How do you use Boris FX in Vegas?

ingvarai wrote on 3/31/2009, 6:47 AM
When I use the Boris FX plug-in I get only one frame to "play with". The stand-alone version, on the other hand, can import some video formats, and here I kan set key frames and tweak filters just ok. There is, however, no way to export video from Boris itself.

My question now goes like this: Is there a way to export all track and filter settings from the stand-alone version, fire up Vegas, add Boris FX to a clip and the load these settings again?

I am sure I am missing something, because currently I just see no way to use Boris FX in Vegas, I cannot work with one single frame :-)
How do you do it? You, who have Boris FX working in Vegas?

ingvarai

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tumbleweed7 wrote on 3/31/2009, 7:08 AM
I have BorisFX 7...

You should find BorisFX in the list of video fx in Vegas... if you installed it correctly... see Boris doc's....
Add it to a clip, & you will see it in the fx window in Vegas

Currently, Boris will only show one frame(the current frame the timeline slider is on), to work with... that's just the way it works with Vegas... I know it's dumb, but you get used to it... You should look thru the Boris doc's....

I just add my filter(filters) in Boris, click the apply button at the bottom right,
that takes you back to the Vegas screen, & that's where you can preview your effect with the clip... & this works fine for me...

You can save your filters as a custom preset, but not sure if you can do the same with several filters applied...
JohnnyRoy wrote on 3/31/2009, 7:11 AM
This is a limitation of Vegas. The only time you need live video is when doing motion tracking. Otherwise the single frame serves as a reference for whatever you need to do. The workaround for using video is to load the video file within Boris FX as a new track while using it as a plug-in. In other words, render the event as a file. Load the file as a track in Boris FX and do whatever you need to. You could then cut and paste whatever you did onto the real video track and mute the imported video track or just leave the imported video track in place. This is suboptimal at best, but it's the only way I have found to work around this limitation.

~jr