| | | | Re: RED Proxies to Color and back to FCP
by Boris Tivchev on Sep 15, 2009 at 10:28:08 pm
in the RED Camera Forum
Thanx, Noah, for your reply!
If i understand correctly, it makes no difference whether proxies or transcoded ProRes files are used for editing as far as Color and the resulting ProRes output back to FCP is concerned.
Am I right to assume that? | | | | |
| | | | Re: Proxies / Replacing Footage?? In CS3
by Tony Gates on Sep 10, 2009 at 7:19:33 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
In other words...
Unlike Boris Red, where in a timeline of a composition I can go to the media icon and switch out a still image file for another still image file, I wanted to know if setting a proxy for a pre-comp or replacing footage is my best op | | | | |
| | | | Avid FX can not stack effects anymore?
by Brent Tallent on Sep 9, 2009 at 4:27:01 pm
in the Boris FX Forum
In earlier versions of Boris Red, I could create an effect in Media Composer on Video track 1 and then drop another boris effect on track 2 for text or other effects.
Now when I try this, it can't see the effect that I did on track one. Instead, | | | | |
| | | | Hey! Where'd my TGA compressor go?
by Scott Yarbrough on Sep 3, 2009 at 3:39:14 pm
in the Boris FX Forum
Hi all... this is perplexing. Just upgraded my Boris RED to 4.3.3, first deleting my old version (4.3.1). Had some quicktime vs Sorenson issues, so had to re-install QT 7.1.6. Suddenly, I can't export a quicktime using my TGA compressor... either | | | | |
| | | | Re: Boris Red and Snow Leapord
by peter mcauley on Sep 1, 2009 at 3:13:17 pm
in the Boris FX Forum
Hi,
Boris RED runs in Snow Leopard without any issues that we are aware of. For this version of the Mac OS, you should download the latest version of RED from our website - borisfx.com/downloads
Cheers,
Peter. | | | | |
| | | | Re: Extrude a Photoshop Layer in After Effects?
by peter mcauley on Sep 1, 2009 at 3:12:09 pm
in the Boris FX Forum
Hi,
If you need to extrude a raster image file, the tool you are looking for is the Vector Trace tool, which is included in the product Boris RED and available as a plug-in for AE. Free trials of this and our other products are available on our we | | | | |
| | | | Re: Thoughts on green screen PLEASE
by John Rofrano on Sep 1, 2009 at 2:31:11 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
I was able to pull a good key off of that shot using Boris RED. I could not say the same for the built in Vegas keyer which couldn't handle the range of greens.
The only thing wrong with that screen is that the seams are darker but any good keyer | | | | |
| | | | Re: Um, Boris RED
by Theo van Laar on Aug 30, 2009 at 9:16:17 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
BCC LIGHT WRAP is present in Boris RED and FX. You will find it under FILTERS-KEYS AND MATTE.
Theo | | | | |
| | | | Re: Um, Boris RED
by Norman Willis on Aug 30, 2009 at 8:49:43 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
Hi John.
I am out of the loop until I get the new website up to speed.
>>There is also a Light Wrap effect that you can add which will wrap the light of the background onto the foreground really helping to sell the illusion.
Is this "Light | | | | |
| | | | Re: Boris Red+FCP 7
by peter mcauley on Aug 26, 2009 at 11:32:26 am
in the Boris FX Forum
Hi Gary,
You should first make sure that you are using the latest version of Boris RED, which is RED 4.3.3. If you are, then you should make sure that it is set to display the video from FCP - you can set this from within the RED interface by laun | | | | |
| | | | Re: Boris Red+FCP 7
by Gary Baker on Aug 26, 2009 at 1:10:26 am
in the Boris FX Forum
Just fired up Red from within FCP7 (first time since FCP7 upgrade) and I get a solid green screen instead of the video that I am applying the Boris Red effect to.
I don't have a problem with Red when using as a stand alone application.
