Some plugin companies seem to have a perpetual sale, others only have a sale once a year. Noise Industries falls into the latter category. For one week only there is a 20% discount across all of their FxFactory & associated developer products.
There is a pricing war going on in the plugin market, no doubt about that. Gone are the days of companies offering large packs of plugins (you only used 4 of them anyway!) for the rather eye watering prices in excess of $1,000. Things are smaller, cheaper and go to market more quickly.
Noise Industries are behind FxFactory, an application that helps plugin developers offer their plugins to editors via an 'iTunes' style interface. They have also been around a lot longer than the Motion wrapped plugin companies that have sprung up since Final Cut Pro X was launched. Since 2006 their collection of plugins has grown to be one of the most diverse and creative on the market.
They are not in the game of constant mark downs or monthly sales, so when they have an offer it is well worth a look.
The current sale runs from the 1st of October to the 8th and offers 20% off all products storewide.
“FxFactory has grown to offer hundreds of visual effects for Final Cut Pro, Motion, After Effects and Premiere Pro from over 20 developers,” says Niclas Bahn, co-founder, Noise Industries. “Products span all the way from lower thirds to advanced stereoscopic workflow plugins, and everything in between. Customers can install the FxFactory application free of charge, where they can then browse, install, trial and purchase products, all in a clean, convenient interface.”
He continues, “We rarely offer discounts, so this is a really great opportunity for editors and compositors to stock up on all the necessary editing tools and experiment with some new ones without breaking the bank. While we believe in providing the very best value to our customers through FxFactory year-round, we are excited to offer old and new customers alike the chance to fill their visual effects toolkits with more plugins from us and our partners at even better prices than usual.”
Oliver Peters said:
“As a whole, this group represents one of the most eclectic set of filters and transitions available anywhere. Because these products are not developed by a single team of programmers, you get different styles that don’t all look like they came from one company. It would be very difficult, within a reasonable amount of time, for a talented editor to re-create from scratch the sort of transitions you get from packages like XEffects, Slide Pop, FxTiles or Punchline – even using a powerful NLE like Smoke or a compositor like After Effects.”
A great offer from Noise industries, not to be missed as we are sure a site wide sale isn't going to happen again soon. Fill your boots!
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!
