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Boris FX | Text Effects with Final Effects Complete
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 can be used on alpha channel bitmaps such as text slates.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 10/09/2009
Author: Paul Ezzy |
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Windows Hardware & Software | HP Skyroom: Power & Simplicity for Remote Workgroup Tasks
In this article, Ron Lindeboom looks at the powerful HP Skyroom technology, which allows team members to interact in high definition video with one another, as they work on projects and approvals remotely. Highly powerful, yet priced within reach of many small to medium-sized companies -- nevertheless, the system is powerful enough for even major players like Dreamworks Animation, who used the system during the making of the blockbuster 'Monsters vs Aliens.' Powerful, elegant, simple to use.
Review, Feature 09/22/2009
Author: Ron Lindeboom |
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Boris FX | Boris Continuum Complete's Witness Protection Filter
In this video tutorial, we use the BCC Witness Protection filter in Apple Final Cut Pro to obscure the face of a surfer who is surfing a wave at great speed, moving across the frame from the center to exit on the right. We will use BCC Witness Protection's built-in motion tracker to automate this process.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 09/18/2009
Author: Paul Ezzy |
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Boris FX | Using Boris Continuum Complete's Cartoon Look Filter
Boris Continuum Complete's Cartoon Look filter 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.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 09/04/2009
Author: Paul Ezzy |
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Boris FX | Stabilize Shaky Video Footage with Boris Continuum Complete's Optical Stabilizer Filter
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.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 08/22/2009
Author: Paul Ezzy |
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Adobe After Effects | Using Text Jitter in Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE's Extruded Text Filter
This video tutorial from Dirk de Jong 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.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 07/30/2009
Author: Dirk de Jong |
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Boris FX | Using Boris Continuum Complete 6 Animated Presets with Adobe and Avid
Boris Continuum Complete 6's new Custom Animated Presets feature lets you save and re-use every parameter animation in every BCC filter - even across host applications and platforms. For the first time, you can animate BCC filters in Adobe After Effects and transfer the animation to the Avid timeline while preserving After Effects keyframes. BCC 6 AVX includes hundreds of factory-installed animated presets. Animated presets are now saved in industry-standard XML format and can be edited by any XML-compliant text editor. Watch this video tutorial and learn more.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 07/10/2009
Author: Dirk de Jong |
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Adobe After Effects | Promo Breakdown
In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW leader, Eran Stern discusses the development process for the DVD. Eran also demonstrates his design methods using Boris Continuum Complete 6.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 07/03/2009
Author: Eran Stern |
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Boris FX | Creating Transitions with Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE's Swish Pan Filter
Editors use transitions as a way to cut between scenes, typically creating an animated effect such as a dissolve or blur at the end of the outgoing clip and the beginning of the incoming clip. While most modern NLE systems ship with standard wipe transitions, there are some transition styles that are more of an in-camera effect rather than a synthesized gradient wipe or block dissolve. One of these effects, known as a Swish Pan, is created by panning the camera very quickly in a 180 degree arc, creating the look of a fast blur between the outgoing and incoming clips. Continuing in the tradition of making visual effects easy to create, Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE now includes a Swish Pan transition filter which is available free for registered BCC 6 AE users. In this video tutorial, we'll use the new BCC 6 Swish Pan filter to transition between a pair of clips.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 04/06/2009
Author: Paul Ezzy |
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Boris FX | Create Extruded Text with Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE
This new video tutorial shows you the basics of using BCC Extruded Text in Adobe After Effects. BCC Extruded Text belongs to the 3D Objects category of filters which is new to Boris Continuum Complete 6. These stunning OpenGL-based filters use vertex and pixel shaders that enable the generation of animated 3D shatter, bulge, bend, taper, twist, ripple, and wave effects. You can also create reflection or texture maps for the generated 3D text - from any image or video clip in the AE timeline.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 03/20/2009
Author: Paul Ezzy |
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Boris FX | Boris Continuum Complete AVX 5: Unleash Your Avid!
Emmy Award-winning editor Vivek Narayan takes a closer look at the latest version of Boris Continuum Complete, a comprehensive set of filters and effects for leading NLEs as well as After Effects. Although it works largely the same in all hosts, Vik digs deepest into BCC operating inside Avid. He finds that the 180 filters here more than give others a run for their money: it beats out some of the industry's favorites. See why he calls buying BCC AVX 5 a no-brainer.
Review 01/24/2008
Author: Vivek Narayan |
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Apple Final Cut Pro | FCP Titling with Boris: Old-fashioned LED Animation
Yes! There's really a Boris! And he really wrote this tutorial for you. It takes advantage of the free Boris FX title generators included with Final Cut Pro, with a little help from the Boris Continuum Complete video effects plug-ins, for titling power you might not known you had available inside FCP.
