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Description

Silhouette by Boris FX is an Academy and Emmy Award-winning visual effects tool built for professional rotoscoping, paint, cleanup, compositing, and image processing. The software is widely used by VFX artists on major film and television projects, including titles such as Deadpool & Wolverine, Rebel Moon, Barbie, Dune, 3 Body Problem, Fallout, Twisters, Wicked: Part I, and The Acolyte. Silhouette combines industry-leading roto and paint tools with node-based compositing and more than 400 creative effect nodes. It includes integrated Boris FX technologies such as Sapphire, Mocha Pro, Particle Illusion, and Continuum. Artists can use tools for masking, tracking, cloning, morphing, keying, warping, auto paint, ML-assisted masks, and professional cleanup workflows. Silhouette can run as a standalone application or as a plugin inside supported Adobe and OFX hosts. The software supports macOS, Windows, and Linux, giving studios flexibility across production environments. Machine learning plugins can accelerate roto and matte workflows, with GPU acceleration available on supported systems. By combining roto, paint, tracking, compositing, ML assistance, and premium Boris FX effects, Silhouette gives visual effects artists a complete toolkit for high-end post-production work.

Description

Houdini was designed from the ground up to empower artists to work freely, create multiple iterations, and quickly share workflows with their colleagues. Houdini stores every action in a node. These nodes are "wired" into networks that define a "recipe", which can be tweaked to improve the outcome, then repeated to create unique results. Houdini's procedural nature is due to the ability of nodes to be saved or to pass information (in the form of attributes) down the chain. Houdini's unique nodes are what make it powerful. However, there are many viewport and shelf tools which allow for artist-friendly interaction. Behind the scenes, Houdini creates the networks and nodes for you. Houdini allows artists to explore new creative paths, as it is easy for them to branch off to explore other solutions.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Yes 
3Delight No 
3ds Max No 
Adobe After Effects Yes 
Adobe Creative Cloud Yes 
Adobe Substance 3D Designer No 
AliceVision No 
Asseter No 
Cartwheel No 
Cerebro No 
Cinema 4D No 
NVIDIA Omniverse USD Composer No 
Poliigon No 
Ranch Computing No 
Rokoko No 
Unity No 
Unreal Engine No 
V-Ray No 
Xsens No 
iRender No 

Integrations

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Yes 
3Delight Yes 
3ds Max Yes 
Adobe After Effects No 
Adobe Creative Cloud No 
Adobe Substance 3D Designer Yes 
AliceVision Yes 
Asseter Yes 
Cartwheel Yes 
Cerebro Yes 
Cinema 4D Yes 
NVIDIA Omniverse USD Composer Yes 
Poliigon Yes 
Ranch Computing Yes 
Rokoko Yes 
Unity Yes 
Unreal Engine Yes 
V-Ray Yes 
Xsens Yes 
iRender Yes 

Pricing Details

$94 per month
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows Yes 
Mac Yes 
Linux Yes 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person Yes 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Boris FX

Founded

1995

Country

United States

Website

borisfx.com/products/silhouette/

Vendor Details

Company Name

SideFX

Founded

1987

Country

Canada

Website

www.sidefx.com/products/houdini/

Product Features

Product Features

3D Modeling

2D Drawing No 
Animation No 
Annotations No 
Bill of Materials No 
Character Modeling No 
Collaboration Tools No 
Component Library No 
Data Import / Export No 
For 3D Printing No 
For Architects No 
For Manufacturers No 
Reference Management No 
Simulation No 

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