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GENARTS ANNOUNCES SAPPHIRE PLUG-INS FOR DISCREET ON LINUX
-- Available immediately for Discreet's newly released flint and smoke Linux-based systems --
Cambridge, MA. July 14th 2004 - Coinciding with Discreet®'s release of flint® and smoke® for the Linux operating system, GenArts Inc., a leading provider of digital visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industry, today announced Sapphire Plug-ins® for flint and smoke on Linux.Featuring the same familiar interface and wide range of effects and features that Discreet users have long depended on, Sapphire for flint and smoke on Linux is available immediately for US $6,000. The software can be obtained directly from the GenArts web site at: http://www.genarts.com and can be purchased directly from GenArts, or from Discreet's extensive worldwide network of resellers and sales representatives.
"Let the tradition continue with Sapphire Plug-ins for flint on Linux...the same great functionality with tremendous performance to boot. I can't imagine flame or inferno without Sapphire Sparks. Now I can enjoy the same functionality and impressive performance when I work on flint on Linux," comments Christian Boudman, senior flame artist at Sony Pictures Imageworks.
"We are blown away by the speed, consistency, and quality of Sapphire Plug-ins on Linux. We are already using them successfully with smoke and flint for several projects including a promo for USA Network's premiere of Jim Carrey's film The Majestic, the 2004 ESPY Awards for ESPN, and some effects work for our own Saturday Night Live," says Andy Milkis, Visual Effects Supervisor at DesignLab @ Broadway Video in New York.
Sapphire 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.
"GenArts' creative tools have long been of incredible benefit to the Discreet user community, and now Linux customers too can round out their new flint and smoke systems with their favorite Sapphire-Plug-ins. Given the familiar and easy to use interface, there's absolutely no learning curve: just an amazingly fast system!" says Maurice Patel, Product Marketing Manager at Discreet.
About GenArts' Sapphire Plug-ins Sapphire Plug-ins provide digital artists with a collection of over 175 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 Premiere; Apple Final Cut Pro, Shake and Motion; Avid Media Composer Adrenaline, Media Composer, Xpress Pro, Xpress, Xpress DV, Symphony, DS, Nitris and Newscutter; Discreet combustion, flint, flame, inferno, fire, smoke and burn; eyeon Software Digital Fusion; Quantel generationQ; and Media 100 844/X. 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, 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, broadcast 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 Spider-Man 1 and 2, The Matrix Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Star Wars-Episode I and II, 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.
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