RED GIANT ACQUIRES DIGITAL ANARCHY'S VIDEO TOOLS
The sale allows Digital Anarchy to focus on its other core market, Photoshop plug-ins for photographers and digital artists. The company has been creating such tools since 2004 and recently has been working on software that provides custom graphic effects, planned for release in Q4 of 2008. Digital Anarchy is also considering development for related host applications like Adobe Lightroom and Apple Aperture.
The sold video products include 3D Assistants, Data Animator, Anarchy Toolbox, Geomancy, Psunami Water, Text Anarchy, ToonIt!, Microcosm, Color Theory, PlasmaFX, Chaos Stock and Knoll Spark Pack. The retained Photoshop products include Primate Chromakey, Backdrop Designer, Knoll Light Factory, and Texture Anarchy.