Blackmagic Design acquires Ultimatte
Fusion developer buys Ultimatte's multi-Academy-Award-winning greenscreen keying technology.
Wednesday, September 14th, 2016
DaVinci Resolve
Red Giant rolls out Universe 2.0
Library of add-ons for compositing apps gets good-looking new HUD-creation toolset, but free subscriptions axed.
Thursday, June 30th, 2016
Imagineer Systems ships mocha Pro 5
Updated, now shipping: see the matchmover's GPU-accelerated tracking and half-price After Effects plugin in action.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
Blackmagic releases public beta of DaVinci Resolve 12.5
Big update to colour correction and editing app adds new HDR grading tools and GPU-accelerated effects.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2016
Boris FX ships BCC 10 for After Effects, Premiere Pro
Top effects plugin collection gets integrated mocha planar tracking, new skin retouching, titling and restoration tools.
Wednesday, January 6th, 2016
Blackmagic halves price of DaVinci Resolve Studio
On OS X, at least, thanks to the new $500 Mac App Store edition. Free 12.2 update also now available.
Saturday, January 2nd, 2016
Red Giant releases Universe 1.6
Online library of add-ons for editing and compositing tools gets six new effects: from heat distortion to 1980s-style titles.
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
GenArts ships Sapphire 9
Suite of plugins for editing and compositing tools gets four diverse new effects, plus advanced options for building your own.
Friday, October 9th, 2015
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 12 in beta
Free Lite edition now rebranded plain DaVinci Resolve; $995 Studio edition now adds Linux support.
Friday, July 31st, 2015
Red Giant Software releases Universe 1.5
Online library of add-ons for editing and compositing apps gets six new tools, with three useful freebies.
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
Blackmagic Design unveils DaVinci Resolve 12
Big update to affordable grading and editing system to add multicam editing, new 3D tracker and keyer.
Tuesday, April 14th, 2015
RE:Vision Effects ships new versions of RSMB, Twixtor
GPU-accelerated editions of motion blur and retiming plugins available for HitFilm, Natron and Autodesk compositing apps.
Monday, March 23rd, 2015
Red Giant Software releases Universe 1.4
Library of add-ons for compositing apps gets 8 new tools, including a Walking Dead-style Texturize effect.
Thursday, March 12th, 2015