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Red Giant Software's Magic Bullet Suite Adds Support for Adobe After Effects 7

San Francisco, CA, March 28, 2006: Red Giant Software today announced the availability of Magic Bullet Suite 2.1. The software plug-in now supports Adobe After Effects 7. Magic Bullet Suite 2.1 also includes the robust DeepColor RT GPU render engine, which runs up to 7x faster than the CPU alone, allowing users to do real-time film look treatments on the desktop in standard definition.

Comprised of 18 After Effects plug-ins, Magic Bullet Suite delivers a complete production pipeline for processing digital video footage for output to DVD, TV, or film. Applying expertly-designed technology created by the innovative post production studio, The Orphanage, users can de-interlace and de-artifact footage, apply film treatments, crop footage to any standard format, and ensure compliance with broadcast TV standards.

Magic Bullet Suite 2.1 is a free upgrade for Magic Bullet Suite 2.0 customers. Please visit http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/magbulsuit.html for additional product information.

Pricing and Availability

• Magic Bullet Suite 2.1 supports both SD and HD resolutions for $795 USD. The HD capability is included as standard, there is no separate HD version. (There is no upgrade charge for Magic Bullet Suite 2.0 customers.)
• Render Licenses can be purchased for $495 USD to provide a faceless render-only node that can be loaded on an unlimited number of computers for network rendering.

About The Orphanage

Founded by former Industrial Light + Magic visual effects artists Jonathan Rothbart, Stuart Maschwitz, and Scott Stewart, The Orphanage (www.theorphanage.com) is focused on high-end VFX services and animation for features and broadcast, original motion picture and television production, and digital filmmaking technology development. Its first commercialized technology, the groundbreaking digital filmmaking software Magic Bullet Suite, was introduced at the 2000 National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About Red Giant Software

Founded in 2002, Red Giant Software LLC (www.redgiantsoftware.com), publishes and develops iPhone apps and software tools made by industry veterans Stu Maschwitz and John Knoll. Red Giant Software's ever-expanding product line has over 30 packages that run in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, and Avid systems. The vast range of visual effects tools 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, The Mummy 3, and Grindhouse and added sparkle to cable and broadcast content from NBC Universal, Food Network, ESPN, Disney, CNN, Comedy Central, MTV, and TNT.

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