Perfect for post facilities with client-supervised sessions or demanding deadlines, Blue uses the latest generation NVIDIA and ATI 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, provide significant time savings. Boris Blue offers plugin integration within Windows based Avid editors, Adobe Premiere and After Effects CS3, and it can be used as a standalone 3D compositor for Windows XP. Based on the familiar Boris interface, Blue is designed for video editors and compositors who want to create stunning 3D looks without the complex learning curves and render times associated with 3D applications. Boris Blue Key Features
- Particles: Use any 3D object as a particle, including extruded shapes and imported 3D Models. Multiple attractors and repellers provide dynamic particle interaction. Sprite-based particles simulate Fire, Smoke and Sparks.
- Enhanced Extrusions: Create custom bevels by defining a curve with spline drawing tools. Extrude text, spline primitives, free hand spline drawings and imported EPS files. Import 3D models in the .3ds and .obj formats, preserving individual geometry groups.
- Deformers, Image Processors and Generators: Vertex Deformers provide true 3D warping of 3D objects. Blue's Deformers, Image Processors and Generators are fully hardware accelerated for blazing speed.
- Materials including Bump Maps and Reflections: Materials include per pixel lighting controls and texture, bump and reflection mapping. They are also are fully hardware accelerated for blazing speed.
- Sophisticated Animation Made Fast and Easy: Blue includes some new tools such as Type On Containers and the Motion Path filter for more convenient creation of complex 3d animations. Combined with full hardware acceleration these high quality effects can be designed and exported with amazing speed.
New in Version 2.5
- 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, real-time 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
Boris BLUE 2.5 System Requirements and Setup
BLUE 2.5 requires Microsoft WINDOWS XP SP 2 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. If necesssary, Quicktime can be downloaded for free at apple.com. 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
- When using an NVIDIA graphics board, BLUE 2.5 requires one of the following NVIDIA graphics drivers:
- Quadro FX board drivers
- NVIDIA driver version 91.85
- NVIDIA driver version 169.61
- GeForce board drivers
- NVIDIA driver version 169.21
- When using an ATI graphics board, BLUE 2.5 requires one of the following ATI graphics drivers:
- FireGL board drivers
- Radeon board drivers
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 XP, 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: - 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.[/url] Boris Red is the only integrated 3D compositing, titling, and effects application to deliver unparalleled performance at an affordable price to over twenty nonlinear editing applications. Designed specifically for editors, Red offers an unprecedented range of features and adds a standalone engine for rendering. Red integrates advanced 2D and 3D compositing, sophisticated titling, paint, rotoscoping, a full suite of tools to create and extrude vector objects, robust 3D creation and animation, and the industry-leading software DVE technology in a single application. Expand the capabilities of your editing system with just one application. Save time and money using one interface, in one system. Red 4 Key Features
- 164 video filters
- 16 bit color depth
- Raster Paint Engine
- Subtitle import feature
- OpenGL accelerated effects creation and playback
- Advanced 2D and 3D compositing with unlimited layers
- High quality keying, masking, mattes and Apply Modes
- Motion tracking, corner pinning and image stabilization
- Intersect any 3D shape including planes, spheres or extruded text
- Vector paint and rotoscoping with precise controls
- Over 110 filters including Wire Remover, Film Grain and Match
- Superior 2D and 3D titling
- Vector text for razor-sharp display at any scale
New Features
With the release of Red 4, Boris has added a list of new features to the already powerful integrated 3D compositing, titling, and effects application. Image Processing - 16 Bit Color Depth: 16 bit deep-color provides users with the ability to generate smoother gradients and more precise color correction via an expanded color palette, which expands the available color gamut from 16 million (8 bit color) to trillions of colors.) the result Is that gradients are far less prone to mach banding or color stepping.
