Boris BCC/Continuum & Particle Illusion 2021.5 is released.

lan-mLMC wrote on 7/3/2021, 6:06 AM

https://cdn.borisfx.com/borisfx/store/continuum-ofx/Continuum_2021_5_OFX_Hosts_14_5_0_Windows.exe

https://cdn.borisfx.com/borisfx/store/particle-illusion/Continuum_2021_5_Particle_Emitters_Windows.exe

Particle Illusion Enhancements:

  • Node View

See a graphical node representation of complex emitter stacks and quickly view just the parameters desired for a particular element.

  • UI performance cache

Particle caching allows instant scrubbing backward and forward inside the PI UI for any frame you’ve already calculated.

  • 3D Emission Controls

Control 3D emission angles for all emitters

  • 3D Basic Shape Emitter

Emit from 3D Planes, Spheres, and Cuboids

  • 3D Force and Deflectors

Forces and Deflectors have been extended to work in true 3D space

  • Graph View Redesign

Zoom + Pan in the graph view for precise editing of keyframes even on long timelines

Improved graph editing interface

  • New “Emitters_2021.5” Emitter Library
  • Other PI Enhancements

Add “Uniform Spacing” option for non-randomized particle birth location

Turbulence Auto-Evolve Speed - larger max range

Performance improvements rendering in host for some projects

“Number of Each Color” - larger max range

When no Favorites are present but filtering is set to show Favorites, show explanatory message

Numerous UI tweaks

9 New Fully GPU Accelerated BCC+ Effects:

  • BCC+Composite

Blend a pair of clips with extensive controls over compositing details such as color correction, blur, film grain, motion blur, edge composite control, and an integrated drop shadow

  • BCC+Film Grunge

Hardware accelerated Film Grunge filter to add aged-film effects to video source clips.

  • BCC+Flashing

Simulate “Flashing” techniques from film development/printing processes with highlight and shadow adjustments for brightness and tint.

  • BCC+Fluorescent

Adjust color to remove green cast from shooting with fluorescent lighting

  • BCC+F-Stop

4-way color correction filter offers independent exposure control across multiple regions of the filtered source shot.

  • BCC+Haze

Improve color and clarity with haze removal filtering.

  • BCC+Multi-Star

Generates multi-point star patterns based on luma values in the source shot.

  • BCC+Two Strip

Sister filter to the BCC+ Three Strip for variations on vintage film looks.

  • BCC+Vignette

Full featured vignette generator with independent controls for setting the color and true variable blurs along with unique options for edge distortion.

BCC+ Improved Alpha Support:

Many BCC+ lighting filters now support improved integration with alpha clips including BCC+ Rays, BCC+ Streaks, BCC+ Lens Flare, BCC+ Glow, BCC+ Glow Edges, BCC+ Ice Halos, and BCC+ Multi-Star. These filters now allow generated lights to expand into transparent regions.

The FX Editor now supports working with alpha clips, allowing you to view how presets will affect your alpha footage. Use SHIFT+A to toggle alpha preview on/off.

Comments

lan-mLMC wrote on 7/3/2021, 6:09 AM

Particle Illusion improves a lot in 3D. The point is that it can be used as a free standalone program. Just launch "C:\Program Files\BorisFX\ContinuumOFX\14\lib\ParticleIllusion\Particle Illusion.exe" to design and build particles, then export ProRes 422 without WaterMark and import it into Vegas for use.

adis-a3097 wrote on 7/3/2021, 10:38 AM

Particle Illusion improves a lot in 3D. The point is that it can be used as a free standalone program. Just launch "C:\Program Files\BorisFX\ContinuumOFX\14\lib\ParticleIllusion\Particle Illusion.exe" to design and build particles, then export ProRes 422 without WaterMark and import it into Vegas for use.

Can the same be done inside Vegas?

lan-mLMC wrote on 7/3/2021, 11:05 AM

Particle Illusion improves a lot in 3D. The point is that it can be used as a free standalone program. Just launch "C:\Program Files\BorisFX\ContinuumOFX\14\lib\ParticleIllusion\Particle Illusion.exe" to design and build particles, then export ProRes 422 without WaterMark and import it into Vegas for use.

Can the same be done inside Vegas?


@adis-a3097 Only free as standlone software rather than Ofx.

adis-a3097 wrote on 7/3/2021, 1:28 PM

Particle Illusion improves a lot in 3D. The point is that it can be used as a free standalone program. Just launch "C:\Program Files\BorisFX\ContinuumOFX\14\lib\ParticleIllusion\Particle Illusion.exe" to design and build particles, then export ProRes 422 without WaterMark and import it into Vegas for use.

Can the same be done inside Vegas?


@adis-a3097 Only free as standlone software rather than Ofx.

Oh.

Thank you, lan-mLMC. :)