As an integrated effects application, Boris RED has had two choices: provide features that are otherwise missing from host applications, and improve on features that they do offer. RED has in fact done both.

In addition to the filters already described, RED delivers dozens of compositing filters with comprehensive controls for Blurs, Color Corrections, Distortions, Displacement Maps, Particles, Lights, and Keying. Each can be applied as a standalone adjustment layer, as a downstream (post-transformation) filter, or as an upstream (pre-transformation) filter, easily combined with other filters.

RED also offers support for many Adobe® After Effects™ format plug-ins which can be applied through the filter menu just like native RED filters, the only option most editors have for using these compositing filters in their editing applications.

RED 2.5 Filters

Blurs (4 filters) Gaussian, basic and directional blurs, with Unsharp Mask. Exceptional flexibility and clear rendering.

Color correction (13) Correct Selected Color for fast, one-click spot color correction. HSL, Shift Channel, Tritone, and custom posterization filters.

Distortion (9) Displacement maps, vector displacement, polar displacement, Bulge, Ripple, Wave, Bevel and Burnt Film.

Keying (13) Exceptionally powerful keying: Chroma, Luma and RGB difference Keyers with spill suppression. Clean Up Alpha includes choke matte, spread, and gain. Fast, flexible alpha channel creation with Make Alpha filter.

Lights (5) Simulated extrusions, bump maps, and user-defined gel and matte effects. Adjust and animate light intensity, color, opacity, specular highlights, apply mode and XYZ positioning.

Motion (3) Corner Pin Tracker, Motion Tracker, Motion Stabilizer. Four trackers per layer, up to 1/256th subpixel accuracy

Natural (7) Clouds, Comet, Fire, Rain, Snow, Sparks, Stars.

Noise Filters (8) Noise maps, Scatterize, Mosaic, and custom channel-based noise.

Particles (4) 2D and 3D particles, image shatter, Particle System.

Time Filters (2) Velocity Remapping and Temporal Blur. Smooth, fast rendering of easily constructed effects.

Pixel Chooser™ Built-in masking tools for filters. Apply filters based on any pixel or channel attribute.

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