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Sapphire Version 6 Plugin for After Effects Now Available! Sapphire Plugins for After Effects are also available for Adobe Premiere Pro and Autodesk Combustion. Sapphire increases your productivity, quality output, and ability to compete. Platform-agnostic so you can leverage your work across video editing and other compositing software or artists without compromising consistency or quality of the look, Sapphire saves you valuable time and money. Discover the superior image quality, control, render speed, and impact on viewer engagement compared to other plug-ins or many effects included with After Effects. Sapphire’s Glow EdgeRays, LensFlare, Lightning, FilmEffect, Warps, and Textures are just a few examples that enable you to create sophisticated and stunning, yet completely organic looks, unmatched in the industry.The breadth and depth of over 240 visual effects, along with the speed and ease of use offered by Sapphire for After Effects, not only frees up time to craft each piece of work exactly as you want it but also deliver the creative impact that engage viewers and delivers superior results.

What's new?:
Redesigned LensFlare Effect and Flare Designer - Control the size, spacing, thickness, intensity, and color of each flare element. Add additional elements from the included library or add your own imagery to create new elements, add texture or simulate imperfections
3D Lens Flares - Manipulate LensFlare within your 3D compositing environment to create eye-catching motion graphics and enhanced photorealism.
6 New Visual Effects and 9 New Transitions - Including Flashbulbs, Caustics, LaserBeam, and MuzzleFlash
StretchFrameEdges Corrective Effect - Incorporate your 4x3 SD content into 16x9 aspect ratio HD projects without having to distort or soften the image
Enhanced Effects - Achieve more photorealistic effects with enhancements to RackDefocus, EdgeRays, Rays, EdgeFlash, and Clouds
AE Masks Integration - Use AE masks directly within each effect as mattes to isolate the area you want to apply the effect to in fewer steps
Preset capabilities - Create and save your favorite presets or edit from hundreds of included pre-built looks.
Visual Preset Browser - Browse and preview presets on your media in order to see the results of the effect without having to rely on trial and error to get the right look
FX Central Subscription - new presets every month through a one-year subscription to FX Central, included with purchases of Sapphire v6

Features:
Over 240 visual effects
Resolution-independent
GPU-accelerated for Nvidia CUDA cards
Multiprocessor support
32-bit float support
Intuitive user interface
On-screen UI widgets for many video effects
Offline HTML and PDF documentation included
Create unique natural and organic lighting using rays, lens flare, zap, glare, glint, and glow effects
Create backgrounds and organic displacement maps using a large selection of texture generators
Choose from a wide variety of fast-processing color channel, directional, and defocus blurs
Stylize and color-correct your footage with a selection of effects including FilmEffect, HalfTone, Vignette, BleachBypass, and Cartoon
Over 1,100 preset looks included; or create and save your own
Free unlimited render licenses
Same license works on Adobe Premiere Pro, and also Apple Final Cut Pro (if used on the same machine)

Benefits:
Endless creative possibilities
The quantity of visual effects allows for countless effect-blending options
Ease and speed of use is a cost-effective time-saver
More time available for creativity and high-quality end results
Blazing fast performance maximizes productivity
Remarkably organic and natural-looking photoreal results
Quickly and easily iterate on effect looks
Visual control of look creation
Quick reference for all effect parameters
Convenience of multiple platform options
Highly reliable engine

Technical Specifications:
GPU Acceleration - Most effects are Nvidia CUDA GPU-accelerated to provide performance enhancements. Nvidia GeForce GTX 400 or 500 series or QuadroFX Fermi (4000, 5000, 6000) graphics card required for maximum performance.
64-Bit Enabled - Expanded memory capabilities
Floating Point Processing - All effects use full floating point processing for improved image quality and full 32 bit HDR support
Multiprocessor Support
Resolution-Independent

Host Platforms:
Adobe After Effects CS4 or greater
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 or greater
Autodesk Combustion 2008 and later

OS:
Mac OS 10.6 "Snow Leopard" or greater
Windows XP 32/64-bit
Windows Vista 32/64-bit
Windows 7 32/64-bit

Sapphire for OFX-compatible Products. Version 6 Now Available! GenArts Sapphire visual effects plug-ins support the use of open source platforms/OFX plug-ins, which contribute to Sapphire's ability to streamline workflows, increase productivity, and deliver beautiful results. GenArts has been carefully crafting the world's finest visual effects software since 1996 and our commitment to engineering excellence and superior performance has made Sapphire the industry standard of visual effects (VFX) plug-ins for the most discerning video content creators and editors.

What's new?:
Redesigned LensFlare Effect and Flare Designer - Control the size, spacing, thickness, intensity, and color of each flare element. Add additional elements from the included library or add your own imagery to create new elements, add texture or simulate imperfections
6 New Effects and 9 New Transitions - Including Flashbulbs, Caustics, LaserBeam, and MuzzleFlash
StretchFrameEdges Corrective Effect - Incorporate your 4x3 SD content into 16x9 aspect ratio HD projects without having to distort or soften the image
Enhanced Effects - Achieve more photorealistic effects with enhancements to RackDefocus, EdgeRays, Rays, EdgeFlash, and Clouds
Preset capabilities - Create and save your favorite presets or edit from hundreds of included pre-built looks.
Visual Preset Browser - Browse and preview presets on your media in order to see the results of the effect without having to rely on trial and error to get the right look
FX Central Subscription - new presets every month through a one-year subscription to FX Central, included with purchases of Sapphire v6

Features:
Over 240 effects
Resolution-independent
GPU-accelerated for Nvidia CUDA cards
Multiprocessor support
Full floating point image processing/support
Intuitive user interface

Benefits:
Endless creative possibilities
Time-saving render speeds
Highest quality photorealistic results
Quickly and easily iterate on effect looks

Host Platform:
The Foundry Nuke 5.0 or greater
Eyeon Digital Fusion 5.2 or greater
Eyeon Fusion64 5.2 or greater
FilmLight Baselight 3.3 or greater
SGO Mistika 6.1.3
Digital Vision Nucoda or Phoenix 2011.2.058 or greater (Win)
Assimilate SCRATCH 3.8 or greater (Win), 4.0 or greater (Mac)
Sony Vegas Pro 10.0 or greater (Win)

OS:
Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard"
Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard"
*Nuke 64-bit Mac support requires a Mac with an Intel Core Duo or later
Linux 32/64-bit
Windows XP w/SP2 or later 32/64-bit
Windows Vista 32/64-bit
Windows 7 32/64-bit