Sapphire v6 for Final Cut Pro and compatible

The installer below is for use with all FxPlug compatible products including Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Motion. Mac OS 10.5 and above are supported. For After Effects, Premiere Pro or Combustion, please use the AE version instead.

To Download and install:

1. Make sure you have Mac OS X 10.5 or greater on an Intel Mac and one or more of the following FxPlug compatible products:

   Final Cut Pro	6.x or 7.x (10.x not supported)
   Final Cut Express	4.0 or greater
   Motion	4.x

    If you have an older version of Sapphire for FxPlug products, this installation will replace it and you do not need to un-install it first.
2. Quit Final Cut or Motion if they are running.
3. Download the v6 Mac installer (76 Mb).
   This includes Universal binaries for Mac Intel hardware (32 and 64 bit).
4. Run the installer, and follow the instructions given.
5. Restart Final Cut or Motion, and the new plug-ins should appear in your effects menu.

If you already have the After Effects version of Sapphire Plug-ins, this installer will not replace it, and you can continue using both in FCP side by side. The effect category names will include "(FxPlug)" for the FxPlug version, so you can identify which is which when selecting a plug-in.

For Sapphire version 5, go to the v5 download page instead.

To view on-line documentation after you install the software, go to the /Applications/GenArtsSapphireFxPlug folder and double click on Online Help.html or Online Help.pdf. You can also click on the "About" box while using any plug-in.

New in 6.02:

• Corrected the gamma for lens flares in the Preset Browser.
• Fixed a problem with Deband.
• Fixed a bug in Clouds and many texture effects where the shift direction was flipped vertically.
• Place Flare Designer and Preset Browser log files in temporary directory if default location is not writable
• Improved render performance for the default lensflare
• Lensflare now correctly applies gamma to custom texture elements

New in 6.01:

• LensFlare: fixed a bug where Rays Rotate incorrectly affected Texture and Polygon elements.
• Flare Designer: the Auto Rotate option now works for elements positioned at the pivot.
• Flare Designer: complex flares now load faster and take less space when saved.
• The Preset Browser should now launch more quickly and be more responsive overall.
• Preset Browser: fixed a bug that sometimes prevents thumbnails from rendering.