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Try Sapphire for Free

Boris FX Sapphire is the award-winning visual effects plugin suite favored by top VFX and motion graphics artists worldwide. Boost your creative workflow and get more done in less time with Sapphire.

Please note: For the trial, you'll have access to all Sapphire features but they will have a watermarked red X and limited to HD.

 

Have additional question check out our FAQs and installation steps.

 

 

 

 

 

Trial Registration

The Essential VFX Suite

Sapphire

Includes more than 270 effects and transitions and more than 3,000 professionally designed presets for video editing, motion graphics, compositing, and finishing workflows.
LIGHTS & FLARES

Add lighting effects and beautiful lens flares, rays, glows, glints, bokeh effects, streaks, light leaks, flashbulbs, and more.

BLUR & DISTORT

High-quality lens distortions and photorealistic blurs. Camera shakes, rack defocuses, lens whacking, z-blurs, edge aware blurs, beauty effects, and more.

RENDER & COMPOSITE

Deep & fast tools to adjust your shots and build better comps by adding new textures and elements. Zaps, textures, caustics, starfields, gradients, sparkles, grunges, auroras, and more.

STYLIZE

A wide variety of ways to add high production value to any project. Film effects, glitches, pixel sorts, vignettes, film grains, retro TV and film looks, kaleidos, auto paints, and more.

TRANSITIONS & TIME

Auto-animating transitions from classic to modern and mind bending time effects. Many custom dissolves and wipes, film rolls, hyper pulls, swish pans, feedback effects, time averaging, and trails.

DO VIRTUALLY ANYTHING

Create cross-platform stacks of effects that apply as a single effect, or make entirely new effects and transitions with Sapphire Builder. Endless possibilities!

How it Works

Get started with your free trial in minutes.

1. Download the Boris FX Hub Submit the form above and then click the button to download the Boris FX Hub.
2. Create an Account

Sign in with your Boris FX account. If you do not yet have an account, click Create Account to set one up.
3. Request a trial After launching the Boris FX Hub, choose "Install a free, watermarked trial of Sapphire."
4. Install Sapphire

Choose your host application  and click “Install.”
5. Finding Sapphire in your host app

Once the installation is complete you can open your host app and find Sapphire in your effects panel. Then simply drag & drop effects onto your clips and customize using the control panel.


Adobe After Effects: In the Effects Menu and then use each effect in the control panel.

Premiere Pro: In the Video Effects Folder and then adjust effects in the Video Effects Panel.

Avid: In the Effect Pallet

Nuke: Sapphire icon in the tool bar

Vegas Pro: Video FX Tab and then select the third party tab. 

Resolve: Under the Effects Tab and adjustments can be made in the inspector. 

Meet Our Customers

"Sapphire saves me so much time in the color-grading stage or when I need to stylize my sports videos." 

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C.M. De La VegaMograph/VFX Artist

"I discovered Sapphire on FX's Mayans M.C.! The MuzzleFlash effect was a godsend in action-heavy sequences." 

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Olivia EliseoEditor, Scripted TV

"Sapphire is my go-to. I often use Light Leak, Camera Shake and Chromatic Abberation, and RackDefocus." 

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Johnathan Winbush Motion Graphics Artist

"Sapphire is essential to my day-to-day workflow with After Effects. It's the combination of speed and quality." 

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Robert HranitzkyCreative Director and Motion Designer