Factory Tools features tight integration with Mac OS X Tiger technologies such as Core Image, Quartz Composer and Spotlight. Its rendering pipeline is based on OpenGL for high performance and realtime support of all plug-ins.
Factory Floor, an effect management and authoring tool for the Avid AVX architecture, is included in the package, letting users create new AVX-compatible effects quickly, without the needs for programming or coding experience.
Factory Tools Basic is bundled with all retail versions of Avid Media Composer Adrenaline and Xpress Pro. The Basic version is available through Noise Industries for $499. A Professional version, with unlimited extensibility via additional effect libraries, is also available for $729.
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