Upcoming release in 2024.5: Enhanced creative tools fueled by machine learning technology named Continuum.
Continuum 2024.5, the latest version of Boris FX's video editing and compositing software, brings significant updates and improvements for Adobe After Effects, Avid Media Composer, and other popular video editing platforms.
Key features of Continuum 2024.5 include:
- DeNoise ML: An AI-driven effect that efficiently restores and cleans noisy footage.
- Enhanced Particle Illusion: Now supports Stability AI for creating custom sprites, expanding creative control over particle effects. Particle Illusion Play is a new feature that allows for easier playback and control of particle effects.
- Witness Protection ML: A feature capable of automatically detecting, isolating, masking, and tracking multiple faces in seconds.
- Hide Faces Fast: A new tool that quickly and accurately hides faces in footage.
- Simplified Color: A feature that includes built-in color correction tools, simplifying color grading workflows.
Continuum 2024.5 also offers several enhancements to its existing effects. Updates include BCC+ Edge Cleaner, BCC+ Light Wrap, BCC+ Linear Luma Key, BCC+ Mosaic, BCC+ Mosaic Dissolve, BCC+ Polar, and BCC+ Spill Remover. A new feature, BCC+ Color Link, allows for easy linking of color values from one clip to another, complete with built-in color correction tools.
The new version also boasts improved keying, color correction, and artistic style effects, as well as the addition of more lighting, texture, and transition effects. Continuum 2024.5 continues to expand its 2D/3D titling capabilities through Title Studio.
Performance-wise, Continuum 2024.5 offers faster performance, with speedier playback in the FX Editor and accelerated Mocha tracking. The Retime ML node in the Silhouette 2024 roto and paint workflow allows crystal-clear, AI-powered time warping. Matte Assist ML node speeds up rotoscoping by automatically generating mattes using AI.
Retimer ML is a new feature designed to enhance sports and action shots with artifact-free time warps.
Continuum 2024.5 is now available as a plugin for Adobe After Effects & Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve, Foundry Nuke, and VEGAS Pro. The new installers for Continuum 2024.5 can be downloaded through the Boris FX Hub, which also offers a free trial for Continuum.
Pricing for Continuum 2024.5 starts at $195/year or $25/month. The update is free for customers on an active monthly/annual subscription or upgrade & support plan.
These feature enhancements boost productivity and creative possibilities in complex compositing and motion graphics workflows, reflecting a clear push toward AI-assisted tools and expanded particle and lighting effects within Continuum 2024.5. [1][4]
Artificial-intelligence integration has been enhanced in the latest version of Continuum, as seen in the AI-driven DeNoise ML for restoring noisy footage and Witness Protection ML for automatic detection and masking of faces.
The new Retimer ML feature, designed for sports and action shots, also leverages artificial-intelligence to deliver artifact-free time warps.