- New User Interface: The user interface of RED 4 has been significantly improved in terms of looks and ease of use. For instance:
- the toolbar is now context sensitive
- the button array features bigger buttons that are user configurable
- buttons highlight as the cursor is rolled over them in the button array, the toolbar and at the bottom of the controls and composite windows
- the render queue has been redesigned to deliver more feedback to the user
- all windows feature tabs that automatically layer so that they remain visible regardless of the window size
- sticky windows ... windows to move together so that as you resize one window others windows resize automatically to accommodate the new size
- magnetic windows ... windows now pull toward each other when they are placed within a 10 pixel radius
- project window thumbnail previews can be temporarily disabled to speed the import of highly complex large compositions
- new Composite Window with integrated keyframe track
- tab based multi comp timeline window
- sticky windows option for easy layouts
- project settings and modeless options palette: The new addition of an Options Palette makes working with particular functions, such as grids and guides, or vector splines an easier task. For instance, to change the particulars of the grids and guide feature in previous versions of the product, the user was forced to go to the preferences window, make the change and then exit the preferences. The new Options Palette can be left open at all times and changes made in the Options Palette are instantaneous. The options palette is available for the following functions:
- Vector Trace
- Splines
- Grids and Guides
- Keyframe Interpolation
- Keyframe Generator
- Timecode
- improved project window with a media tab
- configurable shortcut buttons in timeline
- Paint Engine
- clone brush
- tablet support: The addition of support for pressure sensitive Wacom tablets, users can now work with these pressure sensitive Wacom tablet devices and use the Wacom data to drive raster paint strokes a variety of different ways. The data gathered from the tablet includes the following: pressure, velocity, direction, tilt, bearing, jitter, white noise, length and reverse length. Any one of these can be used to drive the color, opacity, and size of the brush along the leangth of the stroke.
- image based brushes, multiple layers supported
- spray, roller brush styles
- conversion to spline strokes
- Subtitles
- import EBU format: The subtitle import feature enables users to import EBU subtitle files and modify the imported text slates to suit their requirements right within the RED timeline. As added bonus to FCP users, the modified subtitle file can then be exported as FCP XML data.
- export flat movie with alpha
- import back to NLE for real-time playback
- export XML file for FCP integration
- Vector Spline tools
- vector trace tool: The Vector Trace tool enables the conversion from a raster bitmap Image such as a tiff, jpeg or a frame from a movie file to a scalable vector graphic with the ability to extrude any of the resulting vector shapes. Images are converted Into vector by simply selecting the Vector Trace tool and then dragging the tool over the Image which Is to be converted. Options for this function include the ability to select the color or alpha channel with which to base the conversion.
- motion path filter: With the motion path filter users can automatically place and animate 2D and 3D objects or shapes along a user defined bezier motion path.
- Optical Flow tools
- motion key
- optical stabilizer
- New filters
- new BCC filters: Boris RED 4 Includes some brand new filters from the Boris Continuum Complete 4 release. These powerful new filters are a significant addition to the product and ease the work of such common tasks as foreground object removal or Image stabilization.
- BCC Color Match filter ensures accurate color and luma match from clip to clip and can also be used as a stylistic effect.
- BCC Halftone filter simulates offset printing, where images are printed via an array of varying dots which carry ink onto paper.
- BCC Median filter can be used to simulate paint styles used in the Fauvism art movement.
- BCC Corner Pin filter with built-in 4 point tracking and compositing features makes It possible to pin one Image onto another.
- BCC Turbulence is used to distort an image based on a built-in noise map function.
- BCC Noise Map 2 generates more interesting noise than the original noise map.
- BCC Color Choker is used to blur and overdrive color channels.
- new FEC filters: FEC filters have been updated to better match RED4 environment.
- FEC Mr. Mercury
- FEC Kaleida
- FEC Radial Scale Wipe
- Additional new filters include:
- FEC Blobbylize
- FEC Drizzle
- FEC Glass
- FEC Glass Wipe
- FEC MinMax
- FEC Threshold
- FEC Threshold RGB
- New host support
- AVX 2 for Avid: Support for the Avid AVX 2.0 API enables the application to take advantage of some of the new features in the AVX2 API, which means for RED 4 users 16 bit deep color support while plugged Into that host environment resulting In cleaner color and gradients.
- Edius 4
- Vegas 7
- 844X
- FXPlug for FCP on Intel Mac (available as free update later 2006)
- Productivity
- Consolidate project feature: This feature automatically creates a folder and moves all media related to the current project into that folder along with the project settings file.
- improved render queue: Users can now render selected items from the render queue instead of having to render all items in order as in previous versions of the product.
- new browser presets: RED 4 includes many new composition presets, which were designed specifically for RED 4 by compositing and effects guru Steve Oakley.
- additional filter presets
- Browser only option for easy presets: Literally hundreds of additional presets have been added to the BCC filters, which are included in the RED 4 application making It easier than ever before to add new looks to your projects.
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