Boris FX adds new AI tools to Continuum 2025.5
Boris FX has released Continuum 2025.5, the latest version of its set of effects plugins for compositing and editing software.
The update adds an AI-based masking and tracking system, new AI tools for generating depth and ST maps and fixing bad frames, and updates Particle Illusion, Title Studio and the FX Editor.
The prices of both perpetual licenses and subscriptions to Continuum have also risen since the previous release, particularly for OFX host applications like DaVinci Resolve and Nuke.
More new AI-based tools for common editing and compositing tasks
Boris FX began to add AI features to Continuum in its 2024 releases, beginning with machine learning-based filters for denoising, upresing and retiming video.
In Continuum 2025.0, they were joined by machine-learning-based filters for generating motion blur, and obscuring car license plates in footage.
New AI-based mask-generation and tracking system
To that, Continuum 2025.5 adds the new AI-based object masking and tracking toolset from Mocha, Boris FX’s planar tracking software, the core tech from which is integrated into Sapphire.
The Object Brush ML feature makes it possible to isolate objects in a single frame of footage simply by clicking inside them, with Continuum automatically generating a corresponding mask.
The selection can be refined by selecting extra parts of the image to include or exclude, or by painting areas in or out manually.
The Matte Assist ML feature automatically propagates a mask throughout a shot, tracking the object selected and generating animated mattes matching its changing outline.
New AI tools for generating depth and ST maps, and fixing glitches in footage
The release also adds three other new AI tools: BCC+ Depth Map ML, BCC+ ST Map, and BCC+ Frame Fixer ML.
BCC+ Depth Map ML automatically generates depth maps from video footage, based on objects’ distance from the camera, making it easier to add fog and haze, or fake rack focus.
Users have a choice of two ML models, one tuned for performance, and one for detail.
BCC+ ST Map generates ST Maps, often used to encode lens distortion data, making it easier to distort or undistort video footage, or to convert it from rectilinear to 360° formats.
BCC+ Frame Fixer ML automatically fixes ‘bad’ frames in footage: for example, those with scratches or tape degradation, or with flash photography changing the lighting of the subject.
You have to identify the bad frames manually, but processing is automatic.
According to Boris FX, the filter can also be used to fix dropped frames, and even to hide jump cuts.
Updates to Witness Protection ML and Retimer ML
Updates to existing AI tools include a Smoothing Level control for the BCC+ Witness Protection ML filter, used to obscure people’s faces automatically in source footage.
BCC+ Retimer ML now supports retiming footage with variable frame rates, although only in Adobe host apps.
The AI models used by the tools also now load faster on first use in a work session.
Improvements to the FX Editor, Particle Illusion and Title Generator
Of the non-AI features, the FX Editor, for editing effects and presets, gets performance and workflow improvements, with “2x speed improvements” when playing back 4K footage.
Particle generator Particle Illusion gets workflow improvements including the option to save camera animation presets, and an updated emitter library.
The 8,000 x 8,000px limit in 3D titling plugin Title Studio has been removed, making it possible to work up to the maximum resolution supported by the host application.
There are also over 100 new presets for filters, and support for a “full set” of blend modes in BCC+ Vignette.
Prices up, particularly for OFX licenses
Boris FX has also raised the price of the plugins since the release of Continuum 2025.0.
The software is priced according to host application, so the exact figures vary, but for After Effects and Premiere Pro, the cost of a perpetual license rises by $100, to $1,095.
For OFX applications, including DaVinci Resolve and Nuke, the cost of a perpetual license rises by $400, also to $1,095. For all available hosts, the price rises by $200, to $2,195.
The price of subscriptions is also up, with After Effects and Premiere Pro subscriptions rising by $11/month, to $48/month; and by $30/year, to $325/year.
OFX subscriptions rise by $23/month, to $48/month; and by $130/year, to $325/year. For all hosts, subscriptions rise by $25/month, to $112/month, and by $70/year, to $765/year.
Pricing and system requirements
Continuum 2025.5 is compatible with a range of compositing and editing software, including After Effects, DaVinci Resolve and Nuke, on Windows 10+ or macOS 10.15+.
It is priced according to host application, with new perpetual licences costing from $365 to $2,195. Subscriptions cost from $215/year to $765/year.
Read an overview of the new features in Continuum 2025.5 on Boris FX’s website
Read a full list of new features in Continuum 2025.5 in the release notes (Adobe edition)
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