PRODUCTS Sapphire 5 available for Windows and Mac C
AMBRIDGE, MA— GenArts’ (www.genarts. com) Sapphire 5 for Adobe After Effects is now available for both Windows and Mac. The tool debuted at the NAB show in April and fea- tures over 220 effects, including 15 new effects such as TVDamage, TVChannelChange and Technicolor. As a 64-bit release, it fully supports Adobe’s new CS5 package. PC users benefit from GPU acceleration for fast render speeds and full interactivity at HD
Smith Micro updates Poser 3D character app A
LISO VIEJO, CA— Smith Micro (www.smithmicro.com) has updated its Poser 8 3D character app. The new SR3 release includes performance improvements based on Poser Pro 2010 development and integrated user feedback. Rendering performance has been improved in several areas, including strand-based hair, 3D motion blur, raytraced refraction and texture caching. The Flash version of the new Poser Pro 2010 Library is included with Poser 8 SR3. The update provides multiple column list views, improved search, improved drag and drop with auto-conforming, and user customizable view settings. Changes to conforming have been made to support more third-party content.
resolutions. The Mac version will be fully GPU accelerated at a later date and will be available to Sapphire 5 for AE customers as a free update, when available.
Floating licenses are priced at $2,499; node- locked licenses are available for $1,699. Users may upgrade from either Sapphire Version 1 or 2 to Sapphire 5 for $299. Monthly rental licenses are priced at $169. Support for Sapphire version 1 for After Effects will end August 31.
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