2024.5 Boris FX Continuum FCP Unit: Color Essentials

OS Requirements

• macOS 12.6+, 13.x, 14.x (up to OS version at time of Continuum release and as appropriate for the host version in use).

Recommended Hardware

• Apple M1 or M2 (Standard, Pro, Max and Ultra)
  
• Intel or AMD CPU with four or more cores

Memory

• 8 GB minimum, 16+ GB preferred
• Storage: High-speed disk array or SSD storage

Host compatibility

• Final Cut Pro 10.6.6, 10.6.7, 10.6.8, 10.6.9, 10.6.10, 10.7, 10.7.1
• Motion 5.6.4, 5.6.5, 5.6.6, 5.6.7, 5.7

Additional Hardware and OS Requirements

• On macOS the Machine Learning (ML) filter requires macOS 12 (Monterey) or higher

What’s new in Continuum FCP 2024.5

BCC+ Witness Protection ML

• Automatic ML face detection with multiple effect combinations for obscuring identity

BCC+ Color Link

• Link color values from one clip to another for motion graphics, compositing, and editorial shot color matching.

BCC+ Denoise ML – New Fast Models

• Newly trained models yield twice the render performance over the previously shipping version of the BCC+ Denoiser ML filter and even bigger gains in UI refresh speeds when scrubbing

BCC+ Polar Warp

• Warp into a circular shape with options for swirling and looping tunnel animations.

BCC+ Mosaic

• Pixelate the source clip to achieve a variety of mosaic effects

BCC+ Mosaic Dissolve

• Auto-animating transition that pixelates the outgoing and incoming shots over the transition dissolve with options for prismatic and color blur effects

BCC+ Spill Remover

• Drag and drop simple and easy to use effect that instantly eliminates any spill from the red, green or blue screen background of a keyed foreground shot

BCC+ Light Wrap

• Blend the background layer or a user specified solid color over the edges of keyed foreground shots or motion graphics elements for more realistic composites

BCC+ Linear Luma Key

• Quickly and easily generate an alpha channel key from the image luminance

BCC+ FX Editor Enhancements

• Faster playback, new render cache, and playback looping controls
• A/B split/comparison views – Separate view menus control what is shown on each side of the comparison

Compare Mode option for BCC+ Effects

• All BCC+ effects now include the host side Compare Mode option

Mocha Enhancements – Update to 2024 version of Mocha

• GPU Accuracy: Improved accuracy in GPU accelerated tracking
• Skip Frames: Skip over problem frames using the skip function
• Step Frames: Set a track step for stop motion animation
• Hold keyframes: Set linear or constant keyframes for more control over stepped motion
• Extrapolate Track: Predict motion in future problem frames by extrapolating from previous frames
• Zoom to Selected: New option to zoom to fit selected splines in view
• General Bug fixes

Miscellaneous Enhancements

• 3D Transform options in BCC+ Transform, with 3D-aware versions of widgets
• BCC+ Lens Flare – New Occlusion Softness control
• BCC+ Lens Flare render speed enhancements
• BCC+ Audio Visualizer – New Angle Speed and Radius Offset Speed params for keyframe-free animation.
• BCC+ Audio Visualizer – Two new controls in Pre Transform group: Edge Mode and Camera Z
• BCC+ Audio Visualizer – Polar Warp option – Eliminate swirling radius boundary – extends to outer edge of image now, permitting more options for seamless animated backgrounds.
• BCC+ Audio Visualizer – Two new presets
• BCC+ Cross Zoom Dissolve – new Overlap widget for easier timing control

Other Fixes and Polish in Continuum 2024.5 v17.5.0 for FxPlug:

• BCC+ Harris Shutter – Expand frame range to +/- 90 and ensure the range matches between FX Editor and the host
• BCC+ Beat Reactor – Crashing in some scenarios with bad or missing audio when no Watch Folder was set
• BCC+ Night Vision – Fix several presets not showing correct channel
• FX Editor – OCIO options are removed for the time being since not functioning reliably. Will be restored in a future update.
• BCC+ Audio Visualizer – Fix transform overlay widget scale adjustments
• BCC+ Audio Visualizer – Polar Warp Reflect Y option leads to unexpected banding in some cases
• BCC+ Audio Visualizer – Scattered black pixels along vertical axis when using Polar Warp option
• BCC+ Audio Visualizer – Incorrect center pixel color when using Polar Warp option
• BCC+ Audio Visualizer – Spin, Tumble, and Anchor Z inverted from standard direction (requires inverting settings in saved projects)

Do I have to subscribe?

Nope, it’s one flat fee! NO subscription required.

Is this the right unit pack for me?

If you’re looking to add versatile drag-and-drop transitions to your projects with tons of options, Y-E-S. We also have Stylize and Transitions Units depending on your workflow needs.

How to get started with these effects?

You can search the Boris FX Continuum documentation to find out more about each effect in the package.

We also have several videos on how to use these effects on the Boris FX YouTube channel.

How do i get support if I face problems?

You can visit the Boris FX forum to see if your question has already been answered.