Video Effects Plug-ins for Apple Pro Video Applications
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.

BCC 6 FxPlug includes 28 new filters ranging from realistic 3D vector graphics extrusions to organic 3D deformers to painting and image restoration. The new 3D Objects category includes Extruded Text, Extruded EPS, Extruded Spline, Type-On Text, and Layer Deformer. New image restoration filters include DV Fixer, Smooth Tone, and Pixel Fixer. New image painting filters consist of Charcoal Sketch, Pencil Sketch, Water Color, and Cartoon Look. New OpenGL filters include Lightning and Tile Mosaic. 13 new Shaders are also included.

Key Features

• 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

Performance and Quality

• 16-bit deep-color pixel processing
• OpenGL hardware-accelerated rendering
• Multi-core performance

New Features

With over 200 filter effects and transitions divided into 10 categories, BCC 6 FxPlug adds many new features and improvements including:

• 28 New Filters
• New Shaders technology
• Custom Presets in XML Format
• Single-Click Custom Preset Navigation Tool
• Enhancements to the Built-In Motion Tracker
• Significant performance gains

1. 28 New Filters
   BCC 6 FxPlug includes 28 new filters ranging from realistic 3D vector graphics extrusions to organic 3D deformers to painting and image restoration. The new 3D Objects category includes Extruded Text, Extruded EPS, Extruded Spline, Type-On Text, and Layer Deformer. New image restoration filters include DV Fixer, Smooth Tone, and Pixel Fixer. New image painting filters consist of Charcoal Sketch, Pencil Sketch, Water Color, and Cartoon Look. New OpenGL filters include Lightning and Tile Mosaic. 13 new Shaders are also included.
   
   
2. New Shaders Technology
   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.
   
   Currently-included shaders:
   
   Filters
   - Chroma Key Studio (Chroma Key, Matte Choker, Light Wrap)
   - 3D Perspective
   - MultiTone
   - Film Effect
   - Glow Edge
   - Luma Rays
   Transitions
   - 3D Pull Swap
   - 3D Spin Flip
   - Dissolve Glow
   - Dissolve Luma Mask
   - Dissolve Rays
   
   
3. Custom Presets in XML Format
   This unique feature lets you save and re-use every parameter in every BCC filter - even across host applications and platforms. BCC 6 FxPlug includes 1500+ factory-installed presets. Presets are now saved in industry-standard XML format so that they can be viewed and edited by any XML-compliant text editor.
   
   
4. Single-Click Custom Preset Navigation Tool
   Easily browse presets without opening a pop-up window. Presets are immediately applied and the host preview window is automatically updated to reflect the selected preset. Over 1500 factory-installed, user-modifiable presets are included with BCC 6 FxPlug.
   
   
5. Enhancements to the Built-In Motion Tracker
   We have added enhancements to the Built-In Motion Tracker found in almost every filter in the set. You may now save motion tracker data from one BCC filter and load the saved data in another BCC filter.
   
   With the newly-integrated XML data format for presets, saved Motion Tracker data from any filter in the BCC 6 set can be edited in any standard text or spreadsheet editor that supports .xml data.
   
   
6. Significant performance gains
   Significant performance gains are included in BCC 6. Every BCC 6 filter is either OpenGL-based or multiprocessor accelerated for ultimate rendering speed on modern computing and graphics platforms.

New Filters in Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug

The following are new filters found in BCC 6 FxPlug.

• Extruded Text
• Type-On Text
• Extruded Spline
• Layer Deformer
• Extruded EPS
• DV Fixer
• Smooth Tone
• Cartoon Look
• Charcoal Sketch
• Pencil Sketch
• Water Color
• Pixel Fixer
• Lightning
• Tile Mosaic
• Swish Pan
• New Shaders Technology

1. Extruded Text
   OpenGL-accelerated 3D text generator with built-in 3D shatters and a warp deformer. Multiple 3D materials can be created from external image files featuring texture and bump maps as well as reflections. Each material can be individually saved as a preset and applied to the front, back, bevel, or extrusion surface of the text object. The text object can be further deformed and animated with a number of innovative deformers such as Bend, Taper, Twist, Shatter, Ripple, Pulse, or Curl.
   
