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

The installer below is for use with all AE compatible products including After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Combustion. Version 2 includes support for Adobe CS3, Mac OS 10.5 Leopard, and Mac Intel.

For Final Cut Pro or Motion, please use the new FxPlug version instead.

Last updated: May 7, 2008

To Download and install:

1. Make sure you have one or more AE plug-in compatible applications on Mac OS 10.3.9 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.

2. Quit AE or other host applications that may be running.

3. Download the 2.041 Mac installer (20 Mb).
   This includes both CFM and Universal binaries for PPC or Mac Intel hardware.

4. Run the installer. When it asks for your passphrase, enter your Mac user login password, and follow the instructions given by the installer.

5. 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 Sapphire v1 effects and they should automatically convert to use Sapphire v2. On FCP, most effects will convert, but not all. Please visit the support page for more info on this.

If you require Sapphire version 1 you can use the version 1.10 installer instead. If you already installed Sapphire v2 and want to go back to v1 you should first uninstall v2.

What's new on Mac in 2.04:

1. Issues with rendering on fields in AE and Premiere Pro are fixed. These include FieldRemove, other temporal effects, and FilmEffect with certain Fields parameter settings.
2. A TimeDisplace issue with large time shifts is fixed.
3. A problem with effects in adjustment layers when the base layer is removed is fixed.
4. Handling of super-white inputs in ZGlow is improved.
5. A LensFlare issue with multi-core rendering is fixed.
6. Pixel aspect ratio handling in FCP is improved.
7. In 2.041 additional issues with temporal effects are fixed, and an EdgeRays issue with masked clips in AE is fixed.

1. Some problems with Distort effects and Drop Shadow on text layers in AE 7 and CS3 (SmartFX) are fixed.

1. Sapphire now works on adjustment layers with masks or reduced opacity in AE 7 and CS3.
2. Other "Can't checkout input" messages are avoided.
3. The Matte Use parameters are improved for Streaks, Light3D, and FlickerMatte effects.

1. Performance and memory efficiency is improved for AE 7 and CS3 SmartFX.
2. A problem with Premiere Pro on quad-core Macs is fixed.
3. Messages saying "Can't checkout input" are avoided, which could occur in large projects with AE CS3.
4. Various issues are fixed with Vignette, Distort, Glow, DropShadow, Convolve, Cartoon and Posterize.