Boris FX News

Video Tutorial: Transfer FCP Program Sequences to AE with Boris XML Transfer

2009-11-23T10:59:00.000-08:00

Boris XML Transfer is an Adobe After Effects plug-in designed for seamless transfer of Apple Final Cut Pro program sequences to Adobe After Effects. Boris XML Transfer preserves all aspects of a Final Cut Pro project including effects, audio, media clips, transitions, and geometric transformations.

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Video Tutorial: BCC 3D Objects in Apple Motion

2009-11-17T05:31:00.001-08:00

This video shows Boris Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug's Extruded Text filter running in Apple Motion to demonstrate how BCC 3D Objects can integrate into a Motion 3D scene by making use of Motion's 3D camera.

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New Flicker and Shake Filter Added to Boris Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug

2009-11-12T06:07:00.000-08:00

Flicker And Shake is an auto-animating filter which uses bursts of synchronized Exposure, Glow, Blur, X or Y displacement, and RGB channel offset to create a flicker effect for video or graphics elements. The flicker effect has been made popular by recent television commercials and film trailers.

Flicker and Shake works in Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion. The filter is part of the Boris Continuum Shaders category of real-time FxPlug filters that take advantage of the latest Mac OS X OpenGL technology.

Video Tutorial: Using the Flicker and Shake Filter

Flicker and Shake is included with Boris Continuum Complete 6.0.5 FxPlug, a Free Update for BCC 6.x FxPlug users.

Customer Profile: John MacGibbon of PBS's Frontline

2009-11-11T12:25:00.000-08:00

FRONTLINE is American public television's flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its debut on PBS as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 27 seasons is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience.

The responsibility for creating FRONTLINE's promos and packaging materials falls to John MacGibbon, winner of two national Emmy awards in the last two years and a recent nominee for two additional Emmys, and writer/producer Missy Frederick. John has worked with Boris FX products since his days at ZOOM, a children's show also produced by WGBH. He exclusively relies on Boris RED for all of his titling and graphics work. John also uses Boris Continuum Complete in his work on the series packaging and promos; he makes extensive use of BCC Film Grain, BCC DeNoise, BCC Lens Flare, and BCC's color and blur effects. These products help him create imagery that matches the program's cutting-edge journalism.

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New Boris XML Transfer Plug-In for Adobe After Effects

2009-11-03T05:38:00.000-08:00

Rev13 Films and BCC help bring Reel Injun to Toronto International Film Festival

2009-10-30T05:48:00.000-07:00

"We were excited that Boris Continuum Complete's UpRez filter worked as well or better than the hardware scalers, even when viewed off a 2K projector in a large theatre. This simplified our workflow tremendously and provided us with more flexibility. For some material the UpRez was so clean we had people questioning if we had actually pulled the shots from the original negative!" - Tony Manolikakis, creative director, Rev13 Films

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Video Tutorial: Using Boris Continuum Complete 6's Watercolor Filter

2009-10-29T08:49:00.000-07:00

Watercolor paint-style images can easily be generated from any source material with the addition of Boris Continuum Complete 6's Watercolor filter. BCC Watercolor includes the ability to control the color and weight of the contour edges as well as the desired level of contouring. Save your own preset looks or use the included user-modifiable preset looks to generate wash or watercolor effects.

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Video Tutorial: Text Effects with Final Effects Complete 5

2009-10-23T06:48:00.001-07:00

Are you tired of solid stroke and soft shadows on your text styles? Do you need something unique and catchy for your project? Final Effects Complete 5 from Boris FX may offer a fresh treatment for your old title or lower third. FEC packs a wealth of eye-catching visual effects. Most of the effects are designed to work on full color images, but some, including FEC Wiggle Edges, can be used on alpha channel bitmaps such as text slates...

