RE:Vision Effects releases updates to the After Effects-compatible versions of Twixtor, their popular retiming solution, and ReelSmart Motion Blur, which adds and removes motion blur based on per-pixel calculated motion. The versions updated are compatible with After Effects, combustion, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro.

Twixtor and ReelSmart Motion Blur adds High Dynamic Range (floating point) image support when running within After Effects 7.0, Professional edition.

Users of Twixtor and ReelSmart Motion Blur will see a significant speed boost within After Effects 7.0 on Macintosh G5 CPUs running Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger). Computation times have been reduced by approximately 25 to 35% on such machines (however, each project is different and speedup percentages will vary). This speed increase has been made possible because:

* After Effects 7.0 now supports Mach-O format plugins.
* The plugins have been made with the XCode development system from Apple, using the GCC version 4 compiler, that makes much more efficient code for G5 CPUs.
* Mac OS 10.4 enables easy switching between G4- and G5-specific without After Effects having to know or do anything special upon loading the plugins.

ReelSmart Motion Blur 3.2 now includes the much more precise tracking that was introduced in Twixtor 4.5. This new feature has been added for all host applications, including After Effects, combustion, Final Cut Pro, and Premiere Pro.

All of the RE:Vision Effects products for After Effects have been verified to work with After Effects 7.0. This includes Twixtor, ReelSmart Motion Blur, FieldsKit, SmoothKit, Shade/Shape, RE:Fill, RE:Flex and Video Gogh.

Pricing, compatibility, and latest version info:

* Twixtor version 4.5.6
o After Effects-compatible Plugin, Regular version $329.99. Render-only: $65.99.
o After Effects-compatible Plugin, Pro version $595.00. Render-only: $119.00.
o Upgrades from any previous version 4.x are free. Upgrade pricing for pre-4.0 users can be found on the RE:Vision Effects website.
o Compatible with After Effects 5.0 or later, combustion 3.0 or later, Final Cut Pro 4.0 or later and Premiere Pro 1.0 or later
* ReelSmart Motion Blur version 3.2
o After Effects-compatible Plugin, Regular version $89.95. Render-only: $17.99.
o After Effects-compatible Plugin, Pro version $149.95. Render-only: $29.99
o Upgrades from any previous version 3.x are free. Upgrade pricing for pre-3.0 users can be found on the RE:Vision Effects website.
o Compatible with After Effects 5.0 or later, combustion 3.0 or later, Final Cut Pro 4.0 or later and Premiere Pro 1.0 or later
* Volume pricing available. Contact sales@revisionfx.com.

Twixtor and ReelSmart Motion blur continue to be supported for Avid editing systems, Autodesk Discreet Systems (sparks), Avid’s SoftImage|XSI, Apple’s Shake, Quantel, eyeon’s Fusion and others. Demo versions, sample footage and tutorials are available on the RE:Vision Effects website: http://www.revisionfx.com.

Twixtor and ReelSmart are trademarks of RE:Vision Effects, Inc. All other trademarks, company names and products are the property of their respective holders. Features, pricing and availability are subject to change without notice.