Date: April 17, 2026 Category: Software Review / Post-Production Reading Time: 8 minutes
For years, there has been a silent war in the world of image editing. On one side, you have parametric editors like Lightroom and Capture One. On the other, you have pixel editors like Photoshop. But what if you need something that sits entirely in the middle? What if you want the high-end optical simulation of a Hollywood VFX studio without leaving your raster workflow? Boris FX Optics 2025.0
How it works: It uses a segmentation model similar to Adobe’s Sensei. It detected my subject’s hair down to the flyaway strands instantly. No rotoscoping required. 2025.0 fully embraces the ACES and OpenColorIO (OCIO) pipelines. For the professional colorists in the room: you can now work in true 32-bit float throughout the entire stack. Date: April 17, 2026 Category: Software Review /
Here is everything you need to know about the new release, from the AI-powered masking to the lens flare that actually looks real. For the uninitiated, Optics is a standalone application and a plugin host (for Photoshop, Lightroom, and Affinity). It is essentially a library of over 1,000 parametric optical filters. Think of it as the lens closet of a Hollywood cinematographer, digitized. But what if you need something that sits
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