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Description
GenArts, Inc. is a premier provider of visual special effects software for the film and video industry. Sapphire Plug-ins extend the capabilities of editing and effects workstations by providing digital artists with a collection of state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects.
Final Cut Pro
GenArts Sapphire’s 200+ visual effects plug-ins dramatically enhance the quality of Final Cut Pro and Motion. We’ve been carefully crafting the world’s finest visual effects for over 13 years, and that excellence has made Sapphire the industry standard plug-ins for the most discerning artists and editors. Maybe you need the perfect lighting effect such as a glow, a lens flare or lightning, or perhaps you need to find a seamless transition? Sapphire adds greater control and higher quality to what’s in Final Cut Pro, freeing you to focus on perfecting your work while saving you hours of time.
Sapphire is packed with over 220 state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects, including: Glows, EdgeRays, LensFlare, Lightning, FilmEffect, Warps and Transitions. It features unrivaled image quality, a unique organic look, and easy usability.
After Effects
GenArts Sapphire’s 220+ visual effects plug-ins for After Effects, Premiere Pro and Combustion dramatically enhance the quality of those editing and composting systems. We’ve been carefully crafting the world’s finest visual effects plug-ins for over 13 years, and that excellence has made Sapphire the industry standard for the most discerning artists and editors. Maybe you need the perfect lighting effect such as a glow, a lens flare or lightning, or perhaps you need to recreate a specific film or TV look?
Sapphire Adobe After Effects plugins add greater control and higher quality to what’s in After Effects, Premiere Pro and Combustion, freeing you to focus on perfecting your work while saving you hours of time. When you can’t afford to compromise on quality or productivity, Sapphire will be there for you. Always reliable, always backward compatible, Sapphire is packed with effects, including: Glow, EdgeRays, LensFlare, Lightning, FilmEffect, Warps and Textures. It features unrivaled image quality, a unique organic look, and easy usability.
Final Cut Pro Features
Time Saving Transitions Sapphire 5 provides over 40 high-quality transition effects that feature convenient drag-on controls for Final Cut Pro, making building transitions easy (includes new transitions that use LensFlare, EdgeRays, and Glint to dissolve between layers).
Greater Creativity Sapphire 5 delivers full floating point support for amazing image quality and maximum dynamic range to enable a level of creativity that sets your work apart from your competitor’s.
Enhanced Productivity Sapphire 5 provides GPU acceleration for lightning-fast render speeds and full interactivity at HD resolutions.
Sapphire 5 Final Cut Pro plugins contains several new transition and film effects and features significant performance enhancements with GPU acceleration, providing far faster render speeds than ever before.
- Most effects are GPU-accelerated to provide performance enhancements. NVidia GeForce 200 or 400 series or Quadro 5800 graphics card required for maximum performance.
- 16 new effects such as TVDamage, TVChannelChange, Technicolor and many new transitions.
- Floating point support in Motion for amazing image quality and maximum dynamic range.
New Effects
- TVDamage simulates various artifacts of television broadcast and display such as static, ghosting, interference, and more.
- TVChannelChange performs a transition by simulating a channel change on an old television set.
- Technicolor2Strip simulates a Technicolor 2-strip film process to give the look of 1930s Technicolor film.
- Technicolor3Strip simulates a Technicolor 3-strip film process to give the look of 1935-1955 Technicolor film.
- Swish3D dissolves between two input clips while performing 3D moves on each.
- WipePlasma transitions between two input clips using a moving plasma texture.
- WipePointalize wipes by adding random polygon brush shapes from one clip onto another.
- WipeWeave transitions using a texture resembling woven strands.
- WipeMoire transitions using a pattern of overlapping concentric rings.
- DissolveLensFlare transitions between two clips using an animated lens flare.
- DissolveEdgeRays transitions between two clips while applying beams of light from the image edges.
- DissolveGlint transitions between two clips while applying a star shaped glint effect.
