Unveiling this Fall: Boris FX's Collection of Acclaimed Visual Effects Plugins
In a significant move, Boris FX has announced updates to its flagship collections, Sapphire 2022 and Continuum 2022. These advanced tools are designed to accelerate workflows and enhance visual effects quality.
Sapphire 2022
While specific details about Sapphire 2022 are limited, it's clear that the focus is on expanding creative effect presets and realistic lens effects. Notable additions include the Sapphire ColorFuse effect for creating cinematic colour grades, and the UltraZap effect now featuring Mocha splines for greater artistic control.
Sapphire 2022 also extends its reach by adding Adobe Photoshop as a host application, available as a free add-on to users. The collection offers a nodal-based effects compositor and boasts an impressive 3,000 presets.
Continuum 2022
Continuum 2022, on the other hand, emphasizes GPU acceleration, AI-based denoising, new colour grading options, and integration with AI sprite creation tools. Key features include GPU-accelerated blurs for faster processing of blur effects, over 60 new colour grades inspired by popular films and TV shows, and an improved interface for better workflow integration.
AI-driven features include new denoise ML models that enhance image restoration and noise removal quickly and effectively. Continuum 2022 also introduces fluid dynamics to Particle Illusion for organic 3D particle motion and supports Adobe Multi-Frame Rendering inside After Effects, resulting in dramatic speed gains.
More fully GPU-accelerated effects (BCC+) have been added to Continuum 2022, contributing to faster overall performance. The cinematography toolkit (BCC+ effects) offers 50 optical glass texture gobo presets and integrated Mocha tracking.
Availability and Compatibility
Both Sapphire 2022 and Continuum 2022 are available for download. They support various host applications including Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, and OFX workflows. Continuum 2022 offers native Apple M1 support for zippier workflows.
In summary, Sapphire 2022 focuses on expanding creative effect presets and realistic lens effects, while Continuum 2022 emphasizes GPU acceleration, AI-based denoising, new colour grading options, and integration with AI sprite creation tools. These updates provide artists with faster, more powerful tools to enhance video and visual effects projects.
Technology is at the heart of the updates in Sapphire 2022 and Continuum 2022, with a focus on GPU acceleration, AI-based features, and nodal-based effects compositor in Sapphire 2022, and AI-driven denoise ML models, fluid dynamics for organic 3D particle motion, and native Apple M1 support in Continuum 2022. These advancements aim to provide artists with faster, more powerful tools to enhance video and visual effects projects.
