Sapphire (67 Tutorials)
Create a Vintage Comic Strip Look with Sapphire
April 19, 2022
John Dickinson explains how to create a Comic Strip Look using Sapphire plugins in After Effects. Download the project files to play along.
Burning Question: What in the heck is OFX? Updated #OFX #openfx
March 8, 2022
OpenFX, or OFX, plugins are exploding on the market with hosts like DaVinci Resolve, Vegas, Flame, Baselight, and others. Learn more!
In Depth: Render Farms / Network Rendering / Distributed Rendering
March 4, 2022
The idea of network rendering is to distribute your render over a network, or farm, of computers, to speed up your render times.
Create the Dune Look with Boris FX, Cinema 4D, After Effects
October 21, 2021
Create the Dune Look with Maxon Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects, Boris FX Continuum, and Sapphire with John Dickinson.
Design Movie Trailer Graphics – Wakanda Forever!
June 8, 2021
John Dickinson shares his clever creative techniques in this Movie Trailer Graphics tutorial. Download free demos of Boris FX tools today!
Create a Sound Blast Driven By Music, a 4 Part Series from Boris FX
May 18, 2021
In this tutorial series, Ben Brownlee takes you through how to create a sound blast by using music data, using Boris FX plugins.
In Depth: Lens Flares for Video
April 5, 2021
Lens Flares add drama and presence to scenes. In this article, I’ll be comparing some lens flare tools for your favorite NLEs and Motion Graphics tools
Burning Question: How Do I Create an Infinite Zoom?
February 16, 2021
An infinite zoom is an effect that creates a seemingly endless camera zoom. Learn to create this eye catching effect in Adobe After Effects.
How To Turn Your Kids Into Super Heroes (After Effects Tutorial)
December 2, 2020
Ben Eshagpoor of beMotion.dESIGN shows you how to turn your kids into Super Heroes. He uses After Effects and Boris Sapphire in the tutorial.
In Depth: Working with Night Time Scenes, part 1
November 2, 2020
You really have two choices when shooting scenes that take place at night. Either shoot at night and deal with the low light situation or shoot Day for Night. Shooting at night is easier if your camera is capable of it. Day for Night, which I would recommend under certain circumstances, can be tricky but can look fantastic and undistinguishable when it’s done correctly. Part one of this article will focus on shooting in after dark.
Boris FX Live: Virtual IBC 2020 Presentations, Day 3 is Live!
September 10, 2020
Watch Boris FX Live presentations for Virtual IBC! They are featuring customer presentations, sneak peeks of 2021 releases, giveaways.
Sneak Peek: Sapphire 2020.5 First Look
May 18, 2020
Get a one-hour Sapphire 2020.5 First Look sneak peek at the upcoming Sapphire 2020.5 release with Product managers Brian Fox and Alan Lorence.
Sapphire 2020: Introduction to New Features for Avid Media Composer
January 28, 2020
Kevin P. McAuliffe shows Avid Media Composer editor’s new features in Sapphire 2020. For example, S_FreeLens, Mocha parameter tracking for effects, more.
Boris FX Webinar Replay: 2019.5 Releases (SIGGRAPH Preview)
July 31, 2019
In this webinar replay, learn about all the new features inside Sapphire, Continuum and Mocha Pro 2019.5, from Ben Brownlee, the new Director of Learning and Content at Boris FX. You may remember him from Curious Turtle training videos.
Avid: Using the Updated Sapphire Builder
July 9, 2019
In this tutorial, Damien LeVeck of Skubalon Creative explains what’s new in the Sapphire Builder (2019.5) for Avid and then shows you how to create a cool stylized effect when working with footage that needs to fit a specific aspect ratio.
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