Release Notes
Sapphire 2021 release notes
November 22, 2020
What’s New in Sapphire 2021 New Effects S_UltraGlow - Brand new effect for Sapphire 2021, S_UltraGlow total revamp of the classic S_Glow with control over the hotspot of the glow as well as the falloff. S_UltraZap - Brand new effect for Sapphire 2021, S_UltraZap improves upon the classic S_Zap with the ability to animate Zap along a spline and looping behavior as well as improved color controls and a new workflow.
Mocha Pro 2021 v8.0.0 Release Notes
November 10, 2020
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 2021 (v14.0.0) for OFX - Release Notes
October 27, 2020
Continuum 2021 (v14.0.0) for OFX - Release Notes What’s New in Continuum 2021 for OFX - OpenFX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2020.5): 81 New Fully GPU Accelerated “BCC+” Cinematographer’s Toolkit Effects: Eighty-one new 100% OpenCL accelerated cinematic filters for coloring, lighting, camera lens, film stock emulation, and more. These augment existing Continuum categories (Units) as well as adding three new categories of filters. All of the new filters are fully HDR compliant and include a new FX Editor preset browser and custom preset generator with 1,000+ presets, OCIO color management tools, metadata tagging, and the ability to edit parameters from directly inside the browser.
Continuum 2021 (v14.0.0) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
October 27, 2020
Continuum 2021 (v14.0.0) for Avid AVX - Release Notes What’s New in Continuum 2021 for AVX - Avid Media Composer (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2020.5): 81 New Fully GPU Accelerated “BCC+” Cinematographer’s Toolkit Effects: Eighty-one new 100% OpenCL accelerated cinematic filters for coloring, lighting, camera lens, film stock emulation, and more. These augment existing Continuum categories (Units) as well as adding three new categories of filters. All of the new filters are fully HDR compliant and include a new FX Editor preset browser and custom preset generator with 1,000+ presets, OCIO color management tools, metadata tagging, and the ability to edit parameters from directly inside the browser.
Continuum 2021 (v14.0.0) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
October 27, 2020
Continuum 2021 (14.0.0) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere - Release Notes What’s New in Continuum 2021 for Adobe (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2020.5): 81 New Fully GPU Accelerated “BCC+” Cinematographer’s Toolkit Effects: Eighty-one new 100% OpenCL accelerated cinematic filters for coloring, lighting, camera lens, film stock emulation, and more. These augment existing Continuum categories (Units) as well as adding three new categories of filters. All of the new filters are fully HDR compliant and include a new FX Editor preset browser and custom preset generator with 1,000+ presets, OCIO color management tools, metadata tagging, and the ability to edit parameters from directly inside the browser.
Sapphire 2020.5.2 release notes
August 12, 2020
What’s New In Sapphire 2020.52 Sapphire Effect Builder: Fixed an error where opening old projects with S_Zap or S_WarpDrops inside an instance of S_Effect would result in a blank project inside Builder. Note: This is a partial fix. When first opening an old project with S_Effect, you may still see a “Parsing failed” error. The workaround when this error happens is as follows: Inside the S_Effect generating the error, click on “Edit Effect”.
Sapphire 2020.5.1 release notes
June 26, 2020
What’s New In Sapphire 2020.51 Licensing: Improve subscription license handling. LensFlare: Shadow working correctly with the undo stack in the Sapphire Lens Flare Designer. Effect Builder: Change Color node default to “Color Only” Resolve: Fixed occasional black frames when returning from Builder and the Preset Browser. Linux: Fixed libglade error when installing the Sapphire RPM on Centos 7.2-3; Centos 8.X, and Ubuntu 18.04. Linux: Fixed libglade error when running the Sapphire Preset Browser, Sapphire Lens Flare Designer, and Sapphire Effect Builder on Centos 7.
