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Which Version of Sapphire is Right for Me?Sapphire for Avid AVX Products
Sapphire 7 is now available! See What's New
Sapphire Plugins for Avid are available for Avid Media Composer, Symphony, Xpress, Xpress Pro, NewsCutter, DS
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Sapphire for Avid visual effects software increases your productivity, quality output, and helps you add organic transitions complete with customized parameters that can improve quality and fix unexpected problems. We designed Sapphire for Avid plug-ins to render work quickly without compromising quality and to work seamlessly across artists, platforms, or studios, saving valuable time and money. TV shows, films, trailers, music videos, and promos can all be made more engaging and impactful with Sapphire visual effect plug-ins. When you invest in Sapphire, you gain the ability to turn work around quickly, while preserving the storyline, thereby increasing audience engagement and maximizing the value of content.
Experience Sapphire 7 for Avid!
- PanAndZoom (Avid only) - A new tool that allows you to pan, zoom, and rotate large image files. It also has stylistic options to add drop shadow, vignette, and MotionBlur.
- Beauty - A new effect that leverages the new EdgeAware technology to beautify talking heads by softening and color correcting skin tones.
- EdgeAwareBlur - Powered by our new EdgeAware technology, this effect allows you to blur while preserving detail.
- Advanced Sharpen - The Sharpen tool has been updated with the ability to sharpen features of different amounts and sizes for increased flexibility and control.
- LensFlare - Now enhanced with faster rendering, animation options, atmospheric noise, and presets to duplicate popular real-world lenses.
- Zap - Updated to include 3D rotation and the option to follow a path, giving you the option to control the shape it takes.
- MotionBlur - Has been added to many effects, giving them a more realistic look.
- New Transitions - FilmRoll and CardFlip are two new dynamic transitions with multiple controls to diversify the output. FlutterCut has been enhanced with more options including new controls and color options.
- Faster - Added GPU support for more plug-ins and an optimized GPU code to provide up to a 20% speed increase per effect
- More presets - Over 2,500 presets
- Preset sharing - Now you can share presets across host platforms (for Autodesk conversion, please contact us directly)
- Real time rendering (Avid only) - Many effects now have real time rendering
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- GPU Acceleration - Most effects are Nvidia CUDA GPU-accelerated to provide performance enhancements. All NVIDIA CUDA GPUs with compute capability 1.3 or later (see https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus) are supported. This should include all NVIDIA GPUs produced after 2010. Newer cards with more compute cores and memory will in general give better performance.
- 64-Bit Enabled - Expanded memory capabilities
- Floating Point Processing - All effects use full floating point processing for internal processing and the highest quality image result
- Multiprocessor Support
- Resolution-Independent
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Non-floating Upgrade v6 to v7 |
Floating |
Floating Upgrade v6 to V7 |
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| for Media Composer Nitris DX, Mojo DX, or Adrenaline | $2,800 | $849 | $4,200 | $849 | $280 |
| for Symphony Nitris | $2,800 | $849 | $4,200 | $849 | $280 |
| for Xpress or NewsCutter | $2,800 | $849 | $4,200 | $849 | $280 |
| for DS Nitris or DS/Symphony | $2,800 | $849 | $4,200 | $849 | $480 |
| for DS remote processing, per machine | $900 | Included with purchase* | $900 | Included with purchase* | $90 |
* Render only licenses are included with upgrade purchases, however may require order processing fee.
To purchase movable dongle solutions, Media Composer Software-only, or v1/v2 to v6 pricing, please contact us or call +1 617-492-2888.
All prices in USD
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Which Version of Sapphire is Right for Me?
| Sapphire | Sapphire Edge | |
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| User Goal |
Creative Freedom |
Preset Looks Maximum Speed High-Quality Results |
| Design Freedom |
High Design Control Maximum Flexibility |
Simplified Control Set Extensive Preset Library |
| VFX Role |
Ideal for: Film Compositors |
Ideal for: Professional Videographers |
| Industry |
TV, Film, Broadcast Advertising |
Wedding, Events, Online Advertising |
| Platform | All Host Platforms |
Premiere Pro Final Cut Pro Sony Vegas Pro |
| Price | Starting at $1,699 | $299 |
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