Sapphire is a suite of plug-ins available for a comprehensive range of host platforms, including those from Autodesk, Avid, Apple, Adobe, Quantel and Eyeon, and it supports key industry standards such as AVX, AE and OFX. Sapphire is used extensively and by a broad range of artists and editors in the production and post-production of feature films, broadcast television, commercial advertising and music videos. Sapphire has the distinction of having been a key component of an Academy award-nominated film for the past 12 consecutive years.
With a host of effects and amazing efficiency, you can create a universe of goodness in no time flat.
Part visionary, part well-oiled machine, GenArts Sapphire for Autodesk is the undisputed leader of visual effects. It earned this status by providing the perfect balance of creative control and efficiency. Sapphire is packed with over 200 state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects, including: Glows, EdgeRays, LensFlare, Lightning, FilmEffect, Warps and Textures. It features unrivaled image quality, a unique organic look, and easy usability.

• Over 45 new effects in version 4, including FilmDamage, FilmEffect, DeinterlaceAuto, ZDefocus, Cartoon, Light3D, Rays, BleachBypass, TextureFlux, and many more.
• New redraw option auto-adjusts resolution for real-time interactivity.
• 14 new types of LensFlares.
• 129 "Spark" plug-ins, each with many options and parameters that can be adjusted and animated for an unlimited range of effects.
• Resolution independent, fully antialiased, high quality images.
• On-screen UI widgets for visual control of parameters.
• Multi-processing support for faster rendering.
• Batch processing support on Flame, Inferno, and Flint.
• Support for background rendering with Burn on Linux.
• Supports both 8-bit and 12-bit image formats.
• Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems, IRIX and Linux.
• Online hyper-linked documentation.