aid: genarts
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  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: '0.20'
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