Note: Before updating to v7.02 or later, please refer to the release notes for possible compatibility implications with the effect formerly known as Technicolor. See ‘What’s New’ below for details.
INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS - WINDOWS
INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS - WINDOWS
The installer below is for use with all AE compatible products including After Effects and Premiere Pro.
For Fusion, please use the OFX version instead.
To Download and install:
- Make sure you have one or more AE plug-in compatible applications on Windows.
- If you have an older version of Sapphire Plug-ins, the new installation will replace it, and you do not need to un-install it first.
- Quit AE or other host applications that may be running.
- Download the 11.04 Windows installer (150 MB).
- Either run the installer program from its current location, or save it to disk and then execute it from wherever you saved it. Follow the instructions given by the installer.
- Restart your host application, and the new plug-ins should appear in your effects menu.
To view on-line documentation after you install the software, go to Start -> All Programs -> GenArts Sapphire AE -> Online Help (HTML) or (PDF). You can also click on the “About” box while using any plug-in.
In general, you can load projects saved with older versions of Sapphire effects and they should automatically convert to use Sapphire v10. Please visit the support page for more info on this.
If you already installed Sapphire v11 and want to go back to an earlier version you should first uninstall v11.
For Sapphire version 10, go to the v10 download page instead
For Sapphire version 9, go to the v9 download page instead
For Sapphire version 8, go to the v8 download page instead
**INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS - MAC** The installer below is for use with all AE compatible products including After Effects and Premiere Pro.
To Download and install:
- Make sure you have one or more AE plug-in compatible applications on a Mac with an Intel CPU and MacOS 10.8 or greater.
- If you have an older version of Sapphire Plug-ins, the new installation will replace it, and you do not need to un-install it first.
- Quit AE or other host applications that may be running.
- Download the 11.04 Mac installer for 10.8 and above (225 MB)
- Run the installer. When it asks for your passphrase, enter your Mac user login password, and follow the instructions given by the installer.
- Restart your host product, and the new plug-ins should appear in your effects menu.
To view on-line documentation after you install the software, go to the /Applications/GenArtsSapphireAE folder and double click on Online Help.html or Online Help.pdf. You can also click on the “About” box while using any plug-in.
In general, you can load projects saved with older Sapphire effects and they should automatically convert to use Sapphire v11. Please visit the support page for more info on this.
If you already installed Sapphire v11 and want to go back to an older version you should first uninstall v11.
For Sapphire version 10, go to the v10 download page instead.
For Sapphire version 9, go to the v9 download page instead.
For Sapphire version 8, go to the v8 download page instead.
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