Boris FX has updated Sapphire, its suite of effects plugins for compositing and editing software.

Sapphire 2023 adds new PrismLens and UltraGrain effects, and a new DissolveUltraGlow transition.

Two new effects, one new transition, and 18 new preset lens flares
Boris FX 2023 adds two new effects: PrismLens and UltraGrain.

S_PrismLens replicates the effect of shooting through a physical glass prism, including options to replicate part of the frame – trackable using the integrated Mocha planar tracker – into linear or radial arrays.

S_UltraGrain replicates film grain, and comes with 79 presets mimicking analogue film stocks and the grain generated by digital cameras from manufacturers including Arri, Alexa, Red, Canon and Sony.

There is one new transition, DissolveUltraGlow, based on the existing UltraGlow effect.

The update also addsd 100 new presets for existing effects, including 18 for the LensFlare effect.

Pricing and system requirements
Sapphire 2023 is available for a range of compositing and editing software, including After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Flame and Nuke, on Windows 10+, CentOS/RHEL 7+ Linux and/or macOS 10.14+.

New licences cost $1,695 for the Avid and Adobe/OFX editions, or $2,795 for a multi-host licence.

 
Read an overview of the new features in Sapphire on Boris FX’s website

Read a full list of new features in Sapphire in the online release notes

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