Most effects are GPU-accelerated to provide performance enhancements of up to 700% from Sapphire v2. The upcoming release fully supports Adobe's new CS5 release and 64-bit systems.

Sapphire 5 for After Effects features significant performance enhancements with GPU acceleration and floating point support, providing far faster render speeds, far greater interactivity and the highest image quality available. More than 200 total plug-ins for image processing and synthesis. Sapphire 5 uses full floating point for all internal processing, improving quality for many effects. NVidia GeForce 200 or 400 series or Quadro 5800 graphics card required for maximum performance. GPU enabled for lightning fast render speeds. The Sapphire 5 upgrade includes 15 new effects such as TVDamage, TVChannelChange, Technicolor and many new transitions. Over 220 must-have effects, each with many options and parameters that can be adjusted and animated for an unlimited range of effects. They have been used extensively in an array of television programs, music videos and feature films, including: Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, and 3, Spider-Man 1, 2 and 3, Superman Returns, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars - Episode I, II and III, Sin City, The Matrix trilogy, X-Men 1, 2 and 3, Titanic, Lost and CSI. Sapphire Plug-ins have become the industry standard for high-end visual effects creation by providing unrivaled image quality, a unique organic look, and ease of use.

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