LogInBoris FX acquired SilhouetteFX (SFX) and Digital Film Tools (DFT), two companies behind tools used on Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters by the world’s most renowned VFX studios including Weta Digital, Framestore, Technicolor, and Deluxe.
It is the third Boris FX acquisition in recent years following Imagineer Systems (2014), and GenArts (2016). Silhouette and Digital Film Tools joined Boris FX award-winning flagships Sapphire, Continuum, and Mocha Pro.
“This acquisition is a natural next step to our continued growth strategy and singular focus on delivering the most powerful VFX tools and plug-ins to the content creation market,” states Boris Yamnitsky, CEO & Founder, Boris FX. “Silhouette fits perfectly into our product line with superior paint and advanced roto tools that highly complement Mocha’s core strength in planar tracking and object removal. Rotoscoping, paint, digital makeup, and stereo conversion are some of the most time-consuming labor-intensive aspects of feature film post-production. Sharing technology and tools across all our products will make Silhouette even stronger as the leader in these tasks. Furthermore, the DFT product has developed a loyal following in the professional photography market as an incredible set of Photoshop plug-ins. We are very excited to be working with such an accomplished team and look forward to collaborating on new product offerings for photography, film, and video.”
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Silhouette founders, Marco Paolini, Paul Miller, and Peter Moyer, are said to continue in their current leadership roles and partner with the Mocha product development team to collaborate on delivering next-generation tools. “By joining forces with Boris FX, we are not only dramatically expanding our team’s capabilities, but we are also joining a group of like-minded film industry pros to provide the best solutions and support to our customers,” said Marco Paolini, Product Designer. “The Mocha planar tracking option we currently license is extremely popular with Silhouette paint and roto artists, and more recently through OFX, we’ve added support for Sapphire plug-ins. Working together under the Boris FX umbrella is our next logical step and we are excited to add new features and continue advancing Silhouette for our user base.”
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