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The Stats
- Developer: Boris FX, Inc
- Version: AE Compatible 6.0.3, FxPlug v6.0, AVX 6.0.5
- Platforms: Windows XP / SP2, Windows Vista, Macintosh OS 10.4.X+ recommended, SGI, Irix
- Host Applications: Adobe After Effects 6.x-CS3, CS4 (AE v6), Adobe Premiere Pro 2 (Windows) and 3 (Windows/Mac), Apple Final Cut Pro 6 (PowerPC and Intel with version 4.1), Apple Final Cut Pro 6 (PowerPC and Intel with version 5.0 FxPlug), Apple Motion 1.0.1-3 (version 4.1-5), Autodesk Combustion 3+, Avid Systems: Xpress Pro 5.5+ on Mac, Xpress Pro 5.5+ on Mac, AVX_2.0, Media Composer Adrenaline 2.5+, AVX_1.5-2.0, Avid Media Composer 4, Avid Symphony 4, Media Composer Adrenaline 1.0.x-1.6.x on Mac, Media Composer Adrenaline 1.8.x on Mac, Symphony Nitris, Newscutter 8, Newscutter XP
- Number of plug-ins: 160+
- Compatibility with Final Cut Studio 3, Compatibility with After Effects 7, Compatibility with After Effects CS3, Mac Universal Binary, Mac OSX Leopard Compatibility, Microsoft Vista Compatibility and FxPlug
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Purchase
- All Boris CONTINUUM Complete
- Boris Continuum Complete Upgrade from previous versions of BCC - Supports Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Premiere Pro 1.5, RED, and Combustion.
- Boris Continuum Complete for Red Users
- Boris Continnum Complete Academic Version
- Boris Box Set Windows - Includes RED, Blue, BCC AE, BCC AVX, Final Effects Complete, Final Effects Complete AVX and Title Toolkit
- Boris Box Set Mac - Includes RED, BCC AE, BCC FxPlug, BCC AVX, Final Effects Complete, Title Toolkit and Media 100 Producer Suite
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Description
Continuum Complete is an expansive plug-in filter set that lets you create effects from the practical to the inspired directly in your native host interface for unprecedented workflow. Nearly 200 filters include advanced keying, matting, compositing, image processing, distortion, temporal effects and motion tracking. These filters provide the creative freedom to animate your graphical elements or video at any speed, acceleration, or position you want.
BCC filters and transitions apply and animate directly in the native host interface. Sophisticated filters include Lens Flare, Glint, Glare, DeGrain, Match Grain, DeNoise, DeInterlace, Optical Flow, Motion Key, Motion Blur, Glow, Wire Remover, and Witness Protection. Continuum Complete offers powerful integration features including built-in motion tracking and unique PixelChooser technology that creates region- or channel-based masks. Hundreds of presets and integrated online help provide precise effects creation with minimal learning curve.
Boris Continuum Complete v6 AE brings nearly 200 filters to Macintosh and Windows versions of Adobe CS3 and CS4. This new release features 13 new filters including Extruded Text, Extruded Spline, Type-On Text, Layer Deformer, Smooth Tone, DV Fixer, and Pixel Fixer. In addition, BCC 6 AE delivers unique workflow enhancements such as support for After Effects’ Camera and Lighting System, the ability to import After Effects mask paths into BCC 6 AE filters, saving and loading of XML-based animated presets, a single-click custom preset navigation tool, and motion tracking data import and export.
BCC AVX v5 continues in it's history of easing effects creation for the Avid editor. Now with over 180 native Avid filter effects, BCC 5 AVX adds new features such as HUD (heads-up display) user interface controls, and brand new filters that feature enhanced motion tracking, smooth pan and zoom with rotation control and advanced image enhancement algorithms. Version 5 also adds a new OpenGl category of Avid filters with a range of new special effects such as LED, Damaged TV and Prism to name a few.
Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) v5 Sparks bring a total of 145 special effects plug-ins to Autodesk Discreet System users that want to get the most out of their Linux (or Irix) based compositing and finishing system. With over 10 years of research and development at their core, these Sparks are well thought out and render good clean results. Effects include volumetric lighting, lens flares, glint, depth blurring, 3D geometric shapes, film effects, bump mapping, glows, fast and easy keying, optical flow based time warping, natural effects such as snow, fire, caustics, and clouds, and fully automated organic wipe transitions. New Version 5 filter highlights include Optical Flow-based Motion Key for foreground object removal and Optical Stabilizer for smooth image stabilization.
