SAPPHIRE PLUG-INS VOTED #1 AT FXGUIDE.COM


Cambridge, MA. (June 4th, 2003) - In the May 2003 survey at fxguide.com, users voted GenArts Sapphire Plug-ins their most favorite 2D plug-ins package by far, giving it 6 times more votes than any other package.

FX Guide is a web portal where high end digital effects artists share tips and tricks. In the survey, users were asked to select their favorite 2D Spark/Plug-ins. Sapphire Plug-ins received about 60% of all votes, with 11 other plug-in packages receiving at most 10% each.

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About Sapphire Plug-ins
GenArts' Sapphire Plug-ins provide digital artists with a collection of over 200 state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects. They fully and seamlessly integrate into a number of editing and compositing systems including: Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere; Apple Final Cut Pro and Shake; Avid Media Composer, Xpress, Xpress DV, Symphony and Avid|DS; Discreet combustion, flint, flame, inferno, fire, and smoke. Sapphire Plug-ins offer a comprehensive suite of tools and effects that can transform any film or video clip. They are resolution-independent, include multi-processor support for faster rendering, and run on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Irix. Effects in the package range from everyday tools such as Glows, EdgeRays, LensFlare, Glint, Blurs and RackDefocus, to more exotic effects like Lightning Zaps, FlysEye, JpegDamage, HalfTone and Textures.

About GenArts, Inc.
Based in Cambridge, Mass., GenArts, Inc. is a premier provider of digital visual effects plug-ins for the film and video industry. Introduced in 1996, Sapphire Plug-ins have become an industry standard for high-end visual effects creation at leading studios, broadcast and post production facilities around the world. They are widely recognized for their unrivaled quality and ease-of-use, and have been used extensively to create an array of feature films such as The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars-Episode I and II, Spider-Man, Ice Age, Pearl Harbor, Final Fantasy, Dinosaur, Titanic, Armageddon, Planet of the Apes, Contact, Star Trek and Godzilla. Additional GenArts product information can be found at http://www.genarts.com.

Contact:
Nicole Panas
GenArts, Inc.
1-617-492-2888
info@>genarts.com


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