Boris FX ships Optics 2024

Photoshop plugin and standalone app for applying cinematic effects to still images gets new filters from Sapphire and Continuum.

Monday, September 18th, 2023

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 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 ships Mocha Pro 2021

Big update to the planar tracking software makes it possible to track organic surfaces, for digital make-up, or replacing logos on clothing.

Thursday, November 12th, 2020

Boris FX's new Optics app gives 'VFX for photographers'

New Photoshop plugin and standalone image-editing app includes key filters from Sapphire.

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020

Boris FX ships Silhouette Paint

New touch-up and rig removal plugin makes Silhouette's paint tools available inside compositing apps like Nuke and After Effects.

Thursday, April 16th, 2020

Boris FX ships Silhouette 2020

Sizeable update to the rotoscoping and paint software adds features across the board. Mocha planar tracker now thrown in for free.

Thursday, November 14th, 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

Boris FX to 'reboot' Particle Illusion

Veteran After Effects particle tool to get full redesign; relaunch as part of Continuum 12 later this year.

Thursday, March 8th, 2018

Boris FX ships Mocha VR 5.6

Free update to the planar tracking tool for 360-degree footage adds support for stereoscopic workflows, improved horizon stabilisation.

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

Boris FX releases Continuum 11 and Sapphire 11

Now shipping. See videos of the new tracking, keying and VR tools in the popular effects plugin suites.

Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

Boris FX releases Sapphire 10 Units

Popular suite of effects plugins now available as nine modular units, priced from $195 to $595 apiece.

Monday, March 27th, 2017

Check out the new machine learning tools in Silhouette 2024.5

Roto and paint software gets new 'single-click' AI tool for generating masks from source footage, plus new annotation tools.

Saturday, September 14th, 2024