Boris FX has has released Boris Continuum Unit, Cartoon Look. It includes the Cartoon Look, Pencil Sketch, Charcoal Sketch, and Watercolor filters from Boris Continuum Complete 6.
BCC Cartoon Look simulates the look of cartoon rotoscope animation, which was recently popularized with feature films such as “A Scanner Darkly” and “Waking Life” and may also be seen in advertisement campaigns for The Charles Schwab Corp.. The filter includes many preset looks and styles, all available via the filter’s preset pop-up menu. Users can even make their own presets and apply them to any other clip in any project.
The BCC Pencil Sketch filter simulates the look of a hand-drawn pencil-sketched image. The BCC Charcoal Sketch filter simulates the painterly look of an image that was created using charcoals. Paint-style images can be generated from any source material with the addition of the BCC Watercolor filter. This filter includes the ability to control the color and weight of the contour edges as well as the desired level of contouring.
Users can save their own preset looks or use the included user-modifiable preset looks to generate wash or watercolor effects. Boris Continuum Cartoon Look supports Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, and Apple Final Cut Express. Apple’s new Final Cut Studio 3 release is supported.
Find out more about Boris Cartoon Looks and view the Boris Cartoon Looks tutorial (for MAC)
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