-- Conform from Avid offline projects using AVX2. Online editors are now
able to finish Avid projects without worrying which AVX version offline
editors are working from; conversely, offline editors can now always use
AVX2 (and the temporal Sapphire effects that go with it) to do their
initial edits, since it is also available to online editors.
-- Take full advantage of effects that leverage alternate frame access.
An additional 15 Sapphire plug-ins that are only supported on AVX2 are now
available to DS users. These effects include the popular Feedback/Trails,
TimeWarpRGB and TimeDisplace effects.
-- Open Avid project files that contain any version of Sapphire effects
back to version 1, and automatically promote them to the latest version.
"Full AVX2 support makes it easier than ever to conform projects using the
latest GenArts Sapphire plug-ins with Avid DS," said Derek Herr, Lead
Compositing Editor at The Post Group. "We're thrilled that we no longer
have to worry about AVX version issues between our offline and online
editors. I've been waiting for this for a long time. Bravo!"
GenArts Sapphire v3.02 for Avid also supports floating licensing (via RLM
servers) and license rentals for all Avid systems. For floating license
users, this means maximum flexibility to support the dynamic requirements
of temporary and freelance editors; lower support costs and less system
downtime by seamlessly moving licenses from one machine to another; and
visibility into license and upgrade budgets. License renters can take
advantage of lower cost of entry for Avid users and maximum flexibility to
assign the cost of using Sapphire licenses directly to a given project.
Please visit www.genarts.com/product/sapphire/rent for more information on
the Sapphire Rental Program and visit
www.genarts.com/product/sapphire/float for more information on the
advantages of a Sapphire floating license.
"GenArts Sapphire has become the specialized VFX software of choice for
offline Avid editors around the world," said Steve Bannerman, CMO of
GenArts. "Version 3 has enjoyed a tremendous adoption rate driven by the
measurable productivity enhancements it delivers. Full support for AVX2 and
the new licensing options available in v3.02 will raise the productivity
bar even higher, offering the seamless support for DS systems that online
artists have been hungry for."
Pricing and Availability
GenArts Sapphire v3.02 for Avid systems is available immediately and is a
free upgrade to existing version 3 users. Please visit
www.genarts.com/purchase/sapphire/avid for floating and rental license
pricing. AVX2 support on DS requires Avid DS version 10.2.1 or later.
Since the company's founding in 1996, GenArts software has been utilized in
hundreds of films, television broadcasts and commercials, including more
than 20 Oscar-nominated pieces such as Titanic; I, Robot; Armageddon; Star
Wars Episode I, II and III; The Matrix trilogy; The Lord of the Rings
trilogy; Pearl Harbor; Spider Man; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter
and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Transformers; The Chronicles of Narnia: The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; and many more.
About GenArts
GenArts, Inc. is the premier provider of specialized digital visual effects
for the film, broadcast and video industries. The GenArts Sapphire,
Monsters and Raptors portfolio equips digital artists with a collection of
state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects such as glows,
light rays, lens flares, lightning, film damage, fire and fluid effects.
The effects seamlessly integrate as software plug-ins into leading editing
and compositing systems from Adobe, Apple, Avid, Autodesk, Assimilate,
Eyeon, FilmLight, The Foundry, Quantel and SGO. The company was founded in
1996 in Cambridge, Mass. www.genarts.com.
Contact Information: For Further Information Please Contact: Nicole Panas GenArts Inc. T: 617-492-2888 E: Ashley Wilkinson BOCA Communications T: 415.738.7718 x4 E: