but the Adobe plugin development environment, I discovered, is clearly intended for 'real' programmers with plenty of time and energy to delve deeply into their code.

Well, I love GoPro cameras, and I wanted to help, so I had a quick look at the Adobe Premiere and After Effects SDKs (software development kits) and built a few test plugins (and they worked).

but felt they couldn't easily do that due to a lack of an alternative non-linear stretching plugin available for that platform. One of those latter cases was a contact at GoPro, who explained that they were regular users of my Elastic Aspect plugin, and that they were looking to transition to a Mac based Premiere Pro post workflow.

And once built, I was always very happy to make them freely available to anyone and everyone who wanted them.įollowing the launch of FCP X, I was quite surprised by the number of users who contacted me to ask if I might consider remaking my old plugins for FCP X, or in some cases, for Adobe Premiere. I regularly threw together small, simple plugins designed to help either myself or a colleague to achieve (or just make easier) a specific task. Three great free plugins, but how did they come to being released? We asked Andy.Īs readers might know, I was a relatively active FxScript plugin writer for for FCP (Legacy) since around 2005. All three are compatible with Final Cut Pro 7 & X, Motion, After Effects and Premiere Pro. An essential tool to apply effects only to the part of the image that needs it.ĭisplay a variety of safe area overlays.

Free effects for fcpx