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Boris FX Continuum 11 Blur and

User Manual for Boris FX Continuum 11 Blur and Sharpen

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Filters

Directional Blur
• Directional Blur blurs the image by displacing it in one direction. The effect is similar to how a photograph of a speeding object appears if taken with a slower shutter speed. In addition to advanced controls to fine-tune the quality of the blur, the filter allows for detailed control over Blur Amount, Angle, Thin, Spread, and Blur Threshold.

Fast Lens Blur
• Fast Lens Blur is a 100% GPU-accelerated (OpenCL) filter that emulates a lens blur defocus/rackfocus effect where out-of-focus highlights of an image clip take on the shape of the lens diaphragm. When a lens is used with its aperture fully open, the out-of-focus highlights are typically in the shape of a circle, however, when the lens is stopped down the highlights turn into multi-sided shapes. This filter includes a pop-up that can be used to match the different looks that can be achieved in the physical world based on the lens aperture setting. Fast Lens Blur also includes a comprehensive depth-of-field (Z-Depth) option whereby a separate image can be used to control the depth and position of the focus field.

Gaussian Blur
• Gaussian Blur implements a popular blur algorithm that produces very smooth blurs. Gaussian Blur softens the image by averaging each pixel with its neighboring pixels. The word "Gaussian" refers to the bell- shaped curve commonly used in statistical analysis. The shape of this curve determines how much each averaged pixel contributes to the output.

Lens Shape
• Lens Shape emulates a lens blur defocus/rack-focus effect where out-of-focus highlights of an image clip take on the shape of the lens diaphragm, however, Lens Shape takes an image input and uses this for the highlight shape. When a lens is used with its aperture fully open, the out-of-focus highlights are typically in the shape of a circle, however, when the lens is stopped down the highlights turn into multi-sided shapes. This filter includes a pop-up that can be used to match the different looks that can be achieved in the physical world based on the lens aperture setting. Fast Lens Blur also includes a comprehensive depth-of-field (Z-Depth) option whereby a separate image can be used to control the depth and position of the focus field.

Motion Blur
• Motion Blur creates a realistic blur on the motion in an image, simulating the effect of shooting a moving object on film. The blur is based on the motion of the pixels in the image. For example, you can apply Motion Blur to a clip of a speeding car and the car's motion would blur while the background would not. The blur is most pronounced when the object moves quickly and more subtly when it moves slowly. Motion blur is not visible if the image is static. Based upon optical flow technology, this filter examines past and future frames to determine the motion of the pixels in the image. Depending upon the selected settings, a blur or a smear is applied to the pixels that move from one frame to the next. You can use an image in the timeline as a source for motion and then apply the motion from the chosen image to the filtered track.

Pyramid Blur
• Pyramid Blur emulates the look of shooting in soft focus or with lens diffusion. It allows you to blur the horizontal and vertical components of the image separately. Pyramid Blur uses a refined algorithm that speeds rendering approximately 20 - 40 percent.

Radial Blur
• Radial Blur creates a blur around a specific point, simulating the effect of a zooming or rotating camera. The Amount option specifies the amount of blur, depending on the selection for Type. For a Spin blur, which applies blurs in circles around the center point, the Amount value indicates the degree of rotation. For a Zoom blur, which applies blur that radiates out from the center point, the Amount value specifies the degree of radial blurring.

Spiral Blur
• Spiral Blur creates a blur or smear that appears as though it is spiraling toward the center of the image. In addition to the ability to adjust the amount of blur, users are able to fine-tune other aspects of the filter: Blur Type, Center, and Spin Angle.

Unsharp Mask
• Unsharp Mask uses a classic image sharpening technique similar to the method used to sharpen film images. The source image is blurred, and the blurred image is then subtracted from the source. The resulting image is sharper and has more contrast. Unsharp Mask sharpens areas in an image with significant color changes by adjusting the contrast of edge details to create the illusion of image sharpness. This filter is useful for refocusing an image that appears blurry due to scanning, poor lighting, or other factors.

Z-Blur
• Z-Blur uses a Z-map image to emulate a rack focus effect. Move the focal plane through the source image, using the Z-map to control the focus. Adjust the focal point, depth-of-field, and blur parameters to fine-tune the area of the image to blur. You can also set a channel from the image clip, then use that channel to control the Z-blur effect. This type of effect is most noticeable in real life with a long focal lens, such as a 105mm or greater zoom lens.

Other Features

• • Built-in presets
  • On-screen control widgets
  • FX browser (not supported in Apple hosts)
  • PixelChooser matte and masking system with integrated Mocha planar tracking for select filters
  • Hardware acceleration (OpenGL/OpenCL) for select filters
  • Multi-processor (SMP) and multi-core (CMP) support
  • Beat Reactor for audio-generated VFX
  • Support for Adobe host native mask shapes

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