On August 21, 2023, the AVGC (Animation, VFX, Gaming and Comics) industry witnessed one of the biggest acquisition. Boris FX acquired SynthEyes from Andersson Technologies LLC. This acquisition brings together two leading providers of Visual Effects software.
Boris FX a leading developer of Visual Effects software and plugins for creative professionals of film, video, photography and many print and broadcast related mediums. SynthEyes is a popular software tool used for 3D camera tracking and match moving which has been used in various blockbuster Hollywood movies (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Black Panther, The Guardians of the Galaxy series, Pan’s Labyrinth, and King Kong) and web series (Lost, Fringe, Foundation, Stranger Things and Game of Thrones).
One VFX company to rule them all
Do you remember J.R.R. Tolkien‘s epic fantasy saga – The Lord of the Rings (LOTR)? One of the most famous dialog of it ‘One ring to rule them all’, got incarnated for Boris FX.
Here is the history.
In December 2014, Boris FX acquired mocha.
In September 2019, Boris FX acquired Silhouette.
And now, in August 2023, Boris FX acquired SynthEyes.
So, in a nutshell, now Boris FX has all three leading and industry standard VFX softwares. Combination of these three, takes care of following job roles of major Visual Effects artists:
- Roto
- Paint / Prep
- Clean up
- 3D camera tracking
- Matchmoving
So, let it be a post production studio or a freelance Visual Effects artist, Boris FX suite is must for them. Above mentioned job categories are essential to complete any Visual Effects shot. Roto (Rotoscoping), Paint / Prep and Clean up serves as the starting of major VFX shot solution. 3D camera tracking and Matchmoving helps for the final Compositing.
In a true sense, Boris FX has become a big daddy for above mentioned VFX needs. The acquisition of SynthEyes will enable Boris FX to offer a comprehensive solution for visual effects production, from pre-production to post-production. It will give VFX artists a more powerful and complete toolset for their work, and it will help to accelerate the production pipeline and workflow of visual effects for film, television, and other media.
Benefits of the Boris FX / SynthEyes acquisition
The combination of both will give an extra ease to all the artists. They will nullify the work of import-export of various roto splines, tracking data and matte outputs (alpha renders). They can work seamlessly now without doing extra renders or compromising on the quality of output files.
Before, they had to do lots of complicated things like moving their work between different software tools, dealing with different types of files for different parts of their project, and worrying about the quality of their work. Now they will focus on the creative and aesthetic aspects of the VFX shot. Technical part is solved via this acquisition.
In short, it’s very productive and game changer for all artists and post production houses / VFX studios. It is going to be a one stop shop for many of your VFX works.
Official statements
The statement from Boris Yamnisky, CEO and Founder of Boris FX, at the time of this acquisition is: “SynthEyes’ speed and accuracy, object tracking, and ability to deal with complex lens distortions make it a perfect complement to the Boris FX Suite. Thousands of our users worldwide will now benefit from this remarkable technology in their daily work.”
Dr. Andersson, creator and founder of SynthEyes (Andersson Technologies LLC) commented: “Many of our artists already rely on Boris FX products to help tackle both visible and invisible visual effects. I cannot wait to push SynthEyes forward with our combined, expert development team.”
The way ahead
Dr. Andersson will continue to hold his leadership position at Boris FX. Boris FX acquired SynthEyes, but ever after it, SynthEyes will be is available as a dedicated standalone software.
Boris FX will integrate capabilities of SynthEyes in its suite. We can expect various integrations of it Mocha Pro and Silhouette, to ease the VFX pipeline and workflow.
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