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Chris Vadnais works as a television and radio producer for the U.S. Air Force Broadcasting Service. He has extensive experience in motion effects software to include Adobe After Effects and Boris Red. He also has years of experience including formal training with many of today's leading non-linear editors such as Avid systems and Sony's Vegas. He is the host of the Digital Media Network's Boris FX online user forum and serves as a software beta tester and Vegas application interaction expert for Boris FX. His electronic news gathering work in Iraq earned him a first place award in the Air Force Media Contest, a Communicator Crystal Award of Excellence, and an Honorable Mention in the Department of Defense Thomas Jefferson Broadcast Journalism Awards. His job as a military broadcaster and producer has also taken him to Slovenia, Turkey, Germany, and finally Italy where he currently lives.

In this guide for novice and intermediate users, Vadnais, a television and radio producer for the US Air Force Broadcasting Service, shows how to create effects and titles with Boris Graffiti, FX, and Red. He overviews preferences settings and the OpenGL features of the software, then introduces masks and filters, applying Boris effects through the NLE, and using standalone applications. Step-by- step instructions on building example effects are presented in the second half of the book. Techniques are illustrated with b&w examples and screenshots on every page. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR