Version 2.07 is now available.

FREE TRIAL - You can download and use a fully functional copy of Sapphire Plug-ins 2. After a 3-week trial period, the plug-ins will output a watermark unless you purchase and enter a serial number.

Last updated: June 12, 2008

To Download and install:

1. Make sure you have one or more of the following Avid products on Windows:

   Media Composer	any version
   Media Composer Meridien	v8 or greater
   Symphony	any version
   Xpress Pro	any version
   Xpress DV	any version
   Xpress	v2 or greater
   Newscutter	v3 or greater
   DS or DS Nitris	v4 or greater (use Sapphire 1 for DS 4-7)

2. Quit your Avid software if it is running. If you have an older version of Sapphire 2 you do not need to un-install it. The new installation will just replace it without removing any existing serial number.

3. Download and run the appropriate installer for your Avid product.
   For Avid products except DS:
   Install v2.07 for Avid products (11 Mb)
        If you require Sapphire version 1 for compatibility with old sequences:
        Install v1.35 for Avid products (5 Mb)
   

   For DS:
   Install v2.052 for DS 8 on Windows 64 (11 Mb)
   Install v2.07 for DS 8 on Windows 32 (13 Mb)
   Install v1.35 for DS 6 or 7 (10 Mb)
   Install v1.32 for DS 4 or 5 (10 Mb)
   

4. Either run the program from its current location, or save it to disk and then execute it from wherever you saved it. (Do not unzip the installer file.) Follow the instructions given by the installer.

Sapphire 2 includes both AVX1 and AVX2 versions of the plug-ins, and the installer should default the appropriate selection depending on which AVX versions your Avid product supports. If you plan to conform your work to an Avid product such as DS that does not support AVX2, be sure to check the AVX1 version.

When you restart your Avid software, the new version 2 plug-ins should appear in the Effect Palette in the Sapphire2 categories. On DS, you should find the new effect presets in the DS Presets/Sapphire2 folders. You can simply use these effects just as you would any other effect.

For on-line help installed locally on your workstation, go to: Start -> Programs -> GenArts Sapphire2 AVX -> Online Help. A "Help" dialog is also provided when using a plug-in, which gives information about that plug-in currently being used. On Avid AVX1 products, click on the small rectangular icon to the left of the effect name in the Effect Editor.

What's new on Windows in 2.07:

• Avid's new 3.0 versions and Windows Vista are supported.
• On-screen widget alignment is improved in some cases.
• An issue with Blur on a background with zero brightness and zero opacity is fixed.

• Conforming Sapphire v1 to Sapphire v2/AVX2 is supported.
• Media Composer Software-only version is supported.
• In FilmDamage, an issue with dust params is corrected.
• Issues with cropped warp and distort effects are fixed.
• A LensFlare issue with multi-core rendering is fixed.

• Non-transition AVX2 effects can no longer be applied as transitions, which previously caused errors. Also an issue with errors occurring when applying AVX2 transitions is fixed.
• In 2.051, a problem with S2_Grid on Windows is fixed.