Mocha Pro 2020.5 v7.5.1 Release Notes
June 23, 2020
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 2020.5 (v13.5.1) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
June 19, 2020
Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.1) for Avid AVX - Release Notes Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.0) and is free to licensed users of Continuum 2020.5. It includes several important fixes and enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2020.5 and the previous Continuum 2020 major release please refer to the initial 2020.5 release notes here: Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.1) AVX - Avid Release Notes
Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.1) for OFX - Release Notes
June 19, 2020
Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.1) for OFX - Release Notes Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.0) and is free to licensed users of Continuum 2020.5. It includes several important fixes and enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2020.5 and the previous Continuum 2020 major release please refer to the initial 2020.5 release notes here: Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.0) OFX Release Notes
Continuum 2020 (v13.5.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
June 19, 2020
Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.1) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.0) and is free to licensed users of Continuum 2020.5. It includes several important fixes (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2020.5 and the previous Continuum 2020 major release please refer to the initial 2020.5 release notes here: Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.0) FxPlug Release Notes
Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.1) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
June 19, 2020
Continuum 2020.5 (13.5.1) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere - Release Notes Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.1) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.0) and is free to licensed users of Continuum 2020.5. It includes several important fixes and enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2020.5 and the previous Continuum 2020 major release please refer to the initial 2020.5 release notes here: Continuum 2020.
Particle Illusion Standalone 2020.5 (v13.5.1) - Release Notes
June 16, 2020
Particle Illusion Standalone 2020.5 (13.5.1) - Release Notes Particle Illusion Standalone 2020.5 (v13.5.1) represents the first release of the legendary particle engine as a standalone/independent application since its relaunch under Boris FX. Particle Illusion Standalone is a free application for macOS and Windows which supports direct render/export of particles (including alpha) without reliance on a host application or plugin integration. It is an easy-to-use, GPU-based particle system with a template-driven workflow.
Sapphire 2020.5 release notes
May 27, 2020
What’s New in Sapphire 2020.5 New Effects: S_HyperPush - Brand new effect for Sapphire 2020.5, S_HyperPush pushes the foreground towards the camera before dissolving into the background. S_HyperPull - Brand new effect for Sapphire 2020.5, S_HyperPull pulls the foreground away before dissolving into the background. New Features: Improved LensFlare Designer: Lens Flare Shading for more realistic lensflares. Performance and stability improvements. Support for Blackmagic Fusion Studio 16 and the integrated Fusion inside of Blackmagic Davinci Resolve 16 Overall increased functionality and workflow enhancements for all Sapphire 2020.
Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.0) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
May 2, 2020
Continuum 2020.5 (13.5.0) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere - Release Notes What’s New in Continuum 2020.5 for Adobe (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2020): New Crash Zoom Dissolve Transition: High energy, smooth zoom in or out while dissolving to the new layer. New Spin Blur Dissolve Transition: Rapid image rotation or spin/spiral blur while dissolving to the new layer. Particle Illusion Enhancements:
Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.0) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
May 2, 2020
Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.0) for Avid AVX - Release Notes What’s New in Continuum 2020.5 for AVX - Avid Media Composer (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2020): New Crash Zoom Dissolve Transition: High energy, smooth zoom in or out while dissolving to the new layer. New Spin Blur Dissolve Transition: Rapid image rotation or spin/spiral blur while dissolving to the new layer. Particle Illusion Enhancements:
Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.0) for OFX - Release Notes
May 2, 2020
Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.0) for OFX - Release Notes What’s New in Continuum 2020.5 for OFX - OpenFX (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2020): New Crash Zoom Dissolve Transition: High energy, smooth zoom in or out while dissolving to the new layer. New Spin Blur Dissolve Transition: Rapid image rotation or spin/spiral blur while dissolving to the new layer. Particle Illusion Enhancements: New “Emitters_2020.5” Emitter Library New Presets Force Field Grid New force geometry offering a huge array of new dynamic and organic particle motion behaviors.
Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.0) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
May 2, 2020
Continuum 2020.5 (v13.5.0) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes What’s New in Continuum 2020.5 for Apple FxPlug Hosts (Summary of major changes since Continuum 2020): New Crash Zoom Dissolve Transition: High energy, smooth zoom in or out while dissolving to the new layer. New Spin Blur Dissolve Transition: Rapid image rotation or spin/spiral blur while dissolving to the new layer. Remover Enhancements:
Mocha Pro 2020.5 v7.5.0 Release Notes
April 20, 2020
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 2020.02 release notes
January 31, 2020
What’s New In Sapphire 2020.02 RackDefocus, Convolve, Glare, Flashbulbs: Fixed a slowdown in these effects when run on the CPU with certain parameter settings. Licensing: Improved license activation and deactivation where licensing one machine would deactivate another on certain network configurations. After Effects: Fixed a bug where the pivot in LensFlare and other point widgets might not be positioned correctly when the preview is downsampled. Preset Browser: Fixed an issue where the preset browser won’t launch on large footage.
