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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 (v18.0.2) for OFX

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

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) for OFX Release Notes

February 6, 2025

Continuum 2025 (v18.0.2) for OFX - 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

Particle Illusion Pro 2025 (v18.0.2) - Release Notes

February 6, 2025

Particle Illusion Pro (Standalone) 2025 (v18.0.0) - 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) for OFX Release Notes

December 12, 2024

Continuum 2025 (v18.0.1) for OFX - 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

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) for OFX Release Notes

September 20, 2024

Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.4) for OFX - 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 (v17.5.3) 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) for OFX Release Notes

September 12, 2024

Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.3) for OFX - 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

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) for OFX Release Notes

August 7, 2024

Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.2) for OFX - 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

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) 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) for OFX Release Notes

June 27, 2024

Continuum 2024.5 (v17.5.1) for OFX - 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) for OFX Release Notes

April 18, 2024

Continuum 2024 (v17.0.5) for OFX - 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

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) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes

February 16, 2024

Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) for Avid AVX - Release Notes

Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) for OFX Release Notes

February 16, 2024

Continuum 2024 (v17.0.3) for OFX - 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) for OFX Release Notes

December 21, 2023

Continuum 2024 (v17.0.2) for OFX - 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

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)

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)

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) for OFX Release Notes

September 29, 2023

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.3) for OFX - 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

Mocha Pro 2023.0.4 Release Notes

September 26, 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 2023.5 (v16.5.2) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes

September 1, 2023

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.2) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2023.5 version 16.5.0 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 (v16.5.2) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes

September 1, 2023

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.2) for Avid AVX - Release Notes

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.2) for OFX Release Notes

September 1, 2023

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.2) for OFX - Release Notes

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.2) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes

September 1, 2023

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.2) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2023.5 versions 16.5.0 and 16.5.1 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:

Sapphire 2023.5 release notes

August 25, 2023

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.

What’s New in Sapphire 2023.5.1

MacOS: Fixed an issue where edges could get aliased in Warp effects

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes

July 14, 2023

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2023.5 version 16.5.0 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:

Mocha Pro 2023.0.3 Release Notes

July 7, 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.

Mocha Pro 2023.0.2 Release Notes

June 13, 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 2023.5 (v16.5.0) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes

June 13, 2023

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.0) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes

What’s New in Continuum 2023.5 for Adobe (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2023):

Four New BCC+ Effects

BCC+ Super LED
BCC+ Light Flicker
BCC+ Orbs
BCC+ Smoke and Fog

One New BCC+ Transition

BCC+ Flutter Cut

BCC+ Mocha Parameter Tracker

You can now use Mocha planar tracking to drive point parameter and corner pin control groups in BCC+.

BCC+ Beat Reactor

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.0) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes

June 13, 2023

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.0) for Avid AVX - Release Notes

What’s New in Continuum 2023.5 for AVX - Avid Media Composer (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2023):

Four New BCC+ Effects

BCC+ Super LED
BCC+ Light Flicker
BCC+ Orbs
BCC+ Smoke and Fog

One New BCC+ Transition

BCC+ Flutter Cut

BCC+ Mocha Parameter Tracker

You can now use Mocha planar tracking to drive point parameter and corner pin control groups in BCC+.

BCC+ Beat Reactor

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.0) for OFX Release Notes

June 13, 2023

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.0) for OFX - Release Notes

What’s New in Continuum 2023.5 for OFX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2023):

Four New BCC+ Effects

BCC+ Super LED
BCC+ Light Flicker
BCC+ Orbs
BCC+ Smoke and Fog

One New BCC+ Transition

BCC+ Flutter Cut

BCC+ Mocha Parameter Tracker

You can now use Mocha planar tracking to drive point parameter and corner pin control groups in BCC+.

