Preparing plug-ins for use in Final Cut Pro

Preparing plug-ins for use in Final Cut Pro

Preparing plug-ins for use in Final Cut Pro Add a plug-in to a Motion effect template to use in Final Cut Pro.

Overview

To make FxPlug plug-ins work in Final Cut Pro, you need to create a Final Cut Effect within Motion that rigs and/or publishes your FxPlug parameters. For more information, see Rigging overview in Motion Help and Final Cut Pro Templates Overview.

Note Final Cut Pro for iPad doesn’t support FxPlug 4 plug-ins.

Effects in Final Cut Pro include Generators, Transitions, and Filters. These Final Cut Pro effects are really just Motion documents, which can contain whatever you choose. This is useful because most users of Final Cut Pro want to solve specific tasks, rather than to apply particular effects with dozens of parameters. Advanced users who need more control will be able to either open your Final Cut Effect in Motion and edit it themselves, or create their own Final Cut Pro Effects within Motion for their specific task.

Note In general, plug-in users don’t need control over every aspect of a plug-in to get the effect; effects that offer too many parameters to the user can be overwhelming.

To prepare your plug-in you use Motion to create a Final Cut Effect, Generator, Transition, or Title. To do that, you’ll need to create a Motion Effect, apply your filter or generator, and publish its parameters in a rig. A rig consolidates your plug-in’s parameters, which you can then publish in your effect. This makes it easier for Final Cut Pro users to apply the effects of your plug-in to their projects. (For information about creating rigs for your plug-in, see Rigging overview in Motion Help).