Release Notes
Continuum 2026.5.4 for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
June 23, 2026
Continuum 2026.5.4 (v19.5.4) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2026.5.4 is a maintenance update to Continuum version 2026.5.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2026.5. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2026.5 and the previous Continuum 2026.0 major releases, please refer to the initial 2026.5 release notes:
Continuum 2026.5.4 for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
June 23, 2026
Continuum 2026.5.4 (v19.5.4) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2026.5.4 is a maintenance update to Continuum version 2026.5.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2026.5. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2026.5 and the previous Continuum 2026.0 major releases, please refer to the initial 2026.5 release notes:
Continuum 2026.5.4 for OFX Release Notes
June 23, 2026
Continuum 2026.5.4 (v19.5.4) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2026.5.4 is a maintenance update to Continuum versions 2026.5.3, 2026.5.1, and 2026.5.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2026.5. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2026.5 and the previous Continuum 2026.0/2026.1 major releases, please refer to the initial 2026.5 release notes:
Continuum 2026.5.4 for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
June 23, 2026
Continuum 2026.5.4 (v19.5.4) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
Continuum 2026.5.4 is a maintenance update to Continuum version 2026.5.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2026.5. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2026.5 and the previous Continuum 2026.0 major releases, please refer to the initial 2026.5 release notes:
Vegas Pro 2026.0.0 Build 143 - Release Notes
June 22, 2026
Changes and fixes:
STABILITY / CRASH FIXES
- Improved overall crash resilience in multiple areas (exception safety and additional guard checks).
- Fixed crashes related to long file paths / long file names (MAX_PATH) in UI and formatting/logging code.
- Crash fix: improved safety around pointer/type usage and project/UI state handling.
- Crash fix: safer handling around VfW codec close behavior during exceptions.
- Reduced amount of superfluous data attached to crash reports.
- Improved internal error trapping/reporting reliability.
KEYFRAMES / ENVELOPES / TIMELINE EDITING
Continuum 2026.5.3 for OFX Release Notes
June 17, 2026
Continuum 2026.5.3 (v19.5.3) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2026.5.3 is a maintenance update to Continuum versions 2026.5.1 and 2026.5.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2026.5. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2026.5 and the previous Continuum 2026.0/2026.1 major releases, please refer to the initial 2026.5 release notes:
Mocha(R) Pro 2026.5 (v2026.5.0) Release Notes
June 10, 2026
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
Continuum 2026.5.1 for OFX Release Notes
May 20, 2026
Continuum 2026.5.1 (v19.5.1) for OFX - Release Notes
Windows OFX Only Release:
- Note that this particular 2026.5.1 release is just for Windows OFX. Mac OFX and other hosts remain on their existing 2026.5.0 versions.
Continuum 2026.5.1 is a maintenance update to Continuum version 2026.5.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2026.5. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2026.5 and the previous Continuum 2026.0/2026.1 major releases, please refer to the initial 2026.5 release notes:
Sapphire 2026.5 release notes
May 20, 2026
What’s New in Sapphire 2026.5
New Effects
- TextureRidges
- AdvancedDefocus
New Features
- Flare Designer Improvements:
- Added per element trigger controls
- Added new offset modes
- New Builder Tools:
- Dots node
- Noise node
- ClampRange node
- Builder Improvement: Node notes
- New LensFlares
- New Glares
- New Presets
Known Issues
- Advanced Defocus: When working with large-format images (4K and higher) at full resolution, increasing certain parameters, such as Lens Vignette, can significantly increase render times. In DaVinci Resolve, this may occasionally trigger a GPU timeout error. If this occurs, try lowering the Resolution parameter.
- FFT-based effects are currently unstable in OFX and Avid hosts when rendering on AMD GPUs with HIP and are therefore set to CPU mode by default. This includes effects like RackDefocus, Convolve, FlashBulbs, and AdvancedDefocus.
- MochaWhip: Mocha Mask may need to be re-tracked if the clip length is adjusted.
- MochaWhip: In Premiere Pro 2025, if you set input_for_tracking to From, you may see both clips in Mocha. The workaround is to only trim From so that the transition does not straddle both clips in the timeline.
- Premiere Pro 2025: In transitions, the second clip s not always available in UI events like Mocha or the Preset Browser.
- FilmBurn: Stamps may change when a clip is trimmed. To work around this, pre-comp your footage with FilmBurn, then trim.
- Default Changes: In some versions of Sapphire, parameters may be given new default values. Normally, this will be handled transparently. On some hosts such as some versions of Resolve or Fusion, old projects with the original default values may erroneously get the new default value. If this happens, update the parameter with the old value. Old parameter values are listed here by effect and the version it changed. There are also presets saved with old parameter defaults.
- S_Glare changed in Sapphire 2026.5:
- “Type” changed from “Rainbow Rays” to Starstrike
- S_DissolveGlare changed in Sapphire 2026.5:
- “Type” changed from “Rainbow Rays” to Starstrike
- S_NightSky changed in Sapphire 2026.5:
- “Glare” changed from “Simple Star Glare 02” to “Optic Radiance”
- S_Shape changed in Sapphire 2026:
- “Roundness” changed from 0.0 to 1.0
- “Pointiness” changed from 2.15 to 0.0
- “Rel Width” changed from 1.0 to 1.4
- S_TVDamage and S_TVChannelChange changed in Sapphire 2025:
- The “Downsample” parameter was added. To get the old behavior back set “Downsample” to 0.
- S_WarpChroma changed in Sapphire 2023.5:
- “From Z Dist” changed from 1.5 to 0.85
- “Warp Amount” changed from 1.0 to 0.5
- “Steps” changed from 8 to 15
- S_LensFlareAutoTrack changed in Sapphire 2021.5:
- “Edge Width” changed from 0.0 to 0.3
- “Center Radius” changed from 0.0 to 0.3
- “Edge Scale Brightness” changed from 3.0 to 1.5
- “Edge Scale Width” changed from 2.0 to 1.2
- “Center Scale Brightness” changed from 2.0 to 1.5
- “Center Scale Widths” changed from 1.5 to 1.2
- S_LensFlare changed in Sapphire 2021:
- “Edge Width” changed from 0.0 to 0.3
- “Center Radius” changed from 0.0 to 0.3
- “Edge Scale Brightness” changed from 3.0 to 1.5
- “Edge Scale Width” changed from 2.0 to 1.2
- “Center Scale Brightness” changed from 2.0 to 1.5
- “Center Scale Widths” changed from 1.5 to 1.2
- S_Glint, S_GlintRainbow, and S_Glare changed in Sapphire 11:
- “Mask Type” parameter was added. “Color” option will generate backwards compatible behavior.
- S_Sharpen changed in Sapphire 11:
- “Blur Mask” changed from 0 to 0.05
- S_Beauty changed in Sapphire 9:
- “Pore Size” changed from 0 to 0.01
- “Soften Shadows” changed from 0 to 0.2
- S_Glow and S_GlowNoise changed in Sapphire 7:
- “Edge Mode” changed from 0.0 to 1.0
- S_Zap changed in Sapphire 7:
- The spline parameters were added. To get the old behavior back set “Point 3 Enable” to 0.
- In Sapphire 2025.5, Mocha tracking on fields was improved. When loading old Sapphire projects on fielded footage in Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, or Autodesk Flame, you may need to open mocha and re-track your mocha project.
- To support Time effects in Sapphire’s Effect Builder, S_Effect and S_Transition are no longer marked as Realtime in Media Composer by default. If you are not using Time effects in Sapphire’s Effect Builder and would like it to be marked as realtime, please edit the s_config.text file and look for the force_builder_to_realtime entry. Set this to 1 and restart Media Composer.
- Loading projects from Sapphire 2022 or older: If you get an error similar to “Node _one_minus(#) Prim: one_minus has an invalid combo of arg types” from S_Effect or S_Transition, you need to click “Edit Effect” in your effect parameters and then click “OK” to re-save the S_Effect to the host.
- Linux: Sapphire requires libGLU for the Flare Designer, Preset Browser, and Effect Designer to work correctly on Linux. If this is not installed already, it can be installed with the following command: sudo yum install mesa-libGLU.
- Resolve: PrismLens may render sharp edges in the Color tab when previewing the shape mask.
- PrismLens: May be slow in Flame.
- Not all S_UltraZap presets are visible in S_Effect
- Resolve: Aurora when used in the Color panel alone in Resolve on MacOS on Monterey with multiple GPUs, it sometimes crashes. It doesn’t crash if a ChannelSwitcher node is added upstream. Alternatively, host_gpu_integration can be turned off in s_config.
- Vegas: S_EFfect and S_Transition presets are not loading correctly.
- Resolve: The first time Sapphire is used after it’s been installed, no Sapphire related dialogs will pop up. This includes the Help Dialog, the Preset Browser, and the ColorFuse LUT chooser. If Resolve is relaunched, the dialogs all work as normal.
- If Avid is open when the installer is run, Avid may crash. If Avid crashes after install try making sure the preset browser isn’t running in the background.
- Premiere: On the first run after Sapphire’s installed, the preset browser may not shut down correctly.
- Not all S_UltraZap presets are visible in S_Effect.
- ColorFuse: ColorFuse presets don’t render in the preset browser.
- In After Effects, 2022, the Preset Browser, Flare Designer, and Effect Builder may play back slowly on the first use. To resolve, return to the host and allow After Effects to finish caching the timeline.
- UltraZapMocha: Sometimes, a straight line will apear in the zap. To fix this, add an additional control point in mocha in the part of the mocha spline that corresponds to that straight segment. Adjust the control point until the straight line segment goes away.
- Sometimes Mocha tracks slowly. If this happens, close mocha, re-open mocha, then play through the clip inside mocha. After the clip is cached in mocha, tracking will proceed smoothly. Sometimes if the clip is tracking slowly an “unable to track” error will also pop up.
- UltraZapMocha: Sometimes, a straight line will apear in the zap. To fix this, add an additional control point in mocha in the part of the mocha spline that corresponds to that straight segment. Adjust the control point until the straight line segment goes away.
- If Sapphire 2021.5 OFX is installed at the same time as 2021.0 (either AE or AVX), lensflare presets may not show up inside 2021.0. To fix this, all Sapphire plugins installed on a single machine should be 2021.5. If the second installation of Sapphire cannot be upgraded to 2021.5, the Sapphire 2021.0 plugins may be re-installed to restore the 2021.0 compatible LensFlare presets.
- Mac OS, Big Sur: if you open mocha and then open the preset browser, the preset browser will fail and generate an error. If this happens, the host will have to be restarted to fix the preset browser.
- UltraZap: On an open spline zap may do unexpected things when mixing vary-endpoint and looping parameters.
- S_ZComp: The preset browser can’t open unless an input is connected to the DepthB input.
- Deinterlace Auto fails to find a pattern on many clips.
- Premiere: The new shadow on LensFlare elements may be squished in Premiere if applied to interlaced footage.
