Boris Fx Optics 2025.0 -
Is it the for Photoshop and Affinity users? Absolutely.
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. Boris FX Optics 2025.0
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. Is it the for Photoshop and Affinity users
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. It detected my subject’s hair down to the
Date: April 17, 2026 Category: Software Review / Post-Production Reading Time: 8 minutes
Disclaimer: This review is based on a licensed copy of Boris FX Optics 2025.0. No sponsorship was received.