Are your transitions in FCPX looking a bit flat? Idustrial Revolution has launched a pack of 24 transitions built in 3D space which means variable focal length, depth of field, lighting and adjustable reflections. We've also got five copies to give away.
How do you make transitions in FCPX look more realistic? The answer is to build them in a 3D environment. Idustrial Revolution has done exactly that with this new pack of transitions called XEffects 3D Transitions. For $49 you get over a hundred different moves and presets built into 24 different plugins.
As all of the transitions were built in Motion, you have control of the expected 3D and camera adjustments. Variable focal length, a shallow depth of field or pin sharp edges, directional lighting and adjustable reflections all add to give a photo realistic result.
Some of the effects are designed to add punch to a production such as Corkscrew, others are more subtle and would add a bit of gloss to videos needing a classier look. There looks to be quite a variety of choice in the pack too, this isn't just a small number of plugins for $49. The 24 plugins have presets for different angles, animations or backgrounds. Time has been spent in constructing these effects into a professional package. Idustrial Revolution reported that the beta testers loved using them.
The pack from Idustrial Revolution uses the FxFactory plugin management engine and although this needs to be downloaded and installed, it's free. There is also a watermarked trial of the plugin for you to try out the 3D effects for free too.
Noise Industries have produced a tutorial video on XEffects 3D Transitions. We particularly like the part where the camera angle is adjusted on the page turn, it shows how the effects have been constructed in 3D.
Now on to the competition and this time it is slightly different. Instead of blasting Twitter hashtags for a week we though that we would take a slightly approach.
***Winners announced*** This competition is now closed
All you have to do to have a chance of winning one of five copies of XEffects 3D Transitions is to like the Idustrial Revolution Facebook page. This has to be done using the competition entry box below. Winners will be picked at random from everybody who liked the page between now and Sunday night. So get clicking!!!
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!
