There are a bunch of new tools and features included in the Sapphire 10 update, like new presets, new builder tools for creating your own plugins, and new tools including a Roman Tile generator with grout selection, a new hand painted brushstroke generator, and S-Luna for moon generation. Nothing quite compares to in-camera flares, but Sapphire comes close, and especially if you are working on a green screen production, where flares might make it harder to cut a clean key, it's been a go-to tool. Among many other features, Sapphire has long had one of the best tools around for adding flare to your footage in post, one that offers a lot of options and control for crafting picture perfect flares. Plugin developer Boris, best known for their Continuum line of plugins, announced at IBC last week their purchase of GenArts, whose Sapphire line of plugins has been popular across a wide range of broadcast, cinema, and advertising productions. Plugin developer Boris, which bought Imagineer Systems two years ago, is still on a shopping spree.

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