Mocha Pro 2020 v7.0.4 Release Notes
January 23, 2020
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 2019.53 release notes
December 20, 2019
What’s New In Sapphire 2019.53 Windows: Fixed the cancel button in the “Plugin is starting the ” dialog. ParallaxStrips: Fixed a crash with certain parameter values when running on the GPU. EdgeRays: Fixed a crash when “Rays Res” is set to anything other than Full. Mocha on macOS: To close Mocha, press command-q shortcut key or select Quit from File menu. Effect Builder: Fixed the “Show Checkerboard” setting. Mac OS: Fixed a bug where the “Deactivate License” dialog wasn’t showing up during uninstall on Mac OS 10.
Mocha Pro 2020 v7.0.3 Release Notes
December 20, 2019
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 2020 (v13.0.2) for Adobe AE/Premiere - Release Notes
December 19, 2019
Continuum 2020 (v13.0.2) for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere - Release Notes Continuum 2020 (v13.0.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2020 (v13.0.x) and is free to licensed users of Continuum 2020. It includes several important fixes and enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2020 and the previous Continuum 2019.5 major release please refer to the previous 2020 release notes here: Continuum 2020 (v13.
Continuum 2020 (v13.0.2) for AVX - Avid - Release Notes
December 19, 2019
Continuum 2020 (v13.0.2) for Avid AVX - Release Notes Continuum 2020 (v13.0.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2020 (v13.0.x) and is free to licensed users of Continuum 2020. It includes several important fixes and enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2020 and the previous Continuum 2019.5 major release please refer to the previous 2020 release notes here: Continuum 2020 (v13.0.0) AVX - Avid Release Notes
Continuum 2020 (v13.0.2) for OFX - Release Notes
December 19, 2019
Continuum 2020 (v13.0.2) for OFX - Release Notes Continuum 2020 (v13.0.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2020 (v13.0.x) and is free to licensed users of Continuum 2020. It includes several important fixes and enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2020 and the previous Continuum 2019.5 major release please refer to the previous 2020 release notes here: Continuum 2020 (v13.0.0) OFX Release Notes
Continuum 2020 (v13.0.2) for Apple Final Cut Pro - Release Notes
December 19, 2019
Continuum 2020 (v13.0.2) for Apple Final Cut Pro / FxPlug - Release Notes Continuum 2020 (v13.0.2) is a maintenance update to Continuum 2020 (v13.0.x) and is free to licensed users of Continuum 2020. It includes several important fixes and enhancements (see below). For a full list of what’s new between Continuum 2020 and the previous Continuum 2019.5 major release please refer to the previous 2020 release notes here: Continuum 2020 (v13.
Sapphire 2020.01 release notes
December 13, 2019
What’s New In Sapphire 2020.01 S_FreeLens: Enlarged widgets for easier selection. ParallaxStrips: Fixed a crash with certain parameter values when running on the GPU. Windows: Fixed the cancel button in the “Plugin is starting the ” dialog. Miscellaneous improvements in the Sapphire Preset Browser. Sapphire Flare Designer: Favorites now update without restarting the Flare Designer. Mocha: Mocha now uses a default OCIO config file if the OCIO environment variable isn’t set.
Sapphire 2019.06 release notes
December 11, 2019
What’s New In Sapphire 2019.06: Windows: Fixed the cancel button in the ‘Starting Mocha’ dialog. EdgeRays: Fixed a crash when “Rays Res” is set to anything other than Full. Premiere: Fixed a warning when Sapphire is applied to a clip with a non-standard frame rate. Added environment variables to the Sapphire Preset Browser to set non-standard search locations for presets: SAPPHIRE_LOAD_PRESET_PATH and SAPPHIRE_SAVE_PRESET_PATH. Premiere: Removed the “Follow Path” option in S_Zap on Premiere.
Mocha Pro 2019.5 v6.1.3 - Release Notes
November 27, 2019
This is a minor maintenance release containing several defect fixes. Release notes cover Mocha Pro, for both standalone and Plug-in versions of the product.