For over 15 years, leading rotoscoping and paint software,
SIlhouette has played a major role in Hollywood’s biggest films and television shows.
Now Boris FX introduces Silhouette 2022, a milestone release bringing
full blown composting features and a staggering amount of new effects filters.
Silhouette 2022 is simply packed with new features for visual effects compositing
with over 400 nodes . Top Boris FX plugins, Sapphire, Mocha Pro
and select Continuum filters, are included to make one integrated, node-based compositing package.
Silhouette delivers unbeatable value to professional VFX artists.
By providing the best tools for roto, paint, and compositing in a single,
colour managed environment, Silhouette 2022 brings new workflows for finishing final shots.
Silhouette now comes with Sapphire, the award-winning collection of effect filters. Over
270 new nodes containing the industry’s favourite lens flares, glows and blurs plus new filters
like UltraGlow and UltraZap. Sapphire is the go to package for film and television effects work.
And with Sapphire nodes integrated into the roto prep stage,
an effects artist can now work on assets in context to the final stylized shot.
Academy Award-winning Mocha Pro is now a standard feature in Silhouette 2022,
bringing an improved bridge between Mocha and Silhouette tasks.
Work with Mocha Pro directly inside Silhouette for advanced planar tracking, image stabilisation and
PowerMesh tracking. Then take advantage of the data without leaving your Silhouette interface.
Generate track and shape data from the new node actions.
Or leverage Mocha’s data through the new data port into compatible nodes.
Add the new PowerMeshWarp node for organic mesh tracked objects. This reverse-warp,
stabilised view brings streamlined workflows for tricky paint, clean-up, patches and Inserts.
The new Surface tracking interface add’s Mocha-like precision to the Silhouette tracker
for greater usability - especially when combined with the updated DOD.
Link the surface to crop the viewer for fast composite previews.
Particle Illusion allows for realistic particle simulations
directly inside Silhouette. Complete with a massive preset library, 3D emitters,
and fluid dynamics; Particle Illusion allows for environmental effects like dust, smoke and fire,
or even graphic elements including head up displays.
Particle Illusion is just one of a curated selection of effect nodes
from the renowned Boris FX Continuum package.
Other notable effects include Magic Sharp, Beauty Studio and Video Glitch.
Silhouette 2022 builds on its paint and rotoscoping reputation with focused tools,
developed for the industry’s most demanding artists.
The new InPaint node can intelligently remove unwanted pixels using data from the
surrounding image. Remove objects and clean up areas without the need for manual paint.
Inpaint is driven by the familiar Silhouette roto and tracking tools. It features fine
parameter controls, and even lets you bring back detail using an external detail separation input.
Use this node for beauty, cleanup, and object and wire removal.
Under the hood, Silhouette 2022 has been updated with features
to improve performance and colour management.
Apple’s M1 is now supported natively, to give speed boosts on the newest Mac silicon hardware.
And Silhouette has been updated to OpenColor IO v2 for better colour management . Offering
GPU rendering and improved ACES support for colour managed workflows.
Silhouette 2022 is a feature-rich compositing system,
available as a standalone application or as a multi-host plugin supporting Adobe and OFX hosts.
Find out for yourself why it’s the go to tool for VFX professionals.
For full technical information, to learn about our flexible licensing options,
or to download a free trial, head over to BorisFX.com.