2026
April
1st April 2026
Pinch and a punch for the first day of the month! 👊
FWIW - We won't be doing April Fools junk on FCP Cafe.
However, in the big news this week, Boris FX has acquired Vegas Pro! 🤯
This is kinda unexpected and a big surprise, at least for me.
Back on 17th March 2026 I wrote:
Whilst I was pretty confident MotionVFX was looking to be sold for a LOT of money, I had my money on Adobe, Artlist, or MAYBE BorisFX - whilst it makes perfect sense for Apple to buy MotionVFX, I really didn't expect it to happen.
Boris FX buying MotionVFX would have made sense to me - as then they would basically control a HUGE marketplace, and be able to really go head-to-head with FxFactory.
It was a pretty big shock that Apple would actually buy MotionVFX - but now that they've done it, and Boris FX has bought Vegas Pro - that's kinda a big deal.
Boris FX is an INCREDIBLE company:
Two Academy Awards, four Emmys, and over 1 million users. We are Boris FX.
Through artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML), computer vision, image processing, and intelligent design, we solve the hard problems so our users can work more efficiently in the creative process.
Boris FX is a leading developer of visual effects software and plugins for film, video, and photography creative professionals. For years our products have been used on the most celebrated films and shows of our time including Star Wars, Avatar, Black Panther, the Harry Potter series, Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, The Mandalorian, and countless others.
Founded in 1995, the company’s success lies in its ability to tightly integrate and leverage technologies through strong partnerships with Adobe, Apple, Avid, Autodesk, Blackmagic Design, Foundry, VEGAS Pro, and other developers of video software.
Our Mission? To create the highest quality creative tools available for editors, colorists, VFX artists, designers, and animators. Through computer vision, image processing, and intelligent design, we solve the hard problems so our users can work more efficiently in the creative process.
Our Customers. We are proud to serve and partner closely with many leaders in the media and entertainment industry, including Netflix, Disney, Marvel, BBC, ILM, Weta, Framestore, Double Negative, Deluxe, MLB, HBO, NBC, Fox, SkyTV, Al Jazeera, Technicolor/MPC, and many more.
I've worked closely with some of the Boris FX team over the years - especially the Mocha Pro team, who I love dearly (Mocha Pro might just be my FAVOURITE piece of software).
The Boris FX Suite bundles our award-winning product family in one easy subscription that delivers the ultimate post-production toolkit at the best value. Includes Sapphire, Continuum, Mocha Pro, Silhouette, SynthEyes, CrumplePop, Optics, and Particle Illusion Pro.
Streamline your pipeline with powerful AI-driven tools and creative effects for editing, motion graphics, VFX, 2D/3D motion tracking, rotoscoping, digital paint, audio, and photography tasks. Includes free access to premium training series with project files and footage to follow along.
Sapphire — Create stunning organic looks in seconds with Emmy Award-winning lens flares, glow effects, transitions, and highly stylized effects. Includes built-in Mocha planar tracking & masking and a powerful Effect & Transition Builder. Available as a plugin for Adobe, Avid, and OFX host applications.
Continuum — Meet daily content creation demands with the plugin industry’s most comprehensive collection. Includes AI-powered tools, 300+ effects, 5000+ presets, built-in Mocha tracking, keying & compositing, 3D titles, Particle Illusion, and more to fit. Available as a plugin for Adobe, Avid, FCP, and OFX host applications.
Mocha Pro — Make quick work out of visual effects tasks like screen inserts, object removes, set extensions, and more with Academy and Emmy Award-winning planar tracking and masking tools. Available as a plugin for Adobe, Avid, and OFX host applications.
Silhouette — Achieve total creative control over every pixel with the feature film industry’s leading advanced rotoscoping, non-destructive paint, and compositing tools. Winner of both an Academy and Emmy Award. Available as a standalone application and plugin for Adobe/OFX hosts.
SynthEyes — Access powerful, fast, and precise 3D tracking and matchmove tools. Offers complete control over tracking and camera-solving workflows with extensive lens distortion analysis. Available as a standalone application with export options to leading 3D and compositing applications.