Continuum Complete FxPlug v6 Boris Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug brings nearly 200 filters to Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, and Apple Final Cut Express. This new release features 28 new filters including Extruded Text, Extruded EPS, Extruded Spline, Type-On Text, Layer Deformer, Smooth Tone, DV Fixer, Pixel Fixer, and a Swish Pan transition filter. In addition, BCC 6 FxPlug takes advantage of Apple FxPlug's real-time architecture for simultaneous live previews of dozens of preset transitions, glows, and color and film look effects in a newly-designed effects browser window. This new technology delivers the best of Boris on Apple's FxPlug platform.
List of Filters and Examples
New Filters in Continuum Complete
Extruded Text
The BCC Extruded Text filter generates 3D Text with built-in controls for generating 3D shatters and warp deformers. This filter is OpenGL hardware accelerated.
Create stunning 3D extruded text elements and use the AE native camera and lighting system to generate fly-throughs or use the built-in camera and lighting system to animate the viewer around the generated 3D text models. This filter also includes vertex and pixel shaders that enable the generation of animated 3D shatter, bulge, bend, taper, twist, ripple and wave effects. Generate text from scratch using the built-in title tool or copy / paste from any text editor right into the title generator window. This filter includes full control over the leading, tracking, character and paragraph styles of the generated 3D text element. You can also create reflection or texture maps for the generated 3D text from any image or video clip from the AE timeline.
Type-On Text
The BCC Type-On Text filter enables the user to generate text that automatically types-on the screen. This filter is OpenGL hardware accelerated.
Creating extruded 3D type-on text effects within Adobe After Effects is now an easy and simply process. The BCC Type-On Text filter includes a full featured title generator that offers control over the leading, tracking, character and paragraph styles of the 3D text element. Create animated text type-ons that fly in from behind or toward the camera or slide into view from the top, left, bottom or right of the screen either letter by letter, word by word or line by line. Use any image or video clip from the timeline to add textures or reflection maps that animate in real-time over the extruded text element. This filter also includes the ability to use the AE native 3D camera and lighting system or users can use the built-in camera and light controls.
Extruded Spline
The BCC Extruded Spline filter generates a 3D extruded shape from a 2D After Effects spline mask shape. This filter is OpenGL hardware accelerated.
This filter utilizes state of the art OpenGL technology to enable users to generate and extruded shape from any AE generated mask shape. Users can extrude shapes using the built-in AE pen path tool or imported vector art from Adobe Illustrator. This powerful filter can even use the built-in AE native camera and lighting system, or users can use the camera and light tools that are included in the comprehensive filter user interface. Any image or video track from the AE timeline can use used as reflection or texture maps for the extruded surface and the generated 3D shapes can can be subject to the built-in 3D warp and deform functions.
Layer Deformer
The BCC Layer Deformer distorts 2D image layers in 3D space with built-in controls for 3d effects such as ripple, wave, sphere. This filter is OpenGL hardware accelerated.
Use the BCC Layer Deformer to generate useful 3D shapes such as planes, cubes, spheres, cylinders and deform these 3D objects using the built-in vertex and pixel shaders. Create a bulging cube that shatters off into a million pieces or a rippling plane shape and use any image or video clip from the timeline to add textures or reflection maps. This filter also includes the ability to use the AE native 3D camera and lighting system or users can use the built-in camera and light controls.
DV Fixer
The BCC DV Fixer filter is designed to soften or remove diagonal stair-step artifacts, aka jaggies, from an image clip while protecting other areas of the image from the softening process.
The filter uses proprietary algorithms to detect visible aliased diagonal edges that are typically found in DV video clips and then process the pixels only along these edges to achieve a smooth artifact free result. The filter is easy to use and features on-screen view modes, which are accessible via a convenient pop-up menu option within the filter UI, that enables the user to fine tune the detected jaggy edges prior to performing any image processing.
Smooth Tone
The BCC Smooth Tone filter smoothes or softens an image while preserving the important detail contrast areas.
With the advent of HD image technology, many times the image result is what can be referred to as being too sharp. What this means is that certain areas in the image, such as the pores on a subjects skin, may become too prominent. The Smooth Tone filter applies a complex image smoothing algorithm to these areas in the image but does not affect extreme specular highlights or catch-lights, which results in smoother skin tones while preserving important areas of detail contrast within the image.
Cartoon Look
The BCC Cartoon Look filter simulates a rotoscope toon-animation look.
