by Boris FX·VFX
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Silhouette holds a place in the toolfarm catalog and stands out as an Academy and Emmy Award-winning toolkit used on titles including Deadpool & Wolverine, Barbie, and Dune. It earns its listing by combining rotoscoping, paint, tracking, and node-based compositing in a single toolkit.
Boris FX Silhouette is a rotoscoping and paint tool with node-based compositing that runs as a plugin inside After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, and Premiere Pro, or as a standalone application. It offers 400+ VFX nodes, including Boris FX Sapphire, Mocha, Particle Illusion, and Continuum effect tools, along with auto paint, powerful tracking options, easy keying for green screens, and warping and morphing tools.
Silhouette 2026 adds AI-assisted matting through updates to Face ML, Depth Map ML, Mask ML, Matte Assist ML, and Matte Refine ML, plus AI-powered tracking with Head Track ML, Object Tracker, and Point Track ML. Its 3D Scene node gains enhanced camera solves via the Refine Solve workflow, Unwrap/Rewrap nodes, and a Render Depth node. A new Healing Brush, enhanced cloning, Cryptomatte multi-object output, and automation through an RPC server, Python package manager, and MCP control round out the release.
An Academy and Emmy Award-winning toolkit, Silhouette has been used on titles including Deadpool & Wolverine, Rebel Moon, Barbie, Dune, and 3 Body Problem. A demo video is available.
Boris FX Silhouette - Annual Subscription is best for rotoscoping, paint cleanup, green-screen keying, tracking, and node-based compositing, used in After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, or as a standalone application.
Boris FX Silhouette - Annual Subscription is completely free to download and use.
Boris FX Silhouette works both as a plugin inside your host application and as a standalone application. As a plugin it runs in After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, and Premiere Pro. Whether you keep everything inside an existing editing or compositing host or work in a dedicated environment, the same rotoscoping, paint, tracking, keying, and node-based compositing tools are available. For the exact host versions supported, check the developer's page.
Boris FX Silhouette requires macOS Monterey (12.0) or higher, running on Apple silicon or an Intel processor (Sandy Bridge or newer). The setup calls for 16 GB or more of system memory and a high-speed disk array or NVMe SSD. On the graphics side, Apple silicon integrated GPUs are supported, as are AMD GPUs on most modern Intel CPU Macs. For full and current system details, refer to the developer's page.
Boris FX Silhouette's Machine Learning (ML) plugins require an Apple silicon integrated GPU with macOS Monterey (12.0) or above. If an appropriate GPU is not available, the ML plug-ins can still run on the CPU, but with significantly degraded performance. That makes a compatible GPU most relevant when you plan to use the AI-assisted matting and tracking features. Check the developer's page for the latest hardware guidance.
Boris FX Silhouette is listed as free in this catalog, and this entry covers the annual subscription edition of the toolkit. Licensing and subscription terms for the software itself are handled by the developer, so for current pricing, subscription options, and how to obtain a license, check the developer's page. Once licensed, it runs in After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, and Premiere Pro, or as a standalone application.
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