Product News
Continuum: 2023.5 Update
Expand your creativity with five new effects and transitions, Particle Illusion updates, improved Mocha tracking, 150+ new presets & more.
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Reserve a seat to our authentic film burn effect & transition, a high-energy AI-driven whip transition, an original Pro Lens Flare Pack & grunge stamps.
Sapphire 2026 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 $545/year or $80/month. Buy Now
Already a customer? Sapphire 2026 is a free update for users with an active Sapphire subscription or upgrade and support plan. It's also included with Boris FX Suite subscriptions. Download the updated installer via the Boris FX Hub.
What's New
- FilmBurn Effect + Transition: Recreate the imperfections and beauty of overexposed physical film
- MochaWhip Transition: Instantly cut, track, and whip your subject onto the next clip with AI-driven motion
- Pro Lens Flare Pack: A handcrafted, original collection inspired by authentic cinema optics.
- Grunge Stamps: Fresh, high-resolution stamps capture real-life textures (oil paint, chalk, ink, sponge, and splatter)
- Improved Effect Builder: Visual parameter linking delivers a more dynamic workflow and new curated presets
Analog Film Burns Meet Digital Workflows
Although most of us aren't shooting on actual film, we still yearn for its textures, look, and feel.
Sapphire's new FilmBurn — available as an effect and transition — is based on physical film scans and delivers the unpredictable beauty of genuine overexposed film. Product specialist Zak Ciotti goes behind the scenes of this entirely flexible and cinematically rich toolset.
Whip Into Your Next Cut
Add some fresh moves to your edits with Sapphire's first-ever AI-powered transition.
Product specialist Grant Key shows you how S_MochaWhip uses Mocha's AI tools together with S_Whiplash to quickly cut out your subject, track it, and whip it into the following clip.
Master Lens Flares
Love Hollywood's favorite lens flares but not sure how to dive in deeper? Ben Brownlee, our director of content, demystifies the rich control set with 9 simple tricks.
You'll go from a preset-only workflow to customizing your own with the Flare Designer, to advanced concepts that deliver that extra touch of realism.
Top 3 Reasons to Use Builder
Our design director, John Dickinson, LOVES using Sapphire's Effect Builder, and he thinks you should too! Discover what it can do, learn how to browse presets, create and fine-tune your own effects & much more in this intro look.
