"Fantastic! By far the best plug-ins out there. These have totally changed the kind of looks I can create."
Martin Balk, Senior Editor
Avatar Studios, St. Louis




"We used Sapphire Plug-ins to create many looks for Spider-Man that would have been nearly impossible to achieve otherwise."
Christian Boudman
Sony Pictures Imageworks




"Sapphire Plug-ins is an excellent package that helped us make The Lord of the Rings."
Julian Bryant, Senior Compositor, Weta Digital






"Sapphire Plug-ins were used extensively throughout the production of Final Fantasy."
James Rogers
Square USA






"A very intuitive package!"
Pablo Helman
Industrial Light and Magic


"I am blown away by this amazing suite of plug-ins. They add functionality to the Avid that makes it a whole new machine."
Stephen Bohls
Matchframe Editorial, Austin



More Customer Testimonials



Sapphire Plug-ins for Avid AVX Products:

MC Adrenaline, Media Composer, Symphony Nitris, Symphony, Xpress,
Xpress Pro, Xpress DV, Newscutter, and DS Nitris

Version 2.05 is now available with Mac Intel support.   See the press release

Download a FREE TRIAL for Windows or Mac.

  • Over 45 new effects in version 2 including FilmDamage, Rays, Cartoon, BleachBypass, SwishPan, DissolveGlow, FieldRemove, Feedback, TimeWarpRGB, RandomEdits, FlickerRemove, and many others.
  • Single click application of effects to titles and keys.
  • On-screen widgets for visual control of many parameters.
  • New crop and transform parameters.
  • Optional background and mask inputs.
  • Support for both AVX1 and AVX2, including the new AVX2 keyframe model.
  • Over 190 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.

Training Guide for Avid users

Demo reel 2007 or 2005

Studio Monthly Review: Add an Amazing Level of Creative Sophistication: "HOT"

Showreel Magazine: Klaudija Cermak Reviews GenArts Sapphire Plug-ins

List of effects with pictures (1.5Mb)


List of Effects


Lighting
Glow Effects
Glow
GlowAura
GlowDarks
GlowDist
GlowEdges
GlowNoise
GlowOrthicon
GlowRainbow
GlowRings
Light Beams
Rays
EdgeRays
Streaks

LensFlares
LensFlare
LensFlareAutoTrack
Glints & Glares
Glint
GlintRainbow
Glare

Other Lighting
DropShadow
SpotLight

Stylize
AutoPaint & HalfTone
AutoPaint
Sketch
CartoonPaint
Etching
HalfTone
HalfToneColor
HalfToneRings

Kaleidoscopes
Kaleido:Triangles
Kaleido:Squares
Kaleido:Diamonds
Kaleido:Oct
KaleidoPolar
FlysEyeCircles
FlysEyeHex
FlysEyeRect
FilmEffect & Grain
FilmDamage
FilmEffect
Grain
GrainStatic
Diffuse

Edge Effects
EdgeDetect
EdgeDetectDouble
EdgesInDirection
EdgeColorize

Embossing
Emboss
EmbossShiny
EmbossDistort
EmbossGlass
Other Stylize
BandPass
BleachBypass
Cartoon
DogVision
JpegDamage
Mosaic
Posterize
PseudoColor
PsykoBlobs
PsykoStripes
ScanLines
ScanLinesMono
Solarize
Vignette
Zebrafy
ZebrafyColor
ZFogExponential
ZFogLinear

Adjust, Blur+Sharpen, Composite & Distort
Adjust
ChannelSwitcher
ClampChroma
DuoTone
Gamma
Hotspots
HueSatBright
Invert
Monochrome
Threshold
Tint

Composite
EdgeFlash
Layer
MakeRGBA
MathOps
MatteOps
ZComp
Blur+Sharpen
Blur
BlurChannels
BlurChroma
BlurMotionCurves
BlurMotion
DefocusPrism
EdgeBlur
GrainRemove
RackDefocus
RackDfComp
Sharpen
SoftFocus
ZDepthCueBlur

Distort Effects
Distort
DistortBlur
DistortChroma
DistortRGB
Warps & Shake
WarpBubble
WarpBubble2
WarpChroma
WarpDrops
WarpFishEye
WarpMagnify 
WarpPerspective 
WarpPolar
WarpPuddle
WarpRepeat
WarpToRect
WarpTransform
WarpVortex
WarpWaves
WarpWaves2
Shake

Render, Time & Transitions
Lightning Zaps
Zap
ZapTo
ZapFrom

Gradients & Grid
Gradient
GradientRadial
Grid

Procedural Textures
Sparkles
SparklesColor
TextureCells
TextureChromaSpiral
TextureFolded
TextureMoire
TextureNoiseEmboss
TextureNoisePaint
TexturePlasma
TextureSpots
TextureWeave

Fractal Clouds
Clouds
CloudsColorSmooth
CloudsMultColor
CloudsPerspective
CloudsPsyko
CloudsVortex
Time Effects
Feedback
FeedbackBubble
FeedbackDistort
FieldRemove
FreezeFrame
GetFrame
JitterFrames
MotionDetect
NearestColor
RandomEdits
ReverseClip
ReverseEdits
TimeAverage
TimeDisplace
TimeSlice
TimeWarpRGB
Trails
TrailsDiffuse

Flicker Tools
Flicker
FlickerMatch
FlickerMatchColor
FlickerMatchMatte
FlickerMchMatteColor 
FlickerRemove
FlickerRemoveColor
FlickerRemoveMatte
FlickerRmMatteColor
Dissolve Transitions
DissolveBlur
DissolveBubble
DissolveDiffuse
DissolveFilm
DissolveGlow
DissolveLuma
DissolvePuddle
DissolveSpeckle
DissolveStatic
DissolveVortex
DissolveWaves

Wipe Transitions
SwishPan
WipeBlobs
WipeBubble
WipeCells
WipeChecker
WipeCircle
WipeClock
WipeClouds
WipeDiffuse
WipeDots
WipeDoubleWedge
WipeFourWedges
WipeLine
WipePixelate
WipeRectangle
WipeRings
WipeStar
WipeStripes
WipeTiles
WipeWedge

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