BCC+ Beat Reactor

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.0) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes

June 13, 2023

Continuum 2023.5 (v16.5.0) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes

What’s New in Continuum 2023.5 for FCP (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2023):

Four New BCC+ Effects

BCC+ Super LED
BCC+ Light Flicker
BCC+ Orbs
BCC+ Smoke and Fog

One New BCC+ Transition

BCC+ Flutter Cut

BCC+ Mocha Parameter Tracker

You can now use Mocha planar tracking to drive point parameter and corner pin control groups in BCC+

BCC+ Beat Reactor

Mocha Pro 2023.0.1 Release Notes

May 17, 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.

Sapphire 2023.5 release notes

May 15, 2023

What’s New in Sapphire 2023.5.1

MacOS: Fixed an issue where edges could get aliased in Warp effects
Effect Builder: Add the Ctrl-Tab hotkey for cycling through parameters.
Effect Builder: Add an option to switch what Ctrl-Tab and Tab do in the Builder UI.
After Effects & Premiere: Fixed an issue where using Mocha would cause renders to slow down.
Windows: Updated the icons for the flare desginer

What’s New in Sapphire 2023.5

New Features

Mocha Pro 2023 Release Notes

April 25, 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.

Sapphire 2023.5 release notes

April 12, 2023

What’s New in Sapphire 2023.5

New Features

Builder Improvements
- Expressions in Effect Builder
- Renaming S_Effect and S_Transition parameters
- Ability to save favorite effects
- Quick access menu
- Autosave inside Effect Builder
Widgets in Premiere
Autosave inside Flare Designer
New LensFlares
New Builder Presets

New Known Issues

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.

Sapphire 2023.03 release notes

March 13, 2023

What’s New in Sapphire 2023

New Effects

UltraGrain
PrismLens
DissolveUltraGlow

New Features

Mocha Improvements
Metal Support for Aurora
Metal Support for Median
New LensFlares
New UltraGlow presets

New Known Issues

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.

Sapphire 2023.02 release notes

March 2, 2023

What’s New in Sapphire 2023

New Effects

UltraGrain
PrismLens
DissolveUltraGlow

New Features

Mocha Improvements
Metal Support for Aurora
Metal Support for Median
New LensFlares
New UltraGlow presets

New Known Issues

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.

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.3) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes

January 24, 2023

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.3) for Avid AVX - Release Notes

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2023 versions 16.0.0 and 16.0.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2023. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2023 and the previous Continuum 2022.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2023 release notes:

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.3) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes

January 24, 2023

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.3) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.3) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes

January 24, 2023

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.3) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2023 versions 16.0.0, 16.0.1, and 16.0.2 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2023. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2023 and the previous Continuum 2022.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2023 release notes:

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.3) for OFX Release Notes

January 24, 2023

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.3) for OFX - Release Notes

Particle Illusion Standalone 2023 (v16.0.3) - Release Notes

January 24, 2023

Particle Illusion Standalone 2023 (16.0.3) - Release Notes

What’s New in Particle Illusion Standalone 2023 (Summary of major changes since Particle Illusion Standalone 2022.5):

Particle Illusion Feature Enhancements

New 2023 Emitter Library
Performance - many combined performance improvements for big boosts in both interactive update and rendering speeds
Revised user interface with cleaner layout and better grouping of parameters in the control panel
New Fluid Swirling Frequency for enhanced stylistic control of fluid motion
New Affected by Fluids control allows fluid forces to be skipped on some emitters
New Force Feather controls gradual falloff in the strength of a Force object around its edges
New Emit From 3D Normals for alternate 3D Model emission style
Numerous UI Refinements Including
- Param De-emphasis - params that currently have no effect are drawn grayed out (based on other properties of the setup including in other nodes)
- Alpha Gradient now directly accessible next to color gradient in node view
- Scale Particle Number - control whether line emitters/mask emitters automatically scale up the number of particles vs leaving the particle count unchanged
- Stage Tooltips now work even in 3D view
- Numerous usability enhancements to Shape import/edit dialog
- Creates backup of saved file/library if saving would change the project version
- Motion Blur UI improvements
- Increase Viscosity, Frame Delay, and Number of Points parameter max values.
- Resizing the custom GUI maintains relative position and scale between window panes
- Many miscellaneous UI tweaks and polish

