Genarts

The GenArts Sapphire, Monsters and Raptors portfolio equips digital artists with a collection of state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects such as: glows, light rays, lens flares, lightning, film damage, fire and fluid effects. The effects seamlessly integrate as software plug-ins into leading editing and compositing systems from Adobe, Apple, Avid, Autodesk, Assimilate, Eyeon, FilmLight, The Foundry, Quantel and SGO.

GenArts Sapphire, Monsters and Raptors have become the industry standard for high-end visual effects creation by providing unrivaled image quality, a unique organic look, and ease of use. They have been used extensively in an array of television programs, music videos and feature films. Visit our credits page.

The gold standard for visual effects, Sapphire equips digital artists with a collection of more than 200 state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects such as glows, glints, lightning, film effects, warps and textures. Over the last 13 years, Sapphire has become the plug-in suite of choice for production compositors and editors who require the perfect balance between creativity and productivity. Sapphire is a suite of plug-ins available for a comprehensive range of host platforms, including those from Autodesk, Avid, Apple, Adobe, Quantel and Eyeon, and it supports key industry standards such as AVX, AE and OFX. Sapphire is used extensively and by a broad range of artists and editors in the production and post-production of feature films, broadcast television, commercial advertising and music videos. Sapphire has the distinction of having been a key component of an Academy award-nominated film for the past 12 consecutive years.

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Part visionary, part well-oiled machine, GenArts Sapphire for Autodesk is the undisputed leader of visual effects. It earned this status by providing the perfect balance of creative control and efficiency. Sapphire is packed with over 200 state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects, including: Glows, EdgeRays, LensFlare, Lightning, FilmEffect, Warps and Textures. It features unrivaled image quality, a unique organic look, and easy usability. Sapphire is responsible for so many Oscar-winning films, it should have its own seat at Nobu.

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GENARTS MONSTERS - Here’s to the finer things in life—like the ability to fine-tune an endless array of effects. With image tools, wipes, warps, and more, consider GenArts Monsters the catalyst to turn your creative fantasies into reality.

With a heritage as long and illustrious as Sapphire, Monsters are also used in countless films, commercials and promos, around the world. Ideally suited to the artist or editor whose visual effects projects are less production-oriented, affording more detailed, meticulous control of a broad range of effect parameters, every Monsters effect has full color depth and 64 bit processing for advanced imaging at any resolution from SD to Imax, ensuring perfect quality on every frame. Monsters includes a wide range of effects including phenomena synthesis simulators, image tools, wipes, warps, blurs as well as many unique and unusual effects not found anywhere else.

GenArts Monsters is available for the following host platforms:

GENARTS RAPTORS - Seize control of your project with craftsman-like precision. GenArts Raptors features a range of amazing effects that can easily be customized to your heart’s content. Unprecedented control and uncompromising quality will give you mastery over complex operations. So now your only concern is coming up with the next big idea.

With a focus squarely on the creativity side of projects, Raptors is the perfect complement to Sapphire and Monsters. A new suite of plug-ins, Raptors provides tools designed for the intricate control of complex operations such as shot retiming, lens flares, shot distortion matching, fire, organic fluid effects and automatic trail generation. Raptors marries unprecedented control with uncompromising quality to enable artists and editors to continually push the boundaries of innovation and imagination.

Sapphire Plug-ins for Avid AVX Products:

MC Adrenaline, Media Composer, Symphony Nitris, Symphony, Xpress,
Xpress Pro, Xpress DV, Newscutter, and DS Nitris

Version 2.05 is now available with Mac Intel support.

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Over 45 new effects in version 2 including FilmDamage, Rays, Cartoon, BleachBypass, SwishPan, DissolveGlow, FieldRemove, Feedback, TimeWarpRGB, RandomEdits, FlickerRemove, and many others.
Single click application of effects to titles and keys.
On-screen widgets for visual control of many parameters.
New crop and transform parameters.
Optional background and mask inputs.
Support for both AVX1 and AVX2, including the new AVX2 keyframe model.
Over 190 total plug-ins for image processing and synthesis.
Conformable and supported on all Avid products so you can start on Media Composer or Xpress Pro and finish on Symphony or DS, as long as they are running the same Sapphire and AVX versions.
All plug-ins have many options and parameters that can be adjusted and animated for an unlimited range of effects.
Easy to use and fully integrated with Avid's user interface.
Resolution independent, antialiased, high quality images.
RGBA support for all Avid products.
Multi-processor support for faster rendering.
16bit image formats are supported.
Remote Processing is supported on DS.
Online hyperlinked documentation.

Sapphire Plug-ins version 2.03 is now available for:

Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere Pro & Premiere Elements
Apple Final Cut Pro
Autodesk Combustion
Eyeon Fusion
Quantel with Synapse

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Over 30 new effects and many enhancements in version 2.
Includes support for Adobe CS3 and Smart FX.
Support for Mac OS 10.5 Leopard and Mac Intel hardware.
Support for Windows Vista.
More than 200 total plug-ins for image processing and synthesis.
All plug-ins have multiple options and parameters that can be adjusted and animated for creating an unlimited range of effects.
Resolution independent, antialiased, high quality images.
Online hyper-linked documentation for all plug-ins.
Dual, Quad, and 8-core support for faster rendering.
On-screen user interface for visual control of parameters in After Effects and Premiere Pro.
Only one license is needed to use the plug-ins with all AE compatible applications on the same computer.
Free network rendering on After Effects, Combustion, and Digital Fusion.

NEW!   Sapphire Plug-ins for Apple FxPlug Products: FCP and Motion

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Native support for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, and Motion.
Includes all 200+ Sapphire effects in v2 such as FilmDamage, Cartoon, ZDefocus, BleachBypass, GradientMulti, SwishPan, Light3D, Deband, and many more.
Convenient drag-on Transition effects for FCP.
Effects categorized by Generators, Filters, and Transitions.
Parameter groups can be opened and closed in the UI.
Angle parameters use dial controls.
FlickerRemove and FlickerMatch have Set Hold Level and Set Match Level buttons.
Motion projects with Sapphire effects can be imported and embedded in FCP.
FxPlug and AE versions of Sapphire can be used together in FCP.
Support for Mac OS 10.5 Leopard and Mac Intel hardware.
Many options and parameters can be adjusted and animated for an unlimited range of results.
Resolution independent, fully antialiased, high quality images.
Easy to use and fully integrated with the native user interface.
Multi-processor support for faster rendering.
Online hyper-linked documentation.