NewBlue plugins – where to install

[John Rofrano]

NewBlueFX plug-ins are not VST’s. They are DirectX filters and come with installers that put them in the proper place for the host application that you are using.

~jr

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[Geoffrey Mee]

Thx John. Ok, so I’ll let them install where they want, cheers.

Geoffrey Mee
Documentary Cameraman/Producer
Jakarta Indonesia

[Geoffrey Mee]

Oh, BTW…what are VST folders. I saw on the NewBlue site that one should use them, so what do they do and what advantages or not are they in Vegas.

Geoffrey Mee
Documentary Cameraman/Producer
Jakarta Indonesia

[John Rofrano]

VST is a plug-in technology created by Steinberg. It stands for Virtual Studio Technology and refers to audio plug-ins only. I don’t use any NewBlue audio plug-ins so maybe they do use VST.

Instead of being registered with the operating system like DirectX, VST uses a very simply approach. You place them in a folder, you point your application at the folder, and it loads them. No need for complicated installers. This is why people recommend that you use only one folder to place them in so that they are not scattered all over your hard drive. The default location is usually C:\Program Files\VSTPlugins but it can be anything you want.

~jr

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[Geoffrey Mee]

Therefore, if it keeps things uncomplicated, would it be a good practice to start putting all video fx/plugins in the video VST folder. Vegas recognizes this folder.

Geoffrey Mee
Documentary Cameraman/Producer
Jakarta Indonesia

[John Rofrano]

It makes no sense to put video fx in the VST folder becasue it’s for audio only. Just put audio VST plugins in this folder.

~jr

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