Company
Press Releases
Red Giant Software Releases Instant HD
Up-Convert DV Video Into a Variety of HD Video Formats
San Francisco, CA, March 6, 2006: Red Giant Software, publisher of a line of professional desktop tools including Magic Bullet and Knoll Light Factory, today announced a new plug-in for After Effects, Final Cut Pro, and Premiere Pro called Instant HD. The new software application allows users to up-convert DV video into a variety of HD video formats.
Instant HD allows users to choose from a list of preset resolutions to make it easy to integrate DV video into a High Definition production. When scaling from standard definition (SD) to high definition (HD), the missing pixels must be generated in an intelligent way. Instant HD provides a high-quality method for converting SD sources to HD within user's preferred video application.
Features
- Includes 5 controls: Output Size, Filter Type, Sharpness, Quality settings, and Anti-aliasing
- Professional level results with simple easy to learn controls
- The Output resolution pop-up lets you quickly choose the output resolution for your video
- The Sharpness control lets you sharpen the output of the video scaling operation
- The Anti-aliasing control lets you add smoothing to the edges of images
Uses
- A great complement product to Magic Bullet Suite or Magic Bullet Editors
- Integrate SD video into your next HD project
- Up-convert NTSC or PAL Standard Definition to High Definition
- Up-convert smaller web video resolution sizes to Standard Definition
- Up-convert SD video to HD, then down-convert back to SD for higher-quality results
"I recently up-rezzed a feature length film from SD to HD in a Quantel EQ suite. Because we missed a few clips, I chose to try Instant HD rather than go back into the suite. Amazingly, the shots I up-rezzed myself with Instant HD were indistinguishable from those run through the very high end Quantel," said Joel Rasmussen, Producer of Before the Music Dies.
Pricing and Availability
Instant HD is available now for $99 USD (Download) and $149 (Box). Note: Instant HD is a plug-in and requires a host application (Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, or After Effects) to operate.
About Red Giant Software
Red Giant Software LLC (www.redgiantsoftware.com) offers a vast range of visual effects plug-ins, with over 30 packages designed for Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Avid. The product line features industry-leading effects for designing realistic fire, rain, and water; adding popular looks; and creating perfect keys. Red Giant effects have enhanced feature films such as Angels & Demons, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and The Mummy 3, and added sparkle to cable and broadcast content from NBC Universal, Food Network, ESPN, Disney, CNN, Comedy Central, MTV, and TNT.
All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
