Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024 versions 17.0.1 and 17.0.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024 and the previous Continuum 2023.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2024 release notes:
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.1) for Adobe Release Notes
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.2) for Adobe Release Notes
Feature Enhancements in Continuum 2024 v17.0.3 for Adobe:
- BCC+ UpRes ML:
- Now available in Premiere too! (For previous releases it was only enabled in AE.)
- Performance improvements in AE workflow with Allow Resizing disabled.
- In After Effects it now defaults to Allow Resizing enabled
- New Sharpen Radius control for fine tuning the details
- BCC+ DeNoise ML and BCC+ UpRes ML:
- Optimized initialization on macOS 14 (Sonoma). No more long delays when first using a filter on a new system or after an update.
- FX Editor Performance:
- Up to 25% faster playback on multi-input effects such as transitions.
- BCC+ Light Flicker:
- Extend Speed slider max range to 200
- BCC+ Blurs:
- Extend the max amount range from 500 to 1000 in blur filters
- Particle Illusion:
- Updated 2024 Emitter Library - lots more new 2024 emitters!
- PI Pro Tracker Data Import - import of Mocha or Synth Eyes 2D tracker data files for Emitter or Camera tracking
- PI Pro Video Import - Import background video in standard formats directly into the PI UI - only in licensed version. Note this feature only works when launching PI in standalone mode, not when launching from as a plugin since the background video is provided by the host in plugin mode.
- Extensive improvements to the sprite image import UI/controls (Alpha from Luma, Highlight Black, Remove Background, Scale Darks options, etc.)
- Preview pane now renders with 3D perspective for more accurate preview of library emitters
Other Fixes and Polish in Continuum 2024 v17.0.3 for Adobe:
- FX Editor - Premiere and AE - Fix timeline duration inside FX Editor when applied to still images or solids
- BCC+ AE - Fix incorrect auto scaling of certain filters with AE native text boundary box which caused the strength of some effects to vary unexpectedly as text bounding box varied
- BCC+ AE - Fix sporadic checkout ID errors in AE when rendering long clips for effects that checkout frames at alternate times or from secondary layer pickers
- BCC+ AE - Fix sporadic internal verification errors in AE when rendering with frames at alternate times or from secondary layer pickers and when GPU memory is low
- BCC+ AE - filters with View option display grayscale views with green tint in 8bit AE
- BCC+ UpRes ML - AE - Center point param has no effect with Allow Resizing enabled in AE
- BCC+ Audio Visualizer doesn’t recognize Unicode file path for external audio
- BCC+ DeNoise ML and BCC+ UpRes ML - Memory leak on mac for hosts running in Rosetta mode
- BCC+ DeNoise ML and BCC+ UpRes ML - More efficient sharing of GPU memory when using both ML filters in the same project
- BCC+ DeNoise ML and BCC+ UpRes ML - Mac OS - Did not always display the message reporting “macOS 12 or higher required”
- BCC+ DeNoise ML and BCC+ UpRes ML - Improved diagnostic logging
- BCC+ DeNoise ML and BCC+ UpRes ML - Occasional bad tiles on Mac, especially for hosts running in Rosetta
- BCC+ UpRes ML - Sharpen amount did not scale correctly with Allow Resizing disabled
- BCC+ Super LED - KeyLight option was not producing the expected result
- BCC+ - Premult alpha fringe in several filters when applied to soft alpha regions in some hosts
- BCC+ Looks - Colors don’t update when choosing named color presets
- Particle Illusion Dissolve - Particles not rendering as expected in transition version of PI
- Particle Illusion - Source shown at 2x size in PI compared to host for 4K
- Particle Illusion - Sprite import dialog cancel button overlaps with radio button when current library has long name
- Particle Illusion - Updated Help menu options
- Particle Illusion - Particle masking should not affect the preview pane in the PI UI - only the Stage view
- Particle Illusion - Render Dialog - Target movie filename input controls not shown when Force Motion Blur enabled
- Particle Illusion - 3D Line trails with high thickness can show in front of particle and other 3D line drawing issues
- Particle Illusion - Mini timeline keys not displaying for camera parameters
- Particle Illusion - Add progress bar to “Loading Emitter Libraries…” phase at app startup.
- Particle Illusion - Detect if user is missing full set of emitter libraries and prompt to download
- Particle Illusion - Sporadic crash when repeatedly adding an emitter from a library, undoing, then re-adding another emitter
- Particle Illusion - Shape editor “import” and “generate” buttons now visibly react to clicks
- Particle Illusion - Issue with free emitters and deflectors rendering incorrectly in some projects
- Particle Illusion - AI Sprite generation - new Random Seed button
- Particle Illusion - AI Sprite generation - default image name should not contain ‘:’ character even if that is used in the text prompt
- Particle Illusion - AI Sprite generation - image gen history count doesn’t always update
- Particle Illusion - AI Sprite generation - image strength set to 0 still incorrectly used seed image.
- Particle Illusion - AI sprite generation - “steps” max should be 50
- Particle Illusion - AE sprite generation - sporadic errors generating the sprites
- Particle Illusion - Improved diagnostic logging.
- Particle Illusion - Stage/Render size doesn’t match host under some conditions
- Particle Illusion - Errors with dialogs appearing on the correct monitor on Windows on multi-monitor systems
- Particle Illusion - Reorder Project Size presets so 4K and HD are at the top.