Other Fixes and Polish:

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.2) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes

January 17, 2023

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.2) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2023 versions 16.0.0 and 16.0.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2023. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2023 and the previous Continuum 2022.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2023 release notes:

Mocha Pro 2022.5 v9.5.6 Release Notes

January 17, 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 2023 (v16.0.1) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes

January 6, 2023

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.1) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2023 version 16.0.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2023. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2023 and the previous Continuum 2022.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2023 release notes:

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes

January 6, 2023

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.1) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes

January 6, 2023

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.1) for Avid AVX - Release Notes

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.1) for OFX Release Notes

January 6, 2023

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.1) for OFX - Release Notes

Sapphire 2023.01 release notes

December 21, 2022

What’s New in Sapphire 2023

New Effects

UltraGrain
PrismLens
DissolveUltraGlow

New Features

Mocha Improvements
Metal Support for Aurora
Metal Support for Median
New LensFlares
New UltraGlow presets

New Known Issues

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.

Mocha Pro 2022 v9.5.5 Release Notes

November 28, 2022

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 2022.54 release notes

November 17, 2022

What’s New in Sapphire 2022.5

New Features

Widgets inside Sapphire’s Effect Designer.
New LUTs for S_ColorFuse.
OpenColorIO version 2.1.1.
Mocha Improvements.
New Presets for a variety of effects.
New LensFlares.

Known Issues

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.

Sapphire 2023 release notes

November 16, 2022

What’s New in Sapphire 2023

New Effects

UltraGrain
PrismLens
DissolveUltraGlow

New Features

Mocha Improvements
Metal Support for Aurora
Metal Support for Median
New LensFlares
New UltraGlow presets

New Known Issues

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.

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.0) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes

October 26, 2022

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.0) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes

What’s New in Continuum 2023 for Adobe (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2022.5):

New BCC+ Atmospheric Glow Effect

An exciting new glow style mega-filter effect that brings instant atmospheric looks to an otherwise flat scene.

10 New/Ported BCC+ Transitions

BCC+ Film Roll
BCC+ Swish Glow
BCC+ Swish Pan
BCC+ Swish Prism
BCC+ Swish Warp
BCC+ Linear Wipe
BCC+ Radial Wipe
BCC+ Rectangular Wipe
BCC+ Texture Wipe
BCC+ Vignette Wipe

Particle Illusion Feature Enhancements

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.0) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes

October 26, 2022

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.0) for Avid AVX - Release Notes

What’s New in Continuum 2023 for AVX - Avid Media Composer (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2022.5):

New BCC+ Atmospheric Glow Effect

An exciting new glow style mega-filter effect that brings instant atmospheric looks to an otherwise flat scene.

10 New/Ported BCC+ Transitions

BCC+ Film Roll
BCC+ Swish Glow
BCC+ Swish Pan
BCC+ Swish Prism
BCC+ Swish Warp
BCC+ Linear Wipe
BCC+ Radial Wipe
BCC+ Rectangular Wipe
BCC+ Texture Wipe
BCC+ Vignette Wipe

Particle Illusion Feature Enhancements

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.0) for OFX Release Notes

October 26, 2022

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.0) for OFX - Release Notes

What’s New in Continuum 2023 for OFX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2022.5):

New BCC+ Atmospheric Glow Effect

An exciting new glow style mega-filter effect that brings instant atmospheric looks to an otherwise flat scene.

10 New/Ported BCC+ Transitions

BCC+ Film Roll
BCC+ Swish Glow
BCC+ Swish Pan
BCC+ Swish Prism
BCC+ Swish Warp
BCC+ Linear Wipe
BCC+ Radial Wipe
BCC+ Rectangular Wipe
BCC+ Texture Wipe
BCC+ Vignette Wipe

Particle Illusion Feature Enhancements

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.0) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes

October 26, 2022

Continuum 2023 (v16.0.0) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes

What’s New in Continuum 2023 for FCP (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2022.5):

New BCC+ Atmospheric Glow Effect

An exciting new glow style mega-filter effect that brings instant atmospheric looks to an otherwise flat scene.

