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	Boris FX Using Boris Continuum Complete's Cartoon Look Filter Boris Continuum Complete's Cartoon Look filter lets you easily convert images and clips into cartoon-style roto animations. The result is a look that has been popularized in films such as Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly. The look can also be seen in broadcast TV commercials for The Charles Schwab Corporation. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Paul Ezzy

	Adobe After Effects Using Text Jitter in Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE's Extruded Text Filter This video tutorial from Dirk de Jong gives you an in-depth look at the Jitter feature of Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE's Extruded Text filter. Basic functionality of the Jitter feature is explained and demonstrated. Then, the Jitter feature is shown in the context of a more developed effect involving audio and After Effects Camera and Lights. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Dirk de Jong

	Boris FX Using Boris Continuum Complete 6 Animated Presets with Adobe and Avid Boris Continuum Complete 6's new Custom Animated Presets feature lets you save and re-use every parameter animation in every BCC filter - even across host applications and platforms. For the first time, you can animate BCC filters in Adobe After Effects and transfer the animation to the Avid timeline while preserving After Effects keyframes. BCC 6 AVX includes hundreds of factory-installed animated presets. Animated presets are now saved in industry-standard XML format and can be edited by any XML-compliant text editor. Watch this video tutorial and learn more. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Dirk de Jong

	Boris FX Stabilize Shaky Video Footage with Boris Continuum Complete's Optical Stabilizer Filter The BCC Optical Stabilizer filter enables you to stabilize shaky video footage. The filter uses optical flow technology to determine the movement of the camera and then adjusts the clip's position to compensate. Depending upon filter parameter settings, the motion in the clip will either be smoothed or completely locked down. Unlike many other image stabilization tools, the BCC Optical Stabilizer does not require you to set user-defined tracking points. This is useful for images where tracking data is unreliable. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Paul Ezzy

	Boris FX Using After Effects Masks with Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE Extruded Text In this Boris FX video tutorial we show you how to use an After Effects mask to define custom extrusion curves as well as the baseline for text characters in Boris Continuum Complete's Extruded Text filter. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Dirk de Jong

	Boris FX Map an After Effects Video Layer to Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE Extruded Text In this Boris FX video tutorial we show you how to map an After Effects video layer to the surface of Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE Extruded Text. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Dirk de Jong

	Boris FX Boris Continuum Complete 6 for Adobe After Effects In this article, CreativeCOW leader Brendan Coots takes a look at Boris Continuum Complete 6--plug-ins for Adobe After Effects. Review Author: Brendan Coots

	Apple Final Cut Pro FCP Titling with Boris: Old-fashioned LED Animation Yes! There's really a Boris! And he really wrote this tutorial for you. It takes advantage of the free Boris FX title generators included with Final Cut Pro, with a little help from the Boris Continuum Complete video effects plug-ins, for titling power you might not known you had available inside FCP. Tutorial Author: Boris Yamnitsky

	Boris FX Warp, Deform, and Explode 3D Extruded Text with Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE In this Boris FX video tutorial we show you how to employ the power of vertex shaders to warp, deform and even explode 3D extruded text using Adobe After Effects and the new 3D Objects from Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Dirk de Jong

	Boris FX Create Extruded Text with Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE This new video tutorial shows you the basics of using BCC Extruded Text in Adobe After Effects. BCC Extruded Text belongs to the 3D Objects category of filters which is new to Boris Continuum Complete 6. These stunning OpenGL-based filters use vertex and pixel shaders that enable the generation of animated 3D shatter, bulge, bend, taper, twist, ripple, and wave effects. You can also create reflection or texture maps for the generated 3D text - from any image or video clip in the AE timeline. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Paul Ezzy

	Boris FX Creating Transitions with Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE's Swish Pan Filter 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 standard wipe transitions, there are some transition styles that are more of an in-camera effect rather than a synthesized gradient wipe or block dissolve. One of these effects, known as a Swish Pan, is created by panning the camera very quickly in a 180 degree arc, creating the look of a fast blur between the outgoing and incoming clips. Continuing in the tradition of making visual effects easy to create, Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE now includes a Swish Pan transition filter which is available free for registered BCC 6 AE users. In this video tutorial, we'll use the new BCC 6 Swish Pan filter to transition between a pair of clips. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Paul Ezzy

