Section 2

Now that you understand some of the basics of the Boris applications, we can begin to apply this knowledge to create effects with more specific goals in mind. In the following sections you’ll find step-by-step procedures for creating effects with text, still images, and movie files. These examples are designed to work with just about any media you choose, in some instances even the default proxy images will work just fine. The best way to make use of this section is to follow along with media of your own that is similar to the media used in the examples.

In the following chapters you’ll learn how to create 3D extrusions out of bitmap images and how to map media to the faces of extruded shapes. You’ll learn about rotoscoping, creating ...

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