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Boris Red & Boris FX – Effects, Compositing and Filters
One day course
COURSE CONTENT
Day One
Introduction
- Course overview
- Understanding Boris
- Understanding plug-ins
The Boris User Interface
- Working with the Controls Window
- Working with the Composite Window
- Working with the Timeline Window
- Working with the Style Palette
- Working with the Boris Library Browser
Compositing Overview
- Understanding 2D and 3D effects
- Positioning effects in 3D Space
- Understanding Digital Imagery
- Comprehending keyframes
Using Shapes
- Overview
- Understanding Common Parameters
- Working with the 3D Plane Shape
- Working with the 3D Sphere Shape
- Working with the Cube Shape
- Working with the Cylinder Shape
- Creating an Effect with the 3D Sphere Shape
- Putting it together
Working with 3D Containers, Masks and Spline Primitives
- Using Track Controls in a 3D Container
- Understanding Mask Tracks
- Working with the Spline Primitive Media Type
- Resolution independent graphics effects
- Effective use of Nests
- Recycling your effects
Working with Filters
- Understanding Filter Tracks
- Understanding Pre-compositions
- Working the Boris filter set
- Keying effects and making them work
- Adding Filters to an Effect
- Displacement maps
- Wrapping it up
Red Features
- Spline Object Media Type
- Velocity Remapping and Optical Flow
- Using the Motion Tracker
- Creating custom filters
- Compositing particle effects