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Boris Red 4.1 New User Interface

RED 4.1 includes a redesigned, modifiable user interface. the redesigned composite window includes a mini timeline providing users with the ability to add and modify keyframes without having to go to the master timeline window. Other new features in the composite window include a show / hide timeline toggle switch, a color depth toggle switch, additional play controls, timeline marker creation and navigation controls and a button that enables you to add the current comp to render queue.

The timeline window in RED 4.1 features the ability to concurrently display an unlimited number of comps from the same project, with each composite occupying a separate tab. The action of selecting any tab in the timeline by clicking on it brings the selected comp into view and ready for preview or additional modification.

Improvements to the project window include a media tab, which displays a thumbnail and list view of all imported media associated with the open project. information such as the media name, type, size and length are displayed in this window. Clicking on any of the name, length, type or size buttons will cause the media to be sorted according to the selected criteria.

The shortcut buttons located in the timeline, which in previous versions of the product were locked into a factory preset position now can be repositioned to accommodate your workflow by dragging them to the position that suits you best. The buttons themselves have been redesigned with larger icons which light up when the cursor is passed over them to make selection easier.

Boris FX Ships Boris Red 4.0

Further enhancing integrated 2D/3D compositing and effects creation capabilities for industry standard NLEs

Amsterdam, The Netherlands – September 6, 2006 - Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film production, today announced that Boris Red 4.0 is now shipping. Boris Red is a 2D and 3D compositing, titling, and effects plug-in solution that seamlessly integrates with industry standard non-linear editing systems. The new Boris Red 4.0 version delivers superior image processing technology, a slew of must-have image treatment tools and a newly designed user interface optimized for effects creation workflow. “This is a significant release for the company. Red 4.0 adds a large number of truly exceptional image treatment tools within an enhanced user environment. Support for 16-bit color, optimized user controls and better integration raise the level of creative freedom and project possibilities for our users,” Said Boris Yamnitsky, founder and president, Boris FX.

Boris Red 4.0 Highlights Include

• 16-bit Color - lends greater control over color correction and manipulation with expanded color depth
• New User Interface - new UI incorporates NLE look and feel for smooth user interaction, a mini timeline in the composite window with keyframe animation controls and popular "Sticky" and "Magnetic" windows create interactive design environment
• Clone Paint - repeat parts of your source image or remove unwanted elements
• Image Brushes; - paint with alpha images as your brush source, multi-layered Photoshop files can be used for random brush sources
• Tablet support - modulate paint stroke parameters with pressure sensitive Wacom devices
• Vector Trace - automatically trace your raster scan images with Bezier splines for easy animation and 3D extrusion
• Motion Path - automatically animate 2D and 3D objects or shapes along a user defined motion path
• Motion Key - erase moving foreground objects from the scene
• Subtitle Generator - import EBU formatted subtitles in RED timeline for easy style adjustment and export a movie or XML file format to integrate with Apple Final Cut Pro
• Over 40 filters - the most popular Continuum and Final Effects filters as well as brand new filters are now included with RED 4
• Consolidate Project - automatically move project media and file settings into folder for efficient media management and archiving

Boris Red 4.0 delivers extensive image processing and ergonomic enhancements. Support for 16-bit color enables Boris Red 4.0 users to generate smoother gradients and realize more precise color corrections via the expanded color depth. The 4.0 release also incorporates a new UI design with a mini Timeline in the Composite window. As Boris Red users resize one window the others auto-resize to optimize the workspace as well as pull towards each other when placed within a 10 pixel radius. “There are some days where I spend eight to ten hours or more in front of RED trying to make a deadline,” comments Tim Rice, senior producer, WLTX. “Red 4.0 offers a new clean slick interface that took no time getting used to and the best part is I can customized it anyway I want! Change background colors, icon colors, track colors, timeline colors and the icons that I use the most in the timeline.”

Why do I need RED?
* Event Videographers
* Independent Producers
* Corporate and Government Video
* Broadcast Designers
* Educators
* Existing users of Boris FX products

Existing Boris Customers
Boris Red provides the most powerful, flexible, cost-effective plug-in titling and effects package ever offered. Red combines all of the features of FX and Graffiti in one place, so that elements of both can be used together: unlimited layers of video with unlimited layers of graphics. Projects created in Graffiti and FX automatically open in Red.

