Chapter 20

Standalone Engine

Using the Boris application as a standalone engine offers some advantages over the plug-in. It also differs a little bit from working from within an NLE. In this section we’ll explore how using the application all by itself can help you create effects more quickly and in a more stable environment. We’ll explore the Keyframer application and its uses, and we’ll reveal the uniqueness of the standalone engine.

Standalone engine means just that: the rendering engine stands alone with no support from a nonlinear editor or separate host effects program.

The Boris application installer allows you to select the applications to which you want Boris to act as a plug-in. It will also install the engine, which needs no NLE to ...

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