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GENARTS ANNOUNCES SAPPHIRE PLUG-INS FOR DISCREET BURN
-- Available immediately for Discreet's new Linux-based background rendering software --
Cambridge, MA. August 5th, 2003 - GenArts Inc., a leading provider of digital visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industry, today announced the immediate availability of Sapphire Plug-ins® for burnTM, Discreet's new Linux-based background rendering software.With the new version of Sapphire Plug-ins, inferno®, flame® and flint® artists will be able to use burn to process projects that include Sapphire Plug-ins faster than ever before, thereby increasing productivity and maximizing creative time.
"I am very impressed with how fast and how well Sapphire Plug-ins work with Discreet's burn. Very cool! We're already using them with burn for feature film work at Imageworks. In fact, Sapphire with burn was incredibly useful in helping us to finish work for Bad Boys 2," says David Takayama, Senior Interactive Compositing Artist at Sony Pictures Imageworks.
"I am loving Sapphire Plug-ins on burn! Rendering on burn is actually much faster than processing locally, plus I can keep working at the same time. At Ntropic we use Sapphire Plug-ins regularly for work on features including The Matrix Reloaded. Now we are using them successfully with burn for work on Underworld," explains Nate Robinson, inferno artist at Ntropic, a San Francisco-based post-production and visual effects boutique.
"Sapphire Plug-ins have become an essential tool for many Discreet users. It's great news that our customers can already start to use Sapphire Plug-ins with burn. This demonstrates GenArts' commitment to providing high-quality support for the Discreet user community," says Maurice Patel, Systems Product Marketing Manager at Discreet.
Pricing and availability
Sapphire Plug-ins for burn are available immediately, and can be purchased from GenArts or from Discreet resellers and sales representatives. The software can be obtained directly from the GenArts web site at http://www.genarts.com/sapphire-sparks.htmlSapphire Plug-ins provide the Discreet customer base with a collection of over 200 state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects that can quickly and easily transform any film or video clip. They are fully and seamlessly integrated in the Discreet user interface, and include many useful tools such as Glows, EdgeRays, LensFlare, Glint, Blurs and RackDefocus, as well as a host of sophisticated effects such as Lightning Zaps, FlysEye, JpegDamage, HalfTone and Textures. Sapphire Plug-ins are resolution-independent and include multi-processor support for faster rendering.
About GenArts, Inc.
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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 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, 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.
Nicole Panas
GenArts, Inc.
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