Applying Boris Red in Canopus® Edius® - Boris FX

Applying Boris Red in Canopus® Edius® 

Beginning with version 3.02, Boris Red now supports Canopus Edius Pro 3. Canopus Edius Pro 3 allows you to apply 

Red as a Þlter and as a transition. Boris Red appears in the Edius Effect Palette in both the Video Filters and Transitions 

directories and can be applied the same way you apply any native video effects in Edius. Red works in Edius whether 

or not you have hardware installed. You can use any footage to complete the following tutorial. 

You can also use the standalone Red Engine to create effects. See the next section for details. 

Working with the Boris Red Engine 

Instead of working within a host application, you can use the Red Engine as a standalone application. The Red Engine 

features the same user interface as the plug-in used within your Edius host application. The only difference in the 

interface is that the Apply and Cancel buttons do not appear in the timeline. Instead, the Red Engine lets you export 

Þles as QuickTime, AVI or Flash from the Render Queue in the Project window. 

Unlike the plug-in, you cannot use Edius timeline video with the Red Engine. The default video images are proxy 

images that you can use to create effects when your media is unavailable. You can also import still images, EPS or movie 

Þles, or create color, gradient, spline object, spline primitive or text media. 

Applying Boris Red as a Filter 

To apply Red as a Þlter within Edius, perform the following steps. 

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Either drag the Boris Red 3 FL effect from the Effect Palette’s VideoFilters directory 

to the appropriate clip in the Edius timeline, or right-click the clip and choose Add 

to Timeline from the contextual menu that appears. 

Select the clip with Red applied. In the Edius Information window, doubleclick 

the Boris Red 3 FL icon, 

or select Boris Red 3 FL then click the Settings 

button to launch Red. 

The Edius timeline cursor must be on the clip and the timeline track 

must be selected to successfully launch Red. 

Double-click to open 

the Red Interface 

The Red interface opens automatically. You can now create a custom effect or load a preset. 

Settings button

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You can open settings from the KeyFrame Library and either use them as is or modify them to create your 

own custom effect. To open the Library Browser choose Window > Library Browser, click the Open Library 

Browser button in the timeline or press Command-9. 

The Þrst time you browse the KeyFrame Library effects within the Library Browser you must generate 

thumbnail images for the effects. Until you generate thumbnails, the previews will not display. For more 

information, see““Important Information on Using the KeyFrame Library” on page 5. 

The Library Browser

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Click the name of any folder in the Available Categories window. Thumbnail images of each effect in that folder 

appear in the Available Effects window. You may have to click a disclosure triangle to view subcategories. 

Click any thumbnail image to select the effect. A red box appears around the selected thumbnail. Press Play to view 

an animated RAM preview in the Preview window. 

If the settings Þle was saved without a preview, no preview image is associated with that thumbnail. 

However, you can still preview and apply the effect by creating a thumbnail using the Generate 

Thumbnails button, 

described in “Important Information on Using the KeyFrame Library” on page 5. 

Click the Load Effect button to create a new composition containing the currently selected effect. If you have 

not yet saved the effect in your timeline, a dialog box appears. Click Don’t Save to discard the current effect 

and open the effect from the Browser. Click Cancel to return to the Browser. You can also double-click a 

thumbnail to apply the effect to your timeline. 

When you Þnish creating your effect, press the Apply button or Cancel button in the bottom right corner 

of the Red Timeline window. This either applies the effect to Edius or cancels, leaving the Edius track 

unchanged. 

Render Boris Red effects the same way you would render any other effect. For more information, consult the Edius 

documentation. 

Applying Boris Red as a Transition 

Edius includes three types of transitions: In, Out and Single Track. 

Due to current limitations in the Edius plug-in 

architecture, Boris Red will not work as desired when applied as an Out transition. You should create Red transitions 

in Edius as either Single Track or In transitions. To apply Red as a transition within Edius, perform the following steps. 

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Drag the Boris Red 3 TR effect from the Effect Palette’s Transitions directory to a 

Single Track or In transition in the timeline. 

Select the transition. In the Edius Information window, double-click the Boris Red 

3 FL icon, 

or select Boris Red 3 FL then click the Settings button to launch Red. 

The Edius timeline cursor must be on the transition and the timeline track 

must be selected to successfully launch Red. 

The Red interface opens automatically. You can now create or load an effect. 

NOTE: When using Boris Red as a Transition effect in Edius, the Edius 

Palettes remain above the Boris windows. Boris FX has reported this issue to Canopus and is working with 

them to resolve it in a future release of Edius. Currently, to work around this issue, you should position the 

Edius Palettes and Boris windows so they don't overlap. 

You can now create a custom transition or load a preset in Red.

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You can open transition preset settings from the KeyFrame Library and either use them as is or modify 

them to create your own custom effect. To open the Library Browser choose Window > Library Browser, 

click the Open Library Browser button in the timeline or press Command-9. 

The Þrst time you browse the KeyFrame Library effects within the Library Browser you must generate 

thumbnail images for the effects. For more information, see “Important Information on Using the KeyFrame 

Library” on page 5. 

The Library Browser 

Transitions effects 

Click the name of any folder in the Available Categories window. Thumbnail images of each effect in that folder 

appear in the Available Effects window. The Red KeyFrame Library includes a Transitions category. 

Click any thumbnail image to select the effect. A red box appears around the selected thumbnail. Press Play to view 

an animated RAM preview in the Preview window. 

If the settings Þle was saved without a preview, no preview image is associated with that thumbnail. 

However, you can still preview and apply the effect by creating a thumbnail using the Generate 

Thumbnails button, 

described in “Important Information on Using the KeyFrame Library” on page 5. 

Click Load Effect to create a new composition containing the currently selected effect. If you have not yet saved the 

effect in your timeline, a dialog box appears. Click Save to save the current effect before opening the Browser effect. 

Click Don’t Save to discard the current effect and open the effect from the Browser. Click Cancel to return to the 

Browser. You can also double-click a thumbnail to apply the effect to your timeline. 

When you Þnish creating your effect, press the Apply button or Cancel button in the bottom right corner 

of the Red Timeline window. This either applies the effect to Edius or cancels, leaving the Edius event or 

track unchanged. 

Render Boris Red effects the same way you would render any other effect. For more information, consult the Edius 

documentation.

Stacking Multiple Overlapping Boris Effects 

You should not add multiple Red effects to an Edius clip or stack clips containing Boris effects on multiple layers in the 

Edius timeline. This may work, but depending on your system, multiple Boris effects on a clip may not render properly. 

Instead, apply a single Red effect to an Edius clip and add multiple Þlters to the clip within Red. 

This limitation only applies to effects that overlap exactly. For example, a track containing both an In and an 

Out transition would not fall under this suggestion (since they cannot overlap). 

Important Information on Using the KeyFrame Library 

The Þrst time you browse the KeyFrame Library effects within the Library Browser you must generate thumbnail 

images for the effects. You only need to do this once. 

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Launch the standalone Boris Red Engine. 

You should build thumbnail previews for the KeyFrame Library in the standalone Red Engine rather than 

within Edius. Because building previews actually renders your effect, this process can take as much as 25-30% 

longer in the plug-in than in the Red Engine. 

Open the Boris Library Browser, by choosing Window > Library Browser, clicking the Open Library 

Browser button in the timeline or pressing Command-9. 

Select the Red 3.0 Keyframe Library folder in the Available Categories window. This will render all the 

thumbnails. Alternatively, you can select individual categories or even individual effects. 

Click the Generate Thumbnails button. 

For more information on using the KeyFrame Library, see Volume 

I of the Red User Guide.

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