I deleted Re | | | | |
| | | | Re: text quality comparison?
by sean brennan on Aug 25, 2009 at 2:14:13 am
in the Boris FX Forum
Thanks for the help Peter sadly it doesn't work. I create vector text by clicking on the icon, type something in the text window that pops up and whilst it looks good in there, in the monitor window and rendered to premiere it's jaggy. I've tried dif | | | | |
| | | | text quality comparison?
by sean brennan on Aug 21, 2009 at 11:44:53 pm
in the Boris FX Forum
Text I create in Boris RED looks a tiny bit jagged around the edges both in the composite window and when rendered to premiere timeline, yet the same text I replicate in Premiere Pro's titler looks so much better, softer and more professional when pl | | | | |
| | | | Re: up converting frame size PLEASE HELP
by Theo van Laar on Aug 20, 2009 at 11:04:41 am
in the Sony Vegas Forum
If you have After Effect, you could use Red Giants Instant HD or Instant HD Advanced to upconvert your video file.
http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/categories/enhancement/magic-bullet-instant-hd-adv/
http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/prod | | | | |
| | | | Boris Red 4.33 is not installed in Premier Pro CS4
by John malloch on Aug 19, 2009 at 9:28:57 am
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
HI,
I have Boris Red 4.33, and when I went to install it, it came with a 'which host would you like to install it to?. I clicked on Premier Pro, but when it starts to install, it tells me a must download an update from Adobe. Fair enough. I dow | | | | |
| | | | Re: Crumpled Paper Transition
by olof ekbergh on Aug 17, 2009 at 12:26:46 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
I would say you could do that in Boris Red or in AE.
It would take a bit of work, but it could be done.
I don't know of a readymade effect like that but someone here may.
Olof Ekbergh | | | | |
| | | | Generate Thumbnails from new
by sean brennan on Aug 16, 2009 at 6:07:07 pm
in the Boris FX Forum
In Boris RED I want to regenerate the thumbails in the Library Browser, currently they have been generated with a still of a frame I don't like. So what do I delete to start a fresh?
thanks | | | | |
| | | | RED upgrade - Premiere report missing filters?
by sean brennan on Aug 12, 2009 at 12:32:38 pm
in the Boris FX Forum
Hi everyone, I have a problem that I'm hoping someone can help me with.
Premiere projects that I have which included lots of the Boris RED 4.1 filters now show as missing filters when the project is opened. This has happened since upgrading to versi | | | | |
| | | | Re: Media100i SDI - Component OK
by Floh Peters on Aug 11, 2009 at 5:44:10 pm
in the Media 100 | Media 100 HD Forum
[Gerry Condez] "Currently I have an AJA Kona 3x, Final Cut Studio 2 that runs on my G5 dual 2.7 and tried that direction with HDV through firewire. But somehow cant get any realtime FX. I can only do so much editing in 3 hours before showing edited M | | | | |
| | | | Re: 3d timeline in Boris RED?
by peter mcauley on Aug 10, 2009 at 1:12:41 pm
in the Boris FX Forum
Hi Norman,
Unfortunately I don't have the time to list out the steps that you would need to create this effect, nor do I have the time to generate it for you, but I can tell you that it is entirely possible for you to create this look using Boris | | | | |
| | | | Re: Looking for Plug in similar to FC Matrix Trans
by peter mcauley on Aug 10, 2009 at 1:04:19 pm
in the Boris FX Forum
Hi Darwin,
If I understand correctly what you are trying to do, you should be able to achieve that with Boris RED or Boris FX. And for that matter, you should be able to do it with BCC also, using the BCC Composite filter.
I hope this helps.
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| | | | Seven Thousand Year timeline: Vegas or Boris?
by Norman Willis on Aug 9, 2009 at 8:50:56 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
I need to make a timeline spanning seven thousand years of history. I am envisioning seven rectangular bars, butted end-to-end together.
