Another Q from FCPX newbie: third party plug ins

[Sascha Engel]

P.S.: some that ideally also would run inside Motion 5.

Sascha Engel
TIME BANDITZ Productions
http://www.youtube.com/taikang

[David Eaks]

SliceX with Mocha is on sale for $99 until the 22nd. I got it while its on sale, have barely touched it yet but heard (read) its good-
https://www.coremelt.com/products/slicex-powered-by-mocha.html

Event Manager X is a very good $5 spent-
https://assistedediting.intelligentassistance.com/EventManagerX/

The Apple FCPX third party software and devices page is a great place to start when browsing for plugins-
https://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/resources/plugins.html

If you haven’t already, read the Apple Whitepaper: FCP X for FCP 7 Editors-
https://support.apple.com/kb/ht4965

The FCP.co free plugins and free effect Friday pages house lots of stuff from a variety of people-
https://www.fcp.co/forum/9-free-fcpx-plugins-and-templates
And
https://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/1153-it-s-free-final-cut-pro-x-effect-friday-here-on-fcp-co

[Sascha Engel]

Hi David,

Wow! Thanx a million. Great tips. Will check them all out tonight.

Have a great day,

Sascha Engel
TIME BANDITZ Productions
http://www.youtube.com/taikang

[Jeff Kirkland]

Having just done a clean install of my FCPX system, I can say that the effects that made the cut are Magic Bullet Looks and Neat Video Noise Reduction. I have plenty of others both paid and free but those two are my must have plugins.

I also pretty much always Event Manager X and Xto7 installed, along with Clip Exporter to get things out to After Effects.

Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer | Southern Creative Media | Melbourne Australia
http://www.southerncreative.com.au | G+: https://gplus.to/jeffkirkland | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Nicholas Zimmerman]

Neat Video is absolutely necessary. Aside from that I’m a big fan of Lock & Load, also own Coremelt Complete but never really use it. Boric CC is fantastic, and the primary reason I barely ever touch Coremelt Complete. I’d also recommend Davinci Resolve. You can get the free light version, and it shakes hands very well with FCPX. It’s much more powerful than Magic Bullet looks (and free, although I did get the full license), but has a very steep learning curve.

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Avid MC, PPro CS6, FCP7 – wasting away on my SSD.
I just can’t quit X.
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[Sascha Engel]

Hi Nicholas,

I’m actually currently saying good by to COLOR and learning resolve right now. But for low paid jobs I still would use MB looks. It would be great, if you could elaborate on a reliable workflow between FCPX and Resolve!
What is neat video doing and why is it absolutely a must?
Also: what is lock and load? Never heard of it before.

Thanx a lot for all the useful information :-)!

Greetings,

Sascha Engel
TIME BANDITZ Productions
http://www.youtube.com/taikang

[Nicholas Zimmerman]

Neat Video: The best noise reduction I’ve ever used.
Lock & Load X: The best post stabilizer I’ve ever used.

I find both of these plugins better than what’s in Resolve (I’ve got the full version with NR).

My video sweetening workflow tends to go like this. Edit in FCPX, export a FCPXML and import into Resolve. In the conform tab, right click in the timelines box (upper left) and select import XML, AAF, etc. Resolve will automatically add the used media to your media pool, and your active project to a new timeline. Just make sure you export project XML and not event XML. I tend to duplicate my project and remove all retiming, transitions, and effects before going to Resolve. When you are done in Resolve go to the Deliver page, and make sure to select the “Final Cut Pro Roundtrip” option at the top of the page. Render out, then import the FCPXML back into FCPX.

Usually I’ll copy and paste the imported project behind my original edit (duplicate it first so you have a backup) and then drag my new clips over the original edit to connect them above where they go. Copy and paste parameters (if you did a temp grade in FCPX, don’t copy it), then overwrite to primary storyline over the originals. Sometimes I’ll change all of their blending modes to difference so I can make sure the frames all match. There are a lot of settings in Resolve that I skimmed over, but make sure to pay attention to them, such as Rename All Clips (Resolve will crash if the original footage has illegal characters in the name), Render Audio, and Format (should be ProRes in most circumstances). Let me know if you need to know anything else.

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I just can’t quit X.
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[Brett Sherman]

I second Neat Video and Lock ‘N Load, those are extremely useful. Although since starting to shoot on a C300, I find I rarely need Neat Video anymore, but’s it’s nice to have it.

I’m still waiting for a good color correction plug-in with real Curve adjustments. Nattress Curves doesn’t cut it. Exporting to Resolve takes too much time for the videos I do. Either I don’t have the time or it’s not worth the effort.

[Sascha Engel]

Thanx so much for taking the time for such an in depth explanation. I will have a look at it and might ask you some detail Qs if I don’t understand something.
How do I actually start the project with FCpX, since I know, that media management is a fragile subject in this App.
I get Canon C100 C Log files and in FCP 7 I know hoe to L&T those files, but how do I get them safely into FCPX? What way to import them? Leave them all in the original media folder? I heard this might be better than letting X import it into the Event folder. Also: will x transcode them or use the native C100 files?

Thanx a lot.

Greetings,

Sascha Engel
TIME BANDITZ Productions
http://www.youtube.com/taikang

[Sascha Engel]

Definitely the part, where you bring it back into X, I will have to ask you for how dactyl to do it again.
The whole media management of FCPX really scares the crap out of me.
I really like so many things about it, but the whole way it organises media and ALS the keyword meta data organisation way still is a bit alien to me and I’m afraid to entering a big project, like this short film now with it.

Sascha Engel
TIME BANDITZ Productions
http://www.youtube.com/taikang