BCC Sphere
Category: BCC Perspective
Effect Name: BCC Sphere
The BCC Sphere filter, part of the BCC Perspective category, maps the source image onto a 3D modeled sphere. A number of controls allow you to adjust the position, scale, size, and pivot point of the shape, crop and mask the sphere, adjust the camera perspective of the sphere, apply motion blur and lights, and control the compositing of the sphere with other objects.
Working with the Filter
Presets and Common Controls
- BCC filters come with a library of factory installed presets plus the ability to create your own custom presets and preview them with the BCC FX Browserโข.
- BCC filters also include common controls that configure global effect preferences and other host-specific effect settings.
For more information about working with presets and other common controls, Click Here.
Beat Reactor
The Beat Reactor is an audio-driven animation system that links effect parameters to an audio track. This allows visual effects to react dynamically to sound without manual key-framing.
For more information, see Beat Reactor Documentation.
Faces Group
- Alt Front:Selects the layer mapped onto the sphere. If None, the filtered clip is used.
- Wrap:Determines how the image wraps.
- Around: Fully wraps image.
- One Way Repeat: Front + back copies.
- Back & Forth Repeat: Back is mirrored.
- Front: Only front is visible.
- Tile: Repeats horizontally and vertically.
- Faces:Determines visible sides.
- Front: Outside only.
- Back: Inside only.
- Both: Inside and outside.
- Front Opacity:Controls transparency of the outer surface.
- Alt Back:Sets the layer used for the back of the image.
Geometry Parameter Group
- Position:Sets the X and Y coordinates of the center point of the sphere.
- Position Z:Sets the depth relative to the viewer.
- Wrap Percentage:Determines how much the image wraps around the sphere.
Note: If you spin, tumble, or rotate a sphere and then unwrap it, the object returns to its original orientation. To animate a full spin while unwrapping, animate Spin from โ360 to 0 (or 360 to 0).
- Scale:Sets the size of the sphere.
- Tumble:Tumbles the image along the z axis.
- Spin:Spins the image along the y axis.
- Rotate:Rotates the image along the x axis.
- Crop Top-Left:Crops the image using the top left x/y bounds.
- Crop Bot-Right:Crops the image using the bottom-right bounds.
Motion Blur
- Motion Blur On:Enables/disables the motion blur.
- Motion Blur Quality:Determines the smoothness of the motion blur.
- Shutter Angle:Sets the blur width.
- Rotate:Rotates the image along the x axis.
- Crop Top-Left:Crops the image using the top left x/y bounds.
- Crop Bot-Right:Crops the image using the bottom-right bounds.
Warning: Motion blur is processor-intensive. Disable while working and enable before final render.
Camera / Pivot Group
- Lock Pivot:Rotates the camera around object center.
- Pivot XY / Z:Determines a custom pivot point.
- Camera XY:Sets focal point position.
- Camera Z:Sets the camera's distance from the object.
Lights Group
Up to three different lights sources can be applied to the object.
- Type:Selects type of light used in the scene.
- Diffuse-Specular: Combined lighting for shiny surfaces
- Spotlight: Focused beam
- Light Sweep: Moving band of light
- Source:Determines the location of the light source.
- XYZ: Allows the light source to be set along the x/y/z axis.
- Directional: Allows the light's elevation and direction to be set.
- Source XY / Z:Sets the light source along the x/y/z axis.
- Elevation:Sets the light source elevation in relation to the object.
- Direction Light:Determines the direction of the light source.
- Distance Light:Determines the distance of the light source.
- Target XY:Determines the target of the spotlight.
- Width:Sets the beam width.
- Intensity:Sets the brightness of the light.
- Specular:Sets the intensity of the highlights.
- Color:Determines the color of the light.
- Falloff:Sets the softness of the lights edges.
- Sweep Angle:Sets the angle of the light sweep.
- Apply Mode:Determines how the light is composited into the scene.
- Apply Mix:Blends the lighting effect with normal compositing mode.
Drop Shadow Group
- Drop Shadow On:Enables/disables the drop shadow.
- Shadow Distance:Sets the shadow distance from the object.
- Shadow Intensity:Sets the opacity of the shadow.
- Shadow Softness:Sets the softness of the shadow edges.
- Shadow Angle:Sets the direction of the shadow.
- Shadow Color:Sets the color of the shadow.
