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.
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. Boris FX Optics 2025.0
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 . With the addition of AI masking, Boris FX
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. If you are delivering for Dolby Vision or
Is it the for Photoshop and Affinity users? Absolutely.
Date: April 17, 2026 Category: Software Review / Post-Production Reading Time: 8 minutes