deleting transitions etc from FCPX forever

[Tom Wolsky]

They’re built into the application container.

All the best,

Tom

“Final Cut Pro X for iMovie and Final Cut Express Users” from Focal Press
“Complete Training for FCPX” from Class on Demand
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”

[Julian Bowman]

does that mean the can’t be deleted or hidden or anything like that?

[Tom Wolsky]

You can right-click the application in the Applications folder and open pack contents. Go to Plugins>Media Providers>MotionEffect.fxp>Contents>Resources>Templates. You have in there Effects, Generators, Titles, and Transitions. I have no idea what hacking this will do to the application.

All the best,

Tom

“Final Cut Pro X for iMovie and Final Cut Express Users” from Focal Press
“Complete Training for FCPX” from Class on Demand
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”

[Julian Bowman]

great, cheers, I will let you know 🙂

[Bill Davis]

Don’t know why I think this is going to be trouble, but I kinda do.

X is a carefully structured system of metadata lookup.

Deleting code that the very foundation of the interface expects to be able to find seems to me to be a potentially really good way to “lock up” the underlying database.

But maybe that core stuff is polled and looked up anew at every launch. If so you’ll probably be OK.

But if not, you might stop X in it’s launch tracks.

Do come back and let us know what happens. (And make sure to keep a clean copy of the program ready for re-installation if this breaks something.)

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[Julian Bowman]

All seems fine Tom, it’s just the same folders and content in the library with third party stuff but bunged inside the app. All seems to be working fine, and now my browser area things are far neater 🙂

[Andreas Kiel]

It won’t cause any trouble to remove template out of app bundle.
Something you should be aware though is that they will be back with the next update.
I’ve written a script for own usage which uses a list of what I don’t need.

Andreas

Spherico
https://www.spherico.com/filmtools

[Julian Bowman]

Hey Andreas.

yes I have considered that, but, well at least till then my filters are decluttered and more usable by my mind.

You did FX Remover didn’t you? I found it posted on another forum but I couldn’t make it work. It kept on having a code error. I got as far as accepting I wanted to dive in then nothing.

Did you do an upgraded version (on the other forum you said you would)? Any chance of posting what you are successfully using here?

It is really only for the inbuilt stuff, all the third party stuff is easy to rearrange and order as I need and that is great. A shame Apple don’t make the install put their filters in the third party folder and allow us to do as we will. Or have them as separate DLC so we can pick and choose.

Cheers though.

[Andreas Kiel]

Julian,

Below the link to an updated version.
https://www.spherico.com/filmtools/fxMover/XTR.dmg

There is no help file yet. So here a short description.

Launching the app first gives you a warning.
If you proceed the app on it’s first launch will create a directory at “/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Pro/” if it not exists.
Then it will create a folder named “Disabled Templates”, within this folder it will create the basic subfolders.
When you move templates out of the FCPX bundle they will at the same level as they had been within FCPX.
After you moved some stuff always a log file with a unique name is written into the “Disabled Templates” folder.

Have fun

Andreas

Spherico
https://www.spherico.com/filmtools

[Julian Bowman]

Cheers 🙂

ok, if you have the time and inclination, it doesn’t seem to be working quite right. When I boot it up it offers:

AppleScript Error
The variable appPlugPath is not defined. (-2753)

I click ok and it goes to your I Dare || Quit Application page.

I click I Dare 🙂 and it asks for my password for fxMover to make changes, I click ok and your UI opens up.

I go to /Library/Application Support/Final Cut Pro but no disable Templates folder has been created, and in the UI in the Built In section there is nothing, just the headings Group | Name. I hit the refresh and still nothing.

Am I doing something wrong? Should I create the Disable Templates folder structure myself (I guess inside Disable Temples are the Effects generators etc folders)?

Cheers 🙂 And thanks for your time so far.