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The Stats

Compatibility

After Effects CS3 CompatibleMicrosoft Vista Compatibility

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Purchase

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Download

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Description

Boris Blue is a standalone 3D compositor as well as a plug-in for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Avid editing and finishing systems. Based on the familiar Boris interface, Blue is designed for video editors and compositors who want to create stunning 3D looks without the learning curve and render times associated with 3D applications. Perfect for post facilities with client-supervised sessions or demanding deadlines, Blue uses latest-generation GPU-based graphics cards to provide an interactive effects design experience. Blue delivers real-time processing of 2D and 3D effects as well as real-time playback of video and audio media. Users can adjust effect parameters during playback, a "front room" capability that is ideal for working side-by-side with clients. The fast export to disk, including hardware-rendered anti-aliasing, motion blur, and 3D shadows, provides significant time-savings.

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Features

Plugin Integration for Windows Avid and Adobe systems

  • BLUE 2.5 can be used as an Avid or Adobe plugin on Windows XP systems
  • Plugin has all the same effect features as the standalone including 2D and 3D text, imported 3D models, powerful particle emitters and more ; all available within Avid
  • Fast and convenient single track transitions, titles, animated backgrounds and other graphic elements right in the Avid timeline
  • Single or multi-input filter, realtime preview, effects and transitions
  • Save custom BLUE effects to Avid bins for quick and easy re-use
  • using the Blue plugin avoids export / import workflow, simplifies offline / online workflow
  • Now supports ATI based as well as NVIDIA based graphics boards

More Tools for Faster and Easier Composition of Sophisticated 3D Effects

  • Split Views in Comp Window
  • Including orthographic views for easier alignment of objects in 3D space
  • Improved 3D interactors for 3D objects and Lights
  • 3D interactors for Cameras
  • A camera can be set to stay focused on a particular object or 3D point in the scene while moving through 3D space
  • Cameras and lights can be placed and animated along on a user-defined bezier path
  • Built-in 3D Transformations for Motion Path filter

New 3D Deformers

  • Curl
  • Flatten
  • Mesh Chaos
  • Mesh Shatter
  • Model Displacer
  • Pre-Transform
  • Pulse
  • Slice-Stretch
  • Un-Deform

New Image Processor Effects

  • Film Grain
  • Film Process
  • Glow Edge
  • Glow Light
  • Glow Light Replace Color
  • Glow Remove Color
  • Mist

Continuum OpenGL filters included

  • Glare
  • Glint
  • Glitter
  • LED
  • Lens Flare
  • Lens Flare Advanced
  • Prism
  • Scanline
  • Damaged TV
  • Lightning
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Blue vs Red

BLUE and RED are both professional compositing and motion graphics solutions used to achieve outstanding visual effects. Even though BLUE is based on the award-winning Boris RED, the two products are actually quite different from one another. When used together they can create visually stunning results faster then ever before!

Advantages of Blue over RED

  • 100% hardware preview and rendering to disk means faster speed.
  • Imported models - Blue can work with large number of polygons.
  • Custom spline based bevels on extrusion give Blue more modeling power.
  • Material shaders include bumps and reflections giving users more control over 3D materials.
  • 3D deformers - more animation options in Blue.
  • Particle engine with sprites and 3D models - more particle options and on screen interaction.
  • Movie direct streaming from hard drives with Audio - no need to preview to RAM.
  • Animate multiple objects on spline based paths.
  • Type On effects allow intersection of objects in 3D - more options than in RED.

Advantages of RED over Blue

  • More integrations with many NLEs - not yet in Blue.
  • Mac OS support - not yet in Blue.
  • Wider graphics card support - not yet in Blue.
  • Chart generator - not yet in Blue.
  • Pixel Chooser - not yet in Blue.
  • Compatible settings with FX, Avid FX and Graffiti - Blue has own settings format.
  • Large selection of Software filters - not yet in Blue (many made into Blue shaders but not all, Blue accepts plug in filters such as Continuum but they are not included).
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Animated Demos

Below are links to movies showing Boris Blue being used by an experienced operator. The movies include sound describing the features of the product so make sure to listen to the audio while viewing them.