- DissolveGlintRainbow transitions between two clips while applying a star shaped glint rainbow effect.
- DissolveDefocus dissolves between two clips while defocusing/focusing each.
- DissolveTiles transitions between two input clips by shifting tile shaped sections of each.
- DissolveDistort interpolates between two clips while distorting each using the other as a lens.
New Features and Parameters
- All effects use floating point processing for improved image quality and HDR support.
- Sapphire can now fully process 32-bit HDR floating point footage with no clamping.
- GPU acceleration improves performance for many effects.
- All threshold controls now go beyond 1 to support HDR.
- Param limits are widened for ShowBadColors to support HDR.
- Z Defocus and Z Convolve now have Boost Highlights.
- Glint and Glare have new Blur, Hue Shift, and Invert Matte parameters.
- Glow has new Show Threshold, Invert Matte, and Combine parameters.
- LensFlare has a new Glint Rays Lens.
After Effects Features
Enhanced Productivity & Creativity Sapphire 5 adds greater control, quality and creativity to After Effects by providing GPU acceleration for lightning-fast render speeds and full floating point support.
Adobe CS5 Compatibility Sapphire 5 is 64 bit and fully supports the new Adobe CS5 release.
- Most effects are GPU-accelerated to provide performance enhancements of up to 700% from Sapphire v2. NVidia GeForce 200 or 400 series or Quadro 5800 graphics card required for maximum performance. Visit our support page for more information.
- Floating point support for amazing image quality and maximum dynamic range.
- Adobe CS5 compatible with 64-bit support.
New Effects
- TVDamage simulates various artifacts of television broadcast and display such as static, ghosting, interference, and more.
- TVChannelChange performs a transition by simulating a channel change on an old television set.
- Technicolor2Strip simulates a Technicolor 2-strip film process to give the look of 1930s Technicolor film.
- Technicolor3Strip simulates a Technicolor 3-strip film process to give the look of 1935-1955 Technicolor film.
- Swish3D dissolves between two input clips while performing 3D moves on each.
- WipePlasma transitions between two input clips using a moving plasma texture.
- WipePointalize wipes by adding random polygon brush shapes from one clip onto another.
- WipeWeave transitions using a texture resembling woven strands.
- WipeMoire transitions using a pattern of overlapping concentric rings.
- DissolveLensFlare transitions between two clips using an animated lens flare.
- DissolveEdgeRays transitions between two clips while applying beams of light from the image edges.
- DissolveGlint transitions between two clips while applying a star shaped glint effect.
- DissolveGlintRainbow transitions between two clips while applying a star shaped glint rainbow effect.
- DissolveDefocus dissolves between two clips while defocusing/focusing each.
- DissolveTiles transitions between two input clips by shifting tile shaped sections of each.
- DissolveDistort interpolates between two clips while distorting each using the other as a lens.
New Features and Parameters
- All effects use floating point processing for improved image quality and HDR support.
- Sapphire can now fully process 32-bit HDR floating point footage with no clamping.
- GPU acceleration improves performance for many effects.
- All threshold controls now go beyond 1 to support HDR.
- Param limits are widened for ShowBadColors to support HDR.
- Z Defocus and Z Convolve now have Boost Highlights.
- Glint and Glare have new Blur, Hue Shift, and Invert Matte parameters.
- Glow has new Show Threshold, Invert Matte, and Combine parameters.
- LensFlare has a new Glint Rays Lens.
System Requirements
- Mac OS X 10.4 or greater is required
- Both Mac Intel and Mac PPC hardware are supported.
Host Compatibility
- Final Cut Pro 6.0 or greater
- Motion 3.0.2 or greater
- Final Cut Express 4.0 or later
- After Effects CS3, CS4, CS5
- Premiere Pro CS3, CS4, CS5
- Combustion 2008 and later
Sapphire 5 AE for the Mac will be fully GPU accelerated at a later date and will be available to Sapphire 5 AE Mac customers as a free update, when available.
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