Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced the release of FxFactory® 2.0.6 for Adobe® After Effects® CS3 / CS4, Apple® Final Cut Studio® and Apple Final Cut® Express applications. A recent winner of the DV Award of Excellence (January 2009), FxFactory offers over 300 visual effects plug-ins optimized for real-time performance on the Mac platform. A free update for existing FxFactory 2.x customers, version 2.0.6 adds innovative features not found in other plug-in packages such as preview thumbnails in the host application. The new thumbnail previews feature dramatically simplifies finding the right FxFactory filter, generator and transition directly inside the host application. The new 2.0.6 release also adds two plug-ins and core infrastructure enhancements for optimizing overall effects creation workflow and image quality.

"The new FxFactory Thumbnails Preview feature alone will make our customers very, very happy," comments Niclas Bahn, director of business development, Noise Industries. "Instead of having only a name to identify a specific plug-in users will also have a thumbnail preview right inside in their Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and After Effects application. This makes the process of browsing and finding a specific plug-in much more efficient. It is going to be one of those simple but very significant features that once you have it you cannot live without it."

Customers can download the free FxFactory 2.0.6 update from www.noiseindustries.com.