***Updated with Winners***
Idustrial Revolution has released a new plugin pack in their XEffects product line for FCPX called X3 Camera Transitions. Priced at $49 it's chock full of old movie, still camera and projector effects. We have got five licences to give away too!
Everybody likes to make their footage look like it was shot on something other than the latest pin sharp camera out of Japan. There are 'looks' plugins out there (and indeed built in free filters) that will age footage, but what about those much requested old film and still camera effects between clips?
XEffects Camera Transitions is a $49 pack of 28 effects for Final Cut Pro X that reproduce still & movie camera film effects as well as still & movie projector effects.
'From a simple iris to a frame grabbing motordrive; from an SMPTE leader to a full 'sprockets on show' projector film slip, this pack contains a collection of popular film and camera effects. The iris and shutters are perfect for rattling through a series of stills. Versions with freezes automatically pause moving footage through the effect for a realistic photographic 'snap' Build a sequence with all the leaders, different sized film slips with sprockets, frame twitches, dodgy splices and telecine winds you will need.'
We particularly like the motordrive and photo booth effects as they use stills grabbed automatically during the transition. This means only one instance of the effect is needed instead of having to build a series of 4 freezes and 4 moves. One click does it. A special prize to the first person to get the Zoetrope effect into any production!
The plugin uses the FxFactory plugin management system and a free watermarked trial is available.
The custom shot demo video shows the transitions in action.
Winners
Congratulations to:
@PearlyProductns
@strangefamilia
@overturf
@GottaRunWithWil
@rayrushing
This competition is now closed.
We have very kindly been given 5 copies of the XEffects Camera Transitions plugin to give away. To have a chance of winning one of the 5 licences each worth $49.99, all you have to do is tweet the title of this story and include @FCPdotCo in the tweet. The easiest way to do this is from the tweet button on the top left of the article. The winners will be picked at random from the tweets from now until Friday evening, so get tweeting!
One of the criticisms of demo videos is the fact that they all happen so fast and sometimes it is difficult to see exactly what you are getting for your money! Not everybody can do a $49 impulse buy.
Idustrial Revolution have produced this side by side video showing the clips and transitions against a split screen of the originals without the effects supplied.
I am the Editor-in-Chief of FCP.co and have run the website since its inception ten years ago.
I have also worked as a broadcast and corporate editor for over 30 years, starting on one inch tape, working through many formats, right up to today's NLEs.
Under the name Idustrial Revolution, I have written and sold plugins for Final Cut Pro for 13 years.
I was made a Freeman of Lichfield through The Worshipful Company of Smiths (established 1601). Though I haven't yet tried to herd a flock of sheep through the city centre!
Current Editing
2020 has been busy, the beginning of the year was finishing off a new property series (cut on FCP) for Channel 4 called The Great House Giveaway. I also designed and built the majority of the graphics as Motion templates. It has been a great success and the shows grabbed more viewers in the 4pm weekday slot than any previous strand. It has been recommissioned by C4 for 60 episodes, including prime-time versions and five themed programmes. The shows have also been nominated for a 2021 BAFTA.
Although both were postponed to later in the year, I worked again on ITV's coverage of the Tour de France and La Vuelta. 2020 was my 25th year of editing the TdF and my 20th year as lead editor. The Tour was the first broadcast show to adopt FCPX working for multiple editors on shared storage.
BBC's Snooker has played a big part in my life, I've been editing tournament coverage since 1997. I'm proud to be part of a very creative team that has pioneered many new ideas and workflows that are now industry standard in sports' production. This is currently an Adobe Premiere edit.
Covid cancelled some of the regular corporate events that I edit such as trade shows & events. I was lucky however to edit, from home, on projects for Amazon Kindle, Amazon Black Friday, Mastercard and very proud to have helped local charitable trust Kendall & Wall secure lottery funding.
As for software, my weapon of choice is Final Cut Pro and Motion, but I also have a good knowledge and broadcast credits with Adobe Premiere Pro, MOGRT design and Photoshop.
Plugin Design & Development
I'm the creative force behind Idustrial Revolution, one of the oldest Final Cut Pro plugin developers. It hosts a range of commercial and free plugins on the site. One free plugin was downloaded over a thousand times within 24 hours of release.
I also take on custom work, whether it is adapting an existing plugin for a special use or designing new plugins for clients from scratch. Having a good knowledge of editing allows me to build-in flexibility and more importantly, usability.
FCP.co
Now in its 10th year and 4th redesign, running FCP.co has given me knowledge on how to run a large CMS- you are currently reading my bio from the database! Although it sounds corny, I am pretty well up on social media trends & techniques, especially in the video sector. The recent Covid restrictions has enabled live FCP.co shows online. This involves managing a Zoom Webinar through Restream.io to YouTube and Facebook.
The Future
I'm always open to new ideas and opportunities, so please get in touch at editor (at) fcp.co. I've judged film competitions, presented workflow techniques to international audiences and come up with ideas for TV shows and software programs!
