Boris FX Continuum 2025 18.5.0 (Avid)

What's new in this version:

BCC+ Depth Map ML (new filter):
- Accurate, tunable, ML-based Depth Map generator

BCC+ Frame Fixer ML (new filter):
- Replace damaged frames, e.g. from flash photography or degraded media, using ML powered frame propagation.
- Also useful for hiding jump cuts and for stylized frame interpolation

BCC+ ST Map (new filter):
- Image warp transforms driven by internal or external ST warp map for projection format conversion, lens distort/undistort, texture deformation, or stylized distortions.

Mocha Updates including AI-Powered Masking for Continuum:
- Object Brush: Expanding on the area brush, the Object Brush can auto-select objects in the scene using Boris FX’s Mask ML.
- Matte Assist ML: Generate a simple object matte in your shot using layer keyframes with Boris FX’s new machine-learning algorithm. Dilate the matte up or down for more control over edges.
- Updated Essentials Interface: A fresh layout to easily access the new Matte module controls
- Forward and back processing: A new render/track control to automatically render forwards then backwards from the starting point in the timeline
- Machine Learning Cache Management: Options in the cache clearing and in preferences to manage caches for the ML tools
- Add and Delete via modifier keys: You can now add and delete points by just using the pick tool and the CMD/Ctrl key
- Enhanced logging: Get as much or as little logging as you need with new logging verbosity controls
- Improved Shortcut Handling: Easily locate saved shortcuts in the File Browser. Expanded search terms to find shortcuts in preferences.

Depth Map ML in BCC+ Pixel Chooser:
- Use Depth Map ML data directly as an embedded Pixel Chooser group in most BCC+ filters for limiting effects to specific depth ranges.

BCC+ Pixel Chooser Additional Enhancements:
- BCC+ Pixel Chooser -> Mask -> New Dilation options for expanding/contracting Mocha masks or Matte selections right in the native host Pixel Chooser param controls.
- BCC+ Pixel Chooser -> Matte -> Levels - New Gamma control for fine tuning relative levels
- BCC+ Pixel Chooser -> Matte -> Matte Type - New Slice option for easier selection and animation of particular levels slices
- BCC+ Pixel Chooser - Matte Blur - Increase max blur range

BCC+ Witness Protection ML - Temporal Smoothing:
- New Smoothing Level control - variable levels of temporal smoothness in cases where face detection shapes are overly jittery.

AVX Render performance improvements in BCC+:
- Across the board improvements in render/refresh speed in all BCC+ filters in Avid

ML Performance Enhancements:
- ML load time optimization - Faster initial load time / refresh on first use in a session - especially with larger models such as Depth Map, Witness Protection, and License Plate
- BCC+ Retimer ML - Additional Performance improvements

Particle Illusion Features:
- You can now save and reload/share 3D camera animation presets.
- New 2025.5 Emitter Library
- Double-click on node icon (2x-click to enable/disable, alt-2x click to solo/unsolo)
- Click-and-hold on node icon to temporarily solo
- Increase range of camera DOF focal length parameter.

FX Editor - Performance and UI Improvements:
- Nice playback performance gains on both mac and win, both initial playback and cached playback
- Clarified Preset Saving option with Save Preset added to File menu and deprecated “Save/Load Setup” options removed
- New Preset Import mechanism to make it easier to pull presets from other locations into the correct custom preset folder for the current filter, e.g. when transferring presets from one system to another
- Improved shortcuts for In/Out marks in FX Editor - i/o is used for mark in mark out and zoom is changed to cmd/ctrl i/o
- Improved handling for trimmed host clips FX Editor

BCC+ Vignette - Blend Modes:
- The BCC+ version now includes a full set of blend modes including the Vignette sections in BCC+ Atmospheric Glow and BCC+ Atmospheric Glow Dissolve

Title Studio 8k+ Support:
- 8,000 x 8,000 pixel limit removed, now allowing usage up to the maximum resolution supported by your GPU and host

New Presets (100+):
- BCC+ Depth Map ML
- BCC+ Light Leaks
- BCC+ Multi-Star
- BCC+ Retimer ML
- BCC+ Smoke and Fog
- BCC+ Super LED
- BCC+ Vignette
- BCC+ Witness Protection ML