10 New/Ported BCC+ Transitions

BCC+ Film Roll
BCC+ Swish Glow
BCC+ Swish Pan
BCC+ Swish Prism
BCC+ Swish Warp
BCC+ Linear Wipe
BCC+ Radial Wipe
BCC+ Rectangular Wipe
BCC+ Texture Wipe
BCC+ Vignette Wipe

BCC+ Light - New Gobos and Tiling

Sapphire 2022.53 release notes

October 19, 2022

What’s New in Sapphire 2022.5

New Features

Widgets inside Sapphire’s Effect Designer.
New LUTs for S_ColorFuse.
OpenColorIO version 2.1.1.
Mocha Improvements.
New Presets for a variety of effects.
New LensFlares.

Known Issues

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.

Mocha Pro 2022 v9.5.4 Release Notes

September 21, 2022

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 2022.5 (v15.5.2) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes

August 17, 2022

Continuum 2022.5 (15.5.2) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2022.5 versions 15.5.0 and 15.5.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2022.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2022.5 and the previous Continuum 2022 major release, please refer to the initial 2022 release notes:

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.2) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes

August 17, 2022

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.2) for Avid AVX - Release Notes

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.2, v15.5.2B) for OFX Release Notes

August 17, 2022

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.2, v15.5.2B) for OFX - Release Notes

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.2, v15.5.2B) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2022.5 versions 15.5.0 and 15.5.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2022.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2022.5 and the previous Continuum 2022 major release, please refer to the initial 2022 release notes:

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.2) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes

August 17, 2022

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.2) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes

Particle Illusion Standalone 2022.5 (v15.5.2) - Release Notes

August 17, 2022

Particle Illusion Standalone 2022.5 (15.5.2) - Release Notes

What’s New in Particle Illusion Standalone 2022.5 (Summary of major changes since Particle Illusion Standalone 2022):

Feature Enhancements:

Particle Illusion Enhancements

Emit from 3D Models (C4D/OBJ)
- You can now import C4D or OBJ 3D model files to define 3D emitter shapes.
Enhanced 3D HUD Widgets
- Full revamp of 3D HUD widget system for interacting with your 3D scenes.
New 2022.5 Emitter Library
Numerous UI Refinements
- Recent Files list
- File Revert option
- Look and Feel tweaks/cleanup to Save to Emitter Library, Rename Emitter Library, Rename Item, Frame Rate and Pixel Aspect Ratio display, Preferences dialog, Project Settings dialog, Shape Editor dialog
- Click Duration in playback toolbar to open project settings
- Click Stage dimensions text (above stage) clickable, opening the Project Settings dialog.
- Import Shape radio button selection clarification
- double click node elements for quick edits (particle gradients, color gradients, enable/disable)
- new shortcuts (including Zoom to Fit for Stage view - ‘F’)
- Menu and key shortcuts for Motion Blur and 3D/2D actions now update visual project modified indicator (asterisk after name in title bar).
- “Project modified” asterisk indicator reliability including after undo/redo
- Clean up where Play Range tooltip displays and hide it when double-click to reset Play Range
- Add “Always Open All Parameters” preference. When checked (the default value) all parameters with children will be opened when displayed.

Other Fixes and Polish:

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.1) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes

August 4, 2022

Continuum 2022.5 (15.5.1) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2022.5 version 15.5.0 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2022.5. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2022.5 and the previous Continuum 2022 major release, please refer to the initial 2022 release notes:

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.1) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes

August 4, 2022

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.1) for Avid AVX - Release Notes

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.1) for OFX Release Notes

August 4, 2022

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.1) for OFX - Release Notes

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes

August 4, 2022

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes

Sapphire 2022.52 release notes

August 2, 2022

What’s New in Sapphire 2022.5

New Features

Widgets inside Sapphire’s Effect Designer.
New LUTs for S_ColorFuse.
OpenColorIO version 2.1.1.
Mocha Improvements.
New Presets for a variety of effects.
New LensFlares.

