Sapphire Plug-ins for OFX

Introduction to Sapphire Plug-ins for OFX

Sapphire Plug-ins for OFX is a package of image processing and synthesis effects for use with Open FX compatible products such as Nuke, Toxic, Fusion, Baselight, and Film Master. It includes over 250 plug-ins, each with many options and parameters which can be adjusted and animated for an unlimited range of results. Sapphire LensFlare Plug-ins for OFX is a package of two LensFlare Plug-ins for OFX for use with Open FX compatible products such as Nuke, Toxic, Fusion, Baselight, and Film Master.

This document corresponds to version 2026.5 of 19-may-2026. For updated information please check www.borisfx.com . Also see our support page for help with technical issues.

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List all effects with a brief summary

General User Info
What's New In This Version
Compatibility Notes
Color Management with OpenColorIO
Loading a Plug-in
Loading and Saving Presets
Designing Lens Flares and Glares
Using Mocha in Sapphire
Resetting Parameters to Defaults
Online Documentation
About GPU Acceleration
About Motion Blur
About Mask Inputs
About Alpha Processing
About Pixel Aspect Ratios
Customizing Plug-ins
Known Problems
3rd Party Licenses



Lighting

Glow Effects Glow GlowAura GlowDarks GlowDist GlowEdges GlowNoise GlowOrthicon GlowRainbow GlowRings UltraGlow ZGlow	Light Beams Rays EdgeRays Streaks Lens Flares LensFlare LensFlareAutoTrack LightLeak	Glints & Glares Glint GlintRainbow Glare Other Lighting BokehLights DropShadow Flashbulbs Light3D SpotLight


Stylize

AutoPaint & HalfTone AutoPaint Sketch Etching Brush:Oil Brush:Chalk Crosshatch Cartoon CartoonPaint Posterize HalfTone HalfToneColor HalfToneRings Kaleidoscopes Kaleido:Triangles Kaleido:Squares Kaleido:Diamonds Kaleido:Oct KaleidoPolar KaleidoRadial FlysEyeCircles FlysEyeHex FlysEyeRect TileScramble	FilmEffect & Grain FilmBurn FilmEffect FilmDamage VHSDamage Vignette BleachBypass Grain GrainStatic Diffuse UltraGrain VintageColor2Strip VintageColor3Strip Edge Effects EdgeDetect EdgeDetectDouble EdgesInDirection EdgeColorize Embossing Emboss EmbossShiny EmbossDistort EmbossGlass	Other Stylize BandPass ColorFuse DogVision DigitalDamage JpegDamage TVDamage Grunge Mosaic PixelMosh PixelSort PseudoColor PsykoBlobs PsykoStripes PrismLens RomanTile ScanLines ScanLinesMono Solarize StripSlide Zebrafy ZebrafyColor ZFogExponential ZFogLinear


Adjust, Blur+Sharpen, Composite & Distort

Adjust ChannelSwitcher ClampChroma DuoTone Gamma Hotspots HueSatBright Invert Monochrome OCIOTransform QuadTone Threshold Tint TriTone ShowBadColors Composite EdgeFlash Layer MathOps MatteOps MatteOpsComp ZComp	Blur+Sharpen AdvancedDefocus Beauty Blur BlurChannels BlurChroma BlurDirectional BlurMoCurves BlurMotion Convolve ConvolveComp Deband DefocusPrism EdgeBlur EdgeAwareBlur FreeLens GrainRemove Median RackDefocus RackDfComp Sharpen SoftFocus ZConvolve ZDefocus ZBlur Distort Effects Distort DistortBlur DistortChroma DistortRGB	Warps & Shake InfiniteZoom ParallaxStrips WarpBubble WarpBubble2 WarpChroma WarpCornerPin WarpDrops WarpFishEye WarpMagnify WarpPerspective WarpPolar WarpPuddle WarpPuff WarpRepeat WarpTransform WarpVortex WarpWaves WarpWaves2 Shake


