Boris FX Introduces Affordable Final Cut Pro Plugin Units for Widespread Accessibility
The world of video editing just got a lot more colourful and creative with the introduction of the Continuum FCP Units from Boris FX. These three distinct units – the Color Essentials Unit, Stylize Unit, and Transitions Unit – offer a rich collection of visual effects and workflow enhancements for professional video editors using Final Cut Pro and other hosts.
Key Features
The Color Essentials Unit is a must-have for any colour workflow, providing core colour correction and grading tools. It offers controls for colour balance, exposure, and tint adjustments, ensuring your videos look their best.
The Stylize Unit takes your footage to the next level with creative stylization effects like film looks, glows, light rays, and other artistic treatments.
The Transitions Unit adds a touch of elegance to your edits with over 40 broadcast-quality transitions. These transitions seamlessly complement your footage and add a professional touch.
Together, these units form part of the comprehensive Continuum suite, which includes over 300 effects, 40+ transitions, and more than 5000 presets. The suite also features AI-powered tools like noise reduction and upscaling for enhanced video quality.
Pricing
The pricing for the Continuum FCP Units depends on the license type and host platform. Here's a breakdown:
- Perpetual License: Around Rs. 187,861.97 (~$1,095 USD)
- Annual Subscription: Around Rs. 64,822.05 (~$375 USD/year)
- Monthly Subscription: Around Rs. 8,636.69 (~$50 USD/month)
These prices cover all supported hosts, including Final Cut Pro, meaning that the Color Essentials Unit, Stylize Unit, and Transitions Unit can be accessed individually in some bundling options or as part of the full Continuum suite. Upgrades and renewals are similarly priced.
Exploring the Units
Each unit offers a unique set of effects. The Color Essentials Unit features 8 robust effects with 750+ professionally designed presets for colour correction, image toning, looks development, grading, film stock emulation, grain emulation, WrattenTM Optical photo filters, and gels.
The Stylize Unit offers 9 curated effects with 950+ professionally designed presets for video glitch, grunge, damage TV, light leaks, glows, blurs, prismatic effects, and volumetric light rays.
The Transitions Unit includes 15 drag and drop transitions with hundreds of professionally designed presets. However, it's important to note that the Transitions Unit effects are downloadable images.
Accessing Mocha
Users who purchase the Color Essentials Unit or Stylize Unit gain access to built-in Mocha, the Academy Award-winning planar tracking and masking tools. This addition provides a powerful advantage for precise and detailed editing.
Availability and Support
The Continuum FCP Units are available as permanent licenses with plugin host application support for FCP and Motion. For more information, you can contact Jessie Electa Petrov, Director of Marketing at Boris FX, at jessiep@pur socials.com or 617-451-9900.
Each effect in the Units is GPU-accelerated, supports Apple's native M1 technology, and is HDR-compliant. They deliver a speedy workflow with high-end results.
The Transitions Unit also offers a Motion Blur option and Boost Motion, a unique option that amps up the blur fast, for even more creative control.
Demonstrations and More
Final Cut Pro users can download videos showcasing the features of each Continuum FCP Unit: Continuum FCP: Color Essentials Unit, Continuum FCP: Stylize Unit, and Continuum FCP: Transitions Unit.
With the Continuum FCP Units, you're not just getting powerful video editing tools; you're getting a team of award-winning professionals behind them. The team at Boris FX has released these three new low-cost units to make high-quality video effects more accessible to content creators, DIY filmmakers, broadcast TV editors, and artists.
Technology has revolutionized the realm of video editing with the introduction of the Continuum FCP Units from Boris FX. These innovative units, including the Color Essentials Unit, Stylize Unit, and Transitions Unit, provide a rich collection of visual effects and workflow enhancements for professional video editors, particularly those using Final Cut Pro.
The Stylize Unit, with its creative stylization effects, takes video editing to a higher level, offering artistic treatments like film looks, glows, and light rays. These effects, combined with the precision and control offered by the built-in Mocha planar tracking and masking tools, make technology an indispensable part of modern video editing.
