First, it support AVX2=Avid MC-based system and cost €45, buy it if You need it when You buy MC.

Second, BCC have both opasity and time variables, which make its possibly to use them as transitions.

I am waiting for the upgrade but as I have decided to go that route 45euros isn't anything serious.

It's just drag and drop.

I've just installed Boris.  It should have come with a book!  Less intuitive than Sapphire, and you seem to need to spend more time on each effect to get the best out of it. 

Sapphire drag and drop transitions (e.g the whip pan one) are simpler and quicker, but I guess Boris is better if the client isnt watching the clock too much!  Just my quick take on it.  D

 I agree. Most of what Boris Continuum can do, Sapphire can do better. However, I've found Boris very handy for utility roles like cleaning up sub-standard video with the grain reducers and noise reducers. Also very handy is the "witness protection" effect, allowing motion tracking on the defined area - very quick to use.

All things being equal, I prefer Sapphire.

Both have their strengths and weaknesses. I prefer Sapphire's filters and transitions. However, Boris CC has a Pixel Chooser, keyer, support for OpenGL, and etc.

Yes but Sapphire plugins are too expensive while BCC are included with MC package Dom.

 I mean 1600 usd are as much as MC itself.

I talked to my Avid Rep last week and was told that if I upgrade one of my systems to the new DX line, the media will not be compatable with my Adreneline. Just like how Meridian could read ABVB, but not the other way.  Can anyone verify this?

I'm not doubting the value of Sapphire for our clients. It is very popular!

I'm just saying that Boris CC has its own strengths that should not be overlooked. Being part of the MC package is the big one.

djsakai:

I talked to my Avid Rep last week and was told that if I upgrade one of my systems to the new DX line, the media will not be compatable with my Adreneline. Just like how Meridian could read ABVB, but not the other way.  Can anyone verify this?

 I think your Avid rep and you should look at this, and scroll down to the resolutions section.

Agreed. I've been bouncing back and forth between the two for a month now. 

Another reason never to believe a sales rep.

BLKDOG:

Another reason never to believe a sales rep.

djsakai:

I talked to my Avid Rep last week and was told that if I upgrade one of my systems to the new DX line, the media will not be compatable with my Adreneline.

Run away from this rep.

A closet Apple rep perhaps?

sverkalo:

It was for Avid Symphony Nitris.

http://learn.avid.com/content/tutorials/#

 

This is why I previously said "why Media Composer doesn't have second color correction while Liquid, Premiere Pro, FCP and Vegas all have it" You need to buy Symphony to get it.

So, If you can get it with BCC and it can do the job, it can be a good alternative.

How come Liquid has it and MC doesn't?

Is thius for moving to Nitris.

But I thought that the software was the same.

isn't? I mean MC with Nitris.