Boris FX releases free edition of Particle Illusion 2023

Free standalone edition of the GPU accelerated particle generator gets new 3D and fluid dynamics options.

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023

Boris FX makes Particle Illusion 2022.5 available free

Free standalone edition of the particle generator can now emit particles from imported 3D models.

Friday, August 19th, 2022

Boris FX releases Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5

Particle generation tool for motion graphics and VFX gets support for particle blending modes, new set of Position Path Presets.

Friday, July 19th, 2024

Boris FX releases Particle Illusion Pro

Paid standalone edition of the 3D particle generator supersedes the old free edition, but can be run indefinitely in trial mode.

Wednesday, March 6th, 2024

Boris FX releases free update to Continuum 2019

Free 12.0.1 update improves performance of the effects plugin suite's new Particle Illusion toolset.

Monday, February 25th, 2019

GenArts ships particleIllusion for Nuke

Fast-rendering OpenGL-based 2D particle tool now available to users of Nuke and Sony Vegas software.

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.5

Sizeable update to the GPU ray tracing renderer adds real-time caustics, and cutaway rendering.

Thursday, August 17th, 2023

Silhouette 2023 gets new generative AI art tools

Sizeable update to the rotoscoping app also adds new film grain nodes and the Primatte chroma keyer.

Thursday, April 27th, 2023

Boris FX releases Silhouette 2022.5

Roto and paint tool gets support for industry-standard ID matte generation system Cryptomatte.

Saturday, December 10th, 2022

Boris FX ships Optics 2022.5

Cinematic effects plugin for Photoshop can now render particle animations over still images to create looping cinemagraphs.

Monday, October 10th, 2022

Boris FX ships Mocha Pro, Continuum and Sapphire 2020

Updated: Sapphire 2020 ships. Release adds OpenColorIO support, new lens whacking effect.

Thursday, November 21st, 2019

Boris FX ships Mocha Pro, Continuum & Sapphire 2019.5

Continuum gets better integration with C4D and Primatte keying. Mocha Pro and Sapphire now available for Flame.

Thursday, June 13th, 2019

Boris FX ships Mocha Pro, Continuum and Sapphire 2019

Mocha Pro now has 360° tracking tool Mocha VR; Continuum gets 2D particle system particleIllusion.

Thursday, November 15th, 2018