There are some plugin companies who have a sale every day of the year. There are others who have only one. Noise Industries is the latter. They are offering 20% off every FxFactory product for two days only.
A two day Halloween sale from Noise Industries on all Fxfactory based plugin products. They don't do sales very often, in fact we think they only have one store wide sale a year, so worth a visit if you want to pick up a few plugins at a discount.
Noise Industries were one of the first plugin companies to harness the power of the GPU for quick rendering of plugins back in 2006. How things have changed. Now the GPU gets mentioned in nearly every press release about plugins and we shouldn't forget that FCPX gets its power from the graphics card/s as well.
They started off with the collection of plugins called FxFactory Pro. They were all written using Quartz Composer (which seems to have had a stay of execution from Apple) so they could run in FCP7 and Motion and then at a later date support for After Effects and then Premiere Pro was added.
Then at the Christmas after Final Cut Pro X's launch, they announced that FxFactory, the plugin management system would support plugins built in Motion for FCPX. This caused the plugin market to quickly expand and they now represent the largest collection of plugin developers out there.
So a 20% off sale until October 31st 10 AM EST, but don't forget that they also have a great range of free plugins for you to download.
They have just published a new tutorial on the free Pan and Zoom effect working in FCPX. Although there might be some overlap with the built-in Ken Burns move, we really like the rotation on pictures that is available and the transition that comes with the effect. Worth checking out as some very classy moves can be built quickly and easily.
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!
