v2024.5 Boris FX Continuum Unit: Lens
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Emulate in-camera lens effects
Add chromatic aberration and color fringing, add or remove wide angle distortions or bring a hand-held look to the filtered source with Boris Continuum Unit: Lens.
Fix lens distortions, color fringing artifacts and more. Normalize Go-Pro wide angle shots, or distort a normal shot to match a wide angle shot.
Use the Camera Shake filter with it’s built-in motion blur option to emulate a hand-held video shot with a locked down source. Use the Chromatic Aberration filter to match the distorted chroma look of a plastic lens. Add the Radial Exposure filter to selectively relight the image.
Highlights include:
- 6 effects
- Tons of drag & drop presets
- HDR-compliant
- Camera shake & chromatic aberration
- Go Pro and wide-angle lens distortions
- FX Editor with custom interface
- OCIO color management tools
- More!
The Continuum Lens Unit offers multi-host support with a single license.
Effects
Camera Shake
NEW IN CONTINUUM 2021, The BCC Camera Shake filter simulates camera shake using random changes in amplitude, speed, scale, rotation, and motion blur.
Chromatic Aberration
NEW IN CONTINUUM 2021, the BCC Chromatic Aberration simulates the look of chromatic aberration caused by a lens having a different refractive index for different wavelengths of light and is seen as fringes of color around the edges of the image.
DeFringe
NEW IN CONTINUUM 2021, the BCC DeFringe filter isolates and removes the various types of color fringing.
Lens Distortion
NEW IN CONTINUUM 2021, the BCC Lens Distortion filter corrects for pin-cushioning and barrel distortion of camera lenses. It is also useful for creating the look of a wide angle lens.
Radial Exposure
NEW IN CONTINUUM 2021, the BCC Radial Exposure filter lightens and/or darkens the center or edges of an image to correct lens vignetting.
Wide Angle
NEW IN CONTINUUM 2021, the BCC Wide Angle Lens Filter quickly and easily simulates the effect of a wide angle lens.NEW IN CONTINUUM 2021, the BCC Wide Angle Lens Filter quickly and easily simulates the effect of a wide angle lens.
Description
System Requirements
OS Requirements:
- Mac OSX: 10.15 or higher
Note that Continuum ML filters require Monterey 12.0 or higher - Windows: Windows 10 and 11
Hardware:
Recommended Hardware:
- Processor: Apple M-series or Intel processors
- Memory (RAM): 8 GB minimum, 16+ GB preferred
- Disk: High-speed disk array or SSD storage
- Graphics Card: Most modern graphics cards from AMD, NVIDIA and Intel are supported. Click here for a full listing
Licensing options:
Node-locked, Subscription or floating license.
For floating and render license options, please contact us.
Supported Host Applications:
- ADOBE :
- After Effects and Premiere Pro CC 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 (up to versions released at time of Continuum release)
- AVID :
- Media Composer 2020.x, 2021.x, 2022.x, 2023.x, 2024.x (up to versions released at time of Continuum release)
- OFX :
- DaVinci Resolve Studio and DaVinci Resolve 17.x, 18.x, 19.x
- Vegas 20, 21
- Nuke 13, 14, 15
- (up to versions released at time of Continuum release)
Host & OS Support
For compatibility with specific versions and operating systems, please see the Host Compatibility Page.
Continuum 2022 v15.0.0 for Adobe supports the following Adobe host applications:
macOSX 10.14, 10.15, 11.x, 12.0 (as appropriate for the host version in use). Note, Continuum 2022 v15.0.0 supports running natively on M1/ARM64 native chipsets for Premiere Pro versions which themselves support running natively on M1/ARM64. After Effect does not itself run natively on M1/ARM64 at the time of this release. Note the Particle Illusion custom UI runs in Rosetta emulation mode while the rest of Continuum including Particle Illusion rendering will run natively in native host enviroments. Note that Title Studio does not support loading/rendering C4D models when running natively on M1/ARM64.
- Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CC 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 (up to versions released at time of Continuum release)
Windows 10 x64, Windows 11:
- Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CC 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 (up to versions released at time of Continuum release)
Continuum 2022 (v15.0.0) for Avid AVX supports the following host applications:
Macintosh:
- Avid Media Composer 2018.x, 2019.x, 2020.x, 2021.x (up to Avid versions released at time of Continuum release) and running macOS 10.14, 10.15, 11.x, 12.0 (as appropriate for the host version in use). (Intel chipsets only. M1 / ARM chipsets are not supported by the Avid host at the time of this release.)
Windows:
- Avid Media Composer 2018.x, 2019.x, 2020.x, 2021.x (up to Avid versions released at time of Continuum release) and running Windows 10 or Windows 11
Continuum 2022 (v15.0.0) for OFX (OpenFX) officially supports the following host applications:
Note that Continuum OFX may work to varying degrees in other OFX hosts, but at this time it is only officially supported in Resolve, Vegas Pro, and Nuke. Note that official Resolve support does not yet include the embedded Fusion page within Resolve. Note that the Apple App Store version of Resolve is not fully supported and direct downloads of Resolve from the Blackmagic Design site should be used instead.
macOS 10.14, 10.15, 11.x, 12.0 (as appropriate for the host version in use): Note, Continuum 2022 v15.0.0 supports running natively on M1/ARM64 native chipsets for Resolve host versions which themselves support running natively on M1/ARM64. Note the Particle Illusion custom UI runs in Rosetta emulation mode while the rest of Continuum including Particle Illusion rendering will run natively in native host enviroments. Note that Title Studio does not support loading/rendering C4D models when running natively on M1/ARM64. [Up to host versions released at time of Continuum release]:
- DaVinci Resolve Studio and DaVinci Resolve 15.x, 16.x, 17.x
- Nuke 12, 13
Windows 10 x64 and Windows 11 [Up to host versions released at time of Continuum release]:
- DaVinci Resolve Studio and DaVinci Resolve 15.x, 16.x, 17.x
- Magix Vegas15, 16, 17, 18, 19
- Nuke 12, 13 (4k monitor support on windows requires Nuke 12.1 or higher)
Change Log
New for Continuum 2024.5
- BCC+ Retimer ML – Generate crisp, clear time warps without nasty artifacts.
- BCC+ Witness Protection ML – Hide, mask & track multiple faces in record time.
- BCC+ Color Link – Link the color of a background plate to a foreground layer. Includes 20 built-in blend modes and multiple sampling methods.
- Updated Effects – Featured in Key and Blend, Warp, Stylize, and Transitions categories. Plus, BCC+ Denoise ML is 2x faster with more models.
- Particle Illusion Improvements – Use easy-to-use presets to carve an emitter’s position path, quickly replace complex emitters, and find parameters fast with a new built-in search.
- Performance Boost – Experience speedier playback in the FX Editor and improved performance when Mocha tracking.
New for Continuum 2023.5
- BCC+ Super LED Effect: Easily pixelate the look of shots, text, or particles.
- Improved Mocha: Parameter and corner pin tracking now available in BCC+ Lens Flare, BCC+ Super LED, and BCC+ Light effects.
- Particle Illusion: Adds masking, trails, gradient presets, 3D deflectors, force turbulence, and more.
- Beat Reactor: Now included in 40 BCC+ effects. Make your effects dance to music.
- Effects and Transitions: BCC+ Smoke and Fog, BCC+ Light Flicker, BCC+ Orbs, and BCC+ Flutter Cut.
- More Presets: 150+ new professionally designed and curated presets.
New in 2022
- New! 6 brand new filters including the new FX Editor : Camera Shake, Chromatic Aberration, DeFringe, Lens Distortion, Radial Exposure, Wide Angle Lens
- New! All new filters are HDR compliant
- New! Integrated OCIO color management tools included with the new filters
- New! FX Editor – edit and develop presets with modern responsive custom user interface
Continuum 2021.5 Highlights
- New! 9 GPU-accelerated, HDR-compliant cinematic effects (Watch overview video): BCC+Multi-Star, BCC+Vignette, BCC+FilmGrunge, BCC+TwoStrip, BCC+Flashing, BCC+Composite, BCC+F-Stop, BCC+Fluorescent, and BCC+Haze; includes over 200 drag and drop presets
- New! Avid infrastructure controls added to all BCC+ filters: Apply to Title Matte Option, Safe Levels Option, and True Bypass Switch