Bloody useful plugins - FREE
By defintion a 'Plug-in' is a small piece of software that adds functionality to a larger 'host' software application. So, as such, a good plugin is one that adds a feature to the application that otherwise is there. Its exactly this mindset that led me to Alex4D's collection of free Final Cut Pro plug-ins.
Whilst FCP has some excellent strengths, it also has some major weaknesses - audio, effects and titling are certainly three areas where FCP is sub-par by comparison to other NLE's. But our friend Alex4D, an editor from the UK, has produced a suite of little plugins that deliver to FCP some very bloody useful features otherwise absent.
You can get the whole range of Alex's plugins from his website
http://alex4d.wordpress.com/finalcut/Of particular interest and usefulness are the titling plugins -
Closing Credits which allows for easy creation of movie closing credis using multiple fonts and side by side Name/Title; and
Lower Thirds which is perfect for an easy way to generate subtitles with shadowed backgrounds.
Posted at 11:00PM Apr 02, 2009
by Mike Jones in video |