- Premiere: Point widgets may respond slowly in Premiere after a Mocha point track has been created.
- Mocha: The Mocha UI does not correctly locate the default OCIO config file shipped with Sapphire. To use the default OCIO config file shipped with Sapphire, use the OCIO environment variable to locate said the config file.
- Resolve: Point widgets may respond slowly in Resolve after a Mocha point track has been created.
- Baselight: Sapphire 2022 does not work with Baselight on Centos 6.4.
- Vegas: Vegas will take a long time to start up the first time after installing Sapphire as Vegas generates a plugin cache. Subsequent launches will be faster.
- LensFlareAutoTrack: green/green and yellow/yellow mode will give different results if hotspot_shift is set to a non-zero value on interlaced footage.
- Mocha: Mocha point tracking widget starts in the wrong place in green/green mode on interlaced footage.
- PixelMosh and DissolvePixelMosh: These are random by design. As such, please be aware that slight pixel differences between CPU and GPU renders may be noticeable. For the best results when applying S_PixelMosh to clips, please utilize a professional codec and file format, such as a ProRes QuickTime movie, as opposed to a web video codec that employs inter-frame compression, such as H.264 in an MP4 file format.
- Loading projects from Sapphire 2022: If you get an error similar to “Node _one_minus(#) Prim: one_minus has an invalid combo of arg types”, you need to go into the Sapphire UI and then click “OK” to re-save the S_Effect to Photoshop.
- Sometimes Sapphire will open with a previous node graph. If this happens, simply delete the nodes in the node graph and create a new one.
- For best results, please convert for Smart Filters before applying Sapphire.
- Time-based parameters aren’t currently available.
Compatibility Notes
SynthEyes 2026 Build 4679 Release Notes
May 19, 2026
SynthEyes 2026 introduces a Mocha-powered affine point tracker, real-time GeoH Live Preview, expanded USD import, and the first phase of a modernized user interface - reducing drift, iteration time, and pipeline friction.
Vegas Pro 2026.0.0 Build 105 - Release Notes
May 15, 2026
Changes and fixes:
STABILITY / CRASH FIXES
- Improved overall crash resilience in multiple areas (exception safety and additional guard checks).
- Fixed crashes related to long file paths / long file names (MAX_PATH) in UI and formatting/logging code.
- Crash fix: improved safety around pointer/type usage and project/UI state handling.
- Crash fix: safer handling around VfW codec close behavior during exceptions.
- Reduced amount of superfluous data attached to crash reports.
- Improved internal error trapping/reporting reliability.
KEYFRAMES / ENVELOPES / TIMELINE EDITING
Continuum 2026.5.0 for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
May 13, 2026
Continuum 2026.5.0 (v19.5.0) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2026.5 for Adobe (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2026.0):
BCC+ Deinterlace ML - New Filter
- Newly ported version of the original Deinterlace filter with brand new ML-based deinterlacing model for maximum quality
BCC+ Displacement Map - New Filter
- Feature-rich, fully GPU update to the classic version
- Built-in library of nearly 1,000 map textures to use as the displacement map source
- Built-in auto-animating map glitch distortions
- Map DVE Transform allowing repeating patterns and map deformations
- Separate per-channel RGB displacement overdrive
BCC+ Displacement Dissolve - New Transition
Continuum 2026.5.0 for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
May 13, 2026
Continuum 2026.5.0 (v19.5.0) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2026.5 for Avid AVX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2026.0):
BCC+ Deinterlace ML - New Filter
- Newly ported version of the original Deinterlace filter with brand new ML-based deinterlacing model for maximum quality
BCC+ Displacement Map - New Filter
- Feature-rich, fully GPU update to the classic version
- Built-in library of nearly 1,000 map textures to use as the displacement map source
- Built-in auto-animating map glitch distortions
- Map DVE Transform allowing repeating patterns and map deformations
- Separate per-channel RGB displacement overdrive
BCC+ Displacement Dissolve - New Transition
Continuum 2026.5.0 for OFX Release Notes
May 13, 2026
Continuum 2026.5.0 (v19.5.0) for OFX - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2026.5 for OFX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2026.0/2026.1):
Note, a subset of these features, such as the new Title Studio presets, were already available for 2026.1.0 users (which was Windows only), but are now available in 2026.5 for macOS as well.
BCC+ Deinterlace ML - New Filter
Continuum 2026.5.0 for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
May 13, 2026
Continuum 2026.5.0 (v19.5.0) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2026.5 for FxPlug (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2026.0):
BCC+ Deinterlace ML - New Filter
- Newly ported version of the original Deinterlace filter with brand new ML-based deinterlacing model for maximum quality
BCC+ Displacement Map - New Filter
- Feature-rich, fully GPU update to the classic version
- Built-in library of nearly 1,000 map textures to use as the displacement map source
- Built-in auto-animating map glitch distortions
- Map DVE Transform allowing repeating patterns and map deformations
- Separate per-channel RGB displacement overdrive
BCC+ Displacement Dissolve - New Transition
Mocha(R) Pro 2026 (v2026.0.4) Release Notes
May 1, 2026
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
Music Studio 2026 - Release Notes
April 15, 2026
What’s new in Music Studio 2026 ?
The most important innovations in Music Studio 2026 at a glance:
- Auto Mute to protect your speakers and ears.
- Performance improvements
- VST/ARA improvements
04/10/2026 Music Studio 2026 Build 26012
- initial release
Samplitude 2026 - Release Notes
April 15, 2026
What’s new in Samplitude 2026?
The most important innovations in Samplitude 2026 at a glance:
Reworked video engine with GPU support
OSC support for remote control
Auto Mute to protect your speakers and ears.
Performance improvements
VCA Nesting
Samplitude Suite only
- FX I/O Matrix: Flexible routing of plug-in input, output, and sidechain channels.
- Soundly sound effects data base integration
| For an extended overview of what’s new in Samplitude 2026 open the help document with the link in the startup dialog! |  |
New features and changes in detail
04/10/2026 Samplitude 2026.0 Build 26012
Boris FX Licensing updates
Samplitude Suite 2026 - Release Notes
April 15, 2026
What’s new in Samplitude 2026?
The most important innovations in Samplitude 2026 at a glance:
Reworked video engine with GPU support
OSC support for remote control
Auto Mute to protect your speakers and ears.
Performance improvements
VCA Nesting
Samplitude Suite only
- FX I/O Matrix: Flexible routing of plug-in input, output, and sidechain channels.
- Soundly sound effects data base integration
| For an extended overview of what’s new in Samplitude 2026 open the help document with the link in the startup dialog! | |
New features and changes in detail
04/10/2026 Samplitude 2026.0 Build 26012
Boris FX Licensing updates
Continuum 2026.1.0 for OFX Release Notes
March 29, 2026
Continuum 2026.1.0 (v19.1.0) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2026.1.0 is a maintenance update to Continuum versions 2026.0.0 and 2026.0.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2026.0. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2026.0 and the previous Continuum 2025.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2026.0 release notes:
Continuum 2026.0.1 (v19.0.1) for OFX Release Notes
Continuum 2026.0.0 (v19.0.0) for OFX Release Notes
Mocha(R) Pro 2026 (v2026.0.3) Release Notes
March 25, 2026
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
SynthEyes 2026 Build 4636 Release Notes
March 16, 2026
SynthEyes 2026 introduces a Mocha-powered affine point tracker, real-time GeoH Live Preview, expanded USD import, and the first phase of a modernized user interface - reducing drift, iteration time, and pipeline friction.
SynthEyes 2026 Build 4676 Release Notes
March 16, 2026
SynthEyes 2026 introduces a Mocha-powered affine point tracker, real-time GeoH Live Preview, expanded USD import, and the first phase of a modernized user interface - reducing drift, iteration time, and pipeline friction.
Mocha(R) Pro 2026 (v2026.0.2) Release Notes
March 9, 2026
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
SynthEyes 2026 Build 4569 Release Notes
February 18, 2026
SynthEyes 2026 introduces a Mocha-powered affine point tracker, real-time GeoH Live Preview, expanded USD import, and the first phase of a modernized user interface - reducing drift, iteration time, and pipeline friction.
Sequoia 2026 - Release Notes
January 28, 2026
What’s new in Sequoia 2026?
The most important innovations in Sequoia 2026 at a glance:
- FX I/O Matrix: Flexible routing of plug-in input, output, and sidechain channels.
- Reworked crossfade editor for more consistent window handling. Now non-blocking.
- Quick Crossfade Shapes can be accessed via shortcut and applied interactively.
- Multichannel support for Algorithmix Renovator
- Soundly sound effects data base integration
- Reworked video engine with GPU support
- OSC support for remote control
- Auto Mute to protect your speakers and ears.
- Performance improvements
| For an extended overview of what’s new in Sequoia 2026 open the help document with the link in the startup dialog! |  |
New features and changes in detail
03/20/2026 Sequoia 2026.0.1 Build 26011
[SEQD-909] Splash screen / program icons
Mocha(R) Pro 2026 (v2026.0.1) Release Notes
January 20, 2026
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
Continuum 2026.0.1 for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
December 19, 2025
Continuum 2026.0.1 (v19.0.1) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2026.0.1 is a maintenance update to Continuum version 2026.0.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2026.0. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2026.0 and the previous Continuum 2025.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2026.0 release notes:
Continuum 2026.0.1 for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
December 19, 2025
Continuum 2026.0.1 (v19.0.1) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2026.0.1 is a maintenance update to Continuum version 2026.0.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2026.0. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2026.0 and the previous Continuum 2025.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2026.0 release notes:
Continuum 2026.0.1 for OFX Release Notes
December 19, 2025
Continuum 2026.0.1 (v19.0.1) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2026.0.1 is a maintenance update to Continuum version 2026.0.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2026.0. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2026.0 and the previous Continuum 2025.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2026.0 release notes:
Continuum 2026.0.0 (v19.0.0) for OFX Release Notes
Continuum 2026.0.1 for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
December 19, 2025
Continuum 2026.0.1 (v19.0.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
Continuum 2026.0.1 is a maintenance update to Continuum version 2026.0.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2026.0. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2026.0 and the previous Continuum 2025.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2026.0 release notes:
Particle Illusion Pro 2026.0.1 - Release Notes
December 19, 2025
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2026.0.1 (v19.0.1) - Release Notes
What’s New in Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2026.0 (Summary of major changes since Particle Illusion Standalone 2025.5):
Particle Illusion Features
- New “Reverse Animation” option - easily reverse path traversal
- New “Advanced Interpolation” option - Results in particle positions exactly following smooth curve shapes all the time, most noticeably with emitters that “write” with particles
- New 2026 Emitter Library
- Updated Position Path, Color Gradient, and Alpha Gradient presets
- UI tweaks
- Make sure Camera is selected after loading preset from menu
- Make emphasized parameters bold, golden text so they are more visually distinct
- Increase size of checkbox params in Parameter View.