Known Issues

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.

Mocha Pro 2022 v9.5.3 Release Notes

July 29, 2022

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 2022.51 release notes

June 28, 2022

What’s New in Sapphire 2022.5

New Features

Wigets inside Sapphire’s Effect Designer.
New LUTs for S_ColorFuse.
OpenColorIO version 2.1.1.
Mocha Improvements.
New Presets for a variety of effects.
New LensFlares.

Known Issues

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.

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.0) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes

June 21, 2022

Continuum 2022.5 (15.5.0) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes

What’s New in Continuum 2022.5 for Adobe (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2022):

5 New/Ported Fully GPU Accelerated BCC+ Effects

BCC+ Film Glow
BCC+ Light Leaks
BCC+ Magic Sharp
BCC+ Radial Blur
BCC+ Video Glitch

15 New/Ported Fully GPU Accelerated BCC+ Dissolve Transitions

BCC+ Blur Dissolve
BCC+ Camera Shake Dissolve
BCC+ Channel Blur Dissolve
BCC+ Crash Zoom Dissolve
BCC+ Cross Zoom Dissolve
BCC+ Directional Blur Dissolve
BCC+ Dissolve
BCC+ Film Glow Dissolve
BCC+ Light Leaks Dissolve
BCC+ Multi-Star Dissolve
BCC+ Prism Dissolve
BCC+ Rack Focus Dissolve
BCC+ Rays Dissolve
BCC+ Spin Blur Dissolve
BCC+ Video Glitch Dissolve

Particle Illusion Enhancements

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.0) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes

June 21, 2022

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.0) for Avid AVX - Release Notes

What’s New in Continuum 2022.5 for AVX - Avid Media Composer (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2022):

5 New/Ported Fully GPU Accelerated BCC+ Effects

BCC+ Film Glow
BCC+ Light Leaks
BCC+ Magic Sharp
BCC+ Radial Blur
BCC+ Video Glitch

15 New/Ported Fully GPU Accelerated BCC+ Dissolve Transitions

BCC+ Blur Dissolve
BCC+ Camera Shake Dissolve
BCC+ Channel Blur Dissolve
BCC+ Crash Zoom Dissolve
BCC+ Cross Zoom Dissolve
BCC+ Directional Blur Dissolve
BCC+ Dissolve
BCC+ Film Glow Dissolve
BCC+ Light Leaks Dissolve
BCC+ Multi-Star Dissolve
BCC+ Prism Dissolve
BCC+ Rack Focus Dissolve
BCC+ Rays Dissolve
BCC+ Spin Blur Dissolve
BCC+ Video Glitch Dissolve

Particle Illusion Enhancements

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.0) for OFX release notes

June 21, 2022

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.0) for OFX - Release Notes

What’s New in Continuum 2022.5 for OFX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2022):

5 New/Ported Fully GPU Accelerated BCC+ Effects

BCC+ Film Glow
BCC+ Light Leaks
BCC+ Magic Sharp
BCC+ Radial Blur
BCC+ Video Glitch

15 New/Ported Fully GPU Accelerated BCC+ Dissolve Transitions

BCC+ Blur Dissolve
BCC+ Camera Shake Dissolve
BCC+ Channel Blur Dissolve
BCC+ Crash Zoom Dissolve
BCC+ Cross Zoom Dissolve
BCC+ Directional Blur Dissolve
BCC+ Dissolve
BCC+ Film Glow Dissolve
BCC+ Light Leaks Dissolve
BCC+ Multi-Star Dissolve
BCC+ Prism Dissolve
BCC+ Rack Focus Dissolve
BCC+ Rays Dissolve
BCC+ Spin Blur Dissolve
BCC+ Video Glitch Dissolve

Particle Illusion Enhancements

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.0) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes

