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Sapphire 2025: Be Kind, Rewind with VHS Damage & More

Written by Boris FX | Nov 21, 2024 1:26:34 PM

Sapphire 2025 is now available as a plugin for Adobe After Effects & Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Autodesk Flame, Blackmagic Resolve, Foundry Nuke, and VEGAS Pro. Pricing starts at $495/year or $62/month. Buy Now

Already a customer? Sapphire 2025 is a free update if you're on an active Sapphire annual/monthly subscription or upgrade & support plan! Download the updated installer via the Boris FX Hub.

What's New

  • S_VHS Damage: Add blast from the past style with the iconic look of 80s videotapes, includes 18 presets
  • S_DissolveLightLeaks: Give your edits instant cinematic cred with smooth, colorful light bursts & flares
  • Lens Flares: 8 new and updated lens flares join our renowned flare collection 
  • Curated Presets: 50+ presets designed by the pros across effects like Dust, UltraZap, and the Effect Builder

We ❤️ the 80s

Recreate the totally rad look of a beloved worn-out 80s VHS tape with tracking errors, interlaced combing, color downsampling & distortions! Learn VHS Damage basics, then dive wicked deep into the effect with Ben Brownlee.



Awesome Edits

Nick Harauz shows you how to capture the ethereal beauty of Light Leaks — the natural light phenomena — now available in a transition! It's most excellent for throwback vibes and high-energy music videos and promos.


Fly Flares

Add stellar lens flares in seconds with options to customize, track, and mask — your favorite film directors and their DPs not included. 


Choice Presets

Take a chill pill and fast-forward your creative flow with 50+ new presets that deliver Hollywood-ready looks and transitions.