Sapphire 2025.53 release notes
December 18, 2025
What’s New in Sapphire 2025.53
- Premiere Pro: Fixed an occasional render error during export.
- Nuke 16: Fixed the user interacts on MacOS.
- AMD GPUs: Fixed a crash with certain AMD GPU drivers.
What’s New in Sapphire 2025.52
- Media Composer: Fixed scaling of 8-bit legal intensity levels and avoided scaling alpha.
- Media Composer: Fixed crop top and bottom in PanAndZoom so image is not shifted.
- Autodesk: Fixed a crash when rendering to burn nodes.
What’s New in Sapphire 2025.51
- Update Mocha to fix various bugs.
- Fixed a bug preventing some S_Effect presets from loading.
- Media Composer: Fixed a bug where the alpha is incorrect on the CPU when Sapphire is applied to a png.
- Media Composer: Fixed a GPU error when the crop and transform parameters are used on certain image formats.
- Media Composer: Fixed a bug where the preview doesn’t update when loading S_Effect presets on certain versions of Media Composer.
- Photoshop: Fixed a bug where Sapphire may generate errors on non-English systems.
- Nuke: Fixed a crash in Sapphire Time effects on MacOS.
- Fixed a crash in RackDefocus.
- Added a button to the help dialog to open the logfile directory.
- Improve logging for customer support.
- Fixed a bug on Windows where the usage-data file grew unusually large.
- OFX: Turn Widgets back on for Resolve and Flame on MacOS.
- OFX: Fixed a crash with Nuke 16 on MacOS.
What’s New in Sapphire 2025.5
New Features
Music Studio 2025 - Release Notes
December 16, 2025
What’s new in Music Studio 2025 ?
The most important innovations in Music Studio 2025 at a glance:
AudioWarp: Correct timings quickly and efficiently directly on the objects. To do this, warp markers can be set in audio objects, allowing the audio material to be grabbed and moved in order to correct irregularities in a recording or to change the rhythm of the audio material.
Automatic input metering for recording tracks: When a track is enabled for recording, the level meter now automatically switches to the corresponding hardware input. Manual switching is no longer necessary. In addition, all track inputs can be used as sources in the visualization window.
Samplitude Suite 2025 - Release Notes
December 16, 2025
What’s new in Samplitude 2025 ?
The most important innovations in Samplitude 2025 at a glance:
Dolby Atmos: (Samplitude Suite only)
- Edit and import Dolby Atmos metadata: The new ADM Editor allows metadata to be created, modified, or imported from existing projects. Samplitude now allows the import of Dolby Atmos metadata from ADM/BWF files.
- 3D object panning and automatic positioning: The 3D object panning mode ensures precise positioning of ADM objects. If you start from a stereo project, tracks added as objects in the ADM Editor are automatically placed in the corresponding positions. Mono tracks are positioned in the front center by default, while stereo tracks use Y symmetry by default, but can be switched to angle offset behavior.
- Monitoring and renderer output options: Monitoring playback is possible using the Dolby Atmos renderer. Stereo or binaural output can be sent separately to the Monitoring section. Additionally, a loudness meter provides real-time information about the levels, and a trim control allows all renderer inputs to be scaled to achieve the desired loudness.
- ADM file export and loudness management: Projects can be exported as ADM files for use with Dolby Atmos encoding tools and distribution services. The loudness values can optionally be written to a separate text file. The user can choose whether to export the entire project or a selected range.
- Additional resources and Dolby Atmos template: For further details, press F1 in the ADM Editor. Alternatively, you can use the new Dolby Atmos template (Dolby Atmos 7.1.4) to get started with Dolby Atmos.
3D surround and extended 2D surround with up to 12 surround channels (Samplitude Suite only)
Sequoia 2025 - Release Notes
December 16, 2025
What’s new in Sequoia 17 ?
The most important innovations in Sequoia 17 at a glance:
Optimized export workflow with a new export window and an export list to process several formats or projects at once.
Reworked crossfade editor for more consistent window handling
Take Lanes: Comping, i.e. combining sections from different recording takes, no longer takes place in a separate Take Composer window, but directly in the project below the track in the new Take Lanes
Mocha(R) Pro 2026 (v2026.0.0) Release Notes
December 10, 2025
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
Sapphire 2026 release notes
November 19, 2025
What’s New in Sapphire 2026.0.1
- Median: Fixed a render error along the edges.
- LensFlare: Fixed a rendering issue when rendering on interlaced footage.
- Premiere: Improved Mocha Tracking on interlaced footage.
- FilmBurn: Fixed the Full Reset preset.
- Fixed a bug in parameter responsiveness on some hosts.
- Premiere: Improved performance for certain effects on NVIDIA and Apple GPUs when the GPU suite is enabled.
What’s New in Sapphire 2026
New Effects
- FilmBurn
- FilmBurnTransition
- MochaWhip
New Features
Sapphire 2026 release notes
November 19, 2025
What’s New in Sapphire 2026
New Effects
- FilmBurn
- FilmBurnTransition
- MochaWhip
New Features
- Builder: Add Parameter Links to show the layout of driven parameters in the nodegraph
- Mocha Improvements
- New LensFlares
- New Presets
- Updated HIP for improved AMD support
Known Issues
- MochaWhip: Mocha Mask may need to be re-tracked if the clip length is adjusted.
- MochaWhip: In Premiere Pro 2025, if you set input_for_tracking to From, you may see both clips in Mocha. The workaround is to only trim From so that the transition does not straddle both clips in the timeline.
- Premiere Pro 2025: In transitions, the second clip s not always available in UI events like Mocha or the Preset Browser.
- FilmBurn: Stamps may change when a clip is trimmed. To work around this, pre-comp your footage with FilmBurn, then trim.
- In Sapphire 2025.5, Mocha tracking on fields was improved. When loading old Sapphire projects on fielded footage in Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, or Autodesk Flame, you may need to open mocha and re-track your mocha project.
- Loading projects from Sapphire 2022 or older: If you get an error similar to “Node _one_minus(#) Prim: one_minus has an invalid combo of arg types” from S_Effect or S_Transition, you need to click “Edit Effect” in your effect parameters and then click “OK” to re-save the S_Effect to the host.
- Premiere: On the first run after Sapphire’s installed, the preset browser may not shut down correctly.
- Not all S_UltraZap presets are visible in S_Effect.
- In After Effects, 2022, the Preset Browser, Flare Designer, and Effect Builder may play back slowly on the first use. To resolve, return to the host and allow After Effects to finish caching the timeline.
- UltraZapMocha: Sometimes, a straight line will apear in the zap. To fix this, add an additional control point in mocha in the part of the mocha spline that corresponds to that straight segment. Adjust the control point until the straight line segment goes away.
- Sometimes Mocha tracks slowly. If this happens, close mocha, re-open mocha, then play through the clip inside mocha. After the clip is cached in mocha, tracking will proceed smoothly. Sometimes if the clip is tracking slowly an “unable to track” error will also pop up.
- If Sapphire 2021.5 OFX is installed at the same time as 2021.0 (either AE or AVX), lensflare presets may not show up inside 2021.0. To fix this, all Sapphire plugins installed on a single machine should be 2021.5. If the second installation of Sapphire cannot be upgraded to 2021.5, the Sapphire 2021.0 plugins may be re-installed to restore the 2021.0 compatible LensFlare presets.
- Mac OS, Big Sur: if you open mocha and then open the preset browser, the preset browser will fail and generate an error. If this happens, the host will have to be restarted to fix the preset browser.
- UltraZap: On an open spline zap may do unexpected things when mixing vary-endpoint and looping parameters.
- S_ZComp: The preset browser can’t open unless an input is connected to the DepthB input.
- Premiere: The new shadow on LensFlare elements may be squished in Premiere if applied to interlaced footage.
- Premiere: Point widgets may respond slowly in Premiere after a Mocha point track has been created.
- Mocha: The Mocha UI does not correctly locate the default OCIO config file shipped with Sapphire. To use the default OCIO config file shipped with Sapphire, use the OCIO environment variable to locate said the config file.
- PixelMosh and DissolvePixelMosh: These are random by design. As such, please be aware that slight pixel differences between CPU and GPU renders may be noticeable. For the best results when applying S_PixelMosh to clips, please utilize a professional codec and file format, such as a ProRes QuickTime movie, as opposed to a web video codec that employs inter-frame compression, such as H.264 in an MP4 file format.
Compatibility Notes
Samplitude 2025 - Release Notes
November 6, 2025
What’s new in Samplitude 2025 ?
The most important innovations in Samplitude 2025 at a glance:
Dolby Atmos: (Samplitude Suite only)
- Edit and import Dolby Atmos metadata: The new ADM Editor allows metadata to be created, modified, or imported from existing projects. Samplitude now allows the import of Dolby Atmos metadata from ADM/BWF files.
- 3D object panning and automatic positioning: The 3D object panning mode ensures precise positioning of ADM objects. If you start from a stereo project, tracks added as objects in the ADM Editor are automatically placed in the corresponding positions. Mono tracks are positioned in the front center by default, while stereo tracks use Y symmetry by default, but can be switched to angle offset behavior.
- Monitoring and renderer output options: Monitoring playback is possible using the Dolby Atmos renderer. Stereo or binaural output can be sent separately to the Monitoring section. Additionally, a loudness meter provides real-time information about the levels, and a trim control allows all renderer inputs to be scaled to achieve the desired loudness.
- ADM file export and loudness management: Projects can be exported as ADM files for use with Dolby Atmos encoding tools and distribution services. The loudness values can optionally be written to a separate text file. The user can choose whether to export the entire project or a selected range.
- Additional resources and Dolby Atmos template: For further details, press F1 in the ADM Editor. Alternatively, you can use the new Dolby Atmos template (Dolby Atmos 7.1.4) to get started with Dolby Atmos.
3D surround and extended 2D surround with up to 12 surround channels (Samplitude Suite only)
Continuum 2026.0.0 for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
October 29, 2025
Continuum 2026.0.0 (v19.0.0) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2026 for Adobe (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2025.5):
BCC+ Primatte Studio - New Effect
- Fully GPU accelerated update to Primatte Studio with faster renders, a new custom keying window in the FX Editor for consistent UI across all hosts, built-in AI Denoising, new color matching, and full float rendering pipelines.
BCC+ Face ML - New Effect and Pixel Chooser Option
Continuum 2026.0.0 for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
October 29, 2025
Continuum 2026.0.0 (v19.0.0) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2026 for Avid AVX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2025.5):
BCC+ Primatte Studio - New Effect
- Fully GPU accelerated update to Primatte Studio with faster renders, a new custom keying window in the FX Editor for consistent UI across all hosts, built-in AI Denoising, new color matching, and full float rendering pipelines.
