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SILHOUETTE PAINT User Guide • • About this Guide• 2 • • • ABOUT THIS GUIDE This User Guide is a reference for Silhouette and is available as an Acrobat PDF file. You can read from start to finish or jump around as you please. Copyright No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the express written consent of Boris FX. Copyright © Boris FX 2020. All Rights Reserved April 10, 2020 About Us Founded in 1995, Boris FX is a leading developer of VFX, compositing, titling, video editing, and workflow tools for broadcast, post-production, and film professionals. Boris FX products have grown to serve over a million artists worldwide. The company’s success lies in its ability to tightly integrate and leverage technologies through strong partnerships with Adobe, Apple, Avid, Blackmagic Design, Autodesk, FilmLight, Grass Valley, Magix, SGO, and other leading developers of video editing software. In 2014, Boris FX acquired Imagineer Systems, the Academy Award-winning developer of Mocha planar tracking software. In 2016, Boris FX acquired GenArts, the developer of Sapphire, the gold standard plug-in package for high-end visual effects. In 2019, Boris FX acquired the Academy Award-winning Silhouette for advanced feature film rotoscoping, painting, and effects. • • • Silhouette User Guide• • • • • About this Guide• 3 • • • • • • Silhouette User Guide• • • • • Table of Contents• 4 • • • TABLE OF CONTENTS About this Guide.............................................................................. 2 Copyright...................................................................................... 2 About Us....................................................................................... 2 Table of Contents............................................................................. 4 Silhouette Features.......................................................................... 7 Paint ............................................................................................. 8 Tracker .........................................................................................8 Roto.............................................................................................. 9 Architecture .................................................................................. 9 Supported Hosts........................................................................... 9 Installation........................................................................................ 10 Windows / Macintosh ................................................................... 10 Linux............................................................................................. 10 Licensing .......................................................................................... 13 Node-Locked Licenses................................................................. 13 Floating Licenses .........................................................................21 Tutorials............................................................................................ 34 Applying the Silhouette Plug-in .................................................... 34 Paint ............................................................................................. 35 Paint Presets ................................................................................ 39 Onion Skin.................................................................................... 40 Clone Brush.................................................................................. 41 Display Roto Shape Outlines In Paint .......................................... 52 Alpha Channels ............................................................................ 53 Detail Separation In Paint............................................................. 55 Auto Paint..................................................................................... 60 Tracker .........................................................................................73 Roto.............................................................................................. 105 Motion Blur ................................................................................... 142 Renaming Objects........................................................................ 143 • • • Silhouette User Guide• • • • • Table of Contents• 5 • • • Timebar Keyframes ...................................................................... 144 Timeline........................................................................................ 145 Viewer .......................................................................................... 149 Optimizing Playback..................................................................... 153 ROI (Region of Interest) ............................................................... 155 Keyboard Customization .............................................................. 157 Paint .................................................................................................. 159 Projects ........................................................................................ 160 Applying Silhouette....................................................................... 161 Paint ............................................................................................. 162 Roto................................................................................................... 205 Roto.............................................................................................. 205 Tracker (Shift-T) ........................................................................... 254 User Interface................................................................................... 276 Host Application Plug-in Parameters............................................ 276 Paint Interface .............................................................................. 279 Roto Interface............................................................................... 280 Viewer .......................................................................................... 281 Toolbars ....................................................................................... 298 Tool Tabs ..................................................................................... 299 Roto Object List............................................................................ 300 Parameters................................................................................... 306 Notes ............................................................................................ 307 Timebar / Player Controls............................................................. 308 Timeline........................................................................................ 314 Windows and Adjustments ........................................................... 321 Pull-Down Menus .........................................................................327 Preferences ...................................................................................... 329 Autosave ...................................................................................... 330 Cache ........................................................................................... 331 Color Management....................................................................... 332 Environment ................................................................................. 333 • • • Silhouette User Guide• • • • • Table of Contents• 6 • • • GPU.............................................................................................. 334 Nudging ........................................................................................ 335 Paint ............................................................................................. 336 Roto.............................................................................................. 339 Shape........................................................................................... 340 Tracker .........................................................................................345 Undo............................................................................................. 346 User Interface............................................................................... 347 Viewer .......................................................................................... 348 Keyboard Shortcuts......................................................................... 352 Paint ............................................................................................. 352 Roto.............................................................................................. 358 Timeline........................................................................................ 368 Tracker .........................................................................................369 Viewer .......................................................................................... 370 Licenses Used by Silhouette .......................................................... 373 GLEW (OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library) ............................. 373 libjpeg ........................................................................................... 374 libpng...........................................................................................