General
What is Silhouette?
Invaluable in post-production, Silhouette continues to bring best of class tools to the visual effects industry. As a fully featured GPU accelerated compositing system, its standout features are award winning rotoscoping and non-destructive paint as well as keying, matting, warping, morphing, and a total of 138 different nodes–all stereo enabled.
What OFX plug-ins does Silhouette support?
At the current time, Boris FX Mocha Pro, Boris FX Sapphire, and the RE:Vision Effects plug-ins have been qualified to run in Silhouette.
What shape formats can Silhouette export?
Silhouette can export to the following shape formats: Autodesk®/Discreet® gMask, Elastic Reality®, Eyeon Fusion®, Nuke® and Shake® 4.x SSF shapes.
What is the difference between the integrated Mocha tracker and the Mocha Pro plug-in for Silhouette?
The integrated Mocha tracker tracks directly within the Silhouette user interface.
The Mocha Pro plug-in launches the Mocha Pro user interface and give provides access to GPU-accelerated tracking and object removal, advanced masking with edge-snapping, stabilization, lens calibration, 3D camera solver, stereo 360/VR support, and more.
Can I get a trial license?
You can request a fully functional trial license from here: https://borisfx.com/store/contact-us/
Are academic licenses available for students and schools?
Yes, inquire about academic licenses here: https://borisfx.com/store/contact-us/
What do I do if I am having problems activating the software?
If you are unable to activate, please disable your anti-virus and/or firewall software while activating.
How do I configure a Wacom tablet on Linux?
We require that proper tablet support is enabled in the X server. This part is left up to the user, as it is very distribution and version specific. This site can be used for more information: http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/all
What versions of Linux does Silhouette run in?
Silhouette runs in Linux distributions that conform to the CY2016 VFX Reference Platform as specified at www.vfxplatform.com