BCC+ Face ML - New Effect and Pixel Chooser Option
Continuum 2026.0.0 for OFX Release Notes
October 29, 2025
Continuum 2026.0.0 (v19.0.0) for OFX - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2026 for OFX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2025.5):
BCC+ Primatte Studio - New Effect
- Fully GPU accelerated update to Primatte Studio with faster renders, a new custom keying window in the FX Editor for consistent UI across all hosts, built-in AI Denoising, new color matching, and full float rendering pipelines.
BCC+ Face ML - New Effect and Pixel Chooser Option
Continuum 2026.0.0 for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
October 29, 2025
Continuum 2026.0.0 (v19.0.0) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2026 for FxPlug (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2025.5):
BCC+ Primatte Studio - New Effect
- Fully GPU accelerated update to Primatte Studio with faster renders, a new custom keying window in the FX Editor for consistent UI across all hosts, built-in AI Denoising, new color matching, and full float rendering pipelines.
BCC+ Face ML - New Effect and Pixel Chooser Option
Mocha Pro 2025 v12.5.3 Release Notes
October 26, 2025
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
Continuum 2025.5.2 for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
September 27, 2025
Continuum 2025.5.2 (v18.5.2) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2025.5.2 is a maintenance update to Continuum versions 2025.5.0 and 2025.5.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025.5. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025.5 and the previous Continuum 2025 major release, please refer to the initial 2025.5 release notes:
Continuum 2025.5.2 for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
September 27, 2025
Continuum 2025.5.2 (v18.5.2) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
Continuum 2025.5.2 is a maintenance update to Continuum versions 2025.5.0 and 2025.5.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025.5. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025.5 and the previous Continuum 2025 major release, please refer to the initial 2025.5 release notes:
Continuum 2025.5.2 for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
September 27, 2025
Continuum 2025.5.2 (v18.5.2) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2025.5.2 is a maintenance update to Continuum versions 2025.5.0 and 2025.5.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025.5. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025.5 and the previous Continuum 2025 major release, please refer to the initial 2025.5 release notes:
Continuum 2025.5.2 for OFX Release Notes
September 27, 2025
Continuum 2025.5.2 (v18.5.2) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2025.5.2 is a maintenance update to Continuum versions 2025.5.0 and 2025.5.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025.5. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025.5 and the previous Continuum 2025 major release, please refer to the initial 2025.5 release notes:
Particle Illusion Pro 2025.5.2 - Release Notes
September 27, 2025
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2025.5.2 (v18.5.2) - Release Notes
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2025.5.2 is a maintenance update to version 2025.5.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2025.5. For a full list of what’s new between Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2025.5 and the previous Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2025 major release, please refer to the initial 2025.5 release notes:
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.4) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
September 26, 2025
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.4) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.4) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025 versions 18.0.0, 18.0.1, 18.0.2, and 18.0.3 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025 and the previous Continuum 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes:
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.4) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
September 26, 2025
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.4) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes</span
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025 versions 18.0.0, 18.0.1, and 18.0.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025. It includes several important improvements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025 and the previous Continuum 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes:
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.4) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
September 26, 2025
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.4) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.4) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025 versions 18.0.0, 18.0.1, 18.0.2, and 18.0.3 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025 and the previous Continuum 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes:
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.4) for OFX Release Notes
September 26, 2025
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.4) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.4) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025 versions 18.0.0, 18.0.1, 18.0.2, and 18.0.3 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025 and the previous Continuum 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes:
Particle Illusion Pro 2025 (v18.0.4) - Release Notes
September 26, 2025
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2025 (v18.0.4) - Release Notes
Particle Illusion Pro 2025 (v18.0.4) is a maintenance update to Particle Illusion Pro 2025 versions 18.0.0, 18.0.1, and 18.0.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Particle Illusion Pro 2025. For a full list of what’s new between Particle Illusion Pro 2025 and the previous Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.5) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
September 25, 2025
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.5) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.5) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 versions 17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.2, 17.5.3, and 17.5.4 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes:
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.5) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
September 25, 2025
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.5) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.5) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 versions 17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.2, 17.5.3, and 17.5.4 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes:
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.5) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
September 25, 2025
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.5) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.5) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 versions 17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.2, 17.5.3, and 17.5.4 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes:
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.5) for OFX Release Notes
September 25, 2025
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.5) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.5) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 versions 17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.2, 17.5.3, and 17.5.4 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes:
Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5 (v17.5.5) - Release Notes
September 25, 2025
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2024.5 (v17.5.5) - Release Notes
Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5 (v17.5.5) is a maintenance update to Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5 versions 17.5.0 and 17.5.3, and is a free update for licensed users of Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5. For a full list of what’s new between Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5 and the previous Particle Illusion Pro 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes
Mocha Pro 2025 v12.5.2 Release Notes
September 17, 2025
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
SynthEyes 2025.5.1 Release Notes
September 9, 2025
SynthEyes 2025.5 introduces AI-driven ML Motion Estimation, flexible lens workflow exports, and mesh-to-tracker parenting, delivering smarter tracking, non-destructive distortion handling, and cleaner scene layout for faster, more accurate pipelines.
Mocha Pro 2025 v12.5.1 Release Notes
August 1, 2025
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
Sapphire 2025.03 release notes
July 29, 2025
What’s New in Sapphire 2025.03
- Media Composer: Fixed scaling of 8-bit legal intensity levels and avoided scaling alpha.
- Media Composer: Fixed crop top and bottom in PanAndZoom so image is not shifted.
- Autodesk: Fixed a crash when rendering to burn nodes.
What’s New in Sapphire 2025.02
- Mac: Improved support for multiple GPU’s.
- Fixed a crash when loading certain S_Effect presets.
- Fixed a bug when using WarpMagnify in S_Effect.
- Photoshop: Fixed a bug where Sapphire didn’t work after first run on non-english systems.
- Media Composer: Fixed a bug where the alpha is incorrect on the CPU when Sapphire is applied to a png.
- Media Composer: Fixed a GPU error when the crop and transform parameters are used on certain image formats.
- Media Composer: Fixed a bug where the preview doesn’t update when loading S_Effect presets on certain versions of Media Composer.
- Nuke: Prevent Sapphire from crashing when used in Nuke 16 on MacOS by disabling widgets.
What’s New in Sapphire 2025.01
- Improved Sapphire’s dialog stability in Media Composer.
- Improved stability of effects that utilize an invisible string parameter - particularly in Nuke. This affects the following effects: S_Effect, S_Transition, S_Glare, S_Flashbulbs, S_NightSky, S_PrismLens, S_LensFlare, S_LensFlareAutoTrack, S_DissolveLensFlare, S_DissolveGlare, and S_DissolveFlashbulb.
- S_OCIOTransform: Fixed a warning regarding the OCIO config location when upgrading projects that contain S_OCIOTransform.
- Prevent multiple dialogs from popping up at once.
- Added Apple Silicon support to AVX.
- Improved stability on macOS 12 for effects that downsample.
What’s New in Sapphire 2025
New Effects
Sapphire 2025.52 release notes
July 25, 2025
What’s New in Sapphire 2025.52
- Media Composer: Fixed scaling of 8-bit legal intensity levels and avoided scaling alpha.
- Media Composer: Fixed crop top and bottom in PanAndZoom so image is not shifted.
- Autodesk: Fixed a crash when rendering to burn nodes.
What’s New in Sapphire 2025.51
- Update Mocha to fix various bugs.
- Fixed a bug preventing some S_Effect presets from loading.
- Media Composer: Fixed a bug where the alpha is incorrect on the CPU when Sapphire is applied to a png.
- Media Composer: Fixed a GPU error when the crop and transform parameters are used on certain image formats.
- Media Composer: Fixed a bug where the preview doesn’t update when loading S_Effect presets on certain versions of Media Composer.
- Photoshop: Fixed a bug where Sapphire may generate errors on non-English systems.
- Nuke: Fixed a crash in Sapphire Time effects on MacOS.
- Fixed a crash in RackDefocus.
- Added a button to the help dialog to open the logfile directory.
- Improve logging for customer support.
- Fixed a bug on Windows where the usage-data file grew unusually large.
- OFX: Turn Widgets back on for Resolve and Flame on MacOS.
- OFX: Fixed a crash with Nuke 16 on MacOS.
What’s New in Sapphire 2025.5
New Features
Particle Illusion Pro 2025.5.1 - Release Notes
July 17, 2025
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2025.5.1 (v18.5.1) - Release Notes
What’s New in Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2025.5 (Summary of major changes since Particle Illusion Standalone 2025):
Particle Illusion Features
- 3D Camera Animation Presets - Choose from an array of pre-animated 3D camera presets or add/save your own.
- New 2025.5 Emitter Library
- Numerous UI / Ease-of-Use Refinements (see below)
Fixes and Polish - Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2025.5.1:
SynthEyes 2025.5 Build 3376 Release Notes
July 16, 2025
SynthEyes 2025.5 introduces AI-driven ML Motion Estimation, flexible lens workflow exports, and mesh-to-tracker parenting, delivering smarter tracking, non-destructive distortion handling, and cleaner scene layout for faster, more accurate pipelines.
Continuum 2025.5.1 for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
July 15, 2025
Continuum 2025.5.1 (v18.5.1) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2025.5.1 is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025.5.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025.5. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025.5 and the previous Continuum 2025 major release, please refer to the initial 2025.5 release notes:
Continuum 2025.5.1 for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
July 15, 2025
Continuum 2025.5.1 (v18.5.1) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2025.5.1 is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025.5.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025.5. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025.5 and the previous Continuum 2025 major release, please refer to the initial 2025.5 release notes:
Continuum 2025.5.0 (v18.5.0) for Avid AVX
Feature Enhancements in Continuum 2025.5.1 v18.5.1 for Avid AVX:
Continuum 2025.5.1 for OFX Release Notes
July 15, 2025
Continuum 2025.5.1 (v18.5.1) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2025.5.1 is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025.5.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025.5. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025.5 and the previous Continuum 2025 major release, please refer to the initial 2025.5 release notes:
Continuum 2025.5.0 (v18.5.0) for OFX
Feature Enhancements in Continuum 2025.5.1 v18.5.1 for OFX:
Continuum 2025.5.1 for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
July 15, 2025
Continuum 2025.5.1 (v18.5.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
Continuum 2025.5.1 is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025.5.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025.5. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025.5 and the previous Continuum 2025 major release, please refer to the initial 2025.5 release notes:
Mocha Pro 2025 v12.5.0 Release Notes
June 11, 2025
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
Sapphire 2025.01 release notes
June 7, 2025
What’s New in Sapphire 2025.02
- Mac: Improved support for multiple GPU’s.
- Fixed a crash when loading certain S_Effect presets.
- Fixed a bug when using WarpMagnify in S_Effect.
- Photoshop: Fixed a bug where Sapphire didn’t work after first run on non-english systems.
- Media Composer: Fixed a bug where the alpha is incorrect on the CPU when Sapphire is applied to a png.
- Media Composer: Fixed a GPU error when the crop and transform parameters are used on certain image formats.
