Boris FX Transfer AE is an Adobe After Effects plug-in allowing seamless transfer of Avid Media Composer and Apple Final Cut Pro 7 program sequences to After Effects. Transfer AE preserves all aspects of an Avid or FCP project including edits, cuts, dissolves, and treatments. It also offers the ability to translate Boris Continuum Complete effects used in Avid or FCP projects to corresponding Continuum Complete effects in After Effects.
Transfer AE is compatible with After Effects CC 2014, CC, CS6, CS5.5 / CS5, and CS4 for Mac and Windows. (CS4 requires an Intel-based Mac.)
General
Clips Remain Fully Editable
All trimmed Avid Media Composer and Apple Final Cut Pro clips remain fully editable in Adobe After Effects as stepped-up or stepped-down layers.
Boris Continuum Complete Compatibility
Continuum Complete filter effects provide the same look and keyframe values for every parameter.
Editable Avid & FCP Text
Avid and Final Cut Pro titles and text elements remain editable in After Effects.
Media Elements Preserved During Transfer
Integrity of transferred media elements is preserved during the transfer from Avid or Final Cut Pro, including alpha channel information and masks.
Expanded Import Options
Import options include the ability to import or ignore audio tracks and the ability to pre-compose all video and/or audio tracks during import.
Familiar Look and Feel
Translated After Effects projects will look very familiar to Avid or Final Cut Pro editors. User marks, comments and labels for clips and sequences, and all user-defined names are carried across from Avid or Final Cut Pro to After Effects.
FCP to AE Supported Features
Item Settings
Frame Rate
Pixel Aspect Ratio (Media PAR set to composition PAR)
Field Dominance (If media FD differs from sequence FD, FCP automatically applies Shift Fields)
Audio Sample Rate
In/Out points
Start/End points (Start frame may be one frame later in AE if layer is time-remapped)
Duration (Timecode will end one frame before timecode in FCP)
Frame Blending
Enabled States (Clips) (All clips are transferred)
Enabled States (Tracks) (All clips in an FCP disabled track become disabled in AE)
Enabled States (Effects) (Only enabled filters are transferred)
Clip Labels (Only Label 2 supported)
Clip Comments (Comments appear on the footage, not on the layer)
Clip Markers (Layer Markers)
Pixel Aspect Ratio (Media PAR set to composition PAR)
Field Dominance (If media FD differs from sequence FD, FCP automatically applies Shift Fields)
Audio Sample Rate
In/Out points
Start/End points (Start frame may be one frame later in AE if layer is time-remapped)
Duration (Timecode will end one frame before timecode in FCP)
Frame Blending
Enabled States (Clips) (All clips are transferred)
Enabled States (Tracks) (All clips in an FCP disabled track become disabled in AE)
Enabled States (Effects) (Only enabled filters are transferred)
Clip Labels (Only Label 2 supported)
Clip Comments (Comments appear on the footage, not on the layer)
Clip Markers (Layer Markers)
Composite Modes
Normal (Normal)
Add (Add)
Subtract (Classic Difference) (*Subtract in CS5)
Difference (Classic Difference)
Multiply (Multiply)
Screen (Screen)
Overlay (Overlay)
Hard Light (Hard Light)
Soft Light (Soft Light)
Darken (Darken)
Lighten (Lighten)
Travel Matte - Alpha (Track Matte) (Not supported in CS5)
Travel Matte - Luma (Track Matte) (Not supported in CS5)
Add (Add)
Subtract (Classic Difference) (*Subtract in CS5)
Difference (Classic Difference)
Multiply (Multiply)
Screen (Screen)
Overlay (Overlay)
Hard Light (Hard Light)
Soft Light (Soft Light)
Darken (Darken)
Lighten (Lighten)
Travel Matte - Alpha (Track Matte) (Not supported in CS5)
Travel Matte - Luma (Track Matte) (Not supported in CS5)
Alpha
None/Ignore (Alpha settings grayed out or Ignore checked in media's Interpret Footage)