The look of cartoon roto-scope animation, which was recently popularized with feature films such as "A Scanner Darkly" and "A Waking Life" and may also seen in memorable advertisement campaigns for Charles Schwab was once only possible with many hours of painstaking rotoscope painting and compositing along with the use of large-scale dedicated image processing systems. With the BCC Cartoon Look filter, this look is now available to anyone who can drop a filter onto a clip. The filter includes many pre-set looks and styles, all available via the filters' preset pop-up menu. You can even make your own presets and apply them to any other clip in any project. This filter is easy to use, yet provides parameter controls to achieve the right look with any source material.
Charcoal Sketch
The BCC Charcoal Sketch filter simulates the painterly look of an image that was created using charcoals.
With the Charcoal Sketch filter, generating the look of an images that was created by an artist using charcoals has never been easier. Simply drop the filter onto any clip and the image is immediately transformed from a standard shot into a charcoal sketch. The filter includes easy to use pop-ups to determine the weight or line width and the desired level of detail.
Pencil Sketch
The BCC Pencil Sketch filter simulates the look of a hand drawn pencil sketched image.
The Pencil Sketch filter is another of the new "art-look" filters that are included in the BCC 6 set. Simply apply this filter to an image clip to emulate the look of an animated pencil drawn sketch. This filter includes many apply modes which can be used to blend the generated pencil lines with the original image to produce unique stylized looks.
Water Color
The BCC Water Color filter simulates the wash look of a water color painting.
Watercolor paint-style images can easily be generated from any source material with the addition of the BCC Water Color filter. This filter 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 water color effects.
Pixel Fixer
The BCC Pixel Fixer filter repairs pixels in the image that are the result of dust on a camera lens or imaging sensor.
Digital video and still photography, while making it easier to have immediate access to source material comes with some disadvantages over film source material. One common problem / disadvantage is with the cameras' image sensor. Sometimes pixels on the sensor stop working, with the result of "bad" pixels in the image. Instead of clone-painting to remove or disguise the bad pixel in each frame, the BCC Pixel Fixer automates this process. Simply center one of the source points in the filter over the bad pixel and it is removed from every frame in the clip. This fast to render filter includes source points to remove up to 10 "bad" pixels per filter instance.
Lightning
The BCC Lightning filter generates simulated lightning bolts or plasma arcs. This filter is OpenGL hardware accelerated.
The new BCC Lightning filter can be used to emulate photo-real auto-animated lightning bolts that emanate from single or multiple sources (sheet lightning), single bolt point-to-point timed strikes or even "Van De Graaf" generator or "Tesla Coil" high-voltage electrical plasma arcs. Dozens of static and animated presets are available for this filter and are accessed via the built-in preset pop-up selector.
Tile Mosaic
The BCC Tile Mosaic filter simulates an image that is comprised of hand-cut opaque tiles. This filter is OpenGL hardware accelerated.
Use the BCC Tile Mosaic filter to generate the look of hand-cut tiles from a still or moving clip of images. The filter includes parameters to control the relief of the tiles as well as the shape of the tile pieces and the position of the light as it hits the tile surface. Other options include the ability to control the grout width and color.
Features for Motion/Final Cut Pro/Express Users
- New BCC Text category of 3D OpenGL extruded text generators
- New "digital repair"-style filters such as Smooth Tone, DV Fixer, and Pixel Fixer
- Over 1500 factory-installed presets
- XML preset format means presets can be modified with a standard text editor
- New single-click custom-preset navigation tool eases effect selection
- OpenGL hardware-accelerated vertex and pixel shaders
- New Shaders technology
- Motion Tracking data import and export using industry-standard XML format
- Volumetric lighting effects and Glows
- Specular lighting special effects such as Glint, Glare, Glitter
- Compositing tools such as Light Wrap and Matte Choker
- Natural effect generators such as Snow, Rain, Fire, Stars
- Motion Key for automated foreground object removal
- Film Look effects such as Bleach Bypass, Damaged Film, and Grain Match
- Optical Flow-based image retiming and motion blur effects
- Automated optical image stabilization without the use of point trackers
- Onscreen controls for easy parameter set-up