At some point I will need to emphasize the conjunctions of these bars (the 'thousand year' marks), and at oth | | | | |
| | | | Re: Almost bald :-) : can't import into DVD Architect
by John Rofrano on Aug 7, 2009 at 11:01:30 am
in the Sony Vegas Forum
That reminds me... other software can mess things up as well. Nero is a big offender. I stopped using it because it inserted it's own video filters into your Windows system that caused Boris RED to not be able to read DV AVI files from Sony Vegas! So | | | | |
| | | | Re: os-x 10.5.8 just came out
by Christopher Wright on Aug 6, 2009 at 6:53:44 pm
in the AJA Kona Forum
Well I went ahead and installed it yesterday, and so far the Matrox 2, FCS3, and all my filters (Sapphire, Red Giant, FX Factory, Boris Red & Continuum 6 etc.) all are working perfectly on the new Nehalem machine. I really pounded on FCP yesterday an | | | | |
| | | | I just lost all my generated text media files: workarounds?
by Norman Willis on Aug 5, 2009 at 3:52:36 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
Wow: I just lost all of my Generated Text Media in Vegas Pro 9.0a. All of my past Generated Text Media events are now blank. I am doing teaching video, and I was counting on the Text Generators for putting quotations and such up on the screen. I d | | | | |
| | | | Please help! Need crash course in Boris RED Text.
by Norman Willis on Aug 5, 2009 at 3:40:50 pm
in the Boris FX Forum
Please help. There is a bug in the Text Media Generators in Vegas Pro 9.0, and I just lost hours and hours and hours of work. All of my Generated Text Media events are now blank.
I am doing teaching video, and I need text for putting quotation | | | | |
| | | | Final Cut / Motion roundtripping
by Adam Smith on Aug 4, 2009 at 3:44:35 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro basics Forum
< repost from FCP forum - had meant to put it here >
Ok... I've been using FCP on and off for about a year, and although I have mostly avoided the situation, I'm getting to the point here where I KNOW there should be some "good" (familiar, conveni | | | | |
| | | | Re: Text Masking?
by John Rofrano on Aug 2, 2009 at 2:25:47 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
Just to expand on what Mike said: the way to do this is to create keyframes so that the text moves with the piece of paper. This can further get complicated if the paper is on an angle because the replacement text has to follow the same angle as well | | | | |
| | | | Basic FCP / Motion roundtripping workflow
by Adam Smith on Aug 2, 2009 at 5:43:24 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Ok... I've been using FCP on and off for about a year, and although I have mostly avoided the situation, I'm getting to the point here where I KNOW there should be some "good" (familiar, convenient) way to use Final Cut and Motion. This is a really | | | | |
| | | | Re: Boris Title 3D XML bug...
by olof ekbergh on Jul 30, 2009 at 10:18:38 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
I have noticed some strange behavior in Color when Boris red comps are part of a seq sent from FCP7.
Only some of the layers show up. The rest are flagged offline, no crashing.
Well Red is not approved for FCP7 anyway.
Other than that most | | | | |
| | | | Re: Sparkle following a path
by peter mcauley on Jul 30, 2009 at 2:04:01 am
in the Boris FX Forum
Hi Anthony,
I can help you with that.
I just created 3 comps for you in a Boris RED 4.3 project that you should be able to open in Avid FX. Each of the different comps shows a different way to achieve the result that I think you have in mind. | | | | |
| | | | Re: importing images stretched
by Michael Hancock on Jul 29, 2009 at 4:54:47 pm
in the AVID Editing basics Forum
Unfortunately no, you can't rotate with Pan and Zoom. If you have Media Composer non-Academic you should have gotten AvidFX with it (which is basically Boris Red rebranded). You can do your moves in there and rotate in 3D space, zoom, pan, etc...
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| | | | Re: I'll Pass For Now
by Christopher Wright on Jul 24, 2009 at 7:18:10 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Likewise!
I just got through configuring a new Nehalem machine
with all the Mac and Windows programs I own,
with all the requisite plug-ins installed on both platforms,
and that took a full week of installations and entering endless serial num | | | | |
| | | | change face colour of 3D extruded text in Red 4
by Peter Burn on Jul 23, 2009 at 7:37:53 pm
in the Boris FX Forum
I want to use one of the default Boris Red 3d text effects to bring in our company logo. Only changes I need to make are replace the gradient BG with a motion background and change the grey text to orange Syncrude Canada Ltd. I've been trying to mak | | | | |
| | | | Re: Boris red t/C window dub
by peter mcauley on Jul 23, 2009 at 11:18:57 am
in the Boris FX Forum
Hi Ben,
You can use RED to generate timecode alright, but it cannot read any metadata from the host.
