Don't know if we have mentioned this before but it is worth mentioning again if we have. One of the new additions to Final Cut Pro (5.1.2) is support for its Apple's image-processing plug-in architecture called FxPlug. This means that any plug-in developed for any Mac video effects software like After Effects will be availabe within Final Cut Pro. Because the plug-in's have to be Universal Binaries, current AE effects will not work. However, Motion effects will work natively and sometimes in real time but it the effect is not preserved when you make FCP clips into Motion files. So if you have updated, you can get this feature by turning it on in Effects>All Effects. If they are two effects (like Gaussian Blur) from two apps, you can choose which one you want listed. Very cool.
1. Yes it's very cool but After Effects doesn't support FxPlug (and isn't likely to being a Mac-only format).
Posted at 9:08AM on Nov 17th 2006 by videoboy