Pixélan SpiceMaster2

What makes SpiceMaster2 so great?

• Customize EVERY Effect In Your Productions. SpiceMASTER now creates far more than the world's softest, most beautiful, fully-customizable, organic transitions. Now use SpiceMASTER to powerfully, quickly, and easily customize virtually ALL visual effects in your creative arsenal -- including filters/effects, keys, PIPs, titles/graphics, mattes, etc.
• Complete Creative Control of 500+ FX. For any of SpiceMASTER's 500+ effects, customize the geometry, position, rotation, direction, speed, softness, organic edge, animation, border, glow, shadow, depth, bevel, ripples, etc. Smoothly accelerate/decelerate virtually any parameter with bezier curve keyframing. Never before in your NLE has there been such complete control over effects.
• REAL-TIME Previewing! Enjoy REAL-TIME previewing of effects within SpiceMASTER in most editing systems with moderately speedy CPUs. (See its performance in your system by installing our demo.) Also, SpiceMASTER's 500+ spice effects can be applied REAL-TIME DIRECTLY in the Matrox Organic Wipes transition. Thus apply spice effects either way depending on your project needs!
• Minimal FX Setup Time. Setting up a complex effect can be a huge time eater, often far greater than any rendering time. With SpiceMASTER's intuitive but ultra-powerful interface, effects setup time is minimal. All controls are visual and easy to understand. Adjust and fine-tune any effect as it previews within SpiceMASTER -- no need to repeatedly exit, preview and return to fine-tune changes.
• Incredibly Easy to Use. Unlike many other effects programs, with SpiceMASTER you can avoid a steep learning curve and fat manual. Even novices can create powerful SpiceMASTER effects within minutes.
• 100+ Undo/Redo's. SpiceMASTER's deep undo/redo capability allows you to experiment freely!
• THOUSANDS of Pre-Made Effects. Instantly apply hundreds of pre-made professional effects. Or with a few clicks, combine SpiceMASTER's modular presets into new effects -- thousands of compelling combinations are easily possible!
• Visually Choose & Compare Effects. Browse the visual Library to quickly compare and choose from related effect geometries, which preview side-by-side in real-time. Organize and manage the effects effortlessly.
• Save & Recall Favorites. Save and instantly recall frequently used effects, organized by project, client, favorites, or any other category you desire.
• Easy One-Click Installer. No more frustration! Both the demo and purchased SpiceMASTER are very easy to install. One-click.
• GREAT Help. Instantly access comprehensive, context-sensitive, visual help -- and enjoy FREE tech support. The purchased SpiceMASTER package also includes a printed Quick Start card that in 5 minutes will tell you all essentials about how to apply and use SpiceMASTER. To view the Quick Start card, see the link at left.
• Spice Files Have Terrific Uses in Other Plug-Ins. SpiceMASTER's 500+ spice files give you extra value. They can power a wide range of OTHER effects in compositing programs such as Adobe After Effects and Boris FX/RED. For example, spices can control the effect geometries and organic qualities of After Effect's Colorama, Shatter, Particle Playground, Displacement Map, Time Displacement, Fog 3D, and Compound Blur effects (to name a few).

SpiceMaster2 PREMIERE $199.95

SpiceMaster2 Vegas $199.95

SpiceMaster2 Avid $149.95

SpiceMaster2 Edition $149.95

Apply Soft/Organic Fully-Customizable Transitions

No longer do you have to rely on the typically hard-edged, overused, not-very-adjustable transitions that came with your video editing system. SpiceMASTER gives you COMPLETE CREATIVE CONTROL over 500+ award-winning "spice" effects -- an almost infinite range of fresh looks from ultra-soft, subtle 'directional' dissolves to cutting-edge organic transitions.

Bezier Keyframing.
Enjoy easy-to-use bezier curve keyframe control over position, speed, motion, softness, texture, border, shadow/glow and many other qualities. Never before has there been such customization to help you achieve that "just right" look. Get the Power of Softness. Softness is a simple but compelling treatment that SpiceMASTER specializes in. It is a key advantage over most standard NLE effects. SpiceMASTER provides five types of fully-adjustable softness -- use alone or blend them.


Subtle Directional Dissolves.
If you are a pure "cuts and dissolves" editor, SpiceMASTER's ultra-soft 'directional' dissolves can be a compelling alternative to standard dissolves/fades, adding a subtle hint of movement or geometry to lead the viewer's eye. Directional dissolves are great for everything from cuts & dissolves work to indie films to corporate projects to wedding videography. The first three clips below are examples.


Cutting-Edge Organic Transitions.
Our organic effects include bursts, climatics, plasmas, erosions, strokes, vapors, washes, etc. ideal for cutting-edge looks in music videos, multimedia and motion graphics.


