GenArts Sapphire Edge AE 2.03 for After Effects and Premiere Pro (Win64) | 33.9 MB

GenArts Sapphire Edge AE 2.03 for After Effects and Premiere Pro (Win64) | 33.9 MB

GenArts Sapphire Edge AE - is a collection of filters and transitions with an extensive collection of presets. It includes a preview engine that allows you to test out all the presets you want without waiting for render times. Once installed we had 14 transitions and four filters. There are dozens of presets for each of the filters and transitions and the capabilities these presets provide are pretty impressive. GenArts claims to provide 350 total presets. When you open a filter or transition in the Final Cut Pro's viewer and go to the filters tab, you'll find the preset button.

That button launches an interface that lists all of the presets for that filter or transition. Clicking on each one runs the actual footage you have it applied to into a short loop so you can get an accurate preview right away. There's no need to keep applying them, waiting for it to render, play it, remove it, try another. This is a very wonderful feature, considering the number of presets Sapphire supplies.

Once you find a preset that suits you, or is somewhat close to what you're looking for, you can continue to tweak that filter or transition in the filter tab even more. The controls supplied in the filter tab are extensive and give you some really great control over a lot of parameters, all of which can be keyframed, giving you even more possibilities. The variety of specific looks you can achieve are amazing. The filters deliver top level visual quality, too. There is also a help button in the filter tab that launches your web browser taking you to a page describing all the controls for that plug-in. This is a very pleasant feature to have.

The Good Stuff

The best part of Sapphire Edge is the preview window. It's easy to race through all of the presets without any rendering and see them actually applied to your specific footage, much like Final Cut Pro X does. It makes working against a deadline a bit more comfortable. The visual quality and sharpness of the effects and transitions are absolutely professional.

GenArts is also offering a free one-year subscription to its FX Central service with the purchase of Sapphire Edge, a $99 value. FX Central is where you can continue to download new presets as GenArts reviews and clears them, meaning you can be assured there won't be anything too horrible or cheesy posted. Over time, that is a potentially nice addition to Sapphire Edge.

The Down Side

The down side to this great product? Well, we wouldn't say a down side, but we do have a wish list. It would be nice if some of these packages came down in price. Yes, it has 350 presets, but for only four plug-ins and 14 transitions. You're doing film looks, worn film looks, TV looks, and lens flares. If you do a lot of film, TV, and lens flare effects often, it is worth the $299, but that's pushing it. Presets are not filters, let's be clear about that.

The other issue is that it's geared specifically toward CUDA graphic cards, and not OpenCL cards compatible with Apple laptops, iMacs, and stock Mac Pros, and not at all with Final Cut Pro X and Motion 5. The good news is that GenArts is considering adding OpenCL support. Let's cross our fingers. Finally, we're very disappointed that they don't let users save their own custom presets. When asked, GenArts said if there is enough demand for it, they'll consider it. That reply was surprising considering how vital saving your custom presets is to editors doing serious stylized looks, trying to be consistent throughout a project, or across related projects.

Conclusion

All in all, we are impressed with what Sapphire Edge does. It has a niche for the film, television, and lens flare stylized effects it does. Being able to get real time previews of presets is a huge time saver. We'd spend the money if we needed these types of effects and transitions, but would miss not being able to save our own custom presets, especially considering how much time you realistically could spend tweaking things to your own specific needs. If you want fast renders, you'll have to invest in a pricey CUDA card, too. Yet for what they do, they're the best there is on the market at this time.

Intuitive controls and high-quality artistic visual effects make it easy for you as a Premiere Pro user to jump right into editing using the Sapphire Edge plugin without documentation. The Sapphire name means you can count on the fast rendering, beautiful images, and the highest level of system reliability. Along with the quality and ease of use with our intuitive controls, Sapphire Edge plug-ins provide nearly 600 preset visual effects and transitions displayed in a visual browser tailored especially with busy video editors in mind. It also frees up more time to be creative and deliver superb results that give you a competitive edge.

Benefits:

- Achieve the perfect look quickly

- Create your best work within project budget and time constraints

- Get fast results with minimal adjustments - means more time creating and less time deliberating

- See creative options in context of the content and quickly compare and select different looks

- Quickly deploy new effects

- Save time with fast render speeds

- Get the core tools and controls that you need in your toolbox

- Jumpstart a look with presets and then customize as needed

- Get the most out each effect and look with tutorials

- Rapidly select, deploy, and customize presets

- Get the highest quality image results

Features:

- 575+ preset looks generated from 31 effects and transitions

- Visual browsing and previews of presets on your actual footage via the FX Central Preset Browser

- Ever-expanding library of professionally built preset looks via a one-year subscription to FX Central, which enables users to get new looks every month

- Integration with the FX Central Web site, so you can access the newest looks directly from your editing application

- Streamlined user interface

- Powered by the Sapphire Engine

- GPU-accelerated for Nvidia CUDA cards

- Multiprocessor support

- Floating point processing

- Resolution-independent

- Realistic lighting effects like Rays, Glare, LensFlare, Glint, and Flashbulbs

- Stylize and color-grading effects such as FilmStyle, FilmDamage and TVDamage, Kaleido, and Halftone

- Numerous effect-based transitions effects such as DissolveLensFlare, DissolveGlow, and DissolveBlur

Download: GenArts Sapphire Edge AE 2.03 for After Effects and Premiere Pro (Win64)
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