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.
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
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
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
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 Update to Mocha 2022.5 era enhancements: New Surface Controls Right-click Ratios: You can now set the surface ratio by right-clicking the surface Right-click Align and Reset: You can align the surface or reset it to the spline.
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.
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.
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.
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: BCC+Blur Fast, simple, yet tunable blurring BCC+Channel Blur Create subtle or highly stylized color separations with per-channel tunable blur amounts BCC+Channel Blur YUV Control independent blur amounts for the luminance and color channels in YUV color space, both for subtle image restoration / noise suppression work and for more stylized washed out / degraded color looks BCC+Directional Blur Blur along any direction with unique control over the perpendicular blur amount, plus the ability to dial in each channel separately.
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.
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 production’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.
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: Particle Illusion Standalone 2022 (v15.0.2) 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:
February 24, 2022
Continuum 2022 (v15.0.3) for Avid AVX - 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: Continuum 2022 (v15.
February 24, 2022
Continuum 2022 (v15.0.3) for OFX - 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: Continuum 2022 (v15.
February 23, 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.
February 17, 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 production’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.
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 production’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.
January 27, 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.
January 25, 2022
Particle Illusion Standalone 2022 (15.0.2) - Release Notes What’s New in Particle Illusion Standalone 2022 (Summary of major changes since Particle Illusion Standalone 2021.5): Feature Enhancements: Fluid Dynamics Apply fluid dynamics as a Force object in any Particle Illusion scene for a vast new range of organic motion possibilities. Particle Illusion Scene Library You can now save entire scenes as Particle Illusion emitter library entries. In the past a library could include just a single emitter, but now you can include not only multiple emitters, but also multiple forces including fluids and more.
December 22, 2021
Continuum 2022 (15.0.1) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes Continuum 2022 (v15.0.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2022 (v15.0.0) 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:
December 22, 2021
Continuum 2022 (v15.0.1) for Avid AVX - Release Notes Continuum 2022 (v15.0.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2022 (v15.0.0) 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: Continuum 2022 (v15.0.0) for AVX Release Notes
December 22, 2021
Continuum 2022 (v15.0.1) for OFX - Release Notes Continuum 2022 (v15.0.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2022 (v15.0.0) 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: Continuum 2022 (v15.0.0) for OFX Release Notes
December 18, 2021
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 production’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.
November 17, 2021
Continuum 2022 (15.0.0) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro - Release Notes What’s New in Continuum 2022 for Adobe (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2021.5): Particle Illusion Enhancements: Fluid Dynamics Apply fluid dynamics as a Force object in any Particle Illusion scene for a vast new range of organic motion possibilities. Host Performance Re-architecture We’ve rearchitected host plugin rendering in Particle Illusion to dramatically increase the performance when rendering in the hosts.
November 17, 2021
Continuum 2022 (v15.0.0) for Avid AVX - Release Notes What’s New in Continuum 2022 for AVX - Avid Media Composer (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2021.5): Particle Illusion Enhancements: Fluid Dynamics Apply fluid dynamics as a Force object in any Particle Illusion scene for a vast new range of organic motion possibilities. Host Performance Re-architecture We’ve rearchitected host plugin rendering in Particle Illusion to dramatically increase the performance when rendering in the hosts.
November 17, 2021
Continuum 2022 (v15.0.0) for OFX - Release Notes What’s New in Continuum 2022 for OFX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2021.5): Particle Illusion Enhancements: Fluid Dynamics Apply fluid dynamics as a Force object in any Particle Illusion scene for a vast new range of organic motion possibilities. Host Performance Re-architecture We’ve rearchitected host plugin rendering in Particle Illusion to dramatically increase the performance when rendering in the hosts. Host previews/renders now playback at roughly the same rate as particles have traditionally played while inside the PI UI.
November 16, 2021
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 production’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.