Synapse

Synapse plug-ins come in bundles called Neurons. There are currently Twenty Six Neuron bundles available, including the following:

Neuron Bundle 1: Boris Continuum Complete

Popular and extensive set of nearly 200 eye-catching effects plug-ins and powerful imaging tools. Includes image restoration tools, time-based effects, distortion and perspective effects, generators such as Snow, Rain, and Fire, lights such as Glint, Glare, and Glitter, wipe transitions, key and matte tools, colors and blurs, and film, glow, and cartoon effects.

For more details: Neuron Bundle 1 Boris Continuum Complete

NeuronBundle 2: RE:Vision FX

RE:Vision FX includes highly specialized filters to: Reduce noise using smart spatial and time-based methods; Provide smarter de-interlacing/pull-down; Intelligently mend holes in images; Blur based on tracked image motion; Turn 2D artwork into 3D rendered imagery; Slow down or speed up clips using image warping; Turn pictures and videos into painted works of art; and Apply advanced blurring and distortion tools. Utilizes RE:Vision's proprietary motion tracking and shading-from-shape technology.

For more details: Neuron Bundle 2 REVision

Neuron Bundle 3: Tinderbox

Tinderbox is a collection of over 70 plug-ins, featuring an array of organic effects, every day tools and a host of blurs, generators and warps.

(Not supported on Quantel 64 bit versions)

For more details: Neuron Bundle 3 Tinderbox

Neuron Bundle 5: Knoll Light Factory

Well-known package of Lens Flares and lighting effects.

For more details: Neuron Bundle 5 Knoll Light Factory

Neuron Bundle 6: Sapphire from Genarts

Our most popular bundle, Sapphire is a collection of more than 200 fast-rendering, state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects such as glows, glints, lighting, film effects, warps and textures.

For more details: Neuron Bundle 6 Genarts Sapphire

Neuron Bundle 7: DigiEffects Delirium

A classic collection of 40 visual effects and particle generators.

For more details: Neuron Bundle 7 DigiEffects Delirium

Neuron Bundle 8: Final Effects Complete

Final Effects Complete is a collection of over 100 effects filters, well known for the unique particle treatments of Mr. Mercury and Bubbles, the creative distortions of Griddler and Flo Motion, and the eye catching, stylized effects of Mr. Smoothie and Glue Gun.

For more details: Neuron Bundle 8 Final Effects Complete

Neuron Bundle 9: Panopticum

An "oldie but goodie" featuring some interesting plug-ins such as Engraver, Figure, Grid, and Lens Pro.

(Not supported on Quantel 64 bit versions)

For more details: Neuron Bundle 9 Final Effects Complete

Neuron Bundle 10: Conoa

Create 3D geometric primitives rendered with true ray-tracing, featuring transparency, texture mapping, shadows, environment mapping, and other effects.

For more details: Neuron Bundle 10 Conoa

Neuron Bundle 12: Digital Film Tools

More than 30 plug-ins, including compositing, matte manipulation, color correction, grain and lighting tools. Includes Composite Suite Pro and zMatte keyer.

For more details: Neuron Bundle 12 Digital Film Tools

Neuron Bundle 13: Tiffen DFX

Over 100 plug-ins, including simulations of many popular award-winning Tiffen glass filters, specialized lenses, optical lab processes, film grain, exacting color correction plus natural light and photographic effects.

For more details: Neuron Bundle 13 Tiffen DFX

Neuron Bundle 14: Text Anarchy

Text Anarchy will generate the coolest text-based effects while giving you fine typographic control. Animate based on preset paths, particle arrays, and Matrix-style patterns. Also includes the Geomancy Shapes plug-ins for creating backgrounds and patterns of all kinds.

For more details: Neuron Bundle 14 Text Anarchy

Neuron Bundle 15: ToonIt

Transforms your material into beautiful cartoon shading and lines, with precise control over styles, shading and outlines.

For more details: Neuron Bundle 15 ToonIt

Neuron Bundle 16: Trapcode Shine, Starglow, and 3D Stroke

Create stunning light ray effects with Shine, add sparkling glint/streak/shimmer with Glow, and generate organic line and shape animations with 3D Stroke.

