FXPlugs

[Tom Wolsky]

What versions of the software are you using?

Is the Effects menu set to show all effects? Bottom of the menu.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”

[Steve Julin]

Running FCP 6.0 and yes “show all effects is selected” I’m managing 12 different staions and only the Power PC stations (3 of them) don’t show the effects. Not all the new effects are missing – just some. The Intels (the other 9) display all the effects.

[Tom Wolsky]

What versions of Motion are they running? The FxPlugins come from Motion filters. Are they available in Motion?

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”

[Steve Julin]

The stations are running Motion 3.0 and yes the filters can be access via Motion but not in FCP. FCP sees some of the FX plugins but not all. Unfortunatly the plug-ins they don’t see are the ones they need to use (I’m teaching an advanced FCP class) Keep in mind – this is only on our 3 non-Intel macs. All the others are fine. The software (FCS 2) was installed on each the same day from the same discs. I can’t seem to find where the FXPlugs are stored.

One sequence has a Dazzle effect already applied but Dazzle doesn’t show up in the effect tab.

Thanks,

Steve

[Tom Wolsky]

They’re hidden in a few different places in the system Library. If they’re showing up in the Motion filters on those machines I’d suggest reinstalling. It might also be related to the graphics cards on those machine, though why they would show up in Motion and not in FCP I don’t know.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”

[Steve Julin]

The graphic cards on those machines are different. But why would some FXplugs appear and not others?

Steve

[Steve Julin]

The graphic cards on those machines are different. But why would some FXplugs appear and not others?

Steve

[David Bogie]

Steve, nothing to help, sorry, my own sad story:
We’ve got the FxPlugs visible in FCP and they all work inside Motion and they used to work in FCP but a few weeks ago they started displaying a red warning screen when applied to any video clip or generator clip: Effect “Dazzle” failed to render.

Happens on two separate Intel machines. We have not tried reinstalling yet,. too busy to be bothered just now.

Hoe you chase it down and get it fixed. Please keep us posted on your progress.

bogiesan

[Tom Wolsky]

Most likely because the graphics support requirements are different. I’m puzzled though that the filters appear and work correctly in Motion (is that correct?) and also work in FCP, even if they don’t load (is that also correct?).

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”

[Steve Julin]

Yes they work in Motion. While they don’t appear in the effects tab, a sequence that was loaded onto these stations had Dazzle on a clip – you can adjust it’s parameter but the actual effect Dazzle doesn’t apear in the effects tab. It’s the same for all three Power PCs.

Steve