Sapphire increases your productivity, quality output, and ability to compete. Platform-agnostic so you can leverage your work across video editing and other compositing software or artists without compromising consistency or quality of the look, Sapphire saves you valuable time and money. Discover the superior image quality, control, render speed, and impact on viewer engagement compared to other plug-ins or many effects included with After Effects. Sapphire’s Glow EdgeRays, LensFlare, Lightning, FilmEffect, Warps, and Textures are just a few examples that enable you to create sophisticated and stunning, yet completely organic looks, unmatched in the industry.The breadth and depth of over 250 visual effects, along with the speed and ease of use offered by Sapphire for After Effects, not only frees up time to craft each piece of work exactly as you want it but also deliver the creative impact that engage viewers and delivers superior results.
Features
- Over 250 visual effects
- Resolution-independent
- GPU-accelerated for Nvidia CUDA cards
- Multiprocessor support
- 32-bit float support
- Intuitive user interface
- On-screen UI widgets for many video effects
- Offline HTML and PDF documentation included
- Create unique natural and organic lighting using rays, lens flare, zap, glare, glint, and glow effects
- Create backgrounds and organic displacement maps using a large selection of texture generators
- Choose from a wide variety of fast-processing color channel, directional, and defocus blurs
- Stylize and color-correct your footage with a selection of effects including FilmEffect, HalfTone, Vignette, BleachBypass, and Cartoon
- Free unlimited render licenses
- Same license works on Adobe Premiere Pro, and also Apple Final Cut Pro (if used on the same machine)
Benefits
- Endless creative possibilities
- The quantity of visual effects allows for countless effect-blending options
- Ease and speed of use is a cost-effective time-saver
- More time available for creativity and high-quality end results
- Blazing fast performance maximizes productivity
- Remarkably organic and natural-looking photoreal results
- Quickly and easily iterate on effect looks
- Visual control of look creation
- Quick reference for all effect parameters
- Convenience of multiple platform options
- Highly reliable engine
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)
Technical Specifications:
* GPU Acceleration - Most effects are Nvidia CUDA GPU-accelerated to provide performance enhancements. Nvidia GeForce GTX 400 or 500 series or QuadroFX Fermi (4000, 5000, 6000) graphics card required for maximum 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
Host Platforms and operating system versions
- Adobe After Effects CS4/CS5/CS5.5/CS6 running on Windows Vista, 7, or 8
- Adobe Premiere Pro CS4/CS5/CS5.5/CS6 running on Windows Vista, 7 or 8
Language : English
Homepage : http://www.genarts.com/software/sapphire/after-effects
