v2023.5 Boris FX Continuum Unit: Perspective
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Add 3D perspective to 2D images
Make like Ken Burns on your next documentary, reality TV series or news segment. Includes the renowned 3D Pan and Zoom effect.
Pan & Zoom like Ken Burns. Add 3D perspective to 2D images. Wrap text or video around 3D geometric primitives
Highlights include:
- 12 effects
- Tons of drag & drop presets
- Pan & Zoom with 3D
- 3D extrude and image shatter
- 3D geometric shapes
- DVE and transforms
- FX Editor with custom interface
- Mocha tracking & masking
- Beat Reactor audio-driven animation
- More!
The Continuum Perspective Unit offers multi-host support with a single license.
Features
- On-screen control widgets
- Professionally designed factory installed presets
- Integrated FX Browser
- Integrated PixelChooser matte and masking system
- Support for Adobe host native mask shapes
- Integrated Mocha masking and planar tracking system
- Integrated Beat Reactor for audio generated VFX
- Hardware acceleration (OpenGL/OpenCL)
- Multi-processor (SMP) and multi-core (CMP) support
Effects
3D Extruded Image Shatter
The BCC 3D Extruded Image Shatter filter shatters the image in 3D space and disperses the image fragments. Unlike the 3D Image Shatter filter, this filter allows you to create three- dimensional particles with adjustable extrusions.
The filter provides a variety of explosion, velocity, and gravity parameters to control particle movement. In addition, 3D Extruded Image Shatter allows you to control:
- Particle size
- Rotation
- Opacity
- Lighting
- Explosion style.
This filter auto-animates by default, but you can manually animate it for more precise control over the movement of the particles.
3D Image Shatter
The BCC 3D Image Shatter filter shatters the image in 3D space and disperses the image fragments. The filter provides a variety of explosion, velocity, and gravity parameters to control particle movement.
In addition, 3D Image Shatter has a number of parameters that allow you to control:
- Particle size and shape
- Rotation
- Opacity
- Lighting
- Explosion style.
This filter is auto-animated by default, but you can manually animate it for more precise control over the movement and dispersion of the particles.
Cube
The BCC Cube filter models the source image onto one or more faces of a cube. You can use a separate media source for each of the six faces.
Cylinder
The BCC Cylinder filter maps the source media onto a cylinder. Users are able to fine tune:
- Perspective
- Axial Displacement
- Wrapping
- Opacity
- Lighting
In addition, the integrated Beat Reactor control suite allows the user to drive the effect properties based on the contents of an audio track.
DVE
The BCC DVE filter models the source image on a two-dimensional plane which can then be rotated around the X, Y, and Z axis and positioned in 3D space.
DVE also provides the following options to fine tune your effect:
- Motion blur
- Adjusting camera perspective
- Adding up to three independent lights to the effect
In addition, the integrated Beat Reactor control suite allows the user to drive the effect properties based on the contents of an audio track.
DVE Basic
The BCC DVE Basic filter models the source image on a two-dimensional plane which can rotate around the X, Y, and Z axis and positioned in 3D space.
DVE Basic also provides the following options to fine tune your effect:
- Motion blur
- Adjusting camera perspective
- Adding up to three independent lights to the effect
In addition, the integrated Beat Reactor control suite allows the user to drive the effect properties based on the contents of an audio track.
Fast Flipper
The BCC Fast Flipper filter flips or mirrors your image. You can flip your image vertically or horizontally, or define an invisible mirror line that mirrors your image in various directions. You can also blend the mirror line to produce a smoother transition between the original and mirrored images. Resampling is on a pixel-for-pixel basis, so the filter is fast and no quality is lost.
Page Turn
The BCC Page Turn filter creates a 3D model of a page turning in a book or magazine, and allows you to place media on both sides of the page.
Pan and Zoom
The BCC Pan and Zoom filter was designed to automate the work of documentary style pan and zoom effects, where a large still image file is moved along the x and y axis (pan) and scaled up or down (zoom) in a composite, in effect, adding animation to a still image.
The BCC Pan and Zoom filter includes on-screen HUD widgets (heads-up display) to achieve this end result with precision and ease and also includes state-of- the-art algorithms that generate a razor sharp image result even when the image has been subject to a large transform scale. The filter can be run in full automatic, semi automatic or full manual animation modes, but any way you choose it’s easy to use and generates smooth animation and a sharp image result.
Sphere
The BCC Sphere filter maps the source image onto a 3D modeled sphere. A number of controls allow you to adjust the position, scale, size, and pivot point of the shape, crop and mask the sphere, adjust the camera perspective of the sphere, apply motion blur and lights, and control the compositing of the sphere with other objects.
In addition, the integrated Beat Reactor control suite allows the user to drive the effect properties based on the contents of an audio track.
Sphere Transition
The BCC Sphere Transition filter models the source image onto a sphere. Unlike the Sphere filter, the Sphere Transition filter allows you to animate Perspective, which is useful in creating transitions.
Description
System Requirements
OS Requirements:
- Mac OSX: 10.15.6 or higher
- Windows: Windows 10 and 11
Hardware:
Recommended Hardware:
- Processor: Apple M1, M1 Pro, M1 Ultra system, Intel or AMD CPU with four or more cores
- Memory: 8 GB or more
- Disk: High-speed disk array or SSD storage
- Graphics Card: Most modern graphics cards from ATI, Nvidia and Intel are supported. click here for a full listing
Supported Host Applications:
- ADOBE :
- After Effects and Premiere Pro
- AVID :
- Media Composer
- OFX :
- Blackmagic Design Davinci Resolve
- Vegas Pro
- Foundry Nuke
Host & OS Support
For compatibility with specific versions and operating systems, please see the Host Compatibility Page.
