Jay

I am using it but not as a plug-in rather as a stand alone

Very very good key . But very fiddly diddly before you get the results. time consuming. you also need to add light wrap as the alpha edge or spill suppression tends to be on the magenta side ie RGB = RB need to be knocked back
The facilities are there also with a good alpha choke

You might be disappointed when using mpegs but the QT files work great

I also recently got NewBlue Croma keyer and I assumed that it would not be as good as Boris I was surprised how it performed on some really Bad clips, where I batted and failed in Boris
I got it right in NewBlue THIS could just simply be my BAD

Bottom line .to get it looking right you need to do a garbage matte with NewBlue this will allow for color corrections on the media
Boris allows for this to be done all on one clip but with effort

Personally I am using NewBlue as my main key now because i can use it direct in Vegas on all media

"I am using it but not as a plug-in rather as a stand alone"

So it does work as a stand alone, then.

What formats does it render out to?

RED Exports avi . QT container = avi that is VFW and direct show
QT seq = PNG sequence and targa sequence

I have both RED and FX 9

I only work with Red in the studio but work with both at home

Fx 9 has the chroma key and alpha choke but not as many key options as RED
I can compare and let you know if need be

Red in the fastest Chroma Keyer I used. I have Affect Effect, Combustion and Ultra.

My steps with Red:
Crop green screen clip then add BCC Chorma Keyer to clip---click on the eyedropper on green.
Pull down Show Matte. Adjust density to all white or black. Return to show composite.
Finished---Step 2 If that didn’t do the trick.
Then add BCC Matte Cleanup. Click on show matte. Repeat first steps add all black and white. Return to show composite.
Finished.