Loading An Image

The Optics standalone supports loading Camera RAW, JPEG, PNG, TIFF as well as Kodak® Cineon and DPX file formats used in motion picture and television production.

For more information on working with Camera Raw images, go to the Working With Camera RAW Files tutorial.

1 Standalone: Start the Optics Standalone and open a JPEG, PNG or TIFF image using File > Open.

2 Plug-ins: Start your program, load or select an image and apply Optics:

• Photoshop/Elements: In the Filter menu, select Optics from the Boris FX group.

• Lightroom Classic: In the Photo menu, select Edit In and then choose Edit in Boris FX Optics.

• Apple Photos: Double-click the photo, select Edit followed by the ... icon, and choose Boris FX Optics.

Note: The Optics standalone application must be opened once before it appears as an option inside Photos.

• Affinity: In the Pixel menu, select Filters > Plugins > Boris FX > Optics.

• Capture One: In the Image menu, select Edit With > Boris FX Optics.

The image appears in the Viewer.