"If you could only purchase one comprehensive
set of plug-ins, the answer is simple: Boris Continuum Complete."
- DV Magazine
[Overview]
The World's Most Comprehensive VFX Plug-in Collection
Boris Continuum Complete 8 AE delivers the most comprehensive
VFX plug-in suite ever created for Macintosh and Windows versions of Adobe After
Effects and Premiere Pro CS6, CS5.5, CS5, and CS4. A whopping 200+ filters
include 3D particle effects, image restoration tools, lens flares and lights,
keys and mattes, 3 Way Color Grading and other color correction tools,
time-based effects such as Optical Stabilizer, warp and perspective effects, and
blurs, glows, and cinematic effects. All filters take advantage of either
multi-processing or OpenGL hardware acceleration for an interactive effects
design experience.
Over 1,000 professionally-designed presets are included free with every
installation of BCC. You can save and freely share your own presets and build
customized preset collections tuned to the specific needs of a project. Both
static and animated BCC presets are supported on the After Effects platform.
Presets can be shared with matching BCC installations on any host application in
which BCC is installed.
Via the Boris Transfer workflow utilities, BCC is the only plug-in collection
that allows easy VFX migration between Adobe, Avid, and Apple video editing
software – with parameters and keyframed information intact. Boris Transfer AE
allows you to transfer Avid or Final Cut Pro sequences to After Effects while
Boris Transfer FCP gives you the ability to transfer sequences between Avid and
Final Cut Pro.
New flicker reduction and videoscope tools, OpenGL hardware acceleration, 32-bit
float support, deeper After Effects integration, and enhanced lens flares,
particles, glows, and lights headline the new Version 8 release.
[It's New]
Better Particles
BCC 8 AE includes several new filters based on a new,
modernized BCC particle engine: Particle Emitter, Organic Strands, and Wild
Cards. Targeted toward broadcast design and graphics creation, these filters
significantly improve upon previously available particle filters.
The new BCC particle engine offers:
• Full 3D camera and lights
• Integration with AE's camera and lights
• Particle Emitter motion that follows an AE mask
• OpenGL rendering and lighting of real 3D objects
• Interaction with an AE 3D layer and particle generation from a 3D
layer
• Complex color gradient controls and graph maps for size and
opacity
• The ability to Spawn particles
• Image collection files
• The ability to mix and match various custom particle textures
• Various special effects, such as mirror mode and dispersion
• Wind, Sphere Warps, and Sink Points
• Fractal Noise field
Better Lens Flares
BCC Lens Flare 3D is BCC's next-generation lens flare tool
featuring enhanced looks and integration with After Effects. Thanks to GPU
optimization, the filter is blazingly fast while providing highly sought-after
functionality.
Improvements include:
• Support for AE-native camera and lighting rigs
• Built-in 3D camera and lighting rigs for Adobe Premiere Pro
• Ability to automatically apply lens flares to user-defined AE
native lights in the composition
• Ability to auto-generate lens flares based on luma values
• Ability to auto-generate lens flares that follow the contour of
AE native masks
• Automated flicker feature for lens flare light source, using AE
native or built-in lights
• Automated randomize feature to flicker light intensity values
across multiple AE lights
• Automated shimmer feature for shimmering light rays
• Edge-trigger feature for boosting light intensity as it
approaches and crosses the edge
• Sub-beam feature that generates Star Trek-style photon sci-fi
flares
• Colored ring option
• Chroma hoop option
• Chroma fan option
• Lens caustics option
• Customizable lens surface textures with built-in looks
• Chromatic aberration option
Better Glows
The new BCC Film Glow effect includes a unique Crosstalk
feature that blends the color of the glow with the image in a variety of ways,
giving you the ability to generate looks that are not possible with other glow
filters - a real game-changer for designers searching for new looks!
Better Lights
BCC's arsenal of lighting options has grown to include a new
Stage Light filter that tightly integrates with AE's camera and lights and
nicely complements AE's built-in lighting, providing a much-needed volumetric
feel.
Unprecedented AE Integration
BCC 8 AE sets a new standard for AE integration, offering fast
workflow and reducing your learning curve to virtually zero. BCC filters take
full advantage of the excellent native 3D camera and light system that AE users
depend on in their daily work. For path animations and image isolation tasks,
BCC 8 filters import vector masks directly from AE layers. And for automated
parameter animation, many BCC filters are now able to take advantage of audio
data directly from AE audio tracks.
Better Image Restoration
Undesirable light flicker sometimes plagues irreplaceable
camera shots. What can you do about it? BCC 8 AE comes to the rescue with a new
Flicker Fixer tool that automatically solves the most challenging flickering
light problems. Now footage so critical to your project becomes usable again!
New Videoscope Tool for AE
Full-featured and easy to use, the new BCC Videoscope filter
means you no longer need to switch to a custom UI and deal with work-arounds to
check color levels; the scopes are built right in to your Composite window! With
vector scope and waveform monitors at your fingertips, you can be sure that you
will never exceed legal color limits - while maintaining the overall integrity
of your effects. A must-have for AE users!
8 New Filters
BCC 8 AE's eight new filters include enhanced lens flares,
particles, glows, and lights as well as new flicker reduction and videoscope
tools.
32-bit Float Support
32-bit Float Support is included as part of BCC’s GPU
implementation and it is equally supported with ATI and NVIDIA graphics cards –
with no loss of performance.
[Filter List]
Click one of the links below to view a PDF with
detailed information about the filter.
3D Objects
Art
Looks
Blur and
Sharpen
Color and
Tone
Film Style
Image
Restoration
Keys and
Blend
Lights
Match
Move
Particles
Perspective
Stylize
Textures
Time
Transitions
Warp
Obsolete