• Over 45 new effects in version 4, including FilmDamage, FilmEffect, DeinterlaceAuto, ZDefocus, Cartoon, Light3D, Rays, BleachBypass, TextureFlux, and many more.
• New redraw option auto-adjusts resolution for real-time interactivity.
• 14 new types of LensFlares.
• 129 "Spark" plug-ins, each with many options and parameters that can be adjusted and animated for an unlimited range of effects.
• Resolution independent, fully antialiased, high quality images.
• On-screen UI widgets for visual control of parameters.
• Multi-processing support for faster rendering.
• Batch processing support on Flame, Inferno, and Flint.
• Support for background rendering with Burn on Linux.
• Supports both 8-bit and 12-bit image formats.
• Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems, IRIX and Linux.
• Online hyper-linked documentation.
  

See the v4 press release.

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

List of effects with pictures

List of Effects

Light Effects LensFlare, Track, Mask LensFlareAutoTrack, Mask EdgeRays, Mask, Comp Rays, Mask, Comp SpotLight Light3D, Mask	Glow Effects Glow, Mask, Comp GlowDist, Mask, Comp GlowRings, Mask, Comp GlowRainbow, Mask, Comp GlowAura, Mask, Comp GlowDarks, Mask, Comp GlowOrthicon, Mask, Comp GlowEdges, Mask, Comp GlowNoise, Mask, Comp	Glints & Glares Glint, Mask, Comp GlintRainbow, Mask, Comp Glare, Mask, Comp
FilmEffects & Grain FilmEffect FilmDamage Vignette BleachBypass GrainColor, Mask, Comp GrainMono, Mask, Comp Grain:StaticColor, Mask, Comp Grain:StaticMono, Mask, Comp GrainRemove, Mask, Comp Diffuse, Mask	Blurs Blur, Mask BlurMonochrome, Mask BlurChannels, Mask BlurChroma, Mask BlurDirectional, Mask BandPass RackDefocus, Mono RackDefocus:Prism RackDfComp Convolve, Comp SoftFocus DropShadow BlurMotion, Mask BlurMotionCurves Streaks, Mask, Comp	Auto-Paint & Stylize AutoPaint:VanGogh AutoPaint:HairyPaint AutoPaint:Pointalize AutoPaint:Sketch AutoPaint:SketchBumpy Mosaic, Mask HalfTone HalfToneColor HalfToneRings HalfTone:Etching ScanLines, Mono JpegDamage Cartoon CartoonPaint Posterize DogVision
Edge Effects EdgeBlur EdgeFlash EdgeDetect, Mono EdgeDetectChroma EdgeDetect:InDirection EdgeDetect:Colorize EdgeDetectDouble EdgeDetect:Blips Sharpen, Mask Deband	Kaleidoscopes KaleidoTriangles KaleidoSquares KaleidoDiamonds KaleidoOct KaleidoPolar FlysEyeHex FlysEyeRect FlysEyeCircles TileScramble, Mask	Embossing Emboss, Mask EmbossShiny, Mask EmbossDistort, Mask EmbossGlass, Mask
Warps & Shake WarpTransform, Mask, Comp WarpVortex, Mask, Comp WarpPerspective, Comp WarpWaves, Mask, Comp WarpWaves2, Mask, Comp WarpPuddle, Mask, Comp WarpBubble, Mask, Comp WarpBubble2, Mask, Comp WarpFishEye, Mask, Comp WarpPuff, Mask, Comp WarpShrivel, Mask, Comp WarpPolar, Comp WarpRepeat, Mask, Comp WarpChroma, Mask, Comp WarpMagnify, Mask, Comp WarpCornerPin, Mask, Comp WarpDrops, Mask, Comp Shake	Wipe Transitions WipeLine WipeCircle WipeRectangle WipeStar WipeClock WipeWedge WipeDoubleWedge WipeFourWedges WipeDots WipeChecker WipeStripes WipeBlobs WipeCells WipePixelate WipeDiffuse WipeBubble WipeClouds WipeRings WipeTiles SwishPan	Dissolve Transitions Dissolve DissolveStatic DissolveSpeckle DissolvePixelate DissolveDiffuse DissolveClouds DissolveBubble DissolveWaves DissolvePuddle DissolveVortex DissolveBlur DissolveFilm DissolveGlow DissolveLuma
Distort Effects Distort, Mask DistortBlur, Mask DistortChroma, Mask DistortRGB, Mask DistortFine, Mask	Lightning Zap ZapTo ZapFrom, Mask	Matte Operations MatteOps, MatteOpsMask, MatteOpsComp
Fractal Clouds Clouds, Comp CloudsMultColor, Comp CloudsColorSmooth, Comp CloudsPerspective, Comp CloudsVortex, Comp CloudsPsyko, Comp	Fog & Depth Effects ZBlur ZBlurs:ZDefocus ZGlow ZConvolve ZComp ZFogLinear ZFogExponential	Flicker Tools Flicker FlickerRemove, Matte FlickerRemoveColor, Matte FlickerMatch, Matte FlickerMatchColor, Matte
Temporal Effects Temporal:GetFrame Temporal:TimeWarpRGB Temporal:MotionDetect Temporal:TimeSlice Temporal:TimeDisplace, Mask Temporal:FreezeFrame Temporal:JitterFrames Temporal:RandomEdits Temporal:ReverseEdits Temporal:ReverseClip Feedback, Matte Feedback:Trails, Matte Feedback:TrailsDiffuse, Matte Feedback:TimeAverage Feedback:NearestColor FeedbackBubble, Matte FeedbackDistort, Matte FieldTool FieldRemove FieldRemove:NTSCtoFilm FieldRemove:Deinterlace DeinterlaceAuto	Procedural Textures TextureFolded, Comp TextureWeave, Comp TexturePlasma, Comp TextureNoiseEmboss, Comp TextureNoisePaint, Comp TextureSpots, Comp TextureCells, Comp TextureChromaSpiral, Comp TextureMoire, Comp TextureTiles, Comp TextureNeurons, Comp TextureLoops, Comp TextureFlux, Comp PsykoBlobs PsykoStripes Psyko:Zebrafy Psyko:ZebrafyColor Sparkles, Mask, Comp SparklesColor, Mask, Comp Gradient GradientRadial GradientMulti Grid Shape, Comp	Color & Math Ops ColorOps:HueSatBright ColorOps:Monochrome ColorOps:ClampChroma ColorOps:PseudoColor ColorOps:DuoTone ColorOps:TriTone ColorOps:QuadTone ColorOps:Tint ColorOps:Threshold ColorOps:Hotspots ColorOps:Gamma ColorOps:Solarize ColorOps:ChannelSwitcher ColorOps:Invert ColorOps:ShowBadColors MathOps Layer, Comp

Mask = version of the effect that modifies the result using a Mask input clip.
Comp = version of the effect that combines the result with a Background input clip.