Boris Fx Optics 2025.0 -

With the addition of AI masking, Boris FX has removed the final barrier to entry. You no longer need to be a master of channel pulling to apply a gradient tint to just the sky, or a diffusion glow to just the subject.

Until now, Optics was the best-kept secret of high-end retouchers who were tired of "fake" looking Instagram filters. Version 2025.0 isn't a minor bug fix. Boris FX has added three major pillars that change the workflow entirely. 1. The AI Masking Engine (The Game Changer) The single biggest complaint about Optics 2024 was the masking. It was manual, clunky, and relied entirely on Photoshop's primitive selections if you were using the plugin version.

You can now generate auto-masks for with a single click. This is huge. Want to add grain only to the skin to reduce plastic texture? Want to add a diffusion glow only to the background while keeping the subject razor sharp? You can now do this entirely inside the Optics interface. Boris FX Optics 2025.0

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You want the halation of a vintage Cooke lens? Done. You want the chromatic aberration of a cheap 1980s plastic lens? Easy. You want a lens flare that reacts dynamically to highlights? Optics does it. With the addition of AI masking, Boris FX

Disclaimer: This review is based on a licensed copy of Boris FX Optics 2025.0. No sponsorship was received.

If you have ever looked at a cinematic movie still and thought, "How do they get that glass-like texture?" — the answer is usually a $50,000 lens, or . Version 2025

Boris FX, the legendary creators of Sapphire and Continuum (tools used on every Oscar-winning VFX film of the last decade), has just released their latest iteration of Optics. And frankly, this isn't just an update; it’s a statement.

The new (Waveform, Parade, Vectorscope) have been rebuilt to handle 10,000 nits of luminance. If you are delivering for Dolby Vision or HDR10+, Optics 2025.0 finally respects your dynamic range without crushing blacks or clipping whites. 3. The "Classic Diffusion" Rebuild Optics has always had "Glass Diffusion," but for 2025, they went back to the analog lab. They rebuilt the Classic Diffusion filter from the ground up using new optical physics modeling.