Boris FX Silhouette 2024.5: Faster matte creation, motion blurs, and more

Boris FX released a major update to its Silhouette rotoscope and painting application and plugin (2024.5), and unveiled new features and updates, including, you guessed it, those powered by AI and machine learning.

Boris FX Silhouette is an AI-powered tool that enhances rotoscoping and painting work, helping to streamline processes, and is considered a leading tool for artists. There are over 400 VFX nodes, including Boris FX Mocha Pro, Sapphire, and Particle Illusion.

The new Optical Flow ML node helps save a lot of time by automatically track points and driving roto splines. While this is just one example of the new features found in Boris FX Silhouette (2024.5), anything that can save time and allow rotoscope artists to focus creatively is a great thing.

Silhouette is both a standalone application and a plugin for VFX and animation apps like Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro, Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve and Fusion, Autodesk Flame, and Foundry Nuke.

Boris FX Silhouette 2024.5 features

Some of the key features found in Boris FX Silhouette 2024.5 include:

• Mask ML Node: Create a new matte, including animated, with the single click of a button, and it’s powered by machine learning object segmentation.
• Roto > Markup Tool: If you’re doing rotoscoping work, this feature will streamline QA using trackable strokes and connected annotations.
• Motion Blur Node: Create realistic motion blur even faster with Optical Flow ML's models.
• UI Enhancements: Boris FX updated and added node highlighting, progress bars, and responsive UI and sliders. This helps make it easier to work within Silhouette.
• Tracking and Effects Updates: New versions of Particle Illusion and Mocha Pro.
• Module Upgrades: These include OpenColorIO ver. 2.2 and EXR ver. 3.1.

Boris FX Silhouette 2024.5 is available now and is a free and automatic upgrade for existing subscribers (annual or monthly). The application or plugin costs $495 per year (or $100 per month). The new features look incredible and the AI and machine learning has the potential to really help streamline workflows. Get more information about Boris FX Silhouette here.

tl;dr

• Boris FX has released a major update to its Silhouette rotoscope and painting application and plugin (2024.5), featuring new AI and machine learning-powered features.
• The new Optical Flow ML node saves time by automatically tracking points and driving roto splines, enhancing the efficiency of rotoscoping and painting work.
• Boris FX Silhouette 2024.5 includes features such as Mask ML Node, Roto > Markup Tool, Motion Blur Node, UI Enhancements, Tracking and Effects Updates, and Module Upgrades.
• The update is available as a free and automatic upgrade for existing subscribers and costs $495 per year or $100 per month for new users.