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Boris Continuum Complete 8
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effeCts, filters and transitions … all translated Boris Continuum Complete 8 Comes to Final Cut Pro X
Quick Take Product: Boris FX Boris Continuum Complete 8 for Final Cut Pro X Pros: The most complete set of effects designed specifically to work within the FCP X/Motion 5 architecture.
Cons: Slow to update when effects are adjusted. Most effects require rendering for best playback performance during normal editing. Bottom Line:
This is a highquality package of industry-standard, professional effects and transitions designed specifically for Final Cut Pro X.
MSRP: $995 new / $295 upgrade Online: borisfx. com
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The BCC set includes text effects that can be extruded, shaded and animated. In this example, the text animates on and off the screen over a BCC Film Process filter that is also applied to the image.
Boris Continuum Complete 8 from Boris FX has finally made it to Apple Final Cut Pro X and Motion 5. Customers purchasing BCC 8 will receive installers for both new and old versions of Final Cut and Motion. FCP X users will install the new 64-bit version designed for the updated FxPlug architecture—bringing to FCP X one of the most comprehensive plug-in sets available. Third-party filters, transitions, titles and generators for Final Cut Pro X are built as Motion templates, which has made it a particular challenge to create an FCP X version of BCC 8 with the same controls, plus look and feel of the Continuum set. Yet change is inevitable. According to Boris FX founder Boris Yamnitsky, “Since FCP X is a new platform unrelated to FCP 7, there is no need to maintain compatibility with BCC 7. This frees our hand to remove older filters, rework some of the existing filters and make new filters best suited for the FCP X host. It is a very exciting project. We plan to release more templates as we get more feedback from our early adopters. We will be posting them for free as we go. For example, we are working
on Materials and Transitions now.” Around 200 filters install into Motion 5; of these, a smaller subset of 94 effects filters and 11 transitions (in the current build) show up inside of Final Cut Pro X. Last year I highlighted the BCC 8 package for After Effects (Digital Video July 2012, “Class of 2012”), which introduced new effects, like film glow and particles, and general improvements across the board. This newest member of the BCC 8 product line does more of the same. The Continuum filters are all high-quality effects, but with modifications to make them work within FCP X. Some filters don’t show up in Final Cut— such as 3D lens flares, the three-way grade filter and artist’s posterization—but you still have a variety of flare and art
dv.com | 03.2013