Boris FX Silhouette
The industry standard for roto & paint, and integral to Hollywood’s biggest titles for over fifteen years, Silhouette delivers 400+ nodes including premier plugins Sapphire, Mocha Pro, and Particle Illusion wrapped in one integrated node-based package.
Please note: The multihost plugin option includes Mocha Pro but does not include Sapphire or Particle Illusion plugins.
Boris FX Silhouette
The industry’s leading roto and paint tool is packed with major features for compositing.
Silhouette delivers 400+ nodes including premier plugins Sapphire, Mocha Pro, and Particle Illusion wrapped in one integrated node-based package. Silhouette has been integral to Hollywood’s biggest titles for over fifteen years and recently made its mark on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Top Gun: Maverick, Dune, and The Mandalorian. Designed by visual effects artists, Silhouette has been recognised with prestigious Academy and Emmy technical awards and is a member of the Netflix Production Technology Alliance.
What's New
Cryptomatte Support
Designed to efficiently handle large roto projects. Silhouette layers and shapes are assigned ID mattes for organisation and file delivery.
Cryptomatte Node
Displays layer/shape mattes as different colours while the Output Multi-Part node renders layer and shape data into their own EXR channels. Cryptomatte files can be delivered to compositing applications like NUKE or After Effects.
Packed with Effects
270+ effect nodes featuring the best lighting effects, lens flares, and image processing filters with Sapphire. Mocha Pro features PowerMesh, Remove and Stabilise. Create realistic particle simulations with 3D emitters and fluid dynamics with Particle Illusion.
Invisible VFX Nodes
Apply the InPaint node to remove unwanted pixels using auto-generated textures from surrounding image data. Effective for removal of unwanted objects such as markers, blemishes, or wire removal when using open splines.
Tracking & Roto Improvements
Data Port update enables the Mocha Pro node to pass tracking and spline data within Silhouette’s node graph to paint and roto for improved workflows. Drive lens flares, particles and more by channeling data into any node via tracking data ports and new transform property pop-up menu.
Architecture and Speed
Apple M1 support delivers speed boosts on newest Mac hardware. Improved OCIO v2 colour management features GPU rendering and improved ACES support on colour managed projects.
Version Feature Comparison
| Silhouette Plugin | Silhouette Application | |
|---|---|---|
| Standalone application for macOS/Win/Linux | ||
| Mocha Pro planar tracking interface | ||
| Node-based compositing with color correction and image processing filters | ||
| Advanced paint tools with AutoPaint and detail separation | ||
| Includes Mocha node for Silhouette | ||
| Includes Sapphire effect nodes for Silhouette | ||
| Includes Particle Illusion node for Silhouette |
| Brand | BorisFX |
|---|---|
| Delivery Type | Digital Delivery By Email |
| Processing Time | 1 Working Day |
Operating System:
macOS 10.14 or Higher, Windows 10/11, Linus distributions conforming to the CY2021 VFX Reference Platform
Recommended Hardware:
- Intel or AMD Processor. M1 processors supported.
- 8GB+ RAM
- High Speed SSD
- NVIDIA GTX 460 or better / AMD Radeon 57xx or better
- OpenGL 21 and OpenCL 1.1. capable GPU
Plugin Support
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Foundry Nuke
- Blackmagic Resolve and Fusion (support for MacOS & Windows only)
- Autodesk Flame
- VEGAS Pro