Some of the key features in this plugin are the tools like False Colors, Look Transfer Tool, and the Xrite ColorChecker. With its 90 built-in “Hollywood” looks, it’s perfect for first looks and realtime LUTs previews.
One of the best color grading plugins around, Cinema Grade is great for both beginners and experts.
(All the plugins on this list cost money, so if you’re interested in a few free FCPX plugins, check out our list here.) They are your friends, and they’re here to help. They offer shortcuts and workarounds for problems that would normally take several hours to address. So, if these nonlinear editing applications are already complicated enough, why should you complicate things even more? Plugins make your life easier. (Was that too nerdy?) It enhances the original model. Think of it as taking a transformer like Optimus Prime, and turning him into Galaxy Optimus Prime. ( Image via Hasbro.)īefore we dive into some of the best plugins available for FCPX, let’s answer the question: what are plugins? To put it plainly, plugins are components added to an application that allow you to do additional things in your edit. You’re welcome.Plugins are add-on components that expand the capabilities of an application. Use that time for more projects, editing, marketing, or distributing your content. Instead of hand-typing all your caption dialogue (and hours to format it perfectly), why not just order captions for $1.25 a minute? Your time is worth more than that. Save time and money on your caption and subtitling workflow with Rev. As captions and subtitles become increasingly more demanded and required, Final Cut Pro offers some great tools for editors to ensure their video content is ADA compliant, accessible, and able to easily reach more international audiences.
With Final Cut Pro X’s latest advanced captioning system, Apple has created a very useful captioning tool that is on-par with professional editing systems and is broadcast-ready. Open captions will burn-in on the actual video image itself so the captions will always be visible. If you want your captions to always appear on the video (not able to switch off), then you can choose to export the captions as open captions, or titles. This delivery method is generally the best for broadcast TV, DVDs, and DVR content. If your captions are in the CEA-608 format, you can embed them directly into the media file. Export Captions Embedded in the Media File
You can export your captions as separate files from the File menu. You can export captions as separate “sidecar” files, which might be required for your delivery of the media files.
Also available for foreign language subtitles! Rather us do it for you? Rev now offers burned-in captions (open captions). Just check the “burned-in captions” box at checkout and you’ll receive a video with permanent, hard-coded captions added straight to your videos.