Final Effects Complete 5 AE - Visual effects filters and transitions for Adobe After Effects

Final Effects Complete 5 is a ground-up re-write of the legendary Final Effects Complete filters by the Boris FX development team. With a modernized user interface, multi-processor acceleration, and 16-bit color processing, Final Effects Complete is ready for the creative minds of the 21st century.

Well known for the unique particle treatments of Mr. Mercury and Bubbles, the creative distortions of Griddler and Flo Motion, the eye-catching, stylized effects of Mr. Smoothie and Glue Gun, and the excellent edge treatments of Sparkle Edges and Wiggle Edges, Final Effects Complete remains the hidden secret behind many award-winning projects.

Electronic Software Download (ESD). This product (Final Effects Complete 5 AE) will be delivered electronically. Customers ordering this item (Final Effects Complete 5 AE) will receive an email message within a 24-48 hours of placement of their order with instructions on downloading the software(Final Effects Complete 5 AE). The email message will also include a serial number required for installation.

Final Effects Complete 5 AE -  NEW FEATURES OVERVIEW

The following list highlights key new features and enhancements for the Final Effects Complete 5 AE filter suite.

General Product Enhancements in Final Effects Complete 5 AE

User Interface of Final Effects Complete 5 AE

• Adopted the intuitive BCC look and feel (For example, the usual help / preset / motion
tracker / pixel chooser banners, etc.)
• Final Effects Complete 5 AE has a Modernized UI - Nested parameter groupings and contextual controls where appropriate
• Final Effects Complete 5 AE includes New control groups, on-screen widgets, custom controls, and many other improvements
• All parameter options of Final Effects Complete 5 AE are now readily available as native parameters; you no longer have to open modal dialog windows

Functionality and Performance of Final Effects Complete 5 AE

• Preset support including over 600 new custom presets present in Final Effects Complete 5 AE
• Final Effects Complete 5 AE has 16 bit color processing
• Final Effects Complete 5 AE has a Pixel Chooser containing powerful apply modes added to most filters
• Motion Tracker added to effects that support point picker position controls
• Many effects of Final Effects Complete 5 AE are optimized to improve render quality
• All effects are now MP (multi-processing capable) which translates to faster render times
• Random Seed control added in Final Effects Complete 5 AE to filters that produce random patterns like noise
• All filters of Final Effects Complete 5 AE properly handle unmultiplied alpha channels
• Many new apply (transfer) modes added since FEC 4
• Auto-animation in many of the transitions in Final Effects Complete 5 AE
• Full 3D Lighting controls in many filters of Final Effects Complete 5 AE

A few special effects of Final Effects Complete 5 AE

Effect Specific Enhancements (by filter category)

Blur and Sharpen Category of Final Effects Complete 5 AE

Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser with ability to apply pixel chooser Pre-Effect, Post-Effect, or Both
• Mix with Original slider

Channel Blur in Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser with ability to apply pixel chooser Pre-Effect, Post-Effect, or Both
• Mix with Original slider

Chroma Luma Blur in Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser with ability to apply pixel chooser Pre-Effect, Post-Effect, or Both
• Mix with Original slider

Directional Blur in Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser with ability to apply pixel chooser Pre-Effect, Post-Effect, or Both
• Mix with Original slider

Sharpen feature in Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser

Spin Blur in Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser with ability to apply pixel chooser Pre-Effect, Post-Effect, or Both
• Mix with Original slider
• Motion Tracker control over center point

Spiral Blur in Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser with ability to apply pixel chooser Pre-Effect, Post-Effect, or Both
• Mix with Original slider
• Motion Tracker control over center point

Unsharp Mask in Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser
• Mix with Original slider
• Reduce Flicker control

Vector Blur in Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Apply PixelChooser menu
• Added two options to Vector Type menu
• Mix with Original slider

Zoom Blur in Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser with ability to apply pixel chooser Pre-Effect, Post-Effect, or Both
• Mix with Original slider
• Motion Tracker control over center point

Color Correction Category in Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Brightness and Contrast
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser
• Mix with Original slider

Color Balance HLS in Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser
• Mix with Original slider

Color Balance RGB in Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser
• Mix with Original slider

Color Offset in Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser
• Mix with Original slider

Gamma-Pedestal-Gain Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser
• Mix with Original slider

Invert - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser
• RGBA (channel options)

Replace Color - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser
• Mix with Original slider

Threshold - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser
• Softness and Clamp Softness controls
• Many new Threshold Channel options

Threshold RGB - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser
• Softness and Clamp Softness controls
• Lock Thresholds checkbox

