Access over 160 stunning filters and thousands of presets, including cinematic lens flares, glows, light leaks, and particle effects.
Works directly inside Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom or as a standalone application, blending into your workflow without interruptions.
Save time with intelligent masking tools that isolate subjects and apply effects with precision.
Fine-tune every detail of your effects to match your vision perfectly.
Recreate the magic of vintage and modern film looks for timeless, cinematic results.
Transform photos with a fast and easy-to-use particle engine that creates unique effects with organic elements.
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Optics gives you access to the same plugins and filters regularly used on the most popular films and TV series with the addition of top tools from the Boris FX Suite.
Add Lens Flares, Light Rays, Ultra Zap (lightning), UltraGlow, Light Leaks, and many more effects from our Emmy Award-winning Sapphire collection, or retouch skin easily with Continuum’s Beauty Studio.
The Particle Illusion category is a fast and easy-to-use particle engine that creates unique effects and elements.
Particle Illusion features 1700+ particle presets to enhance photo editing, including Smoke, Fire, Water, Sparkles, Explosions, Dust, Sci-Fi, and more. Learn more about Particle Illusion.
You can also create and export cinemagraphs — photo animations — using Optics in Photoshop, Lightroom, or the standalone application.
Optics is the only Photoshop plugin that emulates the physical characteristics of optical camera filters, whether it’s historical film stocks, color grading, or lens and diffusion effects.
Add beauty and depth to your digital images with diffusion filters like Mist, Fog, Net, Halo, and more.
Optics features masking and paint tools powered by Machine Learning to replace backgrounds, isolate effects, or fix and touch up pixels.
Easily create precise masks with the power of machine learning. Mask ML enables point-and-click object segmentation, allowing you to isolate and enhance specific areas of your image with just a single click. Add adjacent areas seamlessly with successive clicks for perfect masks every time.
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Each pack includes 10 artist-curated Looks to bring your creative vision to reality. You’ll need an active Optics subscription or trial to use the Looks preset collections.
Choose from two Looks packs — Monochromed and FutureCyber
Use the Looks presets as is or adjust the parameters to your liking
Stay tuned for more Looks packs designed by new artists in the future
Show off how you use Looks by tagging #borisfxopticslooks
Download your free Optics Look preset. Use as is or customize the parameters to suit your style. Please note that an active trial or Optics license is required to use the Look.
Inject some elegance and drama with this collection of ten deluxe Black and White presets!
“I wanted presets made for bold visionaries - something that takes B&W from nostalgia into the surreal. This pack unlocks the hidden power of Optics, engineered for photographers who want to stand out. ”
Get 50% off a new annual sub of Optics with purchase of a Monochromed Looks pack!
Add a little whimsy to your photos
Soft black and white filter
Added particles like orbs and mist
Bring high-fashion drama to your images
Stylized prism filter for movement
Gorgeous magazine gloss
Add a futuristic, dream-like ambience to your image
Subtle hues of red and blue
Emmy-award winning Sapphire effects S_WarpChroma and S_Film Effect
Create beautiful bokeh portraits
Dewy, misty morning looks
Atmospheric glow for a vignette look
Highly saturated, cross processing look
Think Hackers meets Black Mirror looks
Deeply 90s aesthetic
Create a glowing hologram look
Emmy Award-winning Sapphire UltraGlow and TVDamage
Inspired by Blade Runner 2049
Dystopian future matrix type glows
Uses Sapphire UltraGlow
80s flavored Cyberpunk
Distorted, technical glitch looks
Sapphire Parallax Strips and TVDamage
Think William Gibson's Neuromancer
Taught by Optics product manager Renee Robyn and director of content Ben Brownlee
Includes 15 easy-to-follow tutorials
Get started with the interface, masking, effects and more!