Features for After Effects
- New BCC Text category of 3D OpenGL extruded text generators
- New "digital repair"-style filters such as Smooth Tone, DV Fixer, and Pixel Fixer
- Over 2000 factory-installed animated presets
- Over 1500 factory-installed static presets
- XML preset format means presets can be modified with a standard text editor
- New single-click custom-preset navigation tool eases effect selection
- OpenGL hardware-accelerated vertex and pixel shaders
- Support for After Effects' camera and lighting system
- Generate 3D extruded shapes from imported AE spline path mask shapes
- Localize filter results using imported AE spline path mask shapes or built-in PixelChooser system
- Motion Tracking data import and export in an industry-standard format
- Volumetric lighting effects and Glows
- Specular lighting special effects such as Glint, Glare, Glitter
- Compositing tools such as Light Wrap and Matte Choker
- Natural effect generators such as Snow, Rain, Fire, Stars
- Motion Key for automated foreground object removal
- Film Look effects such as Bleach Bypass, Damaged Film, and Grain Match
- Optical Flow-based image retiming and motion blur effects
- Automated optical image stabilization without the use of point trackers
- Onscreen controls for easy parameter set-up
Performance and Quality
- 16-bit deep-color pixel processing
- OpenGL hardware-accelerated rendering
- Multi-core performance
Features for Premiere Pro
- New BCC Text category of 3D OpenGL extruded text generators
- New "digital repair"-style filters such as Smooth Tone, DV Fixer, and Pixel Fixer
- Over 2000 factory-installed animated presets
- Over 1500 factory-installed static presets
- XML preset format means presets can be modified with a standard text editor
- New single-click custom-preset navigation tool eases effect selection
- OpenGL hardware-accelerated vertex and pixel shaders
- Support for After Effects' camera and lighting system
- Generate 3D extruded shapes from imported AE spline path mask shapes
- Localize filter results using imported AE spline path mask shapes or built-in PixelChooser system
- Motion Tracking data import and export in an industry-standard format
- Volumetric lighting effects and Glows
- Specular lighting special effects such as Glint, Glare, Glitter
- Compositing tools such as Light Wrap and Matte Choker
- Natural effect generators such as Snow, Rain, Fire, Stars
- Motion Key for automated foreground object removal
- Film Look effects such as Bleach Bypass, Damaged Film, and Grain Match
- Optical Flow-based image retiming and motion blur effects
- Automated optical image stabilization without the use of point trackers
- Onscreen controls for easy parameter set-up
Performance and Quality
- 16-bit deep-color pixel processing
- OpenGL hardware-accelerated rendering
- Multi-core performance
Support
Forum
- User Forum hosted by Toolfarm and moderated by Peter McAuley of Boris FX, Inc.
Tutorials
- Creating Transitions with BCC 6 AE's Swish Pan Filter "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
- Put Electronic Makeup On Your Talent with Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE
- Using AE Masks with BCC's Extruded Text Filter How to use an AE mask to define custom extrusion curves in BCC Extruded Text.
- Mapping an AE Video Layer to BCC Extruded Text Demonstration of how to map an AE video layer to the surface of BCC Extruded Text.
- Using 3D Deformers in BCC Extruded Text Demonstration of the 3D Deformers feature found in BCC 3D Objects filters.
- A huge database of BCC tutorials
- Creating Precise Keys Toolfarm Tutorial
- Boris Tutorials
- Free BCC Clouds presets
- Free BCC Artist's Poster presets
- Free BCC Colorize presets
- Podcast: Upscale Media in Apple Final Cut Pro 6 with BCC 5 FxPlug, August 2007
- Using BCC filters to generate a news show opener
- Using Boris Continuum Complete 5's LED, DVE, and 2D Particles filters to create a world map of LED lights, September 2007
Press Releases
- Boris Continuum Complete 4.1 Supports Apple Final Cut Pro on Intel Macs - November 2, 2006
- Boris FX Solutions to Support Intel-Based Macintosh Systems
- Read Press release for BCC 4.0
Reviews
- Boris Continuum Complete 6 Wins DV Award of Excellence, August 18, 2009 DV Magazine.
- BCC6 review by Digital Arts Magazine - March 2009
- Boris Continuum Complete 6 for Adobe After Effects
- Studio Monthly Reviews Boris Continuum Complete 5, Calls it "HOT" - December 12, 2007
- Creative Mac calls BCC 5 an "Absolute Buy", gives 10 out of 10 rating, September 2007
- The Ken Stone Index, by David Saraceno, August, 2004
- The Ken Stone Index, by Steve Douglas, July, 2004
- Silicon Mountain Mac Users Group, by Laurrell Davenport, June, 2003
- Boris Continuum Complete 5 for Final Cut Pro Review, Post Magazine, October 2007 (for the FxPlug verson)
Awards
BCC took 9th place in the 2009 Toolfarm Plug-in Awards
