NEWS • OCTOBER 16 , 2000
Sapphire Ships Sapphire Pack 2 for Illustrator
Nine plugins build patterns, polygons and 3D effects

by David Nagel
Executive Producer
dnagel@digitalmedianet.com

Sapphire Innovations has released a new set of nine plugins for Adobe Illustrator 8 and 9. Sapphire Pack 2 version 1.0 offers a number of effects for both text and paths, ranging from 3D bulging effects to text style randomization.

Filter in the Pack include:

• Background: Duplicate, rotate, scale and recolor paths to create an instant background;
• Bloater: Create 3D undulating effects throughout selected paths;
• Circled: Create patterns with a single shape;
• CornerPoint: Rejig anchor points to change a shape;
• Duplicator: Duplicate paths and combine with different path patterns;
• Negative: Take a negative of any selected path;
• Polygonville: Create polygons
• Pyramid: Duplicate paths in a pyramid shape;
• Random Type: Mess up type, scale, offset, resize, color, etc.

Sapphire Pack 2 is available now for Macintosh. It requires Illustrator 8 or 9 and sells for $55.95.

Sapphire has also updated Sapphire Pack 1 to version 1.2.2. Pack 1 includes 11 filters for Illustrator 8/9 and also sells for $55.95. A sampler of all of Sapphire's plugins is available at the company's Web site. For more information, visit http://www.sapphire-innovations.com.

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