The Silhouette plug-in replaces the older Silhouette Paint plug-in by providing the full Silhouette feature set inside host applications. The Silhouette plug-in is a complete compositing environment, not limited to paint tools.
Differences between Silhouette plug-in and Silhouette Paint plug-in
Silhouette Paint plug-in was limited to paint-only functionality, while the Silhouette plug-in includes the full Silhouette workflow.
The Silhouette plug-in includes:
Rotoscoping tools
Paint and cleanup tools
Node-based compositing
Planar tracking
Warping and morphing
Keying and matting
This makes the Silhouette plug-in a fully featured compositing tool, rather than a paint-only solution.
Host applications supported by the Silhouette plug-in
Silhouette plug-in can be launched inside multiple professional host applications.
Supported hosts include:
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere Pro
Foundry Nuke
Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve
Blackmagic Fusion
Autodesk Flame
Summary of Silhouette plug-in replacement
Silhouette plug-in replaces the Silhouette Paint plug-in by:
Expanding from paint-only tools to full compositing workflows
Providing a complete Silhouette interface inside host applications
Supporting a wide range of industry-standard VFX and editing tools
The Silhouette plug-in is now the standard way to use Silhouette inside host applications.