   
2. Type-On Text
   The BCC Type-On Text filter lets you generate text that automatically types-on the screen. This filter is OpenGL hardware-accelerated. Creating extruded 3D type-on text effects within Apple Pro Video Applications is now a simple 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.
   
   
3. Extruded Spline
   This filter utilizes state-of-the-art OpenGL technology to generate and extrude built-in primitives such as a medallion or heart. Create 3D extruded objects fully-modeled with bevels and spline-based extrusion profiles.
   
   
4. Layer Deformer
   The BCC Layer Deformer distorts 2D image layers in 3D space with built-in controls for 3D effects such as ripple, wave, and 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.
   
   
5. Extruded EPS
   The BCC Extruded EPS filter provides an easy way to import and extrude Adobe Illustrator layered vector logos and graphics in Apple Pro Video Applications. The filter is capable of tracking an EPS file using a Watch Folder, making the EPS file "live" should it be edited in Adobe Illustrator. A handy "Keep EPS Color" feature lets you preserve the original fill colors for each element as a diffuse color option of the material.
   
   
6. 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 processes 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 user interface; this enables you to fine-tune the detected jaggy edges prior to performing any image processing.
   
   
7. 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, the image result may often be "too sharp". What this means is that certain areas in the image, such as the pores on a subject's 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. This results in smoother skin tones while preserving important areas of detail contrast within the image.
   
   
8. Cartoon Look
   The BCC Cartoon Look filter simulates a rotoscope toon-animation look. The look of cartoon rotoscope animation, which was recently popularized with feature films such as "A Scanner Darkly" and "A Waking Life" and may also be 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 preset looks and styles, all available via the filter's 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.
   
   
9. 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 image 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.
   
   
10. 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.
    
    
11. Water Color
    The BCC Water Color filter simulates the wash look of a water color painting. Water color 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.
    
    
12. 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, come with some disadvantages versus film source material. One common problem / disadvantage is with the camera's 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.
    
    
13. 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 photorealistic, auto-animated lightning bolts that emanate from single or multiple sources (sheet lightning), single bolt point-to-point timed strikes or even "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.
    
    
14. 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.
    
    
15. Swish Pan
    Editors use transitions as a way to cut between scenes, typically creating an animated effect such as a dissolve or blur at the end of the outgoing clip and the beginning of the incoming clip. While most modern NLE systems ship with a list of standard wipe transitions, there are some transition styles that are more of an in-camera effect rather than the synthesized gradient wipes or block dissolves. One of these effects, known as a "Swish Pan," is created by panning the camera very quickly in a 180 degree arc, thereby creating the look of a fast blur between the outgoing and the incoming clips. Continuing in the tradition of making visual effects easy to create, Boris Continuum Complete 6 now includes a Swish Pan transition filter for registered users of the BCC 6 product.

Continuum Complete FxPlug Filter List

3D Objects

• Extruded Spline - new
• Extruded Text - new
• Layer Deformer - new
• Type-On Text - new

Color and Blurs

• Artist's Poster
• Blur
• Boost Blend
• Bright-Contrast
• Color Balance
• Color Choker
• Color Correction
• Colorize
• Color Palette
• Composite
• Correct Selected Color
• Directional Blur
• DV Fixer - new
• Gaussian Blur
• Hue-Sat-Lightness
• Invert Solarize
• Levels Gamma
• Motion Blur
• MultiTone Mix
• Posterize
• Pyramid Blur Radial Blur
• RGB Blend
• Safe Colors
• Smooth Tone - new
• Spiral Blur
• Super Blend
• Tritone
• UnSharp Mask
• Z-Blur