- Media Composer: Fixed a bug where the preview doesn’t update when loading S_Effect presets on certain versions of Media Composer.
- Nuke: Prevent Sapphire from crashing when used in Nuke 16 on MacOS by disabling widgets.
What’s New in Sapphire 2025.01
- Improved Sapphire’s dialog stability in Media Composer.
- Improved stability of effects that utilize an invisible string parameter - particularly in Nuke. This affects the following effects: S_Effect, S_Transition, S_Glare, S_Flashbulbs, S_NightSky, S_PrismLens, S_LensFlare, S_LensFlareAutoTrack, S_DissolveLensFlare, S_DissolveGlare, and S_DissolveFlashbulb.
- S_OCIOTransform: Fixed a warning regarding the OCIO config location when upgrading projects that contain S_OCIOTransform.
- Prevent multiple dialogs from popping up at once.
- Added Apple Silicon support to AVX.
- Improved stability on macOS 12 for effects that downsample.
What’s New in Sapphire 2025
New Effects
Sapphire 2025.51 release notes
June 3, 2025
What’s New in Sapphire 2025.51
- Update Mocha to fix various bugs.
- Fixed a bug preventing some S_Effect presets from loading.
- Media Composer: Fixed a bug where the alpha is incorrect on the CPU when Sapphire is applied to a png.
- Media Composer: Fixed a GPU error when the crop and transform parameters are used on certain image formats.
- Media Composer: Fixed a bug where the preview doesn’t update when loading S_Effect presets on certain versions of Media Composer.
- Photoshop: Fixed a bug where Sapphire may generate errors on non-English systems.
- Nuke: Fixed a crash in Sapphire Time effects on MacOS.
- Fixed a crash in RackDefocus.
- Added a button to the help dialog to open the logfile directory.
- Improve logging for customer support.
- Fixed a bug on Windows where the usage-data file grew unusually large.
- OFX: Turn Widgets back on for Resolve and Flame on MacOS.
- OFX: Fixed a crash with Nuke 16 on MacOS.
What’s New in Sapphire 2025.5
New Features
Continuum 2025.5.0 for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
May 21, 2025
Continuum 2025.5.0 (v18.5.0) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2025.5 for Adobe (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2025):
BCC+ Depth Map ML (new filter)
- Accurate, tunable, ML-based Depth Map generator
BCC+ Frame Fixer ML (new filter)
- Replace damaged frames, e.g. from flash photography or degraded media, using ML powered frame propagation.
- Also useful for hiding jump cuts and for stylized frame interpolation
BCC+ ST Map (new filter)
Continuum 2025.5.0 for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
May 21, 2025
Continuum 2025.5.0 (v18.5.0) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2025.5 for Avid AVX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2025):
BCC+ Depth Map ML (new filter)
- Accurate, tunable, ML-based Depth Map generator
BCC+ Frame Fixer ML (new filter)
- Replace damaged frames, e.g. from flash photography or degraded media, using ML powered frame propagation.
- Also useful for hiding jump cuts and for stylized frame interpolation
BCC+ ST Map (new filter)
Continuum 2025.5.0 for OFX Release Notes
May 21, 2025
Continuum 2025.5.0 (v18.5.0) for OFX - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2025.5 for OFX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2025):
BCC+ Depth Map ML (new filter)
- Accurate, tunable, ML-based Depth Map generator
BCC+ Frame Fixer ML (new filter)
- Replace damaged frames, e.g. from flash photography or degraded media, using ML powered frame propagation.
- Also useful for hiding jump cuts and for stylized frame interpolation
BCC+ ST Map (new filter)
Continuum 2025.5.0 for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
May 21, 2025
Continuum 2025.5.0 (v18.5.0) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2025.5 for FxPlug (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2025):
BCC+ Depth Map ML (new filter)
- Accurate, tunable, ML-based Depth Map generator
BCC+ Frame Fixer ML (new filter)
- Replace damaged frames, e.g. from flash photography or degraded media, using ML powered frame propagation.
- Also useful for hiding jump cuts and for stylized frame interpolation
BCC+ ST Map (new filter)
Sapphire 2025.5 release notes
April 30, 2025
What’s New in Sapphire 2025.5
New Features
- User Interface updates to the Preset Browser, Effect Builder, and Flare Designer
- GPU Support for AMD cards on Windows.
- New and Improved Mocha Features
- “Apply Mask” parameter added to several effects:
- PixelSort
- WarpPolar
- WarpRepeat
- WarpChroma
- Shake
- Distort
- Kaleido
- KaleidoPolar
- KaleidoRadial
- New LensFlares
- New Builder Presets
- New Presets for many effects
Known Issues
- Loading projects from Sapphire 2022 or older: If you get an error similar to “Node _one_minus(#) Prim: one_minus has an invalid combo of arg types” from S_Effect or S_Transition, you need to click “Edit Effect” in your effect parameters and then click “OK” to re-save the S_Effect to the host.
- Premiere: On the first run after Sapphire’s installed, the preset browser may not shut down correctly.
- Not all S_UltraZap presets are visible in S_Effect.
- In After Effects, 2022, the Preset Browser, Flare Designer, and Effect Builder may play back slowly on the first use. To resolve, return to the host and allow After Effects to finish caching the timeline.
- UltraZapMocha: Sometimes, a straight line will apear in the zap. To fix this, add an additional control point in mocha in the part of the mocha spline that corresponds to that straight segment. Adjust the control point until the straight line segment goes away.
- Sometimes Mocha tracks slowly. If this happens, close mocha, re-open mocha, then play through the clip inside mocha. After the clip is cached in mocha, tracking will proceed smoothly. Sometimes if the clip is tracking slowly an “unable to track” error will also pop up.
- If Sapphire 2021.5 OFX is installed at the same time as 2021.0 (either AE or AVX), lensflare presets may not show up inside 2021.0. To fix this, all Sapphire plugins installed on a single machine should be 2021.5. If the second installation of Sapphire cannot be upgraded to 2021.5, the Sapphire 2021.0 plugins may be re-installed to restore the 2021.0 compatible LensFlare presets.
- Mac OS, Big Sur: if you open mocha and then open the preset browser, the preset browser will fail and generate an error. If this happens, the host will have to be restarted to fix the preset browser.
- UltraZap: On an open spline zap may do unexpected things when mixing vary-endpoint and looping parameters.
- S_ZComp: The preset browser can’t open unless an input is connected to the DepthB input.
- Premiere: The new shadow on LensFlare elements may be squished in Premiere if applied to interlaced footage.
- Premiere: Point widgets may respond slowly in Premiere after a Mocha point track has been created.
- Mocha: The Mocha UI does not correctly locate the default OCIO config file shipped with Sapphire. To use the default OCIO config file shipped with Sapphire, use the OCIO environment variable to locate said the config file.
- PixelMosh and DissolvePixelMosh: These are random by design. As such, please be aware that slight pixel differences between CPU and GPU renders may be noticeable. For the best results when applying S_PixelMosh to clips, please utilize a professional codec and file format, such as a ProRes QuickTime movie, as opposed to a web video codec that employs inter-frame compression, such as H.264 in an MP4 file format.
Compatibility Notes
SynthEyes 2025 Build 2068 Release Notes
April 17, 2025
SynthEyes 2025 enhances 3D tracking with AI-powered Mask ML, streamlined Multi-Export, and optimized workflow presets for faster, more efficient pipelines.
SynthEyes 2025 Build 2053 Release Notes
March 23, 2025
SynthEyes 2025 enhances 3D tracking with AI-powered Mask ML, streamlined Multi-Export, and optimized workflow presets for faster, more efficient pipelines.
Mocha Pro 2025 v12.0.3 Release Notes
March 7, 2025
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
SynthEyes 2025 Build 2049 Release Notes
March 7, 2025
SynthEyes 2025 enhances 3D tracking with AI-powered Mask ML, streamlined Multi-Export, and optimized workflow presets for faster, more efficient pipelines.
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.3) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
February 28, 2025
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.3) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025 versions 18.0.0, 18.0.1, and 18.0.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025 and the previous Continuum 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes:
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.3) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
February 28, 2025
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.3) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025 versions 18.0.0, 18.0.1, and 18.0.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025. It includes several important improvements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025 and the previous Continuum 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes:
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.3) for OFX Release Notes
February 28, 2025
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.3) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025 versions 18.0.0, 18.0.1, and 18.0.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025. For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025 and the previous Continuum 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes:
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.3) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
February 28, 2025
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.3) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes</span
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025 versions 18.0.0, 18.0.1, and 18.0.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025. It includes several important improvements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025 and the previous Continuum 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes:
Mocha Pro 2025 v12.0.2 Release Notes
February 25, 2025
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
SynthEyes 2025 Build 2014 Release Notes
February 25, 2025
SynthEyes 2025 enhances 3D tracking with AI-powered Mask ML, streamlined Multi-Export, and optimized workflow presets for faster, more efficient pipelines.
Sapphire 2025.01 release notes
February 24, 2025
What’s New in Sapphire 2025.01
- Improved Sapphire’s dialog stability in Media Composer.
- Improved stability of effects that utilize an invisible string parameter - particularly in Nuke. This affects the following effects: S_Effect, S_Transition, S_Glare, S_Flashbulbs, S_NightSky, S_PrismLens, S_LensFlare, S_LensFlareAutoTrack, S_DissolveLensFlare, S_DissolveGlare, and S_DissolveFlashbulb.
- S_OCIOTransform: Fixed a warning regarding the OCIO config location when upgrading projects that contain S_OCIOTransform.
- Prevent multiple dialogs from popping up at once.
- Added Apple Silicon support to AVX.
- Improved stability on macOS 12 for effects that downsample.
