Boris FX introduces four innovative AI-powered VFX tools for enhanced visual effects creation
In a significant leap forward for the post-production industry, Boris FX has unveiled Continuum 2025.5, a flagship plugin collection that introduces several AI-driven tools and features designed to benefit professionals and content creators.
### Key New AI Features in Continuum 2025.5
The latest release is packed with innovative AI technologies, including:
1. **Face Detection with AI Auto-Tracking**: This feature uses AI to automatically track faces in footage, facilitating easier masking and advanced control for effects that require precise treatment of facial features.
2. **Enhanced Matte Assist with Machine Learning**: Improvements in the AI-powered Matte Assist provide instant high-quality matte extraction, making it quicker and more accurate to isolate subjects and elements for compositing.
3. **Integration with CrumplePop’s AI Audio Tools**: The 2025.5 release incorporates CrumplePop’s revamped standalone audio cleaning application, SoundApp, which uses AI models to remove noise, echo, and improve vocal clarity efficiently.
### Benefits for Post-Production Professionals and Content Creators
These AI advancements offer several advantages, including:
- **Time Savings**: AI automation in face tracking, matte creation, and audio cleanup reduces manual labor, allowing editors and artists to focus more on creativity than technical fixes.
- **Improved Accuracy**: AI-driven tools provide superior precision in tracking and masking tasks, leading to cleaner composites and higher-quality final outputs.
- **Streamlined Workflows**: Tools like SoundApp enhance audio workflows by requiring minimal user interaction while delivering professional-grade results quickly and securely on local machines.
- **Broad Compatibility and Integration**: Continuum 2025.5 and its related products like Sapphire and Mocha Pro offer deep integration with major post-production software such as Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Avid, Blackmagic Design, and Final Cut Pro.
### Applications for Content Creation
The new features in Continuum 2025.5 have wide-ranging applications, including:
1. **Visual Effects and Compositing**: AI-assisted face tracking and matte generation simplify complex rotoscoping in commercials, films, and digital content.
2. **Audio Post-Production**: SoundApp allows podcasters, video editors, and filmmakers to achieve clean, broadcast-quality audio without lengthy manual correction.
3. **Motion Graphics and Color Grading**: Continuum’s enhanced plugin suite (including Sapphire) supports GPU acceleration and a large array of creative effects, enhancing productivity and artistic possibilities.
In conclusion, Continuum 2025.5 provides powerful AI-driven enhancements that reduce manual effort, improve effect quality, and speed up both visual and audio post-production processes, making it a valuable upgrade for professionals aiming for efficiency and excellence in their creative projects.
Subscriptions start at $325/year or $48/month. For more information or media inquiries, contact Jessie Electa Petrov at jessiep@pur socials.com or 617-451-9900.
Technology such as AI-driven Face Detection with Auto-Tracking and Enhanced Matte Assist using Machine Learning, offered in Continuum 2025.5, revolutionizes the post-production industry by streamlining workflows, increasing speed, and improving accuracy.
