Sapphire Plugins for After Effects are available for Adobe After Effects, and also for Adobe Premiere Pro and Autodesk Combustion. Sapphire Plug-ins equips digital artists with a collection of over 240 state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects such as: Glows, EdgeRays, LensFlare, Lightning, FilmEffect, Warps and Textures, etc... The effects seamlessly integrate into a number of editing and compositing systems.

Sapphire Plug-ins have become the industry standard for high-end visual effects creation by providing unrivaled image quality, a unique organic look, and ease of use. They have been used extensively in an array of television programs, music videos and feature films, including: Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, and 3, Spider-Man 1, 2 and 3, Superman Returns, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars - Episode I, II and III, Sin City, The Matrix trilogy, X-Men 1, 2 and 3, Titanic, Lost and CSI, etc... 

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. 

Sapphire for After Effects features significant performance enhancements with GPU acceleration and floating point support, providing far faster render speeds, far greater interactivity and the highest image quality available. The upcoming release fully supports Adobe's new CS5 release and 64-bit systems.

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

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
- 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


New in Sapphire Plug-ins v6.01 for After Effects:
• 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


Compatibility matrix:
OS: Windows XP 32/64-bit, Vista 32/64-bit, 7 32/64-bit
Host Platform: 
- Adobe After Effects CS4 or greater
- Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 or greater
- Autodesk Combustion 2008 and later


Changes in GenArts Sapphire AE v6.01:
- Preset Browser now launches somewhat faster and is more responsive while starting up.
- Improved preview of Flashbulbs in the Preset Browser
- Flare Designer: adjusting the Rotate property now works correctly when multiple elements are selected.
- Flare Designer no longer scrolls to the top of the element list when deleting an element.
- Flare Designer: fixed a bug where display gamma was inverted.
- Fixed a bug in Glint that would cause incorrect renders with very large widths.
- LaserBeam now renders faster on systems that support GPU processing.
- Fixed a bug in LaserBeam that caused cropping when width is greater than length.
- Fixed image corruption DissolveAutoPaint
- LensFlare: Diffraction Glow now respects the Combine mode setting.
- LensFlare: fixed aliasing artifacts in Spot, Ring, and Polygon elements.
- LensFlare: fixed rendering artifacts in diagonal Rays elements.
- LensFlare: Edge Triggers now work correctly on Mac.
- Partially worked around a bug in Premiere Pro CS 5.5 that creates extra keyframes when scrubbing in the timeline.


Install note: fix is default for AfterFX CS4, CS5 & CS5.5 - for other hosts or nondefault installation AfterFX manually replace plugins from c:\Program Files (x86)\GenArts\SapphireAE\pluginsXX\

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