Final Cut: My free ‘Pond Ripple’ transition plugin

I recently noticed that the ‘Ripple Dissolve’ transition works best on quick transitions. If you set the duration to much more than a minute, you can see that the incoming clip fades in – it isn’t distorted by the pond ripples.

My new plugin ripples the outgoing clip as well:

I’ve also added some extra controls so that the position, speed and intensity of the incoming ripple can be different from that of the outgoing clip:

Here is a clip showing how the transition works and comparing it with ‘Ripple Dissolve’:

To use this plugin, download the ZIP document, copy the ‘Alex4D Pond Ripple v1.fcfcc’ file to

Your Startup HD/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Pro System Support/Plugins

(Your Startup HD/Users/your name/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Express Support/Plugins for Final Cut Express users)

‘Alex4D Pond Ripple’ will appear in the ‘Dissolve’ video transition category.

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