Manipulate Reality with Sapphire 2024 Technology
Sapphire 2024, officially known as 2025.52, is a significant update to the popular video editing software plug-in suite. This update brings several new features and enhancements to Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Autodesk Flame, Blackmagic Resolve, Foundry Nuke, and VEGAS Pro [1].
Key updates in Sapphire 2024 include a revamped and enhanced LensFlare and Flare Designer, improving realistic lighting and flare effects. A new PixelSort digital glitch art effect provides a fresh stylistic option for digital distortion visuals. The WhipLash transition adds a dynamic whip-like motion effect between clips, while the new animating shape tool for the Effect and Transition Builder allows more creative and flexible animation of shapes within effects and transitions [1].
The Mocha Essentials workspace has been introduced, featuring improved spline tools and magnetic edge snapping for more precise rotoscoping and mask animations. Additionally, Sapphire 2024 boasts optimization for maximum CPU and GPU performance, making the plugin run faster and more efficiently across supported host applications [1].
Design director John Dickinson offers an overview of the versatile S_Dust effect in Sapphire 2024, which quickly adds photorealistic atmosphere to CG renders, mograph elements, and static shots. Sapphire 2024 also includes over 10 new lens flares and 65 curated presets, designed by artists [1].
A 2-part intro training series is available for users to learn more about the glitchy effects possible with S_PixelMosh. No information about the S_PixelMosh effect & transition is repeated in this paragraph. Temporal effects in Sapphire 2024 have been reimagined, offering better behavior, refined options, and availability within S_Effect and S_Builder [1].
Sapphire 2024 also introduces 18 advanced S_Builder presets. Pricing for Sapphire 2024 starts at $495 per year or $62 per month. Current customers can get a free update if they are on an active monthly/annual subscription or upgrade & support plan. Users can download the Boris FX Hub to get a free trial of Sapphire 2024 or to access the installer for the update [1].
To download Sapphire 2024, users should access the Boris FX Hub. S_Effect in Sapphire 2024 now includes 18 new presets, and S_Effect and temporal effects are available within S_Effect and S_Builder [1].
[1] Source: Official Sapphire 2024 press release.
Technology advancements in Sapphire 2024, such as the new PixelSort digital glitch art effect and the optimizations for maximum CPU and GPU performance, aim to enhance the visual editing capabilities of various video editing software suites like Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Autodesk Flame [1]. Furthermore, the Mocha Essentials workspace in Sapphire 2024 leverages technology to offer improved spline tools and magnetic edge snapping for more precise rotoscoping and mask animations [1].