	Adobe After Effects Promo Breakdown In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW leader, Eran Stern discusses the development process for the DVD. Eran also demonstrates his design methods using Boris Continuum Complete 6. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Eran Stern

	Boris FX NASA Blasts Off with Boris RED Three Emmy Awards. Four Telly Awards. Three Axiem Awards. Two Communicator Awards of Distinction. Two first place awards in the US International Film and Video Festival. These are just a few of the accolades bestowed on the Video Services Team at NASA's Langley Research Center for productions using Boris RED for their effects, transitions and titling. ''Boris RED has raised the quality level of our productions more than any other product that we used,'' says Timothy J. Allen, who worked on the creation of these projects before recently transferring to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. ''Looking cool adds value, and we can get there faster and easier with Boris RED than with any other tool we use.'' Review Author: Timothy Allen

	Boris FX Real Title Animation with Boris Tim Wilson demonstrates how easy real title animation is using Boris RED's Type On Feature. Tutorial Author: Tim Wilson

	Boris FX Boris Red Tread Secrets Longtime COW member Vivek Narayan is the Investigative & Special Projects Editor KNXV/ ABC 15. This project won Vik an Emmy for Editing and, an Emmy for Investigative Report at the 2006 Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards. To create it, he used Boris Red plugged into his Avid Xpress Meridien -- but you can do the same with any of Boris Red's host NLEs. Tutorial Author: Vivek Narayan

	Boris FX Class on Demand: Complete Training for Boris Continuum Complete 4 Over the years, some of the most-used After Effects plug-ins on my computer have come from Boris. Recently, Boris Continuum Complete 4.0 came out. Hot on its heels was Class on Demand's latest training on Boris: "Complete Training for Boris Continuum Complete 4," --designed specifically to get people up to speed on those filters. In this article, CreativeCOW's Tim Johnson takes a look at the training and concludes that this training from Class on Demand is a solid training DVD with a couple of nice extras. Review Author: Tim Johnson

	AVID Editing Keeping Corner Pin Compositing inside Avid with the help of Boris Continuum Complete AVX 4 This all-encompassing tutorial from CreativeCOW contributing editor, John Lafauce introduces you to the new Corner Pin filter in version 4.0 of Boris Continuum Complete AVX (BCC AVX4). Several of Corner Pin's powerful features will be demonstrated, and other BCC AVX filters will be used to help create an integrated, realistic composite. This compositing primer will place emphasis on workflow and techniques. Tutorial Author: John Lafauce Jr.

	Boris FX Boris RED 2.1 Those of you who know editor and fx artist, Mark Harvey, know that hes a big fan of Boris Red. Hes used the program for a number of years and has co-hosted the Boris FX forum at Creativecow since day one along with Philip Hodgetts. So when he heard that Borisfx and Philip had joined forces to create a long awaited training DVD for Boris RED, Mark jumped at the chance to take a look at it. Heres his report. Review Author: Mark Harvey

	Boris FX Creating the Aurora Borealis In Boris Red 2.1 This tutorial is in response to a query posted on the Borisfx forum at the COW. Creativecow leader, Mark Harvey decided to go ahead and try and recreate the northern lights, one of nature's most beautiful phenomena. Follow along as he demonstrates how to create the project using only filters that ship with Red 2.1. (No 3rd party plug-ins needed.) Tutorial Author: Mark Harvey

	Boris FX Boris RED 2.1 -- broadcast designer Mark Harvey reports In this article, Mark Harvey explores the latest version of Boris Red, version 2.1. Mark opens by stating that no matter what you know about Boris Red, throw it out because this is a whole new Red -- far beyond anything that Boris & Company have ever released before. In this review, Mark Harvey explains the ins and outs of these new features and why they make this such an important upgrade for Red users. Review Author: Mark Harvey

	Boris FX Exploring Boris Reds new Motion Path filter This tutorial by John Lafauce demonstrates how to easily animate and fly a computer generated navy jet using the Boris Red 4.0 Motion Path filter. Tutorial Author: John Lafauce Jr.

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