Optics — Transform photos into cinematic art with Hollywood-quality lighting and lens effects, curated film looks, and realistic particle creation. Includes thousands of presets and powerful photo editing options. Available as a plugin for Adobe Photoshop/Lightroom and a standalone application.
CrumplePop — Make audio sound its absolute best, thanks to AI-powered restoration tools. Instantly remove wind, traffic, and pops or even enhance vocal quality with a user-friendly and simple interface. Available as a plugin for video editing and audio applications.
Particle Illusion Pro — Create stunning 3D particle animations for VFX, motion graphics, titles, and more inside a standalone application that allows video background imports.
Boris FX has some of the smartest minds in visual effects, post production and sound, some insanely great technology & frameworks, and even a bunch of very important patents.
Now that they have Vegas Pro - they basically have all the foundations to really mess with the video editor space.
Currently Vegas Pro only runs on Windows - which is a deal breaker for me personally, but it's entirely possible Boris FX could do a Blackmagic and make it cross-platform.
The Boris FX team also have great knowledge in video codecs and video pipelines - so it's also entirely possible they could do major refactoring to the Vegas Pro code to make it faster, better and more modern.
Boris Yamnitsky, the founder of Boris FX, is a genius and a super innovative, and lovely guy - so it's HUGELY exciting to see another video editor really step up in the market.
Will Vegas Pro compete with Final Cut Pro? If it comes to Mac... maybe? It already has some very innovative features that other NLEs don't have.
It’s about being bold. Doing things your way. That’s how you edit. Vegas Pro gives you fast, powerful, straightforward tools to bring your ideas to life.
Vegas Pro 2026 by Boris FX introduces:
Advanced 2D & 3D Titling for Vegas Pro Vegas Pro 2026 now includes the Continuum Title Pack, a professional set of 2D and 3D titling tools built directly accessible from the Vegas timeline. Design, extrude, deform, and animate text and graphics without leaving your edit.
Built for the Vegas Timeline All Continuum Title Pack tools operate as standard video effects inside Vegas Pro.
- Apply directly to events
- Animate using Vegas keyframes
- Combine with compositing and blending modes
- Fully compatible with the Vegas Core Engine
- Professional motion graphics titling — fully integrated into your editing workflow.
Title Studio A complete motion graphics titling environment inside Vegas Pro.
- Create 2D and true 3D titles
- Full extrusion, bevel, and depth control
- Materials, lighting, reflections, and shadows
- Built-in animation timeline for precise keyframing
- Lower third and broadcast-ready templates
- Spline-based shape tools for custom graphics
Title Studio enables advanced openers, branded graphics, and cinematic titles — all from a single effect.
Type On Text Precision text reveal animation with procedural control.
- Animate by character, word, or line
- Typewriter-style animation
- Custom easing and timing controls
- Gradient fills, outlines, and drop shadows
- Optional cursor animations
Perfect for tutorials, callouts, social content, and modern kinetic typography.
Layer Deformer Reshape and animate titles in 3D space.
- Bend and arc text layers
- Apply perspective-based warping
- Create dimensional motion effects
Layer Deformer adds dynamic curvature and depth without complex compositing.
Extruded Text Create depth-rich 3D typography directly in Vegas Pro.
- True 3D text extrusion
- Adjustable bevel and depth controls
- Real-time lighting and shadow casting
- Material and surface styling
Ideal for logo builds, dramatic title sequences, and broadcast graphics.
Extruded Spline Turn custom shapes into 3D geometry.
- Extrude spline-based shapes
- Animate 3D panels and graphic elements
- Apply lighting and material controls
Design dimensional graphic elements with precise shape control
Extruded EPS Import and extrude vector artwork in 3D.
- Load EPS vector files
- Convert logos into 3D geometry
- Control depth, bevel, lighting, and shadows
Bring branded assets into 3D space for polished intros and identity graphics.
Engineered for Speed and Precision New and improved AI for depth modeling, transcription, and voice generation, so you can move faster and stay focused on your edit.
