Boris FX Optics 2024.0.1.63 macOS
The definitive tool box for image editing and photo based visual effects. Created by Academy Award-winning effects artists, Optics brings Hollywood film quality lighting and lens effects, curated film looks, and realistic particle creation tools to photographers. 174 unique filters and 1000’s of creative imaging presets in 10 categories: Color , Diffusion/Blurs , Film Lab , Grads/Tints , Image , Lens/Distort , Light , Render , Stylize , and new Particle Illusion.
Particles for Photo Editing
New! Optics now includes the Particle Illusion category. A fast and easy-to-use particle engine designed to create photoreal effects and unlimited creative elements. Featuring 1700+ particle presets to enhance your photo editing including: Smoke, Fire, Water, Sparkles, Explosions, Dust, Sci-Fi, and many more.
The Best Lighting Effects
Explore the largest collection of procedural lens flares, lighting, gobos, and particle effects for photography. Why use stock footage elements when you can design, edit, and save your own libraries of presets and favorites? Combine and build your own library of presets and favorites. Everything in Optics is procedural for creative control.
Trusted By Pro VFX Artists
Optics features plugins and filters regularly used on famous films and television shows. Top tools from the Boris FX Suite are included in Optics to help produce professional looking images. Includes Lens Flares, Light Rays, Ultra Zap (lightning), UltraGlow, Light Leaks, and many more from the popular Boris FX Sapphire collection and Continuum’s Beauty Studio.
Physical Camera Qualities
Whether it is historical film stocks, color grading, or lens and diffusion effects, Optics is the only Photoshop filter designed to emulate the physical characteristics of optical camera filters. Add beauty and depth to your digital images with diffusion filters like Mist, Fog, Net, Halo, and more. New Beauty Studio filter simplifies detail separation techniques for subtle skin retouching!
Packed with Effect Presets
– 600+ historical film stocks and film looks including color grades from famous Hollywood films
– 126 optical lens flare presets from Boris FX Sapphire
– 800+ Gobo lighting patterns
– 1700+ particle presets including Abstracts, Dust, Smoke, Fire, and more
Masking and Paint Tools
Optics features powerful masking and paint tools to replace backgrounds, isolate effects, or fix and touch up pixels.
– EZ Mask with gestural stroke based masking
– Gradient, Spot, Path, Snap, Selection, and Paint mask types
– Combine multiple masks using blend modes
– Paint, clone, and blur with support for Wacom tablets
Explore Graphic Design
Apply Optics to text to create stunning graphics and inspired style frames. Optics also includes multiple generator and texture effects to design unique backgrounds and graphic elements.
Homepage https://borisfx.com/products/optics/?collection=optics&product=optics
October 28, 2023 6:12 am
the activation is not working, some tip?
October 28, 2023 7:31 am
Hello in the treatment it is indicated in step 2: “-2. Copy The Silhouette and apply it on this path /Applications/BorisFX/Optics 2024/Optics.app/Contents/MacOS done!”. Mail file the silhouette is not there. And when I open it it gives me bad signature in license
October 28, 2023 4:39 pm
Hi Marco
In that step: – Copy “Optics” and “sapphire.metallib” files to path: /Applications/BorisFX/Optics 2024/Optics.app/Contents/MacOS
Done!
October 28, 2023 8:13 am
NO
October 28, 2023 10:22 am
It says “bad license signature” after having followed all the right steps. Can somebody please help?
October 28, 2023 3:05 pm
it desn’t work intel mac (iMac 2019 ventura)
October 28, 2023 4:50 pm
– 1. Disable SIP (Important) (Recovery Mode > Terminal > csrutil disable > Restart PC)
– 2. Install “Optics-2024.pkg”
– 3. Copy “Genarts” folder to path: /Library/Application Support/
– 4. Copy “_license_activation.so” file to path: /Applications/BorisFX/Optics 2024/Optics.app/Contents/MacOS/pylib
– 5. Copy “Optics” and “sapphire.metallib” files to path: /Applications/BorisFX/Optics 2024/Optics.app/Contents/MacOS
(Overwrite all files)
Done!
October 29, 2023 4:46 am
And re-enable SIP afterwards? Or does it need to stay disabled to run after installation?
October 30, 2023 8:34 am
Hi, I followed all the steps to the letter but it always gives me a bad signature
November 1, 2023 6:54 pm
unfortunately not working for me either.. followed these steps to a tee.
still getting bad signature error
December 8, 2023 7:19 am
Did this and still get “bad signature” error.
Tonio, is this currently working for you?
February 18, 2024 7:45 pm
Hello Tonio
I have done all the steps, including disabling SIP and it still does not work.
Thanks anyway.
Regards
October 28, 2023 5:07 pm
not wooooork
October 28, 2023 7:52 pm
“this program cannot be run” ….i worked out the steps and the locations for myself before the above was posted (it’s not rocket science) and it just doesn’t work FULL STOP !! (M1 Mac and Sonoma 14.1)
October 29, 2023 3:42 am
The Application folder has only the Optics executable file app. No /BorisFX/Optics 2024/Optics.app/Contents/MacOS. I guess I erred in some steps in this simple installation. But I managed to get the new Adobe Lightroom Classic 13.01 working for me whose installation is much more difficult.
It’s OK. ‘Not good forcing what’s not installable for you.
October 29, 2023 11:59 am
as what TONIO said
works on when you disable the SIP (sonoma)
but when you enable the SIP, it won’t work! 🙁
November 4, 2023 8:11 pm
– 1. Disable SIP (Important) (Recovery Mode > Terminal > csrutil disable > Restart PC)
– 2. Install “Optics-2024.pkg”
– 3. Copy “Genarts” folder to path: /Library/Application Support/
– 4. Copy “_license_activation.so” file to path: /Applications/BorisFX/Optics 2024/Optics.app/Contents/MacOS/pylib
– 5. Copy “Optics” and “sapphire.metallib” files to path: /Applications/BorisFX/Optics 2024/Optics.app/Contents/MacOS
(Overwrite all files)
chmod +x /Applications/BorisFX/Optics\ 2024/Optics.app/Contents/MacOS/Optics
Done
November 8, 2023 1:14 am
Is it safe to disable SIP or enable it again after using the apps?
I notice that many filters have X Marks and cannot be used.
I hope this can be fixed and can be used without disabling the SIP to prevent malware
December 8, 2023 7:18 am
Did this and still get “bad signature” error.
December 26, 2023 8:08 pm
Not working M1 Sonoma “bad license signature” any one have luck?
February 5, 2024 10:40 pm
Same here -> “bad signature in license (-5)”
Followed exactly all steps indicated in the pervious posts (incl. disablig SIP first via recovery boot). The way it is now this programm doesn’t work.