Render, Time & Transitions

Lightning Zaps UltraZap Zap ZapTo ZapFrom Gradients, Grid & Shape Gradient GradientMulti GradientRadial Grid Shape Procedural Textures Caustics Dust Sparkles SparklesColor TextureCells TextureChromaSpiral TextureFlux TextureFolded TextureLoops TextureMicro TextureMoire TextureNeurons TextureNoiseEmboss TextureNoisePaint TexturePlasma TextureRidges TextureSpots TextureTiles TextureWeave Fractal Clouds Clouds CloudsColorSmooth CloudsMultColor CloudsPerspective CloudsPsyko CloudsVortex	Time Effects CutToDissolve DeinterlaceAuto Feedback FeedbackBubble FeedbackDistort FieldRemove FreezeFrame GetFrame JitterFrames MotionDetect NearestColor RandomEdits RepairFrames Retime ReverseClip ReverseEdits TimeAverage TimeDisplace TimeSlice TimeWarpRGB Trails TrailsDiffuse Flicker Tools Flicker FlickerMatch FlickerMatchColor FlickerMatchMatte FlickerMchMatteColor FlickerRemove FlickerRemoveColor FlickerRemoveMatte FlickerRmMatteColor Other Render Aurora LaserBeam Luna MuzzleFlash NightSky	Dissolve Transitions Dissolve Dissolve Auto-Paint DissolveBlur DissolveBubble DissolveDefocus DissolveDigitalDamage DissolveDiffuse DissolveDistort DissolveEdgeRays DissolveFilm Dissolve Flashbulbs Dissolve Glare DissolveGlint DissolveGlintRainbow DissolveGlow DissolveLensFlare DissolveLightLeak DissolveLuma DissolvePixelMosh DissolvePixelSort DissolvePuddle Dissolve Rays Dissolve Shake DissolveSpeckle DissolveStatic DissolveTiles DissolveUltraGlow DissolveVortex DissolveWaves Dissolve Zap Wipe Transitions WipeBlobs WipeBubble WipeCells WipeChecker WipeCircle WipeClock WipeClouds WipeDiffuse WipeDots WipeDoubleWedge Wipe Flux WipeFourWedges WipeLine WipeMoire WipePixelate WipePlasma WipePointalize WipeRectangle WipeRings WipeStar WipeStripes WipeTiles WipeWeave WipeWedge Other Transitions CardFlip FilmBurnTransition FilmRoll FlutterCut HyperPush HyperPull MochaWhip ParallaxStripsTransition StripSlideTransition SwishPan Swish3D TVChannelChange WhipLash

List all effects with pictures

List all effects by name

List all effects with a brief summary

General User Info
What's New In This Version
Compatibility Notes
Loading a Plug-in
Color Management with OpenColorIO
Loading and Saving Presets
Designing Lens Flares and Glares
Using the Sapphire Effect Builder
Using Mocha in Sapphire
Resetting Parameters to Defaults
Online Documentation
About GPU Acceleration
About Motion Blur
About Matte Inputs
About Alpha Processing
About Angle Parameters
About Pixel Aspect Ratios
Customizing Plug-ins
Known Problems
3rd Party Licenses




Glow Effects Glow GlowAura GlowDarks GlowDist GlowEdges GlowNoise GlowOrthicon GlowRainbow GlowRings UltraGlow ZGlow	Light Beams Rays EdgeRays Streaks LensFlares LensFlare LensFlareAutoTrack LightLeak	Glints & Glares Glint GlintRainbow Glare Other Lighting BokehLights DropShadow Flashbulbs Light3D SpotLight



AutoPaint & HalfTone AutoPaint Sketch Etching Brush:Oil Brush:Chalk Crosshatch Cartoon CartoonPaint Posterize HalfTone HalfToneColor HalfToneRings Kaleidoscopes Kaleido:Triangles Kaleido:Squares Kaleido:Diamonds Kaleido:Oct KaleidoPolar KaleidoRadial FlysEyeCircles FlysEyeHex FlysEyeRect TileScramble	Film Effects & Grain FilmEffect FilmDamage Vignette BleachBypass Grain GrainStatic UltraGrain Diffuse VintageColor2Strip VintageColor3Strip Edge Effects EdgeDetect EdgeDetectDouble EdgesInDirection EdgeColorize Embossing Emboss EmbossShiny EmbossDistort EmbossGlass	Other Stylize BandPass ColorFuse DogVision DigitalDamage JpegDamage TVDamage Grunge Mosaic PixelSort PseudoColor PsykoBlobs PsykoStripes PrismLens RomanTile ScanLines ScanLinesMono Solarize StripSlide Zebrafy ZebrafyColor ZFogExponential ZFogLinear



