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Yeah, what I wonder is there a hidden Vegas setting to get past this limitation. Since 64 bit computers can address more ram, it makes sense that there might be a setting somewhere to stop this old limitation.

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Thanks for the help.

I’ve given all that info already in the previous posts.

Do you own Vegas? If you do, apply boris red and paint 10 separate strokes from the top to the bottom of the video (like a prison cage). Apply the filter and the error pops up.

The Boris manual talks about this vegas limitation which means it is well known and documented by Boris.

I was wondering if anyone had found a work around at all besides rendering in the standalone Boris app.

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It comes up when I apply the effect.

It’s not machine specific so the specs are not needed. It’s vegas specific.

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That is the exact message. What I was hoping for is a vegas setting or boris setting so this message can be ignored. Like increasing the ram in vegas or something.

The effects is a write on effect with 17 paint strokes as a mask revealing the text.

It seems vegas can only handle 3 strokes before this message pops up.

I’ve tries two different machines and the limit is 3 paint strokes in vegas.

Is there any work around so I can render this effect in vegas without having to use the standalone boris app?

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Hi, thanks a lot for the help.

Seems odd that Boris wouldn’t have it since video elements are so common.

The following post shows that Boris had it and it was removed. What a bad choice. Today’s compositors use short animate video elements all the time. Velocity remap destroys the speed of the editor’s workflow making Boris less valuable.

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/15/857592

It reads:

Hi all,

In earlier versions of Boris Fx if a movie’s length wasn’t as long as the timeline’s duration it would play as normal then freeze on the last frame and hold this till the end. This was very handy and I got used to this automatic feature.Upgraded to BFX6 and of course I can’t figure out how to do this.

Any ideas??

I don’t want to “loop” the movie, just freeze the last frame and increase the length that way. Hope someone out there knows what I’m talking about !! 🙂

Cheers,
Evan

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Re: Movie length
by Anne Renehan on Nov 15, 2001 at 10:34:10 am

You are correct that this feature is no longer in FX. A lot of people found it confusing and preferred that the movie simply. I will add it to our feature request list for the next FX release; maybe we could add it to the Preferences window. In the meantime, you can export the last frame as a Still Image and then import it. Sorry about that.
Anne

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It feels like Boris is not what it used to be. Has Boris gone passe?
Will there ever be a Boris 5? Why doesn’t Boris have a forum on their own web site? This forum is not the same.

To have to use a time filter to lock the last frame is just a giant PITA!

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Yes, velocity map works ands seems to be the fastest way. However, it seems like putting a match out with a fire hose

I have many animated video elements. Most are a few seconds long. The projects are usually 15 second openings where video elements like filigrees and hoodlanders animate onto the screen and then hold.

The problem is the holding part. Most software I have used in the past has an easy hold last frame option so this task doesn’t become too tedious. Boris 4.3 does not, but in Boris 2 it did.

Common sense says Boris should have it and it should be right next to the looping feature in Boris.

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Wow, seems like a BIG oversight. I read Boris 2 had this feature by default and it was suppose to be put back in preferences. I wrote to Boris days ago and no response.

These are animated Hi-RES Elements. I don’t want to export out and back in because the quality will be different. Plus, the animated effects have to be reworked just because Boris has this GIANT OVERSIGHT. This is a big deal breaker for me and Boris. Speed is very important in editing. This problem has really slowed me down.

I should have paid the extra and bought After Effects. 🙁

Heck even Sony Vegas has hold the last frame as a feature. It makes no sense that Boris does not.

Shame on Boris FX.

Thank you for your response.

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I am using Boris with Vegas. I create the cube and it says Face V2.

However the video V2 stays still on the cube when I go back to preview in Vegas.

I wish it to play the video on the cube. I have seen this effect with some of the presets but I can not create it.

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I have the same problem and it is killing me. Boris FX8 sucks when used with vegas 6. The transitions either start or end wrong. They look fine in the boris editor but in the vegas editor they are wrong. Does anybody use Vegas 6 with Boris Fx8 transitions successfully? Half of the boris transition don’t work correctly. The problem is the transitions eith start to early or end too soon. I wasted my money on Boris FX 8.