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Review By Jeff McIntosh
GenArts Sapphire for SMOKE for MAC OS X
Product Overview
Now available on Smoke for Mac OS X, GenArts Sapphire 5 is packed with over 130 Sparks, including: Glows, EdgeRays, LensFlare, Lightning, FilmEffect, Warps and Textures. It features unrivaled image quality, a unique organic look, and easy usability.
Sapphire buys you more time to finesse your shots. Not only can you set your shots faster with intuitive, real-time controls, but the GPU acceleration* in Sapphire 5 provides the fastest render speeds in the industry. This gives you the extra time you need to perfect your shot.
Product Features
- 132 "Spark" plug-ins, each with many options and parameters that can be adjusted and animated for an unlimited range of effects.
- *GPU support will be enabled pending NVIDIA driver availability on Mac. NVidia GeForce 200 or 400 series or Quadro 4800 graphics card required for maximum performance.
- Sapphire 5 uses full floating point for all internal processing, improving quality for many effects, even on 8- and 12-bit footage. It also supports 16-bit floating point footage natively on the desktop, timeline, and in batch, without clamping.
- Fully compatible across the entire Autodesk Systems product line.
Product Requirements
- Host Applications :
- Autodesk Smoke
- Operating Systems :
- Mac
- System Requirements :
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Sapphire requires the minimum specifications for Smoke on Mac
Hardware acceleration requires GPU Cuda support