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BCC Optical Stabilizer in Avid Media Composer

2009-10-22T06:53:00.000-07:00

The BCC Optical Stabilizer filter enables you to stabilize shaky video footage. The filter uses optical flow technology to determine the movement of the camera and then adjusts the clip's position to compensate. Depending upon filter parameter settings, the motion in the clip will either be smoothed or completely locked down. Unlike many other image stabilization tools, the BCC Optical Stabilizer does not require you to set user-defined tracking points. This is useful for images where tracking data is unreliable.

Because the very nature of post camera image stabilization causes the image to be cropped, BCC Optical Stabilizer includes post image stabilization options to fill the blank areas around the frame - such as repeating pixels along the cropped edges, mirroring the image along those edges, filling them with solid color, or leaving them transparent. An auto-scale function automatically transform scales the image so that it fills the frame across time; it includes seven transform scale algorithms ensuring optimal post image sharpness.

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White Paper: OpenGL Accelerated Effects and Graphics in Boris FX Products

2009-10-16T12:59:00.000-07:00

Graphics display hardware is widely recognized for visual effects creation. Despite many limitations and technical challenges confronting developers, the raw image processing power of modern GPU engines is unmatched by any multiprocessing, general-purpose computer system.

The engineering crew at Boris FX was one of the first in the video industry to recognize this power and harness it to create the most stunning visual effects for post-production professionals.

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Free Wiggle Edges Filter from Final Effects Complete

2009-10-08T06:32:00.000-07:00

For Adobe After Effects, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, and Apple Final Cut Express

Final Effects Complete's Wiggle Edges filter places self-animating wiggly lines along the edges of an image layer’s alpha channel. The filter includes a wide selection of controls - including Deep Color Rendering and a Reduce Flicker control which is handy for smoothing out motion graphics in an interlaced project.

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This limited-time free filter offer expires on October 30, 2009.

BCC 6.0.5 AVX: Major Update for Avid Editing and Finishing Systems

2009-09-30T06:29:00.000-07:00

BCC 6.0.5 AVX features new Animated Presets for 3D Objects, a revamped Optical Stabilizer filter, a new Swish Pan transition filter, and official support for Avid Media Composer 4, Avid Symphony 4, and Avid NewsCutter 8.

Revamped Optical Stabilizer Filter
BCC Optical Stabilizer, which automatically smoothes or completely eliminates shaky camera motion, now provides more feedback during the image analysis process. In addition, a new Autoscale option automatically transform scales a locked down clip so that it fills the frame or composite window.

New Swish Pan Transition Filter
BCC Swish Pan lets you create fast, camera pan-style transitions between clips. The filter is fully automated and includes controls for the velocity of the pan with on-screen display of the ease-in and ease-out curve.

Video Tutorial: Creating Transitions with BCC AVX's Swish Pan Filter

Animated Presets for 3D Objects
BCC 6 AVX's Animated Presets option has been extended to include the BCC 3D Objects category of filters. This powerful feature lets you save animated effects for use in other projects or BCC hosts.

Download Free Animated 3D Objects Presets for Avid and Adobe After Effects

Support for Avid's New Editing Software Releases
BCC 6.0.5 AVX introduces official support for Avid Media Composer 4, Avid Symphony 4, and Avid NewsCutter 8.

BCC 6.0.5 AVX is a free update for BCC 6.x AVX users. Running an older version of BCC? Upgrade for $599

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New BCC 6.0.4 AE Update Offers Enhanced Adobe Premiere Pro Support

2009-09-22T06:07:00.000-07:00

Featuring new Animated Presets for 3D Objects, a revamped Optical Stabilizer filter, and enhanced Adobe Premiere Pro 4.1 support, BCC 6.0.4 AE is a free, major update for BCC 6 AE users...

Revamped Optical Stabilizer Filter
BCC Optical Stabilizer, which automatically smoothes or completely eliminates shaky camera motion, now provides more feedback during the image analysis process. In addition, a new Autoscale option automatically transform scales a locked down clip so that it fills the frame or composite window.

In addition to Adobe After Effects, BCC Optical Stabilizer is now available for Adobe Premiere Pro 4.1.

