Chapter 17

Avid Xpress

Avid’s line of nonlinear editing software works exceptionally well with Boris products. Boris plug-ins work in much the same way whether you’re working with the Media Composer or the Xpress DV application. In this section we’ll explore how easy it is to open the Boris interface through an Avid NLE, apply an effect, and render it to disk.

The Boris plug-in shows up in the Avid Effects Palette. While other applications have only the one option to add Boris or not, Avid AVX architecture would prefer to know exactly how many sources of video you want to send to the Boris interface. In other words, if you have six tracks of video on your Avid timeline, you can send anywhere from only one to all six tracks to the Boris plug-in. ...

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