To use RED to generate timecode, add a text track - you can do this by selecting the text tool from the toolbar and then clicking on the comp | | | | |
| | | | Boris red t/C window dub
by Ben Strasser on Jul 23, 2009 at 3:25:20 am
in the Boris FX Forum
Does anyone know if there is away to produce a T/C window dub with Red?
Using legacy M100ixs lastest Boris Red.
Thanks
BBBBBBBen. | | | | |
| | | | Re: SFK files????
by Norman Willis on Jul 20, 2009 at 4:04:43 am
in the Sony Vegas Forum
>>I would never buy from Dell again because Dell has manufacturers built parts with lower specs just for them and then sells them as the real thing. That's how they get their prices so low. Dell counts as a cheap motherboard. If you don't want to bui | | | | |
| | | | Re: How to bend a clip???
by Steve Eisen on Jul 18, 2009 at 1:04:41 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
You are going to need a third party program that will "Warp" your footage. After Effects and Boris Red can do this.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Board of Directors
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group | | | | |
| | | | Re: The Art of Storing Tapes
by Timothy J. Allen on Jul 18, 2009 at 12:48:18 am
in the Art of the Edit Forum
Somehow, I knew that comment was coming. ;-)
My personal opinion... (NOT speaking for the agency or any particular contractor) is that you might want to use that example as a warning to your bosses when they want to recycle tapes to save money. Ac | | | | |
| | | | Re: How do I get Ultra?
by Norman Willis on Jul 15, 2009 at 3:23:47 am
in the Adobe ULTRA Forum
>>on location is there now on the mac side, but it is so buggy it's unusable.
Hi Tom, Jiggy.
I figured the keying thing out (Boris RED), but may I please ask how stable the Mac/FCP combination is in general?
I am having some issues with a fr | | | | |
| | | | Re: boris fx+graffiti vs red
by Peter Honig on Jul 14, 2009 at 10:54:03 pm
in the Boris FX Forum
Sorry I misread your statement and see that you DO primarily want titling, and that effects are second. In that case, you will find that titling within Red gives you advantages over Graffiti alone. Again, the full 3D environment with its lighting, sh | | | | |
| | | | Re: Black and White Effect
by Andrew Mehta on Jul 14, 2009 at 8:07:56 pm
in the Media 100 | Media 100 HD Forum
You can do further effects by using Boris Graffiti, Boris FX, or Boris Red if they're on your system. If my memory serves me right, you can access these plugins by creating a composition clip in the video timeline (look for an option to do that via t | | | | |
| | | | Re: Green screen backdrop questions
by Norman Willis on Jul 9, 2009 at 11:42:03 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
It's OK. I just found out that Boris RED has a good keyer, and I already happen to have Boris RED (long story).
We'll just have to see if I can get it to work on Vista 64....
Norman Willis
www.nazareneisrael.org
servant@nazareneisrael.org | | | | |
| | | | Re: Um, Boris RED
by Norman Willis on Jul 9, 2009 at 1:23:29 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
I do not have an updated installer. During install I just chose Vegas 7 (or 8, or whatever) and it did not work...so I installed it as a stand alone product. It does not show up in Vegas 9 at all.
It responds to simple X, Y and Z axis commands, | | | | |
| | | | Re: Um, Boris RED
by John Rofrano on Jul 9, 2009 at 10:50:19 am
in the Sony Vegas Forum
> I asked on the Boris forum, and they said that RED will work on Vista 64 with VPro9 x32.
Maybe there is a new installer because the Boris RED installer I have doesn't even list Vegas Pro 9.0 as an install option (nor does it show up under Vegas | | | | |
| | | | Re: Um, Boris RED
by Norman Willis on Jul 9, 2009 at 3:43:26 am
in the Sony Vegas Forum
I asked on the Boris forum, and they said that RED will work on Vista 64 with VPro9 x32. (John, I know you said it would not work on yours after you installed Premiere.) I got it to install, and do not have time to learn it this week, but perhaps n | | | | |
| | | | 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | Boris FX | Super Easy 3D logo tutorial in Red 2.1
Tim Rice demonstrates a quick, easy method to turn logos into 3D logos using a simple jpeg and Boris Red 2.1. This comes from a thread Tim posted in the Boris COW about the amazing super powers of RED.
Tutorial
Author: Tim Rice |
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