Here is another boring sample that we created with Boris RED 4.1. It doesn’t involve many effects. Continue reading →

We started off yesterday to create something similar to the introduction scene of Universal Pictures, using Boris RED 4.1. If you use the Mac version of Boris RED, I suppose you already know that Boris RED is quite unpredictable, more unpredictable than Apple’s Final Cut Pro. For us, the toughest part of using Boris RED is to export projects to QuickTime. We were quickly able to finish a project yesterday. Then we tried to export it to QuickTime. But something went wrong, and we could never produce a QuickTime movie. So we instead produced a sample movie with After Effects and posted it here a few hours. Anyway, we managed to export the project with Boris RED.

What we got here is not so good as the introduction scene of Universal Pictures. It would probably take us a few more years of practice with Boris RED before making something similar. But if you have 16 seconds to waste, watch it away… Continue reading →

Last week, my wife and I watched 1995 movie “Nixon.” Anthony Hopkins’ performance as Richard Nixon is incredible. So is Paul Sorvino’s performance as Henry Kissinger. Another interesting aspect of this movie is the look of 70s footage. In some parts, the film is rendered in such a way that it looks as if it had been shot in the 70s.

After watching the film, my wife said “I wonder how George W. Bush would look in the 70s?” And she stared at me. Hmm… I thought I could perhaps do something about it with Boris RED. I called the White House, but Mr. Bush was not available for an on-camera interview. So I had Mrs. Bush, instead. After utilizing several filters, I somehow sent her back to 70s. Well, I probably need more practice, though. Continue reading →

Boris RED 4.1 comes with a built-in chart-drawing function. So we decided to check it out. You can import data from Microsoft Excel if you want. You need to save your data with tab or comma delimited. Then double-click on the chart track to open the Chart Editor. It’s Boris RED, so you can rotate the chart in the 3D space in any way if you want. Continue reading →