Introduction to Sapphire Plug-ins for Autodesk systems

Sapphire Plug-ins version 5 is a package of image processing and synthesis effects for use with Autodesk's Flint, Flame, Inferno, Smoke, Fire, Flare and Burn systems.

It includes 132 "Spark" plug-ins with over 300 total effects. Each effect has many parameters which can be adjusted and animated for an unlimited range of results.

This document corresponds to version 5.0 of 5-mar-2010. For updated information please check www.genarts.com. Also see our Sparks support page for help with technical issues.


List all effects with pictures List all effects by name	General User Info What's new in this version Loading a Spark Resolution options On Fields options Redraw modes Undo & Load Defaults Cropping Adding Noise Colorspace Controls GPU Acceleration Online documentation Aborting a Spark process Pixel aspect ratios Customizing Sparks Updating v4 Setups to v5 Known problems


Light Effects LensFlare, Track, Mask, TrackMask LensFlareAutoTrack, Mask EdgeRays, Mask, Comp, MC Rays, Mask, Comp, MC SpotLight Light3D, Mask	Glow Effects Glow, Mask, Comp, MC GlowDist, Mask, Comp, MC GlowRings, Mask, Comp, MC GlowRainbow, Mask, Comp, MC GlowAura, Mask, Comp, MC GlowDarks, Mask, Comp, MC GlowOrthicon, Mask, Comp, MC GlowEdges, Mask, Comp, MC GlowNoise, Mask, Comp, MC	Glints & Glares Glint, Mask, Comp, MC GlintRainbow, Mask, Comp, MC Glare, Mask, Comp, MC

FilmEffects & Grain FilmEffect FilmDamage Vignette BleachBypass GrainColor, Mask, Comp GrainMono, Mask, Comp Grain:StaticColor, Mask, Comp Grain:StaticMono, Mask, Comp GrainRemove, Mask, Comp Diffuse, Mask Technicolor2Strip, Mask Technicolor3Strip, Mask	Blurs Blur, Mask BlurMonochrome, Mask BlurChannels, Mask BlurChroma, Mask BlurDirectional, Mask BandPass RackDefocus, Mono RackDefocus:Prism RackDfComp Convolve, Comp SoftFocus DropShadow BlurMotion, Mask BlurMotionCurves Streaks, Mask, Comp, MC	Auto-Paint & Stylize AutoPaint:VanGogh AutoPaint:HairyPaint AutoPaint:Pointalize AutoPaint:Sketch AutoPaint:SketchBumpy Mosaic, Mask HalfTone HalfToneColor HalfToneRings HalfTone:Etching ScanLines, Mono JpegDamage Cartoon CartoonPaint Posterize DogVision TVDamage

Edge Effects EdgeBlur EdgeFlash EdgeDetect, Mono EdgeDetectChroma EdgeDetect:InDirection EdgeDetect:Colorize EdgeDetectDouble EdgeDetect:Blips Sharpen, Mask Deband	Kaleidoscopes KaleidoTriangles KaleidoSquares KaleidoDiamonds KaleidoOct KaleidoPolar FlysEyeHex FlysEyeRect FlysEyeCircles TileScramble, Mask	Embossing Emboss, Mask EmbossShiny, Mask EmbossDistort, Mask EmbossGlass, Mask

Warps & Shake WarpTransform, Mask, Comp WarpVortex, Mask, Comp WarpPerspective, Comp WarpWaves, Mask, Comp WarpWaves2, Mask, Comp WarpPuddle, Mask, Comp WarpBubble, Mask, Comp WarpBubble2, Mask, Comp WarpFishEye, Mask, Comp WarpPuff, Mask, Comp WarpShrivel, Mask, Comp WarpPolar, Comp WarpRepeat, Mask, Comp WarpChroma, Mask, Comp WarpMagnify, Mask, Comp WarpCornerPin, Mask, Comp WarpDrops, Mask, Comp Shake	Wipe Transitions WipeLine WipeCircle WipeRectangle WipeStar WipeClock WipeWedge WipeDoubleWedge WipeFourWedges WipeDots WipeChecker WipeStripes WipeBlobs WipeCells WipePixelate WipeDiffuse WipeBubble WipeClouds WipeRings WipeTiles SwishPan WipePlasma WipePointalize WipeWeave WipeMoire Swish3D	Dissolve Transitions Dissolve DissolveStatic DissolveSpeckle DissolvePixelate DissolveDiffuse DissolveClouds DissolveBubble DissolveWaves DissolvePuddle DissolveVortex DissolveBlur DissolveFilm DissolveGlow DissolveLuma DissolveLensFlare DissolveEdgeRays DissolveGlint DissolveGlintRainbow DissolveDefocus DissolveTiles DissolveDistort TVChannelChange

Distort Effects Distort, Mask DistortBlur, Mask DistortChroma, Mask DistortRGB, Mask DistortFine, Mask	Lightning Zap ZapTo ZapFrom, Mask	Matte Operations MatteOps, Mask, Comp

Fractal Clouds Clouds, Comp CloudsMultColor, Comp CloudsColorSmooth, Comp CloudsPerspective, Comp CloudsVortex, Comp CloudsPsyko, Comp	Fog & Depth Effects ZBlur ZBlurs:ZDefocus ZGlow ZConvolve ZComp ZFogLinear ZFogExponential	Flicker Tools Flicker FlickerRemove, Matte FlickerRemoveColor, Matte FlickerMatch, Matte FlickerMatchColor, Matte

Temporal Effects Temporal:GetFrame Temporal:TimeWarpRGB Temporal:MotionDetect Temporal:TimeSlice Temporal:TimeDisplace, Mask Temporal:FreezeFrame Temporal:JitterFrames Temporal:RandomEdits Temporal:ReverseEdits Temporal:ReverseClip Feedback, Matte Feedback:Trails, Matte Feedback:TrailsDiffuse, Matte Feedback:TimeAverage Feedback:NearestColor FeedbackBubble, Matte FeedbackDistort, Matte FieldTool FieldRemove FieldRemove:NTSCtoFilm FieldRemove:Deinterlace DeinterlaceAuto	Procedural Textures TextureFolded, Comp TextureWeave, Comp TexturePlasma, Comp TextureNoiseEmboss, Comp TextureNoisePaint, Comp TextureSpots, Comp TextureCells, Comp TextureChromaSpiral, Comp TextureMoire, Comp TextureTiles, Comp TextureNeurons, Comp TextureLoops, Comp TextureFlux, Comp PsykoBlobs PsykoStripes Psyko:Zebrafy Psyko:ZebrafyColor Sparkles, Mask, Comp, MC SparklesColor, Mask, Comp, MC Gradient GradientRadial GradientMulti Grid Shape, Comp	Color & Math Ops ColorOps:HueSatBright ColorOps:Monochrome ColorOps:ClampChroma ColorOps:PseudoColor ColorOps:DuoTone ColorOps:TriTone ColorOps:QuadTone ColorOps:Tint ColorOps:Threshold ColorOps:Hotspots ColorOps:Gamma ColorOps:Solarize ColorOps:ChannelSwitcher ColorOps:Invert ColorOps:ShowBadColors MathOps Layer, Comp