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What is FxPlug?
FxPlug is an image processing plug-in architecture developed by Apple's Professional Applications group. With FxPlug, developers can create real-time, GPU-accelerated, 32-bit float plug-ins for Apple's professional applications Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion and Apple Final Cut Express
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Designed by Apple for Apple Pro Applications
FxPlug offers unprecedented fast rendering, high color depth, and seamless integration with Final Cut Studio. It can leverage technologies such as OpenGL, Quartz, and Core Image to create unique effects that include on-screen controls and custom UI elements. FxPlug offers three types of plug-ins: Generators, Filters, and Transitions. Transitions, however, are only supported by FCP, FCE and not Motion.
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Speed is what matters
FxPlug was designed with GPU acceleration in mind. Other plug-in interfaces were originally designed at a time when GPU acceleration was not available. Meanwhile, graphics cards have evolved to have immense processing power, but currently most plug-ins for Final Cut Pro still leave the GPU idle: as the CPU struggles to render the images, the entire system slows down. With FxPlug, plug-ins can utilize all the power available to them in the Mac Hardware.
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What makes FxPlug so great?
- Real-time effects by leveraging the GPU
- 32 bit high-precision YUV rendering in FCP, to preserve super-blacks
- 32 bit float RGB rendering in Motion
Officially, FxPlug is the future
The information above was written by Niclas Bahn, Noise Industries
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Resources
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Press Releases and Documentation
- FxPlug SDK Overview (PDF) - Apple Computer
- FxPlug for Final Cut Pro and Motion Released - Apple computer
- Ken Stone's FCP page by Andrew Balis
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Tutorials for FxPlug
- Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #59 from DMN 2001: A FCP Odyssey - Final Cut Pro 5.1.2 includes several new generators and effect filters thanks to the FxPlug architecture that allows your system to tap into effects from other applications like Motion. In this Final Cut Pro Quick Tip, Stephen Schleicher shows you how to create your own trippy space sequence.
- Introduction to FxPlug - Darrin Cardani held a Introduction to FxPlug session on how to write an FxPlug plug-in for the Los Angeles CocoaHeads on September 13, 2007. For any plug-in developers who are interested in writing plug-ins for Final Cut Pro and/or Motion (including porting your After Effects plug-ins), this is a must watch.
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Plug-ins updated with FxPlug technology
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- Boris FX, Inc. Continuum Complete
- Boris FX, Inc. Final Effects Complete
- Boris FX, Inc. Graffiti
- Boris FX, Inc. RED
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- Conoa 3D
- Conoa 3D Layer
- Conoa EasyFX
- Conoa EasyShapes
- Conoa EasyTinter
- Conoa FreeStreak
- CHV Magic 3D FX - High quality 3D effects directly made with Final Cut Pro and Motion.
- CHV Magic 3D FX Matrix 3D - One of three Plugs-in that comprise CHV Magic 3D FX.
- CHV Magic 3D FX Filmstrip 3D - One of three Plugs-in that comprise CHV Magic 3D FX.
- CHV Magic 3D FX Cube 3D - One of three Plugs-in that comprise CHV Magic 3D FX.
- CHV Morphing FX - Get your hands on the first FxPlug morph and deform plugins ever!
- CHV Morphing FX Morph- One of two Plugs-in that comprise CHV Morphing FX.
- CHV Morphing FX Deform- One of two Plugs-in that comprise CHV Morphing FX.
- CHV Particles Heaven FX - The first real FxPlug particle emitter plugin ever for Motion and Final Cut Pro.
- CHV Towers of Film 3D A free FxPlug plugin by CHV-electronics.
- CHV Shining FX - Volumetric Light effects, Ray Bursts, Glow and Shine effects and more...
