Today we are excited to announce ISF for Motion, a new way to combine the power of GLSL shaders with traditional motion graphics and editing workflows.
ISF for Motion includes the same powerful suite of video generators and effects that we bundle with VDMX, adding over 200 new assets to your Motion and FCP X libraries, along with the ability to make and remix your own code creations.
Download and install ISF for Motion from the Mac App Store
What is ISF?
ISF for Motion comes with dozens of unique effects that you can live preview in a web browser, like Halftone Multi.
A few years ago we introduced ISF, also known as the Interactive Shader Format, as a simple baseline standard for using GLSL shaders to create fast, complex generators and effects that we could use in VDMX.
Since its initial release the ISF ecosystem has grown include a website for previewing and sharing shaders, works in loads of different VJ softwares and several codebases that can be used by other developers to add support for the format to their own tools. We also recently published a new introduction to writing your first shaders and in depth tutorials in the ISF documentation pages.
As a specification, ISF includes several useful features, such as allowing for defining multiple render passes, persistent memory buffers, and listing published parameters for host applications, all in a single fragment shader file. Using our free / open source ISF Editor app, shaders from other popular formats can often be easily translated with little or no work. Along with an open specification that can be easily adopted, the ISF project also includes a standard set of over 200 GLSL shaders that other developers can bundle with their own software.
What is ISF for Motion?
The ISF for Motion FxPlug enables usage of GLSL shaders written in the ISF specification within Apple Motion and FCP X alongside their standard generators, effects and transitions, opening up a world of new possibilities where creative code meets your traditional motion graphics and editing workflows.
With ISF for Motion, published variables from ISF shaders can be animated using value key-frames, adjustable directly from the Motion / FCP X timeline editor.
ISF shaders written as FX can be applied to layers, including movies files and other generative assets, and re-exported, adding a new range of possibilities for using code to create and process video.
Compositions containing ISF shaders can be exported from Motion and FCP X as movie files, at super high resolutions and frame rates. A great way to showcase code that is too complex to be rendered in real-time, even at 8K Ultra HD and larger.
ISF for Motion can automatically create template files for using shaders in Final Cut Pro X, or in your own custom templates made in Motion.
Includes over 200 open source GLSL generators, effects and transitions that can be used out of the box, and as starting points for your own compositions.
Use the In App Purchase to remove watermark from the render output – introductory price of only $9.99!!!
ISF for Motion can be downloaded from the Mac App Store starting today!
More information, FAQ and tutorials can be found on the product page: https://isf.vidvox.net/isf-for-motion/
If you are new to Final Cut Pro X as tool, visit the Apple website to install a free 30-day trial to use along with ISF for Motion. Motion can be found for purchase in the Mac App Store.