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.
Disclaimer: This review is based on a licensed copy of Boris FX Optics 2025.0. No sponsorship was received.
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. Boris FX Optics 2025.0
Is it the for Photoshop and Affinity users? Absolutely.
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. How it works: It uses a segmentation model
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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. No sponsorship was received
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.
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 .
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.
Date: April 17, 2026 Category: Software Review / Post-Production Reading Time: 8 minutes