Boris FX is pleased to share the newest updates to the mid-year 2020.5 release of its unparalleled
collection of video plug-ins - Sapphire.
Improved OFX host support and Sapphire Builder functionality.
Speed improvements to some of your favorite effects.
More realistic and dynamic lens flares with additions to the core tools.
HyperPull & HyperPush - Brand new transitions with huge possibilities for your energetic
edits.
Plus create mask shapes and motion tracking faster with significant enhancements to Mocha
support.
Sapphire Lens Flare, renowned across the film & TV industry for its beautiful, organic results,
has even more reasons to love it.
Every flare element can be affected by lens shadow, reflecting the real-world experience
of a hot light source being shaded and reflecting around a physical lens.
This creates gorgeous, natural-looking results on video and motion graphic projects.
Sapphire 2020.5 features brand new pro flare presets, reflecting physical lenses and some
more stylized flares.
Plus some old favorites remixed to take advantage of the new lensflare capabilities, including
lens shading.
Sapphire LensFlares work in 2D and 3D, are cross-host and cross-platform compatible with
Windows, Mac and Linux.
And if that wasn’t enough, you can use the integrated Academy Award winning Mocha technology
to do fast and accurate motion tracking, directly in the plug-in.
Perfect flares, wherever you need them.
HyperPull & HyperPush are brand new transitions that move and warp between your clips.
You have a huge amount of control and variety, without having to worry about a host of messy
keyframes.
Dynamic, powerful and modern; Both HyperPull & HyperPush are packed with presets to explore.
Boris FX has supported the Open FX plug-in platform since it’s inception, and the mid-year
2020.5 release of Sapphire continues this commitment with improved support, performance,
and functionality for Blackmagic Design’s Fusion Studio and Fusion within Resolve.
Sapphire 2020.5 brings the Builder to more OFX hosts, such as Nuke and Vegas Pro.
Sapphire Builder lets you combine multiple Sapphire filters into one custom effect.
Saved Builder effects are cross-host compatible, making it easy for artists to design and share
their work between users and departments, perfect for offline to online workflows.
To get you started we’ve included even more professionally designed Builder presets to
inspire and utilize in your own projects.
Mocha motion tracking and masking is integrated into the vast majority of effects.
Letting you do flawless parameter tracking or limit where the effect is applied.
Mocha’s area brush has been updated to automatically fill in gaps.
Creating shapes has never been faster.
By holding down the S key when moving points, Mocha will try to snap your points to the
edges as you drag.
Hit Alt-S to use the auto snap.
Mocha’s core tracking has been improved.
You’ll find more accurate results on complex tracks where objects are moving around or
behind the camera.
In every new release of Sapphire, we’re always working on render speeds and improving
CPU and GPU rendering.
With 2020.5, many of the lighting effects that feature atmospheric noise, including
favorites like S_Glow, S_LensFlare, and S_Rays, feature improved interactivity and faster
render times.
These are just a few of the new highlights for Sapphire 2020.5.
Find full details of compatibility & speed improvements, new effects and new features
in old favorites, by visiting BorisFX.com.
You can also download a free trial and try out the over 270 effects that make up the
full Sapphire collection.