Red adds features not found in FX or Graffiti, including:

* Motion tracking
* Image stabilization
* Vector paint
* Rotoscoping
* 2D and 3D charts
* Advanced 3D compositing
* Particle system
* Advanced time filters, including Optical Flow
* Adobe Illustrator file import/editing/animation/extrusion
* Layered Adobe Photoshop files
* The Red Engine for standalone effects creation and rendering
* Automatic Duck compatibility, for exporting NLE sequences to the Red Engine
* The full version of The Intelligent Assistant integrated multimedia help application ($249 value)

Event Videographers
Clients have never had higher expectations. They want video from their weddings, banquets and other events as polished as the richest Hollywood productions, yet offer only shoestring budgets. Even though the events themselves are often once-in-a-lifetime, event videos will be seen again and again. Everything about them needs to hold up under both heightened emotion and repeated viewings. With the stakes this high, you need the industry’s leader in innovation, integration and ease of use, Boris Red.

Key benefits of RED 4 include:

* NLE Integration: Save time, increase quality, preserve flexibility by creating effects where you need them: inside your NLE.
* Effects Integration: Less to learn, faster results from a single effects interface.
* Customizable Presets: Instant effects! Start earning before you start learning.
* Powerful Titles: Unparalleled 2D and 3D vector title power with paint, advanced filters and hundreds of customizable presets.
* Advanced Graphics: Create dynamic 2D and 3D graphics including animated gradients, natural textures such as marble and granite, bump maps and more.
* High Impact Filters: Light Zoom, Film Grain, Particle System, and 100 more.
* 1 Year Free Support: Get answers, creative assistance, whatever you need. You’re not alone.

Independent Producers
There’s never been a more exciting time to be an independent producer. Gear prices keep coming down as capabilities rise. Somehow you have to stay on top of it all, while staying ahead of your competition. The demand for effects rich
production has never been higher, which is why there’s never been a better time to buy Boris Red.

Key benefits of RED 4 include:

* NLE Integration: Save time, increase quality, preserve flexibility by creating effects where you need them: inside your NLE.
* Effects Integration: Less to learn, faster results from a single effects interface.
* Customizable Presets: Instant effects! Start earning before you start learning.
* Flexible Workflow: Work where you want. Use Red as a plug-in or a standalone application.
* Powerful Titles: Unparalleled 2D and 3D vector title power with paint, advanced filters and hundreds of customizable presets.
* EPS File Support: Import client logos and prepare them for video, including animation and extrusion.
* Advanced Image Processing: Includes Optical Flow, Match Grain, DeGrain, animated compositing.

Corporate and Government Video
Your work may not be going straight to television and film, but the demands placed on you are frequently even more intense. You have fewer resources, yet no lower expectations for outstanding results. You may even be called upon for production in addition to your primary job responsibilities, which have nothing at all to do with video. Use Boris Red to quickly and easily get expert results, without being an expert, and without breaking your budget.

Key benefits of RED 4 include:

* NLE Integration: Save time, increase quality, preserve flexibility by creating effects where you need them: inside your NLE.
* Effects Integration: Less to learn, faster results from a single effects interface.
* Customizable Presets: Instant effects! Start earning before you start learning.
* Powerful Titles: Unparalleled 2D and 3D vector title power with paint, advanced filters and hundreds of customizable presets.
* Animated Charts: Automatic 2D and 3D chart creation, with exceptionally easy and powerful animation, directly inside your NLE.
* Advanced Graphics: Create dynamic 2D and 3D graphics including animated gradients, natural textures such as marble and granite, bump maps and more.
* EPS File Support: Import client logos and prepare them for video, including animation and extrusion.
* 1 Year Free Support: Get answers, creative assistance, whatever you need. You’re not alone.

Broadcast Designers
You’re responsible for creating looks that may be included in bumpers, promos, and show opens. Perhaps you’re creating answers, creative assistance, whatever you need. You’re not alone.