Effects

• Alpha Pixel Noise
• Alpha Spotlight
• Burnt Film
• Cartooner
• Cartoon Look - new
• Charcoal Sketch - new
• Colorize Glow
• DeGrain Filter
• DeInterlace
• DeNoise
• Drop Shadow
• Dust and Scratches
• Emboss
• Film Damage
• Film Grain
• Film Process
• Glow
• Glow Alpha Edges
• Halftone
• Match Grain
• Median
• Misalignment
• Mosaic - new
• MultiShadow
• Pencil Sketch - new
• Pixel Fixer - new
• RGB Edges
• RGB Pixel Noise
• Rough Glow
• Scatterize
• Spray Paint Noise
• Water Color - new
• Witness Protection

Keys and Mattes

• Alpha Process
• Chroma Key
• Composite Choker
• Glow Matte
• Light Matte
• Light Wrap
• Linear Color Key
• Linear Luma Key
• Make Alpha
• Matte Choker
• Matte Cleanup
• Motion Key
• PixelChooser
• Premult
• Star Matte
• TwoWayKey
• Wire Remover

Time

• Jitter
• Jitter Basic
• Looper
• Optical Flow
• Optical Stabilizer
• Posterize Time
• Sequencer
• Temporal Blur
• Time Displacement
• Trails
• Trails Basic
• Velocity Remap

Distortion and Perspective

• 2D Particles
• 3D Image Shatter
• Bulge
• Corner Pin
• Cube
• Cylinder
• Displacement Map
• DVE
• DVE Basic
• Extruded Image Shatter
• Fast Flipper
• Matchmove
• Page Turn
• Pan and Zoom
• Ripple
• Sphere
• Sphere Transition
• Turbulence
• Twirl
• Uprez
• Vector Displacement
• Wave
• Z Space I
• Z Space II
• Z Space III

Generators

• Brick
• Bump Map
• Caustics
• Cloth
• Clouds
• Comet
• Fire
• Fractal Noise
• Granite
• Mixed Colors
• NoiseMap
• Noise Map 2
• Particle System
• Rain
• Rays
• Reptilian
• Rock
• Snow
• Sparks
• Stars
• Steel Plate
• Veined Marble
• Weave
• Wood Grain
• Wooden Planks

Lights

• EdgeLighting
• Light Sweep
• Light Zoom
• Rays Cartoon
• Rays Puffy Light
• Rays Radiant Edges
• Rays Radiant Spotlight
• Rays Ring
• Rays Ripply
• Rays Streaky
• Rays Textured
• Rays Wedge
• Reverse Spotlight
• Spotlight

Shaders

• ChromaKey Studio (Chromakey, Matte Choker, Light Wrap) - new
• Light Wrap - new
• 3D Perspective - new
• MultiTone - new
• Film Effect - new
• Glow Edge - new
• Luma Rays - new
• 3D Pull Swap - new
• 3D Spin Flip - new
• Dissolve Glow - new
• Dissolve Luma Mask - new
• Dissolve Rays - new

Wipe Transitions

• Criss-Cross Wipe
• Linear Wipe
• Multi Stretch Wipe
• Multi Stripe Wipe
• Radial Wipe
• Rectanglular Wipe
• Textured Wipe

OpenGL

• 3D Extruded Image Shatter
• Damaged TV
• Glint
• Glare
• Glitter
• LED
• Lens Flare
• Lens Flare Advanced
• Lightning - new
• Prism
• Scanline
• Tile Mosaic - new

Apple Final Cut Pro (BCC 6 FxPlug)

• Final Cut Pro 7 (Studio 3)
• Final Cut Pro 6 on Intel (Studio 2)
• Final Cut Pro 6 on PowerPC (Studio 2)

Apple Motion (BCC 6 FxPlug)

• Motion 4 (Studio 3)
• Motion 3 on Intel (Studio 2)