks ago and is helping to keep our admin and shipping infrastructure running at full speed as we head into the Christmas Crazy Months. We're all very grateful for her efforts to keep the rest of us sane!

Emma starts today and is joining the growing developer team, which means she'll be working on our 2010 projects and working directly alongside Neil and Jack.

You might have noticed that we're expanding rapidly at the moment. This is because we're working on projects that are vastly bigger than anything we've done before, which we want to complete in a fraction of the time it took us to finish the Lab products. To accomplish that at the quality we demand requires more people.

It's going to be a few months yet before you see the direct impact of the new arrivals, but we guarantee you'll be excited when that moment comes.

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New features.
New interface.
New PhotoKey.

This November.

(new boxes too!)

Upgrade discounts will be available to users of PhotoKey 1, PhotoKey 2 and PhotoKey 2 Pro.

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The new FXhome.com support system just went live! That means you can now find a knowledgebase packed full of useful information about FXhome products and the FXhome.com website, which has been carefully compiled by everybody's favourite FXhomer, Axeman.

There's also a brand new ticketing system for contacting us about support queries. It'll help ensure that you send us the right information and will enable us to respond to you faster than ever before.

Big thanks to Axeman for his hard work over the last few weeks, not to mention all the help he's given people over the years.

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