Portland, OR – January 17, 2016 – Red Giant has just released two all-new sticker packs for iOS users: Blockbuster and Holomoji. Designed by Red Giant filmmaker Seth Worley and iOS developer Micah Lanier, the sticker packs leverage the very best of Red Giant motion graphics and visual effects to bring a sense of Hollywood action to iMessage conversations. Drag and drop from the sticker keyboard to add high-quality visual effects and holographic emojis directly to texts, images, and videos in iMessage conversations. These sticker packs can be downloaded free of charge from the iOS App store.

“I’m not sure what it says about Red Giant that Apple introduces the ability to stick things on our text messages, and our immediate thought is: how we can use it for lens flares and explosions?!” comments Seth Worley, filmmaker and Red Giant director of content, who created the iOS stickers with Micah Lanier, who also appears regularly in Red Giant’s film projects. “Our customers use our tools every day in their work, and we saw this as a great opportunity to make something cool and fun that they could use every day outside of their work. And we built all the imagery using our products – all the explosions, fire, and muzzle flashes were created entirely with Trapcode Particular; all of the lens flares were made with Knoll Light Factory; and the Holomoji Stickers were all brought to life with Red Giant Universe's Holomatrix II.”

Blockbuster: Explosions, lens flares, explosions, lightning bolts, explosions, muzzle flashes and even more explosions! Give messages a much needed sense of drama and excitement. Created using Red Giant tools including Trapcode Particular, Knoll Light Factory and more.

Holomoji: 21 familiar emojis with a sci-fi twist. These holographic iterations of the classics will be sure to broadcast your emotions loud and clear. Created using Holomatrix II from Red Giant Universe.

Red Giant is a software company made up of talented artists and technologists who collaborate to create unique tools for filmmakers, editors, VFX artists, and motion designers. Our company culture is focused on finding balance between work and life – we call it “the double bottom line” – this philosophy helps us ignore complexity in favor of building simple tools that yield giant results. Over the last decade, our products (like Magic Bullet and Trapcode) have become the standard in film and broadcast post-production. With over 200,000 users, it’s nearly impossible to watch 20 minutes of TV without seeing our software in use. From our experiences as artists and filmmakers, we aspire to not only provide tools for artists, but inspiration as well. Watch our films, learn from over 200 free tutorials, or try our software at www.redgiant.com.

Anya Nelson

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