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System Requirements

BLUE 2.5 requires Microsoft Windows XP SP 2 or Windows Vista running on an Intel Pentium IV or AMD Athlon or higher processor, with Apple QuickTime version 6.5 or higher installed. QuickTime software is not included with the BLUE installer.

Graphics Boards and Drivers

BLUE 2.5 requires one of the following NVIDIA or ATI based graphics boards:

  • NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500, 3450, 3500, 3700, 4500, 5500, 4600, 5600
  • NVIDIA GeForce 6800, 7800, 7900, 7950, 8600, 8800
  • ATI FireGL V3300 and up, V5200 and up, V7200 and up, V8600 and up
  • ATI Radeon x1900, x1950

Supported NVIDIA Quadro FX board drivers

  • NVIDIA driver version 91.85 - Download (Windows XP)
  • NVIDIA driver version 169.47 - Download (Windows XP)
  • NVIDIA driver version 169.61 - Download (Windows XP)
  • NVIDIA driver version 169.47 - Download (Vista 32)
  • NVIDIA driver version 169.47 - Download (Vista 64)

Supported NVIDIA GeForce board drivers

  • NVIDIA driver version 169.21 - Download (Windows XP)
  • NVIDIA driver version 169.25 - Download (Vista 32)
  • NVIDIA driver version 169.25 - Download (Vista 64)

Supported ATI FireGL board drivers

  • Version 8.502 - Download (Windows XP)
  • Version 8.502 - Download (Vista 32)
  • Version 8.502 - Download (Vista 64)

Supported ATI Radeon board drivers

  • Version 8.6 - Download (Windows XP)
  • Version 8.6 - Download (Vista 32)
  • Version 8.6 - Download (Vista (64)

Avid Support

The BLUE 2.5 AVX plugin is supported for running on the following Avid release versions:

  • Avid Media Composer 2.7 or later
  • Avid Xpress Pro 5.7 or later
  • Avid Newscutter 6.7 or later

Adobe Support

The BLUE 2.5 product includes plugins supported for running on the following Adobe product versions:

  • Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 (Premiere Pro 3.1)
  • Adobe After Effects CS3 (AE 8)

NOTE: like the Blue 2.5 standalone application, the Blue plugins are also subject to the Windows, Quicktime, and Graphics board/driver requirements listed previously

NOTE: The current version of the BLUE 2.5 Avid AVX plugin does not support Avid Symphony Nitris at this time. Check back for updates on any changes to BLUE requirements (including status Symphony Nitris support)

DualView display mode on a dual monitor NVIDIA based configuration

To run using the DualView display mode on a dual monitor configuration, BLUE 2.5 (standalone or plugin) requires the following NVIDIA driver Performance and Quality settings:

Watch the following video for step by step instructions

  • nView Display set to DualView
  • Hardware Acceleration set to Single Display mode
  • Unified Back Buffer turned OFF (Quadro only setting, not relevant to GeForce boards)

NOTE: using DualView with Hardware Acceleration set to Single Mode allows the system to treat the 2 monitors as individual monitors while focusing the OGL Hardware Acceleration to the primary monitor. It is necessary to work with your video display windows on the primary monitor for them to update during playback using these NVIDIA settings.

Monitor configuration limitation for working in 1080i HD size on NVIDIA based system

In the current BLUE 2.5 release it is necessary to set nView Display to Horizontal Span in the NVIDIA Control Panel or run the system in a single monitor configuration for working with 1080i HD size projects (1920 x1080 pixels) – meaning the NVIDIA card must be set to treat the 2 monitors as a single wide monitor or it must be driving only one monitor rather than two to successfully render Blue 2 effects at that resolution. Blue 1080i effect output (plugin or standalone) will be cropped when running 2 monitors in DualView configuration.

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Support

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Tutorials

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