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Sapphire for Avid Media Composer, Symphony, Xpress, Xpress Pro, NewsCutter, DS

This editing suite of choice allows you to slice and dice with ease.

Part visionary, part well-oiled machine, GenArts Sapphire for Avid 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 200 state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects, 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.

NEW Sapphire v3.02 Supports AVX2 on Avid DS, Floating Licenses and Rentals.

Visit our Sapphire Upgrade Program page to find out how you can realize tremendous creativity and productivity gains by upgrading to v3.

  • 36 new effects in v3 including TVDamage, Technicolor, WarpCornerPin, Swish3D, GradientMulti, Shape, ZDefocus, many new transitions, textures and other new effects.
  • 15 new lens flare types, improved Glare, and revamped RackDefocus.
  • Support for Windows Vista and 64bit operating systems.
  • Sequences with old Sapphire versions can be automatically promoted to v3, using recent Avid versions.
  • Single click application of effects to titles and keys.
  • On-screen widgets for visual control of many parameters.
  • Optional background and mask inputs.
  • Support for both AVX1 and AVX2, including the new AVX2 keyframe model.
  • Over 220 total plug-ins for image processing and synthesis.
  • Conformable and supported on all Avid products so you can start on Media Composer or Xpress Pro and finish on Symphony or DS, as long as they are running the same Sapphire and AVX versions.
  • All plug-ins have many options and parameters that can be adjusted and animated for an unlimited range of effects.
  • Easy to use and fully integrated with Avid's user interface.
  • Resolution independent, antialiased, high quality images.
  • RGBA support for all Avid products.
  • Multi-processor support for faster rendering.
  • 16bit image formats are supported.
  • Remote Processing is supported on DS.
  • Online hyperlinked documentation.