- CHV QC Integration FX - Create, modify and use any Quartz Composer composition directly as a video effect plugin for Final Cut Pro and Motion
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- Digital Anarchy ReSizer
- Digital Anarchy PlasmaFX
- Digital Anarchy ToonIt
- dvGarage Conduit
- DvGarage dvMatte for AE
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- GenArts Sapphire Lighting - State-of-the-art lighting and glow effects.
- GenArts Sapphire Stylize - Plug-ins for Paint, Kaleidescope, Mosaics, Film Effects, Embossing and other stylizing
- GenArts Sapphire Adjust, Blur, Distort - Adjust, Composite, Blur and Sharpen, Distort, Warp and Shake
- GenArts Sapphire Render, Time, Transition - Lighting, Gradient and Grid, Clouds, Time Effects, Flickers and Transitions
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- Noise Industries FxFactory - FxFactory is a revolutionary visual effects architecture which powers the largest collection of plug-ins for Final Cut Pro and Motion. Free Download
- Noise Industries FxFactory Pro - Noise Industries Flagship Product 150+ plug-ins (bundles the Editing and Motion FxPacks).
- Noise Industries FxFactory Motion Pack - A collection of plug-ins designed for compositing task.
- Noise Industries FxFactory Editing Pack - A collection of plug-ins designed for editing tasks.
- Noise Industries CoreMelt - ImageFlow Fx - 10 plugins for generating slideshows or animated backgrounds from folders of images directly inside Final Cut Pro or Motion.
- Noise Industries Futurismo - Backgrounds - A group of Plug-ins designed to improve backgrounds.
- Noise Industries Futurismo - Titles - A group of Plug-ins designed to improve titles.
- Noise Industries SUGARfx - Cine Fest - Create that film festival look in an instant with these 7 Plug-ins.
- Noise Industries SUGARfx - Drop In - Create great-looking theme to animate multiple images and movies in space, with customizable titles with these 4 Plug-ins.
- Noise Industires SUGARfx - Mondrianesque Complete - Based on the same design as the Photo Montage freebie, Mondrianesque Complete includes 8 plug-ins with powerful customization options.
- Noise Industries SUGARfx - Perf Motif - 7 elegantly animated generators with a full set of parameters to quickly adapt the theme to your project.
- Noise Industries SUGARfx - Portfolio - The latest theme from SUGARfx lets you elegantly showcase your work, up to seven media tracks at once.
- Noise Industries SUGARfx - Video Wall - Gives users the ability to easily and quickly construct a video wall effect in 3D space.
- Noise Industries SUGARfx - World Cup - Create stunning 3D animated theme to instantly lend a full sports newscast feel to your work with these 5 plug-ins.
- Noise Industries Idustrial Revolution - Volumetrix - Volumetrix offers stunning light effects & transitions.
Freebies:
- Noise Industries Star Titler - Lets you reproduce the look of the opening titles first used by the Star Wars movie.
- Noise Industries Idustrial Revolution - Freebies Pak 1 - MultiSpace, iSight Live!, Rack Focus and Opposites.
- Noise Industries SUGARfx - Mondrianesque - Lets you loop through a folder of pictures to create a photo montage Mondrian-style.
- Noise Industries CoreMelt - VeeYou - Generate volume unit level and EQ animations based on the audio in your project.
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- Oak Street Software VKey - An easy to use, powerful and clean vector keyer in the form of a Quicktime component and FxPlug plug-in that can be used in Quicktime player, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, Adobe Premiere, and other tools that support Quicktime effects.
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- Reflecmedia Mattenee
- Red Giant Software Magic Bullet Colorista
- Red Giant Software Magic Bullet Frames
- Red Giant Software Magic Bullet Looks
- Re:Vision Effects Twixtor Pro
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- Zaxwerks 3D Flag - only support Motion at this time
- Zaxwerks Stackwerks - only support Motion at this time
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Companies Partnering with FxPlug
- Boris FX, Inc
- Core AudioVisual
- Digital Anarchy
- dvGarage
- Noise Industries
- Red Giant Software
- Wondertouch
- Zaxwerks
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