page_title: Boris FX
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Boris FX / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Team photo in front of the Boris FX booth at NAB 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
context_page_description: Boris FX is a visual effects and video editing software plug-in developer based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The developer is best known for its four flagship products, Continuum, Sapphire, Mocha, and Silhouette.
  Boris FX creates plug-in tools for feature film, broadcast television, and multimedia post-production workflows. The plug-ins support a variety of NLEs, including Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Apple Final Cut Pro X, and OFX hosts such as Autodesk Flame, Foundry NUKE, Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve and Fusion, and VEGAS Pro.
context_section_description: Boris FX was founded in 1995 by Boris Yamnitsky. The former Media 100 engineer (a member of the original Media 100 launch team in 1993) released “Boris FX,” the first plug-in based digital video effects (DVE) for Adobe Premiere and Media 100, in 1995. The plug-in won Best of Show at Apple Macworld in Boston, MA the same year.
caption: Team photo in front of the Boris FX booth at NAB 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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