Adjust ChannelSwitcher ClampChroma DuoTone Gamma Hotspots HueSatBright Invert Monochrome OCIOTransform QuadTone Threshold Tint TriTone ShowBadColors Composite EdgeFlash Layer MathOps MatteOps MatteOpsComp ZComp	Blur+Sharpen Beauty Blur BlurChannels BlurChroma BlurDirectional BlurMoCurves BlurMotion DefocusPrism Convolve ConvolveComp Deband EdgeBlur EdgeAwareBlur FreeLens GrainRemove Median RackDefocus RackDfComp Sharpen SoftFocus ZConvolve ZDefocus ZBlur Distort Effects Distort DistortBlur DistortChroma DistortRGB	Warps & Shake InfiniteZoom ParallaxStrips WarpBubble WarpBubble2 WarpChroma WarpCornerPin WarpDrops WarpFishEye WarpMagnify WarpPerspective WarpPolar WarpPuddle WarpPuff WarpRepeat WarpTransform WarpVortex WarpWaves WarpWaves2 Shake StretchFrameEdges



Lightning Zaps UltraZap Zap ZapTo ZapFrom Gradients, Grid & Shape Gradient GradientMulti GradientRadial Grid Shape Procedural Textures Caustics Sparkles SparklesColor TextureCells TextureChromaSpiral TextureFlux TextureFolded TextureLoops TextureMicro TextureMoire TextureNeurons TextureNoiseEmboss TextureNoisePaint TexturePlasma TextureSpots TextureTiles TextureWeave Fractal Clouds Clouds CloudsColorSmooth CloudsMultColor CloudsPerspective CloudsPsyko CloudsVortex Other Render Aurora LaserBeam Luna MuzzleFlash NightSky	Time Effects CutToDissolve Feedback FeedbackBubble FeedbackDistort FieldRemove FreezeFrame GetFrame JitterFrames MotionDetect NearestColor RandomEdits RepairFrames Retime ReverseClip ReverseEdits TimeAverage TimeDisplace TimeSlice TimeWarpRGB Trails TrailsDiffuse Flicker Tools Flicker FlickerMatch FlickerMatchColor FlickerMatchMatte FlickerMchMatteColor FlickerRemove FlickerRemoveColor FlickerRemoveMatte FlickerRmMatteColor Effect Builder Effect Transition	Dissolve Transitions Dissolve DissolveAutoPaint DissolveBlur DissolveBubble DissolveDefocus DissolveDiffuse DissolveDigitalDamage DissolveDistort DissolveEdgeRays DissolveFilm DissolveFlashbulbs DissolveGlare DissolveGlint DissolveGlintRainbow DissolveGlow DissolveLensFlare DissolveLuma DissolvePixelSort DissolvePuddle DissolveRays DissolveShake DissolveSpeckle DissolveStatic DissolveTiles DissolveUltraGlow DissolveVortex DissolveWaves DissolveZap Wipe Transitions WipeBlobs WipeBubble WipeCells WipeChecker WipeCircle WipeClock WipeClouds WipeDiffuse WipeDots WipeDoubleWedge WipeFlux WipeFourWedges WipeLine WipePixelate WipeRectangle WipeRings WipeStar WipeStripes WipeTiles WipeWedge WipePlasma WipePointalize WipeWeave WipeMoire SwishPan Swish3D Other Transitions CardFlip FilmRoll FlutterCut HyperPull HyperPush ParallaxStripsTransition StripSlideTransition SwishPan Swish3D TVChannelChange WhipLash

Sapphire Plug-ins for OFX

Introduction to Sapphire Plug-ins for OFX

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