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Sapphire 7 is now available! See What's New
GenArts Sapphire visual effects plug-ins support the use of open source platforms/OFX plug-ins, which contribute to Sapphire's ability to streamline workflows, increase productivity, and deliver beautiful results.
Experience what's new in Sapphire 7
- 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)
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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 improved image quality and full 32 bit HDR support
- Multiprocessor Support
- Resolution-Independent
| OFX Plugins | Non-floating License |
Non-floating Upgrade v6 to v7 |
Floating |
Floating Upgrade v6 to v7 |
Render only | Rental (per month) |
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| for Nuke, Fusion, Sony Vegas, or SCRATCH | $1,699 | $499 | $2,499* | $499* | $295* | $169 |
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For Baselight, Nucoda/Phoenix, or Mistika |
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Render licenses are floating unless otherwise requested, and are per machine with any number of CPUs. Render license upgrades are available at no charge. Please contact us for special pricing on large quantities.
* To purchase floating licenses, please contact us or call +1 617-492-2888.
OFX licenses can be shared on the same machine between other OFX host products whose plug-in prices are the same or lower.
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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