For more details: Neuron Bundle 16 Trapcode Shine, Neuron Bundle 16 Trapcode Starglow, and Neuron Bundle 16 Trapcode 3D Stroke

Neuron Bundle 17: DigiEffects Damage

Simulates a variety of digital and analog artifacts such as lame rabbit ears, bad BNC cables, tree-branch obstructed satellite dishes, poorly tracking VHS machines, scratched DVDs, low fidelity security cameras, and micro-data-rate cell phones.

For more details: Neuron Bundle 17 DigiEffects Damage

Neuron Bundle 19: DigiEffects Simulate:Camera

Effects to mimic camera or projection artifacts, including composition instability, exposure oscillation, and film degradation/contamination.

This bundle is now included with DigiEffects Damage - both packages for one low price!

For more details: Neuron Bundle 19 DigiEffects Simulate Camera

Neuron Bundle 20: Red Giant Radium Glow

Glow and highlight effects that mimic actual light behavior, with pinpoint control, and outlines based on preset or customizable shapes.

This bundle is now included with Red Giant Warp - both packages for one low price!

For more details: Neuron Bundle 20 Red Giant Radium Glow

Neuron Bundle 21: Red Giant Warp

Corner warp, reflection and shadow plug-ins with novel controls, including secondary transforms, motion blur, fade settings, and dual source/target corner warping points.

For more details: Neuron Bundle 21 Red Giant Warp

Neuron Bundle 22: Psunami

Generates ray-traced sky and water scenes, with swell controls, air and light optics, wind, displacement mapping, depth of field control, reflection mapping, tiling, and more.

For more details: Neuron Bundle 22 Psunami

Neuron Bundle 23: Red Giant Key Correct

This set of 15 plug-ins can be in used in combination with any keyer to soften alpha channels, match foreground and background colors, fix outlines, and clean up noise. Ensures top-quality results from popular keyers such as Primatte, and Quantel's own keyer.

For more details: Neuron Bundle 23 Red Gaint Key Correct

Neuron Bundle 24: DigiEffects Aurorix

More than 25 "classic" visual effects, including warp/distortion and pattern generation tools.

(Not supported on Quantel 64 bit versions)

For more details: Neuron Bundle 24 DigiEffects Aurorix

Neuron Bundle 25: DigiEffects Berserk

This set of 20 "classic" plug-ins has everything from weather to traditional art media to lasers and light effects.

(Not supported on Quantel 64 bit versions)

For more details: Neuron Bundle 25 DigiEffects Berserk

Neuron Bundle 26: Genarts Monsters GT

Designed to complement Genarts Sapphire, Monsters GT offers an array of stunning effects, including over 50 one-of-a-kind stylize, warp, fluid, trail and particle effects.

For more details: Genarts Monsters GT

Individual Plug-in: DFT PhotoCopy New

Copy the brightness, color, tone, detail, grain and texture from one image and apply them to another. Or, pick a preset look from 94 movies, 72 paintings, 40 photographs or 30 historical processes, using a convenient browse menu with thumbnails and preview window.

For more details: VDS Synapse DFT PhotoCopy

Individual Plug-in: Genarts Particle Illusion New

Create amazing effects: explosions, smoke, fire, sparkles, motion graphics backgrounds, space effects, creatures, and abstract artistic effects. Browse and preview from the huge library of included effects, and then fine tune using an extensive set of key-frame-able parameters.

For more details: VDS Synapse ParticleIllusion

Individual Plug-in: Beauty Box from Digital Anarchy New

Give your actor or model an incredible makeover in post-production by incorporating state-of-the-art face detection and smoothing algorithms. This plugin automatically identifies the skin tones and removes imperfections, while leaving important facial details sharp.

For more details: VDS Synapse BeautyBox

Individual Plug-in: Neat Video from ABSoft New

Neat Video is designed to reduce visible noise and grain in film and video footage. It incorporates the most advanced noise reduction algorithms in the industry, and features the highest accuracy of noise reduction: preserving sharpness and details while reducing the objectionable noise in your footage.

For more details: VDS Synapse Neat Video

Bundle Updates from VDS

VDS actively updates Synapse to support the latest versions of each Neuron bundle. These updates are of interest to many users since they provide new plug-ins and features. For further info on the latest and greatest, please see:

For more details: Neuron Bundle Updates