BCC+ Orbs Dissolve

The BCC+ Orbs Dissolve transition creates colored orb shapes that auto-animate in random directions over the course of the dissolve transition. Users can control the speed and randomization of the movement along with the size and color of the orb shapes. The included flicker option controls the brightness of each orb so that they can flicker independently of each other.

Presets and the FX Editor

The FX Editor provides a convenient way to store and retrieve factory installed and/or user generated filter presets. To select a preset, open the FX Editor interface and pick one from the Presets panel. Click the apply button in the FX Editor to return to the host user interface.

To save a custom preset, click the “Create Custom Preset” icon in the top right corner of the parameter list, next to the filter name, set a name for the new custom preset in the dialog that appears and click done.

Filter Parameters

Animation: Menu controlling what drives the animation of the transition.

Auto – automatically generates a transition based on the transition length (when used as a transition) or the clip length (when used as a filter).
Manual – requires the user to set keyframes to control the transition progression. Can be useful in customizing the exact timing of the transition or when applying the filter as a stylized effect as opposed to a direct NLE-style transition.

Layer to Reveal: This layer selection popup is not relevant when you have applied the filter as a true NLE-style transition and it will be hidden or disabled in that context. When applied as a normal “effect” as opposed to a transition, however, this menu is used to select the “Incoming” or “Reveal” layer for the transition.

Percent Done: Disabled/Hidden by default. When the Animation menu is changed to Percent Done then this slider can be manually keyframed to control the transition progression.

Style: The size of the rendered orbs can be static or can animate up and down over the course of the transition

Blend: orbs remain the same size
Animate: orbs scale up and down

The Orbs Light Source Group

Source Animation: The overall flow of the orbs can show a natural random movement or this movement can be set to animate between user defined start and end points in the frame

Source: orbs float naturally
Start -> End: orbs flow between the start and end points

Source Start: use to set the start point for the orb animation flow

Source End: use to set the end point for the orb animation flow

Source Ease: use to smooth the flow at the start and end points

The Orbs Group

Count: Used to control the number of orbs in the scene. Higher values will result in more orbs.

Illumination Radius: Used to set the mask region where orbs will appear. Higher values will result in a larger, more diffuse area, while lower values will create a more restricted area. By default, the orbs will appear in the center and fade out toward the edge of the frame.

Invert Illumination: Used to invert the illuminated area of the effect. When selected, orbs will appear outside of the illumination region mask. Handy when generating a look of condensation on the outer edge of a camera lens.

Falloff: Used to adjust the feathering of the light source illuminating the orbs. Higher values will result in a softer edge, whereas lower values will result in a sharper, more defined edge.

Depth Blur: Used to adjust the softness of the orb edges. Higher values will result in a softer more diffuse edge, whereas lower values will result in a sharper, more defined edge.

Depth Blur Randomness: Adds more variability to the depth blur of the individual orbs. Higher values result in more random depth blur between orbs. Lower values result in more uniform depth blur between orbs.

Intensity: Controls the peak brightness level of the orbs.

Intensity Randomness: Adds more variability to the intensity of the individual orbs. Higher values result in more random intensity between orbs. Lower values result in more uniform intensity between orbs.

Light Source: Use to control the position of the light source along the X/Y axis.

Scale: Use to control the overall scale of the orbs.

Scale Randomness: Adds more variability to the scale of the individual orbs. Higher values result in more random scaling between orbs. Lower values result in more uniform scaling between orbs.

Color: Used to set the color of the orbs. In it’s default state the orbs are white. By selecting a color with the color chip, the orbs can be set to any RGB value. With the eyedropper, the orb color can be selected directly from the image pixels.

Color Randomness: Adds more variability to the color of the individual orbs. Higher values result in more random coloring between orbs. Lower values result in more uniform coloring between orbs.

Speed: Used to adjust the overall speed of the orb movement. Higher values will result in faster movement. orb

Coherance: Used to adjust the movement and evolution of the orbs pattern. Higher values result in a smoother oscillation, whereas lower values result in a more chaotic movement.

Flicker Amount: Controls the overall intensity of the flicker animation for the orbs. Higher values will result in a brighter, more intense flicker in each generated orb shape.

Flicker Speed: Controls the overall speed of the flicker animation for the orbs.

Flicker Randomness: Adds more variability to the flickering animation for the orbs. Higher values result in more random intervals between flickers. Lower values result in more regular flickering.

Flicker Smoothness: Used to control the overall smoothness of the flicker animation for the orbs. A higher value will result in smoother animation, while a lower value will result in shaper animation.

Blend Mode: Determines the blend mode to be used to create the orb effect.

Add: The orbs are added to the image.
Screen: The orbs are combined with the image using a Screen blend mode. This looks kind of like the Add blend mode, but highlights are retained.

Random Seed: Use to set the starting seed for the animation.

The Prism Group

Enable: This checkbox enables independent control over the prism effect parameters.

Amount: Sets the amount of the the prism, with lower values generating a smaller prism effect, and higher values generating a more intense prism effect.

Weight: Sets the smoothness of the prism with lower values generating a more visible stepped offset and higher values yielding a smooth continuous prism

Short Color: use to set the first color in the prism

Mid Color: use to set the second color in the prism

Long Color: use to set the third color in the prism

The Color Correct Group

Enable: This checkbox enables independent control over the color correction parameters.

Hue: Used to control the overall hue of the effect

Saturation: Used to control the overall saturation of the effect. Higher values create a more intense color saturation than lower values.

Brightness: Used to control the overall brightness of the effect. Higher values create more intense highlights than lower values.

Contrast: Used to control the overall contrast of the effect. Higher values create a more intense contrast between light and dark pixels than lower values.

Gamma: Used to control the overall gamma of the effect.

Temperature: Used to control the overall temperature of the effect. Moving the Temperature slider to the left (negative values) will yield a cooler result, while moving the slider to the right will warm up the shot.

Cyan/Magenta: Used to control the overall amount of cyan/magenta in the image. Moving the slider to the left (negative values) will add a cyan tint, while moving the slider to the right will add a magenta tint.

Red: Used to control the overall value of the red color channel. Higher values increase the overall influence of the red color channel than lower values.

Green: Used to control the overall value of the green color channel. Higher values increase the overall influence of the blue color channel than lower values.

Blue: Used to control the overall value of the blue color channel. Higher values increase the overall influence of the red color channel than lower values.

Mix with Original: Used to blend the filter effect back with the unfiltered input mage.

Animation Tuning group

These parameters control the overall timing of the transition. On hosts which permit on-screen heads up display widgets (such as AE, Premiere, and Avid) you should never need to modify these sliders directly since they can be configured in a more convenient and intuitive manner by manipulating the widgets directly in your comp/preview pane. On hosts without heads up display widgets you can use these sliders directly to fine tune your animation timing, taking advantage of the View Ease Curve option to help visualize the animation rates.

Ease In: Control how quickly or slowly the line advances at the beginning of the transition.

Ease Mid: Control how quickly or slowly the middle of the animation progresses.

Ease Out: Control how quickly or slowly the line advances at the end of the transition.

OSC Enable: Only visible in hosts that support heads up display widgets for manipulating these controls directly on screen. Enables/Disables on screen controls.

GPU Rendering: allows for the selection of GPU or CPU software rendering.