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Boris FX Silhouette – Roto & Paint Software for VFX
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.
Why Silhouette?
Professional Roto Tools
Silhouette’s 32-bit float raster-based paint and tracking system — with its unique non-destructive AutoPaint recording system — meets the demands of high-resolution, color-managed VFX pipelines.
Fast and Reliable AutoPaint
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.
Node-Based Compositing
Silhouette’s core is a powerful gestural node-based effects tree that delivers film-grade results. View or edit any combination of nodes to control every detail in your image with 400+ specialty nodes organized into Color, Composite, Diffusion, Filter, Film Lab, Particles and more.
Multi-Host Plugin
The full Silhouette interface can also be launched as a plugin from standard VFX applications: After Effects, Premiere Pro, Nuke, Fusion, Resolve, and Flame. The Silhouette multi-host plugin is included with Silhouette standalone application licenses or can be purchased as a separate option.
Warping & Morphing
Get the highest level of artistic control and render quality on digital retouching, image deformations, and even talking animals.
Powerful Tracking Tools
Access the industry’s top tracking tools to speed up paint, roto, warp, and stabilization tasks.
Keying & Matte Generation
Handle the most difficult keying and matte challenges — including shots with fine hair detail, smoke, or reflections — with proprietary matte extraction techniques..
Sapphire, Particle Illusion & Continuum
Create with compositing and effects plugins from Boris FX sister products.
Mocha Pro Node
Award-winning Mocha Pro planar tracking is included with Silhouette. Get GPU-accelerated object removals, 3D tracking, PowerMesh warped surface tracking, compositing with AdjustTrack and award-winning stereo 360/VR tools.
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 |
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 |
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