Digieffects Launches Robust Warping Tool for After Effects

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


FreeForm AE Brings High-End Functionality to After Effects
 
 

Wilmington, NC – May 5, 2009 – Digieffects®, a developer of
popular visual effects software plugins, today announced that
FreeForm AE is available for purchase. FreeForm AE, a plugin
for Adobe After Effects, is an intuitive and robust warping
tool that allows users to manipulate a flat object into almost
any shape using a mesh in 3D space. This new product takes
After Effects 3D compositing to the next level.

Features and Benefits

• 3D Functionality: The same power and control of 3D
applications right inside After Effects.
• Control: All controls for manipulation are right
inside the After Effects comp window.

• Speed: Powered by a proprietary, full 3D rendering
engine to provide beautiful, high-quality renders fast.

• Never leave After Effects: Makes it easy to create
3D effects which previously required a dedicated 3D program
or high-end workstation.

• Depth, Dimensions, and Displacement: True 3D
displacement mapping.

• Picks up where After Effects ends: Bend, twist,
distort, shape layers right in the After Effects comp window.

• Presets: Ships with dozens of presets to save time.

According to Robert Sharp, president of Digieffects,
"FreeForm AE was originally developed by
Chris Bobotis of Mettle in Montreal, Canada. Chris was
frustrated that 3D mesh warping was only available in
expensive, high-end systems like Autodesk Flame. He felt it
was time somebody made this available in After Effects."

According to Mark Christiansen, author of After Effects CS4
Visual Effects & Compositing Studio Techniques, "FreeForm
AE offers After Effects a huge feature that used to push
artists to other systems; no longer must a job go to Flame
for what Autodesk calls 'extended bicubics.' The result is
fully integrated with After Effects own 3D camera and
lighting system. How cool is that, integrating curved 3D
planes into After Effects?"

Pricing and Availability

FreeForm AE, affordably priced at $299, is available directly
from Digieffects as well as its distributor and reseller
partners. FreeForm AE is compatible with Adobe After Effects
CS3 and CS4 and runs on Mac PPC, Mac Intel, and Windows XP
and Windows Vista operating systems.

About Digieffects

Digieffects is a developer of popular software visual effects
plug-ins for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple
Final Cut Pro and Autodesk Combustion. The company has been
in the business since the beginning of the "plugin revolution"
which dates back to 1996. Over the years, Digieffects has had
great success with software products like Cinelook and
Delirium and is proud to call thousands of film and video
producers all around the world its customers and friends.