Must Own Juice?

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Must Own Juice?

Posted by Zhuang Mu on January 18, 2006 at 12:23 am

Hi,
Planning to purchase 3rd-party juice for my FCP, for the purpose of film look effect, for 3D, for using Lighting, for more ready to use smooth fancy transitions, more generators, more motion & visual effects…

What are the must-own gadget(s)? Can one Boris Red, or Affect effect serve them all, or do I need to get all the others, like CGM, Sapphire… What are the most cost effective ones? If I aim two or three for now, and budget allowed, which one would you recommend? What’s your favorite juice?

Thank you all for the input!

zmu

Bryce Whiteside replied 20 years, 4 months ago 5 Members · 9 Replies
9 Replies

Shane Ross
January 18, 2006 at 12:44 am

[zhuang mu] “film look effect”

Nattress Film Effects, Magic Bullet Editors 2

[zhuang mu] “for 3D”

INSIDE FCP? Maya for modelling, AE for manipulating.

[zhuang mu] “for using Lighting”

A light kit with lights. You mean in POST? I don’t get this one.

[zhuang mu] “for more ready to use smooth fancy transitions, more generators, more motion & visual effects…”
If I could afford them, I’d get the Sapphire effects. But I rely on Joe’s Filters, Nattress film effects, CGM Film LE, Eureka.

But really, I don’t get all that fancy. Maybe the typical Blur/Flash…but only when ordered to.

Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net
Zhuang Mu
January 18, 2006 at 1:57 am

Thanks Shane! Yes, all juice for post.

Is Combustion a good bargain ?

zmu
Bryce Whiteside
January 18, 2006 at 3:05 am

Digital Film Tools has some plug-ins that can add some post lighting effects. The underline means it is a link.

Inquiring minds,
Bryce Whiteside

Don’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…

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Donato M. rondinelli
January 18, 2006 at 3:28 am

If you
Zhuang Mu
January 18, 2006 at 3:31 am

Thanks Bryce,
That one has been in my mind for a long time, I’ll get it for sure!

zmu
Zhuang Mu
January 18, 2006 at 3:34 am

Thanks Donato, they are on my wish list too. What about combustion?

zmu
Donato M. rondinelli
January 18, 2006 at 4:03 am

I used Combustion when I had my Discreet system, they worked well together. When I got rid of the system I moved to AE. Everybody has it & knows it. If you want to get more jobs, learn AE. If you want to hire freelancers, use AE. It’s the standard.
-dMR
Bret Williams
January 18, 2006 at 6:18 am

And the New AE 7 has a lot of stuff built in these days. FCP, a copy of PS, and AE. Buy some fancy plugins for AE. I don’t like working with plugins in FCP. Too slow.
Bryce Whiteside
January 18, 2006 at 7:59 am

These are pricey plug-ins so go through the bundles at their website to see what they all do.

I got them all, but that was during a half price sale.

Cheers,
Bryce Whiteside

Don’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…

PowerBook 1.67 Ghz ATI 9700 128 MB 2 GB
Final Cut Pro HD
DVD Studio Pro 3
Motion

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