Native 4:2:2 GPU Decoding on NVIDIA Blackwell Vegas Pro 2026 adds hardware-accelerated AVC and HEVC 4:2:2 decoding on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. Editors working with high-quality camera formats can now:
- Play back 4:2:2 footage smoothly without software decoding bottlenecks
- Edit multi-cam projects more efficiently
- Maintain full chroma precision throughout the pipeline
Fully compatible with Vegas Core Engine features, including the Zero Copy Pipeline.
Z-Depth 2.0 with Updated AI Depth Model Z-Depth 2.0 features a newly trained Boris FX AI depth model for more accurate foreground and background separation.
- Higher-resolution depth masks
- More detailed depth layer detection
- Improved temporal smoothing
- Reduced flicker across frames
Fully Offline Speech-To-Text (Subscription Only) Keep your data private with the new offline Speech to Text transcriptions. Fully offline and completely secure.
Vegas Pro 2026 includes multiple AI models so you can choose between faster CPU processing or maximum quality on supported GPUs.
- Text-based editing
- Automatic subtitle creation
- Support for 100+ languages
- Unlimited transcription usage
- No internet connection required
Fully Offline Text-To-Speech (Subscription Only) Generate voice-overs directly on your PC without uploading audio or relying on cloud services.
- 9 supported languages
- 54 voice options
- Adjustable speed, pitch, and volume
- No length restrictions
- Fully local processing
Integrated Storyblocks Access (Subscription Only) Subscription users receive integrated access to the Storyblocks content library. Download video footage, music, and sound effects directly inside Vegas without interrupting your workflow.
- Unlimited downloads
- Multiple resolution and format options
- Direct integration through the Explorer window
General Performance and Stability Improvements Vegas Pro 2026 includes extensive engine optimizations and performance enhancements designed to improve reliability and responsiveness across projects.
- Core engine optimizations
- Improved GPU utilization
- Faster project loading and timeline responsiveness
- Stability improvements across complex workflows
Let's be honest... in their first update, Boris FX has already done more to Vegas Pro than Apple has done to Final Cut Pro, and especially Motion in a decade.
Competition is always a great thing.
Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve continues to get bigger and better with every update. The Blackmagic team of developers are INSANELY fast and INSANELY talented.
But DaVinci Resolve is still a spaceship - it can do ANYTHING, but you really need to become a Resolve expert to do anything with it, as the default settings are not always that logical for 90% of users.
First and foremost DaVinci Resolve is still a colourists tool - and they're rapidly bolting on additional tools for editors and sound designers - but always ensuring that they don't mess up their Colour Pipeline.
Boris FX now have the opportunity to re-look at thinks with fresh eyes. They're already innovating all over the place with machine learning in the VFX and sound space. Now they can take all this knowledge and apply it to a video editor.
SUPER exciting times ahead!
Recall Toolbox v1.1.1 is out now! 🥳
We actually pushed out two updates today, because of some regressions. Thanks Apple App Review for turning around the updates so quickly! ❤️
Recall Toolbox v1.1.0 contained the following changes:
IMPROVEMENTS:
- Various under-the-hood improvements to iCloud Sharing on macOS Tahoe. Thanks for reporting Daniel Malferrari!
- Added the ability to resize thumbnails. Thanks for suggesting Daniel Malferrari!
- Added List Mode, in addition to the existing Thumbnail mode. Thanks for suggesting Florian Duffe!
- Added a "User Guide" button in the "Settings" settings. Thanks for suggesting Vigneswaran Rajkumar!
- Added additional right-click menu items for Folders and Items. Thanks for suggesting Florian Duffe & Vigneswaran Rajkumar!
...then we followed up with Recall Toolbox v1.1.1 quickly after with some fixes:
IMPROVEMENTS:
- Improved automatic iCloud refreshing. Thanks for reporting Daniel Malferrari!
- Added option to manually refresh when right-clicking on a Folder and Item.
- Adjusted the Final Cut Pro Workflow Extension minimum width.
BUG FIX:
- Fixed a regression that caused the Final Cut Pro Workflow Extension to crash. Thanks for reporting Daniel Malferrari!
You can download and learn more on the Recall Toolbox website.