- Particle Illusion - Dimensions listed above Stage pane can be inaccurate
- Particle Illusion - ‘Opacity’ parameter in Host ‘Composite’ group does not affect some particle elements
- Particle Illusion - Some projects zoomed in at the wrong level
- Particle Illusion - AI Sprite Generation preset updates
- Particle Illusion - Reference Point dialog doesn’t respond to Esc/Enter keys to close
- Particle Illusion - Non-square pixel aspect ratios would display incorrectly stretched host media or particles in various scenarios
- Particle Illusion - Emission Text does not follow the text correctly when pixel aspect ratio of the project is non-square
- Particle Illusion - Emphasized param status now saved/restored from emitter library elements
- Particle Illusion - Free emitter lines start at previous free emitter position instead of current position
- Particle Illusion - Numerous UI refinements
Continuum 2024 v17.0.3 (BCC 17.0.3) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro was released on 2/16/2024.
Continuum 2024 v17.0.3 for Adobe supports the following Adobe host applications:
macOSX 10.15, 11.x, 12.x, 13.x, 14.x (up to OS version at time of Continuum release and as appropriate for the host version in use). Continuum supports running natively on ARM64 native chipsets for After Effects and Premiere Pro versions which themselves support running natively on ARM64. Note that the Machine Learning (ML) features require macOS 12 or higher.
- Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CC 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 (up to versions released at time of Continuum release)
Windows 10 x64, Windows 11:
- Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CC 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 (up to versions released at time of Continuum release)
Additional Hardware and OS Requirements
- On macOS the Machine Learning (ML) filters require macOS 12 (Monterey) or higher
- On Windows the Machine Learning (ML) filters require a DirectX 12 capable device and either NVIDIA or AMD cards are strongly recommended.
- On Windows the BCC+ filters prefer NVIDIA or AMD cards for full GPU support
Training:
Numerous resources are available for helping you get the most out of Boris Continuum Complete.
- Help documents for individual BCC effects are accessible directly from each plug-in’s UI in most hosts. The entire BCC Help Documentation library is also available on the Boris FX website, including access to a downloadable version for browsing Offline BCC Help Documentation.
- BorisTV video tutorials cover a huge range of topics from introductions to the Fundamentals, to deep training Webinar Replays, to in-depth looks at key effects and techniques.
Continuum 2024 v17.0.3 for Adobe - Compatibility Notes:
While in general your previously saved projects should render identically in the newer version, bug fixes and quality improvements can sometimes change the look of older projects. While every effort is made to ensure project compatibility, the following notable areas may see some change to the look of previously saved projects.
- Premiere - The fix for incorrect location of point pickers when applied to clips whose size is smaller than the sequence means that old projects with such effects will render differently and might require tweaks to point picker locations.
- BCC+ Smoke, or BCC+ Atmospheric Glow - The fix for frame rate handling may change the animation speed of Orbs and Smoke in some projects
- BCC+ Super LED - The fix for Fade Map nonlinearity will change the size of some faded bulbs
- BCC+ Super LED - The fix for Gradient shift in Fade Map will change the size of some faded bulbs
- BCC+ Super LED - The fix for Glow Under LED option will cause reduced glow intensity when that feature is enabled
- BCC Particle Illusion - The addition of World Z Offset and Emitter Z Offset host params might change some 2D projects
- BCC Particle Illusion - Various fixes for particle animation may cause changes in particle details, although the overall look and feel should remain similar
Continuum 2024 v17.0.3 for Adobe - Known Issues and Limitations:
- CO-1298 - Mocha PixelChooser splines can render distorted or in the wrong location in filters that use “Avoid Clipping” or similar mechanisms to expand the source layer dimensions. As a workaround the layer expansion should be done prior to the effect in a precomp.
- CO-2296 - The Hide Disabled Parameters preference exposes host-side UI refresh issues in AE and Premiere. We are working with Adobe to resolve these issues. As a workaround the Hide Disabled Parameters preference can be disabled to revert to “graying out” parameters instead of hiding them.
- CO-2344 - Title Studio - projects with Cinema 4D files that reference host tracks as textures can cause slow or stalled refreshes in Premiere.
- CO-6682 - Optical Stabilizer does not stabilize correctly on trimmed clips in Premiere
- CO-8475 - Particle Illusion - PI layer Sync with Ae 3D lost when using Y Rotation keyframes
- CO-8858 - Particle Illusion - Ae does not refresh renders if PI is using mask / text via mask picker menu and the mask on an alternate layer is changed. (Change a param or purge cache to force refresh.)
- CO-9391 - BCC+ Cross Processing and BCC+ Color Paste clamp in HDR
- CO-9370 - BCC+ Color Gradient - ND Brightness feature ignores alpha
- CO-10220 - BCC+ Crash Zoom Dissolve - angle animation is not as smooth as it should be
- CO-10213 - FX Editor preview sometimes shows incorrect colors after changing OCIO colorspace multiple times
- CO-11705 - BCC+ Mocha Parameter Tracking of clips trimmed on the front end requires first moving those trimmed clips into nested sequences in Premiere
- CO-11779 - BCC+ Transform - Some geometries show more aliased filtering than expected
- CO-11328 - BCC VR Blur can cause clip to become black
- CO-12020 - Mocha Param Tracker appears to track correctly in interlaced projects, but rendered point locations are incorrect. As a workaround you can track in a progressive version of the clip and export/re-import the tracking data in the interlaced timeline, or temporarily convert the project to progressive while tracking and then convert back to interlaced.
- CO-12056 - AE - BCC+ Lens flare occlusion region is not correct when applied to a text layer. Precomping test layers before using occlusion layers is recommended as a workaround.
- CO-11954 - A small number of Title Studio presets render incorrect results at 4k or higher
- CO-12370 - BCC+ DeNoise ML and BCC+ UpRes ML either render black or crash on Intel GPUs
- CO-12584 - Particle Illusion - Stage/Render size doesn’t match host under some conditions. Close/Reopen UI to refresh.