In addition, Sapphire now supports CUDA 11, the latest version of Nvida’s GPU computing framework, meaning that it supports GPU acceleration on Nvidia’s current RTX Axxxx cards like the RTX A6000. The update also adds over 300 new effects presets.

S_UltraZap, the reworked lightning bolt effect introduced in Sapphire 2021, can now generate ‘zaps’ along tracked splines generated by Sapphire’s integrated Mocha planar tracker. Updates to existing features include support for OpenColorIO 2, the latest version of the colour management standard, inside the LensFlare Designer, along with workflow and performance improvements.

Updates to LensFlare Designer and UltraZap, new presets, and CUDA 11 support It comes with a starter pack of LUTs, or users can import their own LUTs in.

The resulting look can then be transferred to other Sapphire host apps as a preset. New features include S_ColorFuse, a new tool for creating custom colour grades by blending up to three LUTs. New Colorfuse effect for blending LUTs to create custom colour grades The new Photoshop add-on – available free to both the Adobe/OFX and Avid editions – has the same filters and parameters as other Sapphire plugins, making it possible to share custom effects with other host apps.Īs with the other host integrations, Sapphire for Photoshop is GPU-accelerated via CUDA on Windows and Metal on macOS, and supports Apple’s new M1 processors natively. The biggest change in Sapphire 2022 is that Photoshop is now one of its host applications. New Photoshop add-on is available free to all Sapphire users The software now supports GPU acceleration on Nvidia’s RTX Axxxx cards. Sapphire 2022 introduces Photoshop as a new host application, adds a ColorFuse effect for combining LUTs to create custom colour grades, and updates the LensFlare Designer and UltraZap effect. Scroll down for news of the Sapphire 2022.5 update.īoris FX has updated Sapphire, its suite of effects plugins for compositing and editing software.

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