Factory Tools 2 is a visual effects package with unsurpassed reliability and speed for Avid Xpress Pro and Avid Media Composer running on Mac OS X. 115 realtime plug-ins for Avid Xpress Pro and Media Composer. An additional 31 plug-ins from the Organoptics FX library (for a total of 146) and exclusive access to more plug-ins.

Real-time hardware acceleration
All Factory Tools plug-ins are real-time enabled (green dot) and accelerated using the graphics card in your system.

Powerful compositing
Built-in controls for drop shadows, layer transparency, geometry controls and a time-saving Apply to Title functionality.

Unique features
Factory Tools gives you the unique ability to customize and create your own AVX plug-ins without writing a single line of code.

Plug-ins

• Factory Tools Built-in Effects
  A set of 115 AVX plug-ins for Avid Xpress Pro and Media Composer on the Mac.
• Organoptics FX
  Organoptics FX includes 31 subtle organic visual effects designed for Avid users.
• TVShowsTransitions
  An effect library dedicated to implementing popular transitions used in TV shows into simple plug-ins (one transition only, initially).
• Threshold Effects
  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.
• Fast Titler
  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.
• 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.
• Field Work
  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.
• Motion Blur
  Simulates a Motion Blur by blending neighboring frames together according to an adjustable shutter speed parameter.
• Edge Blur And Despeckle
  Two effects that use edge detection to only blur the edges or the interior (Despeckle) of the input image.
• Dissolve Transitions
  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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Planets
  3D renditions of planets and moons in our solar system with inmproved rendering quality.
• 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.
• ParticleGenerators
  A generic plug-in that exposes the QC particle system and a handful of examples: Inferno, Snow and Chemical Burn.