The Boris FX Suite, particularly Sapphire, introduces exciting new features and improvements for 2024:
1. Sapphire PixelMosh: This plugin allows users to glitch their art with precise imperfections. Users can smear and drag pixels from one frame group to another, creating bursting blobs of color or digital decay with corrupted frames. It seamlessly combines with other Sapphire damage effects.
2. Sapphire Dust: Breathing life into every frame, Sapphire Dust replicates the look of a simple particle simulation with user-friendly controls. It's ideal for adding photorealism to CG renders, creating cinematic atmospheres, and enhancing motion graphics.
3. Improved Time Effects: Every effect in the Sapphire Time category is re-engineered for better behavior and refined functionality, offering 30 effects focused on time manipulation. They now render quickly and accurately, usable within S_Effect and S_Transition.
Additionally, in the 2023.5 update:
4. Parameter Linking in Builder: Editors and artists can create dynamic effects by connecting parameters and values across different Sapphire effects. This feature simplifies the creation of advanced animations and effects.
5. Quick Access and Favorites: Users can now quickly find and add effects to Builder with the Quick Access feature. They can also star frequently used effects, adding them to the Favorites category for easy access.
6. Custom Parameter Naming: Users can customize effect parameter names in Builder, enhancing clarity and ease of adjustment.
7. New and Improved Presets: Users have access to 15 new S_Effect presets and 12 new S_Transition presets, all built with custom expressions. Additionally, over 130 existing presets are updated and improved.
8. New and Improved Sapphire Lens Flares: The Lens Flare feature now includes 12 more flares for added versatility, utilizing the integrated Mocha technology for fast and accurate motion tracking.
Moreover, in 2023:
9. Sapphire PrismLens: This feature replicates shooting through a physical prism, creating cinematic and dreamy looks with a rich parameter set for unparalleled freedom and control.
10. Sapphire UltraGrain: Designed for modern VFX artists, editors, and colorists, UltraGrain accurately recreates film and camera grain aesthetics with digital flexibility and GPU acceleration.
These enhancements and additions further solidify Sapphire's position as an indispensable tool for creating stunning visual effects with superior quality, control, and efficiency.
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