Corner Pin Filter Now Available for Adobe Premiere Pro 4.1
BCC Corner Pin lets you perform 4-point motion tracking and corner pinning. Premiere Pro users can now track the motion of the corner points in an image and use this motion to map a second image clip to the source image clip. A typical use of the filter might be to place the content of a billboard or sign onto a moving car or truck.

Match Move Filter Now Available for Adobe Premiere Pro 4.1
BCC Match Move allows you to copy the motion from one clip and apply the motion to a second clip. The filter includes several compositing options such as edge cropping and blending, drop shadow and borders, 3D lighting, and a special light wrap feature for photorealistic image composites.

Witness Protection Filter Now Available for Adobe Premiere Pro 4.1
BCC Witness Protection uses advanced motion tracking technology to follow the motion of user-defined pixels and then uses this recovered image motion to alter the selected pixels in the image clip. For example, you can use this filter to automatically obscure the identity of a person's face using the built-in blur or mosaic effects, or highlight a football as it is moving through the air with the built-in tint or color correction effects.

Motion Blur Filter Now Available for Adobe Premiere Pro 4.1
The BCC Motion Blur filter creates a realistic blur on the motion in an image, simulating the effect of shooting a moving object on film. The blur is based on the motion of the pixels in the image.

Optical Flow Filter Now Available for Adobe Premiere Pro 4.1
The Optical Flow clip retiming filter estimates the motion between two frames of video and renders an intermediate frame that interpolates the motion. The filter delivers sharp, artifact-free slow-motion results.

Motion Key Filter Now Available for Adobe Premiere Pro 4.1
Ever needed to fix a clip where an unwanted or unexpected object appears in the scene? BCC Motion Key isolates and removes moving foreground objects from a clip without the need for complex masking or cloning.

Animated Presets for 3D Objects (After Effects only)
BCC 6 AE's Animated Presets option has been extended to include the BCC 3D Objects category of filters. This powerful feature lets you save animated effects for use in other projects or BCC hosts.

BCC 6.0.4 AE is a free update for BCC 6.x users. Running an older version of BCC? Upgrade for $295

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BCC 6 Used on "The Hurt Locker" Trailer

2009-09-16T05:54:00.000-07:00

Martin Zwanzger proves that you don't need to run a million dollar film studio in order to work on big movies. Out of his home office in Nuremberg, Germany, Martin offers his services for all kinds of graphics, post production, film, and VFX work. His customers include ScanlineVFX, ARRI Film & TV, Constantin Film, and Concorde Filmverleih, working on projects such as "The Chronicles of Narnia 2" , "300" , and "Iron Man" . One of his common jobs is creating title animations and movie trailers. For this he generally uses Adobe After Effects.

"One of the big advantages of After Effects is that there's such a large amount of additional tools out there. If you need anything specific, you can often just add that feature by downloading and purchasing a plug-in - no need to wait for a product update or switch to a completely different application. In this business it's important to stay up-to-date and be able to meet customer's expectations concerning specific effects. That's why I always try to follow what's going on in the plug-in market," says Zwanzger. "When Boris FX introduced Continuum Complete 6 and I heard about the new 3D text features, I had to check it out immediately. I was just working on the title sequence for a feature film and also on a 3D movie trailer, so the timing was perfect. With BCC 6 I was able to create real 3D text animations without ever having to leave AE."

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BCC 6 Wins Microfilmmaker Magazine's Award of Superiority

2009-09-11T05:53:00.000-07:00

"It's true that at $995 Boris Continuum Complete 6 is a bit of an investment for your Motion Graphics working environment. However, the developers have taken a lot of time to deliver a plethora of effects to make a designer's life easier. Many of these effects include modifications of standard AE effects with added functionality, while many others are unique to Boris. And still other effects mimic high-level and sought after third-party effects. For the price, Boris delivers a ton of bang for the buck. While you get a ton of effects, it's really the amount of presets, ease of use, and functionality that take this whole suite to the next level."

