Sapphire 7.5 is not intended for Sapphire 7.0 users.
Sapphire 7.5 grants owners of Sapphire 9 the ability to work in a
mixed environment with Sapphire 7 systems.
Sapphire 7.5 uses the Sapphire 9 activation key, and not the Sapphire
7 serial number.
Documentation for Sapphire is installed on your machine with the
software and is available in HTML and PDF formats.
* On Windows, go to: Start -> All Programs -> GenArts SapphireAVX.
Select Sapphire AVX Online Help (HTML) or AVX Online Help (PDF).
*...
If you have a .gpz file, to install, double click on the .gpz file and
the files will automatically be installed to your preset collection. A
prompt will show: "Installed ## new presets." Then, click on "Ok". The
next time you start your host application,...
The directories below are the default locations for where the presets
are saved -- if you have moved the preset to a custom location, go
there and then follow the instructions below.
To delete a preset:
* On Windows Vista and 7, go to:
C:ProgramDataG...
Navigate to the effects panel, click and drag an effect on to your
footage, and click "Load Preset" to view the Preset Browser.
You need to ensure that your current time indicator is on a frame that
contains the Sapphire transition in order to properly display a
transition preview.
Yes, you can create your own presets as well as make customer lists of
presets for specific projects or mark favorites.
The default presets (.gp files) are located in the following location:
* On Windows: /ProgramData/GenArts/Sapphire/Presets
* On Mac: /Library/Application Support/GenArts/Sapphire/Presets
To change the loacation of where the presets are saved, go to...
You can download a free e-book (pdf format)
[http://www.genarts.com/sites/default/files/avid-book/GenArts_SapAvidv2-Book.pdf]
by Todd Prives which covers the fundamental Sapphire-on-Avid workflow,
along with sample media
[http://www.genarts.com/sites/defa...
Drop a Sapphire plugin onto a title or key and then select the "Apply
To Title/Key" checkbox in the Effect Editor. This causes the plugin to
process the fill and matte of the title together.
Any animation curves in the title will be removed, and only the...
To delete precomputed clips:
* On your Avid, go to Tools -> Media Tool
* Select all the precompute clips that have the watermark on them.
Be careful NOT to select any title or key media. Normally the clips to
delete will be called something like seq...
With recent Avid versions you can automatically promote all older
Sapphire versions to Sapphire v7.5 AVX2. In some cases you can instead
leave older Sapphire versions installed on your Avid so they will
continue to be used when sequences with those versio...
Current Avid versions auto-conform effects used in sequences, but do
not conform effects stored in bins. Until Avid supports this properly,
use the following workaround: before upgrading to v7.5, first make a
temporary sequence with black on v1, and put e...