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Digieffects® announced today that it will launch three new products next week: FreeForm 3D Mesh Warp, FreeForm 3D Displacer, and Damage 2.0. Attendees at the NAB Show in Las Vegas from April 12-15, 2010, can stop by the Plugin Pavilion, booth SL4228 to meet with representatives from Digieffects All new plugins, as well as Camera Mapper, Falloff Lighting and Aged Film will support native 64-bit applications.  New products include:

FreeForm 3D Mesh Warp:  Developed by Mettle Communications and available for $99, Digieffects FreeForm 3D Mesh Warp adds a third dimension to the built-in After Effects mesh warp tool. Users can select how many rows and columns to divide the image into, then manipulate the control tangents to create cylinders, curves, ribbons, folding cards, an infinite amount of three dimensional shapes. 

FreeForm 3D Displacer:  Developed by Mettle Communications and available for $99, Digieffects FreeForm 3D Displacer brings true three dimensional displacement mapping to After Effects.  Displacement maps can be animated, adding effects like rippling water or blowing flags in full 3D perspective.  Customers can also use mesh subdivision to raise and lower the density of their mesh and anti-aliasing settings to work quickly and then switch to a fully refined result.

Damage 2.0:  This is the only plugin dedicated to making a project look worse! Version 2.0 will includes support for native 64-bit applications, 32 bit per channel support and Destabilize and Overexpose (formerly part of Simulate: Camera).  Damage 2.0 supports After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Edius, Combustion and Boris RED.

Pricing & Availability

FreeForm 3D Mesh Warp and FreeForm 3D Displacer are priced at $99 each and will be available soon from Digieffects and its resellers.

Damage 2.0 will begin shipping at the end of April 2010. Damage will be available for $99. Existing Damage users can upgrade to version 2.0 for $49.

The updates to 64-bit compatible versions of Camera Mapper, Falloff Lighting and Aged Film will be available free of charge soon.

About Digieffects
Digieffects is a developer of popular software visual effects plug-ins for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, Autodesk Combustion, Grass Valley Edius and Boris RED. 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.

About Mettle Communications
Based in Montreal, Mettle Communications is an award-winning animation, print, and interactive design firm. The company has also leveraged its exceptional talent pool and technical know-how to create innovative proprietary software tools that streamline production. FreeForm was developed by Mettle and is marketed and sold by its partner, Digieffects. For more information, visit www.mettle.com