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Boris Calligraphy Update for Apple Final Cut Pro 7 Users

2009-09-09T11:00:00.000-07:00

Boris Calligraphy text generators are installed, free, inside your copy of Apple Final Cut Pro 7. An updated version of Boris Calligraphy, Version 2.2, is now available for free download from the Boris FX web site. Boris Calligraphy Version 2.2 includes improved compatibility with Mac OS X Snow Leopard and support for ClearType fonts that are bundled with the latest version of Microsoft Office for Mac OS X, including the popular Calibri font.

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Boris FX Product Line Supports Snow Leopard

2009-09-01T06:30:00.000-07:00

The entire Boris FX product line is available for Mac OS X 10.6:

• Boris Continuum Complete 6.0.4 FxPlug is a free update for BCC 6.x FxPlug customers
• Boris Continuum Complete 6.0.3 AE is a free update for BCC 6.x AE customers
• Final Effects Complete 5.0.2 FxPlug is a free update for FEC 5.x FxPlug customers
• Final Effects Complete 5.0.1 AE is a free update for FEC 5.x AE customers
• Boris RED 4.3.4 is a free update for RED 4.x customers
• Boris FX 9.3.4 is a free update for Boris FX 9.x customers
• Boris Graffiti 5.3.4 is a free update for Graffiti 5.x customers
• All Boris Continuum Units support Snow Leopard

Go here to download free updates.

Running an older version? Go here for upgrade information.

Boris Continuum Complete 6 Wins DV Award of Excellence

2009-08-27T17:57:00.000-07:00

"If you could only purchase one comprehensive set of plug-ins for your NLE, the answer is simple: Boris Continuum Complete. Currently at a well-seasoned version 6, Boris FX offers Continuum Complete for AE (After Effects and Premiere), FxPlug (Apple Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Express), AVX (including Media Composer 3.5, NewsCutter, Symphony and a version specific to Avid DS 10 or greater) and Sparks (Flint, Flame, Inferno and Smoke). The ability to support such a wide range of NLE and motion graphics/compositing packages is in itself a tribute to Boris. The fact that the performance and quality is consistent across all of these diverse hosts is nothing less than miraculous."

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New Boris Continuum Unit: Motion Tracker

2009-08-18T09:24:00.000-07:00

The new Boris Continuum Motion Tracker Unit includes four powerful, specialized filters that enable you to recover motion data from a clip - without resorting to a separate application - and then use the data in several different ways:

• Corner Pin allows you to map media to a specific area on a moving object in a media file. For example, if your media includes a moving bus with an advertisement on its side, you could use Corner Pin to track and replace the advertisement with a logo.

• Match Move locks the movement of one image clip to another image clip. One of the great advantages of using the Match Move filter is that it includes full DVE functions such as tumble, spin, and rotate along with interesting lighting and light wrap compositing features.

• Wire Remover removes wires and unwanted objects from still or moving images by either cloning or blending pixels together from surrounding areas.

• Witness Protection allows you to track the motion of an object in a media file. You can then use the motion path data to control another aspect of the effect. For example, you can track a logo on a t-shirt and use a blur to obscure the logo. You could also apply a mosaic, tint, or brightness/contrast effect to the specified area.

Video Tutorial: Witness Protection in Apple Final Cut Pro

Boris Continuum Motion Tracker is available now for $199! Mac or Win

Boris Continuum Motion Tracker supports Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Final Cut Express, Apple Motion, and Adobe After Effects. Apple's new Final Cut Studio 3 release is supported. For Avid editing and finishing systems, the Motion Tracker filters are included as part of Boris Continuum Complete 6 AVX.

Boris Continuum Complete 6.0.4 FxPlug: Major Update for Final Cut Studio 3

2009-08-07T20:17:00.000-07:00

Apple Motion 4 is a powerful, fun-to-use 3D motion graphics application. Boris Continuum Complete's 3D Objects filters bring even more fun to Motion's workflow by allowing 3D extruded text, logos, and EPS graphics to respond to Motion’s native camera. This is just one of the latest improvements available in Boris Continuum Complete 6.0.4 FxPlug which is a free update for Boris Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug customers. Other new features include a revamped Optical Stabilizer for Apple Final Cut Pro with automated scaling and an interactive User Interface. Make your handheld shots rock steady with ease! Boris Continuum Complete 6.0.4 FxPlug also introduces official support for Apple Final Cut Pro 7 and Apple Motion 4.

