Digital Film Tools

Digital Film Tools uses Qt to build cross-platform special effects software.

Digital Film Tools brings together the unbeatable combination of superior software designers, motion picture visual effects veterans, video editors and photographers. Add three Emmy Awards and experience in creating visual effects for hundreds of feature films, commercials and television shows and you have a recipe for success. The understanding of photography, film and video editing, and in particular visual effects, allows us to design productive and highly specialized software. Software that is useful as well as easy to use. Our products stand up to the rigors of production and are the culmination of many years of experience.

The Challenge
To develop its Dfx Digital Filter Suite, a software application that includes a comprehensive array of effects and gels to simulate the effects of optical filters, Digital Film Tools needed a solution that would work on Linux, Windows and Mac. The cross platform capability was essential to keep the company from having to write the same UI code three times – a process which would have been time consuming and costly.

The Solution
Qt Software delivered a cross application development framework that enabled the company to write code a single time and apply it to all three platforms. Additionally, Qt’s easy-to-use API increased development efficiency, enabling the company to get through the UI stage faster than other solutions.

The Value
Digital Film Tools dramatically reduced development time and doubled the speed of getting its products to market.

After choosing to develop with Qt, we have saved a huge amount of time. Being able to write a single set of source code for all platforms is of major importance. There’s no way we could have written native code for all operating systems without hiring additional people. - Paul Miller, Digital Film Tools