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Lower Third
This generator provides extra text and positioning options for labelling people and places.
Uploaded 31 March 2009
Repeat
This filter surrounds a scaled down version of a clip with copies.
Uploaded 2 February 2009
Cube Spin transition
An improved version of Cube Spin with more controls and bezier controls for the response curve.
Uploaded 1 February 2009
Wave transition
A transition plugin that produces a variety of wave transition effects.
Uploaded 31 January 2009
8-point Matte
A filter plugin that gives you the option to scale, reposition and rotate an 8-point matte you’ve set up.
Uploaded 13 January 2009
Ripple transition
A transition plugin that produces a ripple effect on the incoming and outgoing clips.
Uploaded 7 January 2009
Vignette filter
A vignetting plugin giving control over position and aspect ratio.
Uploaded 5 January 2009
Pond Ripple transition
A transition plugin that produces a pond ripple effect on the incoming and outgoing clips.
Uploaded 20 December 2008
Swing filter
A plugin to make objects swing in or out of the screen.
Uploaded 9 December 2008
Move
A plugin to move objects at specific speeds – for example to match scrolling credits.
Uploaded 16 November 2008
Closing Credits
This plugin gives you typographic controls over all names or credits or section titles at the same time. You can also set the credits to scroll at specific speeds.
Updated 29 October 2008
Access to all your fonts
Apple’s plugins don’t give you access to all your fonts. Use these replacement versions to use any installed font.
Updated 29 October 2008
A replacement ‘Scrolling Text’ generator plugin
There’s a bug in Final Cut Pro’s Scrolling Text plugin which produces errors if you use any characters such as ‘ é or π. This replacement plugin fixes that.
Updated 29 October 2008
Final Cut Tips and tutorials
Night vision effect using three built-in Final Cut filters.
- 24 March 09
Which version of Final Cut works with which versions of QuickTime and Mac OS X? – 20 Feb 09
Moving multiple filter, motion and sound keyframes
Replacing one clip with another, maintaining filters and motion settings
Switching between Ripple and Roll tools
Slow motion – going too far on purpose
Rendering a few frames of a long clip
Playhead sync – add the shortcut to your keyboard
Introduction to using Avid for Final Cut users
Naming timeline sections – 12 Oct 08
Auto-opening Final Cut Pro QuickTimes in other applications – 17 Oct 08
Final Cut links – 18 Oct 08
Sorting using more than one column in the browser – 21 Oct 08
Quick ways to set In and Out points – 27 Oct 08
Jumping to markers in Digital Cinema mode – 28 Oct 08
Duplicate frames – not just for Film users – 31 Oct 08
Switching between tabs – 24 Nov 08
Changing the default colour my making your own plugin – 16 Nov 08
Making transitions more feathered by modifying their plugins – 28 Nov 08
Stopping Final Cut adding ‘from clipname’ suffixes to marker-generated subclips – 2 Dec 08
How to modify a built-in transition to make a flash frame transition
- 3 Feb 09
Final Cut Studio – tips for the other applications
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Motion – PAL and NTSC projects – 4 Jan 09
Final Cut past and future
Edited in Final Cut
Three free fonts
14 October, 2008 at 11:41 pm
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25 October, 2008 at 10:27 pm
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3 December, 2008 at 12:05 am
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4 January, 2009 at 4:04 am
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13 January, 2009 at 9:03 pm
[...] Alex Gollner’s site of Final Cut Pro tips and plugins, including mattes, transitions, and some scrolling text tools that look very useful. Free. [...]
27 January, 2009 at 8:00 am
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2 February, 2009 at 6:20 am
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15 February, 2009 at 4:08 pm
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24 March, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Hi Alex, I got your address from Dr Mary Wood. Do you know a quick and easy way to apply a night vision look to something shot during the day? I am trying to imitate some green night vision material that was shot with an infra red light off the camera ( I think). Similar to this without the vignette http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivZ6K_yFUNo
You have a great site.
24 March, 2009 at 7:03 pm
Thanks Neil, I’ve posted a suggestion of how to do it at http://alex4d.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/final-cut-tip-green-night-vision/
30 March, 2009 at 11:59 am
Hi Alex,
we met at BFI festival last week.
I did you some silly questions about FXplug
Nice site!!
I’ll come here searching plugin but doc seems to be great.
I’m involved in doc and screenwriting too.
bye!
3 April, 2009 at 12:25 am
[...] can get the whole range of Alex’s plugins from his website http://alex4d.wordpress.com/finalcut/Of particular interest and usefulness are the titling plugins – Closing Credits which allows for [...]
9 April, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Alex,
Thanks tons for the plugins and tips. A friend shared your site with me and found many things to help me out.
Nice work. Thanks again
JL
29 April, 2009 at 11:54 am
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4 June, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Hey Alex, cool blog you’ve got here! All the tips and plug ins are a great help, thanks. But I have to ask, hope this doesn’t sound stupid, but in your training vids, every time you click your mouse a green pulse appears, is that a setting in FCP or Mac OS?
4 June, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Thanks B,
Green highlights of mouse clicks is an optional function of the screen recording software I use – iShowU from shinywhitebox:
http://store.shinywhitebox.com/ishowuhd/main.html
4 June, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Thanks, I think it looks cool if it does that while you edit, something different, will check it out.
Cheers
16 June, 2009 at 8:35 pm
[...] http://alex4d.wordpress.com/finalcut/ – from Alex Gollner’s editing and media blog – with some nice tutorials [...]
16 June, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Alex,
Thanks so much for these transitions––I’m sure I’ll find lots of use for them on my videos–––lots up on billboy647 on Youtube.
guys like you are the best!
tom ridenour
26 June, 2009 at 5:01 pm
wow thanks~!!!