What’s New in Sapphire 2025
New Effects
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.2) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
February 6, 2025
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.2) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025 versions 18.0.0 and 18.0.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025. It includes several important improvements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025 and the previous Continuum 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes:
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.2) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
February 6, 2025
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.2) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025 versions 18.0.0 and 18.0.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025. It includes several important improvements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025 and the previous Continuum 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes:
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.2) for OFX Release Notes
February 6, 2025
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.2) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025 versions 18.0.0 and 18.0.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025. It includes several important improvements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025 and the previous Continuum 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes:
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.2) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
February 6, 2025
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.2) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025 versions 18.0.0 and 18.0.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025. It includes several important improvements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025 and the previous Continuum 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes:
Particle Illusion Pro 2025 (v18.0.2) - Release Notes
February 6, 2025
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2025 (v18.0.2) - Release Notes
Particle Illusion Pro 2025 (v18.0.2) is a maintenance update to Particle Illusion Pro 2025 versions 18.0.0 and 18.0.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Particle Illusion Pro 2025. It includes several important fixes (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Particle Illusion Pro 2025 and the previous Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes
Mocha Pro 2025 v12.0.1 Release Notes
December 24, 2024
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.1) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
December 12, 2024
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.1) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025 version 18.0.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025 and the previous Continuum 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes:
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.1) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
December 12, 2024
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.1) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025 version 18.0.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025 and the previous Continuum 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes:
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.1) for OFX Release Notes
December 12, 2024
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.1) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025 version 18.0.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025 and the previous Continuum 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes:
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
December 12, 2024
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2025 version 18.0.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2025. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2025 and the previous Continuum 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes:
Particle Illusion Pro 2025 (v18.0.1) - Release Notes
December 12, 2024
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2025 (v18.0.1) - Release Notes
Particle Illusion Pro 2025 (v18.0.1) is a maintenance update to Particle Illusion Pro 2025 version 18.0.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Particle Illusion Pro 2025. It includes several important fixes (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Particle Illusion Pro 2025 and the previous Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2025 release notes
Mocha Pro 2025 v12.0.0 Release Notes
December 11, 2024
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
Sapphire 2025 release notes
November 20, 2024
What’s New in Sapphire 2025
New Effects
- VHSDamage
- DissolveLightLeak
New Features
- User Interface updates to the Preset Browser, Effect Builder, and Flare Designer
- PixelSort: received a new downsampled stylization controlled by two new parameters. The downsample parameter turns the new mode on and sort-resolution controls the height of the sorted lines
- TVDamage: received a new downsampled stylization. The downsample parameter turns the new mode on and tv-pixels controls the resolution
- TVDamage: Now runs on the GPU
- New LensFlares
- Fixed a bug in WarpDrops which changes the render
- Laserbeam: Fixed a bug where the widgets move incorrectly when using the shift parameters (no change in render).
Consistent Rendering Across Hosts
Particle Illusion Pro 2025 (v18.0.0) - Release Notes
November 12, 2024
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2025 (v18.0.0) - Release Notes
What’s New in Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2025 (Summary of major changes since Particle Illusion Standalone 2024.5):
Particle Illusion Features
- New option to copy/paste color gradients, alpha gradients, and particle images (sprites) between particle type nodes
- New “Repeat” animation option is available for any animated parameter, which is especially useful on position and over life parameters for continuous/cycling animation patterns
- New “Add” button provides a visible and convenient way to add a selected emitter from the library to the PI Stage
- Improved emitter library window UI, e.g. with rollover indication for buttons, updated color scheme and general look and feel, improved thumbnail sizes, tooltip improvements, etc.
- New 2025 Emitter Library
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.0) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
October 30, 2024
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.0) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2025 for Adobe (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2024.5):
Six New Filters
- BCC+ Motion Blur ML
- AI/Machine Learning based optical flow / motion analysis drives this updated motion blur filter with far more accurate motion estimation
- BCC+ License Plate ML
- AI/Machine Learning based automatic license plate detection and obscuration
- BCC+ Grain
- Fast and easy grain utility, replacing the classic BCC Film Grain
- BCC+ Linear Color Key
- Faster and more tunable version of the classic BCC Linear Color Key
- BCC+ Two Way Key
- Faster and more tunable version of the classic BCC Two Way Key
- BCC+ Pixel Chooser
- Faster and improved version of the standalone Pixel Chooser filter matching the newer features in BCC+
Four New Transitions
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.0) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
October 30, 2024
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.0) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2025 for Avid AVX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2024.5):
Six New Filters
- BCC+ Motion Blur ML
- AI/Machine Learning based optical flow / motion analysis drives this updated motion blur filter with far more accurate motion estimation
- BCC+ License Plate ML
- AI/Machine Learning based automatic license plate detection and obscuration
- BCC+ Grain
- Fast and easy grain utility, replacing the classic BCC Film Grain
- BCC+ Linear Color Key
- Faster and more tunable version of the classic BCC Linear Color Key
- BCC+ Two Way Key
- Faster and more tunable version of the classic BCC Two Way Key
- BCC+ Pixel Chooser
- Faster and improved version of the standalone Pixel Chooser filter matching the newer features in BCC+
Four New Transitions
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.0) for OFX Release Notes
October 30, 2024
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.0) for OFX - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2025 for OFX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2024.5):
Six New Filters
- BCC+ Motion Blur ML
- AI/Machine Learning based optical flow / motion analysis drives this updated motion blur filter with far more accurate motion estimation
- BCC+ License Plate ML
- AI/Machine Learning based automatic license plate detection and obscuration
- BCC+ Grain
- Fast and easy grain utility, replacing the classic BCC Film Grain
- BCC+ Linear Color Key
- Faster and more tunable version of the classic BCC Linear Color Key
- BCC+ Two Way Key
- Faster and more tunable version of the classic BCC Two Way Key
- BCC+ Pixel Chooser
- Faster and improved version of the standalone Pixel Chooser filter matching the newer features in BCC+
Four New Transitions
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.0) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
October 30, 2024
Continuum 2025 (v18.0.0) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2025 for FCP/FxPlug (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2024.5):
Six New Filters
- BCC+ Motion Blur ML
- AI/Machine Learning based optical flow / motion analysis drives this updated motion blur filter with far more accurate motion estimation
- BCC+ License Plate ML
- AI/Machine Learning based automatic license plate detection and obscuration
- BCC+ Grain
- Fast and easy grain utility, replacing the classic BCC Film Grain
- BCC+ Linear Color Key
- Faster and more tunable version of the classic BCC Linear Color Key
- BCC+ Two Way Key
- Faster and more tunable version of the classic BCC Two Way Key
- BCC+ Pixel Chooser
- Faster and improved version of the standalone Pixel Chooser filter matching the newer features in BCC+
Four New Transitions
Sapphire 2024.5 release notes
September 22, 2024
What’s New in Sapphire 2024.53
- Fixed a potential issue with Sapphire licenses on the upcoming MacOS Sequoia.
- Fix a possible performance issue on CUDA Ampere, ADA, and Hopper cards.
What’s New in Sapphire 2024.52
- Feedbacks (Avid Only): Added access to the old implementation of Feedbacks - now called Legacy mode. Please note, the new implementation can render frames in any order, but is slower. The Legacy implementation must render frames in sequence but can be faster. To access the different implementations, look for the Mode menu and select either EffectName or EffectName Legacy. This applies to Feedback, FeedbackBubble, FeedbackDistort, Trails, TrailsDiffuse, TimeAverage, and NearestColor.
- S_Effect (Avid Only): If S_Effect or S_Transition contain a Time effect (Eg. Feedback, Trails, or GetFrame), S_Effect needs to not be marked as realtime. To change S_Effect to not realtime, edit s_config.text and turn off the force_builder_to_realtime flag. Note: the Realtime flag affects all copies of a plugin in use.
- Cuda 10 build only: Fixed a GPU error when using OCIOTransform on an Ampere, Ada, or Hopper NVIDIA GPU.
- Improved the size of lensflares on disk. If saved host files or bins containing S_LensFlare are too large or opening projects containing S_LensFlare takes too long, these updated LensFlares can be loaded into your projects by going into S_LensFlare in those projects, opening the Sapphire Preset Browser, selecting the same LensFlare, and selecting load to update the LensFlare in the host parameters.
- Mac: Fix a crash in Fusion v18.6+ attempting to negotiate Metal image passthrough for any GPU effect.
- Mac: Add Metal support for ZConvolve.
- Minor fixes with subscription license checks
- Fixed an issue that spuriously made the check go off more than once per day if more than one BorisFX product was installed.
- Fixed an issue where the last subscription check was not saved correctly for non-administrator users
What’s New in Sapphire 2024.51
- Intel Mac: Prevent fallback to CPU in newly accelerated convolve effects.
- Fix a bug in specify_rlm_license in s_config.text where certain licenses were incorrectly flagged as containing illegal characters.
- Fixed a bug where Sapphire would slow down when failing to check out a license from a floating server.
What’s New in Sapphire 2024.5
New Features
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.4) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
September 20, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.4) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.4) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 versions 17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.2, and 17.5.3 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes:
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.4) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
September 20, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.4) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.4) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 versions 17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.2, and 17.5.3 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes:
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.4) for OFX Release Notes
September 20, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.4) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.4) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 versions 17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.2, and 17.5.3 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes:
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.4) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
September 20, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.4) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.4) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 versions 17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.2, and 17.5.3 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes:
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.3) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
September 12, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.3) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 versions 17.5.0, 17.5.1, and 17.5.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.3) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
September 12, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.3) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 versions 17.5.0, 17.5.1, and 17.5.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.3) for OFX Release Notes
September 12, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.3) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 versions 17.5.0, 17.5.1, and 17.5.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.3) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
September 12, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.3) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 versions 17.5.0, 17.5.1, and 17.5.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes
Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5 (v17.5.3) - Release Notes
September 12, 2024
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2024.5 (v17.5.3) - Release Notes
Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5 (v17.5.3) is a maintenance update to Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5 version 17.5.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5 and the previous Particle Illusion Pro 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes
Mocha Pro 2024.5 v11.5.1 Release Notes
August 27, 2024
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
Sapphire 2024.5 release notes
August 9, 2024
What’s New in Sapphire 2024.52
- Feedbacks (Avid Only): Added access to the old implementation of Feedbacks - now called Legacy mode. Please note, the new implementation can render frames in any order, but is slower. The Legacy implementation must render frames in sequence but can be faster. To access the different implementations, look for the Mode menu and select either EffectName or EffectName Legacy. This applies to Feedback, FeedbackBubble, FeedbackDistort, Trails, TrailsDiffuse, TimeAverage, and NearestColor.
- S_Effect (Avid Only): If S_Effect or S_Transition contain a Time effect (Eg. Feedback, Trails, or GetFrame), S_Effect needs to not be marked as realtime. To change S_Effect to not realtime, edit s_config.text and turn off the force_builder_to_realtime flag. Note: the Realtime flag affects all copies of a plugin in use.
- Cuda 10 build only: Fixed a GPU error when using OCIOTransform on an Ampere, Ada, or Hopper NVIDIA GPU.
- Improved the size of lensflares on disk. If saved host files or bins containing S_LensFlare are too large or opening projects containing S_LensFlare takes too long, these updated LensFlares can be loaded into your projects by going into S_LensFlare in those projects, opening the Sapphire Preset Browser, selecting the same LensFlare, and selecting load to update the LensFlare in the host parameters.
- Mac: Fix a crash in Fusion v18.6+ attempting to negotiate Metal image passthrough for any GPU effect.
- Mac: Add Metal support for ZConvolve.
- Minor fixes with subscription license checks
- Fixed an issue that spuriously made the check go off more than once per day if more than one BorisFX product was installed.
- Fixed an issue where the last subscription check was not saved correctly for non-administrator users
What’s New in Sapphire 2024.51
- Intel Mac: Prevent fallback to CPU in newly accelerated convolve effects.
- Fix a bug in specify_rlm_license in s_config.text where certain licenses were incorrectly flagged as containing illegal characters.
