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:

• Real-time HD performance
• Advanced color correction capabilities
• Film-class color precision
• Flexible node-based workflow
• Artifact-free color manipulation
• Blazing speed
• Easy-to-use
• Superb keying capabilities of both HD and DV footage
• Multipass and visual effects compositing capabilities
• Compatible with High Dynamic Range Images (HDRI)
• Adobe After Effects and Photoshop plug-ins are now available for Windows users

Pricing and Availability

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.