User`s guide

Chapter 4
Working with Effects and Filters
Avid FX provides you with over 160 different filters and a library of effects presets,
known as the KeyFrame Library.They allow you to alter your images in an endless
number of ways. In addition, you can plug in third-party effects.
• Working with Effects and Filters on page 172
• Working with Masks on page 178
• Working with Pre-Compositions on page 181
• The KeyFrame Library and the Library Browser on page 184
• The Filter Palette on page 187
• The Plug-In Filter Manager on page 188
• Using the PixelChooser on page 189
• Previewing Effects on page 192
• Working with Audio Effects on page 197
Types of Filters
Many of the filters in Avid FX are BCC (Boris Continuum Complete) filters,
distinguished by the BCC prefix. Within the Avid FX installation, the BCC Presets
folder(s) contains presets for all of the BCC filters. A preset is a predefined set of
parameter values for a filter. Numerous additional filters can be found in the Keyframe
Library. As you work, you can save your own settings as presets.
You can still use saved settings that include older filters. When you open an effect that
includes an older filter, the effect opens with the suffix .obs after the filter name.
Although the filter is considered “obsolete,” you can still open it and make changes,
providing compatibility with earlier versions. However, if you plan to continue using
this setting in the future, you should replace the obsolete filter with the corresponding
BCC filter. For example, replace the Red Blur filter with a BCC Blur filter.