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Boris FX Product Line Supports Apple Final Cut Studio 3 Release

2009-08-04T07:16:00.000-07:00

The entire Boris FX product line is available for the new Apple Final Cut Studio 3 release:

• Boris Continuum Complete 6.0.4 FxPlug for Apple Final Cut Pro 7 and Motion 4. BCC 6.0.4 FxPlug is a free update for BCC 6.x FxPlug customers. Owners of older versions of BCC FxPlug may upgrade for $295 .

• Final Effects Complete 5.0.2 FxPlug for Apple Final Cut Pro 7 and Motion 4. FEC 5.0.2 FxPlug is a free update for FEC 5.x FxPlug customers. Owners of older versions of Final Effects Complete may upgrade for $295.

• Boris RED 4.3.3 for Apple Final Cut Pro 7. RED 4.3.3 is a free update for RED 4.x customers. Owners of older versions of RED may upgrade for $295.

• Boris FX 9.3.2 for Apple Final Cut Pro 7. Boris FX 9.3.2 is a free update for Boris FX 9.x customers. Owners of older versions of Boris FX may upgrade for $199.

• Boris Graffiti 5.3.2 for Apple Final Cut Pro 7. Graffiti 5.3.2 is a free update for Graffiti 5.x customers. Owners of older versions of Graffiti may upgrade for $199.

• All Boris Continuum Units support Apple Final Cut Studio 3.

New Boris Continuum Unit: Cartoon Look

2009-07-27T14:03:00.000-07:00

The new Boris Continuum Cartoon Look Unit lets you easily convert images and clips into cartoon-style roto animations. The result is a look that has been popularized in films such as "Waking Life" and "A Scanner Darkly". The look can also be seen in broadcast TV commercials for The Charles Schwab Corporation.

Boris Continuum Cartoon Look includes the following filters from Boris Continuum Complete 6:

• Charcoal Sketch
• Pencil Sketch
• Watercolor
• Cartoon Look

Video Tutorial: Cartoon Look in Apple Final Cut Pro

Boris Continuum Cartoon Look is available now for $199! Mac or Win

Boris Continuum Cartoon Look supports Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, and Apple Final Cut Express. Apple's new Final Cut Studio 3 release is supported. For Avid editing and finishing systems, the Cartoon Look filters are included as part of Boris Continuum Complete 6 AVX.

Video Tutorial: Animated Text on a Path Using BCC 6 AE's Extruded Text Filter

2009-07-21T16:55:00.000-07:00

This video tutorial demonstrates some of BCC Extruded Text's animatable filter parameters that are useful in creating effects where text characters animate along an After Effects mask path.

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Video Tutorial: Using Text Jitter in BCC 6 AE's Extruded Text Filter

2009-07-16T11:04:00.000-07:00

This video tutorial gives you an in-depth look at the Jitter feature of Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE's Extruded Text filter. Basic functionality of the Jitter feature is explained and demonstrated. Then, the Jitter feature is shown in the context of a more developed effect involving audio and After Effects Camera and Lights.

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BCC 6 AVX for Avid DS Now Available

2009-07-06T04:18:00.000-07:00

BCC 6 AVX for DS brings nearly 180 filters to 64-bit versions of Avid DS. The release features over 30 new filters including Pixel Fixer, DV Fixer, and Smooth Tone tools; Swish Pan, Cartoon Look, Pencil Sketch, and Water Color effects; and OpenGL-accelerated effects such as 3D Extruded Image Shatter, Damaged TV, Glint, Glare, Glitter, LED, Lens Flare, Lightning, and Scanline.

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