Boris FX has taken
Final Effects Complete from being the black sheep of the family to a true brother/sister application to BCC -
By Kevin McAuliffeI've worked in
Adobe After Effects for about 10 years now, and these days we are very spoiled. I remember days when plug-in packages were few and far between, and we were relying on ICE FX for hardware accelerated renders, as that's what it took to create complex animations, because back then we would jokingly call After Effects "After Dinner," as you would start your render going first thing in the morning, and you could come back after dinner to see IF it was done. Back in those days, there was what I always referred to as the "Holy Grail" of effects packages, and that package was
Final Effects from Media 100. Needless to say, with the downswing of Media 100,
Final Effects fell into obscurity, until
Boris FX jumped in, purchased it from Media 100 and began offering it to the masses once again. The great effects package has been available from
Boris FX for a while now, but
Boris Blue 2.0,
Boris RED 4.2 and
Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) have been the products that
Boris FX has focused on.....until now.
Boris Final Effects is back in a big way, and brings a wider set of effects to
Boris FXs' already fantastic arsenal.
Installation
Much like all of Boris' other plug-in packages,
Final Effects for
After Effects is quick and easy to install, and comes with a two week trial version for you to download and give a try before you buy. After download, you will be up and running with FEC5 in about five minutes. Installation: 10 (out of 10)
What you get and How it Works
I have always loved
Final Effects, as it brought a very diverse set of effects to
Adobe After Effects that most other packages don't have. Right off the bat, these effects will jump out at you:
* Mr. Mercury
* Ball Action
* Hair
* Bubbles
* Flo Motion
* Rain
* Snow
* Sparkle Edges