Significant New Features in BLUE 2.5

• BLUE 2.5 can be used as an Avid or Adobe plugin on Windows XP systems
• Plugin has all the same effect features as the standalone including 2D and 3D text, imported 3D models, powerful particle emitters and more ; all available within Avid
• Fast and convenient single track transitions, titles, animated backgrounds and other graphic elements right in the Avid timeline
• Single or multi-input filter, realtime preview, effects and transitions
• Save custom BLUE effects to Avid bins for quick and easy re-use
• using the Blue plugin avoids export / import workflow, simplifies offline / online workflow
• Now supports ATI based as well as NVIDIA based graphics boards

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More Tools for Faster and Easier Composition of Sophisticated 3D Effects

• Split Views in Comp Window
• Including orthographic views for easier alignment of objects in 3D space
• Improved 3D interactors for 3D objects and Lights
• 3D interactors for Cameras
• A camera can be set to stay focused on a particular object or 3D point in the scene while moving through 3D space
• Cameras and lights can be placed and animated along on a user-defined bezier path
• Built-in 3D Transformations for Motion Path filter

New 3D Deformers

• Curl
• Flatten
• Mesh Chaos
• Mesh Shatter
• Model Displacer
• Pre-Transform
• Pulse
• Slice-Stretch
• Un-Deform

New Image Processor Effects

• Film Grain
• Film Process
• Glow Edge
• Glow Light
• Glow Light Replace Color
• Glow Remove Color
• Mist