@browj2

Hi John.

Well so far it's been a complete waste of time. with Boris FX. Sent me email confirming my download and now won't recognise my email of password even though they used the email to send me the registration details.

[Edit] Went back to site and tried again. It says I've got the package and has locked me out as the code has been used.

Ray.

@CubeAce

Hi Ray,

I tried it again this morning. Clicked on the product in the email - the email that says "BFX Orders." That took me to this. Under Platform, I changed it to Windows 64 bits to limit the list:

I clicked on the link.This took me to a log in page. Logged in - my un and pw were still there. That took me to this:

I clicked on Download Now and the download thing popped up at the bottom of the screen. I saved it, moved the exe file to where I keep downloaded programs, and executed it.

I also received an email Borix FX requesting me to click on the link to verify my email address. It may be in the junk mailbox. Click on this.

Later on, I received an email - Boris FX Continuum - Getting Started with Your Continuum Download. It contains some Quick Links to learn more, watch tutorials and visit the forum.

The plugins - Boris and Accusonus - work with VPX and MEP. The two Accusonus plugins are VST's; they work with all audio and video programs that can handle VST's - 32 bit or 64 bit.

Below, Boris BCC in MEP2019 Premium:

John CB

@browj2

Hi John.

Update.

The site didn't like my main email account which is very old and alphanumerical. Tried with a newer account and got the download. Won't have time to look at it until perhaps tomorrow. Will also try to download some of the rest of them then.

Ray.

@browj2

OK, So Boris is in. No idea what to do with it yet but looks interesting.

@CubeAce

Good to know that you got it installed. Now it's time to read the manual and watch some tutorials.

In the Boris interface, don't forget to download the additional free templates. Once unzipped, I added the Boris_TS_Jan16 to the main location of the Boris templates under:

C:\ProgramData\BorisFX\ContinuumOFX\13\Presets\BCC 3D Objects\BCC Title Studio\Boris_TS_Jan16

They showed up in VPX/MEP under the preset popdown of the Boris OFX interface.

I just received another email from Boris, this time my account manager offering me help and giving me phone number. Amazing service for a freebie!

Did you get the Accusonus plugins installed? I will be trying out the Voice Leveler today on some narration.

John CB

@browj2

I still haven't downloaded everything yet John. I'm having an unusually busy couple of days.

I will get there by the end of the weekend.

Can you tell me exactly what the OFX interface is please?

Ray.

Can you tell me exactly what the OFX interface is please?

@CubeAce

Hi Ray,

In your double image, it's the one on the right at the right under Effects, same as all of the other OFX effects screens. The interface in your left screen is the Boris user interface, not the OFX interface.

John CB

@browj2

That's not what I meant John I meant What is OFX? but never mind.

The folder path you give doesn't exist on my setup.

It does as far as C:\ProgramData\BorisFX\ContinuumOFX\13\

After that it goes

Ray.

@CubeAce

Hi Ray.

OFX stands for "Open Effects Association". Much more detail here.

Jeff

@emmrecs

Thanks Jeff.

I hadn't seen that before.

Still no idea which folder to put the extras in.

Ray.

@CubeAce

Hi Ray,

You're screen shot shows ProgramFiles not ProgramData. Look in the correct folder.

Further to what Jeff indicated about OFX, you can tell when you go to add one in MEP/VPX as the initial screen will look like this:

Of course once applied, the media pool for the selected object will have the tools when you click on the effect:

John CB

@emmrecs@emmrecs

I would John if I could see Program Data. I'm assuming that is a hidden folder. I've forgotten how to get to see them.

Never mind. Found it. Wasn't turned on. This is not a default setting in Windows. It would have been nice to remind people of this.

Ray.

@browj2

OK, John.

Done.

I did notice on a brief look, that nearly all the title templates on offer within MEP seem to have been generated by this program.

Ray.

@CubeAce

Hi Ray.

I think you intended to tag @browj2 rather than me!!

Jeff

@emmrecs

Hi Jeff

Oops. Thought I had tagged both of you.

Will edit above comment.

Ray.

@browj2

Hi John.

When you run the Borris effects titler, is it bringing up two phantom volume controls in the Windows mixer?

Only happens when the Titler is activated and some animated titling is used but then won't go away when MEP is shut down. Apparently it looks like that part of the program is incompatible with the Intel graphics processor. Info here.

Ray.

@CubeAce

Hi Ray

. . . . it looks like that part of the program is incompatible with the Intel graphics processor . . . .

Not according to Boris see here.

The article you linked does not relate to Boris FX, it is for their Quick Terrain Modeler product - see the home page

The error message is an 'Access violation' not a GPU or graphics error.

The big problem is these are difficult to replicate as they are rare and specific to the computer on which they occur. It is caused by a program trying to use a memory allocation which is not entitled to use, has not been allocated or cannot be addressed and is an un-handled error - hence no details of what the cause was it may not be Boris.

John EB

@johnebaker

Hi John.

Have you been able to make an alerted animated graphic then John?

By that I mean just change the wording to an existing effect, because so far the program has either crashed or locked up whenever I've tried to apply an effect to a clip or the animation does not work on the clip and just shows the starting frame across the whole clip. I had three instances of Magix MQT Reader running in the background after the rest of MEP stopped running in one instance and it's bringing up an equal number of phantom sliders in the Windows mixer panel that are seemingly connected to nothing, and only go away when I stop those instances running using Task Manager.

