SilhouetteFX began as a rotoscoping tool for the visual effects industry. SilhouetteFX has been expanded to include capabilities facilitating paint, warping and morphing, 2D to 3D conversion and alternative matting methods. As of V6, SilhouetteFX retains all of the aforementioned capabilities now embedded in a node-baseddigital compositingapplication.
SilhouetteFX is named for the art form associated with Étienne de Silhouette (July 8, 1709 – 1767). The fundamental output of a rotoscoping program is a matte which when viewed appears as a silhouette of an object to be treated in isolation of the remainder of an image. The image density of the matte determines how a compositing operation effect will be applied. Image pixels corresponding to brighter pixels in the matte will be treated differently than image pixels corresponding to darker pixels in the matte VFX.
Company
The developer, SilhouetteFX LLC, was formed as a partnership between principals from Digital Film Tools and Profound Effects, Inc. Partners include Paul Miller, Marco Paolini, Peter Moyer and Perry Kivolowitz.
In 2019, Boris FX, a leading developer of VFX, compositing, titling, video editing, and workflow tools for broadcast, post-production, and film professionals acquired SilhouetteFX.
Awards
2019 Academy Award for Technical Achievement - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
2019 Engineering Emmy - Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Partial list of notable films
King Kong (2005): Weta
Eragon (2006): Weta
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006): Weta
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007): Weta
The Golden Compass (2007): Tippett Studio
The Water Horse (2007): Weta
Cloverfield (2008): Tippett Studio
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008): Tippett Studio
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008): Tippett Studio
Bedtime Stories (2008): Tippett Studio
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008): Weta
The Dark Knight (2008): Double Negative
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008): Weta
Avatar (2009): Framestore
Coraline (2009): Laika
District 9 (2009): Weta
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009): Tippett Studio
Clash of the Titans (2010): Framestore
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): Rising Sun Pictures, Framestore
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010): Tippett Studio
Gulliver's Travels (2010): Weta
Predators (2010): Weta
The A-Team (2010): Weta
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011): Rising Sun Pictures, Tippett Studio
The Smurfs (2011): Tippett Studio
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011): Tippett Studio
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011): Weta
X-Men: First Class (2011): Weta
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012): Weta
John Carter (2012): Double Negative
Prometheus (2012): Weta
Skyfall (2012): Double Negative
The Avengers (2012): Weta
Total Recall (2012): Double Negative
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012): Weta
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012): Tippett Studio
Titanic 3D (2012): StereoD
Gravity (2013): Framestore
Iron Man 3 (2013): Weta
Fast & Furious 6 (2013): Double Negative
Man of Steel (2013): MPC Film, Weta
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013): Double Negative / Weta
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013): Weta
The Lone Ranger (2013): MPC Film
The Wolverine (2013): Weta
World War Z (2013): MPC Film
300: Rise of an Empire (2014): MPC Film
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014): Weta
Edge of Tomorrow (2014): Framestore, MPC Film
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014): MPC Film
Godzilla (2014): Double Negative
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): Framestore, MPC Film
Interstellar (2014): Double Negative
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014): MPC Film
Robocop (2014): Framestore
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014): MPC Film
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014): Weta
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part 1 (2014): MPC Film
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