Genarts recently released a CS5 version of their original big set, Sapphire 5 for After Effects. Here's a few highlights:
over 220 effects in lighting, stylize, blur, comp, render, distort, time and transition categories, each with unique options and parameters
includes 15 new effects such as TVDamage, TVChannelChange, Technicolor, and new transitions
GPU acceleration, with NVidia GeForce 200 or 400 series or Quadro 5800 graphics card required for maximum performance
supports full 32-bit floating point for all internal processing, improving quality for many effects
Sapphire plug-ins for AE are licensed per machine, so one serial number allows you to use them on multiple AE compatible host applications on the same computer.
Sapphire is a massive package that's become something of an industry standard package across platforms. Genarts has brings even more to this rev, but it does come at a price and even seems to compete with the other packages by Genarts, Tinder and Monsters/Raptors. Happily there are trial and monthly rental versions, and a slew of tutorials available to make a proper evaluation. Here are a few video intros of the new version:
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