While we have access to many plugins designed for AE and Premiere, Avid has been a wasteland except for Boris Continuum. Here's a plug-in offering we found recently for transitions that don't require additional software: https://fxsyndrome.io/ Hope you find it helpful. (read more)

Hey smyers63, have a look at this website that does some hip templates and presets for Avid https://fxsyndrome.io They have a Boris CC option and a No-Plugin option. Share it with the community if you find it interesting. Thanks, (read more)

If any of you guys is interested in some hip templated/preset effects and transition for their Avid, checkout this website https://fxsyndrome.io They have a Boris CC option and a No-Plugin option. Very handy and easy and affordable. (read more)

[quote user="Juris Eksts"] this points to the question - do you have enough material to give an overlap to be able to do a mix? [/quote] Thanks for the reply Juris. I can't change the number of frames in the Quick Transistion pop up box. New numbers revert to zero in the relevent box. The... (read more)

Hi, new user here: the transitions icon does not appear when clicked. When I try via: Project pane > Effects tab > Blend > Dissolve, I get the following: 0 transitions added successfully. 1 skiped due to zero-length handles or user cancellation. i didn;t cancel so how can I preset handle length... (read more)

Does Media Composer 8 allow you to search within your effects bin for specific filters like glow? I was reading this forum post (see link below) and one person suggested adding my favorites to a bin. The problem with this? I dont have any favorites because I just started using Media Composer again. I'm... (read more)

Hi, I watched this video tutorial on Boris' youtube channel for creating transitions in Avid FX. Looked really cool. After having just installed Avid FX, I seem to be missing a lot of the transitions shown in the video. Does anyone know where they are? (e.g. glow dissolve). I only have "Designer... (read more)

In FCP7, if you apply for exemple a push between 2 clips on track V3, it will only apply to V3, V1 and V2 won't move. So we are able to make modern animation without keyframing : the top layer move, but not the background. This works with push and with every transition, and help to make very moderns... (read more)

I currently have Hollywood FX Gold version 4.5.7 (with AVX plugins) which is very old. Does anyone know if there is a current version with updated effects that works within Media Composer? I only see it listed for Liquid. I love this old software; it has many special effects and allows me to make titles... (read more)

Hello, I've created a family reunion video and photo slideshow. Some of the transitions in the photo slideshow are showing half black in the lower part of the screen and are slow to transtion to the next picture. I have emptied out my temporary render files folder and have tried rendering at best... (read more)