June 21, 2022

Continuum 2022.5 (v15.5.0) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes

What’s New in Continuum 2022.5 for FCP (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2022):

Improved Mocha Tracking and FX Editor Preview Integration

Adjust Mocha automatically to changes in clip trim without needing to re-track entire clip.
Improved frame access when tracking in Mocha or previewing in the FX Editor

Mocha for Continuum Update

Mocha Pro 2022 v9.5.2 Release Notes

June 6, 2022

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 2022.5 release notes

May 26, 2022

What’s New in Sapphire 2022.5

New Features

Wigets inside Sapphire’s Effect Designer.
New LUTs for S_ColorFuse.
OpenColorIO version 2.1.1.
Mocha Improvements.
New Presets for a variety of effects.
New LensFlares.

Known Issues

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.

Mocha Pro 2022 v9.5.1 Release Notes

May 4, 2022

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 2022 (v15.0.5) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes

April 22, 2022

Continuum 2022 (v15.0.5) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes

What’s New in Continuum 2022 for FCP (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2021.5):

Mocha Masking and PixelChooser added to all BCC+ filters

BCC+ filters now include a redesigned, 100% GPU’d version of the PixelChooser including brand new support for Mocha planar mask tracking in BCC+.

11 New Fully GPU Accelerated BCC+ Effects:

Mocha Pro 2022 v9.5.0 Release Notes

April 19, 2022

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 2022.04 release notes

March 31, 2022

What’s New in Sapphire 2022

New Effects

ColorFuse: A new effect that allows artists to get a stylized look by combining up to three LUTs.

New Features

Photoshop Support: Sapphire 2022 adds new host compatibility to its lineup with support for Adobe Photoshop, available with any new or upgrade license. Featuring over 270 filters and thousands of cross-platform presets, Sapphire for Photoshop brings the power of post productionâ€™s most loved filters to new artists, letting them create effects unachievable with native filters, and enabling a more streamlined workflow through the different design stages of production and between various teams and software.

Particle Illusion Standalone 2022 (v15.0.3) - Release Notes

February 25, 2022

Particle Illusion Standalone 2022 (15.0.3) - Release Notes

Particle Illusion Standalone 2022 (v15.0.3) is a maintenance update to Particle Illusion Standalone 2022 (v15.0.2). It includes several important feature tweaks and fixes (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Particle Illusion Standalone 2022 and the previous Particle Illusion Standalone 2021.5 major release please refer to the initial 2022 release notes here:

Continuum 2022 (v15.0.3) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes

February 24, 2022

Continuum 2022 (15.0.3) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes

Continuum 2022 (v15.0.3) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2022 versions 15.0.0 and 15.0.1 and is a free update for licensed users of Continuum 2022. It includes several important fixes and feature enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2022 and the previous Continuum 2021.5 major release, please refer to the initial 2022 release notes:

What’s New in Sapphire 2022

New Effects

ColorFuse: A new effect that allows artists to get a stylized look by combining up to three LUTs.

New Features

Photoshop Support: Sapphire 2022 adds new host compatibility to its lineup with support for Adobe Photoshop, available with any new or upgrade license. Featuring over 270 filters and thousands of cross-platform presets, Sapphire for Photoshop brings the power of post productionâ€™s most loved filters to new artists, letting them create effects unachievable with native filters, and enabling a more streamlined workflow through the different design stages of production and between various teams and software.

Sapphire 2022.02 release notes

February 4, 2022

What’s New in Sapphire 2022

New Effects

ColorFuse: A new effect that allows artists to get a stylized look by combining up to three LUTs.

New Features

Photoshop Support: Sapphire 2022 adds new host compatibility to its lineup with support for Adobe Photoshop, available with any new or upgrade license. Featuring over 270 filters and thousands of cross-platform presets, Sapphire for Photoshop brings the power of post productionâ€™s most loved filters to new artists, letting them create effects unachievable with native filters, and enabling a more streamlined workflow through the different design stages of production and between various teams and software.

Release Notes

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