You don't have to go all the way to Hollywood any more to get those fantastic visual effects you've seen on the big screen. Now you can have Visual FX premiering on your monitor screen at thousands and thousands of dollars below the cost of those mega-expensive high-end ADO type systems.
With the help of Visual FX you don't have to wait until you've learned all the intricate subtleties of LightWave before you begin turning out top notch animations. With the impressive front-end capabilities of Visual FX you can get into production NOW! No previous LightWave experience is needed! Nobody needs to know if you're still at the bottom of LightWave's steep learning curve - and we won't tell.
For those of you who are more familiar with LightWave, you have the option to change any of our default settings to meet your needs. Either way Visual FX will give your interactive and video productions all the sharp quality you've come to expect from LightWave.
The Transition volumes are perfect for use with the Newtek Video Flyer or the DPS Personal Animation Recorder. All you have to do is select what images or video sequences you want to use and Visual FX will do the rest.
LightWave is such a powerful program that we did not want to try and re-invent that wheel, therefore Visual FX takes full advantage of LightWave's power. Our requesters actually open up on the LightWave screen and walk you through each step. When you make your selections we record all your actions and then play them back to create your animations. This makes Visual FX perfect for batch processing multiple animations that you can render over night. By using one of our other products called Batch Factory, you can also batch process your images through ADPro, ImageFX, Image Master, etc. to take full advantage of their formidable capabilities.
Each volume comes with 20 effects, each of which has a full 30 frame preview animation attached to it so you will know exactly what the effect will look like. These previews are available in 16 color greyscale, 256, or 256,000 color versions. The CD release includes all three while the floppy release contains only the 16 color previews - but users can upgrade at a nominal charge.
Visual FX works with both the Video Toaster and stand-alone versions of LightWave (3.5 & Above) and requires about 1 meg of memory over that used by LightWave.
Volume One FX Descriptions |
01 Shrink-Flip-Expand - Image"A"
shrinks back while flipping on the Y axis to reveal &
expand Image"B" 02 Shrink-Twirl-Expand - Image"A" shrinks back while flipping on the Y&Z axis to reveal & expand Image"B" 03 X_FallBack-Flip-Expand - Image"A" falls back on X axis, then an X axis flip up to reveal & expand Image"B" 04 Y_Fallback-Flip-Expand - Image"A" falls back on Y axis, then a Y axis rotate 05 VideoCube-Y-Rotate - 4 image sources rotating on the Y axis starting with "A" 06 VideoCube-X-Rotate - 4 image sources rotating on the X axis starting with "A" and ending with "D" 07 Cylinder-Morph-Enter - Image"A" morphs to cylinder as camera flys into it to reveal Image"B" 08 Cylinder-Morph-Exit - Image"A" is full as camera flys out of cylinder which morphs to reveal Image"B" 09 Quad-Scramble - Image"A" splits to 4 pieces, rearrange position and flip on Y axis to reveal Image"B" 10 Vertical Flippin'-Flaps - Image"A" splits up into 8 vertical slats then flip on X&Z axis to reveal Image"B" 11 Horizontal Flippin'-Flaps - Image"A" splits up into 8 horizontal slats then flip on Y&Z axis to Image"B" 12 Ball-Bounce Out - Image"A" morphs to a ball & bounces out of the screen to reveal Image"B" 13 Ball-Bounce In - Image"A" is full screen as ball bounces in and morphs to reveal Image"B" 14 Page Peel - Image"A" to Image"C" peel. Image"B" is the back side of the peeling page 15 Implode To Sphere - Image"A" is full screen as a sphere implodes and morphs to reveal Image"B" 16 Enter The Tunnel - Starts with Image"A" as camera enters, passes "B" & "C" and ends with Image"D" 17 Exit The Tunnel - Starts with Image"A" as camera exits, passes "B" & "C" and ends with Image"D" 18 Flippin' Rings - Image"A" splits into rings while doing X&Z axis flips to reveal Image"B" 19 Flip & Spin Rings - Image"A" splits into rings, flips on Y axis, then spins rings on Z axis to Image"B" 20 Expanding FlipFlaps - Image"A" splits up into 7 horizontal slats that expand then X axis flip to Image"B" |
Volume Two FX Descriptions |
01 Industrial Frame #1 - A
metal frame with Image-A will do a 180 degree X axis spin
then reveal Image-B 02 Industrial Frame #2 - A metal frame with Image-A will do a 180 degree Y axis spin then reveal Image-B 03 Curtain Pull - Stage curtains will ease in covering Image-A then open to reveal Image-B 04 Hot Peppers - A barage of red hot peppers fall from the sky bringing Image-B with them 05 Ripple Fly Away #1 - Image-A ripples and flys off into the distance to the far upper right side 06 Ripple Fly Away #2 - Image-A ripples and flys off into the distance to the far upper left side 07 Curtain Rise - Stage curtain lowers & then raises revealing Image-B 08 Remote Control - A TV remote flys through the scene directing a light beam which does a wipe to Image-B 09 Shatter Back Together - Image-B reassembles in front of Image-A from 54 shattered pieces 10 Balloons - Four colored balloons float upward carrying Image-B into view 11 TV Pullback - Pulling back reveals Image-A on an old fashioned TV set then switches to Image-B 12 Stage Hook Pull - A stage hook comes in from the left and yanks Image-A from view revealing Image-B 13 Ripple Fade - Image-A ripples while fading into Image-B 14 Crawl Away - Image-A crawls off screen to the upper left corner while revealing Image-B 15 Corner Roll Off - The upper right corner of Image-A rolls forward toward lower left to reveal Image-B 16 Shatter Apart - Image-A shatters into 54 pieces and falls out of site revealing Image-B 17 Doors - Two majestic oak doors close shut and reopen, revealing Image-B 18 Flap Away - Image-A flaps off into the distance like a flying bird revealing Image-B 19 Fly Out/In Over and Under - Image-A falls backward then flys off while Image-B flys on in a symetrical fashion 20 Fly Out/In Left and Right - Image-A spins on its Y axis off to the right while from the left Image-B spins in |