Red Giant Software was founded in 2002 by industry veterans to develop and distribute special effects tools for digital video & film professionals. Red Gient develop their own applications and also publish other people's technology. Their products are available as plug-ins for popular video editing and effects applications, including Adobe After Effects®, Adobe Photoshop®, Adobe Premiere Pro®, AVID®, Sony Vegas® and Apple Final Cut Pro® Motion®.

Many of their products use production-proven technology developed by visual effects industry veterans such as John Knoll, Photoshop creator & Visual Effects Supervisor at Industrial Light + Magic (Knoll Light Factory); and Stu Maschwitz, CTO and Co-Founder at The Orphanage (Magic Bullet) and are designed to increase your production value. They have been used in thousands of feature films, music videos, national TV commercials & broadcast shows. These include Grindhouse, The Aviator, Day After Tomorrow, Vanilla Sky, Hellboy, Spy Kids 3D, Double Dare, Nike commercials, Good Eats, ESPN, Disney, CNN, Good Morning America, Cher videos, FooFighter videos, and MTV programs.