Animate/Flow Any Video Filter/Effect or Key in Your NLE

Gain new power and control over ALL video filters/effects and keys in your editing system. Use SpiceMASTER to easily position, animate and flow them in your scenes, without wasting time creating special mattes or detouring into a complex motion graphics program. Organically or softly animating other visual effects is tremendously useful for a wide range of productions and is easily done in seconds with just a few clicks in SpiceMASTER.

Enhance ALL of Your FX.
SpiceMASTERŐs animation power works with ANY visual effect or key -- built-in or third-party -- in your video editing software. This enhances the power of ALL of your effects and keys. Several examples are below.


Position and Track Effects.
In SpiceMASTER, you simply drag to position where an animated effect or key will appear within the scene. Easy! You can even bezier curve keyframe the position to accurately track a moving subject, as shown below.


Add Depth.
SpiceMASTER also can add depth and other enhancements to any filter/effect or key, such as photo-realistic shadows, glows, bevels, ripples, etc. Among many creative possibilities, this can give the illusion of different layers and depth in your effect.


Add Fresh Organic Effects to Titles and Alpha Graphics

SpiceMASTER powerfully supplements Premiere's built-in titling and even the most sophisticated CG/titlers. SpiceMASTER alpha-channel awareness enables you to apply entirely new classes of compelling, useful title effects that previously were difficult or impossible.

Enhance ANY Alpha Channel Clip.
SpiceMASTER can enhance ANY clip that has an alpha channel -- such as titles, graphics, logos, lower-thirds, or backgrounds. The clip can be from Premiere's built-in titler or from an external CG program.


Directional Dissolves of Titles/Backgrounds.
A subtle, beautiful alternative to standard dissolves, SpiceMASTER's ultra-soft looks add a subtle hint of movement or geometry to lead the viewer's eye over a title or graphic. Or to flow a background behind a title.


Fresh Title/Logo dynamics.
Reveal titles with a flowing, organic, natural-looking edge -- a fresh approach compared to straight-line, hard-edged wipes of titles common in CG programs. Reveal logos with shapes related to the logo shape. Organically trail solids (or video, as shown below) as backgrounds behind titles. This are but a few examples of what is possible.


Animate Clips/FX Within Titles.
Blend and animate content, colors, highlights, etc. within titles/logos/backgrounds. Easily animate virtually ANY effect (built-in or 3rd-party) on a title. The effects can be pulsed, flowed, intensified, etc. with bezier keyframe control. No longer are you limited to a few tired "stock" effects.


Seamless Fades for Rolls and Crawls.
Feather text rolls/crawls seamlessly as they enter or leave the frame (or any other area, such as near a graphic or PIP) to add a classy touch. SpiceMASTER does this easily compared to creating fixed mattes.


Create Unique Organic PIPs and Split-Screens

No longer must you limit your PIP (picture-in-picture) effects and split-screens to plain, hard-edged rectangular looks. With SpiceMASTER, you can instead easily frame your PIPs with a soft edge, organic border, shadow or glow, special texture, or numerous other treatments. You can even create PIPs and split-screens with entirely new organic shapes. Again, SpiceMASTER provides an entirely new class of compelling, useful effects that previously were difficult or impossible.

Hundreds of Fully-Customizable PIP Shapes.
SpiceMASTER's 500+ spice effect designs provide a huge range of organic or geometric PIP shapes to use in your projects. Several examples are below.


Organically Animate PIPs and Split-Screens.
SpiceMASTER can easily animate the edges of a PIP or split-screen, creating a flowing variable shape, changing border or glow, or other effects while the PIP plays. This can be done while the PIP is moving or while it is being held in a constant position, giving you creative flexibility. See the examples below.


Powerfully Enhance Black & White Static Mattes

Most video editing software can load a still-image as a matte to show another clip within a shape. But at that point, there is not much more you can do with the matte in Premiere. To make even a slight adjustment to its edge, position, shape, etc. you typically need to return to a graphics program and attempt changes by trial and error -- wasting valuable time.

Avoid Matte Tedium.
In SpiceMASTER, load the matte and then easily fine-tune it. Position and scale it on the fly, for example, perhaps adding a shadow, glow or softness to the matte's edge. You can even organically animate the matte edge! Virtually ALL effect enhancements in SpiceMASTER are available to you.


Custom Logo/Graphic Transitions.
Fly and zoom mattes of logos or other custom shapes from 0% size to full-screen (with easy bezier curve keyframe control of acceleration) to create custom iris transitions. Add bevels, shadows, glows or other enhancements if desired. The first two examples below show this capability.


Photo Montage Magic.
As illustrated in the last example below, with SpiceMASTER you can easily add creative, organic/soft edges (fixed or animated) to frame still-photo compositions or picture montages.

SpiceMaster2 PREMIERE $199.95

SpiceMaster2 Vegas $199.95

SpiceMaster2 Avid $199.95

SpiceMaster2 Edition $199.95

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