- Fixed a bug where Sapphire would slow down when failing to check out a license from a floating server.
What’s New in Sapphire 2024.5
New Features
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.2) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
August 7, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.2) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 versions 17.5.0 and 17.5.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.2) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
August 7, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.2) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 versions 17.5.0 and 17.5.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.2) for OFX Release Notes
August 7, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.2) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 versions 17.5.0 and 17.5.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.2) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
August 7, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.2) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 versions 17.5.0 and 17.5.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes
SynthEyes 2024.5 Build 1062 Release Notes
August 1, 2024
This maintenance release focuses on bug fixes, plus adds the ability to read monochrome JPEG images and ARRI MXF movies containing ProRes data.
Mocha Pro 2024.5 v11.5.0 Release Notes
July 24, 2024
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5 (v17.5.0) - Release Notes
July 17, 2024
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2024.5 (v17.5.0) - Release Notes
What’s New in Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2024.5 (Summary of major changes since Particle Illusion Standalone 2024):
Particle Illusion Features
Position Paths
- Position Path Presets
- Transform position path (scale, rotate, or translate the entire path)
- Scale Animation Timing – scale timing of single animated parameter, whole object, or entire project
- Position data shown in graphs
- Equalize Path Timing - uniform speed across animated position
- Export Position Data
Particle Blend Modes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.1) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
June 27, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.1) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 version 17.5.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes:
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
June 27, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 version 17.5.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes:
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.1) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
June 27, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.1) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 version 17.5.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes:
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.1) for OFX Release Notes
June 27, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.1) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024.5 version 17.5.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024.5 and the previous Continuum 2024 major release, please refer to the initial 2024.5 release notes:
SynthEyes 2024.5 Release Notes
June 24, 2024
SynthEyes 2024.5 introduces several enhancements to improve VFX workflows and productivity. Key updates include the Flame Exporter for integration with Autodesk Flame 2025+, a Resizing Rectangle for precise mesh adjustments, and an updated Blender Exporter compatible with Blender 4.0. Enhanced camera compatibility now supports new models from Blackmagic Design, RED, and ARRI. Additional improvements include updates to the Silhouette Exporter, support for focal length metadata, enhanced tracker exporting logic, a new timeshift command in Synthia, and consistent exporter alignment across Fusion and Nuke.
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.0) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
June 18, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.0) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2024.5 for Adobe (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2024):
BCC+ Retimer ML
- Keyframable clip retiming with state-of-the-art ML models
BCC+ Witness Protection ML
- Automatic ML face detection with multiple effect combinations for obscuring identity
BCC+ Color Link
- Link color values from one clip to another for motion graphics, compositing, and editorial shot color matching.
BCC+ Denoise ML - New Fast Models
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.0) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
June 18, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.0) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2024.5 for Avid AVX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2024):
BCC+ Retimer ML
- Keyframable clip retiming with state-of-the-art ML models
BCC+ Witness Protection ML
- Automatic ML face detection with multiple effect combinations for obscuring identity
BCC+ Color Link
- Link color values from one clip to another for motion graphics, compositing, and editorial shot color matching.
BCC+ Denoise ML - New Fast Models
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.0) for OFX Release Notes
June 18, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.0) for OFX - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2024.5 for OFX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2024):
BCC+ Retimer ML
- Keyframable clip retiming with state-of-the-art ML models
BCC+ Witness Protection ML
- Automatic ML face detection with multiple effect combinations for obscuring identity
BCC+ Color Link
- Link color values from one clip to another for motion graphics, compositing, and editorial shot color matching.
BCC+ Denoise ML - New Fast Models
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.0) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
June 18, 2024
Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.0) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2024.5 for FxPlug (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2024):
BCC+ Witness Protection ML
- Automatic ML face detection with multiple effect combinations for obscuring identity
BCC+ Color Link
- Link color values from one clip to another for motion graphics, compositing, and editorial shot color matching.
BCC+ Denoise ML - New Fast Models
Mocha Pro 2024 Release Notes
June 6, 2024
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
Sapphire 2024.5 release notes
May 14, 2024
What’s New in Sapphire 2024.51
- Intel Mac: Prevent fallback to CPU in newly accelerated convolve effects.
- Fix a bug in specify_rlm_license in s_config.text where certain licenses were incorrectly flagged as containing illegal characters.
- Fixed a bug where Sapphire would slow down when failing to check out a license from a floating server.
What’s New in Sapphire 2024.5
New Features
MacOS: New metal support for the following effects:
- BlurDirectional
- BokehLights
- Convolve
- DefocusPrism
- DissolveGlare
- Flashbulbs
- Glare
- NightSky
- RackDefocus
- Whiplash
- ZDefocus
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Windows and Linux: Improved memory usage for the following effects:
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.5) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
April 18, 2024
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.5) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.5) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024 versions 17.0.1, 17.0.2, and 17.0.3 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024 and the previous Continuum 2023.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2024 release notes:
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.5) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
April 18, 2024
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.5) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.5) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024 versions 17.0.1, 17.0.2, and 17.0.3 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024 and the previous Continuum 2023.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2024 release notes:
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.5) for OFX Release Notes
April 18, 2024
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.5) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.5) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024 versions 17.0.1, 17.0.2, and 17.0.3 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024 and the previous Continuum 2023.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2024 release notes:
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.5) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
April 18, 2024
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.5) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.5) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024 versions 17.0.1, 17.0.2, and 17.0.3 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024 and the previous Continuum 2023.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2024 release notes:
Particle Illusion Pro 2024 (v17.0.5) - Release Notes
April 18, 2024
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2024 (v17.0.5) - Release Notes
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2024 (v17.0.5) is a maintenance update to Particle Illusion Pro 2024 versions 17.0.3 and 17.0.4. For a full list of what’s new between Particle Illusion Pro 2024 and the previous PI 2023.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2024 release notes:
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2024 (v17.0.3) Release Notes
Sapphire 2024.5 release notes
April 16, 2024
What’s New in Sapphire 2024.5
New Features
MacOS: New metal support for the following effects:
- BlurDirectional
- BokehLights
- Convolve
- DefocusPrism
- DissolveGlare
- Flashbulbs
- Glare
- NightSky
- RackDefocus
- Whiplash
- ZDefocus
\
Windows and Linux: Improved memory usage for the following effects:
- BlurDirectional
- BokehLights
- Convolve
- DefocusPrism
- DissolveGlare
- Flashbulbs
- Glare
- NightSky
- RackDefocus
- Whiplash
- ZDefocus
\
Windows and Linux now use CUDA 12 which provides better support for Ada and Hopper generation NVIDIA cards.
Configuration Editor tool to control Sapphire settings.
Mocha Pro 2024 Release Notes
April 5, 2024
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
Sapphire 2024.0.3 release notes
March 19, 2024
What’s New in Sapphire 2024.0.3
Updated to CUDA 12 to fix memory bloat in FFT based effects with certain parameter settings. That effect list includes: BlurDirectional, BokehLights, Convolve, DefocusPrism, DissolveGlare, Flashbulbs, Glare, NightSky, RackDefocus, Whiplash, ZDefocus.
For Avid and Flame users there are CUDA 10 installers for machines with older drivers.
Fixed an error in TimeSlice
Windows OFX CUDA 10 and CUDA 12 installers: https://borisfx.com/downloads/?product=sapphire&host=ofx
Windows Avid CUDA 10 and CUDA 12 installers: https://borisfx.com/downloads/?product=sapphire&host=avid
Mocha Pro 2024 Release Notes
March 13, 2024
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
Particle Illusion Pro 2024 (v17.0.4) - Release Notes
February 22, 2024
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2024 (v17.0.4) - Release Notes
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2024 (v17.0.4) is a maintenance update to Particle Illusion Pro 2024 version 17.0.3. For a full list of what’s new between Particle Illusion Pro 2024 and the previous PI 2023.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2024 release notes:
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2024 (v17.0.3) Release Notes
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
February 16, 2024
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024 versions 17.0.1 and 17.0.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024 and the previous Continuum 2023.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2024 release notes:
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
February 16, 2024
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024 versions 17.0.1 and 17.0.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024 and the previous Continuum 2023.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2024 release notes:
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
February 16, 2024
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024 versions 17.0.1 and 17.0.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024 and the previous Continuum 2023.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2024 release notes:
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) for OFX Release Notes
February 16, 2024
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024 versions 17.0.1 and 17.0.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024 and the previous Continuum 2023.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2024 release notes:
Particle Illusion Pro 2024 (v17.0.3) - Release Notes
February 16, 2024
Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2024 (v17.0.3) - Release Notes
What’s New in Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2024 (Summary of major changes since Particle Illusion Standalone 2023.5):
Particle Illusion Features
- PI Pro Tracker Data Import - Import of Mocha or Synth Eyes 2D tracker data files for Emitter or Camera tracking - only in licensed version.
- PI Pro Video Import - Import background video in standard formats directly into the PI UI - only in licensed version.
- Generative AI sprite creation via Stability AI
- Particle lines can be true 3D objects
- Inherited Velocity control
- Extensive improvements to the sprite image import UI/controls (Alpha from Luma, Highlight Black, Remove Background, Scale Darks options, etc.)
- Preview pane now renders with 3D perspective for more accurate preview of library emitters
- Scale Project feature - upscale everything uniformly
- Turbulence Field Zoom parameter
- UI Scale Factor - allow easy sizing of all UI elements
- Faster rendering when using Particle Masking to drive emission
- Parameter Emphasis - double click to highlight a param for recommended use in projects and emitter libraries.
- Improve UX with “Single” particles. Hide any parameters that do not apply when “Single Particle” is checked.
- Force Node graph icon shows when fluid dynamics is enabled
- Particles node graph icon shows when “Single” particle is enabled
- Improved dialog support for standard accelerator keys such as Esc/Enter
- Improved support for accelerator key shortcuts in menus
- Numerous UI enhancements
- Particle Illusion 2024 Emitter Library
Sapphire 2024.0.2 release notes
January 28, 2024
What’s New in Sapphire 2024.0.2
Dust: Improved documentation.
Fixed a crash when motion blur is enabled. This applies to effects such as LensFlare, CardFlip, and most effects in the Render Category.
Added support for an optional s_config flag to disable parameter changes from interrupting renders for testing. The flag is: allow_user_interrupts. Set to 0 to disable UI events from stopping renders early.
Added support for an optional s_config flag to shut down the Preset Browser, Flare Designer, and Effect Builder when not in use. The flag is: no_background_pyapps. Set to 1 to disable pyapps running in the background.
SynthEyes 2024 (2024.01.1058) Release Notes
January 16, 2024
Latest Build
- Latest Build: (16 January 2024) SynthEyes 2401 Build 1058
Customer Care Messages (Public)
Welcome to the SynthEyes message center, designed to bring you the latest key information you need use SynthEyes most effectively. This condensed page is for our demo and out-of-support customers. In the commercial version, this page brings news of new export scripts, program changes, etc. with direct links.
