Technical Specification

Masking tools

• Create 180-vertex point shapesFast and flexible bezier drawing tools
• Separate masking and garbage matte capability
• Support for multiple masks and garbage mattes per object
• Create image-based masks from alpha, luminance and RGB values
• Control opacity, color, edge feathering and blend modes
• Easy and powerful keyframe and tweening animation system
• Combine several mask and shapes within a single object

Grading filters

• Over 40 specialised grading filters
  5 separate blur filters (defocus, fast gaussian blur, motion blur, radial blur, zoom blur)
• Extensive color correction filters (including brightness, contrast, color balance, levels, saturation, gamma, super contrast)
• Exciting collection of distortion filters (including block waves, emboss, mosaic, posterise, threshold, twirl)
• Film-look simulation filters (including bleach bypass, day-for-night, diffuse)
• Full keyframe control of all filter attributes

Composite filters

• Stunning glow filter to enhance your footage, including full control of blending methods, colorise options, brightness and range
• Advanced Gleam technique for dramatic simulated light rays, including full control of intensity, ray length, falloff, brightness and colorise options
• Convincing light spill simulation to aid compositing over bright backgrounds
• Incredible displacement map technology with full vertical and horizontal control - perfect invisible man camouflage

Preset engine

• Instant access to your favourite CG effects
• Create your own presets for future use
• Import presets from other projects
• Exchange presets with other user via the internet
• Download new presets from the online FXvault
• Built-in search function for locating the perfect preset

Rendering

• Real-time, scaleable, multi-stream, software playback
• RAM-based, frame-specific previews of complex multi-layered sequences ensure minimum rendering times during your work
• Real-time, full-screen playback on main canvas display for perfect clarity
• Split field projects automatically recombine on export
• Export to QuickTime
• Export to AVI
• Field-based rendering
• Multiple blend modes for more complex composites
• Export to video media or image streams
• Individual layer export with automatic alpha channel inclusion
• Fully custom render settings for complete export control

Supported formats and I/O

• Apple Quicktime .MOV
• Directshow .AVI
• Still images: PSD, BMP, JPEG, PICT, PNG, SGI, TARGA, TIFF

Particle engine

• Sprite-based particle engine
• Particle presets for quick access to sparks, fire, smoke, dust, debris, fireworks, etc...
• Apply multiple textures to emitters
• Save newly created particles in the preset library for future use
• Choose between point and area rectangle emitters
• Control birth rate, life, speed, angle, scale and gradient colors
• Control particles over their lifetime with ease
• Apply gravity to particles
• Full smooth tweening system for quick and easy animation

Muzzle flash

• Particle-based 3D muzzle flash creation
• Apply multiple textures for varied results
• Seeded shape formula
• Create millions of unique muzzle flashes
• Full control of color, shape and size
• On-screen controls for easy positioning and rotation
• Side ejection simulation for extra realism
• Ambient light augmentation for realistic compositing
• Control over transparency, blur, intensity and jitter elements

Lightning engine

• Advanced lightning generator
• Based on extensive research into lightning behaviour and formation
• Full control over size, speed and shape
• Fine control over trunk, branch and twig appearance
• Adjust core and glow separately
• Automatic lightning strike animation
• Branch attractor simulation
• Incorporates technology from FXhome PowerPlug

Optics

• Multi-shape lens flare creation for infinite variety
• Create artificial lights, streetlamps, flares, headlights, clashes, etc...
• Precise control over every shape element
• Automatic animated lens effect simulation
• Choose different lens types using presets
• Full control over angle, transparency, radius, positioning, etc...
• Full smooth tweening system for quick and easy animation

Neon light

• Create 180-vertex point shapesFast and flexible bezier drawing tools
• Fastest and most flexible 4-point lightsword creation available
• Full color control of core and glow
• Easy and powerful keyframe and tweening animation system
• Combine several neon shapes within a single effect
• Automatic glow flicker controls
• Control opacity, color, edge feathering and blend modes
• Apply neon effects to greenscreen footage automatically

Matte filters

• FXhome Auto-key for rapid, easy and high quality bluescreen and greenscreen compositing
• Extensive pre-key grading filters to help improve source footage (super contrast, gamma, hue shift, levels, saturation, etc...)
• Professional keying filters for every compositing situation
• Expert color difference key that can deal with even the worst greenscreens
• Full chroma key implementation for color removal
• Value keying for alternate color extraction
• Precise control of range, black and white points, feathering, etc...
• All matte tools fully keyframeable to cater for changing light sources and shot requirements
• Hugely powerful and fully animated garbage matte system

Grading objects

• Object-based digital grading
• Isolate and grade specific areas of the frame
• Apply grading filters to your entire movie using a single grading object
• Enables sophisticated layering of grading effects
• Full access to all grading and composite filters

Full, unrestricted commercial licence

Charger user interface

• Multi-layer compositing of CG effects and stock footage
• Dedicated cross-platform user interface
• Full on-screen manipulation controls: Position, rotate, pivot, skew, four corner pin and crop
• Flexible interface provides relevant and specific feedback
• On-screen TV-safe and overscan boundaries
• Canvas alignment snap-to-grid function
• Powerful zoom function enables pinpoint precision
• Integrated file browser for fast access to media content
• Preview pane for examining media
• RAM Previews for real-time project playback ensures minimal rendering time
• Store favourite CG effects and filter settings in the preset library
• Share and exchange presets with other users via the internet
• Combine presets to build up new projects and dynamic effects
• Comprehensive system and user preferences for interface customisation
• Full mouse-controlled on-screen manipulation for swift and intuitive animation and attribute alteration
• Numeric field entry and keyframe manipulation for precise animation and attribute alteration

Project creation

• Precise control of project settings for optimum performance and render quality
• Comprehensive framerate options: 23.976, true 24, 25, 29.97, 30, or 60 fps
• Full HD video compatibility: 1080i 50/60, 1080p 23.98/24, and 720p 23.98/30/60
• Project resolution sizes up to 1920 x 1080
• HD-resolution compatible
• 8 color bits-per-channel
• Non-square pixel support
• Full support for progressive and interlaced footage (deinterlacing and split field options available for maximum quality retention)
• Automatic media analysis for project creation
• Selection of templates for quick project creation

Timeline editing and canvas

• Crop, rate and slice edits of effects
• Automatic timeline length trimming
• Mouse-based layer interaction enables effects and filters to be rearranged with ease
• Single and multiple track views for complete control
• Dynamic canvas displays exactly what you need to see at all times
• Easy access ‘bring to front’ and ‘send to back’ layer control
• Collapse and expand tracks for clear layout and viewing
• Drag-and-drop editing and manipulation
• Timecode and framecount displays
• Frame-by-frame and quick-scrubber access

Animation

• Keyframe animation
• Design your own custom animation presets
• Complete keyframe-based animation toolset
• Manipulate keyframes on the timeline
• Copy, cut and paste keyframes
• Full smooth tweening system for quick and easy animation
• On-screen visual animation tools for direct feedback

Laser engine

• Designed specifically for easy laser generation
• Full control over behaviour and appearance
• Adjust speed, size and color
• Automatic perspective calculation Incorporates
• Neon Light technology