Boris FX Introduces Sapphire 2020.5, introduces monthly subscription plans
Boris FX has announced the release of Sapphire 2020.5, a significant update to its renowned visual effects suite. This latest version brings a host of enhancements and new features designed to streamline workflows and expand creative possibilities for editors, visual effects artists, and motion designers.
The LensFlare Designer has received major upgrades, allowing each flare element to be influenced by lens shadows. This addition creates more realistic shading and reflections around a bright light source, resulting in gorgeous, natural-looking flares ideal for video and motion graphics projects. The update also introduces new professional flare presets and remixed older favorites, enhancing creative possibilities.
Sapphire 2020.5 expands the library with new pro flare presets and transitions, helping artists achieve unique visual effects more easily. The suite's powerful tools are now fully cross-host and cross-platform, working seamlessly across Windows, Mac, and Linux, and supporting both 2D and 3D workflows. This broad host compatibility allows users to apply Sapphire’s tools in multiple video editing environments.
One of the standout features is the integration of the Academy Award-winning Mocha planar tracking technology directly within Sapphire plugins. This enables fast, accurate, and convenient motion tracking and masking without leaving the plugin interface, greatly improving workflow efficiency. The version also incorporates the powerful Effect and Transition Builder, a tool that enables users to create custom effects and transitions by combining Sapphire’s effects in innovative ways, streamlining complex visual effect creation.
Sapphire 2020.5 delivers superior image quality and controls while optimizing render speeds, resulting in massive time savings for editors and artists by accelerating project turnaround without compromising visual fidelity. The update now supports two new OFX hosts - Foundry Nuke and VEGAS Pro, and all Boris FX 2020.5 products now offer monthly subscriptions.
Current annual subscription and upgrade & support plan customers receive a complimentary update to Sapphire 2020.5. Monthly subscriptions start at only $25 a month (varies by product and host). Press imagery and videos about Sapphire 2020.5 are accessible, and media inquiries should be directed to Jessie Electa Petrov at jessiep@pur socials.com.
Jessie Electa Petrov is the Director of Marketing for Boris FX. The subscription model is aimed at editors, visual effects artists, and motion designers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Sapphire 2020.5 is now available for Adobe, Avid, and OFX video applications.
[1] Information sourced from Boris FX press release, available at [www.borisfx.com/press](http://www.borisfx.com/press)
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