What was new in BCC AE 6

With a total of almost 200 filter effects and transitions divided into 10 categories, BCC 6 AE added many new features and improvements including:

• 15 New Filters
• Support for AE Camera and Lighting System
• Imported AE mask paths in new filters
• Custom Animated Presets in XML Format
• Single-Click Custom Preset Navigation Tool
• Enhancements to the Built-In Motion Tracker
• Significant performance gains

15 New Filters

BCC 6 AE has 15 new filters ranging from realistic 3D vector graphics extrusions to organic 3D deformers to painting and image restoration. The new 3D Objects category includes Extruded Text, Extruded Spline, Type-On Text, Layer Deformer, and Extruded EPS. New image restoration filters include DV Fixer, Smooth Tone, and Pixel Fixer. New image painting filters consist of Charcoal Sketch, Pencil Sketch, Water Color, and Cartoon Look. New OpenGL filters include Lightning and Tile Mosaic. Check out all the new filters »

Support for AE's Camera and Lighting System

Many BCC filters - including Extruded Text, Type-On Text, and Extruded Spline - are now integrated with AE's camera and lighting system for easy, intuitive setup using AE's native tools and controls.

Import AE mask paths into BCC filters

From 3D text on a path to custom bevel profiles and extruded spline objects, AE masks can now be used to control the geometry of BCC 6 AE filters. Now there is no need to learn a custom user interface or switch to a different application to adjust spline shapes. Take advantage of AE's familiar mask tools for all of your custom spline work. Additionally, all BCC 6 AE filters feature the ability to load custom AE spline masks into BCC's built-in PixelChooser matte and masking system for ultimate control over the filtered result.

Custom Animated Presets in XML Format

This unique feature lets you save and re-use every parameter animation in every BCC filter - even across host applications and platforms. BCC 6 AE includes 1000+ factory-installed animated presets. Animated presets are now saved in an industry-standard XML format so that they can be viewed and edited by any XML-compliant text editor.

Single-Click Custom Preset Navigation Tool

Easily browse presets without opening a pop-up box. Both static and animated presets are immediately applied and the host preview window is automatically updated to reflect the selected preset. Over 1500 factory-installed, user-modifiable presets are included with BCC 6 AE.

Enhancements to the Built-In Motion Tracker

We have added enhancements to the Built-In Motion Tracker found in almost every filter in the set. You may now save motion tracker data from one BCC filter and load the saved data in another BCC filter or in After Effects itself.