Products: Algolith

Basic video tasks, such as format conversion, once required racks ofcomplex electronics, although advances in digital technology soonreduced that infrastructure to smaller units. Now Algolith does awaywith the hardware, handling advanced video manipulation via plug-insfor Adobe After Effects 6.0, Apple's Shake 3.0, and Eyeon's DigitalFusion/DFX+.

Users can employ standard Macs and PCs to manipulate frame size,frame rate, scanning type, and aspect ratio conversions among CG, SD,HD, and film-res images. The employed algorithms have a pedigree.Montreal-based Algolith, headed by Miranda Technologies founderChristian Trembley, uses patented image-processing algorithms developedat Miranda over the past decade. Plug-ins include anti-aliasing,object-based frame rate conversion, content-adaptive scaling withaspect-ratio conversion, 3D dynamic noise reduction, 3D MPEG noisereduction, and adaptive de-interlacing for mixing interlaced videoimages with progressive-scan CG or film. One unique twist: use anystandard software tool in the conversion path to further manipulate theimage. www.algolith.com