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    Home » Red Giant Looks to the Future with Universe

    Red Giant Looks to the Future with Universe

    By GrithausWednesday, April 30, 2014Updated:Tuesday, May 21, 2024No Comments4835 Views
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    Red Giant Universe

    50 new free and premium tools. GPU-accelerated. Multi-host app. Rapidly expanding. Community-driven.

    SAN FRANCISCO -- (SPW) --

    Red Giant Universe, a revolutionary new community with access to an ever-expanding library of new tools and effects for filmmakers and motion graphic artists, is available today. Membership in Red Giant Universe is free and it allows our members to take control of the future of Universe development. Available now are 50 Free and Premium visual effects plugins built on a brand new platform—Supernova. Red Giant Universe is available at redgiant.com/universe for $10/month, $99/year or $399 for a lifetime license.

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    “Universe is a completely new platform for Red Giant and the culmination of nearly two years of work building a new architecture,” said Sean Safreed, co-founder and lead visionary behind Universe. “The Red Giant team has put together an amazing set of 50 fast and useful effects using Supernova, our new development engine. This really is the future of visual effects development for us and the filmmaking community.”

    Free membership includes the use of 31 effects and transitions, including blurs, glows, distortion, generators and 3D transitions. Stand-out tools in our free membership include beautiful transitions such as Swish Pan and 3D Shutter as well as the unique Glo-Fi that creates pulsating, multi-hued glows for titling. These tools are truly free and NEVER expire. Premium membership includes access to 19 tools. The Premium tools include updated favorites such as Knoll Light Factory EZ, Holomatrix, ToonIt (powered by Toonamation), and Retrograde, from CrumplePop and Red Giant.

    "The new Universe toolset is so blazing fast, interactions with the parameters are instantaneous, even on my MacBook Pro," said Joey Morelli, owner of DigiDojo, and a veteran editor and compositor. "It's actually fun to play around and get instant feedback. And the effects are SWEET! The new version of Universe Holomatrix is worth the price of admission alone. I cannot wait for future updates!"

    Red Giant Universe community is now open on the web as well with our first feature called Labs. Labs lets our members vote on the amazing visual effects that they want to see next. The tool that wins the Labs voting round goes right into Universe and is available as part of the Universe membership. Red Giant is committed to frequent updates throughout the year. Members will receive dozens of new tools in 2014 alone.

    Built on a ground-breaking new platform called Supernova, Red Giant Universe is able to deliver tools faster than any other platform on the planet. The secret is a simple scripting system uniting the power of Javascript and a GPU framework to allow our developers to fulfill the desires of our community in a matter of hours instead of days or weeks.

    All the tools in Red Giant Universe exploit the power of modern GPU (graphics processing unit) to render most effects in near real-time. The platform is also scalable, working across small and light laptops such as Macbook Air with modern Intel graphics processors (HD4000 and later) up to high-end workstation GPUs from AMD and Nvidia. All effects render with floating point quality for feature film-ready output. 

    Pricing & Availability
    Red Giant Universe is available today as a subscription for $10/month or as a discounted yearly pre-pay for $99. Users who want the benefits of membership but don’t want to pay monthly can opt for a lifetime membership for $399. The lifetime membership never expires and includes all Universe updates and upgrades released over the months and years to come. All Red Giant Universe tools and effects work in After Effects (CS 5.5, CS6, and CC), Premiere Pro (CS6 and CC), Final Cut Pro X (10.1.1) and Motion (5.1), and work on both Mac OS X (10.8.4 and later) and Windows 7 (64-bit) and Windows 8.1.

    Sign up for a free Red Giant Universe account today at http://redgiant.com/universe.

    The Red Pledge
    Red Pledge is Red Giant’s commitment to customer happiness, with no purchasing hassles. Learn about the Red Pledge guarantee at www.redgiantsoftware.com/redpledge/.

    About Red Giant
    Red Giant is a software company made up of talented artists and technologists who collaborate to create unique tools for filmmakers, editors, VFX artists and motion designers. Over the last decade, our products (like Magic Bullet and Trapcode) have become the standard in film and broadcast post-production. With over 200,000 users, it’s nearly impossible to watch 20 minutes of TV without seeing our software in use. From our experiences as artists and filmmakers, we aspire to not only provide tools for artists, but inspiration as well. Watch our films, learn from over 200 free tutorials, or try our software at redgiant.com.

    Universe at a Glance
    Red Giant Universe is a community with access to an ever-expanding library of new free tools for filmmakers, editors, VFX artists and motion designers. Universe includes:

    • Tons of new GPU-accelerated effects and transitions.
    • 31 free tools (22 Effects & 9 Transitions)
    • 19 premium tools (12 Effects & 7 Transitions)
    • Regularly updated (using our developer tool Supernova)
    • Porting of some existing Red Giant products to Universe (Premium)
    • Voting on new tools to decide what gets made next
    • Invitations to private betas for new tools (Premium)

    OS Requirements:

    • Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5
    • Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.0 and later
    • Windows 7 with Service Pack 1
    • Windows 8 and 8.1

    Host App Compatibility:

    • Adobe After Effects CS5.5, CS6, CC
    • Adobe Premiere Pro CS6, CC
    • Apple FCPX
    • Apple Motion 5

    Hardware Requirements:

    • A GPU-accelerated graphics card

    Pricing & Availability:
    Red Giant Universe is available today.

    • Basic Membership: Free
    • Premium Monthly: $10
    • Premium Yearly: $99
    • Premium Lifetime: $399

    Learn more at http://redgiant.com/universe. 
     

     
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    Produced by Red Giant Universe, a community with access to an ever-expanding library of new FREE tools 
    for filmmakers, editors, VFX artists, and motion designers.

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    Indeed and Voyager’s Record-Breaking Film “First Days” Makes World Premiere At Sundance Impact Lounge

    Wednesday, February 11, 2026
    Still from the short film "First Days"

    “First Days,” the Guinness World Record-breaking short film created through Indeed’s Opportunity Studio initiative, makes its world premiere during 2026 Sundance Film Festival, screening at the Impact Lounge during the festival’s opening weekend. Produced by Voyager, the film holds the official Guinness World Records title for most directors on a single film, bringing together 30 first-time and emerging filmmakers in a collaborative production that reimagines access, authorship, and opportunity within the film industry. Written by twin brothers Kevin Luu and Kelly Luu, veterans of Indeed's Rising Voices program, the film unfolds entirely inside an office cubicle. Told through comedic vignettes capturing “first day at work” anxieties, each segment was directed by a different filmmaker while working under a unified creative framework and professional crew. “First Days” was developed through Opportunity Studio, an initiative launched by Indeed to expand access to one of the hardest industries to break into by giving aspiring directors their first opportunity to direct a professionally produced film and earn an IMDb directing credit. The project originated as a live, interactive filmmaking experience during the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival, where the film was shot on-site over four days at the Indeed Lounge at Spring Studios. Voyager led all producing and casting efforts, with set design and construction by global integrated marketing agency BMF, offering participants and visitors a behind-the-scenes look at a working film set. "We fell in love with this concept instantly,” shares Charles Frank, Creative Director and Founder of Voyager. “It's such a brilliant way to uplift emerging voices and support independent film – two values that... Read More

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