Unveiling the Largest VFX Plugin Launch Ever from Continuum
The post-production industry is set to benefit from the latest update to Boris FX's Continuum plugin collection, the Continuum 2021. This update introduces a host of new features aimed at streamlining workflows and enhancing creative possibilities with AI-powered tools and improved effects functionality.
Key highlights of the Continuum 2021 update include an automatic depth mapping tool that uses AI to generate depth maps from footage. This innovative feature enables creative effects like depth-based blur, grading, and compositing without the need for manual rotoscoping or additional depth passes. This means artists can apply realistic depth-of-field and other depth-related effects more easily and interactively.
The update also further integrates the Mocha planar tracking and masking system, making it simpler to create complex masks and track objects accurately for more precise effect application.
In terms of new and enhanced effects, the update introduces presets like BCC Radial Blur and improved control over effect editors, making it easier to create and refine visual effects within Continuum.
For Final Cut Pro users, Boris FX has added new Continuum lens flare presets, allowing for quick and appealing light flare effects integrated via drag and drop.
Moreover, the update to Particle Illusion includes turbulence controls and a new line renderer, while new creative options such as film stocks, color grades based on iconic films, optical filter simulations, lens flares, a digital gobo library, light rays, and glows have been added.
Continuum 2021 also includes Digital Film Tool (DFT) technology and a new Edge Cleaner effect for Primatte Studio's Academy Award-nominated chroma keying technology.
Upgrades for OFX-supported plugins start at $195, while those for Adobe-supported plugins start at $295 and Avid-supported plugins at $495. Upgrades for Continuum 2021 as individual effects category units start at $49.95, and new licenses for individual effects category units start at $199.
For those opting for a subscription, a monthly subscription for Continuum 2021 is available for $87, and an annual subscription costs $695. A permanent license for Continuum 2021 costs $1995.
The Continuum 2021 update is now available for current annual subscription and upgrade & support plan customers. This latest update strengthens Continuum's abilities to provide fast, intelligent, and artist-friendly tools for cutting-edge visual effects and post-production workflows, leveraging AI and advanced tracking technology to reduce manual effort while enhancing creativity.
Continuum 2021 is available for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, and supported OFX host applications. Boris FX Continuum 2021 is the latest update to the post-production industry's most storied plugin collection.
Technology advancements, such as AI and improved tracking systems, are integrated in the Continuum 2021 update, enhancing creative possibilities within the post-production industry. The update includes an innovative depth mapping tool that uses AI for more effortless depth-of-field and compositing effects.
