Factory Tools Built-in Effects

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Both Factory Tools Basic and Pro offer this set of 115 AVX plug-ins for Avid Xpress Pro and Media Composer on the Mac.

$299 (Factory Tools Basic)
$579 (Factory Tools Pro for Avid Xpress)
$799 (Factory Tools Pro for Avid Media Composer)


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TV Show

TVShowsTransitions
An effect library dedicated to implementing popular transitions used in TV shows into simple plug-ins (one transition only, initially).

Free (requires Factory Tools Pro)


Threshold Effects

ThresholdEffects
One Color Effect that posterizes source video based on 4 colors & threshold values; one Halftoning filter that applies 2 line screens with separate parameters based on a threshold value.

Free (requires Factory Tools Pro)


Fast Titler

FastTitle
Simple, fast titling plug-in with presets, blend modes, animatable parameters (color, size, drop shadow, etc.). Eliminate round-trips to Avid Title Tool with fully native interface.

Free (requires Factory Tools Pro)


Ken Burns v1.1

KenBurns
Two plug-ins for simple Ken Burns-style animations of large graphic files directly in your Avid timeline. The wide ranging parameters let you pan around images larger than 10000x10000 pixels.

Free (requires Factory Tools Pro)


Field Work

FieldWork
Two plug-ins: Field Info, which displays field statistics for the track it's applied to, and Field Overwrite, which lets you de-interlace footage by picking a single field to be replicated for the entire frame.

Free (requires Factory Tools Pro)


Motion Blur

MotionBlur
Simulates a Motion Blur by blending neighboring frames together according to an adjustable shutter speed parameter.

Free (requires Factory Tools Pro)


Edge Blur and Despeckle

EdgeBlurAndDespeckle
Two effects that use edge detection to only blur the edges or the interior (Despeckle) of the input image.

Free (requires Factory Tools Pro)


Dissolve Transitions

DissolveTransitions
The Dissolve Blur and Dissolve Composite plug-ins combine a blur or one of many composite operations into a basic dissolve transition. The results range from subtle to dramatic.

Free (requires Factory Tools Pro)


Emboss

Emboss
Emboss, Emboss Edges and Emboss with Track: three filters that cover multiple embossing styles, with optional edge softnening and other interesting looks when applied with blend modes.

Free (requires Factory Tools Pro)


Scanlines

Scanlines
A plug-in that simulates scanlines on the given input. The user can specify color, height and intensity of the scanlines. Best used with progressive media only.

Free (requires Factory Tools Pro)


Planets

Planetsv2
3D renditions of planets and moons in our solar system with inmproved rendering quality.

Free (requires Factory Tools Pro)


Blocks

Blocks
Splits the input image in three layers with various pixellation, and lends a sense of depth to the image by adding drop shadow for each layer.

Free (requires Factory Tools Pro)


Particle Generators

ParticleGenerators
A generic plug-in that exposes the QC particle system and a handful of examples: Inferno, Snow and Chemical Burn.

Free (requires Factory Tools Pro)