Flexible Lens Workflow Export: Undistort at Will
Lens distortion finally gets the non-destructive, “export-only” approach it deserves. In SynthEyes 2025.5, you can undistort or redistort imagery when exporting—preserving your solve, your sanity, and your timeline. No more “baked-in” mistakes or destructive edits to haunt you later. The interface is consistent across export modules, so every shot gets predictable, reliable treatment, and your scenes remain blissfully reversible. Artists finally get to pick their margin, resolution, and compatibility—like civilized people.
ML Motion Estimation: Let the Machines Suffer
Boris FX throws some proper machine learning at the auto tracking problem this time. Dense, per-pixel motion vectors arrive to save the day (and possibly your wrist). The new ML Motion Estimation model promises less cleanup-work, lower hpix values, and more stable tracker prediction—even when your footage is blurry, flickery, or full of occlusion. Activate it in the tracking UI, and let the algorithm chew on those “challenging shots” while you take a sip of coffee.
Mesh-to-Tracker Parenting: No More Geometry Orphans
Why should meshes wander aimlessly when they can be parented to trackers with a single click? SynthEyes 2025.5 brings click-to-parent mesh attachment, snapping your geometry and pivot right to the tracker in the viewport. As your solve evolves—distortion, scale, constraint, all the usual chaos—your meshes stay attached. Export hierarchies are preserved for 3D and comp tools, and you can still tweak pivots and offsets without breaking the family. Geometry drama, solved.
Additional Enhancements: File Handling That Handles Itself
More small wins for the workflow obsessive: mask dilation by set pixel counts (for less fluffy hair and fringe chaos), automatic orientation for JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and ProRes (finally, no more 90-degree headaches), and a dedicated LUTs folder for .cube, .3dl, and .lut files—automatically loaded in the UI so your grading artist doesn’t have to go on a folder safari. Oh, and SynthEyes now speaks Blackmagic RAW SDK 4.5, so importing 17K URSA Cine 65 footage is, as they say, natively supported.
Syntheyes is available as a monthly subscription for 55 € a Month, and through various savings (Yearly cost 290€) you can even still get a perpetual licence for 580 €.
