This page is for installation of version 3 only. For the current version please visit the version 4 download page instead.

Last updated: June 14, 2007.

To Download and install:

1. Make sure you have one or more of the following Autodesk products on Linux:
   

   Flint	9.0 or greater on Linux
   Flame	9.5 or greater on Linux
   Inferno	6.5 or greater on Linux
   Smoke	6.5 or greater on Linux
   Burn	2.0 or greater on Linux

2. On your Linux workstation, become root and use the rpm shell command to download (10Mb) and run the appropriate installer:
   For 64bit systems (Flint, Flame, Smoke, Inferno, or Burn) on Red Hat Enterprise type:
        rpm -Uvh http://genarts.com/SapphireSparks-3.080-1.x86_64.rpm
        or download the rpm file and install it locally.
   For 32bit systems (Flint, Smoke, or Burn) on Red Hat Enterprise type:
       rpm -Uvh http://genarts.com/SapphireSparks-3.080-1.i386.rpm
       or download the rpm file and install it locally.

   If you are reinstalling the same version, use rpm -Uvh --force instead of rpm -Uvh above.

To test out a Spark, select 'Effects' and then 'Sparks' and click on any Spark button while holding down the 'Control' and 'Alt' keys. You should find the plug-ins in /usr/discreet/sparks/sapphire_3.0. Select a Spark and the name should now appear on the button. Click again on the button to initialize the Spark. Select the source and destination clips and the Spark interface window should be displayed.

For on-line help, click on the the Help button on the "Crop/Help" page while using any plug-in, or go to the RedHat start menu and select GenArts Sapphire3 Autodesk -> Sapphire Online Help (HTML) or (PDF).

What's new as of version 3.08 on Linux

• License information is automatically shared with version 4 so you can more easily run v3 and v4 together.

Burn installation notes:

• If you are installing on many remote Burn nodes it may be helpful to set the SAPPHIRE_SILENT environment variable before running the installer.
• Note that you need to run the installer on each machine. It will not work if you just copy the files from one machine to another.
• Make sure you are running Sapphire version 3.06 or greater on any Autodesk systems that might render with Burn. To check the version number, load any spark and the version should be printed out in the shell window where your Autodesk application was started.
• If you made any custom modifications in the s_config.text or s_lensflares.text files you should make the same changes on each Burn workstation.
• On Burn, S_Feedback often gives incorrect results because the frames can be rendered on different machines in non-sequential order. Batch trees with S_Feedback should be processed locally.