Red Giant Software Unveils Film Restoration Tools for Mac OS X

San Francisco, CA, February 13, 2006 - Red Giant Software, publisher of a line of professional desktop tools including Magic Bullet and Knoll Light Factory, today announced the availability of the Macintosh version of Film Fix. The plug-in supports Adobe After Effects 7 and is now cross-platform.

 

Film Fix consists of a set of plug-ins designed for documentary filmmakers and post production studios that need film and video restoration tools on the desktop. Using Film Fix, After Effects users can restore tears, remove dust and dirt particles, and stabilize footage originated on film and video resolution material transferred from film. The processing is nearly automatic, provides high-quality output, and rivals dedicated high-end systems. Repair seams with the only automated tear-repair tool on the market.

• Stabilize footage with fast, software-based 2D translation.
• Automatically eliminate severe non-linear inter-frame brightness fluctuations.
• Remove dust and sparkle defects using motion detection information.
• Render across a set of networked computers to execute full collective CPU potential.

Film Fix utilizes a fast, accurate motion estimation system, which processes pixel-accurate image data at different scales similar to the way the human eye views the world. These powerful, intelligent algorithms allow it to identify problems such as dust, dirt, and tearing despite complex motion in the footage. Once identified, these artifacts are quickly and naturally removed.

 

"There is a lot of interest in HD video restoration of classic flims headed for HD broadcast or HD DVD, and that is the direction we are moving," says Kevin Christopher, director of technology for Cinepost in Atlanta . "When you do a film transfer to HD, the HD video really shows the flaws, and broadcast and cable networks all want really clean masters for their HDTV broadcasts. For us, once the film is transferred, film restoration is done using Red Giant Software's Film Fix. Film Fix is an automated solution that can handle roughly 90% of the film restoration work, with the remainder fixed by hand."

 

 

Pricing and Availability

Film Fix for After Effects 6.0 or later (Windows and Mac are supported) is available now for $1,995 USD. Film Fix also includes full support for unlimited multi-client rendering through an After Effects render farm. Current Windows customers can get a free cross-grade to the Mac OS X version.

 

 

About Green Parrot Pictures

The technology for Film Fix was developed by a team led by Green Parrot Pictures’ Anil Kokaram, a pioneer in motion picture restoration with over 15 years of experience in the field. Dr. Kokaram's work includes the book, Motion Picture Restoration, and more than 60 papers on general video processing, 40 of which are specifically on video and film restoration. Dr. Kokaram is a Senior Lecturer at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

 

 

About Red Giant

Founded in 2002, Red Giant (www.redgiantsoftware.com) creates an ever-expanding universe of effects tools ranging from plug-in suites, applications and mobile apps to Guru Presets, free products and sharing communities. We provide software for motion design, photography and color correction that is used for everything from major motion pictures to worldwide television programming to web production. Red Giant offers the industry-leading Trapcode tools for broadcast design; Magic Bullet Suite for color correction; and over 60 products that run in After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture, Avid, Vegas, Nuke, and Studio. Our effects have enhanced dozens of feature films such as Angels & Demons and The Social Network, and added sparkle to networks like NBC Universal, ESPN, Disney, CNN, Comedy Central, MTV, and TNT. Join us on Facebook (RedGiantSoftware), follow us on Twitter (@RedGiantNews) and get free content at Redgiantpeople.com.