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Sapphire for Autodesk Flame, Inferno, Smoke, Fire, Flint

With a host of effects and amazing efficiency, you can create a universe of goodness in no time flat.

Part visionary, part well-oiled machine, GenArts Sapphire for Autodesk is the undisputed leader of visual effects. It earned this status by providing the perfect balance of creative control and efficiency. Sapphire is packed with over 130 Sparks, including: Glows, EdgeRays, LensFlare, Lightning, FilmEffect, Warps and Textures. It features unrivaled image quality, a unique organic look, and easy usability. Sapphire is responsible for so many Oscar-winning films, it should have its own seat at Nobu.

Sapphire 5 features GPU acceleration and floating point support!

  • 132 "Spark" plug-ins, each with many options and parameters that can be adjusted and animated for an unlimited range of effects.
  • Sapphire 5 includes 15 new effects such as TVDamage, TVChannelChange, Technicolor and many new transitions. Go here for the full list of new effects.
  • Most effects are GPU-accelerated to provide performance enhancements of up to 700%. (NVidia Quadro FX 5800 graphics card required for maximum performance). Click here for more information.
  • Sapphire 5 uses full floating point for all internal processing, improving quality for many effects, even on 8- and 12-bit footage. It also supports 16-bit floating point footage natively on the desktop and in batch, without clamping.
  • New parameters to enhance flexibility and give new looks. See our What’s New page for a detailed list.

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Sapphire 5 Features:

  • On-screen UI widgets for visual control of parameters.
  • Multi-processing support for faster rendering.
  • Batch processing support on Flame, Inferno, and Flint.
  • Background rendering with Burn on Linux.

Sapphire 5 Supports:

  • Resolution independent, anti-aliased, high quality images.
  • Both 8-bit and 12-bit image formats.
  • Floating Burn node licenses.
  • 64-bit operating systems on Linux (32-bit Linux and full IRIX support requires Sapphire v4).
  • Online hyper-linked documentation.

For Sapphire Plug-ins on Autodesk Combustion please visit our AE plug-ins page instead.