Continuum 2022 v15.0.0 for Adobe supports the following Adobe host applications:
macOSX 10.14, 10.15, 11.x, 12.0 (as appropriate for the host version in use). Note, Continuum 2022 v15.0.0 supports running natively on M1/ARM64 native chipsets for Premiere Pro versions which themselves support running natively on M1/ARM64. After Effect does not itself run natively on M1/ARM64 at the time of this release. Note the Particle Illusion custom UI runs in Rosetta emulation mode while the rest of Continuum including Particle Illusion rendering will run natively in native host enviroments. Note that Title Studio does not support loading/rendering C4D models when running natively on M1/ARM64.
- Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CC 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 (up to versions released at time of Continuum release)
Windows 10 x64, Windows 11:
- Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CC 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 (up to versions released at time of Continuum release)
Continuum 2022 (v15.0.0) for Avid AVX supports the following host applications:
Macintosh:
- Avid Media Composer 2018.x, 2019.x, 2020.x, 2021.x (up to Avid versions released at time of Continuum release) and running macOS 10.14, 10.15, 11.x, 12.0 (as appropriate for the host version in use). (Intel chipsets only. M1 / ARM chipsets are not supported by the Avid host at the time of this release.)
Windows:
- Avid Media Composer 2018.x, 2019.x, 2020.x, 2021.x (up to Avid versions released at time of Continuum release) and running Windows 10 or Windows 11
Continuum 2022 (v15.0.0) for OFX (OpenFX) officially supports the following host applications:
Note that Continuum OFX may work to varying degrees in other OFX hosts, but at this time it is only officially supported in Resolve, Vegas Pro, and Nuke. Note that official Resolve support does not yet include the embedded Fusion page within Resolve. Note that the Apple App Store version of Resolve is not fully supported and direct downloads of Resolve from the Blackmagic Design site should be used instead.
macOS 10.14, 10.15, 11.x, 12.0 (as appropriate for the host version in use): Note, Continuum 2022 v15.0.0 supports running natively on M1/ARM64 native chipsets for Resolve host versions which themselves support running natively on M1/ARM64. Note the Particle Illusion custom UI runs in Rosetta emulation mode while the rest of Continuum including Particle Illusion rendering will run natively in native host enviroments. Note that Title Studio does not support loading/rendering C4D models when running natively on M1/ARM64. [Up to host versions released at time of Continuum release]:
- DaVinci Resolve Studio and DaVinci Resolve 15.x, 16.x, 17.x
- Nuke 12, 13
Windows 10 x64 and Windows 11 [Up to host versions released at time of Continuum release]:
- DaVinci Resolve Studio and DaVinci Resolve 15.x, 16.x, 17.x
- Magix Vegas15, 16, 17, 18, 19
- Nuke 12, 13 (4k monitor support on windows requires Nuke 12.1 or higher)
Additional OFX Host Version Requirements:
Note that due to variation from one OFX host to another, some features or effects may not be available in all OFX hosts. Furthermore, some Continuum features have additional host version requirements:
- In order to access dynamic host frames in previews inside custom UI panes such as Mocha, Particle Illusion, Title Studio, and the FX Browser in Resolve you must use the paid Studio version of Resolve and you must use Resolve Studio 12.5 or higher. Similarly, BCC Optical Stabilizer requires the paid Studio version of Resolve.
Graphics Cards:
We recommend that you run the latest graphics card driver version supported by your host application. A graphics card with a minimum of 1GB of RAM is required; 2GB of RAM is recommended.
Graphics Cards: Guidelines for Graphics Card Support
- We recommend that you run the latest graphics card driver version supported by your host application.
- Graphics Cards must support OpenGL 2.1 or higher.
- Editing in HD? A graphics card with a minimum of 1GB of RAM is recommended for best performance.
- Editing in 2K or Higher? A graphics card with a minimum of 2GB of RAM is recommended for the best performance.
Change Log
New for Continuum 2023.5
- BCC+ Super LED Effect: Easily pixelate the look of shots, text, or particles.
- Improved Mocha: Parameter and corner pin tracking now available in BCC+ Lens Flare, BCC+ Super LED, and BCC+ Light effects.
- Particle Illusion: Adds masking, trails, gradient presets, 3D deflectors, force turbulence, and more.
- Beat Reactor: Now included in 40 BCC+ effects. Make your effects dance to music.
- Effects and Transitions: BCC+ Smoke and Fog, BCC+ Light Flicker, BCC+ Orbs, and BCC+ Flutter Cut.
- More Presets: 150+ new professionally designed and curated presets.
New in 2022
- New Transform filter
Continuum 2021.5 Highlights
- New! 9 GPU-accelerated, HDR-compliant cinematic effects (Watch overview video): BCC+Multi-Star, BCC+Vignette, BCC+FilmGrunge, BCC+TwoStrip, BCC+Flashing, BCC+Composite, BCC+F-Stop, BCC+Fluorescent, and BCC+Haze; includes over 200 drag and drop presets
- New! Avid infrastructure controls added to all BCC+ filters: Apply to Title Matte Option, Safe Levels Option, and True Bypass Switch
FAQs
Tutorials
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