Boris FX Continuum Complete 2026
Version 2026.0.0.1621 · Boris FX · Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) · ranked #98 in the library
The broadest effects collection in post production, several hundred filters covering keying, tracking, lighting, particles, titling, film looks and image restoration, installed once into every host on the machine.
Read the installation section below before you start. The order of the steps matters on this release.
About this release
Overview
Continuum is not one plugin, it is the whole shelf. Several hundred filters grouped into units, each unit covering a discipline: keying and compositing, particles, lights, film styles, image restoration, titling, three dimensional objects, transitions, warping and colour. The complete edition includes every unit, which is the version worth having because the ones you end up needing are never the ones you would have bought individually.
It installs into every supported host on the machine at once. After Effects, Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve, VEGAS Pro and the OFX hosts all get the same filter list, and a project moving between them keeps its parameters. That consistency is the practical argument for a suite over a pile of individual plugins from different vendors, because a facility can standardise on one set and stop worrying about which suite has which effect.
The tracking layer underneath the effects is what separates it from a bag of filters. Mocha planar tracking is embedded in every filter that could use a mask, so a blur, a light, a beauty pass or a sky replacement can be tracked to a moving surface from inside the effect rather than through a separate roundtrip. Combined with the beauty studio skin work, the particle illusion system and the primatte keyer, it covers most of what a jobbing compositor is asked for in a week.
What it does
Feature breakdown
Every unit included
Keying, particles, lights, film styles, image restoration, titling, three dimensional objects, transitions, warps and colour, with no unit held back.
Embedded Mocha planar tracking
Track a mask to a moving surface from inside any filter that takes one, which removes the roundtrip through a separate tracking application.
Particle Illusion
A full particle system with a large stocked emitter library, real time preview and emitters that can be attached to a tracked point.
Primatte keyer and matte tools
Professional chroma keying with spill suppression, edge treatment and light wrap, plus matte cleanup and garbage masking.
Beauty Studio
Skin smoothing and retouching that holds detail in eyes, lips and hair, with a tracked mask so it follows a moving face.
Multi-host installation
One install covers After Effects, Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Resolve, VEGAS Pro and OFX hosts with a shared parameter set.
Changed in this build
Version 2026.0.0.1621
- New emitter collections added to the particle system, with faster real time preview.
- Beauty Studio edge handling improved on hairlines and semi transparent regions.
- GPU render path extended to the remaining filters that were still CPU bound.
- Preset browser rebuilt with searchable tags and hover previews.
- Reduced install size after deduplicating the shared content across host folders.
Installation
Follow these in order
- Install and launch your host applications at least once before running this setup.
- Close every host before starting, running hosts lock the plugin folders.
- Extract the archive and disable real time protection.
- Run setup as administrator and tick the hosts you want the filters installed into.
- Apply the included licence step after the files are copied.
- Open one host, confirm the filter categories appear, then restore protection.
Release notes
From whoever packed it
- Presets and the content library live in a shared folder. Moving it breaks the browser until the path is updated.
- Block the plugin updater. An update invalidates the licence state on every host at once.
- A render node needs both the filters and the licence component installed, not just the filters.
System requirements
Minimum and recommended
| Operating system | Windows 10 version 22H2 or Windows 11, 64-bit |
|---|---|
| Host application | At least one supported host installed first, otherwise setup has nowhere to place the filters |
| Processor | Intel or AMD multicore, six cores or more recommended |
| Memory | 16 GB minimum, 32 GB recommended for particle work at 4K |
| Graphics | GPU with 4 GB VRAM, 8 GB recommended for the accelerated render path |
Questions about this release
Answered before you ask
- Does it install into Resolve?
- Yes, through the OFX path, alongside the Avid and Adobe host installs.
- Is Mocha Pro included?
- The embedded Mocha tracking module is included. The standalone Mocha Pro application is a separate product.
- Can I install only the units I want?
- Setup installs the full set. Individual filters can be hidden from the host effect list afterwards.
Download
Pick a mirror