Upcoming Continuum 2024.5: Enhanced Artistic Capabilities Fueled by Machine Learning Technology
Continuum 2024.5, the latest update from Boris FX, brings a host of significant improvements to its suite of visual effects tools. This update introduces AI-driven tools and enhancements to core effects and workflows, aiming to accelerate tasks, improve colour workflows, and expand creative freedom.
AI-Powered Retiming with Retimer ML
One of the standout features in Continuum 2024.5 is Retimer ML. This AI-powered retiming node allows for smooth and crystal-clear time warps, enhancing speed ramping and slow-motion effects with minimal artifacts.
Anonymizing Footage with Witness Protection ML
Another innovative addition is Witness Protection ML. This machine learning-based effect is designed to anonymize faces or sensitive elements in footage, aiding privacy protection in post-production workflows.
Streamlined Colour Workflows with BCC+ Color Link
The update also includes BCC+ Color Link, an improved colour management feature. This tool streamlines colour grading and consistency by linking colour parameters across multiple Continuum effects, enabling unified colour control.
Expanded Creative Possibilities with Particle Illusion
Particle Illusion, a popular tool in the Continuum suite, has received updates that integrate it with Stability AI. This allows users to create custom particle sprites from AI-generated images directly inside Particle Illusion, greatly expanding creative possibilities for particle effects.
Enhanced Creative Effects
The Creative Effects updates in Continuum 2024.5 include new AI-driven image restoration tools such as DeNoise ML for fast noise reduction and enhanced quality of imperfect footage.
Particle Illusion Play: More Creative Control
Continuum 2024.5 also introduces Particle Illusion Play, a feature offering enhanced capabilities for particle effects. This update provides more creative control over particle effects, enabling users to craft more intricate and visually stunning scenes.
Simplified Colour Grading and Correction
Simplified Color, another new feature in Continuum 2024.5, allows for easy color grading and correction within the suite.
Performance Improvements
Continuum 2024.5 also boasts faster performance, with speedier playback in the FX Editor and accelerated Mocha tracking.
Availability and Pricing
Continuum 2024.5 is now available as a plugin for Adobe After Effects & Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve, Foundry Nuke, and VEGAS Pro. Pricing for Continuum 2024.5 starts at $195/year or $25/month.
Existing customers on an active monthly/annual subscription or upgrade & support plan can download the update for free. The Boris FX Hub serves as a central platform for accessing Continuum 2024.5 and other Boris FX products. New installers for Continuum 2024.5 can be downloaded through the Boris FX Hub. A free trial for Continuum is also available on the Boris FX Hub.
[1] These updates leverage AI to accelerate and improve visual effects tasks, enhance colour workflows, and expand creative freedom within the Continuum suite.
The latest update, Continuum 2024.5, utilizes AI technology to introduce AI-powered Retimer ML for smooth time warps, and Witness Protection ML for anonymizing footage, both aiming to streamline post-production workflows. Furthermore, this update expands creative possibilities with integrated AI-generated images in Particle Illusion and new AI-driven image restoration tools like DeNoise ML.