Tutorial 10/08/2007
Author: Boris Yamnitsky |
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Adobe After Effects | Interlacing Progressive Footage
Weve all heard of de-interlacing footage, but what about re-interlacing? Marco Solorio of OneRiver Media shows us how -- and why -- to create interlaced footage from a progressive source. The results are picture perfect!
Tutorial 09/10/2007
Author: Marco Solorio |
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Boris FX | Boris Red Tread Secrets
Longtime COW member Vivek Narayan is the Investigative & Special Projects Editor KNXV/ ABC 15. This project won Vik an Emmy for Editing and, an Emmy for Investigative Report at the 2006 Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards. To create it, he used Boris Red plugged into his Avid Xpress Meridien -- but you can do the same with any of Boris Red's host NLEs.
Tutorial 08/20/2007
Author: Vivek Narayan |
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Boris FX | Class on Demand: Complete Training for Boris Continuum Complete 4
Over the years, some of the most-used After Effects plug-ins on my computer have come from Boris. Recently, Boris Continuum Complete 4.0 came out. Hot on its heels was Class on Demand's latest training on Boris: "Complete Training for Boris Continuum Complete 4," --designed specifically to get people up to speed on those filters. In this article, CreativeCOW's Tim Johnson takes a look at the training and concludes that this training from Class on Demand is a solid training DVD with a couple of nice extras.
Review 06/16/2006
Author: Tim Johnson |
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AVID Editing | Keeping Corner Pin Compositing inside Avid with the help of Boris Continuum Complete AVX 4
This all-encompassing tutorial from CreativeCOW contributing editor, John Lafauce introduces you to the new Corner Pin filter in version 4.0 of Boris Continuum Complete AVX (BCC AVX4). Several of Corner Pin's powerful features will be demonstrated, and other BCC AVX filters will be used to help create an integrated, realistic composite. This compositing primer will place emphasis on workflow and techniques.
Tutorial 10/17/2005
Author: John Lafauce Jr. |
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Boris FX | NASA Blasts Off with Boris RED
Three Emmy Awards. Four Telly Awards. Three Axiem Awards. Two Communicator Awards of Distinction. Two first place awards in the US International Film and Video Festival. These are just a few of the accolades bestowed on the Video Services Team at NASA's Langley Research Center for productions using Boris RED for their effects, transitions and titling. ''Boris RED has raised the quality level of our productions more than any other product that we used,'' says Timothy J. Allen, who worked on the creation of these projects before recently transferring to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. ''Looking cool adds value, and we can get there faster and easier with Boris RED than with any other tool we use.''
Review 06/26/04
Author: Timothy Allen |
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Boris FX | Boris RED 2.1
Those of you who know editor and fx artist, Mark Harvey, know that hes a big fan of Boris Red. Hes used the program for a number of years and has co-hosted the Boris FX forum at Creativecow since day one along with Philip Hodgetts. So when he heard that Borisfx and Philip had joined forces to create a long awaited training DVD for Boris RED, Mark jumped at the chance to take a look at it. Heres his report.
Review 06/01/2004
Author: Mark Harvey |
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Boris FX | Super Easy 3D logo tutorial in Red 2.1
Tim Rice demonstrates a quick, easy method to turn logos into 3D logos using a simple jpeg and Boris Red 2.1. This comes from a thread Tim posted in the Boris COW about the amazing super powers of RED.
Tutorial 09/25/2002
Author: Tim Rice |
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Boris FX | Creating the Aurora Borealis In Boris Red 2.1
This tutorial is in response to a query posted on the Borisfx forum at the COW. Creativecow leader, Mark Harvey decided to go ahead and try and recreate the northern lights, one of nature's most beautiful phenomena. Follow along as he demonstrates how to create the project using only filters that ship with Red 2.1. (No 3rd party plug-ins needed.)
Tutorial 08/09/2002
Author: Mark Harvey |
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Boris FX | Boris RED 2.1 -- broadcast designer Mark Harvey reports
In this article, Mark Harvey explores the latest version of Boris Red, version 2.1. Mark opens by stating that no matter what you know about Boris Red, throw it out because this is a whole new Red -- far beyond anything that Boris & Company have ever released before. In this review, Mark Harvey explains the ins and outs of these new features and why they make this such an important upgrade for Red users.
Review 04/30/2002
Author: Mark Harvey |
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Broadcast Design | Preparing a News Open: Introducing the text: Local Coverage
Join noted broadcast designer Kurt Murphy as he continues his exploration of the process of re-creating the on-air identity of a local broadcast affiliate in the Pacific Northwest area of the United States. In part five of the series, Kurt adds some text to his sequence.
Tutorial 09/07/2001
Author: Kurt Murphy |
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