• Source: 3Dup.com - The Computer Graphics Portal • URL: http://3dup.com/news/view.vfx?nid=52 • Category: Software
Powerful Suite for High-End Real-Time Nodal Compositing Includes Free Three-Month Membership to Pixel Corps
3Dup.com - March 13, 2008 - 23:07
![]() ![]() "Conduit Studio will have a tremendous impact on the overall workflow of today’s compositors, directors and artists by offering flexibility, advanced architecture and powerful tools in one solution," says Alex Lindsay, dvGarage founder and chief architect. "Conduit also utilizes the processing speed and power of the computer’s GPU; as a result users are seeing better performance and color precision than an application can offers on its own, and rendering is done in real time." Developed in partnership with Lacquer’s Ben Syverson and Pauli Ojali, Conduit utilizes Apple’s FxPlug technology to combine high-end nodal compositing with high-performance Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) acceleration, providing users with a powerful variety of visual effects compositing tools that render in real time. By relying on the GPU, Conduit provides blazing fast render speeds to augment the power of an "open-ended" compositing environment. As a result, users can do complex effects, even to HD frames, without incurring much or any delay. A list of Conduit’s key features is as follows:
The Conduit Suite is available for both Mac and Windows platforms and is available for download from dvGarage’s website. Conduit Suite is priced at USD $199 MSRP. Download contents include: Conduit After Effects, Conduit Photoshop, Conduit Live (Mac only), and Conduit FxPlug (Mac only), a three-month membership to Pixel Corps, over an hour of video training and a quick-start guide. Conduit Suite system requirements include: Apple Final Cut Pro 5.1.2 and/or Apple Motion 2 or higher, Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop 7 or higher. More information at: www.dvgarage.com. Video Courtesy of DV Garage. |