I have managed to reproduce this behaviour and record what is happening but I now have to go and do other things. I will give a detailed account this evening.

These instances do not occur on project not using the Borris plug in.

Ray.

@CubeAce

Hi Ray

You may have noticed I have stayed out of this conversation until now - I do not need Boris it is not on my list, which is a very short list, of plugins that I need

My points were:

The article you linked to has nothing to do with Boris.

As it is un-handled error we do not definitively know that Boris is the cause. By that I mean Boris has tried to use memory illegally or the MEP OFX handler has baulked at what Boris is doing and caused an un-handled event, we can only assume it is either Boris or MEP, which is also QT based, that is causing the issue.

John EB

@johnebaker @browj2@browj2

Hi John.

Sorry to have asked you the previous question but assumed you had downloaded it as you answered a question directed at John CB. I was trying to get a confirmation one way or the other to see if the MQT reader shut down or not when MEP was shut down. However, thank you for pointing me to the Borris page showing the tested and approved graphics cards as it appears mine is not on the list despite supporting OpenGL 2.1 or higher and having the correct drivers. I'm assuming now, looking at the specs that my card does not have enough ram to support the resolution I was trying to work at.

The MQT file though does seem to be linked with the Borris FX program as it doesn't show in task manager on any project not actively showing the use of the Borris Continuum plug-in. Even when it is initially activated it doesn't show and only appears when you click on the FX Browser in the plug-in.

The image above shows the animation I selected and how it was appearing in the clip. I was trying to get it to blend into the clip but it first froze at the point you see in the preview monitor while in the program itself was running fine. Everything was taking an age to load though so maybe that should have been a warning sign for me.

This is the 4K clip I was trying to insert it to. It was nothing in particular as when trying something out I'm just seeing how to try to do what.

This is what shows in Task Manager.

That MQT file only shows on a project using the Borris FX program on my machine. No other current plug-in that I have as far as I know makes that come up. You can also see the 'phantom volume slider' that appears in the Windows sound mixer. One slider for each instance of the plug-in running. In this instance, one.

Even after closing MEP the instance of MAGIX QTM reader persists. As well as it keeping open the 'phantom volume slider' (My term, sorry, but don't know how else to describe it) it seems to have another odd side effect. I cannot transfer or import any movie files to any disk. I only tried MP4 files as those were the only ones I was using at the time and only noticed when trying to replicate the portrait file export problem on another thread and at the time couldn't understand why I could not import the video I made with my Osmo Pocket but had to work directly from the SD card. I found this out by later trying leaving the instance of the Magix MQT running in the background. As soon as I closed it I could copy files onto hard drives again.

So, so far, a few odd things happening.

Anyway, shutting down any lingering instances of MQT and everything goes back to normal. Including the 'phantom volume slider' at precisely the same instance MTQ is ended.

Opening any other previous project or making a new project does not instigate an instance of MQT in MEP.

But reopening a project that has it applied already dos on launch of MEP.

and again needs the instance of MQT to be shut down in task manager afterwards. It does appear in the list of processes much further down the list that you would expect to see with MEP running.

So I do think it is Borris related but after looking at the info John supplied suspect yet again my inadequate graphics card.

So my question now is to anyone with a better and fully approved card is. Are you suffering from any freezing using Borris FX and do the problems and the MQT instances go away when you shut down MEP?

Can you get it to work?

Does MQT stilllinger and have you had any unexpected problems?

If you can use Borris and there are no side effects, or MQT does indeed shut down on exiting MEP, I will just have to sideline using Borris until such times as I can upgrade my graphics card.

It looks like a useful plug-in. I certainly like its flexibility and relatively easy to understand interface.

I will see if it can handle any of my HD video without tripping over on my system.

Ray.

@CubeAce

Hi Ray

. . . . Sorry to have asked you the previous question but assumed you had downloaded it as you answered a question directed at John CB.

Not a problem, it was a valid question.

. . . it appears mine is not on the list despite supporting OpenGL 2.1 or higher and having the correct drivers . . .

I think it is just that Boris have not tested on the UHD 630 - as the Intel HD 530 is mentioned and it supports the same OpenGL version (4.4) as the UHD630 - then it is supported.

However they have to downloaded and installed separately - see this Intel article - look in your the Intel Graphics Command Center to see if Boris has installed the necessary drivers - here is mine as you can see I do not have the OpenGL drivers installed.

The GT 1030 also supports OpenGL 4.5 !

. . . . I was trying to get a confirmation one way or the other to see if the MQT reader shut down or not when MEP was shut down. . . .

That one I cannot answer specifically - only to say that I have not yet seen MEP launching a MQT reader process.

John EB

@johnebaker

Hi John.

I had never seen an instance of the MQT reader before either.

I have since tried a project only in HD. Borris FX did not trip up or open an instance of Magix MQT so it seems like a lack of memory problem of my graphics card. It may also be a bit slow clock wise.

The other thing is a lot of the effects that require shading show but do not engage. These are my current drivers.

Am I missing anything or do you think it is it just a lack of ram?

ray.