GridIron Ships X-Factor After Effects Pro 6.5
June 03, 2004
Ottawa, ON - GridIron Software's X-Factor extension for Adobe After Effects Professional 6.5 is now available, the manufacturer announced.
The X-Factor extension allows digital professionals to use grid computing technology to increase preview and rendering capabilities in an easy-to-use and non-intrusive manner when creating motion graphics and effects for film, video, DVD and the Web with After Effects.
X-Factor by GridIron divides and distributes the work ordinarily performed on a single computer among several computers joined together in a network, allowing After Effects users to complete preview processing and rendering twice as fast on two computers than on one, three times as fast on three computers, and so on.
Unlike a render farm, which uses multiple computers for the final rendering of frames at the end of a project, X-Factor speeds up processing while After Effects 6.5 is being used, the company describes. Preview processing and rendering take place in the background, allowing the full computing power of the Adobe After Effects workstation to be used for other tasks at the same time.
The bundling of X-Factor with Adobe After Effects represents the first time grid computing technology has been offered with a commercial software product for consumers and small-to-medium businesses. Early users of X-Factor are seeing dramatic improvements to their digital media rendering and editing applications due to increased computing power provided by grid computing technology.
Pricing and Availability
The Basic edition license of X-Factor, which allows use of X-Factor with Adobe After Effects Professional 6.5 on two additional computers to double the speed of preview processing and rendering, comes bundled with After Effects at no charge. It can be accessed through the After Effects installation screen or online
X-Factor Plus is available for $99 per CPU, which allows X-Factor to run on more than two computers and provides additional features to efficiently manage multiple remote computers, such as selecting which computers to use, checking for the availability of plug-ins and fonts, and distributing or deleting source footage. At $1,995, X-Factor Unlimited provides all the features of X-Factor Plus and allows X-Factor to use an unlimited number of additional computers. The X-Factor Plus and Unlimited license upgrades can be purchased online.
For more information, visit
www.gridironxfactor.com
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