White (Premult)
Black (Premult)
Straight (Premult)
Reverse Alpha (Invert Alpha checked in media's Interpret Footage)
White (Premult)
Black (Premult)
Straight (Premult)
Reverse Alpha (Invert Alpha checked in media's Interpret Footage)
Sequence/Composition Settings
Width/Height
Pixel Aspect Ratio (Sometimes PAR will need a change to Square to correct for AE host error)
Frame Rate
Sequence Markers (Composition Markers)
*Field Dominance not supported
*Sequences Comments & Labels not supported
Pixel Aspect Ratio (Sometimes PAR will need a change to Square to correct for AE host error)
Frame Rate
Sequence Markers (Composition Markers)
*Field Dominance not supported
*Sequences Comments & Labels not supported
Other
Bins (Folders)
Projects
Photoshop files (Position may be incorrect if the image has transparent background/alpha channel)
Freeze Frames (Time Remapping Hold Keyframe applied; Extra keyframe appears at or after the end of the layer)
Sub-clips (Normal layers)
Nested Sequences (Nested compositions)
MultiCam (Nested compositions)
Slip (Slip)
Slide (Slide)
XML Drag & Drop (Not supported in CS5)
Projects
Photoshop files (Position may be incorrect if the image has transparent background/alpha channel)
Freeze Frames (Time Remapping Hold Keyframe applied; Extra keyframe appears at or after the end of the layer)
Sub-clips (Normal layers)
Nested Sequences (Nested compositions)
MultiCam (Nested compositions)
Slip (Slip)
Slide (Slide)
XML Drag & Drop (Not supported in CS5)
Avid to AE Supported Features
Project
Frame Size
Frame Rate
Aspect Ratio
Pixel Aspect Ratio
In/Out points
Start/End points
Duration
*Enabled States (Tracks) not supported
Frame Rate
Aspect Ratio
Pixel Aspect Ratio
In/Out points
Start/End points
Duration
*Enabled States (Tracks) not supported
Comments
Script comments in Bin (Footage Comments)
Timeline comments on clips (Footage Comments)
Timeline comments on clips (Footage Comments)
Locators
Source locators on master clips(Layer Markers)
Timeline locators on clips (Layer Markers)
Timeline locators on timecode track (Composition Markers)
*Timeline locators on fillers not supported
*Locator colors not supported
Timeline locators on clips (Layer Markers)
Timeline locators on timecode track (Composition Markers)
*Timeline locators on fillers not supported
*Locator colors not supported
Non-Timecoded Sources
PSD files
JPEG files
PNG files
TIF files
BMP files
TGA files
JPEG files
PNG files
TIF files
BMP files
TGA files
Timecodes
Sequence starting timecode (Composition starting timecode)
*Master clip starting timecode not supported
*Master clip auxiliary TC 1 not supported
*Master clip auxiliary TC 2 not supported
*Master clip auxiliary TC 3 not supported
*Master clip auxiliary TC 4 not supported
*Master clip auxiliary TC 5 not supported
*Master clip auxiliary TC 24 not supported
*Tape name not supported
*Master clip starting timecode not supported
*Master clip auxiliary TC 1 not supported
*Master clip auxiliary TC 2 not supported
*Master clip auxiliary TC 3 not supported
*Master clip auxiliary TC 4 not supported
*Master clip auxiliary TC 5 not supported
*Master clip auxiliary TC 24 not supported
*Tape name not supported
Other
Subclips (Normal Layers) (Both normal subclips and subclips created via AutoSync are supported)
Multicam (Nested compositions) (Multicam clips come in as straight cuts with trimming intact)
Collapsed Segments (Nested compositions) (Nested Sequence for each set of collapsed layers)
Alpha/Matte Key(Premult) (Clip has alpha type set to "straight")
Multicam (Nested compositions) (Multicam clips come in as straight cuts with trimming intact)
Collapsed Segments (Nested compositions) (Nested Sequence for each set of collapsed layers)
Alpha/Matte Key(Premult) (Clip has alpha type set to "straight")