Version 3.0 is now available!

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• 36 new effects in v3 including TVDamage, Technicolor, WarpCornerPin, Swish3D, GradientMulti, Shape, ZDefocus, many new transitions, textures and other new effects.
• 15 new lens flare types, improved Glare, and revamped RackDefocus.
• Support for Windows Vista and 64bit operating systems.
• Sequences with old Sapphire versions can be automatically promoted to v3, using recent Avid versions.
• Single click application of effects to titles and keys.
• On-screen widgets for visual control of many parameters.
• Optional background and mask inputs.
• Support for both AVX1 and AVX2, including the new AVX2 keyframe model.
• Over 220 total plug-ins for image processing and synthesis.
• Conformable and supported on all Avid products so you can start on Media Composer or Xpress Pro and finish on Symphony or DS, as long as they are running the same Sapphire and AVX versions.
• All plug-ins have many options and parameters that can be adjusted and animated for an unlimited range of effects.
• Easy to use and fully integrated with Avid's user interface.
• Resolution independent, antialiased, high quality images.
• RGBA support for all Avid products.
• Multi-processor support for faster rendering.
• 16bit image formats are supported.
• Remote Processing is supported on DS.
• Online hyperlinked documentation.

See the v3 press release

Demo reel 2007 or 2005

Training Guide for Avid users (v2)

Studio Monthly Review: Add an Amazing Level of Creative Sophistication: "HOT"

Showreel Magazine: Klaudija Cermak Reviews GenArts Sapphire Plug-ins

List of effects with pictures

List of Effects

Lighting
Glow Effects Glow GlowAura GlowDarks GlowDist GlowEdges GlowNoise GlowOrthicon GlowRainbow GlowRings ZGlow	Light Beams Rays EdgeRays Streaks LensFlares LensFlare LensFlareAutoTrack	Glints & Glares Glint GlintRainbow Glare Other Lighting DropShadow Light3D SpotLight
Stylize
AutoPaint & HalfTone AutoPaint Sketch CartoonPaint Etching HalfTone HalfToneColor HalfToneRings Kaleidoscopes Kaleido:Triangles Kaleido:Squares Kaleido:Diamonds Kaleido:Oct KaleidoPolar FlysEyeCircles FlysEyeHex FlysEyeRect TileScramble	FilmEffect & Grain FilmDamage FilmEffect Grain GrainStatic Diffuse Edge Effects EdgeDetect EdgeDetectDouble EdgesInDirection EdgeColorize Embossing Emboss EmbossShiny EmbossDistort EmbossGlass	Other Stylize BandPass BleachBypass Cartoon DogVision JpegDamage Mosaic Posterize PseudoColor PsykoBlobs PsykoStripes ScanLines ScanLinesMono Solarize Technicolor2Strip Technicolor3Strip TVDamage Vignette Zebrafy ZebrafyColor ZFogExponential ZFogLinear
Adjust, Blur+Sharpen, Composite & Distort
Adjust ChannelSwitcher ClampChroma DuoTone Gamma Hotspots HueSatBright Invert Monochrome QuadTone ShowBadColors Threshold Tint TriTone Composite EdgeFlash Layer MakeRGBA MathOps MatteOps ZComp	Blur+Sharpen Blur BlurChannels BlurChroma BlurDirectional BlurMotionCurves BlurMotion Convolve ConvolveComp Deband DefocusPrism EdgeBlur GrainRemove RackDefocus RackDfComp Sharpen SoftFocus ZBlur ZConvolve ZDefocus	Distort Effects Distort DistortBlur DistortChroma DistortRGB Warps & Shake WarpBubble WarpBubble2 WarpChroma WarpCornerPin WarpDrops WarpFishEye WarpMagnify  WarpPerspective  WarpPolar WarpPuddle WarpRepeat WarpToRect WarpTransform WarpVortex WarpWaves WarpWaves2 Shake
Render, Time & Transitions
Lightning Zaps Zap ZapTo ZapFrom Gradients, Grid & Shape Gradient GradientMulti GradientRadial Grid Shape Procedural Textures Sparkles SparklesColor TextureCells TextureChromaSpiral TextureFlux TextureFolded TextureLoops TextureMoire TextureNeurons TextureNoiseEmboss TextureNoisePaint TexturePlasma TextureSpots TextureTiles TextureWeave Fractal Clouds Clouds CloudsColorSmooth CloudsMultColor CloudsPerspective CloudsPsyko CloudsVortex	Dissolve Transitions DissolveBlur DissolveBubble DissolveDefocus DissolveDiffuse DissolveDistort DissolveEdgeRays DissolveFilm DissolveGlint DissolveGlintRainbow DissolveGlow DissolveLensFlare DissolveLuma DissolvePuddle DissolveSpeckle DissolveStatic DissolveTiles DissolveVortex DissolveWaves Time Effects Feedback FeedbackBubble FeedbackDistort FieldRemove FreezeFrame GetFrame JitterFrames MotionDetect NearestColor RandomEdits ReverseClip ReverseEdits TimeAverage TimeDisplace TimeSlice TimeWarpRGB Trails TrailsDiffuse	Wipe Transitions WipeBlobs WipeBubble WipeCells WipeChecker WipeCircle WipeClock WipeClouds WipeDiffuse WipeDots WipeDoubleWedge WipeFourWedges WipeLine WipeMoire WipePixelate WipePlasma WipePointalize WipeRectangle WipeRings WipeStar WipeStripes WipeTiles WipeWeave WipeWedge Other Transitions Swish3D SwishPan TVChannelChange Flicker Tools Flicker FlickerMatch FlickerMatchColor FlickerMatchMatte FlickerMchMatteColor  FlickerRemove FlickerRemoveColor FlickerRemoveMatte FlickerRmMatteColor