"We used Sapphire Plug-ins extensively on X-Men: The Last Stand.  I couldn't imagine having an effects system without it."
Greg Strause, Owner & VFX Supervisor, Hydraulx
"The ultimate professional suite of visual effects... The best plug-ins money can buy."
Computer Arts Magazine
"We used Sapphire Plug-ins to create many looks for Spider-Man that would have been nearly impossible to achieve otherwise."
Christian Boudman
Sony Pictures Imageworks
"As a creative tool, Sapphire Plug-ins is second to none"
Daniel Leduc
Hybride Technologies
"Sapphire Plug-ins were a great help in our work on The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe."
David Takayama, Sony Pictures Imageworks
"They really are one of the most amazing visual effect tools available today and we rely heavily on them for our day to day work. They make the finishing of our movie trailers so much easier!"
Markus Wernig, Senior Editor
MOJO, West Hollywood

More Customer Testimonials



Sapphire Plug-ins version 2.041 is now available for:
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Premiere Pro & Premiere Elements
  • Apple Final Cut Pro
  • Autodesk Combustion
  • Eyeon Fusion
  • Quantel with Synapse

Download a FREE TRIAL for Windows or Mac OS X

  • 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.

Review by John Lashley for The Reel Show
See the v2 press release
Demo reel 2007 or 2005
Free tutorial by Christopher Phrommayon (v1)
Review by Tor Johansen at Post Magazine (v1)
Review by Ned Soltz at the LA FCP User Group site (v1)
Review by DV Magazine (v1)

List of effects with pictures


List of Effects


Box 1: Lighting
Glow Effects
Glow
GlowAura
GlowDarks
GlowDist
GlowEdges
GlowNoise
GlowOrthicon
GlowRainbow
GlowRings
ZGlow
Light Beams
Rays
EdgeRays
Streaks

LensFlares
LensFlare
LensFlareAutoTrack
Glints & Glares
Glint
GlintRainbow
Glare

Other Lighting
DropShadow
Light3D
SpotLight

Box 2: Stylize
AutoPaint & HalfTone
AutoPaint
Sketch
Etching
Cartoon
CartoonPaint
Posterize
HalfTone
HalfToneColor
HalfToneRings

Kaleidoscopes
Kaleido:Triangles
Kaleido:Squares
Kaleido:Diamonds
Kaleido:Oct
KaleidoPolar
FlysEyeCircles
FlysEyeHex
FlysEyeRect
TileScramble
FilmEffect & Grain
FilmEffect
FilmDamage
Vignette
BleachBypass
Grain
GrainStatic
Diffuse

Edge Effects
EdgeDetect
EdgeDetectDouble
EdgesInDirection
EdgeColorize

Embossing
Emboss
EmbossShiny
EmbossDistort
EmbossGlass
Other Stylize
BandPass
DogVision
JpegDamage
Mosaic
PseudoColor
PsykoBlobs
PsykoStripes
ScanLines
ScanLinesMono
Solarize
Zebrafy
ZebrafyColor
ZFogExponential
ZFogLinear

Box 3: Adjust, Blur+Sharpen, Composite & Distort
Adjust
ChannelSwitcher
ClampChroma
DuoTone
Gamma
Hotspots
HueSatBright
Invert
Monochrome
QuadTone
Threshold
Tint
TriTone
ShowBadColors

Composite
EdgeFlash
Layer
MathOps
MatteOps
MatteOpsComp
ZComp
Blur+Sharpen
Blur
BlurChannels
BlurChroma
BlurDirectional
BlurMoCurves
BlurMotion
DefocusPrism
Convolve
ConvolveComp
Deband
EdgeBlur
GrainRemove
RackDefocus
RackDfComp
Sharpen
SoftFocus
ZConvolve
ZDefocus
ZBlur

Distort Effects
Distort
DistortBlur
DistortChroma
DistortRGB

Warps & Shake
WarpBubble
WarpBubble2
WarpChroma
WarpCornerPin
WarpDrops
WarpFishEye
WarpMagnify
WarpPerspective 
WarpPolar
WarpPuddle
WarpPuff
WarpRepeat
WarpTransform
WarpVortex
WarpWaves
WarpWaves2
Shake

Box 4: Render, Time & Transitions
Lightning Zaps
Zap
ZapTo
ZapFrom

Gradients, Grid & Shape
Gradient
GradientMulti
GradientRadial
Grid
Shape

Procedural Textures
Sparkles
SparklesColor
TextureCells
TextureChromaSpiral
TextureFlux
TextureFolded
TextureLoops
TextureMoire
TextureNeurons
TextureNoiseEmboss
TextureNoisePaint
TexturePlasma
TextureSpots
TextureTiles
TextureWeave

Fractal Clouds
Clouds
CloudsColorSmooth
CloudsMultColor
CloudsPerspective
CloudsPsyko
CloudsVortex
Time Effects
Feedback
FeedbackBubble
FeedbackDistort
FieldRemove
FreezeFrame
GetFrame
JitterFrames
MotionDetect
NearestColor
RandomEdits
ReverseClip
ReverseEdits
TimeAverage
TimeDisplace
TimeSlice
TimeWarpRGB
Trails
TrailsDiffuse

Flicker Tools
Flicker
FlickerMatch
FlickerMatchColor
FlickerMatchMatte
FlickerMchMatteColor 
FlickerRemove
FlickerRemoveColor
FlickerRemoveMatte
FlickerRmMatteColor
Dissolve Transitions
DissolveBlur
DissolveBubble
DissolveDiffuse
DissolveFilm
DissolveGlow
DissolveLuma
DissolvePuddle
DissolveSpeckle
DissolveStatic
DissolveVortex
DissolveWaves

Wipe Transitions
WipeBlobs
WipeBubble
WipeCells
WipeChecker
WipeCircle
WipeClock
WipeClouds
WipeDiffuse
WipeDots
WipeDoubleWedge
WipeFourWedges
WipeLine
WipePixelate
WipeRectangle
WipeRings
WipeStar
WipeStripes
WipeTiles
WipeWedge
SwishPan

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