Monday, June 30, 2008
I have thought of myself as an artist (photographer, electronic musician, videographer, VJ, etc.) since I left graduate school (Ph. D, in Physics) in 1970. I have (like most artists) supported myself with day jobs. Since 1984, these jobs have involved making tools for artists to use - first as the founder and chief engineer of Doctor T's Music Software, a pioneering MIDI software company, and, more recently, with Boris FX. I've been a software engineer and visual effects designer with Boris since 1997.
I purchased Final Effects (directly from Sweden) when it first came out in 1995. I've been using Boris Continuum Complete (and its predecessors) since we started developing them during my first year with Boris. It has been a pleasure to work with both products as both artist and developer, and a special pleasure to add some new twists to old favorites such as FEC Kaledia and FEC Radial Scale Wipe...
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Labels: BCC-5, Boris-User-Story, FEC-5
Friday, June 20, 2008
In this tutorial, we will use BCC Rays Cartoon to generate a volumetric lighting effect on an animated text element; BCC Rays Cartoon will also give the text the appearance of being made of neon lights. Then, we will use BCC Light Sweep to add a light sweep across the face of the text. Finally, to complete the effect, we will use BCC Colorize Glow to provide a soft glowing look.
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Labels: BCC-5, Boris-Tutorial
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
For a limited time, we are offering a free, fully-licensed plug-in from Boris Continuum Complete 5 - Rays Cartoon, an innovative filter that creates light out of the user-defined "cartoon edges" of an image. BCC Rays Cartoon is available for Adobe CS3, Apple Final Cut Studio 2, and Avid.
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Download Rays Cartoon now! This free filter offer expires July 31, 2008.
Labels: BCC-Rays-Cartoon, Free-Boris-Filter
Friday, June 13, 2008
Adding subtitles to your project may prove daunting, time-consuming, and error-prone. However, subtitle work is much easier if you have a copy of Boris RED 4.3 in your toolbox. RED is a very capable text creation tool that provides a rich environment for static lower-thirds - the common way of treating subtitles. But how do you make hundreds of lower-thirds without going mad? Follow the easy steps in this tutorial to generate any number of subtitles automatically...
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Labels: Boris-Red, Boris-Red-Tutorial, Boris-Subtitling, Boris-Tutorial
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Highlights include:
* Adobe Encore Subtitle Format Support. This new support gives RED users a text-based format for import.
* Improved Template Mode in RED's Effects Library Browser. New buttons simplify the workflow for choosing and applying presets. In addition, title preset text can now be directly edited in the Library Browser.
Free RED 4.3 Update for RED 4.x Users
Labels: Boris-Red
Monday, June 2, 2008
Did you know that your video editing software includes a powerful paint system capable of creating colored glowing light strokes? But only if you run Boris RED or Avid FX as a plug-in. In this week's tutorial, we show you how to "draw with light" over any background video using Boris RED as a plug-in to your NLE...
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Labels: Boris-Red, Boris-Red-Tutorial, Boris-Tutorial
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