Sapphire for Video Editors

Learn how to work with visual effects and edit video using Sapphire, the VFX plugin from Boris FX.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files
• What you should know before watching this course

1. Up and Running with Sapphire

• Understanding how Sapphire thinks
• The creative possibilities with presets
• Sapphire effect parameter overview
• Five effects you should be using right now
• Tracking effects with integrated Mocha
• A quick look at the effect builder
• Tracking effects with Mocha 2019

2. Using Sapphire Transitions

• Applying a Sapphire transition and browsing presets
• Using dissolve and wipe-based effects
• Build your own transition
• Using WhipPan and WhipLash
• Combining transitions with shapes

3. It's All about the Lighting

• Applying Glow
• Applying Rays
• Applying Light Leaks
• Looking at lens flares
• Looking at lens flares in 2019

4. Blur, Beauty, Stylize, and Distort

• Options for Blur
• Make it beautiful
• Digital and film damage
• Shake
• Film effect
• Cartoon effects
• Vignette
• Useful presets to discover
• Using PixelSort

5. Backgrounds and Textures

• A look at Grunge
• Shapes
• Textures

6. Unleashing Sapphire

• Exploring Builder, part 1
• Exploring Builder, part 2
• Using integrated Mocha tracking with Sapphire
• Using Sapphire masks for advanced image manipulation
• Introduction to time-based effects
• Exporting a Sapphire preset

7. Nighttime Adventures and VFX

• Using Clouds
• Using NightSky
• Using Luna
• Using Aurora
• Bringing our sky all together

Conclusion

• Next steps