Red Giant today announced Universe 3.0, a major update to its video effects and transitions plugins for motion graphics artists and editors. With this update, users can enjoy an enhanced user experience thanks to the brand new Universe Dashboard, a dockable control board for Adobe® Premiere Pro® and Adobe® After Effects® that makes it simple to add effects and presets. Five new, customizable text generation effects give users even more ways to add a unique flair or specific look to their work. Red Giant Universe 3.0 features over 75 tools supported across 8 host-applications.

Toolfarm, a leading global distributor and reseller of video, VFX, 3D, and motion graphics software applications and plug-ins, announced today the release and immediate availability of the new RenderGarden plug-in for Adobe® After Effects® CC (Mac and Windows), developed by Mekajiki. Accelerating render speeds by as much as 3X, RenderGarden leverages existing system hardware processing power to improve the speed of motion graphics and visual effects workflows.

Red Giant has just announced the arrival of Universe 2.2, putting 11 new transition tools 76 transitions and effects in total into the hands of editors and motion graphics artists. In addition to brand new transitions, Red Giant has made updates to two existing plugins and added support for Avid Media Composer. The Universe toolset, and more, can be seen in action in the brand new short film Hewlogram, written and directed by Red Giants Aharon Rabinowitz, and starring David Hewlett, of Stargate: Atlantis fame.

Red Giant today released Hewlogram, the newest Red Giant film starring David Hewlett, best known for his role as Dr. Rodney McKay in Stargate: Atlantis. The new film comes out alongside the release of Red Giant Universe 2.2, the latest update to Red Giants ever-expanding collection of GPU-accelerated plugins for editors and motion graphics artists.

Red Giant today released Trapcode Suite 14, a major update to the industrys most essential tools for creating 3D motion graphics and visual effects in Adobe® After Effects®. With a total of 11 powerful tools for 3D motion graphics and visual effects, release highlights include Trapcode Particular 3.0 and Trapcode Form 3.0, which have both been completely overhauled to offer faster rendering speeds and an incredibly intuitive user experience when building particle effects. Also included is a free update for Trapcode Tao, giving users depth of field effects for more realism.

Red Giant today released Universe 2.1, an update to its collection of GPU-accelerated plugins for editors and motion graphics artists. With six brand new tools and updates to two existing plugins, Universe 2.1 delivers eye-catching text effects, enabling users to easily add unique text graphics to their projects. Whether its giving text a retro look a la the 1980s, adding dynamic animations to bring them on and off screen, or applying a fractal-based glowing effect, the latest additions to the Universe 2.1 library of effects has a tool for just about any artists needs. Red Giant Universe offers more than 65 tools (and counting) that run in Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC, Adobe® After Effects® CC, Apple Final Cut Pro X, Apple Motion, Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve, HitFilm and Magix Vegas Pro.

Red Giant today announced its annual 40%-off blowout sale will return on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, for 24 hours only from 8:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST on Wednesday, December 7th. Once again, all Red Giant visual effects, filmmaking and motion graphics plugins and suites sold online atwww.redgiant.com, including full licenses, upgrades and products from the academic store* (already 50% off), will be on sale at 40% off the regular price. To redeem the 40% discount, simply apply the coupon code found on the Red Giant website (available the day of the sale). There is absolutely no catch or fine print on this sale; every plugin, suite, license and upgrade found in the Red Giant online store will be on sale. With plugins for Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC, Adobe After Effects® CC, Final Cut Pro® X and additional host apps, there is something for everyone.

Red Giant today announced the availability of Trapcode Suite 13.1, an update to the industrys most essential tools for creating 3D motion graphics and visual effects in Adobe After Effects. The update includes new features to Trapcode Form, Tao and Sound Keys, new presets for Trapcode Mir and Tao, as well as bug fixes for Particular, Form, Mir, Tao and Lux. This update is free to current Trapcode users.

Red Giant today released Red Giant Universe 2.0, a major update to the companys GPU-accelerated plugins for editors and motion graphics artists. With more than 60 tools that run in Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC, Adobe After Effects® CC, Apple Final Cut Pro X, Apple Motion, Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve, HitFilm and Sony Vegas, the Red Giant Universe 2.0 update includes four new and 29 updated plugins, plus a brand new user experience that makes it easy to preview and apply effects. And for the first time ever, the Red Giant Universe is coming to the Volume Licensing Program, making it easier than ever for large organizations to take advantage of the massive collection of Red Giant Universe plugins. This update also brings support for the just-released Adobe Creative Cloud¢ 2015.3 to Universe.

Red Giant today announced the return of its annual Spring Sale, hitting the web on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. For 24 hours only, all Red Giant VFX, filmmaking and motion graphics plugins and suites sold online at www.redgiant.com, including full licenses, upgrades and products from the academic store* (already 50% off), will be on sale at 25% off the regular price from 8:00 AM PDT on April 12, 2016 to 8:00 AM PDT on April 13, 2016. To redeem the 25% discount, simply apply the coupon code found on the Red Giant website (available the day of the sale). There is absolutely no catch or fine print on this sale; every plugin, suite, license and upgrade found in the Red Giant online store will be on sale. So whether you use Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro X or other host apps, there is something for everyone.

The Red Giant 25%-off spring sale is hitting the online store next Tuesday, April 28th, offering customers a chance to update their filmmaking, motion graphics and visual effects tools. For 24 hours only, from 08:00 AM PDT on April 28th to 08:00 AM PDT on April 29th, every single product sold in the Red Giant online store (visit www.redgiant.com) will be on sale.

Red Giant has once again updated and expanded the Red Giant Universe to version 1.4, bringing users even more visual effects options in one universal library. Version 1.4 introduces eight new tools to Universe, growing the library to include 89 unique and powerful visual effects and transitions. The update also offers new host support for FXHome HitFilm 3 Pro, allowing users to work across multiple host apps Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro X, Apple Motion, Sony Vegas and Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve with the same effects.

Award-winning design agencies Motion Path and Bigstudios, (BMP) and Orad, a leader in broadcast graphics development, announced today a special new creative services offering for the Orad customer community.

The partnership brings top design talent from Motion Path and Bigstudios, whom have a deep understanding of the advanced graphics capabilities offered by the Orad graphics platform. With expertise in technology and design, the trio is well positioned to offer broadcasters everywhere the very best in professionally designed graphic packages for major broadcast productions such as channel launches or re-brands, elections, large-scale sport events and specialty projects of any scale. The new creative service offering from Motion Path, Bigstudios and Orad brings our customers immense value with regards to visual branding and production optimization, says Avi Sharir, president and CEO of Orad. Our collective expertise ensures customers receive a graphics product created by some of the industrys most gifted designers leveraging the full capabilities of the Orad graphics production platform. Working together, we offer a top quality graphics product that delivers the forward-thinking design and technical prowess the three companies are known for.

Red Giant Universe, a revolutionary new community with access to an ever-expanding library of new tools and effects for filmmakers and motion graphic artists, is available today. Membership in Red Giant Universe is free and it allows our members to take control of the future of Universe development. Available now are 50 Free and Premium visual effects plugins built on a brand new platformSupernova. Red Giant Universe is available at redgiant.com/universe for $10/month, $99/year or $399 for a lifetime license.