Overall Rating: Sweet

Summary
Boris FX is an evolutionary step forward for video professionals who want to add 3D and 2D graphics to their projects. It offers true 3D workstation performance for a relatively low price, particularly if you already own a supported NVIDIA graphics card.

Target Apps
3D- or 2D-based titles, particle effects, composites, modeling, animation, motion tracking, rotoscoping

What it costs you
$1,995 ($995 for Red owners)

What’s cool
Real-time previews even for processor-intensive renderings, option to render to RAM when accuracy is critical, broad range of 3D and 2D effects are included, detailed documentation

What’s missing
Compatible only with a limited number of graphics cards and drivers, interface isn’t always intuitive

Specs
Supported NVIDIA graphics card, at least 1GB of RAM, QuickTime version 6.0 or later, Windows XP



Boris Blue

Are you frustrated with the graphics power of your video workstation? Do you feel hampered by your inability to render 3D titles, composites and motion graphics in real time, making it impractical for you to experiment and innovate? Welcome to the club. We buy faster and faster graphics cards, yet we don’t see a commensurate improvement in our 3D renderings. Why not?


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Warp 3D shapes with powerful OpenGL vertex shaders
via a simple one-parameter action.

Warp 3D shapes with powerful OpenGL vertex shaders via a simple one-parameter action.

Turn any 3D object into a particle emitter that can
be animated along a user defined path.

Turn any 3D object into a particle emitter that can be animated along a user defined path.

Use particles to create realistic simulations, such as fire, smoke and sparks.

Use particles to create realistic simulations, such as fire, smoke and sparks.

Bend and twist corners or wrap extruded 3D objects around curves.

Bend and twist corners or wrap extruded 3D objects around curves.

Define custom bevel and extrusion surfaces using Blue’s spline creation tools.

Define custom bevel and extrusion surfaces using Blue’s spline creation tools.



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