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Custom Effects (PresetEffects.xml hacks) not working in CS5?
Hi,
wondering if anyone’s noticed this or if I missed some info somewhere about how to make it work in CS5; but Custom Effects that worked for me in CS4 now no longer function. Has something changed in the syntax? I tried just copying them from my PresetEffects.xml file in CS4 to the one in CS5, but everytime I launch a project that uses those effects it tells me they are missing…even though they appear in the Effect Controls pallette. They are all marked as “Missing: [Name]” where [Name] is the name of my effect.
Lu Nelson
Berlin, Germany
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[MacProQ2.66, 8GB, Sys10.5.6, FCP 6.0.5, AE 9.0.2] -
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Looking further at this today, I tried installing a Custom Effect from Eran Stern using Maltaanon’s PolyCE AIR installer application;
Install reports as being successful, but I get the same “Missing:” text in front of the effect name when I apply the animation preset. So it’s not just my own CEs.
Something is broken with Custom Effects in CS5 I think…anyone else care to try this and compare?
Lu Nelson
Berlin, Germany
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[MacProQ2.66, 8GB, Sys10.5.6, FCP 6.0.5, AE 9.0.2] -
Hi!
I had the same problem.
I’m not an expert, but this syntax works for me with CS5.5:Effect matchname=”Effect” name=”Effect”
Group name=”Group”
Checkbox name=”Checkbox” default=”false”/
Slider name=”Slider” default=”0″ valid_min=”0″ valid_max=”100″ slider_min=”0″ slider_max=”100″/
Angle name=”Angle” default=”0″/
Color name=”Color” default_red=”125″ default_green=”125″ default_blue=”125″/
Point name=”Point” default_x=”0″ default_y=”0″/
Layer name=”Layer” default_self=”true”/
Popup name=”Popup” popup_string=”Item1|Item2|Item3″ default=”1″/
/Group
/Effect(Here I left the “less than”, and “greather than” characters in the beginning and end of the lines, but they are needed – of course)
Maybe there is no other difference:
name= only once
and works the popup control
I hope it works for you too..
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