SynthEyes 2024.1 Maintenance Release (2024.01.1058)
2024.01.1058. Released 16 January 2024.
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.2) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
December 21, 2023
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.2) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024 version 17.0.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024 and the previous Continuum 2023.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2024 release notes:
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.2) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
December 21, 2023
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.2) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024 version 17.0.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024 and the previous Continuum 2023.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2024 release notes:
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.2) for OFX Release Notes
December 21, 2023
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.2) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024 version 17.0.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024 and the previous Continuum 2023.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2024 release notes:
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.2) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
December 21, 2023
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2024 version 17.0.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2024. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2024 and the previous Continuum 2023.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2024 release notes:
Sapphire 2024.0.1 release notes
December 20, 2023
What’s New in Sapphire 2024.0.1
Linux: Updated to CUDA 11.2 to fix an issue with Ampere CUDA cards and ColorFuse.
PixelMosh and DissolvePixelMosh: Stop forcing result to be opaque.
Premiere: Fix an issue where Sapphire will report a metal error and fallback to the CPU after lengthy use.
Correctly render temporals in Fusion in Resolve.
What’s New in Sapphire 2024
New Effects
Dust
PixelMosh
DissolvePixelMosh
New Features
Adobe: Improved Support for After Effects MFR
Mocha Pro 2023.0.5 Release Notes
November 22, 2023
This is a new version containing many new features and defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and plugin versions of the product.
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.1) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
November 17, 2023
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.1) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2024 for Adobe (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2023.5):
BCC+ DeNoise ML
- AI machine learning powered noise reduction
BCC+ UpRes ML [After Effects Only]
- AI machine learning powered image upscaling
BCC+ Audio Visualizer
- Visualize your audio with a vast array of stylization options
Particle Illusion Features
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.1) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
November 17, 2023
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.1) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
BCC+ DeNoise ML
- AI machine learning powered noise reduction
BCC+ Audio Visualizer
- Visualize your audio with a vast array of stylization options
Particle Illusion Features
- Generative AI sprite creation via Stability AI
- Particle lines can be true 3D objects
- More native params (modifier params in the host Properties section)
- More Beat Reactor param options
- Inherited Velocity control
- Scale Project feature - upscale everything uniformly
- Turbulence Field Zoom parameter
- UI Scale Factor - allow easy sizing of all UI elements
- Faster rendering when using Particle Masking to drive emission
- Parameter Emphasis - double click to highlight a param for recommended use in projects and emitter libraries.
- Improve UX with “Single” particles. Hide any parameters that do not apply when “Single Particle” is checked.
- Add World Z Offset and Emitter Z Offset host params.
- Force Node graph icon shows when fluid dynamics is enabled
- Particles node graph icon shows when “Single” particle is enabled
- Improved dialog support for standard accelerator keys such as Esc/Enter
- Improved support for accelerator key shortcuts in menus
- Numerous UI enhancements
- Particle Illusion 2024 Emitter Library
BCC+ Super LED - New Fade Map
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.1) for OFX Release Notes
November 17, 2023
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.1) for OFX - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2024 for OFX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2023.5):
BCC+ DeNoise ML
- AI machine learning powered noise reduction
BCC+ Audio Visualizer
- Visualize your audio with a vast array of stylization options
Particle Illusion Features
- Generative AI sprite creation via Stability AI
- Particle lines can be true 3D objects
- More native params (modifier params in the host Properties section)
- More Beat Reactor param options
- Inherited Velocity control
- Scale Project feature - upscale everything uniformly
- Turbulence Field Zoom parameter
- UI Scale Factor - allow easy sizing of all UI elements
- Faster rendering when using Particle Masking to drive emission
- Parameter Emphasis - double click to highlight a param for recommended use in projects and emitter libraries.
- Improve UX with “Single” particles. Hide any parameters that do not apply when “Single Particle” is checked.
- Add World Z Offset and Emitter Z Offset host params.
- Force Node graph icon shows when fluid dynamics is enabled
- Particles node graph icon shows when “Single” particle is enabled
- Improved dialog support for standard accelerator keys such as Esc/Enter
- Improved support for accelerator key shortcuts in menus
- Numerous UI enhancements
- Particle Illusion 2024 Emitter Library
BCC+ Super LED - New Fade Map
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
November 17, 2023
Continuum 2024 (v17.0.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
What’s New in Continuum 2024 for FCP (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2023.5):
BCC+ DeNoise ML
- AI machine learning powered noise reduction
BCC+ Audio Visualizer
- Visualize your audio with a vast array of stylization options
BCC+ Super LED - New Fade Map
- New Fade Map feature lets you modify the size of the bulbs across the image based on Luma/Alpha maps or on a linear gradient for a whole new range of looks.
MP3 Import in BCC+ Beat Reactor
Sapphire 2024 release notes
November 1, 2023
What’s New in Sapphire 2024
New Effects
Dust
PixelMosh
DissolvePixelMosh
New Features
Adobe: Improved Support for After Effects MFR
Adobe: Improved stability for Premiere
Time based effects now available in S_Effect and S_Transition
Preset Browser can now render time based effects
Feedback effects now work correctly even when frames are previewed out of order
New LensFlares
New Builder Presets
SynthEyes 2024 (2023.10.1057) Release Notes
October 18, 2023
Latest Build
- Latest Build: (18 April 2023) SynthEyes 2304 Build 0056
Customer Care Messages (Public)
Welcome to the SynthEyes message center, designed to bring you the latest key information you need use SynthEyes most effectively. This condensed page is for our demo and out-of-support customers. In the commercial version, this page brings news of new export scripts, program changes, etc. with direct links.
SynthEyes 2024 (2023.10.1057)
- 2023.10.1057. Released 18 October 2023.
(Some features may have been previously released in whole or in part as earlier between-version scripts.)
SynthEyes Customer Care Messages (Public)
October 13, 2023
Latest Build
- Latest Build: (18 April 2023) SynthEyes 2304 Build 0056
Customer Care Messages (Public)
Welcome to the SynthEyes message center, designed to bring you the latest key information you need use SynthEyes most effectively. This condensed page is for our demo and out-of-support customers. In the commercial version, this page brings news of new export scripts, program changes, etc. with direct links.
We pride ourself on our email support, responsiveness, and ability to delivery the features customers want and need (including our Feature Suggestion system). If you have questions/comments/suggestions/etc about the demo, you can send email to support at ssontech.com, we’ll be happy to discuss them.
Sapphire 2023.5 release notes
October 1, 2023
What’s New in Sapphire 2023.5.3
Fixed a subtle discrepency between CPU and GPU renders with some effects including BlurMotion, Shake, EdgeRays, and Swish3d.
Resolve: Improved stability when using Mocha in multiple Sapphire effects.
What’s New in Sapphire 2023.5.2
Intel Mac: Fix launch of Preset Browser, Flare Designer and Effect Builder on Big Sur, Catalina and Mojave.
OFX: Preset Browser: Fix render of ColorFuse in the Sapphire Preset Browser.
Avid: PanAndZoom: Continue to use cached image if original file is missing but user has checked Bypass Disk Cache.
Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.3) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
September 29, 2023
Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.3) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes
Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2023.5 versions 16.5.0 and 16.5.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2023.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2023.5 and the previous Continuum 2023 major release, please refer to the initial 2023.5 release notes:
Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.3) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
September 29, 2023
Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.3) for Avid AVX - Release Notes
Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2023.5 versions 16.5.0 and 16.5.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2023.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2023.5 and the previous Continuum 2023 major release, please refer to the initial 2023.5 release notes:
Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.3) for OFX Release Notes
September 29, 2023
Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.3) for OFX - Release Notes
Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2023.5 versions 16.5.0 and 16.5.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2023.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2023.5 and the previous Continuum 2023 major release, please refer to the initial 2023.5 release notes:
Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.3) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
September 29, 2023
Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.3) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes
Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2023.5 versions 16.5.0, 16.5.1, and 16.5.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2023.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2023.5 and the previous Continuum 2023 major release, please refer to the initial 2023.5 release notes:
Particle Illusion Standalone 2023.5 (v16.5.3) - Release Notes
September 28, 2023
Particle Illusion Standalone 2023.5 (16.5.3) - Release Notes
What’s New in Particle Illusion Standalone 2023.5 (Summary of major changes since Particle Illusion Standalone 2023):
Particle Illusion Feature Enhancements
- New 2023.5 Emitter Library
- Color and Alpha Gradient Editor Enhancements including factory presets
- A full set of factory installed gradient presets for both Color and Alpha gradients
- Save your own custom presets
- Gradient editor refinements with Flip, Spacing, Random, Short Cuts, Color Space, and numerous UI tweaks
- Add “Invert” button to alpha gradient editor
- Overlife Animation Enhancements including factory presets
- A full set of factory installed Overlife animation presets
- Save your own custom Overlife animation curves
- Overlife animation editor refinements
- Lines and Trails
- Trails option with fade and taper (i.e. not just straight lines but true motion trails)
- Separate “Intense” setting for Line color
- Size Scales Thickness option
- UI enhancements
- Direction Controls for Turbulence Auto Evolve
- Direction Turbulence in Force Objects
- 3D Camera Widgets
- Refine your 3D animations directly inside the PI UI
- 3D Deflectors
- Deflectors are now full 3D planes
- Deflector General Enhancements
- More physically accurate velocity change upon deflection
- More accurate deflection point - tighter alignment with deflector surface
- Improved handling of deflection line corners for multi-segment deflectors
- New Deflector particle “Size Limit” to control the “particle too small” threshold.
- Consistent HUD controls for manipulating Line Emitters and Deflectors
- Deflector HUD indicates “Thickness” parameter
- New “Position” parameter
- Node Notes
- Record usage notes directly with emitters
- Node Soloing
- You can solo individual nodes to view just their contribution to the overall effect
- Improved performance for projects using super emitters
- 3D Model Enhancements
- You can now drive particle colors from the 3D emitter models’ materials and textures
- Improved model accuracy
- New 3D Model shapes installed by default covering more standard geometric primitives.
- Timeline enhancements
- In/out markers show time and frame when dragged
- Dragging CTI shows frame and time
- Change between time/frame in project duration
- Preload Frames indicated in timeline track when in use
- Misc UI enhancements
- Numerous refinements to the controls for adding/adjusting Line and Deflector segments.
- Right click on node to bring up menu of actions
- Improved parameter list visual alignment
- Improved graph view display of “Over Life” params
- Holding Ctrl (Win) Cmd (Mac) in graph view, will change to “+” cursor when selected param is not constant to indicate that clicking will add a key.
- Improved tooltip font size on Windows
- Improved Project Settings dialog layout
- Ground plane on/off option
- When adding from emitter library, if Stage is not visible, automatically switch to Edit Layout.
- Emitter Library view tooltip enhancements
- New “Point At Object” camera mode.
- Numerous UI tweaks and usability enhancements
- Faster playback and rendering