Sapphire adds greater control and higher quality to what’s in After Effects, freeing you to focus on perfecting your work while saving you hours of time. When you can’t afford to compromise on quality or productivity, Sapphire will be there for you. Always reliable, always backward compatible, Sapphire is packed with over 220 state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects, including: Glows, EdgeRays, LensFlare, Lightning, FilmEffect, Warps and Textures. It features unrivaled image quality, a unique organic look, and easy usability. Sapphire is responsible for so many Oscar-winning films, it should have its own seat at Nobu.

Sapphire 5 for After Effects details:
Over 220 must-have effects, each with many options and parameters that can be adjusted and animated for an unlimited range of effects.
The Sapphire 5 upgrade includes 15 new effects such as TVDamage, TVChannelChange, Technicolor and many new transitions. Go here for the full list of new effects.
GPU enabled for lightning fast render speeds. NVidia GeForce 200 or 400 series or Quadro 5800 graphics card required for maximum performance. Visit our support page for more information.
Sapphire 5 uses full floating point for all internal processing, improving quality for many effects.
More than 200 total plug-ins for image processing and synthesis.

Compatibility Matrix:
After Effects: CS3, CS4, CS5
Premiere Pro: CS3, CS4, CS5
Combustion: 2008 and later

Lighting
• Glow Effects
• Glow
• GlowAura
• GlowDarks
• GlowDist
• GlowEdges
• GlowNoise
• GlowOrthicon
• GlowRainbow
• GlowRings
• ZGlow
• Glints & Glares
• Glare
• Glint
• GlintRainbow
• Lens Flares
• LensFlare
• LensFlareAutoTrack
• Light Beams
• EdgeRays
• Rays
• Streaks
• Other Lighting
• DropShadow
• Light3D
• SpotLight
Stylize
• Film Effect & Grain
• BleachBypass
• Diffuse
• FilmDamage
• FilmEffect
• Grain
• GrainStatic
• Vignette
• AutoPaint & HalfTone
• AutoPaint
• Cartoon
• CartoonPaint
• Etching
• HalfTone
• HalfToneColor
• HalfToneRings
• Posterize
• Sketch
• Edge Effects
• EdgeColorize
• EdgeDetect
• EdgeDetectDouble
• EdgesInDirection
• Kaleidoscopes
• FlysEyeCircles
• FlysEyeHex
• FlysEyeRect
• KaleidoDiamonds
• KaleidoOct
• KaleidoPolar
• KaleidoSquares
• KaleidoTriangles
• TileScramble
• Embossing
• Emboss
• EmbossDistort
• EmbossGlass
• EmbossShiny
• Other Stylize
• BandPass
• DogVision
• JpegDamage
• Mosaic
• PseudoColor
• PsykoBlobs
• PsykoStripes
• ScanLines
• ScanLinesMono
• Solarize
• Technicolor2Strip
• Technicolor3Strip
• TVDamage
• Zebrafy
• ZebrafyColor
• ZFogExponential
• ZFogLinear
Adjust, Blur/Sharpen, Composite & Distort
• Adjust
• ChannelSwitcher
• ClampChroma
• DuoTone
• Gamma
• Hotspots
• HueSatBright
• Invert
• Monochrome
• QuadTone
• ShowBadColors
• Threshold
• Tint
• TriTone
• Blur & Sharpen
• Blur
• BlurChannels
• BlurChroma
• BlurDirectional
• BlurMotion
• BlurMotionCurves
• Convolve
• Deband
• DefocusPrism
• EdgeBlur
• GrainRemove
• RackDefocus
• RackDfComp
• Sharpen
• SoftFocus
• ZBlur
• ZConvolve
• ZDefocus
• Composite
• EdgeFlash
• Layer
• MathOps
• MatteOps
• MatteOpsComp
• ZComp
• Distort Effects
• Distort
• DistortBlur
• DistortChroma
• DistortRGB
• Warps & Shake
• Shake
• WarpBubble
• WarpBubble2
• WarpChroma
• WarpCornerPin
• WarpDrops
• WarpFishEye
• WarpMagnify
• WarpPerspective
• WarpPolar
• WarpPuddle
• WarpPuff
• WarpRepeat
• WarpTransform
• WarpVortex
• WarpWaves
• WarpWaves2
Render, Time & Transitions
• Dissolve Transitions
• DissolveBlur
• DissolveBubble
• DissolveDefocus
• DissolveDiffuse
• DissolveDistort
• DissolveEdgeRays
• DissolveFilm
• DissolveGlint
• DissolveGlintRainbow
• DissolveGlow
• DissolveLensFlare
• DissolveLuma
• DissolvePuddle
• DissolveSpeckle
• DissolveStatic
• DissolveTiles
• DissolveVortex
• DissolveWaves
• Flicker Tools
• Flicker
• FlickerMatch
• FlickerMatchColor
• FlickerMatchMatte
• FlickerMchMatteColor
• FlickerRemove
• FlickerRemoveColor
• FlickerRemoveMatte
• FlickerRmMatteColor
• Fractal Clouds
• Clouds
• CloudsColorSmooth
• CloudsMultiColor
• CloudsPerspective
• CloudsPsyko
• CloudsVortex
• Gradients, Grid & Shape
• Gradient
• GradientMulti
• GradientRadial
• Grid
• Shape
• Lightning Zaps
• Zap
• ZapFrom
• ZapTo
• Other Transitions
• Swish3D
• TVChannelChange
• Procedural Textures
• Sparkles
• SparklesColor
• TextureCells
• TextureChromaSpiral
• TextureFlux
• TextureFolded
• TextureLoops
• TextureMoire
• TextureNeurons
• TextureNoiseEmboss
• TextureNoisePaint
• TexturePlasma
• TextureSpots
• TextureTiles
• TextureWeave
• Time Effects
• Feedback
• FeedbackBubble
• FeedbackDistort
• FieldRemove
• FreezeFrame
• GetFrame
• JitterFrames
• MotionDetect
• NearestColor
• RandomEdits
• ReverseClip
• ReverseEdits
• TimeAverage
• TimeDisplace
• TimeSlice
• TimeWarpRGB
• Trails
• TrailsDiffuse
• Wipe Transitions
• SwishPan
• WipeBlobs
• WipeBubble
• WipeCells
• WipeChecker
• WipeCircle
• WipeClock
• WipeClouds
• WipeDiffuse
• WipeDots
• WipeDoubleWedge
• WipeFourWedges
• WipeLine
• WipeMoire
• WipePixelate
• WipePlasma
• WipePointalize
• WipeRectangle
• WipeRings
• WipeStar
• WipeStripes
• WipeTiles
• WipeWeave
• WipeWedge

Link for more information:
http://www.genarts.com/product/sapphire/after-effects/features