GenArts, Inc. was a Cambridge, Massachusetts developer of visual effects software for the film, broadcast, and advertising industries, best known for its flagship Sapphire plug-in suite used in Oscar-nominated visual effects work since 1996. GenArts was acquired by Boris FX in September 2016; the genarts.com domain now redirects to borisfx.com and the Sapphire product line is developed and sold under the Boris FX brand. The company published no public developer API, SDK, or documented programmatic surface — its products are desktop editing plug-ins. This profile is retained in the API Evangelist network as an acquired-company lead.
GenArts is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Visual Effects, VFX, Video Editing, and Plugins.
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aid: genarts
deliveryModel:
model: unknown
open_source: false
commercial: false
callable_host: false
label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
confidence: low
source:
- none
generated: '2026-08-28'
method: derived
accessModel:
pricing: unknown
onboarding: unknown
trial: false
try_now: false
public: false
label: Unknown
confidence: low
source:
- url: http://www.genarts.com/
status: 301
note: declared website redirects to https://borisfx.com/products/sapphire/ — a different registrable domain (genarts.com
-> borisfx.com), possible rename or acquisition (probed 2026-09-03, roadmap#169)
generated: '2026-07-22'
method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/genarts.png
name: GenArts
description: GenArts, Inc. was a Cambridge, Massachusetts developer of visual effects software for the film, broadcast, and
advertising industries, best known for its flagship Sapphire plug-in suite used in Oscar-nominated visual effects work since
1996. GenArts was acquired by Boris FX in September 2016; the genarts.com domain now redirects to borisfx.com and the Sapphire
product line is developed and sold under the Boris FX brand. The company published no public developer API, SDK, or documented
programmatic surface — its products are desktop editing plug-ins. This profile is retained in the API Evangelist network
as an acquired-company lead.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/genarts/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- insight-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: boris-fx
x-acquired-date: 2016-09
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Visual Effects
- VFX
- Video Editing
- Plugins
- Media and Entertainment
- Software
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/genarts-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
url: http://www.genarts.com/
x-enrichment:
date: '2026-07-19'
status: backfilled
pass: local-v1
note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence
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