Red 4 is the best upgrade of the 3 programs, with the most features, but still seems "minor," compared to past upgrades, to me. Just about everything added to FX 8 and Graffiti 4 was taken directly from Red, with very little improvements added to Red to separate it from the other 2 applications.
The problem is that these upgrades are dismally shallow in their feature improvements and additions, compared to past improvements, IMHO. However, Boris recently released upgrades to Boris FX (8.0), Graffiti (4.0) and has announced one for Red (4.0). I will say this: I really like Boris products, myself. It also can be installed as a plugin inside your NLE, as a stand-alone product (called the Red Engine), or both at the same time. It then expands upon these programs by adding extra capabilities not included in either. It also installs as a plugin inside your NLE.īoris Red combines Boris FX and Boris Graffiti together into one application. Effects power way beyond that of your NLE!!īoris Graffiti is just like Boris FX, except it's a titling application, instead of an FX application.
You tweak them to your heart's content (or to the limitation of the software), then when finished, click the "Apply" button in the bottom right-hand corner of the software to go back to your NLE, where you then render the clip. You apply Boris FX to a clip, then enter the effect editor of your NLE, hit a button and Boris launches its own interface with your clip(s) preloaded. The Banksy now has perspex over it and security cameras watching over it.ĭo you want the latest news from across Berkshire delivered straight to your inbox? Click here to subscribe to our newsletter.Boris Red used to be Boris' ultimate tool (though that's soon to change with the long-overdue release of the new Boris Blue).īoris FX is an integrated compositing/effects program that runs right inside your NLE. The typewriter was later added back in by a local artist in a bid to restore the image. The Reading Gaol Banksy piece was vandalised two weeks after it appeared on the prison walls, with the words ‘Team Robbo’ sprayed over the typewriter, an allusion to an old rivalry with another street artist. I hope the advisory panel will help to make sure the continued explosion of street art is everything we want it to be.”Ĭllr Clarence Mitchell asked if the panel would be able to make rapid decisions to protect art, which a council officer confirmed would be the case.
“It is really exciting the potential we have for street art in the town. It is with this spirit that we are establishing a Street Art Advisory Panel to look at the positives street art has had on Reading and look at the finer details.
“Art needs to live and thrive and cannot be nor should be choked. “Since Mr Banksy came to this town, Reading has thought a lot about street art and graffiti. “Then we have got street art which can actually uplift an area and community.
She said: “On the one hand we have graffiti that can be detrimental to a building, and the community. Through your eyes mural by Gemma Anusa celebrates Oxford Road's diverse and rich culture (Image: Reading Borough Council) “This is going to make a real impact on how our town looks, having a cleaner, safer, greener Reading with fewer scribbles in it.”īut the council also wants to do more to protect valued street art, spurred on by Banksy’s mural which appeared on the wall of Reading Prison earlier this year and was vandalised a few weeks later.Ĭllr Karen Rowland, lead member for culture, heritage and recreation, said the Banksy piece “really affected the way we looked and thought about street art in this town”. Read more: Berkshire's busiest and quietest railway stations She said: “Tenanted buildings were becoming hot spots. Plans to tackle graffiti have been approved by Reading Borough Council's h ousing, neighbourhoods and leisure committee, which also agreed to create a new Street Art Advisory Panel to ensure street art is celebrated and not removed or vandalised.Ĭouncillor Adele Barnett-Ward, lead member for neighbourhoods and communities, said the issue of private properties being overrun by graffiti had been pointed out by her colleague Cllr Liam Challenger. More graffiti will be removed in Reading, while Banksy-like street art will be protected under new rules.