Tint - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser

Toner - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser

Distort Category - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Bend It
Feature Enhancements
• Motion Tracker for the Start or End point pickers

Bender - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• 6 new Bend Style options
• Motion Tracker for the A or B point pickers
• Pixel chooser

Power Pin - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser with Undistort control
• Motion Tracker

Split 2 - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Animatable non-modal curve graph for convenience
• Pixel Chooser
• Motion Tracker

Tiler - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Improved anti-aliasing
• Pixel Chooser
• Motion Tracker

Water Waves - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Improved Lighting controls
• Pixel Chooser
• Motion Tracker
• Random Seed slider

Edges Category - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Burn Edges
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser
• Mix with Original slider
• Conform Alpha checkbox
• Fade Width slider

Gradient Blur - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Gradient Cycle Group
o Gradient Stretch
o Gradient Cycle menu
o Cycle Phase
• Blur Quality menu
• Blur Scale
• Gradient Ease control
• Motion Tracker for the four position points
• Pixel Chooser with ability to apply pixel chooser Pre - Effect, Post Effect, Pre and

Post Effect -  Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Power Ramp
Feature Enhancements
• Ramp Style menu (RGB, RGBA, RGBA with Apply Modes, and Alpha only)
• Ramp Cycling Group
o Ramp Stretch control
o Ramp Cycle menu
o Cycle Phase control
• Several additional transfer modes
• Mix Layer control
• Ramp Ease control
• Motion Tracker for the four position points
• Pixel Chooser with a powerful "Replace Geometry" option

Sparkle Edges - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser with two apply modes
o Post Mask
o Scale Strength
• Mix with Original slider
• Random Seed slider

Spot Blur - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Corner Rounding control
• Blur Quality menu
• Pixel Chooser
• Motion Tracker
• Mix with Original slider

Spot Feather - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser
• Motion Tracker
• Mix with Original slider

Spot Frame - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Bevel Offset slider
• Pixel Chooser
• Motion Tracker
• Mix with Original slider

Spot Tatter - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser
• Motion Tracker
• Mix with Original slider

Spot Turbulence - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Corner Rounding and Spot Angle controls
• Pixel Chooser
• Motion Tracker
• Mix with Original slider

Wiggle Edges - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Show Wiggle Map checkbox
• Pixel Chooser with two apply modes
o Post Mask
o Scale Amplitude
• Motion Tracker
• Mix with Original slider
• Random Seed slider

Image Category - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Alpha Map
Feature Enhancements
• Animatable non-modal curve graph for convenience
• Mix with Original slider
• Pixel Chooser
• Motion Tracker

Channel Noise - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser

Composite - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser
• Mix with Original slider
• Several additional transfer modes
• Mix Layer control

Median - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Improved alpha channel handling
• Pixel Chooser with apply modes
• Motion Tracker

MinMax - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser
• Mix with Original slider
• Enable Smoother Interpolation checkbox
• Threshold slider
• Deviation Limit slider

Noise - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser

Simple Wire Removal
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser
• Mix with Original
• Motion Tracker for Point A or B

Light Category - Final Effects Complete 5 AE

Light Blast
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser with ability to apply pixel chooser Pre-Effect, Post-Effect, or Both
• Mix with Original slider
• Motion Tracker control over Light Position

Light Burst - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser with four apply modes
o Pre-Effect
o Post-Effect
o Both
o Ray Length
• Mix with Original slider
• Motion Tracker control over Source Position

Light Rays - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Undistort slider
• Compositing menu and Apply Mode controls
• Pixel Chooser with three apply modes
o Undistort
o Intensity
o Both
• Mix with Original slider
• Motion Tracker control over Center

Light Sweep - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Motion Tracker for center point
• Pixel Chooser
• Mix with Original control

Light Tornado - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser with ability to apply pixel chooser Pre-Effect, Post-Effect, or Both
• Mix with Original slider
• Motion Tracker control over Light Position

Light Whirl - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Pixel Chooser with ability to apply pixel chooser Pre-Effect, Post-Effect, or Both
• Mix with Original slider
• Motion Tracker control over Light Position

Spotlight - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Feature Enhancements
• Offset point picker
• Motion Tracker for any of the 3-point pickers
• Pixel Chooser
• Mix with Original control

Particle Category - Final Effects Complete 5 AE
Ball Action
Feature Enhancements
• Perspective slider
• Lighting style menu
• Pixel Chooser with five apply modes
o Mask Source
o Mask Result
o Modify Ball Size
o Modify Scatter
o Modify Twist Angle
• Improved Grid Spacing
• Random Seed control
• Mix with Original control